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BMT Brooklyn Manhattan Transit June 1, 1933 65th St.-Bay Ridge Ave. Line Ticket #00002 Rare
UNPUNCHED - EXCELLENT CONDITION - BMT TRANSIT ARCHIVE
Extremely rare early-issue specimen; likely the first clean ticket removed from the original conductor's book.
This is an excellent, uncirculated "Special Transfer" ticket from the B. & Q. T. Corp (Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation), a subsidiary of the BMT, 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 long-term archival collector’s binder and remains crisp and unpunched.
As seen in the photos, the top edge shows the authentic, uneven perforation where it was hand-separated from the conductor’s original transfer book—a true mark of its original, uncirculated state.
Collector Highlights
Serial Number: This is ticket #00002, representing the second ticket in the book for the 65th St.-Bay Ridge Ave. Line on that Thursday morning in 1933.
Special Transfer (A): This specific ticket was a "Special Transfer" valid for a final ride on several major omnibus (bus) routes, including Avenue "U", Kings Highway, and the Ft. Hamilton Parkway line. It specifically mentions being issued on trips from Ulmer Park only.
Uncirculated Specimen: This ticket was never issued to a passenger, as evidenced by the lack of conductor punches in the time/date grids. It has been preserved for nearly a century in archival condition.
Historical Context
The 65th St.-Bay Ridge Ave. Line was a vital link in the Southwest Brooklyn transit network, connecting the residential areas of Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst to major ferry and bus hubs. This ticket is particularly interesting as it documents connections to the Staten Island Ferry and the Bay Ridge Ferry, capturing the multimodal nature of NYC travel in the 1930s. It represents the height of private transit operation in NYC before the system-wide unification in 1940.
Please visit our store to see the rest of this newly listed collection, featuring many more rare, low-numbered tickets from this historic era!