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==Geography== [[File:NorthHudsonNJtoManhattan.tiff|thumb|The [[Hudson River]] and [[Manhattan]] skyline seen from the west]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town had a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.44 km<sup>2</sup>), including 0.99 square miles (2.58 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.33 square miles (0.86 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (25.11%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> The [[ZIP Code]] for West New York is 07093.<ref name=ZIPcode/> West New York is part of the [[New York metropolitan area]] and is at the heart of the [[North Hudson, New Jersey]], region. West New York is bordered on the north by [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], on the east by the [[Hudson River]], on the south by [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], and on the west by [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]]. West New York is one of North Hudson's communities atop [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|The Palisades]] above the Hudson River, and home to the highest point in the county.<ref>[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=7139 Hudson County High Point, New Jersey], peakbagger.com. Accessed September 29, 2014.</ref> Its [[Hudson Waterfront]] has been known as [[Bulls Ferry]] since before the [[American Revolutionary War]]. [[Bergenline Avenue]] is its main commercial thoroughfare, while the wide two-way 60th Street is a major cross-town thoroughfare, and site of Town Hall. More than half of [[List of Presidents of the United States|U.S. Presidents]] have [[Odonyms in Hudson County, New Jersey|streets bearing their name]] in the town.<ref>{{Cite book| publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc|isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0|title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map|year=2008}}</ref> The town borders the municipalities of [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[North Bergen, New Jersey|North Bergen]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] in Hudson County; and the [[New York City]] borough of [[Manhattan]] across the Hudson River.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010603/touches.html Areas touching West New York], MapIt. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/hudson-county/ Hudson County Map], Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 15, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
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