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Astor Place Subway Station
Astor Place Subway Station Review
At the beginning of the 20th century almost all of the city's Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway entrances resembled the one here—an ornate cast-iron replica of a beaux arts kiosk marking the subway entrance for the uptown No. 6 train. This traffic-island entrance, which was—and still is—the stop to get to the venerable Cooper Union college, is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Inside, plaques of beaver emblems line the tiled station walls, a reference to the fur trade that contributed to John Jacob Astor's fortune. Milton Glaser, the Cooper Union graduate who originated the "I (heart) NY" logo, designed the station's murals.
- Address: On traffic island at E. 8th St. and 4th Ave., East Village, New York, NY, 10003 | Map It
- Subway: 6 to Astor Pl.
- Location: East Village
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