Bayonne ( ) is a

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in the U.S. state of

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, in the Gateway Region on Bergen Neck, a peninsula between Newark Bay to the west, the

Kill Van Kull __NOTOC__ The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York (state), New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, Bayonne, New Jersey, in the United States. It is approximately long and wide and connects Newark Bay with Upper New York ...

to the south, and New York Bay to the east. At the 2020 United States census, it was the state's 15th-most-populous municipality, surpassing Passaic,Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses
, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022. with a population of 71,686, an increase of 8,662 (+13.7%) from the 2010 census count of 63,024, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,182 (+1.9%) from the 61,842 counted in the 2000 census. The Census Bureau's

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calculated a population of 74,532 for 2024, making it the 517th-most populous municipality in the nation.Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 20,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2024 Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024

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, released May 2025. Accessed May 19, 2024. Note that townships (including Edison, Lakewood and Woodbridge, all of which have larger populations) are excluded from these rankings. Bayonne was formed as a

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in 1861, from portions of Bergen Township, and reincorporated as a city by an act of the

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in 1869.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed February 9, 2012. At the time it was formed, Bayonne included the communities of Bergen Point, Constable Hook, Centreville, Pamrapo and Saltersville. While somewhat diminished, traditional manufacturing, distribution, and maritime activities remain a driving force of the economy of the city. A portion of the Port of New York and New Jersey is located there, as is the Cape Liberty Cruise Port.

History

Originally inhabited by a collection of Native American tribes known as the

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, the region presently known as Bayonne was claimed by the

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after Henry Hudson explored the North River, later named after him, on behalf of the

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in 1609. By 1621, the

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was organized to manage the new territory and in June 1623, New Netherland became a Dutch province, with headquarters across New York Harbor in

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. In 1646, Director-General of New Netherland

Willem Kieft Willem Kieft, also ''Wilhelm Kieft'', (September 1597 – September 27, 1647) was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam was the capital) from 1638 to 1647. Life and career Willem Kieft was appointed ...

, granted land to Jacob Jacobsen Roy, the chief gunner or

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at Fort Amsterdam. The land become known as "Contable Hook" (''Konstapel's Hoeck'' in Dutch), after his title. Roy, however, never settled or farmed on the land. On January 10, 1658, Peter Stuyvesant, the new Director-General, "re-purchased" the scattered communities of farmsteads of Communipaw, Harsimus, Paulus Hook, Hoebuck, Awiehaken, Pamrapo, and other lands "behind

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" from the Lenape. The village of

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(predecessor to

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) was established in 1660 and officially chartered by Stuyvesant on September 5, 1661 as what would be the state's first local civil government. The charter partially removed Bergen from the jurisdiction of New Amsterdam and put the surrounding settlements under its

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. The Bayonne area, which included Pamrapo and Constable Hook, became known as " Bergen Neck". On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into New York Harbor and captured Fort Amsterdam, and by extension, all of New Netherland, a prelude to the

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. Later in 1664, James, the

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, granted the land between the Hudson and

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to Sir George Carteret as a debt settlement. Carteret named the land ''

'' after his homeland the island of Jersey. In 1776 ahead of the

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, General

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ordered American patriots to construct several

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s to defend the western banks of the Hudson River and New York Harbor, one of which was Bergen Neck Fort near Pamrapo. It was constructed in July 1776 and later abandoned by patriot forces on October 5, 1776. It was taken over and occupied by Loyalists in 1777 who renamed it Fort Delancey in honor of prominent Loyalist Oliver De Lancey. The fort was occupied by Loyalists for most of the war until they abandoned and burned it in 1782. In 1836, the

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was extended from Newark linking Bergen Neck with the interior of Northern New Jersey and the Delaware River. Steamboats linked the peninsula with New York City as early as 1846. The Central Railroad of New Jersey linked Bayonne to the west with the opening of the Newark Bay Railroad Bridge and to

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via ferry with the opening of Communipaw Terminal at Jersey City in 1864. In 1861, residents living between the Morris Canal and the

organized to create Bayonne as a separate

from portions of Bergen Township, which was later reincorporated as a city by an act of the

on March 10, 1869.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''
, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 146. Accessed February 9, 2012. The creation of Bayonne united the villages of Bergen Point, Constable Hook, Centreville, Pamrapo and Saltersville. The city's first mayor was Henry Meigs, Jr. (1869–1879) who was also President of the

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from 1877 to 1878. According to Royden Page Whitcomb's 1904 book, ''First History of Bayonne, New Jersey'', the name Bayonne is speculated to have originated with Bayonne, France, from which

