Christopher Street Pier

[1] Once a working part of the New York waterfront, the Pier had physically decayed by the 1980s and had developed reputation for being a place for meeting potential partners, often sexually, informally known as "cruising".

Since renovations and the opening of the Hudson River Park's new Greenwich Village segment in 2003, it has remained a gathering place for gay people.

[citation needed] However, residents of Christopher Street have complained about noisy teenagers leaving the park after its 1 a.m. curfew.

Community residents created a new plan in 2005 to have the Park Enforcement Patrol escort the teens to the 14th and Hudson Street exits.

[2] The state's first memorial to the LGBT community was dedicated in June 2018, at the Hudson River Park near the Christopher Street Pier.