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	{{Short description\|Martin Luther King Drive Station HBLR Hudson Bergen Light Rail NJ Transit Light Rail}}		{{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
	\| style=NJ Transit		\| style = NJ Transit
			\| image = Martin Luther King Drive Station - April 2015.jpg
	\| type=] ]
	\| ~~image~~=Martin Luther King Drive ~~Station~~ - ~~April~~ 2015~~.jpg~~		\| image_caption = Martin Luther King Drive station platform in April 2015
	\| ~~image_caption=The~~ ~~Martin~~ ~~Luther~~ ~~King~~ ~~Drive~~ ~~station~~ in ~~April 2015,~~ ~~facing~~ ~~the~~ ]		\| address = ] and Virginia Avenue
	\| ~~address=Martin~~ ~~Luther~~ ~~King~~ ~~Drive~~ ~~and~~ ~~Virginia~~ ~~Avenue<br>~~]		\| borough = ]
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|40.7121\|-74.0773\|display=inline,title}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|40.7121\|-74.0773\|display=inline,title\|format=dms\|type:railwaystation}}
		⚫	\| owned = ]
	\| line=
		⚫	\| platform = 2 ]s
	\| other={{bus icon}} ''']''': {{NJ bus link\|6\|81\|87}}<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>
		⚫	\| tracks = 2
⚫	\| platform=2 ]s
			\| connections = {{bus icon}} ]: {{NJ bus link\|6\|81\|87}}
⚫	\| tracks=2
			\| parking =
	\| opened=April 15, 2000<ref name="opening" />
			\| bicycle = Yes<ref name="Station info">{{Cite web \|title=Martin Luther King Drive Light Rail Station Jersey City \|url=https://www.njtransit.com/station/martin-luther-king-drive-light-rail-station-jersey-city \|access-date=July 5, 2023 \|website=] \|language=en-US}}</ref>
	\| electrified=750 ] (]) ]
			\| accessible = Yes
	\| ADA=yes
			\| zone = 1
⚫	\| owned=]
			\| opened = {{Start date\|April 15, 2000}}<ref name="opening">{{cite news \|last1=Canal \|first1=Alberto \|title=Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120839295/hblr-april-17-2000/ \|access-date=March 14, 2023 \|work=The Jersey Journal \|date=April 16, 2000 \|location=] \|pages=A1, \|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>
	\| zone=1
			\| pass_year =
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			\| passengers =
			\| pass_percent =
		⚫	\| services = {{Adjacent stations\|system=NJ Transit\|line=West Side-Tonnelle\|left=West Side Avenue\|right=Garfield Avenue}}
	\| other_services_header = Former services		\| other_services_header = Former services
	\| other_services_collapsible = yes		\| other_services_collapsible = yes
	\| other_services = {{Adjacent stations\|~~system1~~=Central Railroad of New Jersey		\| 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}}
	\|line=Newark and New York Branch\|left=West Side Avenue\|right=Arlington Avenue\|note-mid=<hr>Jackson Avenue
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	}}		}}

	'''Martin Luther King Drive''' is a ] of the ] in the ] neighborhood of ], ], ]. Located on the east side of ] (Hudson County Route 609, named for ]) near the intersection with Virginia Avenue, the station is a two ], two track structure on the ] of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. Train service through Martin Luther King Drive station goes from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to the ] in ]. The station is accessible for those with disabilities as part of the ] with ramps to the train-level platform. Martin Luther King Drive station opened on April 15, 2000 along with the rest of the West Side Avenue branch as part of the original operating segment.<ref name="opening">{{cite news \|last1=Canal \|first1=Alberto \|title=Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120839295/hblr-april-17-2000/ \|access-date=March 14, 2023 \|work=The Jersey Journal \|date=April 16, 2000 \|location=] \|pages=A1, \|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>		'''Martin Luther King Drive station''' is a ] of the ] in the ] neighborhood of ], ], ]. Located on the east side of ] (Hudson County Route 609, named for ]) near the intersection with Virginia Avenue, the station is a two ], two track structure on the ] of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. Train service through Martin Luther King Drive station goes from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to the ] in ]. The station is accessible for those with disabilities as part of the ] with ramps to the train-level platform. Martin Luther King Drive station opened on April 15, 2000 along with the rest of the West Side Avenue branch as part of the original operating segment.<ref name="opening">{{cite news \|last1=Canal \|first1=Alberto \|title=Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120839295/hblr-april-17-2000/ \|access-date=March 14, 2023 \|work=The Jersey Journal \|date=April 16, 2000 \|location=] \|pages=A1, \|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref>

