Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades) Explained

Allocation:
  • CR 685
  • CR 719
  • CR 27
State:NJ
Palisade Avenue
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Palisade Avenue highlighted in red
Section1:Hudson County section
Direction A1:South
Junction1:
    Direction B1:North
    Terminus B1:79th Street
    Section2:Bergen County section
    Direction A2:South
    Junction2:
      Direction B2:North

      Palisade Avenue is the name given to a historic road which parallels the eastern crest of Hudson Palisades in northeastern New Jersey. It travels between Jersey City and Fort Lee, passing through Jersey City Heights, North Hudson, and Cliffside Park, with various parts carrying Hudson and Bergen county route designations.[1] [2] [3] [4] The avenue re-aligns itself at several places along its route as it crosses traditional municipal boundaries created in the 19th century. As a primary route running along the top of the Hudson Palisades, many segments offer scenic views of the Hudson River and the New York skyline. Since 2020 there is proposed state legislation to restrict building heights that would rise above the cliffs on the eastern side of Palisade Avenue along the entire corridor from Jersey City to Fort Lee.[5] [6] [7] [8]

      Route description

      The southern end of Palisade Avenue begins at Newark Avenue, just east of the Hudson County Courthouse, running between the historic Jersey City High School and the 1942 Hudson Gardens Housing project.[9] It soon crosses over Bergen Arches and Long Dock Tunnel, (both of which served the Erie Railroad's Pavonia Terminal) and the Divided Highway (connecting the Pulaski Skyway and the Holland Tunnel).[10] At this point, the avenue enters Jersey City Heights and passes Christ Hospital.[11]

      Upon crossing over a steep natural ravine and a road descending to Hoboken, Palisade Avenue intersects with Ferry Street, likely so named for the connection made possible by the North Hudson County Railway's Wagon Lift and Elevated (the latter used by the Public Service Railway and dismantled in 1947) which transported passengers up and down the cliffs. Two historic office buildings, one formerly PSE&G, and another now used North Hudson Community Action Group[12] are at the intersection,[13] at the end of which is Pohlmann's Hall.[14]

      Proceeding north it runs alongside Riverview Park and the top of Holland Street[15] (a former carriage road and one of the few cobbled streets left in Hudson County) connecting to Paterson Plank Road. At 524 is the Van Vorst House a stone farmhouse built in 1742 by the family Van Vorst and considered to be the second oldest standing building in Hudson County.[16] At Congress Street the 9th Street-Congress Street Station of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail is one block to the east connected by an elevator to platforms at the base of the cliff.

      Paterson Plank Road, which traverses Washington Park, creates the border between Jersey City and Union City, the southern part of which was at one time called West Hoboken. A Yardley Soap factory recalls the city's manufacturing past.[17] Nearby Firefighters Memorial Park.[18] was built partially as memorial to the September 11 attacks.

      As the route passes the Hackensack Water Company Reservoir #2 it creates a border between Union City and Weehawken Heights, passing Ellsworth Park and Shippen Street, until it reaches Lincoln Tunnel Approach, a cut built in conjunction with the tunnel. The Main Post Office at the intersection with marginal road of 495 is a major stop for east-bound buses travelling to Manhattan.

      After crossing over the highway and Hackensack Plank Road and entering the northern part of Union City formerly known as Union Hill, the avenue becomes a one lane, one-way street traveling southbound. Union City Town Hall is between 37th and 38th Streets. Just south of the border with West New York at 49th Street the avenue makes an S curve and continues as a one-way southbound street through the municipality. This segment of the route approaches the highest point in Hudson County, New Jersey at 260 feet.[19]

      In Guttenberg the avenue once again realigns to the west and becomes a two-way street which continues through the Woodcliff Section of North Bergen, where it meets North Hudson-James J. Braddock Park. The avenue resumes inside the park at Boulevard East, traveling a short distance before crossing the Hudson-Bergen county line, entering Cliffside Park. Taking a more meandering course, the route passes the Cliffside Park Municipal Complex,[20] Cliffside Park Public Library[21] and Cliffside Park High School, then intersects with Gorge Road, one of the few roads along the face of the Hudson Palisades to low-lying areas along the Hudson River waterfront, in this case in Edgewater.

      At the northern end of the borough the avenue passes the former site of Palisades Amusement Park, demolished in the 1970s for the construction of high-rise residential complexes.[22] [23] Soon after crossing over the Fort Lee line, Palisade diverges at triangle with Lemoine Avenue, and passes Fort Lee Museum and Monument Park.[24] [25] [26] After crossing Main Street, at the Barrymore Film Center, it passes the Modern higrise complex and ends at GWB Plaza, just west of Palisades Interstate Park and the George Washington Bridge.

