Danforth Avenue is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) in Jersey City,

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. The station is located at the intersection of Danforth Avenue and Princeton Avenue in Greenville.

History

CNJ station

Danforth Avenue station is located north of the site of the former

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Greenville station. The former Greenville stop was located along the

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at Linden Avenue, south of the current bridge over the railroad. The station opened on August 1, 1864 as part of a dummy railroad between the future Communipaw Terminal and

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until the

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was built across Newark Bay. A station built in 1866 at that location burned down on May 11, 1869, and replaced with a two-story wooden depot that was large. The later station depot lasted until 1964, when it was razed in favor of a shelter. Passenger service to Greenville ended on April 30, 1967, when the

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went into effect, moving CNJ commuter services through

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via the

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. Service through Bayonne was truncated from Communipaw Terminal to CNJ's East 33rd Street station.

HBLR station

The current station opened on April 17, 2000, as part of the original operating segment of the HBLR. A public art exhibition entitled ''Immigrant Remnants'' consists of concrete sculptures of luggage, with an accompanying plaque displaying a tongue-in-cheek newspaper article that suggests the sculptures are petrified remains of actual luggage discovered during construction of the station.Danforth Avenue station photos
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Station layout

The station has a single

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with a shelter for the local trains of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail between 8th Street station in Bayonne and

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. Like its counterparts, the Danforth Avenue station is fully accessible for handicapped people under the

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, with elevators and proper platform levels.

References

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External links

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Danforth Avenue shopping

entrance from Google Maps Street View
Streets in Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations Transportation in Jersey City, New Jersey