Christopher Street is a street in the

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neighborhood of the

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. It is the continuation of 9th Street west of

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. It is most notable for the

Stonewall Inn The Stonewall Inn, often shortened to Stonewall, is a gay bar and recreational tavern in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, and the site of the Stonewall riots of 1969, which is widely considered to be the s ...

, which is located on Christopher Street near the corner of Seventh Avenue South. As a result of the

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in 1969, the street became the epicenter of the world’s

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movement in the late 1970s. To this day, the inn and the street serve as an international symbol of

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. Christopher Street is named after Charles Christopher Amos, the owner of the inherited estate which included the location of the street. Amos is also the namesake of nearby Charles Street, and of the former Amos Street, which is now West 10th Street.

History

Christopher Street is, technically, the oldest street in the

, as it ran along the south boundary of

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's estate, which abutted the old Greenwich Road (now

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) to the east and extended north to the next landing on the North River, at present-day Gansevoort Street. The street was briefly called Skinner Road after Colonel William Skinner, Sir Peter's son-in-law. The street received its current name in 1799, when the Warren land was acquired by Warren's eventual heir, Charles Christopher Amos. Charles Street remains, but Amos Street is now 10th Street. The road ran past the churchyard wall of the

Church of St. Luke in the Fields The Church of St. Luke in the Fields is an Episcopal church located at 487 Hudson Street between Christopher and Barrow Streets at the intersection of Grove Street in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The church was co ...

(built 1820–22; rebuilt after a fire, 1981–85) still standing on its left, down to the ferry landing, commemorated in the block-long Weehawken Street (laid out in 1829), the shortest street in the West Village. At the

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, with its foundation in the river and extending north to 10th Street, Newgate Prison, the first New York State Prison, occupied the site from 1796 to 1829, when the institution was removed to

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and the City plotted and sold the land.

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is on more recently filled land, but the procession of boats that had made the inaugural pass through the

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stopped at the ferry dock at the foot of Christopher Street, November 4, 1825, where it was met by a delegation from the city; together they proceeded to the Lower Bay, where the cask of water brought from the Great Lakes was ceremoniously emptied into the salt water. In 1961,

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, resident in the area and author of ''The Death and Life of Great American Cities'' published that same year, headed a group that successfully stopped Mayor Robert Wagner's plan to demolish twelve blocks along West Street north of Christopher Street, including the north side of Christopher Street to Hudson Street, and an additional two blocks south of it, slated for "

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Gay icon

In the 1970s, Christopher Street became the "Main Street" of gay New York. Large numbers of gay men would stroll its length at seemingly all hours. Gay bars and stores selling leather fetish clothing and artistic decorative items flourished at that time. This changed dramatically with the loss of many gay men during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Christopher Street is the site of the

, the

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whose patrons fought back violently in June 1969 against a police raid, sparking the

that are widely seen as the birth of the

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movement. The Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee formed to commemorate the first anniversary of that event, the beginning of the international tradition of a late-June event to celebrate gay pride. The annual gay pride festivals in

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, and other German cities are known as

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s or "CSD". ''

Christopher Street Christopher Street is a street in the West Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is the continuation of 9th Street west of Sixth Avenue. It is most notable for the Stonewall Inn, which is located on Christopher St ...

'' magazine, a respected gay magazine, began publication in July 1976 and folded in December 1995.

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once worked at Lawrence R. Maxwell Books, located at 45 Christopher Street.

Iconic locations

Near

, Christopher Street intersects with a short, winding street, coincidentally named Gay Street. Since 1992, Christopher Park, located at the intersection of Christopher, Grove, and West 4th Streets, has hosted a duplicate of the sculpture ''

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'' by

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to commemorate the

traditions of the area. The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, located on the corner of Christopher and Gay, was the oldest

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bookshop in the world until it closed in 2009.

Other locations

* McNulty's Tea and Coffee Company, a purveyor dating back to 1895, is on the street. * Kettle of Fish, a bar now on Christopher Street, was once located above the famous Gaslight Cafe on

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. Since the

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, it has also become affiliated with Green Bay Packers fans. * Adjacent to Sheridan Square is Christopher Park, a .145 acre landmark. The park that contains a

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and a reproduction of George Segal's ''Gay Liberation'', originally located at

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. * St John's Lutheran Church is at 81 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and West 4th Streets. * The

Lucille Lortel Theatre The Lucille Lortel Theatre is an off-Broadway playhouse at 121 Christopher Street in Manhattan's West Village. It was built in 1926 as a 590-seat movie theater called the New Hudson, later known as Hudson Playhouse. The interior is largely unch ...

, an

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playhouse, is located at 121 Christopher Street. * At the westernmost tip is the Christopher Street Pier, which was recently renovated and converted into a waterfront park. *

is the first stop in Manhattan on the 33rd Street branches of the

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. The PATH identifies Christopher Street station with a large single capital 'C'. * The street also hosts a station on the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 2 ...

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line The IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (also known as the IRT Seventh Avenue Line or the IRT West Side Line) is a New York City Subway line. It is one of several lines that serves the A Division, stretching from South Ferry in Lower Manhatta ...

at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square (), Formerly, the

elevated station served the now-demolished

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. * At the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street is the

Hess triangle The Hess triangle is a triangular tile mosaic set in a sidewalk in New York City's West Village neighborhood at the corner of Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street. The plaque reads "Property of the Hess Estate which ...

, a mosaic which reads "Property of the Hess Estate Which Has Never Been Dedicated for Public Purpose". A surveying error for the subway line left this small triangle remaining in private possession.

