Hudson Street is a north–south oriented street in theNew York City borough ofManhattan running fromTribeca to the south, throughHudson Square andGreenwich Village, to theMeatpacking District.
Hudson Street has two distinct one-way traffic patterns that meet atAbingdon Square, at the street's intersection withEighth Avenue andBleecker Street. The southern portion of Hudson Street carries northbound traffic and begins at the intersection ofWest Broadway andChambers Street. At Abingdon Square, the traffic is directed onto Eighth Avenue. Meanwhile, the section of Hudson Street north of Abingdon Square runs from14th Street to Eighth Avenue. At 14th Street, southbound traffic fromNinth Avenue splits off into this street. Just below 14th Street, it is one of the major streets in theMeatpacking District. At Abingdon Square, traffic on Hudson Street goes intoBleecker Street.
60 Hudson Street, the formerWestern Union headquarters that later was converted into an internet hub, is located between Worth and Thomas Streets inTribeca.[1] Just to the north, the formerNew York Mercantile Exchange building is located at the corner of Hudson and Harrison Streets in Tribeca. The street is home to the U.S. headquarters of thePearson-ownedPenguin Group. Money.net, which produces and operates an alternative platform to theBloomberg Terminal, is located at 333 Hudson Street.
Other notable buildings on this stretch of Hudson Street includeThe Church of St. Luke in the Fields and its garden, theWhite Horse Tavern, which is known for being the bar where poetDylan Thomas drank and collapsed before he died of alcohol poisoning, and the headquarters of radio stationWQHT, also known as Hot 97, which was the site of several shootings, including a gunfight between entourages of50 Cent andThe Game in 2005.[2]
The uptownM20bus runs on the northbound Hudson Street between Harrison Street andEighth Avenue (downtown buses use 7th Avenue South and Varick Street). The southbound portion of the street is used in its entirety by theM11,M12 andM14A SBS, with the first heading north on Greenwich Street and the rest on Eighth Avenue.[3]
TheChristopher StreetPATH subway station is located onChristopher Street just west of Hudson Street.
AtSt. John's Park nearCanal Street, Hudson Street is one of the primary access routes leading to and from theHolland Tunnel.
Abike lane is located in the roadway, connecting a bike lane in Ninth Avenue to one inBleecker Street.[4] 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.[5]