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      Notes and References

      1. Web site: dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018222757/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000685__-.pdf. 2012-10-18. Hudson County 685 straight line diagram. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2010-01-14.
      2. Web site: Hudson County 719 straight line diagram. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2010-01-14. 2012-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018222818/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000719__-.pdf. live.
      3. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/02000027__-.pdf Bergen County Road 27
      4. Web site: Route 67 straight line diagram. Trenton, New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Transportation. November 13, 2009. June 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604073536/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000067__-.pdf. live.
      5. Web site: Archived copy . 2023-08-12 . 2023-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230617211004/https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S0500/191_I1.PDF . live .
      6. News: A state bill would protect the views from the Palisades cliffs, but will it change development in Hudson, Bergen counties?. Peter. D'Auria. The Jersey Journal. December 27, 2020. August 12, 2023. June 15, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230615202544/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/12/a-state-bill-would-protect-the-views-from-the-palisades-cliffs-but-will-it-change-development-in-hudson-bergen-counties.html. live.
      7. News: Baer. Marilyn. Hoboken council opposes Palisades Cliffs Protection Act. Hudson Reporter. January 8, 2021. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108202116/https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/01/08/hoboken-council-opposes-palisades-cliffs-protection-act/. January 8, 2021.
      8. Web site: Proposed Law Would Limit Building Height Along N.J.’s Hudson Waterfront. Chris. Fry. December 22, 2020. August 12, 2023. June 19, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230619183434/https://jerseydigs.com/proposed-law-would-limit-building-height-along-new-jersey-hudson-waterfront/. live.
      9. Web site: Hudson Gardens . 2010-02-16 . 2009-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090622133529/http://www.jcha.us/hudson_gardens.htm . dead .
      10. Web site: DOT moving on to next Jersey City bridge replacement project. 10 September 2016. 20 September 2016. 5 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305004921/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/09/dot_moving_on_to_next_jersey_city_bridge_replaceme.html. live.
      11. http://www.christhospital.org/Christ Hospital website
      12. http://www.nhcac.org/nhcacsites.html North Hudson Community Action Group
      13. Book: French, Kenneth. Jersey City 1940-1960: The Dan McNulty Collection. Arcadia Publishing. 1997. 59. 978-0-7385-3731-3.
      14. Web site: Pohlmann Hall . 2010-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715101403/http://pohlmannhall.com/history.htm . 2011-07-15 . dead .
      15. Web site: JC Landmarks Commission . 2010-02-17 . 2009-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091127110944/http://www.jclandmarks.org/campaign-cobblestones.shtml . live .
      16. Web site: Van Vorst House in Bergen Woods . 2010-02-16 . 2010-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100304052520/http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/vanvorstfarmhouse.shtml . live .
      17. Web site: Wikimapia:Yardley soap Building . 2010-02-16 . 2020-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200516131929/http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.754834&lon=-74.0365353&z=19&l=0&m=b&search=palisades%20avenue%2C%20%20jersey%20city . live .
      18. Rappaport, Melissa. "Now open: Firefighters Memorial Park" The Union City Reporter; August 16, 2009; Pages 1 & 8
      19. Web site: Hudson High Point . 2010-02-16 . 2010-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215062113/http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7139 . live .
      20. http://www.cliffsideparknj.gov/Departments/MunicipalCourt.html Cliffside Park
      21. Web site: Cliffside Park Public Library . 2010-02-16 . 2014-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140804084642/http://cliffsidepark.bccls.org/ . live .
      22. News: Glenn . Fowler . Palisades Park Expected To Close After Season . Palisades Amusement Park, one of the last of the playgrounds that once dotted the outer reaches of the city and the nearby suburbs, may close after the 1971 season. . . January 20, 1971 . 2009-01-27 . 2012-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019173944/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F15FE3D5F107B93C2AB178AD85F458785F9 . live .
      23. News: Carousel, Anyone? A 1928 'Heirloom' Offered for $80,000 . Irving Rosenthal has the Christmas present for the man who has everything. Preferably a man in search of high camp or deep nostalgia. ... Mr. Rosenthal sold the Palisades Amusement Park site to tho Centex-Winston Corporation, which plans to erect 3800 high-rise condominiums on the tract ... . . November 15, 1971 . 2009-01-27 . 2012-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019173953/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1EFA3B5C1A7493C7A8178AD95F458785F9 . live .
      24. http://www.fortleenj.net/parks-recreation/monument.html Fort Lee Monument Park
      25. http://www.fortleenj.net/departments/museum.html Fort Lee Museum
      26. Web site: Wikimapia: Fort Lee . 2010-02-16 . 2015-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129213056/http://wikimapia.org/#lat=40.8462975&lon=-73.970089&z=17&l=0&m=b&search=fort%20lee%2C%20new%20jersey . live .

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