Secaucus, New Jersey

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}}Template:Main other Secaucus (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell)<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "Secaucus: How do you pronounce it? Development put town on map but newcomers don't know where they are", The Hudson Reporter, February 22, 2009. Accessed December 1, 2011. "Therefore, the new neighbors may proudly totter about telling folks they live in Sih-KAW-cus or See-KAW-cus. However, natives prefer that the accent be on the first syllable, as in: SEE-kaw-cus."</ref><ref>Page, Jeffrey. "Our towns challenge our tongues" Template:Webarchive, The Record, June 17, 2005. Accessed September 1, 2014. "You can always tell newcomers to Secaucus. Because most words are pronounced with emphasis on the next-to-last syllable, they say they live in see-KAW-cus – although the ones who fear their friends might recall that Secaucus used to be pig-farming country might say they live in South Carlstadt, which doesn't exist. If I said 'see-KAW-cus' to someone local, they'd think I didn't know what I was talking about, said Dan McDonough, the municipal historian. Of course it's SEE-kaw-cus. Everybody knows that."</ref> is a town in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 22,181,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 5,917 (+36.4%) from the 2010 census count of 16,264,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+2.1%) from the 15,931 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas.<ref>Archilla, Dylan M. "Taking a dip Hudson County towns offer swim fun", The Hudson Reporter, July 3, 2003. Accessed July 20, 2011. "Secaucus, being the most 'suburban' of Hudson's County's towns (and being closest to Bergen County), not surprisingly boasts the most spacious facility. Sporting four distinct pools (an Olympic-sized pool, a diving tank, a lap pool, and a wading pool for the kiddies the Secaucus Swim Center is open to non-residents)."</ref>

Secaucus is a derivation of the Algonquian words for "black" (seke or sukit) and "snake" (achgook), or "place of snakes",<ref>Van Winkle, Daniel. History of Hudson County and of the Old Village of Bergen: Being a Brief Account of the Foundation and Growth of what is Now Jersey City and of the Many Advantages Now Offered the Inhabitants Thereof in the Newly Constructed Building of the Trust Company of New Jersey, p. 20. Bartlett Orr Press, 1921. Accessed October 2, 2015. "Secaucus was scarcely an island It was a strip of firm land surrounded by tidal marsh For some reason it was highly prized by planters. Its name was Indian for 'place of snakes' and it and Snake Hill or Rattlesnake Hill appear frequently in subsequent land transfers."</ref><ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed October 2, 2015.</ref> or sekakes, referring to snakes.<ref>Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, p. 279. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed October 2, 2015.</ref>

History

Sikakes, once an island, was part of the territory purchased by Director-General of New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant in 1658.<ref name=NYT2003/> The territory was part of what is considered to be the oldest municipality in the state of New Jersey which was first chartered in 1660 as Bergen<ref>"NJCU: Jersey City A to Z: Bergen with map" Template:Webarchive. New Jersey City University. Accessed February 19, 2014.</ref> in the province of New Netherland and, in 1683, became Bergen Township.

Settlement had begun by at least 1733 by the Smith family, whose namesake Abel I. Smith Burial Ground is part of the lore of Secaucus.<ref>Greene, Richard Henry, et al. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53, p. 12. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Abel Smith took up land on Great Neck (Great Neck was also a part of Hempstead) prior to and during 1710 (H.T.R., II, 422-23) and removed there and lived on a large farm or 'plantation'.... In 1733 he and Deborah sold their farm on Great Neck to the first wife In 1733 he and Deborah sold their farm on Great Neck to Henry Allen for 1650 and removed to Secaucus, Bergen County, in New 'East Jersey' (near the present Jersey City) where he bought a large tract of land and built a mansion. 'This Jersey land has since its purchase been continuously possessed and occupied by the direct descendants of Abel Smith up to the present day.'"</ref>

Secaucus was originally formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 12, 1900, from portions of North Bergen.<ref name=Story/><ref>Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896–1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period, p. 255. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 2, 2015.</ref> On June 7, 1917, Secaucus was incorporated as a town, replacing Secaucus borough, based on the results of a referendum held on June 5, 1917.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969. Trenton, New Jersey. p. 147. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>

Secaucus was originally an agricultural community specializing in flowers. It later became known for its pig farms in the first half of the 20th century. In the early 1900s the town was home to approximately 55 pig farms, which reached a peak of nearly 250,000 pigs in World War II, outnumbering humans 16 to 1.<ref name=NYT1975>Cook, Joan. "Pigless Secaucus, 75, Points With Pride", The New York Times, April 29, 1975. Accessed November 14, 2022. "Actually, its swineries reached their peak during World War II, when the community's 55 farms boasted a total population of 250,000 pigs, dining on a trans‐Hudson line of garbage imported from Manhattan's hotels, restaurants and nightclubs.... The first heat came from a 1947 local ordinance that prohibited, new farms within the town borders. Then, in the early nineteen‐fifties, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority purchased 11 of the 55 farms for a highway right‐of-way. Some of the rest of the farms faded away, and the last few were put out of business by court order 18 years ago."</ref> These farms served the meat demands of Newark and New York, and made the farmers wealthy. Many of them were local politicians, most notably pork peddler Henry B. Krajewski, who ran for New Jersey senator, three times for governor and twice for U.S. President.<ref name=UCReporter11.16.14>Schwartz, Art. "Local mayor to magazine: Pig joke not amusing; Asks students to respond to New Yorker piece", The Hudson Reporter, February 16, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2014.</ref><ref name="Mullins">Mullins, Michael D. "'Redevelopment' was the word in '07 Major projects, renovations continue despite national real estate downturn", The Hudson Reporter, January 8, 2008. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Once home to pig farms, this town on the Hackensack River now has its own major train station (Secaucus Transfer Station) and several massive developments under way."</ref> The town's pig farms, rendering plants, and junk yards gave the town a reputation for being one of the most odorous in the New York metropolitan area.<ref name=UCReporter11.16.14/><ref>Staff. "New Jersey: Moonbeam McSwine's Fate, Time, August 11, 1952. Accessed September 1, 2014.</ref> An ordinance passed in 1947 prohibited new farms, and in the 1950s the pig farms began to dwindle, partially after 11 of the farms were acquired for construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, which would carry tourists who would not appreciate the odor; the last farms were shut down by court order in the late 1950s.<ref name=NYT1975/><ref name=UCReporter11.16.14/>

