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Kearny (/ ˈ k ɑːr n i / KAR-nee) is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark.As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 41,999, an increase of 1,315 (+3.2%) from the 2010 census count of 40,684, which in turn reflected an increase of 171 (+0.4%) from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 census.
County Route 508 Alternate ( CR 508 Alt.) is a 0.41-mile-long (0.66 km) unsigned former segment of the Newark Turnpike in Kearny. [7] It is a two-lane wide, county-maintained access road from Route 7 eastbound serving a NJ Transit maintenance facility and other industrial companies in the Meadowlands. [8]
Route 7 Two segments of Route 7 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by NJDOT, Township of Nutley, and Passaic County Length 9.46 mi (15.22 km) Existed 1927–present Southern section Length 5.35 mi (8.61 km) East end US 1-9 Route 139 in Jersey City Major intersections CR 508 in Kearny Route 17 in North Arlington West end Route 21 / CR 506 in Belleville Northern section Length 4.11 ...
The Passaic River (/ p ə ˈ s eɪ. ɪ k / pə-SAY-ik) is a river, approximately 80 miles (130 km) long, in Northern New Jersey.The river in its upper course flows in a highly circuitous route, meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey, called the Great Swamp, draining much of the northern portion of the state through its tributaries.
The Kearny Connection is a railroad junction in Kearny, New Jersey that allows passenger trains from New Jersey Transit 's Morris and Essex Lines to enter/leave Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC) and travel to and from New York Penn Station. [1] [2] [3] The junction, which opened in 1996 and utilizes Swift Interlocking, is nearby the Sawtooth ...
Residential and commercial districts, including Arlington, are concentrated along the banks of the Passaic, also site of Kearny Riverbank Park. At Kearny Point there is more industry. Brownfields or protected areas known as the Kearny Meadows or the Kearny Marsh are part of the New Jersey Meadowlands. West Hudson Park is the county park in the ...
Kearny's first high school was established in 1894. Construction began on the present school facility began in 1921 and Kearny High School opened for the fall semester in September 1923. [3] The school's stadium was completed in 1925. In 1940, an addition costing $400,000 was added. In 1974, another addition was added that cost $5 million ...
South Kearny, also known as Kearny Point, is an industrial district and distinct area of the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey at the northern end of Newark Bay in the town of Kearny, New Jersey. [1] It is on the larger peninsula once called New Barbadoes Neck, which also include the other Kearny districts of the Uplands (a part of ...