Greenville, Jersey City
Greenville, Jersey City | |
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Upper New York Bay | |
Coordinates: 40°42′01″N 74°05′40″W / 40.70028°N 74.09444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Hudson |
City | Jersey City |
Elevation | 62 ft (19 m) |
Area code | 201 |
GNIS feature ID | 876803[1] |
Greenville is the southernmost section of Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2][3][4][5]
Geography
In its broadest definition, Greenville encompasses the area south of the
The central core of Greenville (between
East of New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension (Interstate 78) lie the Greenville Yard, an intermodal facility,[6] Port Jersey, Port Liberté, (a gated residential community), and the Caven Point Section of Liberty State Park. Slightly further inland and parallel to the route of the Turnpike was the route of the Morris Canal until it was abandoned in the 1920s. A small (filled-in) portion of the canal still exists in Country Village,[7] a neighborhood near Droyer's Point and the West Side. The Claremont Section straddles Greenville and Bergen-Lafayette.[citation needed]
Greenville parks include Bayside Park, off Garfield Avenue, Audubon Park, a city square along
The
History
Minkakwa, Kewan, and Pamrapo
What became Greenville was the territory of the
Bergen, Greenville, Jersey
During the British and early American colonial era the area was part of
20th century
Greenville was settled by many working-class Irish Catholic families, as well as other ethnic groups. The area's demographics changed dramatically starting in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, with the decline of factories and the collapse of the independent railroad lines. The neighborhood east of Kennedy Boulevard was later settled by African Americans, while that west of Kennedy Boulevard is more diverse with a sizable Filipino population. Greenville also has a sizable Hispanic and Egyptian population, and many of the older Irish residents still remain in the neighborhood.[citation needed]
21st century
In 2005,
During the 2010s Greenville underwent a revitalization, with the return of long-term residents and businesses.[24][25] The section around Jackson Hill has seen considerable local and federal infrastructure spending.
The area is considered, relative to
Increasing
Public transportation
The
Notable residents
- Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller
See also
- Bergen Neck
- Black Tom explosion
- Canal Crossing
- Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel
- Hackensack RiverWalk
- Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
- Greenville and Hudson Railway
- Liberty National Golf Club
- Liberty State Park
- List of neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey
- New Jersey Route 185
- Red & Tan in Hudson County
- Roosevelt Stadium
- Route 440
References
- ^ a b "Greenville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey; accessed February 7, 2015.
- ^ "Jersey City's Districts". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ "Greenville". Jersey City A to Z. New Jersey City University. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
- ^ NY Harbor Intermodal Facilities, panynj.gov; accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Morris Canal, JerseyCityonline.com; accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Parks".
- ^ "Construction Starts on Mary McLeod Bethune Park in Jersey City". Jersey Digs. May 19, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ Afro-American Historical Society Museum, cityofjerseycity.org; accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ Jersey City Medical Center, nj.com; accessed May 3, 2020.
- ^ "New Jersey Health System".
- ^ http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=95e3f6e828e116b80d4cccd93c806bc1&view=text&rgn=main&idno=AFJ8379.0001.001 page 50
- ^ Klett, Joseph. "An Account of East Jersey's Seven Settled Towns, circa 1684" (PDF). The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. 80 (September 2005): 106–114. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ Ferretti, Fred (June 10, 1979), "Jersey City Hopes to Save Caven Point", The New York Times
- ISBN 1-4000-7867-9.
- ^ Winfield, Charles (1874). HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. New York: Kennaud & Hay Stationary M'fg and Printing Company. p. 51.
- ^ "High Fares In Jersey.; Steps Taken By The Residents Of Greenville To Remedy Them" (PDF). The New York Times. May 13, 1881.
- ^ a b "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146.
- ^ "Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958, p. 78 - Extinct List.
- ^ "Armbruster's Greenville Schuetzen Park - Jersey City Past and Present - Library Guides at New Jersey City University". njcu.libguides.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019.
- ^ Jersey City Curfew Tackles Crime, but May Hit Profits, Too, The New York Times, March 25, 2005
- ^ "Jersey City building boom coming to NJCU campus with $350M plan". NJ.com. September 3, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "GSECDC's Home Ownership Initiative is Revitalizing Greenville One Home at a Time". July 5, 2017.
- ^ http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2013/03/29/neighborhood-spotlight-greenville-community-in-progress/
- ^ a b Berger, Joseph (August 2, 2017). "Uneasy Welcome as Ultra-Orthodox Jews Extend Beyond New York". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ^ "Orthodox Jews Arrive in Jersey City Neighborhood, Raising Hopes and Fears". m.youtube.com. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- NJTV. April 22, 2016. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Knoll, Corina (December 15, 2019). "How 2 Drifters Brought Anti-Semitic Terror to Jersey City". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ De Avila, Joseph; Blint-Welsh, Tyler (December 11, 2019). "New Jersey Shooters Targeted Kosher Grocery Store, Jersey City Mayor Says". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Helfand, Zach (December 11, 2019). "Untangling the Hate at the Heart of the Mass Shooting in Jersey City". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ Sales, Ben; Adkins, Laura E. (December 11, 2019). "Orthodox Jews tried to build a home in Jersey City. Then a shooting terrorized their community". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ "Gentrification In The Making For 40 Years In Jersey City & It Might Have Saved The City". Hudson County Chronicles. Retrieved April 2, 2021.