# Bergen Point > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bergen_Point > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bergen_Point.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Point > Source revision: 1346906785 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Bergen Point** is a [point of land](/source/Peninsula) that lends its name to the adjacent [neighborhood](/source/Local_government_in_New_Jersey#Unincorporated_communities) in [Bayonne](/source/Bayonne,_New_Jersey) in [Hudson County](/source/Hudson_County,_New_Jersey), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey).[2] The point is located on the north side of [Kill van Kull](/source/Kill_van_Kull) at [Newark Bay](/source/Newark_Bay). It is the section of the city closest to the [Bayonne Bridge](/source/Bayonne_Bridge).[3] Historically the term has been used more broadly as synonymous with [Constable Hook](/source/Constable_Hook), from which it is geographically separated at [Port Johnson](/source/Port_Johnston_Coal_Docks). ## History The area was connected to [Staten Island](/source/Staten_Island) with a ferry as early as the late 17th century, and was later developed as a resort.[4][5] In the late 18th century it became more prominent as a ferry landing for travelers between [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia).[6] An 1837 US government coastal survey map identifies it as Vanhorn Point,[7] reflecting the name of a Dutch family that occupied the area just to the north called Pamrapo (among many other spellings, roughly today's [Curries Woods](/source/Curries_Woods) neighborhood in [Greenville](/source/Greenville,_Jersey_City)) from the mid-17th century. The Bergen Point Lighthouse, built offshore in 1849, was demolished and replaced with a skeletal tower in the mid 20th century.[8] A charter was granted for the construction of The [Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road](/source/Jersey_City_and_Bergen_Point_Plank_Road) in 1851.[9] [Governor of New Jersey](/source/Governor_of_New_Jersey) [Jon Corzine](/source/Jon_Corzine) announced on May 6, 2006, that funding was in place to extend the [Hudson-Bergen Light Rail](/source/Hudson-Bergen_Light_Rail) system to [Eighth Street](/source/8th_Street_(HBLR_station)). Work was completed and the station opened in January 2011.[10] A large portion of the point was once site of a [Texaco](/source/Texaco) plant, which was cleared and is slated to become a residential and recreational area along Newark Bay and Kill Van Kull.[11] Other former industrial sites are slated for mixed-use development.[12][13] In 2022, the construction of a major studio at was announced. Called [1888 Studios](/source/1888_Studios), it will be the largest in New Jersey.[14][15] The renovated [Collins Park](/source/Collins_Park_(Bayonne,_New_Jersey)) and walkways along the new developments are part of the [Hackensack RiverWalk](/source/Hackensack_RiverWalk). [1888 Studios](/source/1888_Studios) is a planned movie studio being built on the southern tip of Bergen Point. ## See also - [Bergen Neck](/source/Bergen_Neck) - [Hackensack RiverWalk](/source/Hackensack_RiverWalk) - [Geography of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary](/source/Geography_of_New_York%E2%80%93New_Jersey_Harbor_Estuary) - [Port of New York and New Jersey](/source/Port_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey) ## References 1. [Locality Search](http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt) July 9, 2016 at the Wayback Machine, State of New Jersey. Accessed February 7, 2015. 1. *Hudson County New Jersey Street Map*. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0. 1. [Bergen Point](http://www.bayonnelibrary.org/.../page_33-38_BergenPointByHenryR.pdf)[dead link] 1. ["Hotel Latourette: The Most Fashionable Resort in the Suburban District of New York"](http://www.hagley.org/librarynews/hotel-latourette-most-fashionable-resort-suburban-district-new-york). *Hagley*. February 6, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2016. 1. [Paulus Hook Ferry](http://www.getnj.com/jchist/47a.shtml) 1. NOAA Coastal Survey file T18.jpg, available at [\[1\]](https://nosimagery.noaa.gov/images/shoreline_surveys/survey_scans/NOAA_Shoreline_Survey_Scans.html) and attached to Wikipedia article on [Curries Woods](/source/Curries_Woods). 1. [Bergen Point Lighthouse](http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/bergenpoint.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100409013156/http://www.njlhs.org/njlight/bergenpoint.html) April 9, 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 1849-1949, New Jersey Lighthouse Society. 1. [Laws of the State of New Jersey](https://books.google.com/books?id=3bf_dYwJ11MC), 1811, pp. 337–340 1. Frassinelli, Mike. ["NJ Transit opens Bayonne 8th Street Station, extending Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service"](http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/nj_transit_opens_bayonne_8th_s.html), *[The Star-Ledger](/source/The_Star-Ledger)*, January 31, 2011. Accessed August 25, 2013. 1. [1,200 housing units, recreation facilities planned for former Texaco site in Bayonne](http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/09/bayonne_development_slated_to_bring_over_1200_hous.html#incart_river) Jersey Journal, Sept 2015 1. ["Eyesores no more?"](https://hudsonreporter.com/2020/11/26/eyesores-no-more/). November 26, 2020. 1. ["Public hearing for Bayview development slated for October"](https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/09/15/public-hearing-for-bayview-development-slated-for-october/). September 15, 2021. 1. ["Bayonne Planning Board approves 1888 Studios at former Texaco site"](https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/03/31/bayonne-planning-board-approves-1888-studios-at-former-texaco-site/). March 31, 2022. 1. ["Renderings Revealed for NJ's Largest Film Production Complex in Bayonne"](https://jerseydigs.com/renderings-revealed-1888-studios-bayonne/). March 25, 2022. ## External links - [Bergen Point West Reach](http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports/ports.shtml?stn=8519483+Bergen%20Point%20West%20Reach&port=ny) data station ID 8519483 Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System, [NOAA](/source/NOAA). - [Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery](http://www.graveinfo.com/NJ/Bayonne/constablehook/index.html). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bergen Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Point) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_Point?action=history)). 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