Christopher Street station (PATH)

Christopher Street
Port Authority Trans-Hudson PATH rapid transit station
The station platform as seen in 2007
Location 137 Christopher Street
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) Uptown Hudson Tubes
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections NYCT Bus: M8, M20 NB on Hudson Street
History
Opened February 25, 1908
Electrified 600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 1,580,168[1] Increase 9%
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station
Temporary Service Times[2][3]
Terminus
HOB–33
M-F 6am-11pm
toward 33rd Street
JSQ–33
M-F 6am-11pm
JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Monday 5-6am
M-Th 6am-10pm
F 11pm-11:59
         
Route map
to 9 St
Hudson River
to Newport
or Hoboken

Christopher Street is a station on the PATH system. Located on Christopher Street between Greenwich and Hudson Streets in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it is served by the Hoboken–33rd Street and Journal Square–33rd Street lines on weekdays, and by the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends.

History

Entrance

The station opened on February 25, 1908, as part of the H&M extension between New Jersey and 33rd Street.[4] It received a renovation in 1986, during which the station was closed completely for a period of time.[5]

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.[6]

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

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, one-way faregates
B2
Platform level		 Southbound ←      HOB–33 toward Hoboken Terminal (Terminus)
←      JSQ–33 toward Journal Square (Newport)
←      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward Journal Square (Hoboken Terminal)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound →      HOB–33 toward 33rd Street (9th Street) →
→      JSQ–33 toward 33rd Street (9th Street) →
→      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (9th Street) →

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.[7]

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 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was restored in 1999.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "PATH Ridership Report" (PDF). pathnynj.gov. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Schedules". Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Stay on Track - PATH Weekend Closures - 2018" (PDF). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "TROLLEY TUNNEL OPEN TO JERSEY; President Turns On Power for First Official Train Between This City and Hoboken. REGULAR SERVICE STARTS Passenger Trains Between the Two Cities Begin Running at Midnight. EXERCISES OVER THE RIVER Govs. Hughes and Fort Make Congratulatory Addresses -- Dinner at Sherry's in the Evening" (PDF). The New York Times. February 26, 1908. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Susan Heller; Dunlap, David W. (May 27, 1986). "NEW YORK DAY BY DAY; PATH Recalls Early Years". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Amateau, Albert (October 22, 2003). "A change of course on PATH". The Villager. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  7. ↑ Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
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