Nungessersis the name of the confluence of roads that meet at theHudsonandBergencounty line atNorth BergenandFairviewinnortheastern New Jersey.The area is the former site of the Nungesser's Gutenberg Racetrack, a late 19th-century gaming and gambling venue.[1][2]The neighborhood just south of Nungesser's is called theRacetrack Sectionand the municipality ofGuttenbergis nearby. AWhite Castle,an early drive-in fast-food chain, originally built in the 1930s has long been a landmark in the neighborhood,[3]as has adjacent North Hudson Park.[4]

Woodcliff,Fairview,Anderson Avenue andBergenline Avenue,at theBergen-Hudsoncounty line

Intersection

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A major street that begins at Nungesser's isBergenline Avenuewhich travelling south becomes the main shopping district ofNorth Hudson.Just over the county line it becomes Anderson Avenue, travelling north through the urban easternBergenHudson Palisadescommunities ofFairview,Cliffside ParkandFort Lee.The other roads which meet in the district areKennedy Boulevard,Bergen Boulevardand Fairview Avenue from the west. To the eastBoulevard EastandWoodcliff Avenueconnect to the northboundPalisade Avenuein the park.[5]

Transportation

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Nungessers is a major transittransferpoint andterminusfor public bus transportation.[6]SeveralNew Jersey Transit bus lineseither originate/terminate or pass through the area, as do many privately operatedjitney(dollar van) routes. Service from bus stops situated in the area travels to points inHudsonandBergenand to thePort Authority Bus Terminaland theGeorge Washington Bridge Bus StationinManhattan.[7][8][9][10]Jitneys travel southbound toBoulevard East,Hudson County Courthouse,Newport Mall,42nd Street (Manhattan),and northbound along Anderson Avenue toGeorge Washington Bridge Plaza.[11]

Service

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The 159 travels along busy Anderson-Bergenlinecorridor.
Dollar vans,or guaguas, augmentNJT bus service.
Of the many buses passing Nungessers, the 181 is the onlyManhattan-bound bus to terminate atGWB Station.
route destination major points
22

southbound
NJT[12]
Hudson Place
Hoboken Terminal
Bergenline Station
NJ 495 Marginal Highway
14th Street Viaduct
84

southbound
NJT[13]
Journal Square Transportation Center
Jersey City
Bergenline Station
NJ 495 Marginal Highway
9th/Congress Station
Jersey City Heights
Hudson County Courthouse
88

southbound
NJT[14]
Journal Square Transportation Center
Jersey City
Kennedy Boulevardvia
Bergenline Station
Transfer Station
Jersey City Heights
89

southbound
NJT[15]
Hudson Place
Hoboken Terminal
Bergenline Station
Weehawken Water Tower
Willow Ave/Park Ave
14th Street (Hoboken)
128
eastbound
NJT[16]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
154

northbound
NJT[17]
Fort Lee Ridgefield
Palisades Park
154

southbound
NJT[17]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Kennedy Boulevard
495 Marginal Highway
Lincoln Tunnel
156

northbound
NJT[18]
Englewood Cliffs Palisade Avenue
Cliffside
Edgewater
GWB Plaza
156

southbound
NJT[18]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Bergenline
Weehawken Water Tower
Lincoln Tunnel
159

northbound
NJT[19]
GWB Plaza
Fort Lee
city =GWB Plaza
159

southbound
NJT[19]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Bergenline
495 Marginal Highway
Lincoln Tunnel
165

northbound
NJT[20]
Westwood, New Jersey The Ridgefields
Hackensack
Kinderkamack Road
Emerson (NJT station)
165

eastbound
NJT[20]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
166

eastbound
NJT[21]
Englewood
Cresskill
166

eastbound
NJT[21]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
168

northbound
NJT[22]
Paramus Park The Ridgefields
Teaneck
Hackensack
168

eastbound
NJT[22]
Port Authority Bus Terminal
42nd Street (Manhattan)
Boulevard East
Lincoln Tunnel
181

eastbound
NJT[23]
George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
175th Street Station
Manhattan
Palisade Avenue
GWB Plaza
751


westbound
NJT[24]
Bergen Community College
Teaneck
Hackensack Bus Transfer
[24]
The Outlets at Bergen Town Center
751


eastbound
NJT[24]
Edgewater Commons Cliffside Park
Anderson Avenue
NY Waterway

eastbound
NY Waterway[25]
Port Imperial Boulevard East

References

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  1. ^Schlegel, Charles (2003).Schlegel's American families of German Ancestry in the United States.Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. p. 176.ISBN0-8063-1728-0.
  2. ^Martin, Kevin (January 28, 2010)."Winter Racing at New Jersey's Guttenberg Race Track, 1885-1893".Colins Ghost: Thoroughbred Racing History. Archived fromthe originalon July 25, 2011.RetrievedAugust 14,2021.
  3. ^Kennedy, Shawn G. (December 16, 1987)."Real Estate; A New Look For the Old White Castle".The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon August 6, 2019.RetrievedAugust 14,2021.
  4. ^Arthur G. Adams (1996).Guidebook to the Hudson.Fordham University Press.ISBN978-0-8232-1676-5.
  5. ^Hudson County New Jersey Street Map.Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008.ISBN978-0-88097-763-0.
  6. ^"Hudson Bus circulation report 2007"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 3, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 19,2010.
  7. ^Bergen County Bus / Rail Connections,NJ Transit,backed up by theInternet Archiveas of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 14, 2016.
  8. ^Bergen County System MapArchived2019-08-06 at theWayback Machine,NJ Transit.Accessed September 14, 2016.
  9. ^Hudson County Bus / Rail Connections,NJ Transit,backed up by theInternet Archiveas of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 11, 2011.
  10. ^Hudson County System MapArchived2017-04-16 at theWayback Machine,NJ Transit.Accessed September 14, 2016.
  11. ^AECOM Technical Services, Inc.Hudson County Jitney StudyArchived2016-04-15 at theWayback Machine,July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed September 14, 2016. "Nungessers refers to the area where JFK Boulevard, Boulevard East, Bergenline Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Anderson Avenue, and Woodcliff Avenue converge, at the northwest corner of North Hudson County Park. Shown in Figure 17, Nungessers is the terminus for three different jitney routes (Boulevard East, Kennedy Boulevard, and Bergenline Avenue – PABT) and is served by a fourth (Bergenline Avenue)."
  12. ^NJT bus 22 schedule
  13. ^NJT bus 84 schedule
  14. ^NJT bus 88 schedule
  15. ^NJT bus 89 schedule
  16. ^NJT bus 128 schedule
  17. ^abNJT bus 154 schedule
  18. ^abNJT bus 156 schedule
  19. ^abNJT bus 159 schedule
  20. ^abNJT 165 schedule
  21. ^abNJT 166 schedule
  22. ^ab"NJT 168 schedule"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on May 21, 2009.RetrievedFebruary 11,2010.
  23. ^NJT bus 181 schedule
  24. ^abc"NJT 751 schedule"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on May 22, 2009.RetrievedFebruary 3,2010.
  25. ^Blvd East Bus
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