Christopher Street–Sheridan Square station
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||||||||
 Downtown local 1 train arriving | |||||||||
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| Address | Christopher Street & Seventh Avenue South New York, NY 10014 | ||||||||
| Borough | Manhattan | ||||||||
| Locale | Greenwich Village | ||||||||
| Division | A (IRT)[1] | ||||||||
| Line | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line | ||||||||
| Services | 1  (all times) 2  (late nights) | ||||||||
| Transit |  NYCT Bus: M8, M20 PATH: JSQ–33, HOB–33, JSQ–33 (via HOB) (at Christopher Street) | ||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||
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| Opened | July 1, 1918 | ||||||||
| Opposite- direction transfer | No | ||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||
| 2023 | 2,817,379[2]  15.7% | ||||||||
| Rank | 118 out of 423[2] | ||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||
| Next north | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
| Next south | Template:NYCS next | ||||||||
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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.
Station layout
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| Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance |
| Platform level | Side platform | |
| Northbound local | ← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (14th Street) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (14th Street)
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| Northbound express | ←  do not stop here
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| Southbound express | do not stop here →
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| Southbound local | toward South Ferry (Houston Street) → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (Houston Street) →
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| Side platform | ||
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.
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.
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.[4]
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.
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 entrance at the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South.
In popular culture
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
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
Further reading
- Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0
External links
- 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