Christopher Street - Other Businesses and Landmarks

Other Businesses and Landmarks

• Home to McNulty's Tea and Coffee Company, a purveyor dating back to 1895.
• Current location of Kettle of Fish, a bar that was once located above the famous Gaslight Cafe on Macdougal Street. Since the Beat Generation, it has also become affiliated with Green Bay Packers fans.
• Adjacent to Sheridan Square is Christopher Park, a .145 acre landmark. The park that contains a bronze statue of General Philip H. Sheridan and a reproduction of George Segal's Gay Liberation, originally located at Stanford University.
• The Lucille Lortel Theatre, an off-Broadway playhouse, is located at 121 Christopher Street.
• At the western-most tip is the Christopher Street Pier, which was recently renovated and converted into a waterfront park.
• Outside of Village Cigars at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street is a triangular mosaic which reads "Property of the Hess Estate Which Has Never Been Dedicated for Public Purpose". David Hess was a property owner whose building was condemned to make room for a subway line in the early 1900s. David Hess kept the 500 square inch piece of land, once the smallest private land possession in New York City, until his death. It was sold by estate for $1,000 in 1938.