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settled for a year before the founding of New Amsterdam. However, there is no empirical evidence for this notion. Whitcomb gives more credence to the idea that Erastus Randall, E.C. Bramhall and B.F. Woolsey, who bought the land owned by Jasper and William Cadmus for real estate speculation, named it Bayonne for purposes of real estate speculation, because it was located on the shores of two bays, Newark and New York. Furthermore, "Bayonne Avenue", now 33rd Street, was a cross-town street that ran from Newark Bay to New York Bay and is officially recognized as the inspiration for city's name. Soon after the

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, the idea arose of uniting all of the towns of

east of the Hackensack River into one municipality. In 1868, a bill for submitting the question of consolidation of all of Hudson County to the voters was presented to the Board of Chosen Freeholders (now known as the Board of County Commissioners). The bill was approved by the state legislature on April 2, 1869, with a special election to be held on October 5, 1869. An element of the bill provide that only contiguous towns could be consolidated. Bayonne voted to stay independent with 71.43% of residents voting against the bill. The Morris Canal became the northern most boundary or the " city line" separating Bayonne and what is now Jersey City. In the mid-nineteenth century, wealthy New York residents and Americans, including presidents and authors, came to Bayonne to stay at it's hotels and enjoy it's brief status as an early beach resort. It was also an early boat-building and yachting center where its fishers and oystermen supplied the regional market. As Bayonne began to urbanize and industrialize in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it became home to thousands of European immigrants landing at

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in New York Harbor. Bayonne became one of the largest centers in the nation for refining crude oil and Standard Oil of New Jersey's facility—which had grown from its original establishment in 1877—and its 6,000 employees made it the city's largest employer. Significant civil unrest arose during the Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915–1916, in which mostly Polish-American workers staged labor actions against Standard Oil of New Jersey and Tidewater Petroleum, seeking improved pay and working conditions. Four striking workers were killed when strikebreakers, allegedly protected by police, fired upon a violent crowd. In 1931, the

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opened as the world's longest steel arch main span in the world connecting Bayonne and

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over the Kill Van Kull and was designed by bridge builder Othmar Ammann and architect

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. The bridge physically linked Bayonne to New York City for the first time. The Cape Liberty Cruise Port is a cruise ship terminal that is on a site that had been originally developed for industrial uses in the 1930s and then taken over by the U.S. government during

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as the Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne. '' Voyager of the Seas'', departing from the cruise terminal in 2004, became the first passenger ship to depart from a port in New Jersey in almost 40 years.

Geography and climate

Geography

According to the

, the city had a total area of 11.09 square miles (28.72 km²), including 5.82 square miles (15.08 km²) of land and 5.27 square miles (13.64 km²) of water (47.50%). The city is located on a peninsula that was earlier known as Bergen Neck. It is surrounded by

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to the east, Newark Bay to the west, and

to the south.History
, City of Bayonne. Accessed November 12, 2019. "In 1877, the standard Oil Company took over a small refinery. By the 1920s, Standard Oil became the city's largest employer with over 6,000 workers. At that time, Bayonne was one of the largest oil refinery centers in the world." Bayonne is east of Newark, the state's largest city, north of Elizabeth in Union County and west of

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. It shares a land border with

Jersey City Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populous

to the north and is connected to

by the

. Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include: Bergen Point, Constable Hook and Port Johnson.

Climate

Bayonne has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...

(''Cfa'') bordering a hot-summer

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(''Dfa''). The average monthly temperature varies from 32.3 °F in January to 77.0 °F in July. The

hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants. In some systems other statistics are included in the calculations. The original and most widely ...

is 7b and the average absolute minimum temperature is 5.2 °F.

Demographics

The city has an ethnically diverse population, home to large populations of

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, Irish Americans,

Polish Americans Polish Americans () are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 8.81 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 2.67% of the U.S. population, ...

, Indian Americans, Egyptian Americans, Dominican Americans,

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, Mexican Americans,

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, Filipino Americans, and Pakistani Americans.

