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Park Ridge
Park Ridge station in April 2018.
General information
Location	Main Street at Hawthorne Avenue, Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey 07656
Coordinates	41°01′58″N 74°02′09″W / 41.0329°N 74.0357°W / 41.0329; -74.0357
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Rockland Coaches: 11 (on Kinderkamack Road)
Construction
Parking	Yes (permit required)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Station code	795 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	May 27, 1871
Passengers
2018	176 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Montvaletoward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Woodcliff Laketoward Hoboken
Former services Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Montvaletoward Haverstraw New Jersey and New York Railroad Woodcliff Laketoward Jersey City
Park Ridge Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
The former Erie Railroad station depot at Park Ridge.
Location	Hawthorne and Park Avenue, Park Ridge, New Jersey
Coordinates	41°1′58″N 74°2′11″W / 41.03278°N 74.03639°W / 41.03278; -74.03639
Area	0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1872
Architectural style	Carpenter Gothic
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002577
NJRHP No.	627
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984
Location

Park Ridge is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located at the intersection of Park and Hawthorne Avenues, the station services trains on the Pascack Valley Line, which runs from Hoboken Terminal to Spring Valley station in New York. The station contains a single low-level side platform split by Park Avenue (County Route 92) and a wooden station depot, built by the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad. As a result, Park Ridge station is not handicap accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Railroad service through Park Ridge began on May 27, 1871 with the final extension of the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad from Hillsdale station in New Jersey to the junction with the Erie Railroad Piermont Branch at Nanuet. However, in order to establish a stop in Park Ridge, the railroad requested Washington Township residents fund the construction of a new depot.

History

The station house has been listed in the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.

Station layout

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

Permit parking is operated by the Borough of Park Ridge. There are two permit parking lots available, with 100 and 34 parking spots, respectively.

See also

• List of New Jersey Transit stations
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. "Pascack Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
3. ^ Adriance, Tim (Spring 2018). "A History of Bergen County Railroads". Autumn Years. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 46. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
4. Kiefer, Eric (February 21, 2018). "Here Are New Jersey Transit's Most, Least-Used Train Stations". patch.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
7. "6. Park Ridge Train Depot (10 Hawthorne Ave)". pascackhistoricalsociety.org. Pascack Historical Society. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
8. Park Ridge New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey

External links

Media related to Park Ridge (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Station and Station House from Park Avenue from Google Maps Street View

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Park Ridge, New Jersey
• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Former Erie Railroad stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1871
• Railway stations in Bergen County, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Bergen County, New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• 1871 establishments in New Jersey