Christopher Street (PATH station)

Christopher Street (PATH station)
Christopher Street
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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 Subway: NYCS 1 NYCS 2 at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square
Local Transit 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 increase 51%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station
    Regular service    
Terminus
HOB–33
toward Journal Square
JSQ–33
    Nights and weekends    
toward Journal Square
JSQ–33 (via HOB)

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.

Contents

Layout

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

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 at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square (1 2 trains), 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 year. This was more than twice as many as the 1.314 million passengers that used the station during 2001.

Platform

See also

References

  1. ^ Amateau, Albert (October 22, 2003). "A change of course on PATH". The Villager. http://www.thevillager.com/villager_25/achangeofcourse.html. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 

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