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Racetrack Section, North Bergen

Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US


Summary

Populated place in Hudson County, New Jersey, US

FieldValue
nameRacetrack, North Bergen
settlement_typeUnincorporated community
image_skyline10.2.09NungessersByLuigiNovi.jpg
image_captionNungesser's, at the intersection of Bergenline Avenue and Woodcliff Avenue
pushpin_mapUSA New Jersey Hudson County
pushpin_label_positionleft
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Racetrack in Hudson County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1New Jersey
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Hudson
subdivision_type3Township
subdivision_name3North Bergen
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft217
coordinates
postal_code07047
area_code201
blank_nameGNIS feature ID
blank_info882893
unit_prefimperial

The Racetrack Section, also known as Hudson Heights, is a neighborhood of North Bergen Township in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a mostly residential district between Bergenline and Kennedy Boulevard. Its east–west streets follow the numbering of other North Hudson towns while its north–south streets are called avenues and are numbered First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth.{{Cite book| publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc

The neighborhood takes its name from Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack. The racetrack located in the area was a popular with day-trippers from New York (who traveled by streetcar from the elevator at the Weehawken Ferry) during the latter part of the 19th century, until gaming was outlawed by the New Jersey legislature in 1893. While the tracks closed, the area remained an amusement park known as Little Coney Island. The "pleasure resort" as it was known, gained a reputation as attracting a similarly rowdy crowd as the racetrack, and reported incidents of alcohol being served to children and women being drugged. The recently invented ice cream cone was popularized at the park. The track was later used as a roadhouse for automobilists until the former clubhouse burned down in 1910. The site became a known landing spot for early aviators. The land on which the racetrack had been was subdivided in 1919, and later was built upon creating the section which exists today. . White Castle, an early drive-in fast-food chain, has long been located in the neighborhood.

The district is still sometimes called Hudson Heights or Nungesser's, which is more commonly used to describe the intersection and transportation hub at the northwest corner of North Hudson Park, at the Bergen line with Fairview border.

References

References

  1. {{cite gnis. 882893. Hudson Heights
  2. [http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive. link. (July 9, 2016 , State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.)
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  6. La Marca, Stephen. (Sep 18, 2011). "Corruption, carousels, and ice cream cones North Bergen was once home to ‘Little Coney". Hudson Reporter.
  7. (January 16, 1910). "FIRE ENDS OLD GUTTENBURG.; Blaze Seen from Manhattan Destroys the Clubhouse, Latterly on Inn". The New York Times.
  8. (July 8, 1921). "THREE PLANES FALL; ONE BEHEADS A BOY; Former Army Pilots Arrested After Their Propeller Kills Jersey Lad at Play. BIPLANE ENGINE GOES DEAD Lieut. Stinson Lands in Flatbush Lettuce Patch--AConey Island Mishap". The New York Times.
  9. (December 27, 1910). "MOROK'S AEROPLANE INTERRUPTS TOILET; Trans-Hudson Flyer's Machine Comes to Grief in a Young Woman's Window". The New York Times.
  10. (December 26, 1910). "BANDIT ROBS A TRAIN.; Gets More Than 100 Wallets and Watches from Passengers". The New York Times.
  11. link. (March 5, 2017 . ''[[The New York Times]]''. December 16, 1987)
  12. Adams, Arthur G.. (1996). "The Hudson River Guidebook". Fordham University Press.
  13. Adams, Arthur G.. (1996). "The Hudson Through the Years". Fordham University Press.
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