Port Imperial

Port Imperial
Port Imperial
General information
Coordinates	40°46′33″N 74°00′46″W / 40.7759°N 74.0129°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
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Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 23, 156R, 158, and 159R; New York Waterway
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	October 29, 2005
Electrified	750VDC
Passengers
2006	76,440 0%
Services

Weehawken Port Imperial is an intermodal transit hub on the Weehawken, New Jersey waterfront of the Hudson River across from Midtown Manhattan. It is served by New York Waterway ferries and buses, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, and NJT buses. The district lies under and at the foot of Pershing Road, a thoroughfare which travels along the face of the Hudson Palisades, which rise to its west. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway runs along the shoreline and is abutted by recently constructed residential neighborboods, between Lincoln Harbor to the south and Bulls Ferry to the north.

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Sea Otter class and other vessels used by New York Waterway are designed for front-boarding

History

Early ferries and railroads

The North Hudson waterfront is located north of Weehawken Cove on a long narrow strip of land between the Hudson River and Hudson Palisades. On April 18, 1670 the govenment of the Province of New Jersey confirmed a grant to Maryn Adriaensen for a parcel of land called Wiehacken in the jurisdiction of Bergen on Hobooken Creek, 50 morgen Dutch measure originally given on May 11, 1647. Sporadic ferry service began and in 1700 a royal patent was given by Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont^[1] which led to the naming of Weehawken Street at the landing across the river in today's West Village. Later called Slough's Meadow, the waterfront has in the last centuries been transformed from an tidal marsh^[2] to an extensive rail and shipping port and, since the 1980s, redeveloped for commericial, residential, recreational, and transportation uses. Many duels, including the nation's most famous between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burrin 1804, took place on a site later obliterated by rail infrastructure of the New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad and the Erie Railroad^[3]^[4] Erie's Pier D and Piershed is a remnant of the rail era listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[5] The turn of the century saw the growth of the railyards, carfloats, ferry slips, and passenger station of Weehawken Terminal. The main ferry ran to 42nd Street and for short time was a component of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway. The highway and the trolleys of North Hudson County Railway and later the Public Service Railway ascended Pershing Road. The Weehawken was the last ferry to the West Shore Terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am.^[6] and train service was discontinued. The right of way (originally part of the NYC's New Jersey Junction Railroad) was layer used by the Penn Central River Division ^[7] and the Conrail River Line before being abandoned. The United Fruit Company once maintained the largest banana warehouse in the United States adjacent to its berths.^[8]^[9] As with much of the tradtional harbor of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the infrastucture became obselete as passenger and freight transport patterns changed.

Post-industrial era

The restoration of rail and ferry services is of a much smaller scale. In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken Yard from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million, his surname an inspiration for Port Imperial. New York Waterway was established in 1986.^[10] Service was originally provided from an converted ferry moored at the shore next to the marina south of the current terminal.^[11] NJT contracted the extensive renovation and waterproofing of the Weehawken Tunnel under Bergen Hill which had been built in 1861.^[12]^[13]^[14] The new ferry terminal, built and owned by New Jersey Transit and leased by NY Waterway^[15], opened in May 2006.^[16]^[17]^[18] The HBLR Station opened for weekend service in November 2005^[19] and fulltime service on October 29, 2006.^[20] The construction and maintenence of stairways from atop the cliffs at Boulevard East to the station and the bridge from the station to the ferry slips have been a source of contention and controversy. The area, still under development,^[21] is considered to be too oriented to automobiles, rather than pedestrians. While there has been some integration in the wider public transportation system, some transportation is geared within the development site, including parking lots.^[22]^[23] ^[24] In 2009, New York Waterway was instrumental in the rescue of passengers on US Airways Flight 1549, which made an emergency landing on the Hudson River near Port Imperial.

Service

Ferry

destination	location	transfer
West Midtown Ferry Terminal^[25] Midtown Manhattan	Pier 79 West Side Highway-West 39th St Javits Convention Center	free transfer to Manhattan "loop" buses
Battery Park City Ferry Terminal at World Financial Center^[26]	Hudson River Park at Vesey Street Battery Park City	paid transfer to Liberty Water Taxi & NY Waterway routes
Wall Street^[27]	Pier 11 South Street south of South Street Seaport	paid transfer to New York Water Taxi, NY Waterway, and SeaStreak routes

Train

Destination	route	transfers
Tonnelle westbound	Bergenline	At Bergenline: NJT buses and guaguas
Hoboken Terminal southbound	Lincoln Harbor Hoboken	At Hoboken Terminal: PATH to Midtown Manhattan NJT/MTA Rail Hudson Place bus station
West Side Jersey City southbound	Lincoln Harbor Hoboken Downtown Jersey City	At Exchange Place: PATH to WTC, Journal Square,Newark Penn Station NJT buses
Bayonne	Greenville and Bayonne require transfer at stations between Pavonia-Newport and Liberty State Park.

