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Liberty State Park (map) is as large as New York's Central Park but is far less developed. Nonetheless, it gets some 4 million visitors a year, drawn to the waterfront to see unsurpassed views of Manhattan, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Don't miss fireworks displays over the water in the Fourth of July! Most tourists see the Statue of Liberty from Manhattan, but if you're coming by car, it's easier to do so from the Park. Make your reservations online ahead of time. Admission to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are free, but you must buy a ferry ticket to make it to both sites. The ferry is first-come, first-served, but your advance reservation will guarantee you a particular window of time in which to visit the Statue. Tickets are sold in the historic Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) terminal. While you are waiting for the ferry to depart, be sure to admire its early 20th-century ironwork and architecture. For immigrants heading west to places like Chicago and Pittsburgh after processing at Ellis Island, this is where their overland rail journeys began.
Liberty State Park (LSP) is a 1,212 acres (490 ha) state park in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City opposite Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The park opened in 1976 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations and is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. Statue City Cruises provides ferry service from the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal to Liberty Island and Ellis Island.
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Formerly the Pole Position Raceway, RPM is an indoor go-kart race track where you can race others at .
In Liberty State Park. Home to the largest planetarium in the Americas, and it offers lessons on the biology of the Hudson River Estuary and an exhibit dedicated to skyscrapers.
Communipaw Terminal
Historic railroad terminal where immigrants were sent after being processed through Ellis Island in the late 19th century. Train service here ended in 1967. In 1975, the terminal was listed in the National Register of Historic Places and became a state landmark. One of only two historic intermodal stations on the Hudson Waterfront to still stand. It is now an immigration museum and the place to buy tickets to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
Although most people visiting these sites take the ferries from Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, you can also catch the Statue Cruises ferries bound for Liberty Island and Ellis Island from Liberty State Park. The landing is directly in front of the old Central Railroad of New Jersey terminal building.
Memorial dedicated to all 746 9/11 casualties from New Jersey. There are remains of the original towers adjacent to the memorial
Completed in 1896, this imposing granite and marble municipal structure was designed by Lewis Broome, who also designed the Trenton Statehouse. A bronze memorial monument by Philip Martiny stands in the small plaza in front of the City Hall entrance. The memorial bears the inscription: "Erected by the People of Hudson County to Commemorate the Valor of the Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the Civil War." The statue is of the Goddess of Victory in a seated pose. Although she has lain aside her shield, her hand rests in readiness upon her sword, though she offers the olive branch of peace.