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 63,024 people, 25,237 households, and 16,051 families in the city. The

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was . There were 27,799 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 69.21% (43,618)

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, 8.86% (5,584) Black or African American, 0.31% (194) Native American, 7.71% (4,861) Asian, 0.03% (16)

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, 10.00% (6,303) from other races, and 3.88% (2,448) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 25.79% (16,251) of the population. Non-Hispanic Whites were 56.8% of the population. Of the 25,237 households, 29.5% had children under the age of 18; 41.1% were married couples living together; 16.8% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.4% were non-families. Of all households, 31.6% were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.16. 22.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 91.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.9 males. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)

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was $53,587 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,278) and the median family income was $66,077 (+/− $5,235). Males had a median income of $51,188 (+/− $1,888) versus $42,097 (+/− $1,820) for females. The

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for the city was $28,698 (+/− $1,102). About 9.9% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the

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, including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census there were 61,842 people, 25,545 households, and 16,016 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 26,826 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 78.8%

, 5.50%

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, 0.2% Native American, 4.1% Asian, 0.05%

, 7.46% from other races, and 4.02% from two or more races.

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or Latino people of any race were 17.81% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Bayonne city, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 7, 2013.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Bayonne city, Hudson County, New Jersey

. Accessed July 7, 2013. As of the 2000 Census, the most common reported ancestries of Bayonne residents were Italian (20.1%), Irish (18.8%) and Polish (17.9%). There were 25,545 households, out of which 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were

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living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.10. In the city the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $41,566, and the median income for a family was $52,413. Males had a median income of $39,790 versus $33,747 for females. The

for the city was $21,553. About 8.4% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the

, including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Bayonne has a rich industrial history, particularly in shipbuilding and manufacturing. The city is home to the former site of the Standard Oil Refinery. Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Bayonne was selected in 2002 as one of a group of three zones added to participate in the program. In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125%

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rate (half of the % rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants. Established in September 2002, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023. More than 200 businesses have registered to participate in the city's UEZ since it was first established. The Bayonne Town Center, located in the Broadway shopping district, includes retailers, eateries, consumer and small business banking centers. The Bayonne Medical Center is a for-profit hospital that anchors the northern end of the Town Center. It is the city's largest employer, with over 1,200 employees. A 2013 study showed that the hospital charged the highest rates in the United States. Bayonne Crossing on Route 440 in Bayonne includes a

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and

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. On the site of the former Military Ocean Terminal, the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor includes new housing and businesses. One of them, Cape Liberty Cruise Port is located at the end of the long peninsula with Royal Caribbean. Also found is a memorial park for the Tear of Grief, a , monument commemorating the September 11 terrorist attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.The Memorial at Harbor View Park
, 9/11 Monument. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Bayonne was a fitting location; the city was an arrival point for many New York City evacuees on 9/11, a staging area for rescuers and offered a direct view of the Statue of Liberty and the former World Trade Center towers." The firearms manufacturing company Henry Repeating Arms moved from

to Bayonne in 2009.

Parks and recreation

Hackensack RiverWalk begins at Collins Park in Bergen Point where the

meets the Newark Bay. Also along the bay is 16th Street Park. A plaque unveiled on May 2, 2006, for the new Richard A. Rutowski Park, a

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preserve on the northwestern end of town that is part of the RiverWalk. It is located immediately north of the Stephen R. Gregg Hudson County Park.

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is part of a walkway that is intended to run the more than from the Bayonne Bridge to the George Washington Bridge. In August 2014, the Bayonne Hometown Fair, a popular tourist and community attraction that ceased in 2000, was revived by a local business owner and resident. The first revived Bayonne Hometown Fair took place from June 6–7, 2015.

Government

Local government

The City of Bayonne has been governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government (Plan C), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of July 1, 1962, before which it was governed by a Board of Commissioners under the Walsh Act. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the five-member City Council, of which two seats are chosen

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and three from wards, all of whom serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis and are chosen in balloting held as part of the May municipal election.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 135. , the Mayor of Bayonne is James M. "Jimmy" Davis, whose term of office ends June 30, 2026; Davis was first elected as mayor in a runoff election on June 10, 2014, against incumbent Mayor Mark Smith. Members of the Bayonne City Council are Loyad Booker (at-large), Neil Carroll III (1st Ward), Gary La Pelusa Sr. (3rd Ward), Juan M. Perez (at-large) and Jacqueline Weimmer (2nd Ward), all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end on June 30, 2026.Mayor Jimmy Davis
, City of Bayonne. Accessed November 30, 2022.2022 Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results
, Hudson County, New Jersey, updated June 1, 2022. Accessed November 28, 2022.Elected Officials
, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed November 28, 2022. In November 2018, the City Council appointed Neil Carroll III to fill the 1st Ward seat vacated by Tommy Cotter, who resigned to take a position as the city's DPW director; at age 27, Carroll became the youngest councilmember in city history. In the November 2019 general election, Carroll was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.Hudson County General Election 2018 Statement of Vote November 5, 2019
, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 13, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.