Bus

Route	destination	major points	notes
River Road northbound WNY^[28]	Edgewater Landing	Bulls Ferry Shadyside Edgewater	AM and PM rush hour service for ferry passengers
23 northbound NJT^[29]	Nungessers AM and PM rush hour service	Boulevard East	NJT-NY Waterway fare-sharing^[30]
156R northbound NJT^[31]	GWB Plaza Englewood Cliffs	Bulls Ferry Shadyside Edgewater Palisade Avenue	via Gorge Road no Sunday service
156R southbound NJT^[32]	Port Authority Bus Terminal 42nd Street (Manhattan)	Lincoln Harbor Lincoln Tunnel	no Sunday service
158 northbound NJT^[33]	GWB Plaza Fort Lee	Bulls Ferry Shadyside Edgewater Commoms Edgewater Landing
158 southbound NJT^[34]	Port Authority Bus Terminal 42nd Street (Manhattan)	Lincoln Harbor Lincoln Tunnel
159R northbound NJT^[35]	GWB Plaza Fort Lee	Bulls Ferry Shadyside Edgewater Palisade Avenue	via Gorge Road no weekend service
159R southbound NJT^[36]	Port Authority Bus Terminal 42nd Street (Manhattan)	Lincoln Harbor Lincoln Tunnel
bus stop at top of public stairway
Boulevard East northbound	NJT 128, 165, 166, 168 to Nungessers & Bergen County
Boulevard East southbound	NJT 128, 165, 166, 168 to Port Authority Bus Terminal

References

^ History of the Hudson River Ferries
^ Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 398-400.
^ North Hudson 1884 map
^ Erie Railroad Weehawken facilities
^ New Jersey Register of Historic Places in Hudson County
^ Arthur G. Adams (1996). The Hudson Through the Years. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823216765.
^ Penn Central Rivier Division map
^ Banana Building site
^ EPA-IMPACT 2000
^ Carroll, Timothy J. (2009-10-11). "20 years crossing the Hudson". The Jersey City Reporter. Hoboken: Hudson Reporter. pp. 7 & 16. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
^ Tri-State Transportation Campaign
^ [pubsindex.trb.org/view.aspx?id=700173 Weehawken Tunnel]
^ Weehawken Bergen Tunnel
^ ROW at western portal
^ NJT press release 2001
^ NJT press release 2006
^ NY Waterway Weehawken Terminal
^ Weehawken Ferry Terminal description and photo
^ Hoboken Reporer Nov 08, 2005
^ Weehawken Tunnel Photos (The Subway Nut.com)
^ Port Imperial North and South
^ Port imperial local shuttles
^ Hoboken Reporter
^ Hoboken Reporter
^ Midtown Ferry Terminal
^ World Financial Center
^ Pier 11 Wall Street
^ Edgewater Landing Shuttle
^ NJT bus 23 schedule
^ NYWaterway/Blvd bus
^ NJT bus 156 schedule
^ NJT bus 156 schedule
^ NJT bus 158 schedule
^ NJT bus 158 schedule
^ NJT bus 159 schedule
^ NJT bus 159 schedule

External links

[1] History of the Hudson River Ferries

[Citycyclopedia-2] Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 398-400.

[3] North Hudson 1884 map

[4] Erie Railroad Weehawken facilities

[5] New Jersey Register of Historic Places in Hudson County

[Arthur_G._Adams_1996-6] Arthur G. Adams (1996). The Hudson Through the Years. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823216765.

[7] Penn Central Rivier Division map

[8] Banana Building site

[9] EPA-IMPACT 2000

[The_Jersey_City_Reporter-10] Carroll, Timothy J. (2009-10-11). "20 years crossing the Hudson". The Jersey City Reporter. Hoboken: Hudson Reporter. pp. 7 & 16. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

[11] Tri-State Transportation Campaign

[12] [pubsindex.trb.org/view.aspx?id=700173 Weehawken Tunnel]

[13] Weehawken Bergen Tunnel

[14] ROW at western portal

[15] NJT press release 2001

[16] NJT press release 2006

[17] NY Waterway Weehawken Terminal

[18] Weehawken Ferry Terminal description and photo

[19] Hoboken Reporer Nov 08, 2005

[20] Weehawken Tunnel Photos (The Subway Nut.com)

[21] Port Imperial North and South

[22] Port imperial local shuttles

[23] Hoboken Reporter

[24] Hoboken Reporter

[25] Midtown Ferry Terminal

[26] World Financial Center

[27] Pier 11 Wall Street

[28] Edgewater Landing Shuttle

[29] NJT bus 23 schedule

[30] NYWaterway/Blvd bus

[31] NJT bus 156 schedule

[32] NJT bus 156 schedule

[33] NJT bus 158 schedule

[34] NJT bus 158 schedule

[35] NJT bus 159 schedule

[36] NJT bus 159 schedule

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