Essex Street station
Essex Street station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail located between Hudson and Greene Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and two side platforms.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Essex Street”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Russian Art and Freedom Tower.
Museum of Russian Art
Museum
Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Russian Art is a museum in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is dedicated to exhibiting Russian art, particularly Soviet Nonconformist Art. It was established in 1980 as CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art The museum's historic brownstone building in Paulus Hook underwent renovation and re-opened in 2010. Museum of Russian Art is situated 980 feet north of Essex Street station.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 1¼ miles east of Essex Street station.
Ellis Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
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.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Battery Park City is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is situated along the Hudson River waterfront, and separated the Financial District and Tribeca by the West Side Highway.
Essex Street station
- Categories: tram stop, station, and transportation
- Location: City of Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.71287° or 40° 42′ 46″ northLongitude
-74.03595° or 74° 2′ 9″ westOperator
New Jersey TransitNetwork
Hudson–Bergen Light RailOpen location code
87G7PX77+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 295870181OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5399808
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Essex Street station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Essex Street站”
- French: “Essex Street”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Essex Street”
- Urdu: “ایسکس اسٹریٹ اسٹیشن (ہڈسن–برجن لائٹ ریل)”
- Urdu: “ایسکس اسٹریٹ اسٹیشن”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include General Nathanael Greene Park and Liberty Towers.
Nearby Places
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