West Village subway stop to be renamed for Stonewall National Monument
The Christopher Street station in the West Village is poised to get a new name after a bill to rename it in honor of the Stonewall National Monument cleared the state Legislature this week.
“Stonewall is not just a place of history for the community, but this is a living monument,” said Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who sponsored the bill with Assemblymember Deborah Glick. The bill, which passed the State Senate on Wednesday after clearing the Assembly last month, would rename the 1 train subway stop “Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument station” to commemorate the Stonewall Inn uprising in 1969.
The site is considered the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement as patrons and others outside resisted police who raided the inn decades ago, earning it New York City landmark status in 2015 and a national monument in the adjacent park soon after. “I was there with my husband and our young daughter when we first won marriage equality,” Hoylman-Sigal said. “The community gathers when there are moments of celebration, but also when there are times of trials and tribulations.
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