Marion Section

Marion Section
Unincorporated community

A sidestreet off Broadway in Marion
Marion Section

Marion in Hudson County in New Jersey

Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 74°04′27″W / 40.73528°N 74.07417°W / 40.73528; -74.07417Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 74°04′27″W / 40.73528°N 74.07417°W / 40.73528; -74.07417
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Hudson
City Jersey City
Elevation[1] 26 ft (8 m)
Area code(s) 201
GNIS feature ID 878120[1]

Marion is a section of Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.[2][3]

West of Journal Square and north of Holy Name Cemetery on the West Side, the Marion's two distinct neighborhoods are separated by PATH rail lines. It borders other districts of Riverbend, Croxton and the West Side, and is sometimes is considered to include the area along the Hackensack Riverfront, Tonnele Circle, and neighborhood overlapping India Square. Marion is mostly a low-rise residential district that is home to several new housing developments, light manufacturing, restaurants, LaPointe Park and the Marion Branch Public Library. Broadway, U.S. Route 1/9, Sip Avenue and West Side Avenue are the main streets running through the neighborhood.The 1940 Marion Gardens housing Project creates the western residential border for the section.[4]

The warehouse district between PATH and Pulaski Skyway
No PATH station is in the neighborhood separated by tracks crossed by a pedestrian bridge[5]

The Marion Section was laid out in the 1870s and was developed in the early 20th century. The name came from old Marion Hotel or the founders of a watch company located near city line. Originally concentrated with families of Italian ancestry, Marion was planned as a blue- collar residential community to work at Lorillard Tobacco Company, American Can Company, or nearby railroad yards.

Despite the fact that tracks run through the district there is no station.[5] Former mayor, Jerramiah Healy had requested that Marion be given a stop on the PATH train at Broadway and West Side Avenue,[6] supplanting the nearest station at Journal Square. There are a growing number of condos and other housing units being built in the Marion neighborhood and city officials feel a stop on the PATH system will be necessary to unclog the city streets and lessen the commute for residents. Officials feel a station would help to bolster development in the neighborhood, which has fewer cultural attractions than many Jersey City neighborhoods and is without a school. Public School #23 operates on Romaine Ave.

The American Can Company Building

The area near the foot of on Newark Avenue is site of Marion Junction, an important rail junction in the 19th century. The area is surrounded by manufacturing and warehouse buildings a few of which have received New Jersey Register of Historic Places designation. Some have been converted to residences or other uses, notably that of the American Can Company.[7] The Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA)[8] is an exhibition space at Mana Contemporary[9][10] also housed in a former manufacturing building and that is an extension of the fine arts transportation department of Moishe's Moving Systems.[11] The 1,000,000 (one million) square foot building is also home to dance companies of Shen Wei and Karole Armitage.[12]

The Marion Greenway Park has received funding and eventually will connect to the Hackensack RiverWalk with a 1,300 linear foot extension to Lincoln Park and the East Coast Greenway. The reclaimed brownfield will be transformed to a 32-acre waterfront park including two soccer fields, a drill/practice area, a lawn/fairgrounds, and a mile long jogging/walking path.[13][14][15][16] Portions were once part of the PJP Landfill.[17]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Marion". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Jersey City's Districts
  4. ↑ http://www.jcha-gov.us/sites/MarionGardens.aspx Marion Gardens
  5. 1 2 "Marion needs a PATH station". NJ.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Newe PATH Station in Jersey City Marion: PATH Trains Hudson Tubes Hudson& Manhattan RR". Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "American Can Company to become 202 condos; may see 600 in total.". Jersey City Reporter. Retrieved 2008-04-15. ... American Can Company located between Dey Street and St. Paul's Avenue ... The American Can Company was spread over a series of five buildings on St. Paul's Avenue. Only two of the five buildings will be turned into the 202 units right now, although another 398 units may be built in the other three buildings in future phases.
  8. ↑ "Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA)". http://themeca.org/. Retrieved 2012-04-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ "Mana Contemporary". www.manafinearts.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  10. ↑ Musat, Stephanie (March 31, 2012), New art center focused on Middle East to open in Jersey City
  11. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (May 16, 2013). "From Moving Van to Art Complex". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  12. ↑ "'Punk Ballerina' Karole Armitage Finds a New Home at Mana Contemporary". The Jersey City Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Marion Greenway Park
  14. ↑ "First Phase of Landfill-to-Park Redevelopment on Hackensack Riverfront Slated to Be Complete This Summer". The Jersey City Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Jersey City Council voting on final step to make landfill a park". NJ.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Forty Jersey City residents briefed on new 32-acre park to be built on cleaned-up landfill". NJ.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Jersey City park to be built on former PJP landfill site". NJ.com. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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