Christopher Street–Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)

Christopher Street–Sheridan Square
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Downtown local 1 train arriving
Station statistics
Address	Christopher Street & Seventh Avenue South New York, NY 10014
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village
Coordinates	40°43′59″N 74°00′11″W / 40.733°N 74.003°W / 40.733; -74.003Coordinates: 40°43′59″N 74°00′11″W / 40.733°N 74.003°W / 40.733; -74.003
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times)       2  (weekends and late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M8, M20 PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at Christopher Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Station code	323[1]
Wireless service	[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	3,363,949[3]  1.7%
Rank	156 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	14th Street: 1  2
Next south	Houston Street: 1  2
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends
Location Show map of New York City Subway Show map of New York City Show map of New York Show map of the US

Christopher Street–Sheridan Square is a local station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South in Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times and the 2 train during late nights and weekends.^[4]

Station layout

Track layout
to 14 St to Houston St

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (14th Street) ← toward 241st Street late nights, Dyre Avenue weekends (14th Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (Houston Street) → → toward Brooklyn College late nights, South Ferry weekends (Houston Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Name of the station in mosaics

Artwork depicting the old State Penitentiary at West 10th Street

This underground station, which opened on July 1, 1918, has two side platforms and four tracks. The two center express tracks are used by the 2 and 3 trains during daytime hours.

Both platforms have the standard IRT trim line and name tablets reading "CHRISTOPHER ST. SHERIDAN SQ." in Times New Roman font on two lines. The columns are painted dark green with every other one having a standard black name plate with white lettering. There are also signs directing to New York University.

The 1994 artwork is entitled Greenwich Village Murals by Lee Brozgol and the students of Public School 41. It features twelve mosaic frame panels on the platform walls depicting the history of Greenwich Village. The names of some of these panels include "Bohemians", "Rebels", "Founders", and "Providers".

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.^[5]

Exits

Each platform has one fare control area at the center containing a turnstile bank and token booth. There is no free transfer between directions, though evidence of sealed-up crossunders is visible at each end of the station. The South Ferry-bound fare control has four street stairs to the diagonal intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue: two to the northwest corner and two to the southwest one. The Bronx-bound fare control has a single staircase to the island formed by Seventh Avenue, West Fourth Street, and Grove Street.^[6]

Nearby points of interest

The Stonewall National Monument, encompassing Christopher Park and the Stonewall Inn, is across West Fourth Street from the Bronx-bound entrance.^[6]

The Hess triangle, a small triangular-shaped plaque in the sidewalk with one 65-centimetre (26 in) side and two 70-centimetre (28 in) sides, is located outside the South Ferry-bound entrances at the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South.^[6]

In popular culture

Entrances for downtown

The station can briefly be seen in the backdrop of the music video for David Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans".

The 1999 comedy movie Big Daddy includes a scene of Adam Sandler, his character's foster son, and friends outside this station.

The Steely Dan song Pixeleen from the Everything Must Go disc alludes to the subway station.

References

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christopher Street – Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line).

• nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: Christopher Street/Sheridan Square
• nycsubway.org – The Greenwich Village Murals Artwork by Lee Brozgol (1994)
• Station Reporter – 1 Train
• MTA's Arts For Transit – Christopher Street–Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
• Christopher Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sheridan Square entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

New York City Subway stations, by service
	Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street 238th Street 231st Street Marble Hill–225th Street 215th Street 207th Street Dyckman Street 191st Street 181st Street 168th Street 157th Street 145th Street 137th Street–City College 125th Street 116th Street–Columbia University Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Temporary reroutes on the 2, 5, and M trains are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks are served by that service during off-peak hours only. See linked articles for more information.