	==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.{{sfn\|Urquhart\|2017}} 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~~.{{sfn\|Bernhart\|2004\|p=103}} 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 \|title=Railroad Ripples \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38286690/railroad_ripples_october_4_1889/ \|access-date=November 3, 2019 \|work=The Passaic Daily News \|date=October 4, 1889 \|location=] \|page=3\|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948.<ref>{{cite news \|title=CNJ to Drop Part of Branch \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38301008/west_side_avenue_branch_may_4_1948/ \|access-date=November 3, 2019 \|work=] \|date=May 6, 1948 \|location=] \|page=2\|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.{{sfn\|Bernhart\|2004\|p=103}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html \|title=Jackson Avenue Station \|publisher=Railfan.net \|date=June 8, 2001 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg \|title=Jackson Avenue Station \|publisher=Railfan.net \|date=June 8, 2001 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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.{{sfn\|Urquhart\|2017}} 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.{{sfn\|Bernhart\|2004\|p=103}} 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 \|title=Railroad Ripples \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38286690/railroad_ripples_october_4_1889/ \|access-date=November 3, 2019 \|work=The Passaic Daily News \|date=October 4, 1889 \|location=] \|page=3\|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948.<ref>{{cite news \|title=CNJ to Drop Part of Branch \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38301008/west_side_avenue_branch_may_4_1948/ \|access-date=November 3, 2019 \|work=] \|date=May 6, 1948 \|location=] \|page=2\|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.{{sfn\|Bernhart\|2004\|p=103}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.railfan.net/lists/rshsdepot-digest/200106/msg00012.html \|title=Jackson Avenue Station \|publisher=Railfan.net \|date=June 8, 2001 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.railfan.net/cgi-bin/listphoto.cgi?/lists/rshsdepot-photo/rshsdepot-06-08-01/jackson-1.jpg \|title=Jackson Avenue Station \|publisher=Railfan.net \|date=June 8, 2001 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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. \| title=Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City \| website=nj.com \| date=March 7, 2019 \| 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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title=West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020 \| website=Jersey Digs \| date=February 8, 2019 \| url=https://jerseydigs.com/buses-replace-west-side-hudson-bergen-light-rail-service-for-nine-months-jersey-city/ \| access-date=March 8, 2019}}</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 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. \| title=Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City \| website=nj.com \| date=March 7, 2019 \| 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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title=West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020 \| website=Jersey Digs \| date=February 8, 2019 \| url=https://jerseydigs.com/buses-replace-west-side-hudson-bergen-light-rail-service-for-nine-months-jersey-city/ \| access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref>

	==Station layout==		== Station layout ==
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	Sited at its entrance is ].<ref>{{citation\|title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era\|newspaper=The New York Times\|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\|access-date = 2012-01-20}}</ref> and other related public art.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php \|title=MLK Station photos \|publisher=Subwaynut.com \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref>		Sited at its entrance is ].<ref>{{citation\|title=Art: Memorializing Civil Rights Era\|newspaper=The New York Times\|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\|access-date = 2012-01-20}}</ref> and other related public art.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php \|title=MLK Station photos \|publisher=Subwaynut.com \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref>

	==Vicinity==		== Vicinity ==
	]		]
	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\|publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc\|isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0\|title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map \|year = 2008}}</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\|url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml \|title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City \|publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details \|title=JCRA The Hill \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 \|title=MLK Drive \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 \|title=The Hill \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> though the area is not within the state designated ]. The 100th affiliate of the ] is located on MLK Drive.,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ulohc.org \|title=National Urban League of Hudson County \|publisher=Ulohc.org \|date=September 19, 2011 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf \|title=MLK Redevelopment Plan \|access-date=November 29, 2011 \|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 }}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm \|title=JC Shoppring Districts \|publisher=Jerseycityonline.com \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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\|publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library\|access-date=20 August 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826162229/http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch\|archive-date=26 August 2014\|url-status=dead}}</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\|publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc\|isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0\|title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map \|year = 2008}}</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\|url=http://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mlk/index.shtml \|title=Martin Luther King, Jr. speeches in Jersey City \|publisher=Cityofjerseycity.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p...details \|title=JCRA The Hill \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?=news&nid=123 \|title=MLK Drive \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/index.php?p=neighborhood-details&nid=9 \|title=The Hill \|publisher=Thejcra.org \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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\|url=http://www.ulohc.org \|title=National Urban League of Hudson County \|publisher=Ulohc.org \|date=September 19, 2011 \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thejcra.org/jcra_files/File/development_projects/MLK_Amd_11_082207_RDP.pdf \|title=MLK Redevelopment Plan \|access-date=November 29, 2011 \|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 }}</ref> which is one of the city's shopping districts.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jersey_city_shopping_districts.htm \|title=JC Shoppring Districts \|publisher=Jerseycityonline.com \|access-date=November 29, 2011}}</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\|publisher=Jersey City Free Public Library\|access-date=20 August 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826162229/http://www.jclibrary.org/branches/glenn-d-cunningham-branch\|archive-date=26 August 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ] and ] are nearby, both northeast of the station.
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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	*{{cite book\|last1=Bernhart\|first1=Benjamin L.\|title=Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment\|date=2004\|publisher=Outer Station Project\|isbn=~~1891402072~~}}		*{{cite book\|last1=Bernhart\|first1=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}}
	*{{cite book \|last1=Urquhart \|first1=Frank J. \|title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1 \|date=2017 \|publisher=Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck \|location=] \|isbn=~~9783849649906~~ \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJheDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 \|access-date=November 3, 2019}}		*{{cite book \|last1=Urquhart \|first1=Frank J. \|title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1 \|date=2017 \|publisher=Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck \|location=], Germany \|isbn=978-3-8496-4990-6 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJheDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 \|access-date=November 3, 2019}}

