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:''This article describes the New Jersey town. For the geographic region of New York State, see Western New York.'' |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Hudson |government_footnotes = 〔 |government_type = Walsh Act |governing_body = Board of Commissioners |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Felix Roque (term ends May 17, 2019)〔(2015 New Jersey Mayors Directory ), New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, as of October 20, 2015. Accessed November 15, 2015. As of date accessed, Roque was listed as mayor with an incorrect term-end date of April 30, 2017.〕 |leader_title1 = Administrator / Clerk |leader_name1 = Carmela Riccie〔(Town Officials ), Town of West New York. Accessed November 13, 2012.〕 |established_title = Incorporated |established_date = July 8, 1898 |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = 〔(2010 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey County Subdivisions ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 21, 2015.〕 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 3.444 |area_land_km2 = 2.609 |area_water_km2 = 0.835 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.329 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.007 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.322 |area_water_percent = 24.24 |area_rank = 467th of 566 in state 8th of 12 in county〔 |population_as_of = 2010 Census |population_footnotes = 〔(DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for West New York town, Hudson County, New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 17, 2011.〕〔〔〔(Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for West New York town ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 17, 2011.〕〔(2010 Census Populations ) for Weehawken and West New York, ''Asbury Park Press'', accessed April 20, 2011.〕 |population_total = 49708 |population_rank = 36th of 566 in state 6th of 12 in county〔(GCT-PH1 Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 12, 2012.〕 |population_density_km2 = 19050.9 |population_density_sq_mi = 49341.7 |population_density_rank = 3rd of 566 in state 3rd of 12 in county〔 |population_est = 52597 |pop_est_as_of = 2014 |pop_est_footnotes = 〔 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = Eastern (EDT) |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = 〔, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed March 14, 2013.〕 |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = 151 |coordinates_type = region:US_type:city |coordinates_region = US-NJ |coordinates_display = inline,title |coordinates_footnotes = 〔〔(US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |latd = 40.786032 |longd = -74.009507 |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 07093〔(Look Up a ZIP Code for West New York, NJ ), United States Postal Service. Accessed December 17, 2011.〕 |area_code = 201〔(Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for West New York, NJ ), Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 28, 2014.〕 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 3401779610〔〔(American FactFinder ), United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕〔(A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey ), Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed October 31, 2012.〕 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 0885438〔〔(US Board on Geographic Names ), United States Geological Survey. Accessed September 4, 2014.〕 |website = |footnotes = }} West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 49,708,〔〔〔 reflecting an increase of 3,940 (+8.6%) from the 45,768 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 7,643 (+20.0%) from the 38,125 counted in the 1990 Census.〔(Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 ), New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed June 7, 2012.〕 ==History== West New York was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on July 8, 1898, replacing Union Township, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 149. Accessed June 12, 2012.〕〔Honeyman, Abraham Van Doren. (''Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the 'General Statutes' and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed: and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period'' ), p. 306. New Jersey Law Journal Publishing Company, 1910. Accessed October 15, 2015.〕 West New York underwent a massive growth at the beginning of the 20th century, driven by development of textile industries that made North Hudson the ''"Embroidery Capital of the United States"''.〔Staff. ("Commercial Growth in New Jersey Town on Heights has Doubled Population within Last Five Years" ), ''The New York Times'', December 20, 1914. Accessed September 29, 2014.〕 The town was populated mainly with Italian Americans and German Americans.〔Martin, Lydia. "Cuban cool" ''The Star-Ledger''. August 9, 1995; Pages 41 & 54.〕〔Juri, Carmen (August 9, 1995). "Jersey's Cuban flavors" ''The Star-Ledger''. pp. 41 and 54.〕 The 1960s saw an influx of Cuban émigrés to the area,〔Trillin, Calvin. ("Observations while Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue" ), ''The New Yorker'', June 30, 1975. Accessed September 29, 2014.〕 once called ''Havana on the Hudson''; it has since has become one of the United States cities with a majority Hispanic population. Simultaneously, high-rise apartments, some of the tallest buildings in North Hudson, were built along Boulevard East,〔Norman, Michael. ("Palisades: New York's Other West Side" ), ''The New York Times'', July 4, 1982. Accessed September 29, 2014.〕〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("Blending Two Cities into One" ), ''The New York Times'', October 9, 2005. Accessed September 29, 2014. "At John F. Kennedy Boulevard East, known as 'Boulevard East,' the population, housing mix and scenery change abruptly. Mostly New York City professionals and empty-nesters live in towers that soar 30 stories or more over the Palisades, a 450-foot-high belt of cliffs that line the New Jersey side of the Hudson."〕 adding to the population of the town, giving it one of highest population densities in the country. Since the 1980s the Hudson waterfront, which had been part of the Weehawken Terminal has been redeveloped from industrial to residential and recreational uses, including the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West New York, New Jersey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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