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.Routes by County: Bergen County, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22, 2009. Accessed September 14, 2016. 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 PointsNotes76NJTNewark Penn StationEssex Street StationRutherford StationKearnyNewark Broad Street83NJTJournal Square Transportation CenterJersey CityTeaneckThe RidgefieldsTonnelle AvenueSummit Avenue178NJTGWB StationManhattanTeaneckEnglewoodFort LeeGWB PlazaEnglewood/Teaneck (northern route) variant of Route 182182NJTGWB StationManhattanFort LeeGWB PlazaLeonia/Teaneck/Bogota (southern route) variant of Route 178712NJTWillowbrook Mall orTotowa Industrial Parkrush hours onlyEssex Street StationSaddle BrookPaterson (NJT station)751NJTBergen Community CollegeAdditional service to BCC available on 755751NJTEdgewater CommonsAnderson AvenueNungesser'sAdditional service to Edgewater Commons via different routing on 755752NJTRidgewoodOaklandParamusThe Outlets at Bergen Town Center Bergen Regional Medical Center Paramus ParkOff-peak service operates only between Hackensack and Ridgewood No Sunday service755NJTBergen Community CollegeAdditional service to BCC available on 751755NJTEdgewater CommonsPalisade AvenueAdditional service to Edgewater Commons via different routing on 751762NJTParamus ParkFarleigh Dickenson UniversityThe Shops at RiversideKinderkamack Roadno Sunday service770NJTPaterson Broadway Bus TerminalWestfield Garden State PlazaPassaic StreetFairlawnBroadway (NJT station)Broadwayno Sunday service to Westfield Garden State Plaza772southboundNJTMeadowlands Sports ComplexMain StreetMoonachie RoadHarmon CoveCounty AvenueMidday and PM service only. Service from New Milford to Hackensack only during AM rush hours stops on Main Street780westboundNJTPassaicEssex Street StationHasbrouck HeightsNo Sunday service780eastboundNJTEnglewood HospitalMain StreetTeaneck No 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 travelnotes753NJTThe Outlets at Bergen Town CenterMain StreetState StreetNew Milford or CresskillTeaneck RoadMadison Avenue (New Milford trips only)Union Avenue (Cresskill trips only)Trips alternate between the two branches756NJTBergen Community CollegeThe Shops at RiversideEnglewood CliffsRoute 4New Bridge LandingThe Shops at RiversideReichelt Road (alternate trips)Tryon AvenueFort Lee Road772NJTNew MilfordMain StreetState StreetMeadowlands Sports ComplexTeaneck Road (New Milford trips only)Moonachie RoadCounty AvenueHarmon CoveTrips outside of rush hours operate only between the Meadowlands and Hackensack

Port Authority Bus Terminal routes

routevia Hudson Countyin Hackensack Bergen terminalmajor pointsnotes144NJTwestbound AM peak AND

eastbound PM peak viaNJ 495 Marginal HighwayEssex StreetParamus or Elmwood ParkRoute 4, Essex Street, Moonachie Avenuerush hours only145NJTNJT 145 scheduleEssex StreetFair LawnCentury Road, Morlot Avenuepeak service only155NJTMain and AndersonTeaneckThe Outlets at Bergen Town Center No weekend service164NJTEssex StreetMidland ParkPaterson Plank RoadMeadowlands Sports Complex165NJTNungessersBoulevard East Main 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 only168NJTNungessersBoulevard East Main 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 Bergen BRT

References

External links NJ Transit route finder NJT Bus Routes in Bergen County NJT Bus Routes in Hudson County NJT Bus Routes in Passaic County