The New York State Senate officially passed a bill sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Assembly Member Deborah Glick which called for the MTA to rename Greenwich Village’s Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station to Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station as a way to memorialize the site’s crucial role in serving as the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
The Stonewall National Monument includes the Stonewall Inn–one of the most historic gay bars in NYC serving as a go-to place for the LGBTQ+ community for years and years–Christopher Park, and Christopher Street, where the 1969 Stonewall Riots took place.
In 2016, former President Obama designated NYC’s Stonewall Inn the country’s first and only monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
Hoylman-Sigal stated on Twitter:
This change will memorialize the history of the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement and inspire NY to demand justice and equality for all. Happy Pride!
The news comes shortly after NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced the city’s new monthly series where they’ll sell limited batches of authentic, commemorative NYC street signs, starting with a Christopher Street/Stonewall Place sign to kick off Pride Month.