This is the second time I’ve taken an MTA substation tour with Robert W. Lobenstein, the retired General Superintendent of New York City Transit. Tours with Robert are always fascinating because he’s a repository of facts–fun and useful–about NYC transit. It’s not a surprise that he has a display dedicated to him in the Transit Museum. The first time I saw Robert speak was at Open House New York on a tour of the 53rd Street substation, the most powerful block in New York City you’ve never heard of. On this recent Transit Museum tour, I went expecting to see the ventilation facility that masquerades as a Brooklyn townhouse and Substation #21 in Brooklyn Heights, but I got much more than that. First, Robert gave us a thorough tour of the Transit Museum, particularly the section dedicated to kids on how power and transit work in New York. None of us were… Read More