Paulus Hook, Jersey City

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Paulus Hook is a historic waterfront neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey, known for its Revolutionary War significance and views of the Manhattan skyline.

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Paulus Hook, Jersey City canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district
neighborhood
adjacentNeighborhood Exchange Place
Liberty Harbor
Van Vorst Park NERFINISHED
battleCommanderAmerican Henry Lee III
battleCommanderBritish Major William Sutherland
battleDate 1779-08-19
buildingStock 19th-century row houses
historic brownstones
modern high-rise residential buildings
city Jersey City
colonialPower Dutch Republic
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Hudson County NERFINISHED
formerName Paulus Hoeck
Paulus Hoeck Bouwery
historicalEra American Revolutionary War
historicDesignation Historic Downtown Jersey City
surface form: local historic district (Jersey City)
historicEvent Battle of Paulus Hook
knownFor Battle of Paulus Hook
Revolutionary War history
views of the Manhattan skyline
locatedIn Historic Downtown Jersey City
surface form: Downtown Jersey City
locatedOnWaterbody Hudson River
Morris Canal Basin
namedAfter Michael Paulusen
nearbyLandmark Colgate Clock (Jersey City)
Liberty State Park, New Jersey
surface form: Liberty State Park
nearbyTransit Exchange Place station
surface form: Exchange Place PATH station

Ferry service to Lower Manhattan
oppositeBoroughAcrossRiver Manhattan
oppositeCityAcrossRiver New York City
partOf New Netherland
surface form: New Netherland (historical region)
postalCity Jersey City
settlementTypeHistorical ferry landing
port area
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
strategicRoleHistorical British fortification site
approach to New York Harbor
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportation Hudson–Bergen Light Rail
transportationStation Essex Street station
Exchange Place station
urbanCharacter waterfront residential neighborhood
viewOf Lower Manhattan
One World Trade Center
waterfrontFeature Hudson River waterfront walkway
zoningCharacter mixed-use residential and commercial

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Colgate Clock near Paulus Hook, Jersey City
NY Waterway ferry terminal Paulus Hook, Jersey City
subject surface form: NY Waterway
Hudson Waterfront hasPart Paulus Hook, Jersey City