Christopher Street–Stonewall station

For the demolished station serving the IRT Ninth Avenue Line, see Christopher Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line). For the PATH station, see Christopher Street station (PATH).

Christopher Street–  Sheridan Square
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Downtown local 1 train arriving
Station statistics
Address	Christopher Street & Seventh Avenue South New York, NY 10014
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village
Coordinates	40.733°N 74.003°W / 40.733; -74.003
Division	A (IRT)
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 9th Street or Christopher Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	2,817,379  15.7%
Rank	118 out of 423
Station succession
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Location
Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends

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 by the 2 train during late nights.

Station layout

Track layout
to 14 St to Houston St

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)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (Houston Street) → → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (Houston Street) →
	Side platform

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.

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.

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-centimeter (26 in) side and two 70-centimeter (28 in) sides, is located outside the South Ferry-bound entrances at the southwest corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South.

In popular culture

Entrances for downtown

In Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Michael J. Fox is seen jumping the turnstiles and then boarding a train at the station while running away from his brother.

The station can briefly be seen in the backdrop of the music video for David Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans" (1997).

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 album, released in 2003, alludes to the subway station.

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