Nungessers is the name of the confluence of roads that meet at the

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and

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county line at

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and Fairview in

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. The area is the former site of the Nungesser's Gutenberg Racetrack, a late 19th-century gaming and gambling venue. The neighborhood just south of Nungesser's is called the Racetrack Section and the municipality of Guttenberg is nearby. A White Castle, an early drive-in fast-food chain, originally built in the 1930s has long been a landmark in the neighborhood, as has adjacent North Hudson Park.

Intersection

A major street that begins at Nungesser's is

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which travelling south becomes the main shopping district of North Hudson. Just over the county line it becomes Anderson Avenue, travelling north through the urban eastern

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communities of Fairview,

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and Woodcliff Avenue connect to the northbound Palisade Avenue in the park.

Transportation

Nungessers is a major transit

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point and

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for public bus transportation. Several New Jersey Transit bus lines either originate/terminate or pass through the area, as do many privately operated jitney (dollar van) routes. Service from bus stops situated in the area travels to points in

and

and to the

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and the

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. Jitneys travel southbound to

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, and northbound along Anderson Avenue to

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.AECOM Technical Services, Inc
''Hudson County Jitney Study''
, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed September 14, 2016. "Nungessers refers to the area where JFK Boulevard, Boulevard East, Bergenline Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Anderson Avenue, and Woodcliff Avenue converge, at the northwest corner of North Hudson County Park. Shown in Figure 17, Nungessers is the terminus for three different jitney routes (Boulevard East, Kennedy Boulevard, and Bergenline Avenue – PABT) and is served by a fourth (Bergenline Avenue)."

Service

References

External links

Unofficial New Jersey bus mapNJ Transit route finder

NJT Bus Routes in Bergen County

NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County
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