Christopher Street (PATH station)

Christopher Street
The elaborate station entrance as seen in 2008
Location	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
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	PATH:   HOB–33   JSQ–33   JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square NYCT Bus: M8
History
Opened	1908
Electrified	600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2002)	2.701 million  51%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station   Regular service   Hoboken Terminus HOB–33 9th Street toward 33rd Street 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 in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

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 some 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, or 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.

Station layout

Platform

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 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.

See also

• Christopher Street (Manhattan)

References

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christopher Street (PATH station).

• PATH - Christopher Street Station
• Hudson & Manhattan Railroad/Hudson Tubes
• PATH/Hudson & Manhattan Railroad at nycsubway.org
• Christopher Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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