Shippen Street (Weehawken)

Shippen Street
The second hairpin turn on Shippen Street
The second hairpin turn on Shippen Street
Map
Part of CR 682
NamesakeWilliam W. Shippen
OwnerTownship of Weehawken
Maintained byWeehawken Public Works
Length0.32 mi (0.51 km)
LocationWeehawken
Coordinates40°45′54″N 74°01′32″W / 40.76500°N 74.02556°W / 40.76500; -74.02556
West end CR 685 (Palisade Avenue) in Weehawken
East end CR 691 (Hackensack Plank Road) in Weehawken
NorthDodd Street
SouthOak Street

Shippen Street is an east-west street in Weehawken, New Jersey. The eastern terminal, a cobblestone double hairpin turn is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.[1][2] Shippen Street was developed at the start of the 20th century as part of the Weehawken Heights,[3] one of the town's residential neighborhoods.

  1. ^ NJ State Register of Historic Places in Hudson County Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Weehawken Time Machine
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Images of America was invoked but never defined (see the help page).