Grove Street (PATH station)

Grove Street
The center platform at Grove Street station
Location	Newark Avenue and Grove Street Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°WCoordinates: 40°43′11″N 74°02′35″W / 40.719671°N 74.043117°W
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Line(s)	NWK–WTC   JSQ–33   JSQ–33 (via HOB)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 80, 81, 82, 86 Red & Tan: 4, 16 A&C Bus
Construction
Parking	Parking lots and garages adjacent to station
History
Opened	1910
Rebuilt	2003
Electrified	600V (DC) Third Rail
Previous names	Grove-Henderson Streets
Services
Preceding station   PATH   Following station   Regular service   Journal Square toward Newark NWK–WTC Exchange Place toward World Trade Center Journal Square Terminus JSQ–33 Newport toward 33rd Street   Nights and weekends   Journal Square toward Newark NWK–WTC Exchange Place toward World Trade Center Journal Square Terminus JSQ–33 (via HOB) Newport toward 33rd Street   Former services   Preceding station   Hudson and Manhattan Railroad   Following station Summit Ave toward Park Place Park Place – Hudson Terminal Exchange Place toward Hudson Terminal

Grove Street is a PATH station at the junction of Grove Street, Newark Avenue and Railroad Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. Opened on September 6, 1910 as Grove-Henderson Streets station, it is situated in the heart of downtown Jersey City. The station is served by the Newark – World Trade Center and Journal Square – 33rd Street trains.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Westbound	←      NWK–WTC toward Newark (Journal Square) ←      JSQ–33 toward Journal Square (Terminus) ←      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward Journal Square (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→      NWK–WTC toward World Trade Center (Exchange Place) → →      JSQ–33 toward 33rd Street (Newport) → →      JSQ–33 (via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Newport) →

Eastern entrance at Marin Street

Western entrance at Grove Street

Originally the station had exits at either end. The western stair led to the intersection of Grove Street and Newark Avenue and a simple kiosk underneath the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline viaduct, which ran above what is now Christopher Columbus Drive. The station's easterly end exited to Henderson Street (now Marín Boulevard). The railroad viaduct was taken down in the late 1960s, and the station was reconfigured in the 1970s. As part of the reconstruction, the eastern and western exits were closed in favor of a mezzanine situated in a triangle formed by the intersections of Grove Street, Newark Avenue, and Columbus Drive. Two stairways from the platform level connect to the mezzanine, with fare turnstiles at the top of each stairway. Two exits lead to street level; one, with escalators, leads to the station's primary kiosk, while the other is a stairway that leads to the south side of Columbus Drive.

As a result of an increase in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) reopened the easterly exit and built a second kiosk at the corner of Columbus Drive and Marín Boulevard. Despite the fact that construction eastern entrance/exit of took place between 2003–2005, the station was not made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[1] In September 2011 a federal judge found that it was technically feasible to do so and ordered the PANYNJ provide handicapped-access.^[2][3] In 2014 legal settlement the PANYNJ agreed to provide handicap at the western end of the station.^[4] Construction of elevator access began in April 2015.^[5]

The intersection is a busy stop for buses, most of which head west and south.

References

1. http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2009/12/04/advocates-path-station-is-in-violation-of-americans-with-disabilities-act/
2. MacDonald, Terrence (September 8, 2011), "Federal judge orders Port Authority to make Grove Street PATH station handicapped-accessible", The Jersey Journal
3. "United Spinal Association Secures Judgment Ordering Port Authority to Make PATH Train Station Accessible to Wheelchair Users" (Press release). United Spinal Association. September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
4. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/port_authority_settles_suit_over_disabled_access_to_grove_street_path_station.html
5. http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/04/grove_street_path_elevator.html#incart_river

External links

• PATH – Grove Street
• Grove Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Marin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View