Englewood (Erie Railroad station)

Englewood
Location Depot Square, Englewood, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°53′43″N 73°58′30″W / 40.89527°N 73.97490°W / 40.89527; -73.97490Coordinates: 40°53′43″N 73°58′30″W / 40.89527°N 73.97490°W / 40.89527; -73.97490
Owned by Northern Railroad of New Jersey (1872–1942)
Erie Railroad (1942–1960)
Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976)
Line(s) Erie Railroad Northern Branch
Construction
Platform levels 1
Other information
Station code 1921[1]
History
Opened 1872
Closed 1966
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
Sheffield Avenue
Northern Branch
Hudson Avenue
toward Nyack

Englewood is a former railroad station at Depot Square in Englewood, New Jersey. Once served by the Erie Railroad's Northern Branch, the building is located in the city's town center along the ROW now used as a branch line by CSX Transportation.[2] The station at Depot Plaza (as it was originally known) was one of the original stations upon opening of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, which included two others in the town, Van Brunts (later Nordhoff) and Highwood. The building has undergone various incarnations as restaurants, a recording studio, and a performing arts school.[3] The proposed Northern Branch Corridor Project extension the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail would pass the station along the line.

Northern Branch and HBLR

The station was a stop along Erie Railroad's suburban Northern Branch (NRRNJ)[4] which originated/terminated at Pavonia Terminal on the Hudson River in Jersey City. It stopped being used for passenger rail transport in 1966 (by which time trains had been redirected to Hoboken Terminal). Service continued north into Rockland County, New York.

The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposed New Jersey Transit (NJT) project to extend the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail along the line providing service newly-built stations along the route.[5] The project has stalled due to a lack of funding.[6] The line would pass by the Erie station and terminate at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. A station stop at Depot Square is the city’s much-preferred alternative to NJT's proposed new Englewood Town Center Station to the south.[7] A third stop in the city would be located at the intersection of NJ Route 4 and NJ Route 93.

Bennett Studios

The station building was Bennett Studios, a recording studio, from 2001 until 2011. The 6,500-square-foot studio was established by Dae Bennett, the son of Tony Bennett. [8][9]

The Performing Arts School at BergenPAC

Since 2103 the building houses Bergen Performing Arts Center Performing Arts School. Students have the opportunity to perform on both the theater’s main stage and throughout the county. Programs also outreach to school districts and special needs groups.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ Northern Branch Corridor DEIS December 2011 Appendix H: Historic Properties and Resources |quote = The Northern Railroad’s chief engineer, along with New York lawyer J. Wyman Jones and a few friends, obtained control of six farms and mapped streets, and, on August 15, 1859, registered Englewood, the nucleus of the present city, in the County Seat of Hackensack. By 1887, the railroad had erected three stations in Englewood to accommodate travelers and businessmen; Van Brunts (later Nordhoff) in the south and Englewood and Highwood (near Ivy Lane) to the north. The 1884 Sanborn map of downtown Englewood shows the depot located on the west side of the railroad just north of Palisade Avenue….However, the former Englewood Station, modified extensively for its current use as a recording studio, has lost much of its historic architectural integrity.
  3. ↑ http://boatagainstthecurrent.blogspot.nl/2014/01/photo-of-day-performing-arts-school.html
  4. ↑ "Erie Railroad List of Stations and Numbers". Erie Railroad Company. May 1, 1916. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Northern Branch Corridor Project". US Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Explainer: Will NJ Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Ever Get to Bergen County? - NJ Spotlight".
  7. ↑ "City Of Englewood NJ Master Plan 2014" (PDF). Englewoodone. 2014. p. 97. Retrieved 16 September 2016. Locate Station at Depot Square, convenient to BergenPAC. NJ Transit should improve passenger convenience and station visibility by relocating the proposed new Englewood Town Center Station to the northern side of Palisade Avenue along Depot Square, between Bergen Performing Arts (PAC) and the former rail station. This is the commercial and cultural heart of Englewood as well as the historic location of the passenger rail service. This station stop is the commercial and cultural heart of Englewood as well as the historic location of the passenger rail service. This station stop is the City’s much-preferred alternative to the W. Englewood Avenue station assumed in the DEIS.
  8. ↑ "This Bennett's Heart Is in the Recording Studio". The New York Times. 1 August 2004.
  9. ↑ "Bio".
  10. ↑ "Englewood May Lease Former Bennett Studios to BergenPAC For School".
  11. ↑ https://www.bergenpac.org/education
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