Croxton, Jersey City

Truck and auto entrance to Croxton Yard on County Road

Croxton lies west of the Marion Running Track.

Croxton is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey roughly bounded by Secaucus at Penhorn Creek (named for William Pinhorne), The Riverbend of the Hackensack River and the Hudson Generating Station and the Marion Section to the south and Truck 1-9 and Western Slope to the east. Nearby North Bergen Yard and Croxton Yard are parts of the North Jersey Shared Assets Area in the Hackensack Meadowlands. The Yard is officially known as the North Jersey Intermodal Terminal.^[1]

The area is informally named Croxton after Croxton Yard on the Norfolk Southern Freight Line. Much of the area is filled with New Jersey Transit commuter lines and freight lines. There are no passenger stations although Secaucus Junction is nearby. The area is home to the Metropolitan Bulk Mail Facility for New York and New Jersey. The only major road crossing the district is County Road, which connects Jersey City Heights with Secaucus. In 2005, the New Jersey Turnpike opened Exit 15X to allow access to the newly-built Secaucus Junction train station, the access road to which acts like a huge U-turn, and dominates the landscape.^[2]

Croxton across Penhorn Creek

Bulk Mail

The name Croxton was given to the railroad yard after Philip Croxton, the traffic manager for Lorillard Tobacco Company.^[3] which had been located at 111 First Street in Downtown Jersey City.^[4]

New Jersey Transit bus route #2 travels along County Avenue from Secaucus Junction to Journal Square.^[5]

See also

• Crescent Corridor
• List of rail yards
• New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
• Hudson Generating Station
• List of neighborhoods in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Tonnele Circle
• Marion Junction
• Northeast Corridor
• Pulaski Skyway
• U.S. Route 1/9
• Wittpenn Bridge
• Main Line
• Bergen County Line
• Pascack Valley Line
• Passaic and Harsimus Line
• West Hudson
• Wittpenn Bridge

References

1. ^ "ExpressRail System : Regional Intermodal Rail Facilities :Croxton Yard Operator (North Jersey Intermodal Terminal)", seaportsinfo.com
2. ^ "Enter Exit 15", The Record (Bergen County), November 30, 2005. "Exit 15X, the new $250 million Secaucus interchange on the New Jersey Turnpike, will open to motorists Thursday night."
3. ^ Books, books everywhere!, accessed July 26, 2006
4. ^ P. Lorillard Tobacco Company, accessed July 26, 2006.
5. ^ NJT bus 2 schedule

Coordinates: 40°45′6″N 74°3′45″W / 40.75167°N 74.0625°W / 40.75167; -74.0625