Bayonne To Resurface Broadway After Filling 1,062 Potholes Since Last Winter Storm, New Fire House Museum Opens To Public For Private Tours
Bayonne To Resurface Broadway After Filling 1,062 Potholes Since Last Winter Storm, New Fire House Museum Opens To Public For Private Tours
Editor’s note: New York City has also been very busy repaving potholes all around the five boroughs, with a significant portion of them on Staten Island. You can see the mayor fill the 100,000th pothole in the last couple of months. Bayonne has also recently announced their Holocaust Memorial Program for April 13th, which happened earlier this year. We also covered the ground breaking on 1888 Studios, set to become the largest film and production site in New Jersey.
Next Phase of Broadway Street-Paving Project to Start Tuesday, April 28
Mayor Robert Kubert announced that the second phase of the Broadway paving project will begin on or about Tuesday, April 28. The paving contract was awarded last year to 4-CLEAN UP, a North Bergen-based company. Funding for the project was provided by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). Mayor Kubert said, “We would like to thank Governor Mikie Sherrill, former Governor Phil Murphy, our state legislators, and the NJDOT for supporting this important Broadway paving program.”
Last year, the first phase of the paving project resurfaced uptown Broadway from the City Line down to 41st Street. This year, the second phase of the project will resurface Broadway from 41st Street down to 19th Street. The project generally consists of the resurfacing and reconstruction of Broadway including but not limited to Hot Mix Asphalt milling and/or pavement repairs, installation of new concrete curbs adjacent to the curb ramps, sidewalk and curb ramps, installation of asphalt, storm/sanitary sewer structure improvements, and related work within the City of Bayonne.
Paving project work will take place on weekdays only, beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. Relocation of parked vehicles in a scheduled work area will begin each day at 6:00 a.m.
The crews will mill and clear existing road surfaces before paving. According to the tentative schedule, the section of Broadway from 19th Street to 26th Street will be milled on Tuesday, April 28, and then paved on Thursday, April 30. The section of Broadway from 26th Street to 31st Street will be milled on Wednesday, April 29, and then paved on Thursday, April 30. The section of Broadway from 31st Street to 37th Street will be milled on Friday, May 1, and then paved on Monday, May 4. The section of Broadway from 37th Street to 41st Street will be milled on Tuesday, May 5, and then paved on Wednesday, May 6.
As the paving project gets ready to start, signs will be posted at least 48 hours in advance to advise residents and motorists of the impact the work will have on parking and driving on the affected streets.
The paving schedule shown above is tentative and subject to change, due to weather and other unforeseeable factors.
Filling Potholes: From January 5th through March 30th, crews from the Bayonne Department of Public Works have filled 1,062 potholes. Workers use a combination of stones and hot asphalt to fill potholes.
Bayonne Fire Museum to Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Start of Regular Hours
The Chief John T. Brennan Fire Museum announced that it will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, April 30, at 4:30 p.m. The event will mark the start of regular hours for the museum, which will be open on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The museum is located at 10 West 47th Street. Regular Saturday hours will start effective May 2.
The museum building was constructed in 1875 as the first firehouse built in the City of Bayonne. At the time of its completion, the firehouse was known as Bayonne Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, and it housed a volunteer fire company. It was a hand-drawn truck company and was located on what was known then as Northview Avenue. The address was changed to 47th Street in 1888 when Bayonne standardized a system of numbered side streets.
Originally, the firehouse had just one floor. A second story was added in 1884, so that the building could accommodate new, horse-drawn fire trucks. In 1906, Bayonne switched from volunteer fire companies to a paid fire department. The paid firefighters continued using the firehouse until 1928. After that, for several decades, the Association of Exempt Firemen held their meetings in the building.
In 1974, Mrs. Geni Brown, the sister of Fire Captain Edward Kaminski, suggested to Fire Chief John T. Brennan that the City of Bayonne apply to have the firehouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1976, the firehouse received a place on the National Register with the support of Mayor Dennis P. Collins and Community Development Director Joseph Pulaski.
On October 15, 1979, the firehouse was dedicated as the Bayonne Firefighters’ Museum. “Fireman Pete” Gwiazdowski was the museum’s first curator. On May 19, 1988, the building was rededicated as the Chief John T. Brennan Fire Museum, to honor retired Fire Chief Brennan who led the Fire Department from 1960 until he retired in March 1988.
The fire museum includes the state’s oldest hand-drawn hose carriage and a hand-drawn hand pumper. The museum also includes several original oil paintings of Chief Officers of the New York City Fire Department. Firefighter artifacts include antique fire trumpets, fire helmets, badges, and numerous other items.
The fire museum will offer private tours by appointment only. Members of the public can contact the museum by email at [email protected] or by phone at 201-725-1683.
Bayonne firefighter reads to kids at local school. Image Credit – City of Bayonne/ Bayonne Fire Department
Banner Image: Fire Department trucks. Image Credit – City of Bayonne
City of Bayonne
Bayonne is a community that retains many of the elements of a small town. One and two family homes, small apartment buildings, and small business predominate. There is a population of 62,000 people who take pride in their hometown and its history. Bayonne residents and their ancestors moved to the city from many parts of the world. During colonial times and the first century of the American Republic, the Dutch, British, and Africans were the first groups to arrive after the Native Americans. Subsequent waves of immigrants came from all over Europe, especially between the 1880s and the 1920s. In recent decades, sources of immigration have largely been represented from countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeastern Asia. Each group has left its mark on the cultural, religious and political life of the community.
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