In 1963, debris from the demolition of Pennsylvania Station was dumped in the Secaucus Meadowlands. In later decades Secaucus became more of a commuter town. In a non-binding referendum in 1969, 90% of voters in Secaucus chose to leave Hudson County and join Bergen County, as that county was more similar in character and had lower taxes. However, only the state has the authority to change county lines, so it never came to fruition.<ref>Bonamo, Mark J. "The lost cause; Secaucus residents remember attempt to secede from Hudson County", The Hudson Reporter, August 1, 2006. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Encouraged by this success, Amico began to look across the Hackensack River. 'The makeup of Secaucus is very much unlike most of Hudson County,' he said. 'It's much more like Bergen County. We did some analysis about what taxes were like in other counties, and Bergen County had the lowest. Bergen County would have accepted us back in 1969.... We had a non-binding resolution that approved secession by 90 percent.'"</ref> Today it remains the most suburban town in Hudson County.<ref name="Mullins"/> Despite being geographically located within Hudson County, Secaucus Public Library is a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On February 9, 1996, two NJ Transit commuter trains collided at Bergen Junction in Secaucus when a train operating on the Bergen Line ran a signal and sideswiped a train running on the Main Line. The accident occurred during the morning rush hour just south of the current Secaucus Junction station. With three fatalities, the incident is NJ Transit's deadliest accident and was the first to involve fatalities of the passenger and crew on NJ Transit.<ref>Higgs, Larry. "The deadliest train crashes in New Jersey history", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 27, 2017. Accessed February 16, 2018. "Two NJ Transit commuter trains sideswiped each other in Secaucus on the morning of Feb. 9, 1996, killing three people and injuring 168 of the 400 passengers. The near head-on collision happened after a Bergen Line train to Hoboken went through a stop signal and hit a Main Line train en route from Hoboken, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash."</ref>

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Secaucus as its 182nd best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey, after ranking the borough 11th in its 2008 rankings.<ref>"Top Towns 2010", New Jersey Monthly, February 11, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref>

Geography

Secaucus is an island in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The Hackensack River runs along western side of town. Penhorn Creek and Cromakill Creek are its eastern borders.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 6.54 square miles (16.95 km²), including 5.83 square miles (15.09 km²) of land and 0.72 square miles (1.86 km²) of water (10.96%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

At the southern end of Secaucus is Snake Hill (officially known as Laurel Hill), an igneous rock diabase intrusion jutting up some Template:Convert from the Meadowlands below, near the New Jersey Turnpike.<ref>Jones, Richard Lezin. "Secaucus Journal; Humbled Mountain Offers a Mine of History, and Prehistory", The New York Times, March 31, 2002. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Or maybe the biggest insult came later, when what was left of the mountain – a geological marvel, a pristine example of igneous diabase nearly a quarter billion years old and as tall as a 20-story building – became a canvas for college students spray-painting their fraternity letters. But, no, Dan McDonough said as he stared at the once-great peak known as Snake Hill, the familiar, graffiti-scarred outcropping of rock beside the New Jersey Turnpike, between Exits 15W and 16W, those indignities are not in the forefront of his mind."</ref>

Being partly surrounded by the meadowlands, Secaucus provides opportunities to observe the recovery of natural marshes in the town's post-industrial, post-agricultural age. Some marsh areas in the northeast part of town have been filled to provide a new commercial area, and some to build footpaths for nature walks with signs illustrating birds and other wildlife to be seen there.<ref name=NYT2003>Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Secaucus; From a Swamp, an Ever-Changing Town", The New York Times, April 20, 2003. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref> At 27.4%, it has the most open "green" space in of any town in Hudson County.<ref>Stirling, Stephen."The greenest town in all 21 N.J. counties (it's called the Garden State for a reason)", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref>

Secaucus borders the municipalities of Jersey City, Kearny and North Bergen in Hudson County; and Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, Rutherford in Bergen County.<ref>Areas touching Secaucus, MapIt. Accessed March 6, 2020.</ref><ref>Hudson County Map Template:Webarchive, Coalition for a Helathy NJ. Accessed March 6, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the town include:<ref name=NYT2003/><ref>Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

• County Avenue – from Municipal Building to Secaucus Junction
• Harmon Cove – along the Hackensack River and Meadowlands Turnpike
• Harmon Meadow – site of Mill Creek Mall and Meadowlands Convention Center
• Laurel Hill
• Little Snake Hill
• Mill Creek Marsh
• North End – north of New Jersey Route 3; home of Secaucus High School, Schmiddt's Woods, and Mill Creek Marsh
• Riverbend – a wetlands preserve at the meander in the Hackensack River
• Secaucus Junction – NJ Transit's central rail hub
• Secaucus Plaza Central Business District at Paterson Plank Road south of Route 3
• Snake Hill – site of Laurel Hill County Park

Subsections

North End

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Secaucus Recreation Center

As its name suggests, the North End in Secaucus, New Jersey, is the section of town north of New Jersey Route 3 and the Secaucus Plaza Central Business District, to which it is connected by Paterson Plank Road. The Hackensack River and its tributary Mill Creek create the other borders for the district.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The North End is one of the older, traditional residential neighborhoods of Secaucus, which itself has been transformed to a commuter town and retail and outlet shopping area in the late 20th century. It is home to Secaucus High School. Nearby Schmidt's Woods is one of the last original hardwood forests in urban North Jersey. As part of the New Jersey Meadowlands District, the areas along the river are characterized by wetlands preservation and restoration areas. Mill Creek Marsh<ref>Mill Creek Enhancement Site</ref> is park administered by the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and will eventually connect to the Secaucus Greenway. It southern counterpart is known as Riverbend.<ref>NJ Meadowlands Commission</ref> The Mill Creek Mall, which is part of Harmon Meadow, is also located north of Route 3, but on the other side of Mill Creek, close to the New Jersey Turnpike Eastern Spur.Template:Citation needed

Harmon Cove

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Hackensack River looking east

Harmon Cove is the western section of Secaucus, New Jersey along the Hackensack River, south of New Jersey Route 3. The name is portmanteau taken from Hartz Mountain, a corporation that owns much land in the New Jersey Meadowlands, which originally developed the area as a gated community in the 1970s with townhouses and highrise residential buildings.<ref>Oser, Alan S. "Harmon Cove Takes Its Renters in Stride", The New York Times, June 17, 1984. Accessed June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Hartz Mountain website</ref><ref>Hanley, Robert. "Harmon Cove Progress Slowed by the Economy", The New York Times, July 12, 1981. Accessed June 25, 2017.</ref><ref>Harmon Cove - Secaucus, NJ, Hartz Mountain Industries. Accessed June 25, 2017.</ref> Part of the Hackensack RiverWalk Secaucus Greenway passes through the neighborhood, which is north of Anderson Marsh and Snake Hill, home to Hudson County's Laurel Hill Park.

