South Kearny, also known as Kearny Point, is an industrial district and distinct area of the western part of

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at the northern end of

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in the town of Kearny, New Jersey. It is on the larger peninsula once called

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, which also include the other Kearny districts of the Uplands (a part of which is called Arlington) and the Kearny Meadows. It has been known as Kearny Point and, along Droyer's Point in

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, marks the mouth of the

Hackensack River The Hackensack River is a river, about 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburban ar ...

to the east. The

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flows along its western border opposite a similarly industrial portion of the Ironbound district of Newark. Most of the point is part of Foreign-Trade Zone 49. The Newark and New York Railroad Bridge, part of

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, The Newark Plank Road, and the

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all crossed the point running parallel to each other. Currently, both the

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and The Pulaski Skyway traverse South Kearny, a ramp of the latter built specifically to spur industrial development. Among the many facilities that are located there are the Hudson County Correctional Facility and River Terminal, a massive distribution warehouse that includes the former site of a

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's Kearny Works manufacturing plant and the Kearny Yard of

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. Since the 2010s the area has been undergoing a transformation from industrial and distribution functions repurposed spaces. Two film/television studios opened on Kearny Point in the 2000s: Palisades Stages and 10 Basin Studios. ''Road Movie'' was filmed there in 1974.

Transportation

Hudson County Route 659 runs along Central Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Fish House Road. NJ Transit bus route #1 serves the area. Numerous crossings of the Hackensack and

Passaic Passaic ( or ) is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city was the state's 16th-most-populous municipality,Web photo exhibit of ship christening and launching ceremonies at the Kearny Yard
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