Bergen Point is a point of land that lends its name to the adjacent neighborhood in Bayonne in

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, United States. The point is located on the north side of Kill van Kull at Newark Bay. It is the section of the city closest to the

Bayonne Bridge Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Kill Van Kull and connecting Bayonne, New Jersey with Staten Island in New York City. It carries New York State Route 440 (NY 440) and New Jersey Route 440. It is the sixth-longes ...

. Historically the term has been used more broadly as synonymous with

Constable Hook Constable Hook is a cape located on the north side of the outlet of Kill van Kull into Upper New York Bay in Bayonne, New Jersey. The cape has long been an important site of marine transfer operations in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Just ...

, from which it is geographically separated at Port Johnson.

History

The area was connected to

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with a ferry as early as the late 17th century, and was later developed as a resort. In the late 18th century it became more prominent as a ferry landing for travelers between

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and

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. An 1837 US government coastal survey map identifies it as Vanhorn Point, 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 Curries Woods is a neighborhood in the southern part of Greenville in Jersey City, New Jersey bordering Bayonne. It was named after James Curie, who was on the town Committee for Greenville when it was its own Township in the 19th century. The ...

neighborhood in Greenville) 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. A charter was granted for the construction of The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road in 1851.

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announced on May 6, 2006, that funding was in place to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system to Eighth Street. Work was completed and the station opened in January 2011. A large portion of the point was once site of a

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plant, which was cleared and is slated to become a residential and recreational area along Newark Bay and Kill Van Kull. Other former industrial sites are slated for mixed-use development. In 2022, the construction of a major studio at was announced. Called

1888 Studios 1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey. Its name is a nod to the year the movie camera was invented. At 22 million gross square feet, reports say it will be the l ...

, it will be the largest in New Jersey. The renovated Collins Park and walkways along the new developments are part of the

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Gallery

The Latourette House, Bergen Point, New Jersey.jpg, The Latourette House in Bergen Point was the birthplace of

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NEWARK BAY, NEW JERSEY. LANDS ADJACENT TO THE BIGHT, RIVERS FLOWING INTO IT, AND BAYS AND ESTUARIES EDGING IT HAVE... - NARA - 555764.jpg, Bergen Point, 1974 Bergen Point Station Bayonne.JPG, The point lends its name to the neighborhood

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Bergen Point West Reach
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Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery
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