Gold Coast (New Jersey)
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| The Gold Coast | |
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| Counties | Hudson and Bergen |
| Area | |
| - Total | 137.529 km2 (53.1 sq mi) |
| - Land | 95.571 km2 (36.9 sq mi) |
| - Water | 41.958 km2 (16.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 606,221 |
| - Density | 16,428.8/km2 (42,550.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
The Gold Coast of New Jersey is a relatively new term coined by real estate agents, brokers, and developers in the 1980s who realized the investment potential of the area. It is infrequently, if ever, used outside the context of real-estate sales and marketing.
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[edit] Communities
Part of the New York metropolitan area, the area has a population of approximately 600,000. and is made up of the following communities (from south to north) in Hudson and Bergen counties on the west bank of the Hudson River, across from New York City, specifically Manhattan, the city's main borough.
- Hudson County
- Bergen County
[edit] Today
Today, it is primarily made up of established urban communities that were commercial/industrial in nature throughout the 20th century, though some areas were high-density bedroom communities. The area is currently experiencing intensive economic development, consisting largely of high-density residential buildings, office towers, and retail centers. Some of this development is on brownfields that were once factories, warehouses, docks, and rail yards. Existing housing stock, made up mostly of high-density detached homes, old brownstones/rowhouses and converted industrial spaces, has been revitalized — particularly in areas near to public transportation corridors. Additionally, the area is seeing new residential development, in the form of single-family housing, multi-family apartments, and condominiums. Today, the Gold Coast has some of the most valuable real estate in the state.
If it were to be incorporated into a single city, the Gold Coast would be the twenty-first most populous in the country and would still have the smallest land area of the most populous fifty. Its communities remain fragmented, due in part to New Jersey's long history of home rule local government. Within these communities exist distinct neighborhoods and shopping districts, formed in part due to isolation caused by Hudson River inlets, the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades and rail lines. North Bergen, which stretches across the Palisades from the Hudson River to the Hackensack at its northern section, is the city with the second most hills per square mile in the United States behind San Francisco.[1].
The Gold Coast is a very ethnically diverse region. Jersey City is the twenty-first most racially diverse city in the United States and the most racially diverse on the East Coast of the United States. [2]. Six other cities on the Gold Coast are on the list of the 100 cities (with a population over 5,000) with the highest percent of foreign-born residents: West New York (65.2%), Union City (58.7%), Palisades Park (57.0%) Guttenberg (48.7%), Fairview (48.4%) and Fort Lee (44.7%).[3]. North Hudson has the second largest Cuban American population in the United States behind Miami. [4]. New Jersey and Florida are the only states with cities with over 5% Cuban American populations. West New York, North Bergen, Union City, North Bergen, Guttenberg and Weehawken have Cuban American populations between 8.75% (Weehawken) and 19.64% (West New York)[5].
[edit] See also
- Regions of New Jersey
- Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
- Gateway Region
- Hackensack RiverWalk
- Rapper's Row
[edit] References
- ^ Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions, Hudson Reporter, August 27, 2006
- ^ Top 100 Most Racially Diverse Cities (pop. 5,000+), accessed February 25, 2007
- ^ Top 100 Cities with Highest Percentage of Foreign-Born Residents (pop. 5000+), accessed February 25, 2007
- ^ Stolarik, Mark M. Forgotten Doors: The Other Ports of Entry to the United States. Bach Institute Press, 1988., Page 100.
- ^ http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html Cuban Communities in the United States
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