Federal, state, and county representation

Bayonne is in the 8th Congressional District2022 Redistricting Plan
, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 8, 2022. and is part of New Jersey's 31st state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District
, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019. Prior to the 2010 Census, Bayonne had been split between the 10th Congressional District and the , a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
, p. 54, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed May 22, 2015. The split placed 33,218 residents living in the city's south and west in the 8th District, while 29,806 residents in the northeastern portion of the city were placed in the 10th District.Plan Components Report
, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 32,747 registered voters in Bayonne, of which 17,087 (52.2%) were registered as Democrats, 2,709 (8.3%) were registered as Republicans and 12,928 (39.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 23 voters registered to other parties. In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat

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received 66.4% of the vote (13,467 cast), ahead of Republican

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with 32.6% (6,605 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (197 votes), among the 20,454 ballots cast by the city's 34,424 registered voters (185 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 59.4%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 57.0% of the vote here (13,768 cast), ahead of Republican

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with 40.6% (9,796 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (283 votes), among the 24,139 ballots cast by the town's 35,823 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.4%. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat

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received 56.0% of the vote here (12,402 ballots cast), outpolling Republican

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with 42.2% (9,341 votes) and other candidates with 0.6% (184 votes), among the 22,135 ballots cast by the town's 32,129 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 68.9. In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican

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received 49.3% of the vote (5,322 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 49.1% (5,297 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (169 votes), among the 10,987 ballots cast by the city's 34,957 registered voters (199 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 31.4%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 53.8% of the vote here (7,421 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 38.7% (5,333 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 4.8% (662 votes) and other candidates with 1.3% (183 votes), among the 13,781 ballots cast by the town's 32,588 registered voters, yielding a 42.3% turnout.

Local services

Municipal Utilities Authority

The Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority (BMUA) is the second agency to use wind power in New Jersey and has built the first

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in the

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. Construction of a single turbine tower was completed in January 2012. It is the first wind turbine created by Leitwind to be installed in the United States. In December 2012, the autonomous agency entered into a water management agreement with the Bayonne Water Joint Venture (BWJV), a partnership between United Water and investment firm KKR.Hack, Charles (July 23, 2012)
"United Water to take over operations of Bayonne's water, sewer systems in $150 million deal"
. NJ.com The 40-year concession agreement is a public-private partnership between the city and the BWJV in which the private partners pay off the BMUA's $130 million debt and take over the operations, maintenance, and capital improvement of Bayonne's water and wastewater utilities in exchange for a regulated share of the revenue."Bayonne Revisited: Water Partnerships One Year Later"
, Sustainable City Network, December 10, 2013. Accessed August 29, 2015. United Water is managing the operations for the partnership, while KKR is providing 90% of the funding.Corkery, Michael
"Private Equity Tries on the Hard Hat"
, ''

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'', April 22, 2013. Accessed August 29, 2015. A rate schedule was included in the agreement, and it contained an immediate 8.5% utility rate increase (the first rate increase since 2006), followed by two years without increases, followed by annual increases estimated to range between 2.5%–4.5%. This partnership was sought for several reasons, including the BMUA's debt, its shortage of skilled employees, and its lagging rate revenue from years without rate increases and reduced demand. Part of this reduced demand stemmed from the closure of the Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne, and the fact that the subsequent plans to redevelop the site with housing fell short. The BMUA's $130 million debt that was paid off by the BWJV represented over half of Bayonne's overall debt ($240 million) at the time, and in March 2013,

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upgraded the credit rating of Bayonne from 'negative' to 'stable', citing the water deal.

Fire department

The city of Bayonne has around 180 full-time professional firefighters consisting of the city of Bayonne Fire Department (BFD), which was founded on September 3, 1906, and operates out of five fire stations located throughout the city. The Bayonne Fire Dept operates a fleet of five engines, one squad (rescue-pumper), three ladder trucks, a heavy rescue truck (which is also part of the Metro USAR Collapse Rescue Strike Team), a large 4,000 gallon foam tanker truck, a haz-mat truck, a multi-service unit, a fireboat, as well as spare apparatus. Each tour is commanded by a battalion chief. The department is part of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations.

