Paulus Hook is a community on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located one mile across the river from Manhattan. The name Hook comes from the Dutch word "hoeck", which translates to "point of land." This "point of land" has been described as an elevated area, the location of which today is bounded by Montgomery, Hudson, Dudley, and Van Vorst Streets.
Essex Street in Paulus Hook in April 2006
Paulus Hook Monument memorializing Continental Army troops who took part in the Battle of Paulus Hook during the Revolutionary War on August 19, 1779
The ferry dock in Paulus Hook
The Paulus Hook post office at 69 Montgomery Street
The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long. Historically, the region has been known as Bergen Neck, the lower peninsula, and Bergen Hill, lower Hudson Palisades. It has sometimes been called the Gold Coast.
Hudson Waterfront
Satellite image showing the inner core of the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary and main waterways of Port of New York and New Jersey. The Hudson Waterfront is situated on the peninsula between the Hudson and Hackensack Rivers, and their bays.
Ellis Island and Downtown Jersey City looking north
