The 7 train is the line that forever changed Queens since it opened in 1915.
Now, commuters can take a ride through subway time at a new exhibit.
'7 Train: Minutes to Midtown' traces more than 100 years of the lines history.
"I was riding the 7 train and I would think, I wonder if people know what Queens looked like before the 7 train arrived," said Associate Curator Jodi Shapiro.
Much of it looked like rural farmland. A stark contrast from the Queens of today, where social and economic transformation was largely driven by the 7's extension from Grand Central across the East River.
Now the line runs from 34th St-Hudson Yards to Flushing-Main Street. Curator Jodi Shapiro says the line sparked a real estate boom in Queens, and tells us the boroughs population boomed too.
"Developers really encouraged people to move out to Queens because you could have things in Queens that you couldn't have in Manhattan, like driveways, you know, a front yard," said Shapiro.
The exhibit also features side by side photographs of what neighborhoods along the 7 looked like while the line was built compared to today.
"You look at the photograph on the wall and there's nothing, and you look today and 100 years has passed, you can't really conceive that it was ever empty," said Shapiro.
The exhibit explores all that and more, from the construction of the Steinway Tunnel in the East River, to the 7's newest station on Manhattan's far west side.
Most importantly, organizers hope the exhibit's location inspires strap hangers to hop aboard the train themselves. It's located at the New York Transit Museum's annex at Grand Central Terminal.
"I love the subway so, these pictures are great! It kinda just shows the history," said one museum-goer.
The exhibit is free and open to the public through October 29th.