Office of Emergency Management

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is charged with mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for all disasters and emergencies within the city. Bayonne OEM coordinates emergency response of multiple agencies (Police, Fire, EMS, DPW). Bayonne OEM falls under Hudson County OEM and New Jersey State Police OEM, and is an EMAA certified city under the NJ State Police. Bayonne OEM has an active social media presence and utilizes a Text-Alert and Robocall system (Bay911 Emergency Notification System) to keep the community aware of major incidents and weather related alerts. Bayonne OEM is staffed by one civilian coordinator.

Education

Public schools

The Bayonne School District serves students from pre-kindergarten through

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. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 13 schools, had an enrollment of 10,059 students and 763.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.District information for Bayonne School District
,

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

) are John M. Bailey School No. 12 (656 students; in grades PreK-8), Mary J. Donohoe No. 4 (459; PreK-8), Henry E. Harris No. 1 (637; PreK-8), Lincoln Community School No. 5 (433; PreK-8), Horace Mann No. 6 (641; PreK-8), Nicholas Oresko School No. 14 (444; PreK-8), Dr. Walter F. Robinson No. 3 (772; PreK-8), William Shemin Midtown Community School No. 8 (1,230; PreK-8), Phillip G. Vroom No. 2 (485; PreK-8), George Washington Community School No. 9 (677; PreK-8), Woodrow Wilson School No. 10 (747; PreK-8), Bayonne High School (1,290; 9-12) and Bayonne Alternative High School (141; 9-12). Bayonne High School is the only public school in the state to have an on-campus ice rink for its hockey team. During the 1998–99 school year, Midtown Community School No. 8 was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the

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. During the 2008–2009 school year, Nicholas Oresko School No. 14 was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School award, and Washington Community School No. 9 was honored during the 2009–2010 school year. For the 2004–05 school year, Mary J. Donohoe No. 4 School was named a "Star School" by the

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, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. It is the fourth school in Bayonne to receive this honor. The other three are Bayonne High School in 1995–96, Midtown Community School in 1996–97 and P.S. #14 in the 1998–99 school year.

Private schools

Private schools in Bayonne include All Saints Catholic Academy, for grades Pre-K–8, which operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark and was one of eight private schools recognized in 2017 as an Exemplary High Performing School by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program of the

. Marist High School, a co-ed Catholic high school, announced in January 2020 that it would close at the end of the 2019–2020 school year due to deficits that had risen to $1 million and enrollment that had declined by 50% since 2008. The Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne is a yeshiva high school / beis medrash / Kolel with 130 students. Holy Family Academy for girls in ninth through

s was closed at the end of the 2012–2013 school year in the wake of financial difficulties and declining enrollment, having lost the support of the Sisters of St. Joseph of

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in 2008.

Libraries and museums

The Bayonne Public Library, one of New Jersey's original 36 Carnegie libraries, the Bayonne Community Museum, the Bayonne Firefighters Museum, and the Joyce-Herbert VFW Post 226 Veterans Museum provide educational events and programs.

Media and culture

Bayonne is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. Local,

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, and regional news is covered by the daily '' Jersey Journal''. The '' Bayonne Community News'' is part of '' The Hudson Reporter'' group of local weeklies. Other weeklies, the '' River View Observer'' and ''El Especialito'' also cover local news. Bayonne-based periodicals include the ''Bayonne Evening Star-Telegram'' (B.E.S.T.). Bayonne's local culture is served by the Annual Outdoor Art Show, which was instituted in 2008, in which local artists display their works. In the 1983 novel '' Winter's Tale'' by Mark Helprin, which is set in a fantastical version of New York City and its surroundings, "The Bayonne Marsh" is the hidden, inaccessible home of the Marshmen, a race of fierce warriors.

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, a former headliner at the Hi-Hat Club in Bayonne, was fascinated by the city and mentioned it often in the television series ''

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''. Films set in Bayonne include the 1991 film '' Mortal Thoughts'', with

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and Bruce Willis, which was filmed near Horace Mann School and locations around Bayonne and Hoboken; the 2000 drama '' Men of Honor'', starring

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and Cuba Gooding Jr.; the 2002 drama '' Hysterical Blindness''; and the 2005

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science fiction film '' War of the Worlds'', which opens at the Bayonne home of the lead character, and depicts the destruction of the Bayonne Bridge by aliens. Films shot in Bayonne include the 2001 film '' A Beautiful Mind'', scenes of which were filmed at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, and the 2008 Mickey Rourke drama '' The Wrestler'', which was partially filmed in the Color & Cuts Salon and the former Dolphin Gym, both of which are on Broadway in Bayonne. The November 16, 2010, episode of ''

