Christopher Street–Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) Contents History Station layout Nearby points of interest In popular culture References Further reading External links Navigation menu40°43′59″N 74°00′11″W / 40.733°N 74.003°W / 40.733; -74.00340°43′59″N 74°00′11″W / 40.733°N 74.003°W / 40.733; -74.003e"Station Developers' Information""NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations""Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017""Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts""The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)""Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System WhIch Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines"Engineering News-record"The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections — Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough""Public Service Commission Fixes July 15 For Opening of The New Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subway Lines — Will Afford Better Service and Less Crowding — Shuttle Service for Forty-Second Street — How the Various Lines of the Dual System Are Grouped for Operation and List of Stations on All Lines""Open New Subway to Regular Traffic — First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials — To Serve Lower West Side — Whitney Predicts an Awakening of the District — New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service""Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph — Great H System Put in Operation Marks an Era in Railroad Construction — No Hitch in the Plans — But Public Gropes Blindly to Find the Way in Maze of New Stations — Thousands Go Astray — Leaders in City's Life Hail Accomplishment of Great Task at Meeting at the Astor""The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections — Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough""AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS""MTA Neighborhood Maps: West Village"IRT West Side Line: Christopher Street/Sheridan SquareThe Greenwich Village Murals Artwork by Lee Brozgol (1994)1 TrainChristopher Street–Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)Christopher Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewSheridan Square entrance from Google Maps Street ViewPlatforms from Google Maps Street Viewee
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| 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  (late nights) | ||||||||||
| Transit connections |  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) | ||||||||||
| Station code | 323[1] | ||||||||||
| Wireless service |  [2] | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017) | 3,193,169[3]  3.4% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 162 out of 425 | ||||||||||
| Station succession | |||||||||||
| Next north | 14th Street: 1 2 | ||||||||||
| Next south | Houston Street: 1 2 | ||||||||||
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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 by the 2 train during late nights.
Contents
1 History
2 Station layout
2.1 Exits
3 Nearby points of interest
4 In popular culture
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
History
Name of the station in mosaics
The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies (the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company), all working together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a branch of the original subway line south down Seventh Avenue, Varick Street, and West Broadway to serve the West Side of Manhattan.[4][5][6]
Artwork depicting the old State Penitentiary at West 10th Street
The construction of this line, in conjunction with the construction of the Lexington Avenue Line, would change the operations of the IRT system. Instead of having trains go via Broadway, turning onto 42nd Street, before finally turning onto Park Avenue, there would be two trunk lines connected by the 42nd Street Shuttle. The system would be changed from looking like a "Z" system on a map to an "H" system. One trunk would run via the new Lexington Avenue Line down Park Avenue, and the other trunk would run via the new Seventh Avenue Line up Broadway. In order for the line to continue down Varick Street and West Broadway, these streets needed to be widened, and two new streets were built, the Seventh Avenue Extension and the Varick Street Extension.[7]It was predicted that the subway extension would lead to the growth of the Lower West Side, and to neighborhoods such as Chelsea and Greenwich Village.[8][9]
Christopher Street–Sheridan Square opened as the line was extended south to South Ferry from 34th Street–Penn Station on July 1, 1918, and was served by a shuttle.[10] The new "H" system was implemented on August 1, 1918, joining the two halves of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and sending all West Side trains south from Times Square.[11] An immediate result of the switch was the need to transfer using the 42nd Street Shuttle. The completion of the "H" system doubled the capacity of the IRT system.[12]
In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.[13]
Station layout
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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 (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, doors will open on the right | ||
This underground station 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".
Entrances for downtown
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.[14]
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.[14]
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.[14]
In popular culture
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.
In season 2, episode 5 of Friends (1995), filmed during the renovations of the station, the south entrance of the station is depicted as being closed.
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.
References
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^ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
^ "Terms and Conditions of Dual System Contracts". nycsubway.org. Public Service Commission. March 19, 1913. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
^ "The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)". nycsubway.org. Public Service Commission. September 1912. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
^ "Most Recent Map of the Dual Subway System WhIch Shows How Brooklyn Borough Is Favored In New Transit Lines". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1917. p. 37. Retrieved August 23, 2016 – via Brooklyn Newspapers.
^ Engineering News-record. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 1916.
^ Whitney, Travis H. (March 10, 1918). "The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections — Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
^ "Public Service Commission Fixes July 15 For Opening of The New Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subway Lines — Will Afford Better Service and Less Crowding — Shuttle Service for Forty-Second Street — How the Various Lines of the Dual System Are Grouped for Operation and List of Stations on All Lines" (PDF). The New York Times. May 19, 1918. p. 32. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ "Open New Subway to Regular Traffic — First Train on Seventh Avenue Line Carries Mayor and Other Officials — To Serve Lower West Side — Whitney Predicts an Awakening of the District — New Extensions of Elevated Railroad Service" (PDF). The New York Times. July 2, 1918. p. 11. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ "Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph — Great H System Put in Operation Marks an Era in Railroad Construction — No Hitch in the Plans — But Public Gropes Blindly to Find the Way in Maze of New Stations — Thousands Go Astray — Leaders in City's Life Hail Accomplishment of Great Task at Meeting at the Astor" (PDF). The New York Times. August 2, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
^ Whitney, Travis H. (March 10, 1918). "The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections — Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough" (PDF). The New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
^ Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
^ abc "MTA Neighborhood Maps: West Village" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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
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