Christopher Street

Christopher Street
Policeman explains a temporary closure due to fire
Station statistics
Address	Christopher and Hudson Streets Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°44′01″N 74°00′25″W / 40.733602°N 74.006821°W / 40.733602; -74.006821Coordinates: 40°44′01″N 74°00′25″W / 40.733602°N 74.006821°W / 40.733602; -74.006821
Lines	PATH:     HOB–33      JSQ–33      JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Connections	New York City Bus: M8
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1908
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Traffic
Passengers (2002)	2.701 million ▲ 51%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station     Regular service     Hoboken Terminus HOB–33 9th Street toward 33rd Street Pavonia/Newport toward Journal Square JSQ–33     Nights and weekends     Hoboken toward Journal Square JSQ–33 (via HOB) 9th Street toward 33rd Street

The Christopher Street PATH station, opened on February 25, 1908, is located on Christopher Street (just west of Hudson Street), on the west side of Greenwich Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

Layout

The station entrance is in its own free-standing building, with a restored marquis displaying the original "Hudson Tunnels" name adorning the entranceway. Passengers descend a narrow stairway with a number of curves before arriving at the south end of the platform, which is a narrow center island.

Biff Elrod's mural "Ascent-Descent" (showing images of users of the PATH trains, ascending or descending the stairs ) originally painted on site in August of 1986 as a temporary installation for the Public Art Fund, and later purchased by PATH/Port Authority of NY&NJ, was restored in 1999 just before the incidents of 9/11.

There is a connection to the New York City Subway 1 train (and 2 train after-hours) at Christopher Street–Sheridan Square, located two blocks away at the intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South.

History

After the September 11, 2001 attacks which resulted in the destruction of the vital World Trade Center PATH station, the Christopher Street station experienced serious overcrowding; in fact, the station became so busy that the Port Authority had to make it an exit-only station during the morning rush hour. The Port Authority planned to build a second entrance at Christopher and Bedford Street (a block and a half east of the current entrance), to ease overcrowding at the station, but local opposition effectively killed the project. Residents were concerned that the project would endanger the surrounding neighborhood's fragile historic buildings (through the vibrations that a major construction project would cause) and disrupt business and traffic in the Village.^[1] The Port Authority continues to look into the possibility of building a second entrance to service the 9th Street station, which is also opposed by local residents. The effects of September 11 did not end quickly. In 2002, Christopher Street station was used by an average of 7,400 people per day, about 2.701 million per annum. This was 51% higher than the 1.314 million passengers that utilised Christopher Street in 2001.

Platform

See also

• Christopher Street (Manhattan)

References

External links

• PATH - Christopher Street Station
• Hudson & Manhattan Railroad/Hudson Tubes
• PATH/Hudson & Manhattan Railroad at nycsubway.org