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The company's headquarters and terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1981, Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., a trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken, New Jersey waterfront, where the company is based, [7] from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million, with the plan to redevelop the brownfield site along the west bank of ...
In 1976, the PC long-distance service (including part of today's Northeast Corridor and Empire Corridor) was assumed by Amtrak, which had been founded in 1971. [30] Conrail was created in 1976 to consolidate numerous Northeast private railroads, including commuter service on the CNJ and the LV.
The Weehawken was the last ferry to the West Shore Railroad's Weehawken Terminal on March 25, 1959 at 1:10 am., [8] ending a century of continuous service from 42nd Street.In 1981 Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr., trucking magnate, purchased a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) length of the Weehawken waterfront from the bankrupt Penn Central for $7.5 million and in 1986 established New York Waterway, [9] with a ...
The Weehawken was the last ferry to the West Shore Terminal on March 25, 1959, at 1:10 am, ending 259 years of continuous ferry service. [23] Weehawken Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was the site of a colonial Hudson River ferry landing. [24] The name and the place have inspired mention in multiple works of popular culture.
Penn Central long-distance service (including part of today's Northeast Corridor and Empire Corridor) had been taken over by Amtrak in 1971. [32] Amtrak took control of the North River Tunnels in 1976, and NJ Transit started running trains through the tunnels under contract with Amtrak. [33]
Route 495 is a 3.45-mile-long (5.55 km) state highway in Hudson County, New Jersey, in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) at exits 16E-17 in Secaucus to New York State Route 495 (NY 495) inside the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, providing access to Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
Weehawken Ferry [12] 42nd Street: Weehawken Terminal (1884–1959) West Shore and NYC RR: North Weehawken Ferry [12] Slough's Meadow (1859–1902) Weehawken Ferry Company (1859–1872) New York Central Railroad (1872–1902) 125th Street Ferry: 125th Street: Edgewater: 1903–1941 [17] Public Service Corporation of New Jersey: Fort Lee Ferry ...
The North Hudson waterfront is located north of Weehawken Cove on a long narrow strip of land between the Hudson River and Hudson Palisades.On April 18, 1670 the government of the Province of New Jersey confirmed a grant to Maryn Adriaensen for a parcel of land called Wiehacken in the jurisdiction of Bergen on Hobooken Creek, 50 morgen Dutch measure originally given on May 11, 1647.