Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Astor Place
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown platform
Station statistics
Address	Astor Place & Lafayette Street New York, NY 10003
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	NoHo / East Village
Coordinates	40°43′47″N 73°59′30″W / 40.72972°N 73.99167°W / 40.72972; -73.99167Coordinates: 40°43′47″N 73°59′30″W / 40.72972°N 73.99167°W / 40.72972; -73.99167
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	4  (late nights)       6  (all times) <6> (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M8
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904 (112 years ago) (1904-10-27)
Wireless service
Former/other names	Astor Place – Cooper Union Cooper Union
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,447,655  5.3%
Rank	81 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	14th Street – Union Square: 4  6  <6>
Next south	Bleecker Street: 4  6  <6>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Astor Place Subway Station (IRT) U.S. National Register of Historic Places MPS New York City Subway System MPS NRHP Reference # 04001013 Added to NRHP September 17, 2004
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Astor Place, also called Astor Place – Cooper Union on signs, is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Completed in 1904, it is one of the original twenty-eight stations in the system. Located at the intersection of Lafayette Street, Eighth Street, Fourth Avenue, Cooper Square, and Astor Place between the East Village and NoHo, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> train during weekday in peak direction and by the 4 train during late nights. The station is on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York.

Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900. The part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line including the Astor Place station, opened on October 27, 1904.

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. The station underwent renovation from June 1984 to May 1986. The station was renovated for $2,500,000, and was part of the Adopt-a-station program. The money included $600,000 from the Federal Urban Mass Transit Administration, $125,000 from private sources, including some from the Vincent Astor Foundation. The scope of the project included the restoration of the famous glazed ceramic beaver plaques, new improved lighting, the installation of noise-abatement material, as well as the installation of new brown floor tiles. A new piece of porcelain steel artwork by Cooper Union alumnus Milton Glaser was installed, and a cast-iron copy of one of the station's original kiosks was built. There was an underpass between the uptown and downtown sides, but it was closed and covered up in the 1980s renovation.