Park Ridge station (NJ Transit)
Park Ridge | |||||||||||||
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![]() Park Ridge station in April 2018. | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Main Street at Hawthorne Avenue, Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey 07656 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°01′58″N 74°02′09″W / 41.0329°N 74.0357°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() (on Kinderkamack Road) | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | Yes (permit required) | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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Station code | 795 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 10[2] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | May 27, 1871[3] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 176 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||||
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Park Ridge Station | |||||||||||||
![]() The former Erie Railroad station depot at Park Ridge. | |||||||||||||
Location | Hawthorne and Park Avenue, Park Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°1′58″N 74°2′11″W / 41.03278°N 74.03639°W | ||||||||||||
Area | 0.3 acres (0.1 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | 1872 | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Carpenter Gothic | ||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002577[5] | ||||||||||||
NJRHP No. | 627[6] | ||||||||||||
Significant dates | |||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Park Ridge is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located at the intersection of Park and Hawthorne Avenues, the station services trains on the Pascack Valley Line, which runs from Hoboken Terminal to Spring Valley station in New York. The station contains a single low-level side platform split by Park Avenue (County Route 92) and a wooden station depot, built by the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad. As a result, Park Ridge station is not handicap accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Railroad service through Park Ridge began on May 27, 1871 with the final extension of the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad from Hillsdale station in New Jersey to the junction with the Erie Railroad Piermont Branch at Nanuet.[3] However, in order to establish a stop in Park Ridge, the railroad requested Washington Township residents fund the construction of a new depot.[7]
History
[edit]The station house has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[6][8]
Station layout
[edit]The station has one track and one low-level side platform.
Permit parking is operated by the Borough of Park Ridge. There are two permit parking lots available, with 100 and 34 parking spots, respectively.
See also
[edit]- List of New Jersey Transit stations
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Adriance, Tim (Spring 2018). "A History of Bergen County Railroads". Autumn Years. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 46. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
- ^ "6. Park Ridge Train Depot (10 Hawthorne Ave)". pascackhistoricalsociety.org. Pascack Historical Society. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Park Ridge New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey
External links
[edit] Media related to Park Ridge (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
- NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
- Park Ridge, New Jersey
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Former Erie Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1871
- Railway stations in Bergen County, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- 1871 establishments in New Jersey