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Garfield Avenue
Hudson–Bergen Light Rail station
The Garfield Avenue station in April 2015, facing toward West Side Avenue.
General information
Location	Union Street & Carteret Avenue Jersey City, NJ
Coordinates	40°42′38″N 74°04′16″W / 40.7105°N 74.0710°W / 40.7105; -74.0710
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	West Side–Tonnelle
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	April 22, 2000
Electrified	750 V (DC) overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Martin Luther King Drivetoward West Side Avenue West Side–Tonnelle Liberty State Parktoward Tonnelle Avenue

Garfield Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Union Street CR 610 in the Claremont Section of Jersey City, New Jersey.

History

The station opened on April 22, 2000.

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

Ground/platform level Exit/entrance and elevator
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	←      West Side–Tonnelle toward West Side Avenue (Martin Luther King Drive)
	Northbound	West Side–Tonnelle toward Tonnelle Avenue (Liberty State Park) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station is at the eastern end of a railroad cut originally excavated in Bergen Hill in 1869 for the Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark and New York Railroad Branch. Garfield Avenue, presumably named for assassinated president James A. Garfield, was once part of Bergen Point Plank Road, which itself had once been a major colonial post road. A decorative theme for the station is two dimensional "cut-outs" of adults and children, some of whom are playing.

Vicinity

• Bergen-Lafayette
• Bergen Hill
• Canal Crossing
• Communipaw Junction
• Berry Lane Park
• St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings

Gallery

• Street-level entrance on the northwest corner of the bridge
• The light rail ROW east of the station (& Randolph Ave Crossing)
• The light rail ROW west of the station

References

1. Garfield Avenue Station details
2. "Hudson County 610 straight line diagram" (PDF). Hudson County Route 610. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2009-08-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
3. Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
4. McDonald, Terrence T. (March 7, 2019). "Light rail riders sound off on planned route suspension in Jersey City". nj.com. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
5. "West Side Avenue Light Rail Service to be Suspended Until 2020". Jersey Digs. February 8, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
6. Garfield Avenue Station photos

External links

• Garfield Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Randolph Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View
• Pedestrian Crossing & Exit to Garfield Avenue from Google Maps Street View

• Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations
• Transportation in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 2000
• Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
• 2000 establishments in New Jersey