Revision as of 22:36, 8 August 2023 editMitchazenia (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators79,812 edits →External links: addTag: Disambiguation links added← Previous edit |
Latest revision as of 04:00, 24 December 2024 edit undoMackensen (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators125,044 edits →Jersey Central station: link article; correct name |
(10 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) |
Line 1: |
Line 1: |
|
|
{{Short description|Light rail station in New Jersey, US}} |
|
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} |
|
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} |
|
{{Short description|Martin Luther King Drive Station HBLR Hudson Bergen Light Rail NJ Transit Light Rail}} |
|
|
{{Infobox station |
|
{{Infobox station |
|
| name = Martin Luther King Drive |
|
| name = Martin Luther King Drive |
Line 25: |
Line 25: |
|
| other_services_collapsible = yes |
|
| other_services_collapsible = yes |
|
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Central Railroad of New Jersey|line=Newark and New York Branch|left=West Side Avenue|right=Arlington Avenue|note-mid=<hr>Jackson Avenue}} |
|
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Central Railroad of New Jersey|line=Newark and New York Branch|left=West Side Avenue|right=Arlington Avenue|note-mid=<hr>Jackson Avenue}} |
|
|
| mapframe = yes |
|
|
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color={{rcr|NJ Transit|West Side-Tonnelle}} |zoom=14 }} |
|
}} |
|
}} |
|
|
|
|
Line 31: |
Line 33: |
|
== History == |
|
== History == |
|
=== Jersey Central station === |
|
=== Jersey Central station === |
|
Martin Luther King Drive station is located just east of the former ] station at the same street, '''Jackson Avenue'''. Service in the area began a block west at Bergen Avenue in a cut through ] for the ], a branch that ran from ] in ] to the Communipaw station in Jersey City, where it met with the Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline, on July 23, 1869.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urquhart |first=Frank J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJheDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1 |date=2017 |publisher=Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck |isbn=978-3-8496-4990-6 |location=], Germany |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> In 1877, the station was moved east to the Jackson Avenue crossing. The station was replaced in 1892 and once again in 1911. The CNJ and ] shared the station from 1913–1918.<ref name="Bernhart 2004">{{Cite book |last=Bernhart |first=Benjamin L. |title=Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment |date=2004 |publisher=Outer Station Project |isbn=1-891402-07-2 |pages=103}}</ref> Service to Lafayette Street ended abruptly on February 3, 1946, when a steamship crashed into a bridge over the ], taking out two spans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 1889 |title=Railroad Ripples |page=3 |work=The Passaic Daily News |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38286690/railroad_ripples_october_4_1889/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1948 |title=CNJ to Drop Part of Branch |page=2 |work=] |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38301008/west_side_avenue_branch_may_4_1948/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.<ref name="Bernhart 2004" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref> |
|
Martin Luther King Drive station is located just east of the former ] station at the same street, '''Jackson Avenue'''. Service in the area began a block west at Bergen Avenue in a cut through ] for the ], a branch that ran from ] in ] to the Communipaw station in Jersey City, where it met with the Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline, on July 23, 1869.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Urquhart |first=Frank J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJheDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1 |date=2017 |publisher=Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck |isbn=978-3-8496-4990-6 |location=], Germany |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref> In 1877, the station was moved east to the Jackson Avenue crossing. The station was replaced in 1892 and once again in 1911. The CNJ and ] shared the station from 1913 to 1918.<ref name="Bernhart 2004">{{Cite book |last=Bernhart |first=Benjamin L. |title=Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment |date=2004 |publisher=Outer Station Project |isbn=1-891402-07-2 |pages=103}}</ref> Service to Lafayette Street ended abruptly on February 3, 1946, when a steamship crashed into a bridge over the ], taking out two spans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 1889 |title=Railroad Ripples |page=3 |work=The Passaic Daily News |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38286690/railroad_ripples_october_4_1889/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1948 |title=CNJ to Drop Part of Branch |page=2 |work=] |location=] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38301008/west_side_avenue_branch_may_4_1948/ |access-date=November 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.<ref name="Bernhart 2004" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2001 |title=Jackson Avenue Station |url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Railfan.net}}</ref> |
|
|
|
|
|
=== HBLR station === |
|
=== HBLR station === |
|
The station opened on April 15, 2000.<ref name="opening" /> It was raised to a ] to improve pedestrian access. It is the site of the ] in Jersey City. |
|
The station opened on April 15, 2000.<ref name="opening" /> It was raised to a ] to improve pedestrian access. It is the site of the ] in Jersey City. |
|
|
|
|
|
In early 2019, it was announced that the West Side Avenue, Martin Luther King Drive, and Garfield Avenue stations on the West Side Branch would close for nine months starting in June 2019 for repairs to a sewer line running along he right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Terrence T. |date=March 7, 2019 |title=Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/03/light-rail-riders-sound-off-on-planned-route-suspension-in-jersey-city.html |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=nj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2019 |title=West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/buses-replace-west-side-hudson-bergen-light-rail-service-for-nine-months-jersey-city/ |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=Jersey Digs}}</ref> |
|
In early 2019, it was announced that the West Side Avenue, Martin Luther King Drive, and Garfield Avenue stations on the West Side Branch would close for nine months starting in June 2019 for repairs to a sewer line running along the right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Terrence T. |date=March 7, 2019 |title=Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/03/light-rail-riders-sound-off-on-planned-route-suspension-in-jersey-city.html |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=nj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kofsky |first=Jared |date=February 8, 2019 |title=West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/buses-replace-west-side-hudson-bergen-light-rail-service-for-nine-months-jersey-city/ |access-date=March 8, 2019 |website=Jersey Digs}}</ref> |
|
|
|
|
|
== Station layout == |
|
== Station layout == |
|
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |
|
|
|- |
|
|
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|], doors will open on the right}} {{access icon}} |
|
|
|- |
|
|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|'''Southbound''' |
|
|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray"|← {{rcb|system=NJ Transit|line=West Side-Tonnelle|inline=yes}} toward ] {{small|(Terminus)}} |
|
|
|- |
|
|
|'''Northbound''' |
|
|
|{{0|→}} {{rcb|system=NJ Transit|line=West Side-Tonnelle|inline=yes}} toward ] {{small|(])}} → |
|
|
|- |
|
|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|], doors will open on the right}} {{access icon}} |
|
|
|} |
|
|
|
|
|
Sited at its entrance is ].<ref>{{Citation |title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era |date=April 16, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/art-memorializing-civil-rights-era.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTransit%20Systems |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> and other related public art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Station photos |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Subwaynut.com}}</ref> |
|
Sited at its entrance is ].<ref>{{Citation |title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era |date=April 16, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/art-memorializing-civil-rights-era.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTransit%20Systems |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> and other related public art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Station photos |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Subwaynut.com}}</ref> |
|
|
|
|
Line 58: |
Line 47: |
|
Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947, ]'s ] ] line ran along it. A small block called Jackson still exists that was not included in a realignment.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |publisher=Hagstrom Map Company, Inc |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-88097-763-0}}</ref> It was later named in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City |url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org}}</ref> The drive has been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City for decades, and has sometimes been called "The Hill",<ref>{{Cite web |title=JCRA The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Drive |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref> though the area is not within the state designated ] Historic District. The 100th affiliate of the ] is located on MLK Drive.,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2011 |title=National Urban League of Hudson County |url=http://www.ulohc.org |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Ulohc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Redevelopment Plan |url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008132438/http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JC Shoppring Districts |url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Jerseycityonline.com}}</ref> The Cunningham Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, the city's newest branch, named for former mayor ], is located on MLK Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenn D. Cunningham Branch |url=http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826162229/http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2012 |publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library}}</ref> ] and ] are nearby, both northeast of the station. |
|
Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947, ]'s ] ] line ran along it. A small block called Jackson still exists that was not included in a realignment.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |publisher=Hagstrom Map Company, Inc |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-88097-763-0}}</ref> It was later named in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City |url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org}}</ref> The drive has been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City for decades, and has sometimes been called "The Hill",<ref>{{Cite web |title=JCRA The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Drive |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hill |url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Thejcra.org}}</ref> though the area is not within the state designated ] Historic District. The 100th affiliate of the ] is located on MLK Drive.,<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 2011 |title=National Urban League of Hudson County |url=http://www.ulohc.org |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Ulohc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MLK Redevelopment Plan |url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008132438/http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JC Shoppring Districts |url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm |access-date=November 29, 2011 |publisher=Jerseycityonline.com}}</ref> The Cunningham Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, the city's newest branch, named for former mayor ], is located on MLK Drive.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glenn D. Cunningham Branch |url=http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826162229/http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2012 |publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library}}</ref> ] and ] are nearby, both northeast of the station. |
|
{{clear left}} |
|
{{clear left}} |
|
|
|
|
== References == |
|
== References == |
|
{{Reflist}} |
|
{{Reflist}} |
In early 2019, it was announced that the West Side Avenue, Martin Luther King Drive, and Garfield Avenue stations on the West Side Branch would close for nine months starting in June 2019 for repairs to a sewer line running along the right-of-way. During that time, replacement service would be provided by NJ Transit shuttle buses.