Hudson Street (Manhattan)

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Hudson Street between Grove Street and Christopher Street.

Hudson Street in TriBeCa

Hudson Street is the name of two north/south streets in Manhattan. The southern, northbound street begins at the intersection of West Broadway and Chambers Street in TriBeCa and runs north into Greenwich Village; there, it intersects with Bleecker Street at Abingdon Square and becomes 8th Avenue. The former New York Mercantile Exchange building is located at the corner of Hudson and Harrison Street in TriBeCa. Other notable buildings on this stretch of Hudson Street include The Church of St. Luke in the Fields and its garden, St. Luke's School, the White Horse Tavern, and the headquarters of the Hot 97 radio station, which was the site of a gunfight between the entourages of 50 Cent and The Game in 2005 as well as several other shootings.^[1]

The northern Hudson Street runs southbound from 14th Street, where it splits off from Ninth Avenue, to the same intersection that the northbound Hudson Street ends. There, it intersects with the northbound Hudson Street as it becomes 8th Avenue, and turns into Bleecker Street. Just below 14th Street, it is one of the major streets in the Meatpacking District.

1 Transportation
2 Popular culture
3 Notable residents
4 References

[edit] Transportation

The uptown M20 bus runs on the northbound Hudson Street between Harrison Street and Hudson Street's end, and continues along Eighth Avenue.

The Christopher Street PATH station is located on Christopher Street just west of Hudson Street.

Near Canal Street, Hudson Street is one of the primary access routes leading to and from the Holland Tunnel.

[edit] Popular culture

A.E.S. Hudson Street was a comedy television show running on ABC from March 16, 1978 through April 20, 1978. This short-lived series followed the poorly equipped Adult Emergency Service hospital set on Hudson Street.

[edit] Notable residents

Writer and activist Jane Jacobs lived at 555 Hudson Street, above a candy shop.^[2] Jacobs' fought and won in her battle against Robert Moses and his efforts to build the Lower Manhattan Expressway, which would have destroyed fourteen blocks along Hudson Street in Greenwich Village.