Greenwich Street
Greenwich Street is a north–south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It extends from the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District at its northernmost end to its southern end at Battery Park. Greenwich Street runs through the Meatpacking District, the West Village, Hudson Square, and Tribeca.
Not to be confused with Greenwich Avenue.Former name(s)
Road to Greenwich
Street
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Ninth Avenue and Gansevoort Street
1790s
World Trade Center, skyscrapers
Main east–west streets crossed include, from north to south, Christopher Street, Houston Street, Canal Street, and Chambers Street. North of Canal Street, traffic travels northbound on Greenwich Street; south of Canal Street, it travels southbound.
Transportation[edit]
Subway[edit]
The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line runs under Greenwich Street from Vesey Street south to its end. The Cortlandt Street and Rector Street stations (1 train) serve it directly. Other New York City Subway stations serve Greenwich Street from nearby. These include (from north to south) the 14th Street–Eighth Avenue station (A, C, E, and L trains); the Christopher Street–Sheridan Square (local), Houston Street (local), Canal Street (local), Franklin Street (local) and Chambers Street (express) stations on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1, 2, and 3 trains); and the Chambers Street–World Trade Center station (A, C, and E trains).[18]
The Christopher Street PATH train station (HOB–33, JSQ–33, and JSQ–33 (via HOB) trains) is on Christopher Street just east of Greenwich Street.[19] The World Trade Center PATH station (NWK–WTC and HOB–WTC trains) is at Vesey and Greenwich Streets.[20]
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub, between Greenwich and Church Streets, connects the five stations at the World Trade Center site (2, 3, A, C, E, N, R, and W trains, as well as PATH trains).[20][21] The combined station connects via the Dey Street Passageway with the Fulton Center (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, and Z trains).[22]
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