Port Johnston Coal Docks, Bayonne

Name: Port Johnston Coal Docks
Address: Bayonne, United States

#11 among attractions in Bayonne

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The Port Johnston Coal Docks were built on the Kill van Kull at Constable Hook in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1864 by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The 2,750-foot coal dock was named after the company's president John Taylor Johnston. At the time of its completion in 1866, it was the largest coal dock in the world and employed 200 men, mostly Irish immigrants. Their job was to empty coal from railroad cars onto barges for shipment across Upper New York Bay to New York. ()

Coordinates: 40°39'4"N, 74°6'54"W

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Port Johnston Coal Docks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hackensack RiverWalk, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Christ Church New Brighton, Reformed Church on Staten Island.

1.2 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hackensack RiverWalk, Bayonne
32 min walk • Hackensack RiverWalk a is partially constructed greenway along the Newark Bay and Hackensack River on the west side of the Bergen Neck peninsula in Hudson County, New Jersey.
0.8 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Greek Revival architecture
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York City
22 min walk • Sailors' Snug Harbor, also known as Sailors Snug Harbor and informally as Snug Harbor, is a collection of architecturally significant 19th-century buildings on Staten Island, New York City. The buildings are set in an 83-acre park along the Kill Van Kull in New Brighton, on the North Shore of Staten Island.
1.3 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church New Brighton, New York City
33 min walk • Christ Church New Brighton is a historic Episcopal church complex at 76 Franklin Avenue in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. The complex consists of a Late Victorian Gothic church and parish hall, connected to the church by an enclosed cloister, and a Tudor-style rectory.
1.2 miSW
Church
Reformed Church on Staten Island, New York City
31 min walk • Reformed Church on Staten Island an historic Dutch Reformed Church and Cemetery at 54 Port Richmond Avenue in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. The Reformed Church was founded in 1660 and has been at the exact site since 1680. The first church was built shortly hereafter.
0.9 miSE
Museum, Children's museum
Staten Island Children's Museum, New York City
23 min walk • The Staten Island Children's Museum is a children's museum on the grounds of Sailors' Snug Harbor on Staten Island, New York. The museum opened in 1976 following community and government support for the project.
0.8 miSE
Park, Garden
The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, New York City
22 min walk • The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden is part of the Staten Island Botanical Garden, located in the Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Materials were shipped to Staten Island in the spring of 1998, when a team of 40 Chinese artists and artisans from Suzhou constructed the garden. It opened in June of 1999.
0.9 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Joseph Cathedral, Bayonne
24 min walk • St. Joseph Cathedral was a predominantly Iraqi-American Syriac Catholic cathedral located in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. It is the seat of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark. In 2011, the cathedral was established in the former St.
1.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
New Brighton, New York City
34 min walk • New Brighton is a neighborhood located on the North Shore of Staten Island in New York City. The neighborhood comprises an older industrial and residential harbor front area along the Kill Van Kull west of St. George.
0.7 miNW
Museum
Bayonne Community Museum, Bayonne
19 min walk • The Bayonne Community Museum is located in the Bergen Point section of Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
0.6 miNE
Cemetery
Constable Hook Cemetery, Bayonne
16 min walk • Constable Hook Cemetery is the name used to refer to two cemeteries on Constable Hook in Bayonne, New Jersey, the extant Bayonne Constable Hook Cemetery and the no longer existing Van Buskerck Family Burial Ground.
0.9 miNE
Neighbourhood
Constable Hook, Bayonne
24 min walk • Constable Hook is a cape located on the north side of the outlet of Kill van Kull into Upper New York Bay in Bayonne, New Jersey. The cape has long been an important site of marine transfer operations in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Just offshore, Robbins Reef Light serves to guide harbor traffic.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Port Johnston Coal Docks?

Nearby attractions include Constable Hook Cemetery, Bayonne (16 min walk), Bayonne Community Museum, Bayonne (19 min walk), Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York City (22 min walk), The New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, New York City (22 min walk).

How to get to Port Johnston Coal Docks by public transport?

The nearest stations to Port Johnston Coal Docks:

Bus

Richmond Terrace & Bement Avenue • Lines: S40 (15 min walk)
Richmond Terrace & Broadway • Lines: S54 (19 min walk)

Light rail

22nd Street • Lines: Hblr (19 min walk)
8th Street • Lines: Hblr (20 min walk)