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How to get to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj by bus, train or subway?

Directions to Van Vorst Park (Jersey City, Nj) with public transportation

The following transit lines have routes that pass near Van Vorst Park

    BusBus: 1, 86, 80, 81, 82.TrainTrain: PATH.

How to get to Van Vorst Park by bus?

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Bus stations near Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj

  • Montgomery Street 179,6 min walk,
  • Grand Street 198,7 min walk,

Light Rail stations near Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj

  • Jersey Avenue Light Rail Station,7 min walk,

Train stations near Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj

  • Grove Street,9 min walk,

Bus lines to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj

  • 80,Exchange Pl Via Journal Sq,
  • 81,81x Bayonne Express,
  • 82,Exchange Pl Path,
  • 86,86e Newport Mall Via Exchange Place,
  • 1,Newark 16th St Via River Terminal,
Questions & Answers
  • What are the closest stations to Van Vorst Park?

    The closest stations to Van Vorst Park are:

    • Montgomery Street 179 is 469 yards away, 6 min walk.
    • Jersey Avenue Light Rail Station is 517 yards away, 7 min walk.
    • Grand Street 198 is 575 yards away, 7 min walk.
    • Grove Street is 658 yards away, 9 min walk.
  • Which bus lines stop near Van Vorst Park?

    These bus lines stop near Van Vorst Park: 1, 86.

  • Which train line stops near Van Vorst Park?

    PATH

  • What’s the nearest light rail station to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj?

    The nearest light rail station to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj is Jersey Avenue Light Rail Station. It’s a 7 min walk away.

  • What’s the nearest train station to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj?

    The nearest train station to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj is Grove Street. It’s a 9 min walk away.

  • What’s the nearest bus stop to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj?

    The nearest bus stop to Van Vorst Park in Jersey City, Nj is Montgomery Street 179. It’s a 6 min walk away.

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Van Vorst Park, Jersey City, Nj
Van Vorst Park, Jersey City, NjVan Vorst Park is an upper income neighborhood in the Historic Downtown of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, centered on a park sharing the same name. The neighborhood is located west of Paulus Hook and Marin Boulevard, north of Grand Street, east of the Turnpike Extension, and south of The Village and Christopher Columbus Drive. Much of it is included in the Van Vorst Park Historical District.The park was a centerpiece of Van Vorst Township, a township that existed in Hudson County from 1841 to 1851. Van Vorst was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1841, from portions of Bergen Township. On March 18, 1851, Van Vorst Township was annexed by Jersey City.The name Van Vorst comes from a prominent family in the area, the first of which arrived in the 1630s as superindentent of the patroonship Pavonia, the earliest European settlement on the west bank of the Hudson River in the province of New Netherland. His homestead at Harsimus, plus others at Communipaw, Paulus Hook, Minakwa, Pamrapo were later incorporated into Bergen. His namesake and eighth generation descendant, Cornelius Van Vorst, was the twelfth Mayor of Jersey City serving from 1860 to 1862. Like Harsimus Cove and Hamilton Park to the north and Bergen-Lafayette to the southwest, the neighborhood contains nineteenth century rowhouses and brownstones. It is home to the Jersey City Medical Center, James J. Ferris High School (named for the Jersey City citizen who laid the foundation of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse with his firm Stillman, Delehanty and Ferris), and Old Colony Shopping Plaza. Landmarks include Barrow Mansion, Dixon Mills, the main branch of the Jersey City Public Library, Jersey City City Hall and the Heppenheimer Mansion. The Grove Street PATH station is located nearby to the north and is the Jersey Avenue (HBLR station) to the south.
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