The Montague Street Tunnel carries the M and R trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. It opened to revenue service on Sunday, August 1, 1920 at 2am with a holiday schedule, the same day as the 60th Street Tunnel. Regular service began Monday, August 2, 1920. The 2 new tunnels allowed passengers to make an 18 mile trip from Coney Island, through Manhattan, to Queens for a 5 cent fare. The original construction cost was $9,867,906.52, almost twice that of the 60th Street Tunnel.
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