North Hudson comprises the municipalities of Weehawken, Union City, West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen in Hudson County, New Jersey. With an estimated population of about 206,000 as of 2022, the contiguous urban area, one of the most densely populated places in the nation, is largely situated atop the Palisades on the Hudson Waterfront along the west bank of the North River.
The area lies north of Hoboken and Jersey City, across the river from Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side in New York City, and east of the New Jersey Meadowlands. Its high elevation of about 260 ft (79 m) [1] affords North Hudson expansive views of the Manhattan skyline to the east and of the Meadowlands, as well as the Watchung Mountains beyond, to the west. Many of the tall buildings are part of a string of residential high-rises that continues north along the Boulevard East–Palisade Avenue–River Road corridors into the eastern Bergen County towns of Cliffside Park, Edgewater and Fort Lee. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Many of the buildings went up during a boom in development in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [9] [10] [11] [12] In Weehawken, building heights are restricted if they would disturb the view of the Hudson River and New York skyline. [13] [14] [15] [16] There is proposed state legislation to restrict building heights that would rise above the cliffs or Palisade Avenue along the entire corridor from Jersey City to Fort Lee. [17] [18] [19] [20]
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Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m | Floors | Year | Locale | Notes |
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1, 2, 3 | Galaxy Towers | ![]() | 415 feet (126 m) | 44 | 1976 | Boulevard East Guttenberg | [21] [11] [10] |
4 | The Stonehenge | ![]() | 369 feet (112 m) | 34 | 1967 | Boulevard East Woodcliff North Bergen | [22] [11] [23] |
5 | Parker Imperial | ![]() | 366 ft (112 m) | 30 | 1973 | Boulevard East Woodcliff North Bergen | [24] [11] [10] [25] [26] |
6 | Riviera Towers | ![]() | 359 ft (109 m) | 38 | 1965 | Boulevard East West New York | [27] [10] [28] "FindLaw's Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division case and opinions". Findlaw. [29] |
7 | The Versailles | 346 ft (105 m) | 29 | 1964 | Boulevard East West New York | [30] | |
8 | Tower West | ![]() | 323 feet (98 m) | 27 | 1962 | Boulevard East West New York | [31] [10] |
9 | Overlook Terrace North | 311 ft (95 m) | 26 | 1969 | Boulevard East West New York | [32] | |
10 | Overlook Terrace South | 311 ft (95 m) | 26 | 1969 | Boulevard East West New York | [33] | |
11 | Bella Vista | ![]() | 289 ft (88 m) | 24 | 1977 | Bergenline Union City | [34] [35] [36] |
12 | Parkview Towers North | 287 ft (87 m) | 24 | 1975 | West New York | [37] | |
13 | Parkview Towers South | 287 ft (87 m) | 24 | 1975 | West New York | [38] | |
14 | The Doric | 277 ft (84 m) | 23 | 1971 | Palisades Union City | [39] | |
15 | Troy Towers | ![]() | 265 ft (81 m) | 22 | 1965 | Palisades Union City | [40] [41] [42] |
The White Brewery was built adjacent to Hudson Palisades, the site of today's Galaxy Towers in 1855. The eight-story building was destroyed in a fire in 1896. [43]
The dome of Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, built between 1866 and 1875, rises 176 ft (54 m). [44]
The Weehawken Water Tower, built in 1883, is 175 ft (53 m) tall. [45]
In 1890, the North Hudson County Railway built an elevator tower and viaduct to connect with trains at Weehawken Terminal with its street car lines on top of the Palisades. With the closure of the Gutenberg Racetrack, traffic diminished, and the service was discontinued. The 153 ft (47 m) tall towers supporting the 873 ft (266 m) long viaduct were dismantled in 1900. [46]
The Hudson County Brewing Company headquarters and plant built circa 1901 in what was West Hoboken was demolished in the early 1930s and became the site of Roosevelt Stadium.
The WOR TV Tower was a 760 ft (230 m) tall lattice tower used for FM- and TV-broadcasting at North Bergen built in 1949, which at that time made the tenth tallest man-made structure in the world. [47] On November 8, 1956, the top of the tower was hit by a small aircraft, which knocked off the top and killed six people. It was later dismantled.
Galaxy Towers, also known as the Galaxy Towers Condominium Association or GTCA, are a trio of 415 feet (126 m) octagonal towers located at 7000 Kennedy Boulevard East in the southeastern corner of Guttenberg, New Jersey, United States, overlooking the Hudson River. The towers were built in 1976 by a partnership of Norman Belfer, a Long Island developer who owned another high-rise in Guttenberg, and the Prudential Insurance Company of America. It began as a rental apartment complex but was converted to condominiums in 1980. It contains a mixture of condominiums, retail, and office space, including 1,075 apartments. The brutalist-style complex was designed by Gruzen & Partners and developed by Prudential Insurance Company. As of the 2010 Census, one-fifth of Guttenberg's residents live in the Galaxy.
