Avenel

Avenel is a railway stop in , , . Avenel is situated nearby to , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avenel station and East Jersey State Prison.

Railway station
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avenel is an active commuter railroad station in the of , . Servicing trains of NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line, the station serves trains going to and to New York Penn Station.

Prison
Photo: Jackie Finn-Irwin, CC BY 2.0.
is a maximum security prison operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections in , , . It was established in 1896 as Rahway State Prison, and was the first reformatory in New Jersey, officially opening in 1901. is situated 1 mile northeast of Avenel.

Prison
The is a secure correctional facility operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections. Its purpose is to provide treatment and incarceration for certain criteria meeting repetitive and compulsive male sex offenders who have been sentenced under the New Jersey Sex Offender Act. is situated 1 mile north of Avenel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avenel and Edgars.

Suburb
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within , in , in the U.S. state of .

Hamlet
or Edgar is an unincorporated community located within in , in the U.S. state of . It approximately includes the area around over to Rahway Avenue, south of the Port Reading Railroad.

Hamlet
is a township in . According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total land area of including 23.213 square miles.

Avenel

Latitude
40.57729° or 40° 34′ 38″ north
Longitude
-74.27756° or 74° 16′ 39″ west
Network
NJ Transit
Open location code
87G7HPGC+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 297849484
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
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