Chambers Street is a two-way street in theNew York Cityborough ofManhattan. It runs from River Terrace,Battery Park City in the west, past PS 234 (the Independence School),Borough of Manhattan Community College, andStuyvesant High School, to theManhattan Municipal Building at 1Centre Street in the east. BetweenBroadway and Centre Street, Chambers Street forms the northern boundary of the grounds surroundingNew York City Hall and theTweed Courthouse. Opposite the Tweed Courthouse sits theSurrogate's Courthouse for Manhattan.280 Broadway the Marble Palace, lies west of there, on the north side of Chambers.
Chambers Street is named for attorney John Chambers (1710–1764), an importantparishioner atTrinity Church in Manhattan, where he was vestryman (1726–1757) and warden (1757–1765) of the church for 38 years, son of William Chambers, and husband of Anna Van Cortlandt.[1][2][3][4][5] Chambers's nephew wasJohn Jay.[6][7] John Murray, Chambers' law partner, has nearby Murray Street named after him.[8]
Before 1971, Chambers Street continued east of Centre Street as a street calledNew Chambers Street, which ran through the Municipal Building's archway. In its final configuration, New Chambers Street carried traffic westbound from the intersection ofPark Row, theBrooklyn Bridge off-ramp, and Duane Street. In 1971, the street was closed to make way for the construction of the pedestrian plaza at1 Police Plaza.[9] Duane Street was also closed and the intersection with Park Row was eliminated, with Park Row rerouted underneath the pedestrian plaza.[10]
Beginning in 2010, Chambers Street was fully reconstructed.[11] The rebuilding was finished in 2015.[12]
TheNew York City Subway has three stations on Chambers Street:[13]
There is no bus service west of North End Avenue. From there, theM22 bus runs the entire length of the street, with eastbound buses heading south on Broadway. TheM20 uses the street west of West Broadway westbound, or West Street eastbound.[14]
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