Tenafly
Tenafly station in October 2011
General information
Location1 Piermont Avenue, Tenafly, New Jersey
Owned byNorthern Railroad of New Jersey (1859–1942)
Erie Railroad (1942–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976)
Line(s)Erie Railroad Northern Branch
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code1925[1]
History
OpenedMay 26, 1859[2]
ClosedSeptember 30, 1966[3]
Rebuilt1872[4]
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Cresskill
toward Nyack
 Northern Branch Hudson Avenue
toward Jersey City
Tenafly Station
The depot at Tenafly
Tenafly station is located in Bergen County, New Jersey
Tenafly station
Tenafly station is located in New Jersey
Tenafly station
Tenafly station is located in the United States
Tenafly station
LocationOff Hillside Avenue, Tenafly, New Jersey
Coordinates40°55′29″N 73°57′52″W / 40.92472°N 73.96444°W / 40.92472; -73.96444
Area0.5 acres (0.2 ha)
Built1874 (1874)
ArchitectDaniel Topping Atwood[6]
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No.79001476[5]
NJRHP No.707[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 25, 1979
Designated NJRHPNovember 27, 1978

Tenafly is a former railroad station located in Tenafly, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station was a stop along Erie Railroad's suburban Northern Branch (NRRNJ)[1] which terminated at Pavonia Terminal on the Hudson River. It stopped being used for passenger rail transport in 1966, by which time trains had been redirected to Hoboken Terminal. The rail line is still used for freight transport by CSX.

The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed New Jersey Transit project to extend the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail along the line, restoring service to the landmark and other stations along the route.[8] In a non-binding referendum in January 2011, citizens of Tenafly rejected the idea of the town being the northern terminus of the project.[9] Completed in 1874, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1979, for its significance in architecture, commerce, social history, and transportation. It was designed by Daniel Topping Atwood, an architect from New York City.[10]

The station building currently houses a restaurant.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Closter History Goes Back to 17th Century". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. May 18, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ O'Donnell, Maureen (October 1, 1966). "Erie's 1205 Goes for Last Trip". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. pp. A1–A2. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Alvarado, Monsy (October 31, 2003). "'High-end' Cafe to Open in Tenafly Railroad Station". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. p. L3. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "National Register Information System – (#79001476)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  6. ^ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 160. ISBN 978-0471143895.
  7. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 26.
  8. ^ "Northern Branch Corridor Project". US Department of Transportation. 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  9. ^ Sudol, Karen (November 3, 2010). "GOP wins in Tenafly as voters defeat rail line ballot question". The Record. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ Mosley, Virginia T. (April 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tenafly Station". National Park Service. With accompanying photo from 1978
  11. ^ "Locations - Cafe Angelique NYC". cafeangeliquenyc.com. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
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