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December 1st In NYC History
Updated: Updated 12/01/2012 01:00 AM
By: NY1 News

On this date in...


1955...Commuting becomes a little easier for straphangers in Queens when a tunnel opens linking the IND and BMT lines just west of the Queens Plaza Station. Known as the 60th Street Tunnel Connection, it is used today by the R train.


Today's New Yorker birthdays include actor/writer/director Woody Allen, born in Brooklyn in 1935.

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