West Side, Jersey City

The West Side of Jersey City is an area made up of several diverse neighborhoods on either side of West Side Avenue,[1] one of the city's main shopping streets.[2][3] Parallel and west of Kennedy Boulevard, West Side Avenue carries two county route designations.[4][5]

West Side Avenue at its northern end begins in the Marion Section as a dead end at the PATH trains, though there is no station there[6] After crossing Broadway and Sip Avenue it passes Holy Name Cemetery on the west and nearby Saint Peter's University to the east.[7] "The Bubble", an air-supported structure that is part of Yanitelli Center, is visible on the slope of Montgomery Street.[citation needed]

Lincoln Park and Pulaski Skyway

Lincoln Park is one of the largest county parks in Hudson County[8] and includes recreational facilities (tennis, track, athletic fields, golf range, biking, running) and picnicking areas. Overpasses provide pedestrian access over Truck 1-9 from the older, more urban eastern section of the park to the more natural west section on the Hackensack River. The streets ascending from the park contain an eclectic mix of architectural styles including Victorian and Edwardian mansions, and pre-war and Art Deco apartment buildings in the Bergen Section. St Aloyius Church is a prominent landmark near the park.[9]

Mallory Square, a small Filipino American neighborhood in the Lincoln Park/West Bergen area of Jersey City's West Side

At Communipaw Avenue the street enters the heart of West Bergen.[2][10][11] West Bergen is so called in reference Bergen-Lafayette Section and in the 19th century was part of Bergen Township and Bergen. (The name Bergen is from the original Bergen, New Netherland centered on Bergen Square). One of the very few older residential districts of the city west of the avenue radiates from Mallory Avenue as it runs south from Lincoln Park.

The West Side Avenue Station is the terminus for the single branch of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail.[12] The station is on an embankment above the east side of street, and consists of an island platform and two tracks. Bumper blocks are at the west end of the station, a pedestrian bridge and elevator connecting it a large park and ride lot and bus stations. The former Central Railroad of New Jersey right of way formerly continued west across the Newark and New York Railroad Bridge at Newark Bay and there are proposals to extend the line to a station close by. The Jersey City Board of Education is located nearby.

The West Campus of New Jersey City University began development in 2006, and will more than double the campus's with academic buildings, residences, retail spaces, parking, and a "University Promenade."[13][14][15] Along with Bayfront, Jersey City, another planned community, the West Side will be expanded with residential, retail, and recreational areas.

West Side Avenue's southern end is the Country Village[16] section of Greenville at Danforth Avenue close to NJ-440,[7] across which is the Droyer's Point and completed sections of the Hackensack RiverWalk.

Several New Jersey Transit bus routes serve the district.

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  2. ^ a b "Jersey City's Districts". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "Jersey City Shopping Districts". Archived from the original on January 19, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
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  5. ^ "Hudson County 641 straight line diagram" (PDF). Hudson County Route 641. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
  6. ^ "New PATH Station in Jersey City Marion: PATH Trains Hudson Tubes Hudson & Manhattan RR". Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
  8. ^ Lincoln Park
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 14, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  11. ^ "HC Areas Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  12. ^ "West Side Avenue Station details". Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
  13. ^ "Want to cook? Be a nurse? Start a tech firm?" Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Hoboken Reporter, March 5, 2006
  14. ^ "NJCU Neighborhood". Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  15. ^ "NJCU West Campus Plan". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  16. ^ Country Village