Grove Street station (PATH)

Grove Street (originally Grove–Henderson Streets) is a station on the PATH system. Located at the intersection of Grove Street, Newark Avenue and Railroad Avenue in the Downtown neighborhood of Jersey City, New Jersey, it is served by the Newark–World Trade Center line at all times, the Journal Square–33rd Street line on weekdays (except for during the late-evening and early-morning hours), and the Journal Square–33rd Street (via Hoboken) line on weekends and during late-evening and early-morning weekday hours.

This article is about the PATH station. For the Newark Light Rail station, see Grove Street station (Newark Light Rail). For the former NJ Transit station, see Grove Street station (NJ Transit).

Grove Street
PATH rapid transit station
The center platform at Grove Street station
Location	Newark Avenue and Grove Street Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates	40.719671°N 74.043117°W / 40.719671; -74.043117
Owned by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NJT Bus: 80, 81, 82, 86 A&C Bus 4, Montgomery & West Side line
Construction
Parking	Parking lots and garages adjacent to station
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 6, 1910[1]
Rebuilt	2003
Electrified	600V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Grove-Henderson Streets
Traffic
Passengers (2018)	6,289,356[2]  27.3%
Services
Preceding station PATH Following station Journal Square toward Newark NWK–WTC Weekdays and holiday weekends Exchange Place toward World Trade Center NWK–WTC Weekends except holidays Exchange Place Terminus Journal Square Terminus JSQ–33 Weekdays Newport toward 33rd Street JSQ–33 (via HOB) Weeknights Weekends Holidays
Former services Preceding station Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Following station Summit Avenue toward Park Place Park Place – Hudson Terminal Exchange Place toward Hudson Terminal
Track layout to Exchange Pl to Newport to former Henderson Yd to Journal Sq

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent
P Platform level	Westbound	←      NWK–WTC toward Newark (Journal Square) ←           JSQ-33 (weekends via HOB) toward Journal Square (Terminus)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→      NWK–WTC toward World Trade Center (Exchange Place) → →           JSQ-33 (weekends via HOB) toward 33rd Street (Newport) →

Eastern entrance at Marin Street

Western entrance at Grove Street

The station, opened on September 6, 1910, has two tracks and one island platform.[1]

Originally the station had exits at either end. The western stair led to the intersection of Grove Street and Newark Avenue and a simple kiosk underneath the Pennsylvania Railroad's mainline viaduct, which ran above what is now Christopher Columbus Drive. The station's easterly end exited to Henderson Street (now Marín Boulevard). The railroad viaduct was taken down in the late 1960s, and the station was reconfigured in the 1970s. As part of the reconstruction, the eastern and western exits were closed in favor of a mezzanine situated in a triangle formed by the intersections of Grove Street, Newark Avenue, and Columbus Drive. Two stairways from the platform level connect to the mezzanine, with fare turnstiles at the top of each stairway. Two exits lead to street level; one, with escalators, leads to the station's primary kiosk, while the other is a stairway that leads to the south side of Columbus Drive.

As a result of an increase in ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) reopened the easterly exit and built a second kiosk at the corner of Columbus Drive and Marín Boulevard. Despite the fact that construction of eastern entrance/exit took place between 2003–2005, the station was not made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[3] In September 2011 a federal judge found that it was technically feasible to do so and ordered the PANYNJ provide handicapped-access.[4][5] In 2014 legal settlement the PANYNJ agreed to provide handicap at the western end of the station.[6] Construction of elevator access began in April 2015,[7] and the elevator opened in June 2017. However, a month after opening, it experienced several breakdowns.[8]

In June 2019, the Port Authority released the PATH Improvement Plan.[9][10][11] As part of the plan, every train on the NWK-WTC route will consist of 9-car trains. To accomplish this, the platform at Grove Street will be extended at the Marin Boulevard end of the station.[9] The platform extension is expected to be completed by 2022.[12] The Port Authority put the contract to extend the platform out to bid on January 28, 2020, and expected the cost of the project to be between $15 and $20 million. To extend the platform 51.33 feet (15.65 m), structural walls will be replaced by support columns.[13]

The intersection is a busy stop for buses, most of which head west and south.

References

1. Dougherty, Peter (2006) [2002]. Tracks of the New York City Subway 2006 (3rd ed.). Dougherty. OCLC 49777633 – via Google Books.
2. "PATH Ridership Report" (PDF). pathnynj.gov. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
3. "Advocates: PATH Station is in Violation of Americans with Disabilities Act". December 4, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
4. MacDonald, Terrence (September 8, 2011), "Federal judge orders Port Authority to make Grove Street PATH station handicapped-accessible", The Jersey Journal
5. "United Spinal Association Secures Judgment Ordering Port Authority to Make PATH Train Station Accessible to Wheelchair Users" (Press release). United Spinal Association. September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
6. "Port Authority settles suit over disabled access to Grove Street PATH station". NJ.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
7. "Construction to begin on $4M Grove Street PATH station elevator". NJ.com. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
8. McDonald, Terrence T. (July 25, 2017). "Are growing pains over for new PATH elevator in Jersey City?". NJ.com. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
9. "PATH Implementation Plan" (PDF). PANYNJ. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
10. "Port Authority announces plan to increase PATH capacity, reduce delays". ABC7 New York. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
11. Higgs, Larry (June 20, 2019). "PATH will spend $1B to ease overcrowding, delays that mess up your commute". nj.com. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
12. "Bringing PATH into the 21st Century". panynj.gov. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
13. "PATH – Grove Street Station 9-Car Service Platform Extension". nyscr.ny.gov. The New York State Contract Reporter. January 28, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2020.

External links

• PATH – Grove Street
• Grove Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Marin Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View