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'' parodied former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's reality television series, '' Sarah Palin's Alaska'', in the form of a trailer for a fictional reality show called '' Jason Jones' Bayonne, New Jersey'', whose portrayal of the city was characterized by prostitution, drugs, crime, pollution and a stereotypical Italian-American population. Bayonne Mayor Mark Smith criticized the sketch, saying, "Jon Stewart's unfortunate and inaccurate depiction of Bayonne represents a lame attempt at humor at the expense of a rock solid, all-American community." It is also referenced in the humorous song "The Rolling Mills of New Jersey" by

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and Tony Barrand as the narrator's home town. The comic strip '' Piranha Club'' (originally "Ernie"), drawn by Bud Grace, is set in and around Bayonne.

Religion

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark operates Catholic churches. Two in Bayonne, Blessed Miriam Teresa Demjanovich Church and St. John Paul II Church, were formed from consolidations, in 2016, because the number of people attending Catholic churches declined. Demjanovich church is a merger of St. Andrew and St. Mary Star of the Sea churches, with the merged congregation keeping the two sites for worship. Reverend Alexander Santora in the '' Jersey Journal'' wrote that due to the efforts of the pastor, the Demjanovich merger "went off, however, without a hitch." Three other churches, Our Lady of the Assumption, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and St. Michael/St. Joseph, merged into John Paul II in 2016. There were unsuccessful protests to keep Assumption open, and the archdiocese committed to closing that church. Bayonne's Jewish community is served by Temple Beth Am (Reform), Temple Emanu-El (Conservative), Ohav Zedek (Orthodox), and Chabad (Orthodox).

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the city had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the city, are overseen by Hudson County, by the

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and are the responsibility of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The

stretches , connecting south to

over the

. Originally constructed in 1931, the bridge underwent a Navigation Clearance Project that was completed in 2017 at a cost of $1.7 billion, that raised the bridge deck from above the water to , allowing larger and more heavily laden cargo ships to clear their way under the bridge. Several major roadways pass through the city. The Newark Bay Extension (Interstate 78) of the New Jersey Turnpike eastbound travels to Jersey City and, via the Holland Tunnel,

. Westbound, the Newark Bay Bridge provides access to Newark,

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and the rest of the turnpike (

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). Kennedy Boulevard ( County Route 501) is a major thoroughfare along the west side of the city from the Bayonne Bridge north to Jersey City and North Hudson. Route 440 runs along the east side of Bayonne, and the West Side of Jersey City, partially following the path of the old

route. It connects to the Bayonne Bridge, I-78, and to Route 185 to

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Public transportation

The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail has four stops in Bayonne, all originally from the former Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). They are located at 45th Street, 34th Street, 22nd Street, all just east of Avenue E, and 8th Street (the southern terminal of the 8th Street-Hoboken Line) at Avenue C, which opened in January 2011. Bus transportation is provided on three main north–south streets of the city: Broadway, Kennedy Boulevard, and Avenue C, both by the state-operated NJ Transit and several private bus lines. The Broadway line runs solely inside Bayonne city limits, while bus lines on Avenue C and Kennedy Boulevard run to various end points in Jersey City. The NJ Transit 120 runs between Avenue C in Bayonne and

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in Downtown Manhattan during rush hours in peak direction while the 81 provides service to

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provides bus service between Bayonne and

on the S89 route, which connects the 34th Street light rail station and the Eltingville neighborhood on Staten Island with no other stops in Bayonne. It is the first interstate bus service operated by the New York City Transit Authority. For 114 years, the CNJ ran frequent service through the city. Trains ran north to the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal in

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. Trains ran west to Elizabethport, Elizabeth and Cranford for points west and south. The implementation of the Aldene Connection in 1967 bypassed CNJ trains around Bayonne so that nearly all trains would either terminate at Newark Pennsylvania Station or at Hoboken Terminal. By 1973, a lightly used shuttle between Bayonne and Cranford that operated 20 times per day was the final remnant of service on the line. Until August 6, 1978, a shuttle service between Bayonne and Cranford retained the last leg of service with the CNJ trains.

Points of interest

* The

is the fifth-longest steel arch bridge in the world. For the more than 45 years from its dedication in 1931 until the completion of the New River Gorge Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge was the world's longest such bridge. * Bergen Point * Constable Hook is the site of two burials grounds known as the Constable Hook Cemetery, numerous tank farms and the Bayonne Golf Club, situated at the city's highest point * Shooters Island, closed to the general public, is a island—of which are in Bayonne—that is operated as a bird sanctuary by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. *'' To the Struggle Against World Terrorism'' is a high sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli located at the end of the former Military Ocean Terminal that was given to the United States as an official gift of the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Russian President

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attended a groundbreaking ceremony in September 2005 and the monument was dedicated on September 11, 2006, in a ceremony attended by former President

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as the keynote speaker.

