As early as 1700 there was regular, if sporadic ferry service from Weehawken.

With the ferry, the Hackensack Plank Road ( a toll road that was a main artery from Weehawken to Hackensack ), and later, the West Shore Railroad, built during the early 1870s, the waterfront became a transportation hub.

The Weehawken, New Jersey | Weehawken Yards were at the base of the Hudson PalisadesPrior to the opening of the North River Tunnels and the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad tubes in the early 1900s, passengers and freight were required to cross the river for travel to points east.

In the early 1920s, the Rabinowitz family moved to Weehawken, New Jersey.

Weehawken became the playground of the rich during the middle to late 19th century.

The Weehawken Public Library has a collection of approximately 43, 000 volumes and circulates 40, 60 items annually.

They rise nearly vertically from near the edge of the river, approximately 300 feet at Weehawken and increasing gradually in height to 540 feet near their northern terminus.

Duronio, who worked at PaineWebber's offices in Weehawken, N. J., planted the logic bomb in some 1, 000 of PaineWebber's approximately 1, 500 networked computers in branch offices around the country.

The road is owned and operated by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 3, the New Jersey Department of Transportation between Route 3 and Park Avenue near the Union City / Weehawken border, and by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey east of Park Avenue, including the helix used to descend the New Jersey Palisades to reach the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel.

There is an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for Park Avenue, which provides access to Weehawken and Hoboken, where Route 495 becomes a freeway maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The arrival of the Northern Branch in the late 1850s, followed by additional train service from what became the West Shore Railroad, brought residents to the community who could commute to Manhattan via the ferry across the Hudson River at the railroad's Weehawken depot.

Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by William Cooper, sold in 1853 to a group of New Yorkers, who had formed the Weehawken Land and Ferry Association.

Union City is one of five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, along with North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York, and Guttenberg.

The name Weehawken is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan.

Weehawken was formed as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1859, from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen ( see map ).

* The Weehawken Water Tower on Park Avenue was built in 1883 as part of the Hackensack Water Company Complex, and inspired by Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

Public transportation in Weehawken is provided by bus, ferry, and light rail.

West New York is bordered on the north by Guttenberg, on the east by the Hudson River, on the south by Union City and Weehawken, and on the west by North Bergen.

in 1885, the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, a potential competitor with trackage rights along the west shore of the Hudson River, taken over by the NYC as the West Shore Railroad, and developed passenger, freight, and car float operations at Weehawken Terminal.

Residents of Westchester County, New York, were serviced by the railroad's Hudson, Harlem, and Putnam lines, into Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan ( Putnam Division trains required a change at High Bridge, NY ), while residents of New Jersey and Rockland County, New York were serviced by the West Shore Line between Weehawken and West Haverstraw, New York: located on the west side of the Hudson River.

* Saving the Palisades Documentary, shown at Weehawken Public Library, portrays women's role in preserving cliffs, by Jim Hague, Hudson Reporter

Owned by New Jersey Transit ( NJT ) and operated by the 21st Century Rail Corporation, it connects the communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City ( at the city line with West New York ), and North Bergen.

Image of Weehawken Cove taken by NASA.

It later owned an extension to the north, separated by the Weehawken yard from the original line.

The Union noticed Webb's bold move and dispatched Captain John Rodgers in the USS Weehawken, escorted by the USS Nahant.

In the late 2000s, Union City, West New York, Weehawken and North Bergen came to be dubbed collectively as " NoHu ", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.

In the late 2000s, West New York, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen came to be dubbed collectively as " NoHu ", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.

John Erskine ( October 5, 1879 – June 2, 1951 ) was a U. S. educator and author, born in New York City and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey.

The first recorded European to lay claim to the area was Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who anchored his ship the Halve Maen ( Half Moon ) at Weehawken Cove on October 2, 1609.

During the American Revolutionary War, Weehawken was used as a lookout for the patriots to check on the British, who were situated in New York and controlled the surrounding waterways.

James Gore King ( May 8, 1791, New York City-October 3, 1853, Weehawken, New Jersey ) was an American businessman and Whig Party politician who represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851.

The numbered streets running east-west start two blocks north of Observer Highway with First Street, with the grid ending close to the city line with 16th near Weehawken Cove and the city.

The Lincoln Tunnel is north of the city in Weehawken.

Most of the city north of the street, formerly Union Hill, shares its eastern border along Park Avenue with Weehawken.

The Bergenline Station of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is located at the city line with Union City, while the Weehawken Port Imperial is located on the Weehawken waterfront at the foot of Pershing Road near the NY Waterway ferry terminal.

In New York, cooperatives are scattered throughout New York City itself, Westchester County ( which borders the city to the north ) and towns in New Jersey that are immediately across the Hudson River from Manhattan, such as Fort Lee, Edgewater, or Weehawken.

Its mainline ran from Weehawken, New Jersey in the greater New York City area to Oswego, New York, a port city on Lake Ontario.

Route 495 is a freeway in Hudson County, New Jersey in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95 ) at exits 16E and 17 in Secaucus to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, providing access to midtown Manhattan.

Weehawken is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

Weehawken is part of the New York metropolitan area.

Weehawken is one of the towns that comprise North Hudson, sometimes called NoHu in the artistic community.

Weehawken is located at ( 40. 768903 ,- 74. 015427 ).

At its southeastern corner is Weehawken Cove which, along with the rail tracks farther inland, defines Weehawken's border with Hoboken.

Traversing Weehawken is Boulevard East, a scenic thoroughfare offering a sweeping vista of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.

Weehawken is a mostly residential community, but has business district at Lincoln Harbor between the Lincoln Tunnel and Weehawken Cove.

Weehawken, with a population density about equal to that of Jersey City, is among the most densely populated municipalities in the United States.

Though the panoramic view ( from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to George Washington Bridge ) may be its most famous attraction, Weehawken is also home to other sites of historic, aesthetic, and engineering importance:

Weehawken is in the 13th Congressional district, the 33rd New Jersey state legislative district and is part of New Jersey's 2nd state legislative district.

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail ( HBLR ) service is available westbound to Bergenline and Tonnelle Avenue and southbound to Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne at Lincoln Harbor and Weehawken Port Imperial, where transfer to NY Waterway ferries to Midtown and Lower Manhattan is possible.

Weehawken is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery.