Christopher Street – Sheridan Square (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

Christopher Street – Sheridan Square
New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px Downtown local 1 train arriving
Station statistics
Address	Christopher Street & Seventh Avenue South New York, NY 10014
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Greenwich Village
Coordinates
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 Christopher Street)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1918 (1918-07-01)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	3,363,949  3.3%
Rank	150
Station succession
Next north	14th Street: 1  2
Next south	Houston Street: 1  2
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops late nights only
Location

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

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park – 242nd 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 ( toward Brooklyn College late nights) (Houston Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

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Name of the station in mosaics

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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.

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 three street stairs to the diagonal intersection of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue, one to the northwest corner and two 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 popular culture

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Entrances for downtown

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.

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