National Registered Historic Places and museums

''See List of Registered Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey'' * Bayonne Truck House No. 1, home to Bayonne Firefighters Museum * Bayonne Trust Company, home to Bayonne Community Museum * First Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen Neck, constructed in 1866. * Robbins Reef Light – Built to serve ships heading into New York Harbor, the current structure at the site dates to 1883, replacing an earlier lighthouse constructed in 1839. * St. Vincent de Paul R.C. Church, constructed 1927–1930. * Hale-Whitney Mansion

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bayonne include ((B) denotes that the person was born in the city): * Marc Acito (born 1966), playwright, novelist and humorist (B) * Walker Lee Ashley (born 1960), linebacker who played seven seasons in the NFL, for the

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and Kansas City Chiefs (B) * Herbert R. Axelrod (1927–2017), tropical fish expert who was sentenced to prison in a tax fraud case (B) * Louis Ayres (1874–1947), architect best known for designing the United States Memorial Chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial and the Herbert C. Hoover U.S. Department of Commerce Building (B) * Alexander Barkan (1909–1990), head of the AFL–CIO's Committee on Political Education 1963–1982, and an original member of Nixon's Enemies List (B) * Allan Benny (1867–1942), Bayonne council member who later represented 1903–1905 * Ben Bernie (1891–1943), bandleader, author, violinist, composer and conductor who wrote '' Sweet Georgia Brown'' (B) * Richard Halsey Best (1910–2001), dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II (B) * Tammy Blanchard (born 1976), actress who won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Judy Garland in '' Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'' * Marcy Borders (1973–2015), bank clerk who was known as "the dust lady" for an iconic photo taken of her after she survived the collapse of the World Trade Center * Joe Borowski (born 1971), professional baseball player for the

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* Kenny Britt (born 1988), wide receiver for the

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(B) * Dick Brodowski (1932–2019), Major League Baseball pitcher, who came up with the

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as a 19-year-old * Clem Burke (born 1954), drummer who was an original member of the band Blondie (B) * Scott Byers (born 1958), former

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who played in the NFL for the

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(B) * Walter Chandoha (1920–2019), animal photographer, known especially for his 90,000 photographs of cats (B) * Leon Charney (1938–2016), real estate tycoon, author, philanthropist, political pundit and media personality (B) * Cy Chermak (1929–2021), producer and

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, notable for producing the

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television series '' CHiPs'' and '' Ironside'' (B) * Stanley Chesney (1910–1978), soccer player and

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inductee (B) * Anthony Chiappone (born 1957), indicted politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he represented the 31st Legislative District 2004–2005 and again from 2007 until his resignation in 2010 * Robert Coello (born 1984), MLB pitcher who has played for the

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and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim * Robert B. Cohen (1925–2012), founder of the Hudson News chain of newsstands that began in 1987 with a single location at LaGuardia Airport (B) * Dennis P. Collins (1924–2009), former mayor of Bayonne who served four terms in office, 1974–1990 * George Cummings (1938–2024), guitarist for the 1970s pop band, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show * Bert Daly (1881–1952), physician and MLB

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for the

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who served five terms as mayor of Bayonne (B) * Tom De Haven (born 1949), author, editor and journalist (B) * Sandra Dee (1942–2005), actress best known for her role as '' Gidget'' (B) * Teresa Demjanovich (1901–1927), Ruthenian Catholic Sister of Charity, who has been beatified by the Catholic Church (B) * Martin Dempsey (born 1952), retired

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who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2011, until September 25, 2015 * Rich Dimler (born 1956), former nose tackle for the

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and

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(B) * James P. Dugan (1929–2021), former member of the

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who served as chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (B) * William Abner Eddy (1850–1909), accountant and journalist famous for his photographic and meteorological experiments with kites. * Michael Farber (born 1951), author and sports journalist, writer with ''

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'' 1994–2014 * Barney Frank (born 1940), member of the

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from

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1981–2013 (B) * Rich Glover (born 1950), former professional football player, who played

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in the NFL for the New York Giants and

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(B) * Joshua Gomez (born 1975), actor best known for his role as Morgan Grimes on '' Chuck'' (B) *

