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Astor Place Subway Station

  • Address: On traffic island at E. 8th St. and 4th Ave., East Village, New York, NY, 10003 | Map It

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At the beginning of the 20th century, almost every Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) subway entrance resembled the ornate cast-iron replica of a Beaux-Arts kiosk that covers the stairway leading to the uptown No. 6 train here. 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, a Cooper Union graduate, designed the station's murals.

  • Subway: 6 to Astor Pl.
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