New Jersey and New York Railroad

New Jersey and New York Railroad
Map
The Hillsdale station house (1872) was the company headquarters.[1]
Overview
HeadquartersHillsdale, New Jersey, U.S.
LocaleBergen County, New Jersey & Rockland County, New York
Dates of operation–1896
PredecessorHackensack and New York Extension Railroad
SuccessorErie Railroad
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Haverstraw (1887)
Thiells (1873)
Mount Ivy (1873)
Summit Park
Union
Durant
Germonds
NJT Nanuet │ Nanuet (Burned 1991)[2]
Park Ridge (1872)
Hillsdale Manor
Hillsdale (1870)
Roundhouse and yard
River Edge (burned 1901, rebuilt 1902)
North Hackensack (1870, demolished 1978)
Anderson Street (1869, burned 2009)
Central Avenue (1870, closed 1953)
NYS&W mainline
Essex Street (1861, 1893, burned 1970)
Lodi Branch Railroad (opened 1889, closed mid-1890s)
Teterboro (station house demolished 1967)
Hasbrouck Heights (closed 1967)[3]
Wood-Ridge (station house demolished 1967)[3]
Carlstadt (closed 1967)[3]
Erie mainline
to Buffalo
Erie mainline
to Jersey City


The New Jersey and New York Railroad (NJ&NY) was a railroad company that operated north from Rutherford, New Jersey, to Haverstraw, New York beginning in the mid-to-late 19th century.[4][5]

  1. ^ Mrnarevic, Karen F. (December 10, 2009). "Hillsdale's history 'tied' to the railroad". Pascack Valley Community Life. NorthJersey.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  2. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-nanuet-fire-march-14/14213575/
  3. ^ a b c Jones, Wilson E. (1996). The Pascack Valley Line - A History of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. East Hanover, New Jersey: Railroadians of America. ISBN 0-941652-14-9.
  4. ^ "Town of Haverstraw: History". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Please see the 1891 maps of West Haverstraw and Haverstraw village at: Bayley, Don. "Haverstraw Brickmaking". Retrieved November 8, 2010.