Hudson Street (Manhattan)

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Bogardus Plaza at the south end of Hudson Street
Duane Park
Hudson Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan
Former New York Mercantile Exchange building

Hudson Street is a north–south oriented street in the New York City borough of Manhattan running from Tribeca to the south, through Hudson Square and Greenwich Village, to the Meatpacking District.

Route and landmarks

Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at

West Broadway and Chambers Street. At Abingdon Square, the traffic is directed onto Eighth Avenue. Meanwhile, the section of Hudson Street north of Abingdon Square runs from 14th Street to Eighth Avenue. At 14th Street, southbound traffic from Ninth Avenue splits off into this street. Just below 14th Street, it is one of the major streets in the Meatpacking District. At Abingdon Square, traffic on Hudson Street goes into Bleecker Street
.

Pearson-owned Penguin Group. Money.net, which produces and operates an alternative platform to the Bloomberg Terminal
, is located at 333 Hudson Street.

Incidents

Other notable buildings on this stretch of Hudson Street include

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields and its garden, the White Horse Tavern, which is known for being the bar where poet Dylan Thomas drank and collapsed before he died of alcohol poisoning, and the headquarters of radio station WQHT, also known as Hot 97, which was the site of several shootings, including a gunfight between entourages of 50 Cent and The Game in 2005.[2]

Transportation

The uptown

bus runs on the northbound Hudson Street between Harrison Street and Hudson Street's end, and continues along Eighth Avenue
.

The

PATH subway station is located on Christopher Street
just west of Hudson Street.

Road use

At St. John's Park near Canal Street, Hudson Street is one of the primary access routes leading to and from the Holland Tunnel.

A bike lane is located in the roadway, connecting a bike lane in Ninth Avenue to one in Bleecker Street.[3] In May 2019, it was announced that Hudson Street between Canal and Houston Streets would be reconstructed with expanded sidewalks and a new bike lane for $27 million.[4]

Notable residents

In popular culture

  • A.E.S. Hudson Street was a comedy television show running on ABC from March 16, 1978 through April 20, 1978. This short-lived series followed the poorly equipped Adult Emergency Service hospital set on Hudson Street.
  • The cast of
    loft apartment on 632 Hudson Street.[8]
  • The
    Hudson Street
    in 2000.
  • In the 1982 film Annie, the orphanage Annie comes from is the Hudson St. Home for Girls.
  • In the 1986 movie Highlander, Connor McLeod's antique shop is located on Hudson Street.

References

Notes

  1. ^ Luckerson, Victor. "Inside the Secret 'Hotels' Where the Internet Lives". Time. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ McGrath, Ben (October 6, 2006). "Where Hip-Hop Lives: Hot 97's Turf Wars". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "NYC DOT - Bicycle Maps" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Hudson Square slated to get a new 'grand boulevard'". am New York. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  5. ^ "John Cheever". Answers.com. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  6. ^ Martin, Douglas (April 26, 2006). "Jane Jacobs, Social Critic Who Redefined and Championed Cities, Is Dead at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  7. ^ Griffith, Carson (September 1, 2010). "Tiger Woods moves into his new digs on Hudson St., stops to pet pretty brunette's puppy". Daily News. New York. Retrieved May 3, 2007.
  8. ^ Leland, John (June 21, 2001). "Designed to Pry: Building a Better Fishbowl". The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2008.

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