The subway tunnel from the past to the future: 100 years ago today we started digging a connection between Brooklyn and Staten Island that should be finished
The very elegant invitation before me, with the seal of New York City, is for 4/14/23 and reads “Breaking of ground for the Brooklyn Shaft” [of the Staten Island to Brooklyn subway]. But it’s not today; it was 100 years ago, April 14, 1923!
Source: nydailynews.com