ON THIS EDITION THE BRT AND BMT RUN INTO SOME PRETTY BAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SO MAYOR JOHN F. HYLAN DID SOME CUTBACKS AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM CAME INTO BEING. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI PEDIA AND FLICKR: This image was originally posted to Flickr by MTAPhotos at https://flickr.com/photos/61135621@N03/19329819685. It was reviewed on 10 August 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.