NJ Transit maintained a Harmon Cove station from 1978 until the re-routing of the Bergen County Line and the opening of Secaucus Junction in August 2003. This caused NJ Transit bus 972 to be created, which connected the area of the Harmon Cove station to Secaucus Junction, and in 2006 the route was renumbered to 329.<ref>Sullivan, Al. "Harmon Cove Station will close Bus shuttle service to new station will start in July", The Hudson Reporter, February 1, 2003. Accessed December 28, 2016. "In anticipation of the Harmon Cove train station closing this coming July, the Town Council voted Feb. 11 to hire George Jensen as its transportation coordinator. He will handle scheduling and other issues involving shuttling passengers from Harmon Cove and other areas to the new $450 million Secaucus Transfer train station."</ref> The HX Draw is used by the line to cross the river. NJ Transit bus 329 serves the area. The Hudson Regional Hospital<ref>Liberty Health</ref> and several hotels are located in Harmon Cove,<ref>Harmon Cove Hotels</ref><ref>Meadowlands Plaza</ref> whose main thoroughfare is Meadowlands Parkway,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> along which office and manufacturing buildings are found. The Harmon Cove Outlet Center is an outlet shopping district<ref>Harmon cove Outlet Center</ref> further inland from the Hackensack riverfront. Hartz Mountain Industries operates many facilities and properties in Harmon Cove.

Demographics

Template:US Census population In the 2009–2013 American Community Survey, about 20% of the town's employed residents commute to New York City to work.<ref>Table 3. County and Minor Civil Division Commuting Flows for the United States and Puerto Rico: 2009–2013 from the 2009–2013 5-Year American Community Survey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 2, 2015.</ref>

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 16,264 people, 6,297 households, and 4,112 families in the town. The population density was 2,793.7 per square mile (1,078.7/km²). There were 6,846 housing units at an average density of 1,175.9 per square mile (454.0/km²). The racial makeup was 68.40% (11,125) White, 4.11% (668) Black or African American, 0.20% (32) Native American, 20.40% (3,318) Asian, 0.04% (6) Pacific Islander, 4.38% (713) from other races, and 2.47% (402) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.60% (3,025) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 6,297 households, 27.9% had children under the age of 18; 50.0% were married couples living together; 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.7% were non-families. Of all households, 29.1% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.09.<ref name=Census2010/>

19.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90.5 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $82,289 (with a margin of error of +/− $6,523) and the median family income was $96,475 (+/− $10,189). Males had a median income of $58,902 (+/− $7,548) versus $54,665 (+/− $4,626) for females. The per capita income for the town was $38,375. About 4.7% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Secaucus town, Hudson County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref>

2000 census

According to the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 15,931 people, 6,214 households, and 3,945 families residing in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 6,385 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 78.54% White, 4.45% African American, 0.11% Native American, 11.80% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.79% from other races, and 2.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.26% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Secaucus town Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Secaucus town, Hudson County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref>

There were 6,214 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.08.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the town was $59,800, and the median income for a family was $72,568. Males had a median income of $49,937 versus $39,370 for females. The per capita income for the town was $31,684. About 3.9% of families and 7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Economy

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Harmon Meadow Plaza

There are several large retail areas in Secaucus. Secaucus Plaza is the "downtown" area of Secaucus, just off of Route 3. The Outlets are a collection of outlet shops selling discounted name-brand merchandise in southwest Secaucus. Many factory retail outlets are scattered throughout the Harmon Cove industrial section, often located in warehouses or converted factories. Harmon Cove Outlet Center is the largest outlet mall, on Enterprise Avenue. The Mill Creek Mall is a mall on Route 3 on the west side of the Turnpike.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Plaza at Harmon Meadow is a large hotel, restaurant and shopping complex that includes the Template:Convert Meadowlands Convention Center, a 14-screen Showplace Theatres,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=SEC>Structural and Collateral Term Sheet COMM 2015-LC19, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, January 20, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2023. "Notable tenants at the Plaza at Harmon Meadow include Kerasotes Theatres, the Meadowlands Exposition Center and the Mall at Mill Creek. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Mall at Mill Creek has a gross leasable area of approximately 400,000 sq. ft. with tenants that include TJ Maxx, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Sports Authority, Marshalls and Bob’s Discount Furniture, among others. The Meadowlands Exposition Center is located along the northern end of the plaza and contains approximately 61,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space.... Additionally there are several hotels located within the plaza, all of which are nationally recognized, chain-affiliated properties including the Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, Hyatt Plaza, La Quinta Inn & Suites and the Extended Stay America. There are over 1,200 hotel rooms situated within the plaza."</ref> a Walmart and Sam's Club located east of the New Jersey Turnpike, near Route 3 and Interchange 16E along with several hotels with a total of 1,200 rooms.<ref name=SEC/> A Template:Convert Best Buy was opened as part of the chain's 2000 expansion into the New York metro area.<ref>James, George. "New Jersey & Co.; Eventually, Everyone Gets Here", The New York Times, September 17, 2000. Accessed December 18, 2023. "This will mark the first entry into the New York metropolitan region by the chain, which plans to open 40 stores in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut over the next three years.... Best Buy, which sells home office equipment, home appliances and entertainment software as well as consumer electronics products, is opening big box stores -- 45,000 square feet each -- on Paterson Plank in Secaucus, Route 22 Union, Route 46 in West Paterson and Route 1 in Woodbridge with the one in Route 10 in East Hanover to open soon afterward."</ref> Secaucus is home to several corporate headquarters, including The Children's Place,<ref>Vernon, Joan. "Secaucus, N.J.-Based Children's Place Seeks to Convert Browsers into Buyers.", The Record, February 27, 2004. Accessed July 16, 2008.</ref> FiberMedia,<ref>"FiberMedia Expands Its Flagship Secaucus, NJ Data Center". April 24, 2012. Yahoo! Finance.</ref> Hartz Mountain Industries,<ref>"Hartz Mountain Industries Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 29, 2020.</ref> and Quest Diagnostics.<ref>Quest Diagnostics Inc., Bloomberg. Accessed May 30, 2020.</ref>

Goya Foods previously had its headquarters there.<ref>"Contact Us". Goya Foods. Accessed November 6, 2007.</ref>

