The West Fourth Street stop opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the first line of the Independent Subway System (IND).

Today, it is part of the NYC transit system, and was added to the NRHP on March 30, 2005. Nearby points of interest include Washington Square Park, West Fourth Street Courts, West Village, and New York University.

This is where Louis C.K. exits the subway station in the title sequence of the tv show, Louie.

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In the early months of 1940, Woody Guthrie arrived in New York City. Dubbed "the Oklahoma cowboy" by his contemporaries, he was embraced by the leftist folk scene at the time.

On constant radio rotation at the time was Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." Guthrie found the song distasteful- unrealistic and complacent. On February 23, 1940, in a small boarding house at the corner of 43rd st and 6th Ave in NYC, he went about writing an answer to Berlin. Guthrie's response was the song "This Land is Your Land."

Adapting the melody from "When The World's On Fire" by the Carter family, "This Land is Your Land" has become a powerful national song, still open for interpretation today.

One of the original versions of the song had a final verse that goes like this:

"As I went walking, I saw a sign there,
And on the sign there, It said 'Private Property'
But on the other side, it didn't say nothing!
That side was made for you and me."

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Caroline Hirsch opened up a cabaret in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York in 1981. The comedians she booked were her most popular draw, so she started booking them exclusively.

After moving to a couple of locations, Carolines on Broadway (sic) opened at this location in 1992. Billing itself as "America's Premiere Comedy Nightclub," the list of comedians who have played Carolines is pretty extensive.

Notably, Bill Hicks gave his last performance at Carolines in January 1994 (before he died of cancer).

Louis C.K. often features Carolines as a filming location for the TV series, Louie.

I don't know why they don't put the apostrophe in the name. That's just how they spell it.

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Founded in 1833, the Peekskill Military Academy was a military school for boys until its closure in June 1968.

L. Fran Baum, author of The Wonderful World of Oz, attended the academy for two years as a youth.

Maps of Peekskill from that time show there was an actual yellow brick road made from Dutch pavers. The road extended from the river, up a hill, and to the Military Academy.

A portion of this "yellow brick road" still exists in a parking lot in Peekskill. The owner of the lot is willing to commemorate the literary road, but the $225,000 necessary for its restoration hasn't yet been secured.

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Katz's Delicatessen was the filming location for the legendary orgasm-faking scene with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal from When Harry Met Sally.

Although Billy Crystal came up with the classic punchline ("I'll have what she's having"), the scene came out of conversations between director Rob Reiner and writer Nora Ephron. Rob Reiner did not initially believe Ephron's assertion on the manner, but after grilling female members of the staff in the production office, he was convinced.

Katz's Delicatessen now has a sign that hangs over the table that was featured in When Harry Met Sally. Katz's was also the site of Johnny Depp's character meeting with an FBI contact in the film Donnie Brasco, and was also featured in the films Across the Universe, Mary and Max, Enchanted, We Own the Night, and the TV show Law and Order.

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