Lincoln Harbor is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Waterfront Terrace, north of 19th Street, in

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. The station opened on September 7, 2004. There are two tracks and an

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. A five minute walk southeast from the station, at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and 19th Street, is a

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of the same name. NY Waterway provides commuter

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service to the

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Platform layout

Name and vicinity

The station's name is taken from the area along the Hudson Waterfront, with the

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to the east, which in turn was named for the Lincoln Tunnel to the west. It is situated in the shadow of the

Lincoln Tunnel Helix The Lincoln Tunnel Helix, known commonly as The Helix or the Route 495 Helix, is an elevated freeway that carries New Jersey Route 495 to and from the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, New Jersey. It is an oval-shaped 270-degree loop between the Pa ...

, which crosses the bluff at the end of the Hudson Palisades and descends in a circle to the

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toll plaza and portals. To the east lies commercial and residential district, partially redeveloped by

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, which had acquired the

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yards that had once predominated the area north of Weehawken Cove in 1981. In 2011, it announced that it would continue residential development with the construction of three rental apartment buildings adjacent to the station to open in 2013. Erie's Pier D and Piershed is a remnant of the rail era listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is now used as

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. While most of the route is at grade, just north of the station a bridge carries trains over a busy intersection at the foot of King's Bluff. The municipal athletic fields of Weehawken Recreation Park are to the northeast, and north of that,

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. The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway runs along the shore of the North River, providing access to the water's edge and marinas for recreational boating, and New York Waterway ferries to the

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, Swatch Group USA, Hartz Mountain Telx ( colocation center) are among the corporations which maintain offices in the neighborhood, which also hosts a Sheraton Hotel.

References

External links

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Subway Nut station info and photos

Waterfront Terrace entrance from Google Maps Street View

Platform from Google Maps Street View
Weehawken, New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stations Railway stations in Hudson County, New Jersey North Hudson, New Jersey Railway stations in the United States opened in 2004 2004 establishments in New Jersey