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Astor Place (New York Subway)

 Astor Place
 "6" train "6" express train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Astor Place IRT 014.JPG
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 (late nights)
      6 all times (all times) <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction (weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction)
Transit connections Bus transport NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M8
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened October 27, 1904 (113 years ago) (1904-10-27)
Station code 407
Wireless service Wi-Fi and cellular service is provided at this station
Former/other names Astor Place – Cooper Union
Cooper Union
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 5,271,496 Decrease 3.2%
Rank 86 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 14th Street – Union Square: 4 late nights6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction
Next south Bleecker Street: 4 late nights6 all times <6> weekdays until 8:45 p.m., peak direction

Astor Place Subway Station (IRT)
MPS New York City Subway System MPS
NRHP reference # 04001013
Added to NRHP September 17, 2004

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.


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