South Kearny, New Jersey

River Terminal includes the former Western Electric Kearny Works

Pulaski Skyway with Kearny ramp

South Kearny is an industrial district and distinct area of Hudson County, New Jersey at the northern end of Newark Bay in the town of Kearny, New Jersey.^[1] It is on larger peninisula once called New Barbadoes Neck, which also include the other Kearny districts of the Uplands (a part of which is called Arlington) and the Kearny Meadows.^[2] It has been known as Kearny Point which along Droyer's Point in the Jersey City marks the mouth of the Hackensack River to the east. The Passaic River 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^[3]

The Newark and New York Railroad Bridge, part of Central Railroad of New Jersey, The Newark Plank Road, and the Morris Canal all crossed the point running parallel to each other. Currently, both the Lincoln Highway and The Pulaski Skyway traverse South Kearny, a ramp of the latter built specifically to spur industrial development^[4] Among the many facilities that are located there are the Hudson County Correctional Center and River Terminal^[5], a massive distribution warehouse that includes the former site of a Western Electric's Kearny Works manufacturing plant and the Kearny Yard of Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company.^[6]

Department of Corrections

Transportation

Hudson County Route 659 runs along Central Avenue, Pennsylvania Aveue, and Fish House Road. New Jersey Transit bus routes #1 and #80 serve the area.

County Route 659
Route information
Length:	2.07 mi[7] (3.33 km)
Major junctions
North end:	Belleville Turnpike/Wittpenn Bridge
	Lincoln Highway
South end:	Kearny Point
Highway system
County routes in New Jersey 500-series • County routes in Hudson County ← CR 658 CR 659 →

References

1. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-8809-7763-9. 
2. ^ UEZKearny
3. ^ PANYNJ FTZ 49
4. ^ Hart, Steven (2007). The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway. The New Press. ISBN 978-1-59558-098-6. 
5. ^ River Terminal
6. ^ Kearny Yard
7. ^ "Hudson County 659 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000659__-.pdf. Retrieved 2009-21-15. 

External links

• Web photo exhibit of ship christening and launching ceremonies at the Kearny Yard

Coordinates: 40°43′42″N 74°06′22″W / 40.728397°N 74.106216°W / 40.728397; -74.106216