Greenville, Jersey City

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Greenville is an unincorporated area and neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Greenville had been formed as a township on March 18, 1863. It was absorbed into Jersey City on February 4, 1873, ending its life as an independent municipality"Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958, p. 78 - Extinct List..

It encompasses the southern tip of Jersey City and is bounded by Culver Avenue to the north, the Hackensack River to the west, the Hudson River tidal basin to the east, and the Bayonne city limits to the south.

Greenville is primarily residential, with a principal commercial corridor surrounding Danforth Avenue. The neighborhood is adjacent to Greenville Yards, a former Conrail railyard now being used as a distribution center. Jersey City includes the Port Liberté development, a high-end gated residential community on the Hudson River waterfront, as being part of Greenville, although Jersey City residents typically consider Port Liberté to be distinct from Greenville as they are separated by the New Jersey Turnpike extension (Interstate 78) and represent vastly different socioeconomic backgrounds.

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