Hudson Street is a north–south oriented street in the

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borough of

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running from Tribeca to the south, through Hudson Square and

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, to the Meatpacking District.

Route and landmarks

Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet at Abingdon Square, at the street's intersection with Eighth Avenue and

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. The southern portion of Hudson Street carries northbound traffic and begins at the intersection of

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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

. 60 Hudson Street, the former

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headquarters that later was converted into an internet hub, is located between Worth and Thomas Streets in Tribeca. Just to the north, the former New York Mercantile Exchange building is located at the corner of Hudson and Harrison Streets in Tribeca. Other notable buildings on this stretch of Hudson Street include

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and its garden, the White Horse Tavern (notorious for being the bar where poet

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drank and collapsed before he died of alcohol poisoning), and the headquarters of radio station WQHT ("Hot 97"), which has been the site of several shootings including a gunfight between the entourages of

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and The Game in 2005. The street is also home to the U.S. headquarters of the Pearson-owned

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. The Money.net firm is located at 333 Hudson Street, maker of an alternative platform to the Bloomberg Terminal.

Transportation

The uptown M20 bus runs on the northbound Hudson Street between Harrison Street and Hudson Street's end, and continues along Eighth Avenue. The

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PATH subway station is located on

just west of Hudson Street.

Road use

St. John's Park St. John's Park was a 19th-century park and square, and the neighborhood of townhouses around it, in what is now the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. The square was bounded by Varick Street, Laight Street, Hudson Stre ...

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

. 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.

Notable residents

* Writer and activist

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lived at 555 Hudson Street, above a candy shop. Jacobs' fought and won in her battle against

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and his efforts to build the

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, which would have destroyed fourteen blocks along Hudson Street in Greenwich Village. Her book

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was written from this apartment and described the day-to-day activities – 'the ballet of Hudson Street' – from outside her window. * Golfer

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moved onto Hudson Street in late August 2010. * Writer

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lived in a boarding house on Hudson Street in the 1930s.

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

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's 2001 series '' The Real World: Back to New York'' lived in a four-story loft apartment on 632 Hudson Street. * The

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electronic duo Agnelli and Nelson released an album entitled '' 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

External links

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