Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)

Danforth Avenue
A Hoboken Terminal-bound tram at Danforth Avenue.
Location	Garfield and Danforth Avenues Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates	40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°WCoordinates: 40°41′33″N 74°05′14″W / 40.6924°N 74.0873°W
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	8th Street–Hoboken
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 6, 10, 80, 81, 87 A&C Bus: 4, M&WS
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 22, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Hudson–Bergen Light Rail   Following station 45th Street toward 8th Street 8th Street–Hoboken Richard Street toward Hoboken

The Danforth Avenue station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is located one block east of Garfield Avenue,^[1][2] near the location of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey Greenville station in Jersey City, New Jersey. There are two tracks and an island platform. It is the southernmost HBLR station within Jersey City.

Service

Direct southbound service travels through Bayonne where it terminates at 8th Street.

Direct northbound service travels to Hoboken Terminal, where connection to PATH to midtown Manhattan and to commuter trains are available. The line travels via Liberty State Park, where transfer to the West Side Branch is available, and Downtown Jersey City. Connections to PATH to Newark and downtown Manhattan at and the Paulus Hook Ferry Terminal are available at Exchange Place.

Continuing northbound service to Hoboken and North Hudson, (at the Weehawken waterfront, Bergenline and the Tonnelle Avenue terminus) requires a transfer at stations between Liberty State Park and Pavonia-Newport.^[3]

History

The station opened on April 22, 2000. It is located along the former Central Railroad of New Jersey right of way which terminated at Communipaw Terminal. During excavations for its construction workers came across what appear to be the petrified remains of luggage. The items were later incorporated in the design of a public art exhibition entitled Immigrant Remnants.^[4]

Bus transit

Route	cross street	destination	via
NJT 6[5]	Ocean Avenue northbound	Newport Mall	Pacific Street Communipaw Junction Grove Street Station
10 NJT[6]	Kennedy Boulevard southbound	Bayonne JFK Blvd and 3rd Street	Kennedy Boulevard
10 NJT[6]	Kennedy Boulevard northbound	Journal Square or	Kennedy Boulevard Journal Square
80 NJT[7]	Old Bergen Road northbound	Exchange Place	West Side Avenue JSQ India Square Five Corners Newark Avenue
81 NJT[8]	Ocean Avenue northbound	Exchange Place	Communipaw Junction Jersey City Medical Center Grove Street Station
81 NJT[8]	Old Bergen Road southbound	Bayonne	Curries Woods Avenue C
87 NJT[9]	Old Bergen Road northbound	Hudson Place Hoboken Terminal	MLK Drive Journal Square Central Avenue 9th Street-Congress Street HBLR Paterson Plank Road
Exchange Place A&C	West Side Avenue northbound	Exchange Place	West Side Avenue McGinley Square Grove Street Station
Newport Centre Mall A&C	West Side Avenue northbound	Newport Centre Mall	West Side Avenue McGinley Square Grove Street Station

References

1. Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
2. Danforth Avenue Station
3. HBLR Lines and Transfers Map
4. Danforth Avenue station photos
7. NJT 80 schedule
8. NJT 81 schedule
9. NJT bus 87 schedule

External links

• NJT Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station information page for Danforth Avenue
• Hudson–Bergen Light Rail schedule
• Danforth Avenue shopping
• entrance from Google Maps Street View