Christopher Street station (PATH)

Christopher Street
PATH rapid transit station
The elaborate station entrance as seen in 2008
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)	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, M20 NB on Hudson Street
History
Opened	February 25, 1908
Electrified	600V (DC) Third Rail
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,497,116  2.3%
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

Christopher Street is a station on the PATH system. Located on Christopher Street between Greenwich and Hudson Streets in the West 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.

The station opened on February 25, 1908. It received a renovation in 1986, during which the station was closed completely for a period of time.

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.

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.