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The area

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Neighborhood: Downtown Manhattan (Downtown)

How to get there

8th St – NYU • 2 min walk
Astor Place • 2 min walk

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Restaurants

10,000 within 3 miles

Spot Dessert Bar

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Via Della Pace

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Mille-Feuille Bakery

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Mighty Quinn's Barbeque

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Hakata Ippudo NY

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Ribalta Pizza

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The Smith

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Veselka

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Attractions

2,833 within 6 miles

99 ftArchitectural Buildings

Merchant's House Museum

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Frank Geisler 🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland15,442 contributions

Vivid place

Oct 2018 • Family

We came for a brief stop before visiting the Astor Place Theatre.

A vivid place with several shops and restaurants and impressive buildings.

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Written October 10, 2018

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Jaroslav Nečas

Brno, Czech Republic1,483 contributions

Small square

Mar 2018 • Friends

Small square with several restaurants, cafes, most interesting are cube sculpture and statue of 3 rhinos.

Written January 9, 2019

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christopherbO9687MP

Acton, MA726 contributions

Interesting open air plaza in middle of lower Manhattan

Feb 2024 • Solo

Astor Place is an interesting open air plaza in the middle of lower Manhattan. Near NYU; a mixture of historic & modern structures surround the main plaza. Most of it is covered in concrete; I'd visit this only if walking to somewhere else.

Written February 12, 2024

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Thomas V

Oakland, CA17,513 contributions

Crossroads

Nov 2021

It's a crossroads where the Lower East Side hits the East Village. Some good architecture around here, but this actual square is a big open and cold. Subway stop.

Written November 24, 2021

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RonWamberal

Sydney, Australia12,072 contributions

Only if you’re in the area

Apr 2019

You wouldn’t come here as a destination visit, interesting for the arts and a couple of ok cafes but it’s really no more interesting than the countless thousands of streets in New York

Written April 23, 2019

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Neta_Avivi

Tel Aviv, Israel3,484 contributions

Cool Artsy Area

Jan 2019 • Solo

Astor Place is a one-block street in East Village, named after John Jacob Astor. It begins at Broadway Avenue around 8th Street and goes to Lafayette Street. It is a cool area, famous for the Blue Man Group Theater and The Joseph Papp Public Theater (I enjoyed visiting both theaters). Of course, there are some cafes and restaurants to enjoy while in the neighborhood.

Written February 15, 2019

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