Jersey City, New Jersey County are sometimes referred to as New York City's Sixth Borough. Jersey City (and most of Hudson County) is located on the peninsula known as Bergen Neck, with a waterfront on the east at the Hudson River and New York Bay and on the west at the Hackensack River and Newark Bay. Its north-south axis corresponds with the ridge of Bergen Hill, the emergence of the Hudson Palisades. The city is the site of some of the earliest European settlements in North America, which grew into each other rather expanding from a central point. This growth and the topography greatly
Union City, New Jersey a 41.0% turnout. Union City is one of the five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue which was created in 1999; the city is served along with Guttenberg, North Bergen, Weehawken and West New York. Union City's Chief of Police is Richard Molinari, a Union City resident who replaced former Chief Brian Barrett. Bergenline Avenue and the marginal highway of New Jersey Route 495 are major public transportation corridors. Union City is from New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel, its main approach road, Route 495 bisecting it. Within a mile to the west