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That $2.25 subway fare could take you farther than you think. Try a ride back in time to the 1600s.
If you believe in this sign, that is.
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Spotted on Sunday in the Fulton Street station, on the 2/3 platform, the sign refers to the original Dutch name for Brooklyn. Named after a town in The Netherlands, the Village of Breuckelen was one of the first municipalities in New York State and was founded by the Dutch West India Company in the 1640s.
The area was also spelled Breucklyn, Breuckland, Brueklyn, Broucklyn, Brookland and Brookline before its current spelling was adopted in the late-18th century.
So what was the sign doing in the Fulton Street station anyway? Could it be a tribute to Henry Hudson's discovery of New York Harbor 400 years ago?
A spokesman for Metropolitan Transportation Authority didn't have many answers, except to say the placard didn't belong there.
"Apparently someone put a sign over the existing sign, completely covering it," James Anyansi said.
Such pranks don't happen often, but he said a cleaning crew is expected to check for vandalism. The sign was taken down on Monday, Anyansi said, and no other peculiar finds were sighted in the station that day.
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