Hudson Waterfront
The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately long. Historically, the region has been known as Bergen Neck, the lower peninsula, and Bergen Hill, lower Hudson Palisades. It has sometimes been called the Gold Coast.
The municipalities comprising the Hudson Waterfront are Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Union City, Weehawken, West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen in Hudson County and Fairview, Cliffside Park, Edgewater and Fort Lee in Bergen County. To the east, lies the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, to the south Staten Island, to the west Newark Bay and the New Jersey Meadowlands, and to the north the Northern Valley & Palisades Interstate Park. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, which includes sections of the East Coast Greenway, travels along the Hudson River.
During the Dutch colonial era, the area was under the jurisdiction of New Amsterdam and known as Bergen. Jersey City and Hoboken in Hudson County are sometimes referred to as the sixth borough, given their proximity and connections by PATH trains. Fort Lee, in Bergen County, opposite Upper Manhattan and connected by the George Washington Bridge, has also been called the sixth borough.
Population
With a combined population of approximately 683,470 the Hudson Waterfront, if incorporated into a single city, would be the nineteenth most populous in the country with one of the smallest land areas of. Its communities have some of the highest residential densities in the United States. Of municipalities in the United States over 50,000 people, Union City is the most densely populated. Guttenberg, although one of the smallest municipalities, stretching from 68th Street to 71st Street at, is the most densely populated "town" in the country. Many others are on the list of most densely populated places in the United States.The region is very ethnically diverse. Jersey City is the "most diverse" city in the United States. Six municipalities are on the list of the 100 cities with the highest percent of foreign-born residents: West New York, Union City, Palisades Park Guttenberg, Fairview and Fort Lee.
North Hudson has the second-largest Cuban American population in the United States after Miami. West New York, North Bergen, Union City, Guttenberg and Weehawken have Cuban American populations between 8.75% and 19.64%. Another large immigrant group is the Korean American community, near the GWB Plaza – and represents over half of the state's entire Korean population. Nearby Palisades Park boasts the highest percentage and total number of Koreans among all municipalities in the state, while neighboring Fort Lee has the second largest cluster and third highest proportion Edgewater also has a significant Korean population. The commercial districts Palisades Park and Fort Lee, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview — collectively create a Koreatown Many in this community attend religious services at St Michaels in Union City. India Square in the Journal Square district is home to many from the country from which it takes its name. A large Filipino community is located nearby at Five Corners. The first Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States, St. Mark is one of many congregations in Jersey City and Bayonne. serving the growing Egyptian community.
In many communities in the Hudson Waterfront English is not the first language spoken at home.
Transportation
Rail service includes New Jersey Transit's Hoboken Division: Main Line to Suffern, Bergen County Line, and Pascack Valley Line, all via Secaucus Junction ; Montclair-Boonton Line and Morris and Essex Lines ; North Jersey Coast Line ; Raritan Valley Line. All of these services stop at Hoboken Terminal.The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail: serves Bayonne, Liberty State Park, Jersey City's West Side, Downtown Jersey City, Hoboken Terminal, along the foot of the Palisades in Hoboken and Weehawken waterfront, Bergenline and Tonnelle Avenues. The PATH provides 24-hour subway service from Hoboken Terminal and Downtown Jersey City and Journal Square to Midtown Manhattan, the World Trade Center, and Newark Penn Station.
NY Waterway provides ferry service, from Jersey City, Hoboken and Weehawken Port Imperial and Edgewater Landing to Battery Park City Ferry Terminal and Wall Street in lower Manhattan, and to West Midtown Ferry Terminal, where free transfer is available to a variety of "loop" buses. Cape Liberty Cruise Port, opened in 2004, restored passenger ships service to the waterfront.
New Jersey Transit as well as private companies provide bus service. Journal Square, Exchange Place, Hoboken Terminal, and Bergenline Station are major origination, destination and transfer points. Manhattan-bound bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Station
Local service is identified by single or double digits: 1, 2, 22, 23, 64, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88.
Manhattan and some suburban service is identified by triple digits: 120, 121, 123, 125, 154, 156, 158, 159, 163, 165, 166, 168, 181 and 188.
Vehicle crossings and highways are the Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island; the Holland Tunnel into Lower Manhattan, Interstate 78, U.S. Route 1/9; the Lincoln Tunnel to Midtown Manhattan, NJ 495, Route 3, and the
George Washington Bridge to Upper Manhattan, Palisades Interstate Parkway, U.S. Route 46, Interstate 95, Interstate 80
Newark Liberty Airport is the closest international airport in New Jersey with scheduled passenger service. LaGuardia Airport is in Flushing, Queens and John F. Kennedy Airport is on Jamaica Bay in Queens. Teterboro Airport, in the Hackensack Meadowlands, serves private and corporate planes.