Church Street is a short but heavily travelled north/south street in Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. It runs along the eastern edge of the site of the World Trade Center

World Trade Center

The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...

 destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Its southern end is at Trinity Place

Trinity Place

Trinity Place is a north-south thoroughfare in Lower Manhattan in New York City. It passes the rear of Trinity Church, a historic gothic-style cathedral on Broadway at Wall Street...

, of which it is a continuation. Its northern end is at Canal Street

Canal Street (Manhattan)

Canal Street is a major street in New York City, crossing lower Manhattan to join New Jersey in the west to Brooklyn in the east . It forms the main spine of Chinatown, and separates it from Little Italy...

, but a few blocks before Canal Street it connects to the southern end of Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)

Sixth Avenue – officially Avenue of the Americas, although this name is seldom used by New Yorkers – is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown"...

. Trinity Place, Church Street and Sixth Avenue form a continuous four-lane through route from Lower Manhattan to Central Park

Central Park

Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...

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The Eighth Avenue subway line

IND Eighth Avenue Line

The Eighth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in New York City, United States, and is part of the B Division of the New York City Subway...

 runs below Church Street from Liberty Street to Sixth Avenue. A portion of the BMT Broadway Line

BMT Broadway Line

The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United States. , it is served by three services, all colored yellow: the on the express tracks and the on the local tracks...

 runs under Church Street. The Cortlandt Street station

Cortlandt Street (BMT Broadway Line)

Cortlandt Street is a local station on the BMT Broadway Line of the New York City Subway, located under Church Street, between Fulton and Cortlandt Streets in Lower Manhattan. It is served by the R train at all times except late nights, when the N train replaces it.This underground station, opened...

, damaged in the September 11 attacks, is adjacent to the former site of the twin towers.

The Church Street Station post office at 90 Church Street

90 Church Street

90 Church Street is a large United States Postal Service office that is responsible for the 10048 in New York City.- History :The Church Street post office and federal building was designed by Louis A. Simon, who also supervised the construction of the treasury from 1933-1939...

 served the World Trade Center's 10048 ZIP code

10048 (ZIP code)

10048 is the zip code assigned to the former World Trade Center in New York City. Years after the September 11 attacks, some mail continues to be sent to 10048 by senders who have not updated their mailing lists...

 as well as the surrounding area, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th Street

List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan below 14th StreetThis is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan below 14th Street, which is a large portion of New York County, New York...

, as is the Canal Street Station post office at the north end of Church Street. Other notable buildings include the rear of the 1765 St. Paul's Chapel

St. Paul's Chapel

St. Paul's Chapel, is an Episcopal chapel located at 209 Broadway, between Fulton and Vesey Streets, in lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan.-History and architecture:...

, the residential tower under construction at 99 Church Street

99 Church Street

99 Church Street, also known as 30 Park Place, is a building under construction in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It will be the tallest residential building in the city, at 912 feet. The building was designed by Robert A. M. Stern, and is being developed by Silverstein Properties...

, and St. Peter's Church

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, New York

St Peter's Church is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in New York City and part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965. The original church's cornerstone was laid in 1785 and the first...

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