Chambers Street (Manhattan)

Chambers Street is named for attorney John Chambers (1710–1764), an important parishioner at Trinity 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.{{cite news |first=Bret |last=Senft |title=If You're Thinking of Living In/TriBeCa; Families Are the Catalyst for Change |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-tribeca-families-are-the-catalyst-for-change.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 26, 1993 |access-date=July 7, 2011}}{{cite book |first=William |last=Berrian |title=An Historical Sketch of Trinity Church, New York |publisher=Stanford and Swords |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vUwsAAAAYAAJ |pages=94, 356 |place=New York |date=1847 |access-date=December 29, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Bio: John Chambers |publisher=Markham of Chesterfield |url=http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/chamjohn3744_bio.php |access-date=December 29, 2016}}{{cite web |first=Nathan |last=Tempey |title=NYC Doesn't Fly Confederate Flags, But It's Still A Shrine To Slaveowners & Slave Profiteers |publisher=Gothamist |url=http://gothamist.com/2015/07/06/nyc_slave_history.php |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322195209/http://gothamist.com/2015/07/06/nyc_slave_history.php |archive-date=March 22, 2017}}{{cite book |title=A History of the parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York |publisher=Morgan Dir, S.U.D., D.C.R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifUxNao5jVYC |page=576 |date=1906 |access-date=December 29, 2016}} Chambers's nephew was John Jay.{{cite web |title=Will: John Chambers, 1764 New York |publisher=Markham of Chesterfield |url=http://markhamchesterfield.com/biographies/chamjohn3744_will.php |access-date=December 29, 2016}}{{cite book |first=Walter |last=Stahr |title=John Jay: Founding Father |publisher=Diversion Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9Jm_RDtq3cC |date=2012 |isbn=9781938120510 |access-date=December 29, 2016}} John Murray, Chambers' law partner, has nearby Murray Street named after him.{{cite web |title=new york architecture walks- tribeca |publisher=nyc-architecture |url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/walks-tribeca.htm |access-date=December 29, 2016}}

Before 1971, Chambers Street continued east of Centre Street as a street called New Chambers Street, which ran through the Municipal Building's archway. In its final configuration, New Chambers Street carried traffic westbound from the intersection of Park Row, the Brooklyn Bridge off-ramp, and Duane Street. In 1971, the street was closed to make way for the construction of the pedestrian plaza at 1 Police Plaza.{{Cite news |date=July 6, 1971 |title=New Brooklyn Bridge Car Routes |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/06/archives/new-brooklyn-bridge-car-routes.html|access-date=May 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}} Duane Street was also closed and the intersection with Park Row was eliminated, with Park Row rerouted underneath the pedestrian plaza.{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=October 27, 1973 |title=New Police Building |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/27/archives/new-police-building-design-of-headquarters-is-described-as-being.html |access-date=May 18, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

Beginning in 2010, Chambers Street was fully reconstructed.{{cite web |url=http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/chambers_street_reconstruction_79573.aspx |title=Lower Manhattan : Chambers Street Reconstruction |website=Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105044235/http://www.lowermanhattan.info/construction/project_updates/chambers_street_reconstruction_79573.aspx |archive-date=January 5, 2013}} The rebuilding was finished in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Finally, the Road Is Ending for Chambers Street Construction |work=Tribeca Trib Online |url=http://tribecatrib.com/content/finally-road-ending-chambers-street-construction |date=February 20, 2015 |last=Woods |first=Amanda |access-date=July 31, 2020}}

The New York City Subway has three stations on Chambers Street:{{NYCS const|map}}

• Chambers Street–World Trade Center (IND Eighth Avenue Line), at Church Street serving the {{NYCS trains|Eighth far south}}
• Chambers Street (BMT Nassau Street Line), at Centre Street serving the {{NYCS trains|Nassau north}}
• Chambers Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line), at West Broadway serving the {{NYCS trains|Broadway-Seventh south}}

There is no bus service west of North End Avenue. From there, the M22 bus runs the entire length of the street, with eastbound buses heading south on Broadway. The M20 uses the street west of West Broadway westbound, or West Street eastbound.{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}

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• [http://www.nysonglines.com/chambers.htm Chambers Street: A New York Songline]

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