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Bergen Section, Jersey City

Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US

Field	Value
name	Bergen Section
image_skyline	BergenAve Victorians.jpg
image_caption	Restored Victorian mansions on Bergen Avenue
pushpin_map	USA New Jersey Hudson County
pushpin_label_position	left
pushpin_map_caption	Bergen Section in Hudson County in New Jersey
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	New Jersey
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Hudson
subdivision_type3	City
subdivision_name3	Jersey City
established_title	1661
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	85
coordinates
postal_code	07305
area_code	201
blank_name	GNIS feature ID
blank_info	882003
unit_pref	imperial

Building on what was then Hudson Boulevard during residence of Mayor Hague

The Bergen Section of Jersey City, New Jersey is the neighborhood on either side of Kennedy Boulevard between Saint Peter's College/ McGinley Square and Communipaw Avenue in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city. The name Bergen, used throughout Hudson County, is taken from the original Bergen, New Netherland settlement at Bergen Square.

While there was discussion of building a county long road as early as the 1870s,{{cite news | access-date = March 29, 2010}} the Boulevard was officially opened in 1896.{{Cite journal | access-date = March 26, 2010}} In the early automobile age it became part of the route of the Lincoln Highway and one of the busiest roads in the state. Bergen Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the city running south from Journal Square along the ridge of the diminishing Hudson Palisades known as Bergen Hill. Monticello Avenue, which takes its name from mid 19th "suburban" development, is a shopping district lined with many turn-of-the-century buildings with storefronts being brought back into use. As its name suggests West Bergen overlaps this neighborhood.

The section retains much of the character that at one time made it the premiere 20th century residential district of the city.{{Cite book A variety of architectural styles can be found along the Boulevard, Bergen Avenue, and sidestreets including 19th-century rowhouses, Victorian and Edwardian mansions. Many of the multi-family buildings are pre-war, built during the period of expansive growth in the 1920s and 1930s, sometimes Art Deco style.{{cite news | access-date = March 26, 2010}} including The Hague, residence of one of the city's best-known mayor, Frank Hague. Among the many landmarks in the area are the Fairmount Apartments, Temple Beth-El, and the former Jersey City YMCA. Lincoln the Mystic, a statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln by James Earle Fraser is situated at the entrance to the park which bears the president's name. and is one of the Hudson County's largest public green spaces.

Historic district

Edmund Miller Library, formerly Bergen Branch

In 1997, the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office listed part of the neighborhood the West Bergen Historic District on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places. In 2011, The New Jersey Historic Trust" Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund provided the city with a $50,000 grant to conduct studies to determine if the area qualifies as a federal historic district. It describes it as architecturally significant with a diverse collection of mostly residential building built between the 1880s and 1930s. There are approximately 300 to 400 contributing property, some of which are large homes not found in the city's other historic districts, which are located Downtown. In 2014 The Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy proposed an area which is larger than the state-designated one called the West Bergen-East Lincoln Park Historic District. Approval was required by the city, and the ordinance was passed in June 2015.

Transportation

Jersey City and Bergen horse-drawn tram, 1887

Monticello Avenue:
- NJT 87 south bound to Greenville and northbound to Journal Square and Hudson Place (Hoboken)
Bergen Avenue
- NJT route 8 southbound to Greenville and northbound to Journal Square
Kennedy Boulevard
- NJT 10 southbound to Greenville/Bayonne and northbound to Journal Square
- NJT 119 southbound to Bayonne and northbound service to Jersey City Heights and Port Authority Bus Terminal
West Side Avenue
- NJT 80 southbound to Greenville/Bayonne and northbound to Journal Square and Exchange Place.
- NJT route 80S southbound to Droyer's Point and Hudson Mall and north bound to Journal Square.
- NJT route 9 along West Side Avenue and Montgomery Street to McGinley Square and Exchange Place

References

{{cite gnis. 882003. Bergen
(August 30, 1873). "The Hudson County Boulevard". The New York Times.
(November 29, 1895). "OPENING THE BOULEVARD.; Wheelmen Parade Along Hudson County's New Driveway". The New York Times.
(May 4, 1919). "New Jersey Roads". The New York Times.
"Jersey City Shopping Districts". jerseycityonline.com.
"Lincoln Park". The Historical Marker Database.
(8 October 2008). "PHOTOS: Fire at historic 2600 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City". NJ.com.
"Fairmount Hotel Apartments". njcu.edu.
James, George. (January 24, 1999). "JERSEYANA; For 134 Years, Jersey City Puts Politics Aside and Honors Lincoln". The New York Times.
"Abraham Lincoln Association of Jersey City". njcu.edu.
[https://archive.today/20120717075003/http://travel.sulekha.com/jersey-city-attractions.htm%23Lincoln] Park
"New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County". [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office.
MacDonald, Terrance. (May 5, 2011). "4 Jersey City historic sites get state preservation grants". The Jersey Journal.
(2001). "West Bergen Historic District". New Jersey Historic Trust.
(April 11, 2001). "Rules & Regulations for Alterations & Additions to Buildings & New Construction in Historic Districts Adopted by the Historic Preservation Commission March 6, 1992 Adopted by the City Council April 11, 2001". Jersey City Historic Preservation.
(May 5, 2011). "West Bergen-East Lincoln Park Historic District". Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy.
McDonald, Terrence T.. (3 February 2015). "Historic district may come to Jersey City's West Side". NJ.com.
McDonald, Terrence T.. (10 March 2015). "It's neighbor vs. neighbor in fight for new Jersey City historic district". NJ.com.
McGovern, Patrick. (16 May 2015). "City Council introduces ordinance to create new Jersey City historic district". NJ.com.
Shapiro, Ben. (11 June 2015). "Jersey City City Council approves controversial West Side historic district". NJ.com.
Blair, Gillian. (18 May 2017). "A Detailed Look at Jersey City's Newest Historic District".
https://cdnsm5-hosted.civiclive.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6189660/File/City%20Hall/Planning%20&%20Zoning/City_Planning/HPC/WestBergenEastLincolnParkGuidelines.pdf {{Bare URL PDF. (August 2024)
https://data.jerseycitynj.gov/api/datasets/1.0/west-bergen-east-lincoln-park-historic-district-2015/attachments/wbelp_designation_report_pdf/ {{Bare URL inline. (August 2024)
"NJT bus 87 schedule".
"Archived copy".
"Archived copy".

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