Van Vorst Park
Van Vorst Park is a neighborhood in the Historic Downtown of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, centered on a park sharing the same name. The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin Boulevard, north of Grand Street, east of the Turnpike Extension, and south of The Village and Christopher Columbus Drive.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jersey Avenue station and Jersey City Medical Center.
Jersey Avenue station
Railway station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Jersey Avenue station is an active light rail station in the Liberty Harbor neighborhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located on Regent Street east of the intersection of the namesake Jersey Avenue, the station services trains of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail.
Jersey City Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Jersey City Medical Center is a hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The hospital has had different facilities in the city. It is currently located on a 15-acre campus at Grand Street and Jersey Avenue overlooking New York Harbor and Liberty State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jersey City and Newport.
Jersey City
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jersey City is New Jersey's second-largest city. Jersey City sits in Hudson County in the northeastern section of the state, across the Hudson from its older and bigger cousin, New York City and south of Hoboken.
Newport
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Newport is a 600-acre master-planned, mixed-use community in Downtown Jersey City, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, consisting of retail, residential, office, and entertainment facilities.
Communipaw
Village
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Communipaw is a neighborhood in Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located west of Liberty State Park and east of Bergen Hill, and the site of one of the earliest European settlements in North America.
Van Vorst Park
- Type: Park
- Description: neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Categories: neighborhood and recreation area
- Location: Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.71806° or 40° 43′ 5″ northLongitude
-74.04716° or 74° 2′ 50″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87G7PX93+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 24582243OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Van Vorst Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Van Vorst Park”
- Dutch: “Van Vorst Park”
- French: “Van Vorst Park”
- Spanish: “Parque Van Vorst”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hamilton Park and Downtown Jersey City.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Van Vorst Park Dog Run and Jersey City Free Public Library.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Van Vorst Park”. Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.