This Web page part of the "Jump Back in Time" section of the America's Story Web site describes how on October 27 1904 the New York City subway system opened for business Click on the "next" arrow at the bottom of the text to view film footage of Lower Broadway in 1903 and of a New York subway station in 1905 "America's Story from America's Library" aims to make history fun by presenting surprising facts and amazing items from the Library of Congress collections