Bergen Point
Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
Bergen Point
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Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
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Coordinates: 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 | 7 ft (2 m) |
Area code | 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 , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . [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 .
History
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 became more prominent as a ferry landing for travelers between New York City and Philadelphia . [6] An 1837 US government coastal survey map identifies it as Vanhorn Point, [7] reflecting the name of a Dutch family that occupied the area just to the north called Pamrapo (among many other spellings, roughly today's Curries Woods neighborhood in Greenville ) from the mid-17th century. The Bergen Point Lighthouse, built offshore in 1849, was demolished and replaced with a skeletal tower in the mid 20th century. [8] A charter was granted for the construction of The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road in 1851. [9]
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. [10]
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. [11] Other former industrial sites are slated for mixed-use development. [12] [13] In 2022, the construction of a major studio at was announced. Called 1888 Studios , it will be the largest in New Jersey. [14] [15]
The renovated Collins Park and walkways along the new developments are part of the Hackensack RiverWalk .
Gallery
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The Latourette House in Bergen Point was the birthplace of Samuel Francis Du Pont [16]
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Bergen Point, 1974
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The point lends its name to the neighborhood
See also
References
- 1 2 "Bergen Point" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
- ↑ Locality Search Archived July 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
- ↑ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map . Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0 .
- ↑ Bergen Point [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York" . Hagley . February 6, 2013 . Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Paulus Hook Ferry
- ↑ NOAA Coastal Survey file T18.jpg, available at and attached to Wikipedia article on Curries Woods .
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Eyesores no more?" . November 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Public hearing for Bayview development slated for October" . September 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Bayonne Planning Board approves 1888 Studios at former Texaco site" . March 31, 2022.
- ↑ "Renderings Revealed for NJ's Largest Film Production Complex in Bayonne" . March 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Part of What the World Did not Know Until Now" (PDF) . Bayonne Public Library. November 19, 1946.
External links
- Bergen Point West Reach data station ID 8519483 Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, NOAA .
- Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery .
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