Garfield Avenue station

Garfield Avenue station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the Claremont section of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Located between the grade crossing at Randolph Avenue and the bridge at Garfield Avenue, the station in a double side platform and two track structure.

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Type: Railway station
Description: Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
Also known as: “Garfield Avenue”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berry Lane Park and St. Patrick’s Parish and Buildings.

Berry Lane Park

Park

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Berry Lane Park is a park created on a 17.5 acres of former brownfield site in the Communipaw-Lafayette Section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Construction of the park, which cost $38 million, began in 2012 and the park officially opened in June 2016. Berry Lane Park is situated 900 feet northeast of Garfield Avenue station.

St. Patrick’s Parish and Buildings

Church

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St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings is a historic church on Grand Street, Ocean and Bramhall avenues in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. St. Patrick’s Parish and Buildings is situated 1,300 feet north of Garfield Avenue station.

New Redeemer Reformed Episcopal Church

Church

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New Redeemer Reformed Episcopal Church is situated 1,200 feet west of Garfield Avenue station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Communipaw and West Side.

Communipaw

Village

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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.

West Side

Hamlet

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The West Side of Jersey City is an area made up of several diverse neighborhoods on either side of West Side Avenue, one of the city's main shopping streets.