Reports of a passenger struck by a downtown 6 at Astor Place

Photos by Vinny & O 

There were a lot of questions about a significant emergency response this afternoon on Astor Place... (for a few people, seeing the multiple FDNY and NYPD personnel here sparked flashbacks to the random slashing near the Cube last Thursday)...

According to witnesses and social media accounts, a passenger was pinned between the subway platform and the downtown 6 around 3:30 p.m.

Southbound 6 trains are delayed while emergency teams respond to someone who was struck by a train at Astor Pl.

— NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) June 11, 2024

John Stratidis, manager of the nearby Cozy Soup 'n' Burger, told @ScooterCasterNY that a man tripped and fell onto the tracks. 

Fellow straphangers tried to help the man, but witnesses said there wasn't enough time before the train entered the station. 

The Citizen app reported that "The victim has been removed from between the train and the platform and is being aided by medics." There's no word on the man's condition.

Honoring the late downtown legend Patti Astor at Astor Place

The downtown 6 stop at Astor Place is now full of tributes to the late Patti Astor, as these photos via an EVG readers show ...

The tribute is courtesy the East Village-based The Lisa Project. 

Astor died on April 9 at her home in Hermosa Beach, Calif. She was 74.

Per The New York Times:

Patti Astor, the downtown Manhattan "It" girl, indie film star and co-founder of Fun Gallery, the scruffy East Village storefront space that in the early 1980s nurtured young graffiti artists like Futura2000, Zephyr, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink and Fab 5 Freddy, as well as showcasing artists like Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat...