The terminal as viewed from River Street

Hackensack Bus Terminal, also called the Hackensack Bus Transfer, is a regional bus station in downtown Hackensack, New Jersey, owned and operated by New Jersey Transit. The bus station was built in the 1970s and was extensively renovated in 2007 while starting in 2006. An outdoor central island boarding–disembarking area surrounds an indoor waiting room and ticketing facilities. Service from nearby bus stops travels to locations in Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Hudson counties as well as the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Station in New York City. In October 2018, the Hackensack Transit Connector, servicing the bus terminal, the city's train stations, and the County Courthouse Complex, was initiated.

Location and vicinity

The bus station is located on River Street one block east of the commercial district on Main Street. Nearby is the New Jersey Naval Museum's USS Ling on the bank of the Hackensack River. Reminders of the original colonial city centered on the First Reformed Dutch Church and the county seat of Bergen County, including the Bergen County Court House, are also in the immediate vicinity. The White Manna, an iconic 1946 diner, and the Bergen Museum of Art & Science are located just north on River Street.

The station is approximately equidistant between two of the three train stations on New Jersey Transit's Pascack Valley Line that serve the city. Transfer to any of them requires a short walk or bus trip. Essex Street Station serves the southern part of the downtown and the Hackensack University Medical Center, while Anderson Street Station serves the northern part including Farleigh Dickenson University. The three transit hubs are part of Hackensack's transit-oriented development plan, and potential transit village initiative, which was granted in February 2016. The proposed Passaic-Bergen Rail Line would terminate to the west at nearby State Street. The New Bridge Landing Station (for a time known as North Hackensack) is located over the city's northern border near the city line of adjoining River Edge.

Routes

Originating, terminating, or stopping at bus station:

RouteDestinationMajor PointsNotes
76 NJTNewark Penn StationEssex Street Station Rutherford Station Kearny Newark Broad Street
83 NJTJournal Square Transportation Center Jersey CityTeaneck The Ridgefields Tonnelle Avenue Summit Avenue
178 NJTGWB Station ManhattanTeaneck Englewood Fort Lee GWB PlazaEnglewood/Teaneck (northern route) variant of Route 182
182 NJTGWB Station ManhattanFort Lee GWB PlazaLeonia/Teaneck/Bogota (southern route) variant of Route 178
712 NJTWillowbrook Mall or Totowa Industrial Park rush hours onlyEssex Street Station Saddle Brook Paterson (NJT station)
751 NJTBergen Community CollegeAdditional service to BCC available on 755
751 NJTEdgewater CommonsAnderson Avenue Nungesser'sAdditional service to Edgewater Commons via different routing on 755
752 NJTRidgewood OaklandParamus The Outlets at Bergen Town Center Bergen Regional Medical Center Paramus ParkOff-peak service operates only between Hackensack and Ridgewood No Sunday service
755 NJTBergen Community CollegeAdditional service to BCC available on 751
755 NJTEdgewater CommonsPalisade AvenueAdditional service to Edgewater Commons via different routing on 751
762 NJTParamus ParkFarleigh Dickenson University The Shops at Riverside Kinderkamack Roadno Sunday service
770 NJTPaterson Broadway Bus TerminalWestfield Garden State Plaza Passaic Street Fairlawn Broadway (NJT station) Broadwayno Sunday service to Westfield Garden State Plaza
772 southbound NJTMeadowlands Sports ComplexMain Street Moonachie Road Harmon Cove County AvenueMidday and PM service only. Service from New Milford to Hackensack only during AM rush hours stops on Main Street
780 westbound NJTPassaicEssex Street Station Hasbrouck HeightsNo Sunday service
780 eastbound NJTEnglewood HospitalMain Street TeaneckNo Sunday service

FT 1X-Hackensack Bus Transfer to/from Inwood West 204th Street and Nagle Avenue in Manhattan, NY via Fort Lee Road, GWB and Broadway.

Bergen County local routes

Traveling within city limits.

routeterminalHackensack stopterminalmain streets of travelnotes
753 NJTThe Outlets at Bergen Town CenterMain Street State StreetNew Milford or CresskillTeaneck Road Madison Avenue (New Milford trips only) Union Avenue (Cresskill trips only)Trips alternate between the two branches
756 NJTBergen Community CollegeThe Shops at RiversideEnglewood CliffsRoute 4 New Bridge Landing The Shops at Riverside Reichelt Road (alternate trips) Tryon Avenue Fort Lee Road
772 NJTNew MilfordMain Street State StreetMeadowlands Sports ComplexTeaneck Road (New Milford trips only) Moonachie Road County Avenue Harmon CoveTrips outside of rush hours operate only between the Meadowlands and Hackensack

Port Authority Bus Terminal routes

routevia Hudson Countyin HackensackBergen terminalmajor pointsnotes
144 NJTwestbound AM peak ANDeastbound PM peak via NJ 495 Marginal HighwayEssex StreetParamus or Elmwood ParkRoute 4, Essex Street, Moonachie Avenuerush hours only
145 NJTEssex StreetFair LawnCentury Road, Morlot Avenuepeak service only
155 NJTMain and AndersonTeaneckThe Outlets at Bergen Town CenterNo weekend service
164NJTEssex StreetMidland ParkPaterson Plank Road Meadowlands Sports Complex
165 NJTNungessers Boulevard EastMain StreetWestwoodNew Bridge Landing (NJT station) Kinderkamack RoadBoulevard East full-time local service New Jersey Turnpike Express weekday rush hours and Saturdays only Garden State Parkway weekday rush hours only
168 NJTNungessers Boulevard EastMain and AndersonParamus ParkBoulevard East Queen Anne Road, Cedar Lane, Forest AvenueBoulevard East full-time local service New Jersey Turnpike express weekday rush hours only

See also

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