Jump to content

Bergen Point: Difference between revisions

Add links
Coordinates: 40°38′51″N 74°08′29″W / 40.64750°N 74.14139°W / 40.64750; -74.14139
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
add short description and / or other tag(s)
 
(13 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bergen Point
|name = Bergen Point
Line 15: Line 18:
|subdivision_name = [[United States]]
|subdivision_name = [[United States]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[New Jersey]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|New Jersey}}
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New Jersey|County]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New Jersey|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson]]
Line 39: Line 42:
|unit_pref = imperial
|unit_pref = imperial
}}
}}
'''Bergen Point''' is a [[Peninsula|point of land]] that lends its name to the adjacent [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|neighborhood]] in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]] in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], [[New Jersey]], United States.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=2016-07-09 }}, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc | isbn = 0-88097-763-9 | title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map | year = 2008 }}</ref> Historically the term has been used more broadly as synonymous with [[Constable Hook]], from which it is geographically separated at [[Port Johnston Coal Docks|Port Johnson]].
'''Bergen Point''' is a [[Peninsula|point of land]] that lends its name to the adjacent [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|neighborhood]] in [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]] in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc | isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0 | title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map | year = 2008 }}</ref> Historically the term has been used more broadly as synonymous with [[Constable Hook]], from which it is geographically separated at [[Port Johnston Coal Docks|Port Johnson]].


== History ==
== 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.<ref>[http://www.bayonnelibrary.org/.../page_33-38_BergenPointByHenryR.pdf Bergen Point]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hagley.org/librarynews/hotel-latourette-most-fashionable-resort-suburban-district-new-york|title=Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York|website=Hagley|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref> In the late 18th century it became more prominent as a ferry landing for travellers between [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://www.getnj.com/jchist/47a.shtml Paulus Hook Ferry]</ref> The Bergen Point Lighthouse, built offshore in 1849, was demolished and replaced with a skeletal tower in the mid 20th century.<ref>[http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/bergenpoint.html Bergen Point Lighthouse], 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society.</ref> A charter was granted for the construction of The [[Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road]] in 1851.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3bf_dYwJ11MC Laws of the State of New Jersey], 1811, pp. 337-340</ref>
The area was connected to [[Staten Island]] with a ferry as early as the late 17th century, and was later developed as a resort.<ref>[http://www.bayonnelibrary.org/.../page_33-38_BergenPointByHenryR.pdf Bergen Point]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hagley.org/librarynews/hotel-latourette-most-fashionable-resort-suburban-district-new-york|title=Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York|website=Hagley|date=February 6, 2013|access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> In the late 18th century it became more prominent as a ferry landing for travelers between [[New York City]] and [[Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://www.getnj.com/jchist/47a.shtml Paulus Hook Ferry]</ref> An 1837 US government coastal survey map identifies it as Vanhorn Point,<ref>NOAA Coastal Survey file T18.jpg, available at [https://nosimagery.noaa.gov/images/shoreline_surveys/survey_scans/NOAA_Shoreline_Survey_Scans.html] and attached to Wikipedia article on [[Curries Woods]].</ref> 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, Jersey City|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.<ref>[http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/bergenpoint.html Bergen Point Lighthouse], 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society.</ref> A charter was granted for the construction of The [[Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road]] in 1851.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3bf_dYwJ11MC Laws of the State of New Jersey], 1811, pp. 337–340</ref>


[[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 [[8th Street (HBLR station)|Eighth Street]]. Work was completed and the station opened in January 2011.<ref>Frassinelli, Mike. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/nj_transit_opens_bayonne_8th_s.html "NJ Transit opens Bayonne 8th Street Station, extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 31, 2011. Accessed August 25, 2013.</ref>
[[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 [[8th Street (HBLR station)|Eighth Street]]. Work was completed and the station opened in January 2011.<ref>Frassinelli, Mike. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/nj_transit_opens_bayonne_8th_s.html "NJ Transit opens Bayonne 8th Street Station, extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 31, 2011. Accessed August 25, 2013.</ref>


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.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/bayonne_development_slated_to_bring_over_1200_hous.html#incart_river 1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne] Jersey Journal, Sept 2015</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/bayonne_development_slated_to_bring_over_1200_hous.html#incart_river 1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne] Jersey Journal, Sept 2015</ref> Other former industrial sites are slated for mixed-use development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2020/11/26/eyesores-no-more/|title = Eyesores no more?|date = November 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/09/15/public-hearing-for-bayview-development-slated-for-october/|title=Public hearing for Bayview development slated for October|date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the construction of a major studio at was announced. Called [[1888 Studios]], it will be the largest in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/03/31/bayonne-planning-board-approves-1888-studios-at-former-texaco-site/|title=Bayonne Planning Board approves 1888 Studios at former Texaco site|date=March 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/renderings-revealed-1888-studios-bayonne/|title = Renderings Revealed for NJ's Largest Film Production Complex in Bayonne|date = March 25, 2022}}</ref>

The renovated [[Collins Park (Bayonne, New Jersey)|Collins Park]] and walkways along the new developments are part of the [[Hackensack RiverWalk]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Latest revision as of 00:13, 24 July 2023

Bergen Point
Unincorporated community
Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
Southwestern tip of Bergen Point
Bergen Point is located in Hudson County, New Jersey
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; -74.14139
CountryUnited States
State New Jersey
CountyHudson
CityBayonne
Elevation
[1]
7 ft (2 m)
Area code201
GNIS feature ID874681[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

[edit]

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.

[edit]
  • The Latourette House in Bergen Point was the birthplace of Samuel Francis Du Pont[16]
    The Latourette House in Bergen Point was the birthplace of Samuel Francis Du Pont[16]
  • Bergen Point, 1974
    Bergen Point, 1974
  • The point lends its name to the neighborhood
    The point lends its name to the neighborhood

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Bergen Point". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Locality Search Archived July 9, 2016, 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 978-0-88097-763-0.
  4. ^ Bergen Point[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York". Hagley. February 6, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Paulus Hook Ferry
  7. ^ NOAA Coastal Survey file T18.jpg, available at [1] and attached to Wikipedia article on Curries Woods.
  8. ^ Bergen Point Lighthouse, 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society.
  9. ^ Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1811, pp. 337–340
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne Jersey Journal, Sept 2015
  12. ^ "Eyesores no more?". November 26, 2020.
  13. ^ "Public hearing for Bayview development slated for October". September 15, 2021.
  14. ^ "Bayonne Planning Board approves 1888 Studios at former Texaco site". March 31, 2022.
  15. ^ "Renderings Revealed for NJ's Largest Film Production Complex in Bayonne". March 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "Part of What the World Did not Know Until Now" (PDF). Bayonne Public Library. November 19, 1946.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergen_Point&oldid=1166825082"