Essex Street (NJT station)

Essex Street
Essex Street station in April 2015. The former 1860 station depot platform is visible on the right side.
Location	160 Essex Street @ Railroad Avenue and John Street Hackensack, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°52′46″N 74°03′06″W / 40.87934°N 74.051579°W / 40.87934; -74.051579Coordinates: 40°52′46″N 74°03′06″W / 40.87934°N 74.051579°W / 40.87934; -74.051579
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Pascack Valley Line
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1 (formerly 2)
Connections	NJT Bus: 76, 712, and 780
Construction
Parking	236 spaces (in 2 lots)
Bicycle facilities	Lockers available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	769 (Erie Railroad)
Fare zone	5
History
Opened	1860
Rebuilt	1893
Traffic
Passengers (2012)	327 (average weekday)
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Anderson Street toward Spring Valley Pascack Valley Line Teterboro toward Hoboken   Former services   Erie Railroad Williams Avenue toward Pavonia Terminal New Jersey and New York Railroad Central Avenue toward Haverstraw

Essex Street, known as Hackensack during the Erie Railroad era, is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line, located in Hackensack, New Jersey, at 160 John Street. The Pascack Valley Line services this station seven days a week.

The first station house was built in 1860 by the Hackensack and New York Railroad on a track extension from Passaic Street in Hackensack. The station was turned over to the Erie Railroad in 1896, serving as a partial headquarters before being moved to Hillsdale and New Jersey Transit in 1983. The station was once the southernmost of four stations in Hackensack, which included stations at Anderson Street, Fairmount Avenue, and Central Avenue.

Essex Street station is located at the intersection of Essex Street, Railroad Avenue and John Street in the city of Hackensack. The station has a lone platform on the southbound side for the one track heading through the station. There are two parking lots on either side of the station, with a large 186-space station on Essex Street behind the platform maintained by Park America. This lot has six handicap-accessible spaces and is free on evenings and weekends. The second lot, on the opposite side of the station, contains fifty spaces, also is maintained by Park America. However, this lot only has permit parking and contains no handicap-accessible spaces. The station also has bicycle lockers and one ticket vending machine (TVM) for commuter use. The station is also served by several New Jersey Transit buses: the 76, 144, 162, 164, 165, 178, 712, 772 and 780.