In 2011, two companies announced that they would be leaving Secaucus. The Manischewitz Company announced that it would relocate its administrative offices to Newark after being located in Secaucus for seven years.<ref>Mestanza, Jean-Pierre. "Manischewitz is moving administrative offices out of Secaucus so all operations will be in Newark", The Jersey Journal, June 10, 2011. Accessed September 1, 2014. "After seven years in Secaucus, the company is moving its administrative offices out of Harmon Plaza on Meadowlands Parkway, and taking 76 employees."</ref> Panasonic's North American headquarters, with Template:Convert of offices and Template:Convert of warehouse space, had been located in Secaucus since 1973.<ref>Staff. "New Panasonic Headquarters", The New York Times, April 15, 1973. Accessed September 1, 2014. "This 250,000-square-foot office building and a 500,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution plant will be the new headquarters of the Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, which imports Panasonic electronic products."</ref> After considering new locations in New York, California and Georgia, the company announced it would relocate to Newark and would receive an Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit of $102 million from the State of New Jersey for the relocation Template:Convert from its Secaucus location.<ref>Ingle, Laura; and Busch, Nicole. "New Jersey Pays $102 Million to Move Electronics Firm Down the Road", Fox News, June 1, 2011. Accessed September 1, 2014.</ref> The company also cited the environmental benefits possible by reducing the need of 1,000 employees to drive to work.<ref>Rubenstein, Dana. "Rail Stations Drive Demand", The Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2011. Accessed September 1, 2014.</ref>

Secaucus is home to 11 data centers due to its proximity to New York City and its more favorable costs and storm resiliency.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Arts and culture

The indie rock band, The Wrens, named their 1996 album Secaucus for the town where they resided together and worked for a decade.<ref>Bio, The Wrens. Accessed October 11, 2018. "The Wrens move to a house in Secaucus, NJ. (The Wrens will continue to live together and record at home for the next 10 years)... The Wrens release their second full length, Secaucus (1996), for Meltzer's revamped Grass to even more wonderful critical review."</ref><ref>"Music made in the Meadowlands Critically acclaimed group The Wrens works on new album", The Hudson Reporter, January 20, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2022. "The band lived together in the North End of Secaucus in a house on Luhmann Terrace. The landscape of Secaucus and the surrounding Meadowlands influenced The Wrens’ music in ways other than providing convenient titles for their albums."</ref>

Sports

Starting with the 2014–15 NBA season, Secaucus became the official review headquarters of the NBA. All reviews of controversial calls and plays take place in the replay center. Referees consult the headquarters for guidance on the correct call. The high-tech center features over 94 HD televisions, with multiple feeds of every live NBA game.<ref>Moynihan, Tim. "The NBA's New High-Tech Control Center Is a Hoops Fan's Dream", Wired, October 28, 2014. Accessed January 8, 2015. "The NBA Replay Center in Secaucus, N.J., has 94 HD screens and an underlying fiber-optic network to provide refs across the land with faster instant replays."</ref>

Sports companies headquartered in Secaucus include Red Bull New York,<ref>Red Bull New York Inc, Merchant Circle. Accessed February 20, 2011.</ref> Major League Baseball's MLB Network,<ref>About page, MLB Network. Accessed February 20, 2011.</ref> National Hockey League's NHL Network,<ref>Network, NHL Network. Accessed February 20, 2011.</ref> and NBA Entertainment/NBA TV<ref>NBA Entertainment, Goliath. Accessed February 20, 2011.</ref><ref>Durand, John. "MLB Network's Harlem plans an unnecessary distraction", Sports Business Journal Daily, August 4, 2008.</ref><ref>Maurer, Mark. "MLB Network in Secaucus works to expand digital archives", NJ.com, October 13, 2010. Accessed April 29, 2022.</ref> (whose studios are also the site of the NBA draft lottery).<ref>"At NBA lottery in Secaucus, Cleveland Cavaliers win No. 1 draft selection". NJ.com/Associated Press, May 17, 2011.</ref> It is also home to men's soccer team Secaucus FC, which is part of the Garden State Soccer League.<ref>Bonamo, Mark J. "Secaucus FC rising Local soccer club brings love of a game to town", The Hudson Reporter, August 15, 2006. Accessed April 29, 2022.</ref>

Secaucus was the headquarters of Major League Lacrosse for the first four seasons of the league.<ref>Major League Lacrosse, Trade Markia. Accessed June 3, 2011.</ref> The headquarters have since moved to Boston.<ref>Morrissey, Aly. "MLL Names Charity of All-Star Game", Major League Lacrosse, May 2, 2011</ref>

Secaucus held a pre-Super Bowl "Winter Blast" party during the first weekend of February 2014 to celebrate Super Bowl XLVIII being played in New Jersey. The party featured a number of activities, including an ice skating rink. The town had planned for large crowds, even planning special court sessions in advance to handle the projected surge of potentially disruptive visitors. The turnout was much lower than expected, with Mayor Gonnelli citing the NFL's focus on activities in Manhattan aimed at visitors.<ref>Tat, Linh. "Super Bowl didn't bring expected boost to Secaucus", The Record, February 4, 2014. Accessed February 4, 2014.</ref>

Government

Local government

Secaucus is governed under the Town form of New Jersey municipal government. The town is one of nine municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and a Town Council made up of six council members elected from three wards. The Mayor is elected at-large directly by the voters. The Town Council includes six members elected to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up at the same time as the mayor and three seats the following year, followed by two years with no elections.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 142.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 5. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>Passantino, Joseph. "Mayor/council election coming in November; Gonnelli's slate holds kickoff; Bueckner will not run again", The Hudson Reporter, June 2, 2013. Accessed November 20, 2013. "In Secaucus' form of government, residents elect a mayor every four years, along with two council people from each ward. Secaucus has three wards. Three of the council people are up for re-election with the mayor this year, and three council people will be up for re-election next year."</ref>

Template:As of, the Mayor of Secaucus is Independent Michael Gonnelli, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025. Members of the Town Council are James J. Clancy Sr. (I, 2022; Ward 2), Robert V. Constantino (I, 2025; Ward 1), Mark Dehnert (I, 2025; Ward 2), John Gerbasio (I, 2022; Ward 1), William McKeever (I, 2025; Ward 3) and Orietta Turci-Tringali (I, 2022; Ward 3).<ref name=MayorCouncil>Mayor & Council, Town of Secaucus. Accessed April 29, 2022.</ref><ref>2022 Municipal Data Sheet, Town of Secaucus. Accessed April 29, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>Elected Officials, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed April 27, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hudson2021>General Election November 2, 2021 Official results, Hudson County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Hudson2018>November 6, 2018 General Election, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 29, 2018. Accessed January 1, 2019.</ref>

Orietta Tringali was chosen in January 2018 to fill the Ward 3 seat expiring in December 2018 that had been held by Susan Pirro until she resigned from office.<ref>Villanova, Patrick. "Secaucus councilwoman resigns amid breast cancer fight", The Jersey Journal, December 26, 2017. Accessed February 17, 2018. "Citing her ongoing battle with breast cancer, Councilwoman Susan Pirro has resigned from her post on the town's governing body.... Her resignation is effective Jan. 1, 2018.... Mayor Michael Gonnelli has announced Orietta Tringali, second grade teacher at Huber Street School, is his choice to fill the third ward vacancy."</ref> On June 9, 2018, the Office of Emergency Management Building was dedicated to Pirro, who died on March 18, 2018.

In October 2016, Gary Jeffas resigned from office to fill the position as Town Administrator; his Ward 1 seat expiring in December 2018 was filled by John Gerbasio, who served on an interim basis until the November 2017 election, when he was chosen to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref>Meyers, Samantha. "Replacement for Drumeler found; Gary Jeffas to be Town Administrator, John Gerbasio may be new councilman", The Hudson Reporter, October 23, 2016. Accessed February 7, 2018. "Mayor Michael Gonnelli and the Town Council have announced that Councilman Gary Jeffas will have to resign to replace Town Administrator David Drumeler this January.... Also in the announcement, Gonnelli said that current Board of Education President John Gerbasio will be considered to fill Jeffas's term."</ref><ref>Pries, Allison. "Trustee hopeful to quit race, join Secaucus Council", The Record, October 12, 2016. Accessed February 7, 2018. "Gerbasio and First Ward Councilman Gary Jeffas are part of a role shuffling that will occur at the start of 2017. Jeffas will resign his elected position and be hired as town administrator and Gerbasio will be appointed to Jeffas' council seat, Mayor Michael J. Gonnelli said."</ref><ref name=Hudson2017>Hudson County General Election 2017 Statement of Vote November 7, 2017, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 17, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2018.</ref>

Richard Steffens was chosen unanimously by the council in August 2009 to step in as mayor to finish the term of Dennis Elwell who resigned amid corruption charges on July 28, 2009, and was later convicted.<ref>Kim, Jennifer. "Richard Steffens gets sworn in to fulfill former mayor Dennis Elwell's term", NJ.com, August 26, 2009. Accessed September 1, 2014. "With his wife Kathleen Steffens, former Secaucus library director, by his side Richard Steffens, a former two-term Democratic councilman and a former board of education trustee, was sworn in by Assemblyman Vincent Prieto with a 6–0 vote at last night's council meeting as mayor to succeed Dennis Elwell."</ref> Michael Gonnelli then won a full four-year term in November 2009 and was re-elected for another four years in 2013.<ref>Klein, Daniel. "Michael Gonnelli sworn in as mayor of Secaucus in wake of corruption scandal", The Jersey Journal, January 2, 2010. Accessed September 1, 2014. "Michael Gonnelli was sworn in as mayor of Secaucus today, starting a new era for the town in the wake of former Mayor Dennis Elwell's arrest as part of the massive New Jersey corruption scandal."</ref>

In 2018, the town had an average property tax bill of $6,258, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $7,762 in Hudson County and $8,767 statewide.<ref>2018 Property Tax Information, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, updated January 16, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Marcus, Samantha. "These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N.J.'s 21 counties", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 30, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019. "New Jersey's average property tax bill may have hit $8,767 last year — a new record — but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that.... The average property tax bill in Secaucus was $6,258 in 2018, the lowest in Hudson County."</ref>

Fire department

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Washington Hook & Ladder Co. # 1 Firehouse

Secaucus is served around the clock by five volunteer fire companies that make up the Secaucus Fire Department, with a combined fire apparatus fleet of four Engines, two Ladders, one Rescue, one squad/brush unit, and one fireboat, operating out of five fire stations located throughout the town.<ref>Secaucus Fire Department, Town of Secaucus. Accessed July 7, 2016.</ref><ref>Home Page, Secaucus Engine Co. 1. Accessed March 5, 2012.</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

Secaucus is located in the 9th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 33rd state legislative district.<ref>Districts by Number for 2023-2031, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 10,298 registered voters in Secaucus, of which 5,886 (57.2%) were registered as Democrats, 876 (8.5%) were registered as Republicans and 3,531 (34.3%) were registered as unaffiliated. There were 5 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary – Hudson, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the 2024 presidential election, Democrat Kamala Harris received 49.0% of the vote (4,096 cast), narrowly ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 48.1% (4,026 votes), and other candidates with 2.9% (240 votes).<ref name=2024Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 61.1% of the vote (4,188 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 38.1% (2,609 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (56 votes), among the 6,893 ballots cast by the town's 10,819 registered voters (40 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 63.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 53.0% of the vote here (3,889 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 45.6% (3,348 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (63 votes), among the 7,344 ballots cast by the town's 10,650 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.0%.<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 50.6% of the vote here (3,460 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 48.6% (3,320 votes) and other candidates with 0.3% (33 votes), among the 6,838 ballots cast by the town's 9,767 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.0.<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

Presidential Elections Results

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2024<ref name="2024Election">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|48.1% 4,026	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|49.0% 4,096	2.9% 240
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020<ref name="2020Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|41.4% 3,826	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|56.6% 5,236	2.0% 80
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016<ref name="2016Elections">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|42.9% 3,032	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|54.3% 3,840	2.2% 156
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012<ref name=2012Election>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|38.1% 2,609	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|61.1% 4,188	0.8% 56
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2008<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|45.6% 3,348	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|53.0% 3,889	0.9% 63
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2004<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|48.6% 3,320	style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.6% 3,460	0.3% 33

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 54.5% of the vote (2,214 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 42.8% (1,738 votes), and other candidates with 2.7% (108 votes), among the 4,376 ballots cast by the town's 10,966 registered voters (316 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.9%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 50.7% of the vote here (2,959 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 35.9% (2,096 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 5.4% (315 votes) and other candidates with 2.3% (132 votes), among the 5,833 ballots cast by the town's 10,158 registered voters, yielding a 57.4% turnout.<ref>2009 Governor: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

Education

Students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade are educated by the Secaucus Public Schools.<ref>Secaucus Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2022. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-K through twelfth in the Secaucus School District. Composition: The Secaucus School District comprises all the area within the municipal boundaries of Secaucus."</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 2,229 students and 187.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Secaucus School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the Secaucus Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are Millridge School / Early Learning Center<ref>Early Learning Center, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref> serving Pre-K, Clarendon Elementary School<ref>Clarendon Elementary School, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2022.</ref> with 470 students in grades K–5, Huber Street Elementary School<ref>Huber Street Elementary School, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2022.</ref> with 635 students in grades Pre-K–5, Secaucus Middle School<ref>Secaucus Middle School, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2022.</ref> with 514 students in grades 6–8 and Secaucus High School<ref>Secaucus High School, Secaucus Public Schools. Accessed March 15, 2022.</ref> with 594 students in grades 9–12<ref>School Locations, Secaucus Public School District. Accessed March 15, 2022.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Secaucus School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The athletic teams of Secaucus High School are nicknamed the "Patriots".<ref>"Patriot Campus Store". Secaucus High School. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref>

