Christopher Street (PATH station)

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Port Authority Trans-Hudson station

Christopher Street

Opened:

February 25, 1908

Transfers:

New York City Subway
- Christopher St-Sheridan Sq (1 2 ⁽⁵⁾)

Regular hours

Previous	Lines	Next
Pavonia/Newport	JSQ-33	9th Street
Hoboken	HOB-33	9th Street

Late-night and weekend service

Previous		Lines		Next
Hoboken		JSQ-33 via HOB		9th 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.

The station entrance is in its own free-standing building, with a restored marquis displaying the original "Hudson Tubes" name adorning the entranceway. Passengers travel down a narrow stairway with a number of curves before arriving at the platform level. The platform itself is a narrow center island.

A connection is possible to the New York City Subway 1 train (and {NYCS 2}} train after-hours) at Christopher Street-Sheridan Square, located two blocks away at the intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue.

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist 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 Ninth Street station, which is also opposed by local residents.

The station is served by the Journal Square-33rd Street and Hoboken-33rd Street services.