Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)

Danforth Avenue
Location Garfield and Danforth Avenues
Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates 40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°W / 40.6924; -74.0873Coordinates: 40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°W / 40.6924; -74.0873
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  8th Street–Hoboken
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections NJT Bus: 6, 10, 80, 81, 87
A&C Bus: 4, M&WS
Construction
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened April 22, 2000
Electrified 750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station
toward 8th Street
8th Street–Hoboken
toward Hoboken

The Danforth Avenue station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is located one block east of Garfield Avenue,[1][2] near the location of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Greenville station in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and an island platform. It is the southernmost HBLR station within Jersey City.

Service

Direct southbound service travels through Bayonne where it terminates at 8th Street.

Direct northbound service travels to Hoboken Terminal, where connection to PATH to midtown Manhattan and to commuter trains are available. The line travels via Liberty State Park, where transfer to the West Side Branch is available, and Downtown Jersey City. Connections to PATH to Newark and downtown Manhattan at and the Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal are available at Exchange Place.

Continuing northbound service to Hoboken and North Hudson, (at the Weehawken waterfront, Bergenline and the Tonnelle Avenue terminus) requires a transfer at stations between Liberty State Park and Pavonia-Newport.[3]

History

The station opened on April 22, 2000. It is located along the former Central Railroad of New Jersey right of way which terminated at Communipaw Terminal. During excavations for its construction workers came across what appear to be the petrified remains of luggage. The items were later incorporated in the design of a public art exhibition entitled Immigrant Remnants.[4]

Bus transit

Route cross street destination via
NJT



6[5]

 Ocean Avenue
northbound		 Newport Mall Pacific Street
Communipaw Junction
Grove Street Station
10


NJT[6]

 Kennedy Boulevard
southbound		 Bayonne
JFK Blvd and 3rd Street		 Kennedy Boulevard
10

NJT[6]		 Kennedy Boulevard
northbound		 Journal Square
or		 Kennedy Boulevard
Journal Square
80

NJT[7]		 Old Bergen Road
northbound		 Exchange Place West Side Avenue
JSQ
India Square
Five Corners
Newark Avenue
81

NJT[8]		 Ocean Avenue
northbound		 Exchange Place Communipaw Junction
Jersey City Medical Center
Grove Street Station
81

NJT[8]		 Old Bergen Road
southbound		 Bayonne Curries Woods
Avenue C
87

NJT[9]		 Old Bergen Road
northbound		 Hudson Place
Hoboken Terminal		 MLK Drive
Journal Square
Central Avenue
9th Street-Congress Street HBLR
Paterson Plank Road

A&C		 West Side Avenue
northbound		 Exchange Place
 West Side Avenue
McGinley Square
Grove Street Station

A&C		 West Side Avenue
northbound		 Newport Centre Mall West Side Avenue
McGinley Square
Grove Street Station

References

  1. ↑ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
  2. ↑ Danforth Avenue Station
  3. ↑ HBLR Lines and Transfers Map
  4. ↑ Danforth Avenue station photos
  5. ↑
  6. 1 2
  7. ↑ NJT 80 schedule
  8. 1 2 NJT 81 schedule
  9. ↑ NJT bus 87 schedule

External links

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