Notable current and past residents

Theodor W. Adorno Theodor W. Adorno ( , ; born Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund; 11 September 1903 – 6 August 1969) was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist, musicologist, and composer. He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of criti ...

, philosopher and cultural theorist, once lived at 45 Christopher Street *Richard Amos, brother of Charles Christopher Amos, member of the

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in New York City during the

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Eva Amurri Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American lifestyle blogger and actress. Early life Amurri was born on March 15, 1985 in New York City, to Italian director Franco Amurri and American actress Susan Sarandon (whose mother's ancestry was It ...

, actor *

Bob Balaban Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared. Balab ...

, actor and writer, lived at 95 Christopher Street *

Vincent Canadé Vincent Canadé (1879 – 1961) was an American artist born in San Giorgio Albanese, Italy. He was active during the 1920s and 1930s and is known especially for his landscapes. His paintings are in the collections of over 20 museums, including t ...

, artist, lived at 86 Christopher Street in the 1930s *

James Coco James Emil Coco (March 21, 1930 – February 25, 1987) was an American stage and screen actor. He was the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award and three Obie Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, an Academy Awards, ...

, actor, once lived at 45 Christopher Street *

E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings, who was also known as E. E. Cummings, e. e. cummings and e e cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author and playwright. He wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobi ...

, poet, lived at 11 Christopher Street in 1918 *

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

author, lived at 95 Christopher Street in the early 1960s *

Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winni ...

, science fiction illustrator, once lived at 105 Christopher Street * Ben M. Hall, author and founder of the Theatre Historical Society of America, lived at 181 Christopher Street where he was murdered in 1970 *

Rosemary Harris Rosemary Ann Harris (born 19 September 1927) is an English actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. In ...

, actress, once lived at 77 Christopher Street *

Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character roles—typically lowlifes, eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical produ ...

, actor *

Sally Kirkland Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an American film, television and stage actress and producer. A former member of Andy Warhol's The Factory and an active member in 1960s New York avant-garde theater, she has appeared in more than 250 fi ...

, actress, once lived at 84 Christopher Street *

Luigi Lucioni Luigi Lucioni (born Giuseppe Luigi Carlo Benevenuto Lucioni; November 4, 1900 – July 22, 1988) was an Italian American painter known for his still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Early life Early years and immigration to the United States Lui ...

, Italian-American painter known for his

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s, and

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s. His family emigrated to Christopher Street from

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, Italy in 1911. *

Peter MacNicol Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play ''Crimes of the Heart''. His film roles include Galen in ''Dragonslayer'' (1981), Stingo in ''Sophie's Choice'' ( ...

, actor, once lived at 95 Christopher Street *

Marshall W. Mason Marshall W. Mason (born February 24, 1940) is an American theater director, educator, and writer. Mason founded the Circle Repertory Company in New York City and was artistic director of the company for 18 years (1969–1987). He received an Obie ...

, theater director, lived at 165 Christopher Street for 43 years *

David "Fathead" Newman David "Fathead" Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and ...

, jazz musician who lived at 95 Christopher through the 1980s *

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up i ...

, singer and artist, once lived at 87 Christopher Street *

William Poole William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement ...

, member of the New York City gang Bowery Boys *

Dawn Powell Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. Known for her acid-tongued prose, "her relative obscurity was likely due to a general distaste for her harsh sati ...

, author, lived at 95 Christopher Street from 1963 to 1965 *

Lindsay Price Lindsay Jaylyn Price Stone (born December 6, 1976) is an American television actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Janet Sosna on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and as Victory Ford on '' Lipstick Jungle''. She is also known for her wor ...

, actress *

Amy Sedaris Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and ''The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the ...

, actress and comedian, once lived at 95 Christopher Street *

Linda Solomon Linda Solomon (born May 10, 1937, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American music critic and editor. Although she has written about various aspects of popular culture, her main focus has been on folk music, blues, R&B, jazz and country music. Livi ...

, New York editor of ''

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'' and ''

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'' columnist lived at 95 Christopher from 1960 to 1999 * Ted White, author and editor, once lived at 105 Christopher Street

In popular culture

*"Christopher Street" is both a song and the main location of the 1953 musical ''

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''. *The courtyard of 125 Christopher Street was the model for the sets of the 1954 thriller film ''

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'', directed by

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. *The 1979 episode "The Spy" of the TV show ''

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'' -- about a group of New York City police detectives working in the fictional 12th Precinct in Greenwich Village -- established Miller's home address as 617 Christopher Street. *In

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's 1983 song "

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," artist

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and his wife Georgette "were strolling down Christopher Street when they stopped in a men's store." *The 1999 song "My My Metrocard", by

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punk band

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on their debut album, mentions the location. *On the TV show ''

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'',

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, episode 3 (June 2000) "The Man with Two Right Shoes" shows Christopher Street directly after detectives mention "hitting the fairy bars" to find a gay, male prostitute. *The

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...

song "Halloween Parade" from his 1989 album ''

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'' begins with the line "There's a downtown fairy singing out 'Proud Mary' as she cruises Christopher Street." *In the comic series "

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", it's referenced as the current address of detective Paul Bridges, implying that the tough, ruthless, and homophobic detective, was in fact homosexual. *The Clash song “Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)” references Christopher Street with the lyrics, “A Polaroid caught in the act, you’re married too and that’s a fact, but I won’t peak and I won’t squeak down by the trucks on Christopher Street…”

References

External links

Gay/Lesbian nightlife on Christopher Street
from GayCities New York

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