Danforth Avenue station

Danforth Avenue station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station is located at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Princeton Avenue in Greenville.

Danforth Avenue
Danforth Avenue station
General information
Location	Princeton Avenue and Danforth Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJ Transit Bus: 6, 10, 80, 81, 87 A&C Bus: 31
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes[1]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 15, 2000 (April 15, 2000)[2]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station 45th Street toward 8th Street 8th Street–Hoboken Richard Street toward Hoboken      Bayonne Flyer does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station East 45th Street toward Somerville Somerville – Jersey City Local Greenville Jersey City Terminus East 45th Street toward Elizabethport Suburban service to Elizabethport Van Nostrand Place toward Jersey City
Location

History

CNJ station

Danforth Avenue station is located north of the site of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Greenville station. The former Greenville stop was located along the right of way at Linden Avenue, south of the current bridge over the railroad. The station opened on August 1, 1864 as part of a dummy railroad between the future Communipaw Terminal and Bergen Point until the CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was built across Newark Bay.^[3] A station built in 1866 at that location burned down on May 11, 1869, and replaced with a two-story wooden depot that was 21 by 51 feet (6.4 m × 15.5 m) large.^[4] The later station depot lasted until 1964, when it was razed in favor of a shelter.^[4] Passenger service to Greenville ended on April 30, 1967, when the Aldene Plan went into effect, moving CNJ commuter services through Newark Penn Station via the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Service through Bayonne was truncated from Communipaw Terminal to CNJ's East 33rd Street station.^[5][6]

HBLR station

The current station opened on April 15, 2000, as part of the original operating segment of the HBLR.^[2] A public art exhibition entitled Immigrant Remnants consists of concrete sculptures of luggage, with an accompanying plaque displaying a tongue-in-cheek newspaper article that suggests the sculptures are petrified remains of actual luggage discovered during construction of the station.^[7]

Station layout

The station has a single island platform with a shelter for the local trains of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail between 8th Street station in Bayonne and Hoboken Terminal. Like its counterparts, the Danforth Avenue station is fully accessible for handicapped people under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, with elevators and proper platform levels.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Danforth Avenue Station Jersey City". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
2. Canal, Alberto (April 16, 2000). "Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century". The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, New Jersey. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved March 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Historical Society of Hudson County 1908, p. 18–19.
4. Bernhart 2004, p. 41.
5. "18 Stations on Railroad Cutback List". The Asbury Park Press. March 1, 1967. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved October 31, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Shore Commuters Gripe About Standing". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. May 1, 1967. p. 13. Retrieved October 31, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Danforth Avenue station photos

Bibliography

• Papers Read Before the Historical Society of Hudson County. Jersey City, New Jersey: Historical Society of Hudson County. 1908. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
• Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. ISBN 1-891402-07-2.

External links

• Danforth Avenue shopping Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Entrance from Google Maps Street View