Astoria is a major junction in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 city centre and a station of the M2 metro line

Astoria (Budapest Metro)

Astoria is a station of the M2 line of the Budapest Metro, under the eponymous square, Astoria....

. It is named after Grand Hotel Astoria at its corner.

It is the crossing point of Rákóczi út and Small Boulevard

Small Boulevard (Budapest)

Kiskörút or Small Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Budapest. It forms an incomplete semicircle between Deák Square and Fővám Square. It is the border of the southern part of District 5 , the innermost district of Pest...

. At its corner can be found the Humanities Faculty of the Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian National Museum

Hungarian National Museum

- History:The Hungarian National Museum is said to have been founded in 1802 when Count Ferenc Széchényi set up the National Széchényi Library. This would then be followed a year later by the donating of a mineral collection by Széchényi’s wife. This led to the creation of the Hungarian National...

 beside it. Dohány Street Synagogue

Dohány Street Synagogue

The Great Synagogue, also known as Dohány Street Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest. It is the third largest synagogue in Eurasia and the fifth largest in the world...

 is located in the opposite direction, around 200 m far from this junction.

The neighbouring metro stations are Calvin Square

Kálvin tér (Budapest Metro)

Kálvin tér is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro. It is located on the borders of District V, District VIII, and District IX, under Kálvin Square. The station is one of the busiest on the line, and is also the deepest.The station has provisions dating from its design to accommodate...

 and Ferenc Deák Square

Deák Ferenc tér (Budapest Metro)

Deák Ferenc tér is the only transfer station for the M1, M2, and M3 lines of the Budapest Metro. It is located under the eponymous city square in central Budapest, the capital city of Hungary....

 along the Small Boulevard and Square of the Franciscans

Ferenciek tere (Budapest Metro)

Ferenciek tere is a station on the M3 line of the Budapest Metro located under the eponymous square in District V. It is an important junction, as several bus lines from Buda pass though or terminate here. It is also the station closest to the geographical city centre of Budapest...

 and Lujza Blaha Square along Rákóczi Road.