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BMT Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Feb 1, 1939 Crescent Street Route Ticket #00500 Rare
UNPUNCHED - EXCELLENT CONDITION - BMT TRANSIT ARCHIVE
Extremely rare uncirculated specimen featuring a perfect milestone serial number, issued on February 1, 1939.
This is an excellent, uncirculated "Omnibus Route B. 13 Transfer (AB)" from the B. B. Corp. (Brooklyn Bus Corporation), a subsidiary of the BMT, issued in early 1939.
Condition and Provenance
This item is part of a substantial, high-grade transit collection 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 #00500, a premier milestone round number specimen issued for the Crescent Street Route.
Multi-Mode Transfer: This specific ticket documents the final era of private transit integration. It was valid for a final ride on the historic Bergen St. Trolley Line (in either direction or westbound to Ralph Ave. only) and the Pitkin Ave.-Brownsville (B. 14) omnibus route toward Schenectady Ave.
Key Landmarks: The ticket notes it was issued on trips in either direction to passengers boarding at or south of Jamaica Ave. and paying an additional charge of two cents. It highlights vital connections between the East New York, Brownsville, and Cypress Hills neighborhoods.
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 Crescent Street Route (B-13) was a critical link in the East Brooklyn and Queens border transit network. Issued in 1939, this ticket captures the BMT system just one year before the historic 1940 city takeover. It represents a primary source document for the "Great Transition" where emerging bus routes provided seamless transfers back to iconic, established trolley lines like Bergen Street.
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!