Marion, Jersey City
| Marion Section | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
A sidestreet off Broadway in Marion
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| Coordinates: 40°44′07″N 74°04′27″W / 40.73528°N 74.07417°WCoordinates: 40°44′07″N 74°04′27″W / 40.73528°N 74.07417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| County | Hudson |
| City | Jersey City |
| Elevation | 26 ft (8 m) |
| Area code(s) | 201 |
| GNIS feature ID | 878120 |
Marion is a section of Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
West of Journal Square and north of Holy Name Cemetery on the West Side, the Marion's two distinct neighborhoods are separated by PATH rail lines. It borders other districts of Riverbend, Croxton and the West Side, and is sometimes considered to include the area along the Hackensack Riverfront, Tonnele Circle, and neighborhood overlapping India Square. Marion is mostly a low-rise residential district that is home to several new housing developments, light manufacturing, restaurants, LaPointe Park and the Marion Branch Public Library. Broadway, U.S. Route 1/9, Sip Avenue and West Side Avenue are the main streets running through the neighborhood.The 1940 Marion Gardens housing Project creates the western residential border for the section.
The Marion Section was laid out in the 1870s and was developed in the early 20th century. The name came from old Marion Hotel or the founders of a watch company located near city line. Originally concentrated with families of Italian ancestry, Marion was planned as a blue- collar residential community to work at Lorillard Tobacco Company, American Can Company, or nearby railroad yards.
Despite the fact that tracks run through the district there is no station. Former mayor, Jerramiah Healy had requested that Marion be given a stop on the PATH train at Broadway and West Side Avenue, supplanting the nearest station at Journal Square. There are a growing number of condos and other housing units being built in the Marion neighborhood and city officials feel a stop on the PATH system will be necessary to unclog the city streets and lessen the commute for residents. Officials feel a station would help to bolster development in the neighborhood, which has fewer cultural attractions than many Jersey City neighborhoods and is without a school. Public School #23 operates on Romaine Ave.
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