How Boss Tweed Killed New York’s First Subway!

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church | New York

Victorian Society of New York
Publisher/HostVictorian Society of New York
How Boss Tweed Killed New York\u2019s First Subway!
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In 1870, Alfred Beach secretly built a subway under Broadway, only to have Boss Tweed find out—and K*ll it.
About this Event

Matthew Algeo, author of the new book (Island Press), will tell the incredible true story of New York’s first subway, a giant pneumatic tube that ran 300 feet under Broadway. Built in secret because Tammany Hall would never allow it to be built otherwise, the Beach Pneumatic Railway took the city by storm in 1870, and remains one of America’s great feats of engineering.

Algeo's book will be available for sale and signing at the event.

Matthew Algeo is an award-winning journalist and author. He is also the host of Kansas Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Algeo has reported from four continents for NPR News and written for major publications including the Atlantic, New York Times, and the Washington Post. He is the author of eight books, including Harry Trumans Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip, which Christopher Buckley called“utterly likable,” and the Washington Post named one of the best books of the year. In addition to reporting and writing, Algeo has held jobs as a convenience store clerk, a gas station attendant, a Halloween costume salesman, and a proofreader. He also worked in a traveling circus as a hot dog vendor. He holds a degree in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania.


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St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 263 West 86th Street, New York, United States

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