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Saint Peters University - - Transportation

The closest Newark Liberty International Airport, located in Newark, NJ, at a distance of 5 miles, from the city center of Jersey City, NJ.

 

Getting around in Jersey City, NJ

Public Transportation

 

Nearly 50% of Jersey City’s population uses the public transportation service, as their commute to work, which is the 2nd highest percentage of public transit riders of any city with a population of more than 100,000, in USA, after New York City.

 

The public transportation service, in Jersey City is provided by: Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, which has 3 branches - Hoboken-22nd Street, Hoboken-Tonnelle Avenue, and West Side Avenue-Tonnelle Avenue, PATH, which is a 24-hour rapid transit system with four stations - Exchange Place, Pavonia-Newport, Grove Street, and Journal Square, and the Hoboken Terminal-New Jersey Transit.

 

The major origination/destination points for buses are the Journal Square Transportation Center, Exchange Place, and Hoboken Terminal (just over the city line’s northeast corner).

 

Transportation Alternatives

 

During the summer months, Liberty Water Taxi operates ferries between Dock M. of Liberty State Park and the World Financial Center, the city also offering visitors the Hornblower Cruises that run between Liberty State Park and Ellis Island, including Liberty Island, The BillyBey Ferry Company also operating ferries between Newport, Paulus Hook, Liberty Harbor, Port Liberté and the World Financial Cente, and Pier 11 lower Manhattan and 39th Street, in midtown Manhattan.

 

Major Highways and Roads

 

The major roads in Jersey City are: Holland Tunnel (in downtown Jersey City with eastern terminus at Canal Street, Manhattan), New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 78, U.S. Routes 1 and 9, and New Jersey Routes 139 and 440.

 

How to get to St. Peter’s College campus?

Easy! Just follow the driving directions listed below!

 

From Newark Liberty International Airport: Head northeast and make a slight left. Take the US-1 N/US-9 N/US-9/US-22/NJ-21 ramp and continue toward US-1 Truck N/US-9 Truck N. Keep right at the fork to continue toward US-1 Truck N/US-9 Truck N, and then keep left. Make a slight left at US-1 Truck N/US-9 Truck N and take the ramp onto US-1 Truck S/US-9 Truck S/Raymond Blvd. Continue to follow US-1 Truck S/US-9 Truck S and continue onto Communipaw Ave/County Rd 612. Turn left at John F Kennedy Blvd. St. Peter’s College will be on the left.