Park Ridge | |||||||||||||
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![]() Park Ridge station in April 2018. | |||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||
Location | Main Street at Hawthorne Avenue, Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey 07656 | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°01′58″N 74°02′09″W / 41.0329°N 74.0357°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() (on Kinderkamack Road) | ||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||
Parking | Yes (permit required) | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||
Station code | 795 (Erie Railroad)[1] | ||||||||||||
Fare zone | 10[2] | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | May 27, 1871[3] | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2018 | 176 (average weekday)[4] | ||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||
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Park Ridge Station | |||||||||||||
![]() The former Erie Railroad station depot at Park Ridge. | |||||||||||||
Location | Hawthorne and Park Avenue, Park Ridge, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°1′58″N 74°2′11″W / 41.03278°N 74.03639°W | ||||||||||||
Area | 0.3 acres (0.1 ha) | ||||||||||||
Built | 1872 | ||||||||||||
Architectural style | Carpenter Gothic | ||||||||||||
MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 84002577[5] | ||||||||||||
NJRHP No. | 627[6] | ||||||||||||
Significant dates | |||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||
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Park Ridge is an active commuter railroad station in the borough of Park Ridge, Bergen County, New Jersey. Located at the intersection of Park and Hawthorne Avenues, the station services trains on the Pascack Valley Line, which runs from Hoboken Terminal to Spring Valley station in New York. The station contains a single low-level side platform split by Park Avenue (County Route 92) and a wooden station depot, built by the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad. As a result, Park Ridge station is not handicap accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Railroad service through Park Ridge began on May 27, 1871 with the final extension of the Hackensack and New York Extension Railroad from Hillsdale station in New Jersey to the junction with the Erie Railroad Piermont Branch at Nanuet.[3] However, in order to establish a stop in Park Ridge, the railroad requested Washington Township residents fund the construction of a new depot.[7]