	==References==		== References ==
	{{Reflist~~\|30em~~}}		{{Reflist}}

	==External links==		== External links ==
	* .		* .

Revision as of 20:43, 5 July 2023

Martin Luther King Drive Station HBLR Hudson Bergen Light Rail NJ Transit Light Rail

Martin Luther King Drive

Martin Luther King Drive station platform in April 2015

General information

Location

Martin Luther King Drive and Virginia Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey

Coordinates

40°42′44″N 74°04′38″W / 40.7121°N 74.0773°W / 40.7121; -74.0773

Owned by

New Jersey Transit

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

NJ Transit Bus: 6, 81, 87

Construction

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

April 15, 2000 (April 15, 2000)

Services

Preceding station	NJ Transit			Following station
West Side AvenueTerminus		West Side–Tonnelle		Garfield Avenuetoward Tonnelle Avenue

Former services

Preceding station	Central Railroad of New Jersey			Following station
West Side Avenuetoward Newark Broad Street		Newark and New York Branch Jackson Avenue		Arlington Avenuetoward Jersey City

Martin Luther King Drive station is a station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the Jackson Hill neighborhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Located on the east side of Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County Route 609, named for Martin Luther King Jr.) near the intersection with Virginia Avenue, the station is a two side platform, two track structure on the West Side Avenue branch of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail. Train service through Martin Luther King Drive station goes from West Side Avenue in Jersey City to the Tonnelle Avenue station in North Bergen. The station is accessible for those with disabilities as part of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 with ramps to the train-level platform. Martin Luther King Drive station opened on April 15, 2000 along with the rest of the West Side Avenue branch as part of the original operating segment.

History

Jersey Central station

Martin Luther King Drive station is located just east of the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station at the same street, Jackson Avenue. Service in the area began a block west at Bergen Avenue in a cut through Bergen Hill for the Newark and New York Railroad, a branch that ran from Lafayette Street Terminal in Newark to the Communipaw station in Jersey City, where it met with the Central Railroad of New Jersey mainline, on July 23, 1869. 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 Lehigh Valley Railroad shared the station from 1913–1918. Service to Lafayette Street ended abruptly on February 3, 1946 when a steamship crashed into a bridge over the Hackensack River, taking out two spans. Service to Jackson Avenue for passengers as a result ended on May 6, 1948. The CNJ sold the ornate 1911 station in 1951 for various purposes and was demolished after Autumn 2011.

HBLR station

The station opened on April 15, 2000. It was raised to a level crossing to improve pedestrian access. It is the site of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial 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.

Station layout

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound	← West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Terminus)
Northbound	→ West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Garfield Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Sited at its entrance is Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. and other related public art.

Vicinity

Martin Luther King Drive was once called Jackson Avenue, and until 1947, Public Service Railway's # 7 Jackson streetcar line ran along it. A small block called Jackson still exists that was not included in a realignment. It was later named in honor of the slain civil right leader Martin Luther King, Jr., who had twice spoken in the city. The drive has been the heart of the African American community in Jersey City for decades, and has sometimes been called "The Hill", though the area is not within the state designated Bergen Hill Historic District. The 100th affiliate of the National Urban League is located on MLK Drive., which is one of the city's shopping districts. The Cunningham Branch of the Jersey City Public Library, the city's newest branch, named for former mayor Glenn Dale Cunningham, is located on MLK Drive. Lincoln High School and St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings are nearby, both northeast of the station.