For the 2018–19 school year, the Hudson County Schools of Technology moved High Tech High School from its previous location in North Bergen to a newly built Template:Convert school building in Secaucus constructed at a cost of $160 million on a Template:Convert site.<ref>Elamroussi, Aya. "$160M high-tech high school opens, dedicated to longtime educator", The Jersey Journal, September 8, 2018, updated January 29, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2020. "That's just the entrance of the new High Tech High School campus — the tip of the iceberg. The $160 million state-of-the-art school opened this week and was dedicated this afternoon to retiring Hudson County Schools of Technology Superintendent Frank J. Gargiulo.... The 350,000-square-foot building is packed with technological perks ranging from recording and production studios to 12 science labs and music classrooms.... The Frank J. Gargiulo Campus stands on a 22-acre land owned by the county, roughly twice the size of the old High Tech building in North Bergen."</ref> The former building was sold to the North Bergen School District to become the new home of North Bergen High School.<ref>Kennedy, Mike. "North Bergen (N.J.) district will move high school to high-tech campus that is being vacated County's High Tech High School is moving to Secaucus, and North Bergen will acquire the facility.", American School & University, November 16, 2016. Accessed January 19, 2020. "The North Bergen (N.J.) school district says it will move its high school to a facility being vacated by Hudson County Schools of Technology's High Tech High School."</ref>

Immaculate Conception School, the town's only Catholic private day school, serving grades Pre-K through eighth grade, closed in 2008.<ref>Parish History Template:Webarchive, Immaculate Conception Parish. Accessed September 1, 2014. "In 2008, the parish school also closed and the buildings are being used for religious education."</ref>

The Nicholas G. Hayek Watchmaking School, established in 2005, offers a two-year training program that prepares students to service watches.<ref>Bonamo, Mark J. "Switzerland in Secaucus Watchmaking school teaches how to keep time ticking", The Hudson Reporter, December 14, 2006. Accessed July 15, 2012. "To help address this occupational gap, the Swatch Group opened the school named after Hayek in Sept. 2005. The school strictly adheres to the curriculum established by the Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program, or WOSTEP. Completion of the two-year, 3,000-hour training program enables graduates to get a job servicing watches anywhere in the world. There are only four other schools like the one in Secaucus in the U.S."</ref>

Transportation

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The northbound New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) in Secaucus

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Former trolley station, now a park

Secaucus contains a wide variety of road and rail transportation. Because of its central location, many shipping warehouses and truck freight transfer stations are located in Secaucus, both for shipping companies such as UPS and for numerous retailers. The town also has a large rail yard and multimode terminal run by CSX and Norfolk Southern where loads are switched between trains or transferred to or from trucks.Template:Citation needed

Roads and highways

Template:As of, the town had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Hudson County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.<ref>Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed November 13, 2013.</ref>

Secaucus is crossed by several major roadways.<ref>Hudson County Highway Map, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> The town is roughly divided into four parts by the intersecting roads of Route 3, which runs east and west,<ref>Route 3 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated March 2017. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> and the Eastern Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95), which runs north–south.<ref>Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated August 2014. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> The Route 3 bridges cross the Hackensack River, connecting to East Rutherford; the eastbound bridge, constructed in 1934, was described by state transportation commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti in 2022 as being "in the worst condition of any in the state", and is part of $143 million replacement project.<ref>Wilson, Colleen. "Route 3 Bridge, one of the most dilapidated in NJ, will get $143M replacement", The Record, January 25, 2022. Accessed April 5, 2022. "Pascrell turned 85 on Tuesday, making him just three years younger than the Route 3 Bridge fanned out behind him, which is due to be replaced thanks to an infusion of federal cash.... That eastbound crossing from East Rutherford to Secaucus, according to state Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, is 'in the worst condition of any in the state.'"</ref> Two turnpike interchanges are located within the town: Exit 16E/17<ref>Enlarged View 47 (Secaucus Town, North Bergen Township and Union City, Hudson County), New Jersey Department of Transportation, March 2019. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> for Route 3 and Route 495<ref>Route 495 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2014. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref> (which leads to the Lincoln Tunnel), and Exit 15X for the Secaucus Junction station (which opened in late 2005).<ref>Harrington, Shannon D. "Enter Exit 15X", The Record, November 30, 2005. Accessed August 29, 2013. "Exit 15X, the new $250 million Secaucus interchange on the New Jersey Turnpike, will open to motorists Thursday night."</ref>

Public transportation

Secaucus is the site of NJ Transit's Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction rail station, which connects NJ Transit's two commuter rail networks in northern New Jersey.<ref>Secaucus Junction, NJ Transit. Accessed November 20, 2013.</ref> As the station is in the south end of the town, access from the rest of Secaucus is limited via County Avenue, Meadowlands Parkway or NJ Turnpike Interchange 15X. The station opened in December 2003, with a 1,100-spot parking lot that allows commuters to park and ride.<ref>Staff. "Secaucus rail station finally gets parking", The Hudson Reporter, June 1, 2009. Accessed November 20, 2013. "State officials, including New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 1 to celebrate the opening of the long-anticipated 1,100-space parking lot at the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station in Secaucus."</ref> Discount curbside intercity bus service is also provided outside the station by Megabus, with direct service to Boston and Philadelphia, among other locations.<ref>"Secaucus, NJ, Frank. J Lautenberg Station at Secaucus Junction", Routefriend. Accessed March 15, 2014.</ref>

Numerous NJ Transit buses serve Secaucus, including the 124, 129, 190 and 320 buses to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, the 78 bus to Newark, the 2 route to Jersey City, the 85 route to Hoboken and local service provided on the 772 route.<ref>Hudson County Bus/Rail Connection, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 20, 2011.</ref><ref>Hudson County System Map Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref><ref>2018 Hudson County Transit Map, Hudson Transportation Management Association. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref> There is a bus park-and-ride at the northeast corner of Secaucus.<ref>Park & Ride Lots in Hudson County, Hudson Transportation Management Association. Accessed September 1, 2014.</ref>

In the first half of the 20th century the Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway operated a trolley line through the then main business district of Secaucus, on Paterson Plank Road from Jersey City and across the Hackensack River to East Rutherford.Template:Citation needed

The closest airport with scheduled passenger service is Newark Liberty International Airport, which straddles Newark and Elizabeth. The nearest intercity rail station is Newark Penn Station, a one-seat ride from Secaucus Junction.

