Transit Kids at Home
Explore videos, workshops, and images for young transportation fans, right from home! Discover transit-themed music, movement, artmaking, science experiments, games and more, all while learning about the history – and future – of transit in New York City.
Community
Think about all of the people, places and things that make our communities unique and special, including the important role that public transportation plays in shaping communities.
Recommended for ages 5+.
Family Workshop: Courtesy Counts
Family Workshop: Colorful Community Posters
Watch a Transit Tots Video about Community
Arts
Discover the relationship between art and transportation, and learn more about the music, mosaics, and poetry throughout our transit system.
Recommended for ages 5+.
Family Workshop: Homemade Music
Object Spotlight: Cortlandt Street Ferry Terracotta Plaque
Watch a Transit Tots Video about Arts in Transit
History
Learn about the history of New York City and its public transportation, and see how our city and the ways we travel are the same or different today.
Recommended for ages 2-5.
Family Workshop: Pneumatic Subway
Object Spotlight: BRT Brooklyn Union Elevated Car 1407
Watch a Transit Tots Video about Subway Tokens
Science (STEM)
See how science, technology, engineering, and math concepts are so important to how we travel around the city.
Recommended for ages 2-5.
Family Workshop: Bridge-Building
Family Workshop: Pneumatic Subway
Object Spotlight: R-42 Subway Car