54th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
55th Street is a two-mile-long, one-way street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan.
The James Monroe is a 312-foot-tall (95-m) residential skyscraper in the Newport neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey. It was completed in 1989 and has 34 floors and stands at a height of 312 feet. The 443-unit, 34-story residential condominium tower contains studio apartments, one and two bedroom units, and three bedroom duplexes. It was developed by the Lefrak Organization of Rego Park, Queens together with Melvin Simon & Associates of Indianapolis and the Glimcher Company of Columbus, Ohio.
Hudson Greene is an apartment complex in Jersey City, New Jersey which consists two towers, the East Tower at 77 Hudson Street, which are condominiums, and the West Tower at 70 Greene Street, which are rental apartments. Both have 48 floors and are 500 ft (152m) tall. They are tied with each other for 16th tallest building in Jersey City. Construction on the towers began on June 25, 2006, and was completed in 2009 and 2010. The East Tower at 77 Hudson Street has 420 residences and 19,000 square feet (1,800 m2) of street-level retail space. The building was designed by the architectural firm CetraRuddy.
Shadyside is the southernmost neighborhood of Edgewater, New Jersey that overlaps the waterfront of neighboring North Bergen, New Jersey. It likely takes its name from the fact that its position on the west bank of the Hudson River is sometimes in the shadow of the Hudson Palisades. It lies north of the neighborhood Bulls Ferry, a major river crossing of the period. Shadyside was developed in the late 19th century as a manufacturing village, and railroad terminal for New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway at the end of the Edgewater Tunnel, and site of a major explosion at a glucose plant in 1906. North of this are the neighborhoods of Sunnyside, Undercliff, and Burdett's Landing . The Public Service Railway operated streetcar lines from the Edgewater Ferry Terminal.
The Bergen Section of Jersey City, New Jersey is the neighborhood on either side of Kennedy Boulevard between Saint Peter's College/ McGinley Square and Communipaw Avenue in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city. The name Bergen, used throughout Hudson County, is taken from the original Bergen, New Netherland settlement at Bergen Square.
Prudential Financial is based in Newark, New Jersey. It began as The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society in 1875, and for a short time it was called the Prudential Friendly Society. For many years after 1877 it was known as the Prudential Insurance Company of America, a name still widely in use. The company has constructed a number of buildings to house its offices in downtown in the Four Corners district. In addition to its own offices, the corporation has financed large projects in the city, including Gateway Center and Prudential Center. Prudential has over 5,000 employees in the city.
Weequahic is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Part of the South Ward, it is separated from Clinton Hill by Hawthorne Avenue on the north, and bordered by the township of Irvington on the west, Newark Liberty International Airport and Dayton on the east, and Hillside Township and the city of Elizabeth on the south. There are many well maintained homes and streets. Part of the Weequahic neighborhood has been designated a historic district; major streets are Lyons Avenue, Bergen Street, and Chancellor Avenue. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is a major long-time institution in the neighborhood.
The Modern is a residential skyscraper complex in Fort Lee, New Jersey near George Washington Bridge Plaza at the western end of the George Washington Bridge (GWB) on the Hudson Waterfront. Situated atop the Hudson Palisades, the twin towers provide panoramic views of the New York City skyline, the Hudson River, the GWB, and surrounding suburbs.
The Stonehenge is a residential apartment building on Boulevard East in the Woodcliff section of North Bergen, New Jersey in the United States. Situated adjacent to North Hudson Park, the building was constructed in 1967 during a high-rise building spree and at 369 feet (112 m) is among the tallest buildings in the area and once one of the tallest in the state. The 34-story building has 356 apartments and 5 levels of indoor parking.
Justin Casquejo, also known online as LiveJN, is an American rooftopper, free solo climber and stunt performer of Filipino descent. He has scaled several skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York City, as well as a water tower in his hometown, Weehawken, New Jersey, and has been arrested, charged, and convicted for some of his activities. Others have been brought to light through his publication on social media, such as Instagram and YouTube.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)Preliminary surveys, borings for the foundations, plans and estimates of the cost of the structure were made in the fall of 1889 but the work of construction was not begun before the next year. The structure was designed to carry a double track railroad, to connect with the surface car lines on the summit of the Pallisades. The viaduct was 873 feet long and 153 feet above mean high water. It was built of steel. At the east end of it were three large Otis elevators, which carried passengers from the street to the cars above. The elevators were the largest of their kind ever made. They were operated by water pressure on the combined gravity and pressure tank system from a compression tank placed in the top of the tower. Each car was 22 feet long by 12 feet 6 inches wide and was capable of lifting one hundred and fifty persons.