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West New York

West New York is a town in the northern part of , in the U.S. state of , situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912, an increase of 3,204 from the 2010 census count of 49,708, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,940 from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 census.
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  • Type: Town with 49,700 residents
  • Description: town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “West New York, New Jersey” and “West New York, NJ”
  • Postal code: 07093
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.

University
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is a private performing arts conservatory in . Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became , named after its principal benefactor Augustus D.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Union City.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

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is a city in , . is a small city, roughly 1.283 square miles. It is bordered by to the east, to the south, North Bergen to the west and north, and West New York to the north.

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is a town of 15,000 people on the Hudson River in northeastern . Despite having a high population density and a location at the heart of the , has a small-town feel, comprised of close knit neighborhoods.

West New York

Latitude
40.7856° or 40° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
-74.0093° or 74° 0′ 34″ west
Population
49,700
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WNY
Open location code
87G7QXPR+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7525202641
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5106292
Wiki­data ID
Q950205
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“West New York” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست نيو يورك”
  • Armenian: “Վեսթ Նյու Յորք”
  • Assamese: “পশ্চিম নিউয়ৰ্ক”
  • Basque: “West New York”
  • Catalan: “West New York”
  • Cebuano: “West New York”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Нью-Йорк”
  • Chinese: “West New York”
  • Chinese: “西紐約”
  • Chinese: “西纽约”
  • Dagbani: “West New York”
  • Dutch: “West New York”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Nov-Jorko”
  • Finnish: “West New York”
  • French: “West New York”
  • German: “West New York”
  • Gilaki: “وست نيۊیؤرک (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “وست نيۊیؤرک”
  • Haitian: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “West New York”
  • Indonesian: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Indonesian: “West New York”
  • Italian: “West New York”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ニューヨーク”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・ニューヨーク”
  • Japanese: “ウェストニューヨーク”
  • Kazakh: “Вэст Нью Йорк”
  • Kirghiz: “Вэст Нью Йорк”
  • Korean: “웨스트뉴요크”
  • Korean: “웨스트뉴욕”
  • Ladin: “West New York”
  • Mazanderani: “وست نیو یورک (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “وست نیو یورک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West New York”
  • Neapolitan: “West New York (New Jersey)”
  • Neapolitan: “West New York”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West New York”
  • Norwegian: “West New York”
  • Persian: “نیو یورک غربی، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “نیو یورک غربی”
  • Persian: “نیویورک غربی”
  • Polish: “West New York”
  • Portuguese: “West New York”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Нью-Йорк”
  • Serbian: “Вест Њујорк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West New York”
  • Slovak: “West New York”
  • Spanish: “West New York (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “West New York”
  • Swahili: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Swahili: “West New York”
  • Swedish: “West New York”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு நியூ யார்க், நியூ செர்சி”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு நியூ யார்க்”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Нью-Йорк”
  • Turkish: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “West New York”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Нью-Йорк”
  • Urdu: “مغربی نیو یارک، نیو جرسی”
  • Urdu: “مغربی نیو یارک”
  • Uzbek: “West New York”
  • Volapük: “West New York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West New York”
  • Welsh: “West New York, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “West New York”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Lord Jesus Christ and Columbus Park.

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