Destination Jersey City

Visit Harsimus Stem Embankment - Sixth Street

District: Grove Street

Details

Sixth St., west from Marin Boulevard to Brunswick St.

Jersey City, NJ

Description

This is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of Jersey City's historic downtown. This elevated stone structure once carried seven Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to the Hudson River, where they met ferries to Manhattan at the Exchange Place Terminal. The Embankment is listed on the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places.

Location

Photos

Advertisement

Explore the City