Bibliography

Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. ISBN 1-891402-07-2.
Urquhart, Frank J. (2017). A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey, Volume 1. Altenmünster, Germany: Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck. ISBN 978-3-8496-4990-6. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

References

"Martin Luther King Drive Light Rail Station Jersey City". NJ Transit. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
^ Canal, Alberto (April 16, 2000). "Leaders Cheer Light Rail Opening as Hudson Steps Into 21st Century". The Jersey Journal. Jersey City, New Jersey. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved March 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
Urquhart 2017.
^ Bernhart 2004, p. 103.
"Railroad Ripples". The Passaic Daily News. Passaic, New Jersey. October 4, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved November 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"CNJ to Drop Part of Branch". The Plainfield Evening News. Plainfield, New Jersey. May 6, 1948. p. 2. Retrieved November 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
"Jackson Avenue Station". Railfan.net. June 8, 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
"Jackson Avenue Station". Railfan.net. June 8, 2001. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
McDonald, Terrence T. (March 7, 2019). "Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City". nj.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
"West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020". Jersey Digs. February 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
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External links

Station from Google Maps Street View.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Speeches, writings, movements, and protests

Speeches	"Give Us the Ballot" (1957) "I Have a Dream" (1963) "How Long, Not Long" (1965) "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" (1967) "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
Writings	Stride Toward Freedom (1958) "What Is Man?" (1959) "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Strength to Love (1963) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963) Why We Can't Wait (1964) Conscience for Change (1967) Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
Movements and protests	Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956) Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (1957) Albany Movement (1961–1962) Birmingham campaign (1963) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) St. Augustine movement (1963–1964) Selma to Montgomery marches (1965) Chicago Freedom Movement (1966) Mississippi March Against Fear (1966) Anti-Vietnam War movement (1967) Memphis sanitation strike (1968) Poor People's Campaign (1968)

People

Family

Coretta Scott King (wife)
Yolanda King (daughter)
Martin Luther King III (son)
Dexter King (son)
Bernice King (daughter)
Martin Luther King Sr. (father)
Alberta Williams King (mother)
Christine King Farris (sister)
A. D. King (brother)
James Albert King (grandfather)
Alveda King (niece)

Other
leaders

Ralph Abernathy (mentor, colleague)
Ella Baker (colleague)
James Bevel (strategist / colleague)
Dorothy Cotton (colleague)
Jesse Jackson (protégé)
Bernard Lafayette (colleague)
James Lawson (colleague)
John Lewis (colleague)
Joseph Lowery (colleague)
Benjamin Mays (mentor)
Diane Nash (colleague)
James Orange (colleague)
Bayard Rustin (advisor)
Fred Shuttlesworth (colleague)
C. T. Vivian (colleague)
Wyatt Walker (colleague)
Hosea Williams (colleague)
Andrew Young (colleague)

Assassination
Lorraine Motel (now National Civil Rights Museum) Riots Funeral James Earl Ray Jack Kershaw U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act Loyd Jowers Trial Conspiracy theories

Media

Film	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary) Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated) Boycott (2001 film) The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (2008 documentary) Selma (2014 film) All the Way (2016 film) King in the Wilderness (2018 documentary) MLK/FBI (2020 documentary) Rustin (2023 film)
Television	King (1978 miniseries) "The First Store" (The Jeffersons, 1980) "Great X-Pectations" (A Different World, 1993) "The Promised Land" (New York Undercover, 1997) Selma, Lord, Selma (1999) "Return of the King" (The Boondocks, 2006) Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (2011 documentary) Genius (MLK/X, 2024)
Plays	The Meeting (1987) The Mountaintop (2009) I Dream (2010) All the Way (2012)
Illustrated	Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1957 comic book)
Music	"Abraham, Martin and John" (Dion) "March! For Martin Luther King" (John Fahey) "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Strawbs) "Happy Birthday" (Stevie Wonder) "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2) "MLK" (U2) "King Holiday" (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew) "By the Time I Get to Arizona" (Public Enemy) "Shed a Little Light" (James Taylor) "Up to the Mountain" (Patti Griffin) "Never Alone Martin" (Jason Upton) "Symphony of Brotherhood" (Miri Ben-Ari) Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King (1995 album) "A Dream" (Common featuring will.i.am) "Glory" (Common and John Legend)
Related	Civil rights movement in popular culture Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. King v. Trustees of Boston Univ.