This is an excellent, uncirculated transfer ticket from the BMT (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation) issued on June 1, 1933.

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 meticulously maintained archival collector’s binder. The reverse side of this ticket is clean and free of any mounting tape or residue. The ticket remains crisp and unpunched. As is common with tickets removed from original pads, there is evidence of the attachment point at the top edge, but it remains in excellent overall archival condition.

Collector Highlights
This is ticket #00003, an ultra-low serial number representing the third ticket in the book for the Fifteenth St. Line on that Thursday morning in 1933. The reverse side features a detailed directory of transfer points to iconic Brooklyn lines, specifically highlighting the Fifth Ave., Seventh Ave., and Vanderbilt Ave. routes. It also lists restricted transfers to the Smith St. and Hamilton Ferry lines "to Park Circle only," a specific detail highly prized by Prospect Park area historians. Unlike standard circulated transfers, this specimen is unpunched and uncirculated, likely preserved as a file copy.

Historical Context
The Fifteenth St. Line was a vital trolley route for the residents of Park Slope and surrounding neighborhoods, providing essential connections to major ferries and the borough's park system. This 1933 specimen captures the height of the BMT's private operations during a pivotal era of New York transit history, documenting the complex rules that governed daily travel during the Great Depression.

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