Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City - The Junction, Bergen Hill, and Claremont

The Junction, Bergen Hill, and Claremont

Communipaw Junction, or simply, The Junction, is where Communipaw, Summit Avenue and Garfield Avenue, and Grand Street meet. The Bergen Hill Historic District is centered around Summit Avenue as it ascends from the Junction. Bergen Hill, or The Hill, refers to the emergence of the New Jersey Palisades. The district is not on National Register of Historic Places, but has a state designation. a prominent landmark being St John's Church. Lincoln High School is on Crescent Avenue. Ficken's Warehouse is on Grand Street, which as it ascends from the Junction to the St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings at Bramhall Ave. (40°42′50″N 74°4′23″W / 40.71389°N 74.07306°W / 40.71389; -74.07306). While not in the city historic district, this complex received its federal historic status in September 1980 and anchors the surrounding streets, some of which are lined with well-preserved or restored 18th-century row houses. MLK Drive has long been a commercial street for the southern part of the district. The neighborhood sometimes called Claremont lies south of Arlington Park, where before discontinuation of service the Central Railroad of New Jersey maintained station.