Astor Row

Coordinates: 40°48′38″N 73°56′31″W / 40.81045°N 73.941987°W / 40.81045; -73.941987

Astor Row is the name given to 28 row houses on the south side of West 130th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, which were among the first speculative townhouses built in the area. Designed by Charles Buek, the houses were built between 1880 and 1883 in three spurts, on land that had been purchased by John Jacob Astor in 1844 for $10,000. Astor's grandson, William Backhouse Astor, Jr., was the driving force behind the development.

The design of the three-story brick, single-family houses is unusual, in that they are set back from the street and all have front and side yards – an oddity in Manhattan – as well as wooden porches. The first group of houses, numbers 8 through 22, are freestanding pairs, while the remainder, numbers 24 through 60, are connected together at the rear.

The Astor Row houses were designated New York City Landmarks on August 11, 1981.

130th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

130th Street was a station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 125th Street. The next northbound stop was 135th Street.

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Coordinates: 40°48′48.12″N 73°56′55.88″W / 40.8133667°N 73.9488556°W / 40.8133667; -73.9488556