Bergen Point

Bergen Point
Unincorporated community

Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
Bergen Point

Bergen Point in Hudson County in New Jersey

Coordinates: 40°38′51″N 74°08′29″W / 40.64750°N 74.14139°W / 40.64750; -74.14139Coordinates: 40°38′51″N 74°08′29″W / 40.64750°N 74.14139°W / 40.64750; -74.14139
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] [5] In the late 18th century it become more prominent as a ferry landing for travellers between New York City and Philadelphia.[6] The Bergen Point Lighthouse, built offshore in 1849, was demolished and replaced with a skeletal tower in the mid 20th century.[7] A charter was granted for the construction of The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road in 1851.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bergen Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Locality Search Archived 2016-07-09 at the Wayback Machine., State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
  4. ↑ Bergen Point
  5. ↑ "Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York". Hagley. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  6. ↑ Paulus Hook Ferry
  7. ↑ Bergen Point Lighthouse, 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society.
  8. ↑ Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1811, pp. 337-340
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne Jersey Journal, Sept 2015
  11. ↑ "Part of What the World Did not Know Until Now" (PDF). Bayonne Public Library. November 19, 1946.


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