Christopher Street (PATH station)

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Christopher Street

Policeman explains a temporary closure due to fire

Station statistics

Address

Christopher and Hudson Streets
Manhattan, New York

Lines

PATH:

HOB–33

JSQ–33

JSQ–33 (via HOB)

Connections

New York City Bus: M8

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

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	9th Street toward 33rd Street
	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.

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 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 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.