Media

Secaucus is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. Local, county and regional news is covered by The Jersey Journal, the daily newspaper that relocated its offices to Secaucus in 2014 from Jersey City's Journal Square, an area of the city that was named for the newspaper that operated there for 90 years.<ref>McDonald, Terrence T. "Jersey Journal ushers in 'new era,' moves into new 10,000-square-foot Secaucus headquarters", The Jersey Journal, January 7, 2014. Accessed July 10, 2015. "The Jersey Journal, Hudson County's 147-year-old daily newspaper, officially moved into its new headquarters in Secaucus yesterday, starting what the paper's publisher calls 'a new era.' The paper called Journal Square home for more than a century and was at 30 Journal Square for nearly 90 years. In fact, that area of Jersey City was named after The Jersey Journal."</ref> The Secaucus Reporter is part of The Hudson Reporter group of local weeklies.

Locally, Secaucus is covered by weeklies the River View Observer and El Especialito.<ref>El Especial's Online. Accessed August 31, 2013.</ref> The town had been served by the Secaucus Home News, a weekly newspaper that published for 107 years before abruptly shutting down in 2017.<ref>"Secaucus Home News closes down", The Hudson Reporter, November 30, 2017. Accessed February 26, 2018. "The Secaucus Home News, a weekly newspaper that launched in 1910, published its final issue this week, a former reporter has confirmed. 'It is done,' said Louise Rittberg, who reported for the paper from 1980 to 2001. 'One hundred and seven years.'"</ref>

WWOR-TV, channel 9, is a television station licensed to Secaucus, serving the New York metro area television market as the flagship station of the MyNetworkTV programming service. Its studios and main offices were located in Secaucus, but have since relocated to the Fox Television Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side with co-owned WNYW.<ref>Gautier, Andrew. "MyNetworkTV Flagship WWOR Returns News to 10", TVSpy, May 9, 2011.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The 1987–1989 talk show The Morton Downey Jr. Show was among the WWOR-TV programs filmed in Secaucus.<ref>Kogan, Rick. "Morton Downey Jr. paved the way for the angry talk show host of today", Chicago Tribune, August 17, 2015. Accessed February 26, 2018. "Taped in front of a live and loud audience in studios in Secaucus, N.J., the Morton Downey Jr. Show was an immediate ratings success, moving into national syndication in 1988."</ref><ref>Smerconish, Michael. "Michael Smerconish on Reliable Sources: 'I see shades of Morton Downey Jr. in so much of the political environment today'", Reliable Sources / CNN, August 16, 2015. Accessed February 26, 2018. "Smerconish on seeing Downey Jr.’s influence on Trump's presidential campaign: 'I think that the Trump appeal is likely to some of the same people, those 20- and 30-somethings who would show up in Secaucus and applaud Morton Downey when he would do this nightly television program. I think it's the same mentality and frankly that it plays to the very lowest common denominator.'"</ref><ref>Staff. "Thankfully, Rev. Al Sharpton No Longer Addresses His Detractors As 'Punk Faggot'", The Smoking Gun, December 16, 2010. Accessed September 1, 2014. "An upcoming documentary about the late Morton Downey Jr., the acerbic, chain-smoking talk show host, promises a meditation on the progenitor of trash TV, whose eponymous 1980s program was filmed in Secaucus, New Jersey and whose audience was filled with current and future probationers."</ref>

The warehouse at 10 Enterprise Avenue was used as the primary filming location for the hospital drama Mercy, which aired on NBC from 2009 to 2010.<ref name=NJFilm>Wright, E. Assata. "Getting the film crews back to NJ; Gov. to decide future of tax credit that benefited Hudson County", The Hudson Reporter, February 20, 2011. Accessed July 15, 2012. "The tax credit had been instrumental in attracting several TV productions to Hudson County, including the NBC hospital drama Mercy, which was shot in Secaucus, and NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which filmed throughout the county but was primarily shot in a studio in North Bergen."</ref>

Secaucus was the original home to cable news channel MSNBC until parent company NBCUniversal elected to consolidate it with NBC News at a single facility in the company's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. MLB Network took over the space after that.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Notable people

Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Secaucus include the following: (B) denotes that the person was born there.

