The
Hudson Waterfront, sometimes called the
Gold Coast, 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 often used to mean the
contiguous urban area between the
Bayonne Bridge and the
George Washington Bridge that is approximately long. The municipalities comprising the Hudson Waterfront are
Bayonne,
Jersey City,
Hoboken,
Union City,
Weehawken,
West New York,
Guttenberg and
North Bergen in
Hudson County and
Fairview,
Cliffside Park,
Edgewater and
Fort Lee in
Bergen County. To the east, lies the New York City boroughs of
Manhattan and
Brooklyn, to the south
Staten Island, to the west
Newark Bay and the
New Jersey Meadowlands, and to the north
Palisades Interstate Park. Historically, the region has been known as
Bergen Neck, the lower peninsula, and
Bergen Hill, lower
Hudson Palisades.