Nungessers

Woodcliff, Fairview, Anderson Avenue and Bergenline Avenue, at the Bergen-Hudson county line

Nungessers is the name of the confluence of roads that meet at the Hudson and Bergen county line at North Bergen and Fairview in northeastern New Jersey. The area is the former site of the Nungesser's Gutenberg Racetrack, a late 19th-century gaming and gambling venue.[1][2] The neighborhood just south of Nungesser's is called the Racetrack Section and the municipality of Guttenberg is nearby. A White Castle, an early drive-in fast-food chain, originally built in the 1930s has long been a landmark in the neighborhood,[3] as has adjacent North Hudson Park.[4]

Intersection

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A major street that begins at Nungesser's is Bergenline Avenue which travelling south becomes the main shopping district of North Hudson. Just over the county line it becomes Anderson Avenue, travelling north through the urban eastern Bergen Hudson Palisades communities of Fairview, Cliffside Park and Fort Lee. The other roads which meet in the district are Kennedy Boulevard, Bergen Boulevard and Fairview Avenue from the west. To the east Boulevard East and Woodcliff Avenue connect to the northbound Palisade Avenue in the park.[5]

Transportation

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Nungessers is a major transit transfer point and terminus for public bus transportation.[6] Several New Jersey Transit bus lines either originate/terminate or pass through the area, as do many privately operated jitney (dollar van) routes. Service from bus stops situated in the area travels to points in Hudson and Bergen and to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station in Manhattan.[7][8][9][10] Jitneys travel southbound to Boulevard East, Hudson County Courthouse, Newport Mall, 42nd Street (Manhattan), and northbound along Anderson Avenue to George Washington Bridge Plaza.[11]

Service

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The 159 travels along busy Anderson-Bergenline corridor.
Dollar vans, or guaguas, augment NJT bus service.
Of the many buses passing Nungessers, the 181 is the only Manhattan-bound bus to terminate at GWB Station.
route destination major points
22

southbound
NJT[12]
Hudson Place
Hoboken Terminal
Bergenline Station
NJ 495 Marginal Highway
14th Street Viaduct
84

southbound
NJT[13]
Journal Square Transportation Center
Jersey City
Bergenline Station
NJ 495 Marginal Highway
9th/Congress Station
Jersey City Heights
Hudson County Courthouse
88

southbound
NJT[14]
Journal Square Transportation Center
Jersey City
Kennedy Boulevard via
Bergenline Station
Transfer Station
Jersey City Heights
89

southbound
NJT[15]
Hudson Place
Hoboken Terminal
Bergenline Station
Weehawken Water Tower
Willow Ave/Park Ave
14th Street (Hoboken)
128
eastbound
NJT[16]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
154

northbound
NJT[17]
Fort Lee Ridgefield
Palisades Park
154

southbound
NJT[17]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Kennedy Boulevard
495 Marginal Highway
Lincoln Tunnel
156

northbound
NJT[18]
Englewood Cliffs Palisade Avenue
Cliffside
Edgewater
GWB Plaza
156

southbound
NJT[18]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Bergenline
Weehawken Water Tower
Lincoln Tunnel
159

northbound
NJT[19]
GWB Plaza
Fort Lee
city = GWB Plaza
159

southbound
NJT[19]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Bergenline
495 Marginal Highway
Lincoln Tunnel
165

northbound
NJT[20]
Westwood, New Jersey The Ridgefields
Hackensack
Kinderkamack Road
Emerson (NJT station)
165

eastbound
NJT[20]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
166

eastbound
NJT[21]
Englewood
Cresskill
166

eastbound
NJT[21]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
168

northbound
NJT[22]
Paramus Park The Ridgefields
Teaneck
Hackensack
168

eastbound
NJT[22]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
181

eastbound
NJT[23]
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
175th Street Station
Manhattan
Palisade Avenue
GWB Plaza
751


westbound
NJT[24]
Bergen Community College
Teaneck
Hackensack Bus Transfer
[24]
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center
751


eastbound
NJT[24]
Edgewater Commons Cliffside Park
Anderson Avenue
NY Waterway

eastbound
NY Waterway[25]
Port Imperial Boulevard East

References

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  1. ^ Schlegel, Charles (2003). Schlegel's American families of German Ancestry in the United States. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 0-8063-1728-0.
  2. ^ Martin, Kevin (January 28, 2010). "Winter Racing at New Jersey's Guttenberg Race Track, 1885-1893". Colins Ghost: Thoroughbred Racing History. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Shawn G. (December 16, 1987). "Real Estate; A New Look For the Old White Castle". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Arthur G. Adams (1996). Guidebook to the Hudson. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-1676-5.
  5. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
  6. ^ "Hudson Bus circulation report 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  7. ^ Bergen County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 14, 2016.
  8. ^ Bergen County System Map Archived 2019-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, NJ Transit. Accessed September 14, 2016.
  9. ^ Hudson County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 11, 2011.
  10. ^ Hudson County System Map Archived 2017-04-16 at the Wayback Machine, NJ Transit. Accessed September 14, 2016.
  11. ^ AECOM Technical Services, Inc. Hudson County Jitney Study Archived 2016-04-15 at the Wayback Machine, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed September 14, 2016. "Nungessers refers to the area where JFK Boulevard, Boulevard East, Bergenline Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Anderson Avenue, and Woodcliff Avenue converge, at the northwest corner of North Hudson County Park. Shown in Figure 17, Nungessers is the terminus for three different jitney routes (Boulevard East, Kennedy Boulevard, and Bergenline Avenue – PABT) and is served by a fourth (Bergenline Avenue)."
  12. ^ NJT bus 22 schedule
  13. ^ NJT bus 84 schedule
  14. ^ NJT bus 88 schedule
  15. ^ NJT bus 89 schedule
  16. ^ NJT bus 128 schedule
  17. ^ a b NJT bus 154 schedule
  18. ^ a b NJT bus 156 schedule
  19. ^ a b NJT bus 159 schedule
  20. ^ a b NJT 165 schedule
  21. ^ a b NJT 166 schedule
  22. ^ a b "NJT 168 schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  23. ^ NJT bus 181 schedule
  24. ^ a b c "NJT 751 schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  25. ^ Blvd East Bus
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