• Jeff Bittiger (born 1962), former relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.<ref>Tuite, James. "Players; Jersey Pitcher A Gem For Mets", The New York Times, September 28, 1982. Accessed August 1, 2022. "Players from the Sun Belt, like Strawberry, have a distinct advantage, said the 20-year-old Bittiger, who is from Secaucus, N.J."</ref>
• Robert John Burck (born 1970), Times Square street performer known as the Naked Cowboy<ref>Maurer, Mark. "Secaucus' Naked Cowboy: Bring back House Committee on Un-American Activities", The Jersey Journal, November 11, 2010. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Anyone who has spent a moment in the presence of the Naked Cowboy in Times Square as the busker strums a guitar clad in nothing more than cowboy boots, a hat and underpants would assume he's a free-wheeling spirit. The truth is Robert John Burck, of Secaucus, swings to the right politically."</ref>
• Jerry Casale (1933–2019), former Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "A MLB player in winter; Former Red Sox pitcher reflects on the game, past and present", The Hudson Reporter, September 26, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2013. "One of six children in a tight-knit Italian family in south Brooklyn, Casale, who now lives in Secaucus, said 'there was a lot of tragedy for us.'"</ref>
• Dave Draper (1942–2021), bodybuilder<ref>Hanc, John. "Lifting for Life: Dave Draper, a 1960s bodybuilding star is back—and touting the rewards of strength building." AARP Bulletin, October 2006. "Except the muscles: they were real. Draper had been developing those since he was 12, not on a West Coast beach but in the basement of his parents' home in Secaucus, N.J."</ref><ref>Sullivan, Al. "To the top of the world and back Secaucus bodybuilding superstar comes home", The Hudson Reporter, August 15, 2002. Accessed September 1, 2014. "Dave Draper hasn't been to his old neighborhood in Secaucus in a while, and he's sure he won't recognize the place where he was born and raised."</ref>
• Dennis Elwell (born 1945), mayor of Secaucus from 2000 until 2009, when he resigned after allegations of political corruption<ref>Van Dusen, Matthew. "Charges against Secaucus mayor shock even hardened foes", The Record, July 23, 2009. Accessed July 15, 2012.</ref>
• Paul Iacono (born 1988), actor known for the 2009 film Fame, and the TV series The Hard Times of RJ Berger(B)<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "The biggest loser; Secaucus native Paul Iacono plays hapless teen in MTV's Hard Times of RJ Berger", The Hudson Reporter, June 13, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2012. "Yet despite his obvious status as a loser, RJ – played by Secaucus native Paul Iacono, 21 – is a loveable square everybody can relate to."</ref>
• Anthony Impreveduto (1948–2009), served on the Town Council from 1981 to 1992 and in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1987 to 2004 until he was forced to resign after pleading guilty to corruption charges<ref>Livio, Susan K.; and Graber, Trish G. "Former N.J. Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto dies at 61", The Star-Ledger, August 6, 2009. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Anthony Impreveduto, a 61-year-old former teacher and Hudson County Assemblyman for 17 years, died today at Hackensack University Medical Center after a battle with cancer. Impreveduto was forced to resign, fined $10,000 and placed on five years' probation after pleading guilty to using campaign funds for income taxes, a daughter's wedding and sports memorabilia. He got his start in politics as a councilman in Secaucus, serving from 1981 to 1992. He got elected to the state Assembly in 1987 and served eight terms."</ref>
• Louis King (born 1999), college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks<ref>Louis King - USA Basketball. Accessed September 6, 2018. "Birthplace: Secaucus, New Jersey; Parents: Ativea & Louis King; Siblings: 7"</ref>
• Henry B. Krajewski (1912–1966), pig farmer and frequent political candidate<ref>"Poor Man's Candidate", Time March 17, 1952. "Massive (6 ft., 240 lbs.) Henry B. Krajewski of Secaucus, N.J. has a five-acre farm with 4,000 pigs, a flourishing saloon ('Tammany Hall Tavern') and political ambitions."</ref>
• Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress<ref>Axelrod, Nick. "Tilt-A-Whirl Girl: Margarita Levieva in 'Adventureland'"' Women's Wear Daily, April 2, 2009. Accessed November 20, 2013. "Though she was accepted into New York's famed Laguardia High School to study dance, she attended public high school in Secaucus, N.J., instead."</ref>
• Mark Lukasiewicz (born 1973), former MLB pitcher who played two seasons for the Anaheim Angels<ref>Hague, Jim. "Scoreboard: The reluctant homecoming Secaucus' Lukasiewicz never figured he'd be back pitching in Jersey", The Hudson Reporter, August 24, 2004. Accessed December 7, 2017. "After receiving his release from the Anaheim Angels last fall, Mark Lukasiewicz had a handful of offers to choose from over the winter.... For now, he's back home in Jersey, hurling in front of family and friends. People from Secaucus are venturing out to Somerset County, to support their native son."</ref>
• Blaine Morris, cast member on the MTV drama Skins<ref>Rounds, Kate. "Skins flick; Secaucus native lands part on controversial teen drama", The Hudson Reporter, February 20, 2011. Accessed September 1, 2014. "Blaine Morris was born with the perfect stage name and the talent to match. She grew up in Secaucus and attended Hudson County's High Tech High School because they have a 'good musical theater program,' she said, 'and it was cool that you could have a major in high school.'"</ref>
• Frank MacCormack (born 1954), former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers and Seattle Mariners.<ref>Noble, Marty. "Big Mac's big chance; Secaucus pitcher gets Coast shot", The Record, November 11, 1976. Accessed November 14, 2022. "The Weehawken High School Class of '71 holds its fifth-year reunion Dec. 3. Frank MacCormack will attend, but few of his classmates will realize he is there.... They'd be looking for a Secaucus resident, who, by his own admission, usually wore pants that were too short and funny-looking clothes."</ref>
• John J. Matheussen (born 1953), politician who represented the 4th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 2003<ref>Tedeschi, Bruno. "Drive, not cash, fuels Matheussen's Senate bid", The Record, May 31, 2002. Accessed December 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "'I don't come from a conservative Republican district,' said Matheussen, who was born in Jersey City, raised in Secaucus, and graduated from Weehawken High School."</ref>
• Vincent Prieto (born 1960), member of the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004 who was chosen as Assembly Speaker for the 2014–2015 Legislative Session<ref>Zeitlinger, Ron. "Vincent Prieto, New Jersey's new Assembly Speaker, is second Cuban-American in post", The Jersey Journal, November 8, 2013. Accessed November 20, 2013. "As expected, the incoming Assembly Democratic majority yesterday morning chose Vincent Prieto of Secaucus to serve as the new Assembly Speaker."</ref>
• Dan Resin (1931–2010), actor known as Dr. Beeper in the film Caddyshack and as the Ty-D-Bol man in toilet cleaner commercials<ref>Maurer, Mark. "Actor Dan Resin, who died Friday at 79, was a former longtime Secaucus resident" Template:Webarchive, The Jersey Journal, August 3, 2010. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Best known as Dr. Beeper in golf comedy Caddyshack and the Ty-D-Bol man in toilet cleaner commercials, actor Dan Resin, formerly of Secaucus, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Friday. He was 79."</ref>
• Ian Roberts (born 1965), founding member of the Upright Citizens Brigade improv troupe<ref>Wright, E. Assata. "Players shoots for laughs; Secaucus native creates, stars in new sitcom", The Hudson Reporter, March 14, 2010. Accessed November 20, 2013. "Players, the new Spike TV sitcom co-starring and co-created by Secaucus native Ian Roberts, follows the lives of brothers Ken and Bruce Fitzgerald who own a sports bar in Phoenix, Ariz."</ref>
• Russ (born 1992), rapper<ref>Picou, Sabrina. "Mr Independent; Who is rapper Russ?", The Sun, April 7, 2022. "Russ whose full name is Russell James Vitale, is an artist from Secaucus, New Jersey."</ref>
• Bart Shatto, actor<ref>Orel, Gwen. "Montclair Times Intereview: Luna Stage's Tar Beach", The Montclair Times, April 16, 2015. Accessed October 2, 2015. "Dad, played by Secaucus' Bart Shatto, drinks too much and blusters, but loves his family."</ref>
• Seven Volpone (born 1972), entrepreneur, business executive, singer, songwriter and record producer<ref>Sullivan, Al. "Local boy makes good CAST star makes splash on pop scene", The Hudson Reporter, August 13, 2002. Accessed June 26, 2022. "But only a handful of local residents know who the lead singer, Seven, really is, or the fact that he grew up in Secaucus and that he had been a star on stage here during high school in the late 1980s."</ref>

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