Editing North Bergen, New Jersey (section)

===20th century===
The development of Hudson County Boulevard, which skirts around the west, north and east of North Bergen, was completed in the early 20th century. By 1913 it was considered to be fine for "motoring".<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/03/23/100258550.pdf "Short Runs Near Town Pleasant Now"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163425/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/03/23/100258550.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 23, 1913. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> The roadway is now known by its two sections: [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] and [[Boulevard East]].

Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/12/105198282.pdf "The Hudson Boulevard; The old and the New – The Opposition and the Proposed Route"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163236/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/12/105198282.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 12, 1873. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/29/103375853.pdf "Opening the Boulevard; Wheelmen Parade Along Hudson County's New Driveway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163605/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/29/103375853.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 29, 1895. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> [[Bergenline Avenue]], a broad street which accommodated the [[North Hudson County Railway]] [[tram|streetcars]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1909/06/20/archives/new-developments-beyond-the-palisades.html "New Developments Beyond the Palisades"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210816/https://www.nytimes.com/1909/06/20/archives/new-developments-beyond-the-palisades.html |date=June 13, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 20, 1909. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> to [[Nungesser's]] became (and remains) an important commercial and transit corridor. The two boulevard sections met at Bergenline Avenue, at the northwest corner of North Hudson/Braddock Park.

[[File:8.7.09BraddockParkByLuigiNovi17.jpg|thumb|left|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park and the [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]]]]
Soon after the opening of the [[New Jersey Route 495|Lincoln Tunnel Approach]], the [[Susquehanna Transfer]] was opened in August 1939 to accommodate passengers who wished to transfer to buses through the [[Lincoln Tunnel|tunnel]] to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/03/archives/busrail-service-draws-commuters-the-susquehanna-encouraged-by.html "Bus-Rail Service Draws Commuters; The Susquehanna Encouraged by Experiment as Business Improves on 2d Day Travel Time Is Reduced Company Will Connect With More Terminals in City Should Trend Continue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071442/https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/03/archives/busrail-service-draws-commuters-the-susquehanna-encouraged-by.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 3, 1939. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Seventy-seven passengers crossed the platform of a new station known as Susquehanna Transfer, near Bergen, N. J., to Manhattan-bound buses yesterday, the second day of the operation of the new service&nbsp;... The new station is under the elevated highway leading from the Lincoln Tunnel over the Jersey marshes."</ref> It closed in 1966.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119953303/revival-of-commuter-service-in-north/ "Commuter rail line's revival pushed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301152300/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119953303/revival-of-commuter-service-in-north/ |date=March 1, 2023 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to Weehawken{{sic}}, where passengers would switch to buses for the ride through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority terminal. A similar bus service, known as the Susquehanna Transfer, operated between 1939 and 1966."</ref>

At the time of its construction in 1949, the {{convert|760|ft|adj=on}} [[WOR TV Tower]], in the midst of the residential [[Woodcliff, North Bergen|Woodcliff Section]],<ref>Staff. [http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NB_News.html#Plans "WOR Television Tower To Be in North Bergen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121122108/http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NB_News.html#Plans |date=November 21, 2010 }}, copy of article from ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 8, 1948. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.<ref>[http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NBergenNJ.html WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415232526/http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NBergenNJ.html |date=April 15, 2011 }}, accessed January 25, 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/14/archives/bombs-strike-two-cars-two-babies-among-the-injured-in-attack-on.html "Bombs Strike Two Cars; Two Babies Among the Injured in Attack on West Shore Train. Panic Spreads Quickly Engineer Keeps On Until Emergency Cord Is Pulled After Second Attack. Darkness Adds to Terror Third Missile Explodes as TrainIs Brought to a Halt NearTrestle at Granton, N.J."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430165525/https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/14/archives/bombs-strike-two-cars-two-babies-among-the-injured-in-attack-on.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 14, 1922. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872273,00.html "Science: First Flight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430164019/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872273,00.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', April 14, 1961. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500&nbsp;m) to the east, the 34-story, {{convert|369|ft|adj=on}} [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]] apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.<ref name="The Stonehenge on the Palisades">.{{cite web| title=The Stonehenge on the Palisades| publisher=Millstein Properties| url=http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| access-date=2014-06-06| archive-date=August 4, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141254/http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the early 1960s two notable [[Paleontology|paleontological finds]] of [[fossil]]s from the [[Newark Basin]] were made near the foot of the cliffs at one of several former quarries, the Granton, of which today's avenue is a namesake.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/29/nb-fossil-has-nj-homecoming-2/ "NB fossil has NJ homecoming; Former resident remembers Granton Quarry"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531192249/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/29/nb-fossil-has-nj-homecoming-2/ |date=May 31, 2019 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', April 29, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "It may be difficult to imagine North Bergen as a place to collect fossils, but it once was. According to the American Museum of Natural History, Granton Quarry resided on the back slope of the Palisades Cliffs, between railroad lines and Tonnelle Avenue. Nowadays, a Lowes Home Building Center and Tonnelle Plaza sit on the site."</ref> The former [[quarry]] remained an [[archeological site]] until at least 1980.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/13/archives/for-geologists-finding-fossils-makes-jersey-outing-worth-the-trip-a.html "For Geologists, Finding Fossils Makes Jersey Outing Worth the Trip; A Painted Memory 'A Funny Science' 'A Great Sound'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071738/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/13/archives/for-geologists-finding-fossils-makes-jersey-outing-worth-the-trip-a.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 13, 1980. Accessed July 4, 2018. "The fish fossil was found on a field trip to the Granton quarry in North Bergen, N.J., one of many conducted as part of this year's annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association."</ref>

North Hudson Park was renamed the [[Hudson County Park System|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park]]. In 1935, while living in North Bergen, local hero [[James J. Braddock]] won the [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|world heavyweight championship]] in one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120414232517/http://nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/braddock.html James J. Braddock  –  North Hudson County Park]}}, nynjctbotany.org. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref>

In contrast to other Hudson County communities during the latter half of the century, North Bergen grew significantly in population. Many residents are part of the wave of [[Spanish language]] speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cuban [[émigré]]s, leading to the nickname, [[Havana on the Hudson]].<ref>[[Calvin Trillin|Trillin, Calvin]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996 "US Journal: Observation While Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171142/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996 |date=October 21, 2012 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', June 30, 1975. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref><ref name="Harbinger">Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/nyregion/hudson-county-a-harbinger-of-a-new-hispanic-influence.html "Hudson County a Harbinger of a New Hispanic Influence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002229/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/nyregion/hudson-county-a-harbinger-of-a-new-hispanic-influence.html |date=September 21, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 23, 1991. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref>