Bergen Point
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| Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
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 Bergen Point
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| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Hudson |
| City | Bayonne |
| Elevation[1] | 7 ft (2 m) |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| GNIS feature ID | 874681[1] |
Bergen Point is a point of land that lends its name to the adjacent neighborhood in Bayonne in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.[2] The point is located on the north side of Kill van Kull at Newark Bay. It is the section of the city closest to the Bayonne Bridge.[3] Historically the term has been used more broadly as synonymous with Constable Hook, from which it is geographically separated at Port Johnson.
The area was connected to Staten Island with a ferry as early as the late 17th century, and was later developed as a resort.[4] In the late 18th century it become more prominent as a ferry landing for travellers between New York and Philadelphia.[5] The Bergen Point Lighthouse, built offshore in 1849, was demolished and replaced with a skeletal tower in the mid 20th century.[6] A charter was granted for the construction of The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road in 1851.[7]
Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine announced on May 6, 2006, that funding was in place to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system to Eighth Street. Work was completed and the station opened in January 2011.[8]
A large portion of the point was once site of a Texaco plant, which was cleared and is slated to become a residential and recreational area along Newark Bay and Kill Van Kull.[9]
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Gallery
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The Latourette House, Bergen Point, New Jersey.jpg
The Latourette House in Bergen Point was the birthplace of Samuel Francis Du Pont[10]
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NEWARK BAY, NEW JERSEY. LANDS ADJACENT TO THE BIGHT, RIVERS FLOWING INTO IT, AND BAYS AND ESTUARIES EDGING IT HAVE... - NARA - 555764.jpg
Bergen Point, 1974
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Bergen Point Station Bayonne.JPG
The point lends its name to the neighborhood
See also
- Bergen Neck
- Hackensack RiverWalk
- Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary
- Port of New York and New Jersey
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
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- ↑ Bergen Point
- ↑ Paulus Hook Ferry
- ↑ Bergen Point Lighthouse, 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society.
- ↑ Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1811, pp. 337-340
- ↑ Frassinelli, Mike. "NJ Transit opens Bayonne 8th Street Station, extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service", The Star-Ledger, January 31, 2011. Accessed August 25, 2013.
- ↑ 1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne Jersey Journal, Sept 2015
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Bergen Point West Reach data station ID 8519483 Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, NOAA.
- Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery.
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