BMT Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Jan 1, 1938 Remsen Avenue Route Ticket #01000 Rare
UNPUNCHED - EXCELLENT CONDITION - BMT TRANSIT ARCHIVE

Extremely rare uncirculated specimen featuring a perfect milestone serial number and legendary Brooklyn transit keywords, issued on New Year's Day, 1938.

This is an excellent, uncirculated "Omnibus Route B. 17 Transfer (B)" from the B. B. Corp. (Brooklyn Bus Corporation), a subsidiary of the BMT, issued on the very first day of 1938.

Condition and Provenance
This item is part of a substantial, high-grade transit collection recently added to our store, featuring decades of curated New York City history. This ticket was recently removed from a long-term archival collector’s binder and remains in museum-quality condition. The printing is remarkably vivid, featuring bold black typography and sharp, deep-red date and serial number stamping that has remained crisp for over 85 years.

Collector Highlights
Serial Number: This is ticket #01000, a premier milestone round number specimen issued for the Remsen Avenue Route.

New Year's Day 1938: Issued on January 1, 1938, a highly desirable date for collectors of vintage New York City ephemera.

Legendary Transit Keywords: This specific ticket is a keyword powerhouse. It was valid for final rides on three major bus routes: East New York Ave. (B. 12) toward Ocean Ave., Kings Highway-Saratoga (B. 7) toward Flatbush Ave., and the Avenue D-Foster Ave. (B. 10) route toward Brighton Line Station.

Specific Location Data: The ticket documents a vital link in the East Flatbush and Canarsie transit network, explicitly noting it was issued on trips from Schenectady Ave. only.

Uncirculated Specimen: This ticket is unpunched and has never been separated from a conductor's pad, preserving its clean, factory-straight edges. It has been maintained for decades in archival condition.

Historical Context
The Remsen Avenue Route (B-17) was a critical connector for the residential hubs of East Flatbush. Issued at the start of 1938, this ticket captures the BMT system at its absolute peak of private bus coordination. It represents a primary source document for the era when the Brooklyn Bus Corporation provided essential links to major hubs like the Brighton Line Station and Flatbush Avenue before the system-wide 1940 city takeover.

Please visit our store to see the rest of this newly listed collection, featuring many more rare, low-numbered and milestone tickets from this historic era!