Church Street is named after Trinity Church, a historic Gothic-style parish church on Broadway at Wall Street. Extended in 1784, Church Street was in existence as early as 1761. Part of the street was owned by the church, but was given to the city in 1804.[2]: 39 Trinity Place is also a namesake of the church, being named so in 1834, prior to which it was known at various times as "Lumber Street" and "Lombard Street".[2]: 101
Before 1869, the south end of Church Street was at Fulton Street, three blocks north of Trinity Place.[3] Then, over several years, an 80-foot wide connection was cut through the intervening blocks and Trinity Place was widened to 80 feet (24 m) and extended south to Morris Street; Church Street north of Fulton Street was left 40 feet (12 m) wide at the time. The work, plagued by delays and allegedly corruption, was completed by the end of 1872.[4]
In June 1878 an elevated railway line, the IRT Sixth Avenue Line, opened. It ran on Trinity Place and Church Street to Murray Street, where it turned west and then north on West Broadway. It closed in 1938 and was razed the following year.[5]
As part of the construction of the Eighth Avenue subway line, from 1929 to 1932 Church Street was widened between Fulton Street and Franklin Street from 40 feet including 10-foot sidewalks, to 90 feet including 15-foot sidewalks. Only the west property line was moved; the east side of the street was left intact.[6]
Near Rector Street, Trinity Place passes under the Trinity Place bridge. Designed by LHP Architects[12] and completed in 1989,[13] the bridge is a private elevated walkway which formerly connected the rear side of Trinity Church to its offices and preschool in the Trinity Court Building across Trinity Place.[14] That building has been demolished, and its replacement is currently under construction, with the opening expected in 2020. The bridge has been preserved and will return to use at that time.[15]
The IND Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, and E trains) of the New York City Subway runs below Church Street north of Fulton Street to Sixth Avenue. A portion of the BMT Broadway Line (N, R, and W trains) runs under Church Street and Trinity Place from Greenwich Street to Fulton Street. Its Cortlandt Street station, damaged in the September 11 attacks, is adjacent to the World Trade Center.[1] The northbound M55 bus runs along Trinity Place/Church Street from Morris Street to Franklin Street, where it continues north on Sixth Avenue.[1]
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^"$9,631,760 Awarded on Church Street". The New York Times. January 6, 1929. "Transit Board Land Ceded To Boroughs". The New York Times. January 28, 1932.
^"St. Paul's Chapel". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014.
^"Trinity Church Bridge". LHP Architects. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^Louie, Elaine (April 27, 1989). "Currents: A Footbridge From Another Era". The New York Times. Section C, p. 3.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^Dunlap, David W. (March 10, 2017). "A Bridge to Nowhere, 19 Feet 8 Inches Over Lower Manhattan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
^"Trinity Commons". Trinity Church Wall Street. Archived from the original on October 26, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
Young, Michael (October 22, 2019). "Work At 74 Trinity Place Nears Completion In The Financial District". New York Yimby. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
(Image captured August 2013) Google (December 4, 2019). "Church Street and Trinity Place" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
(Image captured August 2016) Google (December 4, 2019). "Church Street and Trinity Place" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
(Image captured June 2019) Google (December 4, 2019). "Church Street and Trinity Place" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^Interactive map: "Discover New York City Landmarks". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2019 – via ArcGIS.
^Harris, Gale; Urbinelli, Elisa; McHugh, Kevin (December 8, 1992). "Tribeca South Historic District Designation Report" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
^Breiner, David M.; Pickart, Margaret M.M. (December 8, 1992). "Tribeca East Historic District Designation Report" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
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