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(born 1972), actor who played George Luz in

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's '' Band of Brothers'' and as "Endless Mike" Hellstrom in '' The Adventures of Pete and Pete'' (B) * Arielle Holmes (born 1993), actress and writer best known for starring as a lightly fictionalized version of herself in the film '' Heaven Knows What'' * Danan Hughes (born 1970), former football

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who played in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs (B) * Nathan L. Jacobs (1905–1989), Justice of the

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in 1948 and 1952–1975 * Herman Kahn (1922–1983), military strategist * Brian Keith (1921–1997), film and TV actor who appeared in '' The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming'' and as Uncle Bill in '' Family Affair'' (B) *

Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American actor. He eschewed the career of a traditional film star by making the stage the focal point of his career, appearing frequently on Broadway. He has received four Tony Awards (out of ...

(born 1940), actor who has appeared in over 70 productions including '' Dave'' and '' Good Night, and Good Luck'' (B) * Bob Latour (1925–2010), swimming coach who organized and served as the first coach of the men's swimming team at

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1956–1968 (B) * Joseph A. LeFante (1928–1977), politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district 1977–1978 (B) * Jammal Lord (born 1981), former safety for the

Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. The team plays its home games at N ...

* Donald MacAdie (1899–1963), Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark 1958–1963 * George R. R. Martin (born 1948), author and screenwriter of science fiction, horror, and fantasy (B) * Pat Colasurdo Mayo (born 1957), former basketball player who played professionally for the San Francisco Pioneers in the

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* Benjamin Melniker (1913–2018), film producer who was an executive producer with Michael E. Uslan on the Batman film series (B) * Miriam Moskowitz (1916–2018), schoolteacher who served two years in prison after being convicted for conspiracy as an atomic spy for the Soviet Union * Devora Nadworney (1895–1948), contralto singer who, in 1928, became the first singer heard over a radio network in the United States * Francis M. Nevins (born 1943), mystery writer, attorney, and professor of law (B) * Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. (1895–1979), publishing and broadcasting executive who founded Advance Publications * Jim Norton (born 1968), standup comedian known for '' The Opie & Anthony Show'', the '' Jim Norton & Sam Roberts'' show and '' The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' * Denise O'Connor (born 1935), fencer who competed for the United States in the women's team

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events at the 1964 and

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(B) * Jason O'Donnell (born 1971), member of the

New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...

who represented the 31st Legislative District 2010–2016 * Gene Olaff (1920–2017), early professional soccer goalie (B) * Peter George Olenchuk (1922–2000),

Major General *

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(born 1972), all-star basketball player for various NBA teams * Nicholas Oresko (1917–2013),

Master Sergeant and recipient of the

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(B) * Ronald Roberts (born 1991), professional basketball player who played for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League * Steven V. Roberts (born 1943), journalist, writer and political commentator * William Sampson (born 1989), politician who has represented the 31st Legislative District in the

since 2022 (B) * Dick Savitt (1927–2023), tennis player who reached a ranking of second in the world (B) * William Shemin (1896–1973), U.S. Army sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient and namesake of the William Shemin Midtown Community School (B) * William N. Stape (born 1968), screenwriter and magazine writer who wrote episodes of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * Corey Stokes (born 1988), college basketball player for

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(B) * Robert Tepper (born 1953), singer/songwriter best known for the song "No Easy Way Out" from the '' Rocky IV'' motion picture

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(B) * Joseph W. Tumulty (1914–1996), attorney and politician who represented the 32nd Legislative District for a single four-year term in the

* James Urbaniak (born 1963), film and TV actor best known for his role as the voice of Dr. Thaddeus Venture in '' The Venture Bros.'' (B) * Michael E. Uslan (born 1951), originator and executive producer of the ''Batman''/''Dark Knight''/''Joker'' movie franchise * Chuck Wepner (born 1939), hard-luck boxer who was known as "The Bayonne Bleeder" * George Wiley (1931–1973), chemist and civil rights leader (B) * Zakk Wylde (born 1967), hard rock and heavy metal guitarist (B)Streeter, Leslie Gray
"A Wylde time; Rarely printable but always quotable rocker has had a big year"
, ''

The Kansas City Star ''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and a ...

'', November 9, 2006. "The thing about Wylde, a 40- year-old, Bayonne, NJ-born father of three married to his high school sweetheart, is that he's just a rock n roll guy."

References

External links

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Bayonne Community Profile and Resource Links
NJ HomeTownLocator

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