# Bordentown

Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey.

## Understand

Bordentown is a town a few miles south of Trenton and is near the Delaware River, a fairly wide river that flows south along the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border to the Atlantic Ocean. It is at Bordentown where Crosswicks Creek meets with the Delaware River, and the I-295 crosses the mouth of the Crosswicks Creek.
The town is largely on a grid layout, although the grid is not aligned with north, south, east, and west.

## Get in
### By car

The main road to town is the I-295, a side-route of the I-95, which goes along the western side of the town. Two U.S. Routes go past the southern and eastern portions of Bordentown, and one of these, the US-130, intersects with the I-295.

### By train

A train line runs along the northwestern side of Bordentown, and there is a train station for Bordentown.
* 40.148333-74.7161111 Bordentown railway station, 100 West Park St. (updated Mar 2021)

## Get around
### By car

Farnsworth Avenue crosses the town in an almost north-south direction. In the south, it intersects with US-130, and it continues north to the Crosswicks Creek. Much of Farnsworth Avenue is part of Bordentown downtown. Crosswicks Road enters the town from the eastern side and goes to Farnsworth Avenue. The western end of Crosswicks Road is part of the downtown.
To get from the hotels to the gas stations and supermarkets, the US-130 is a decent connector.

### By bus

There are several bus stations scattered around Bordentown. Most of these are on Burlington Street (southern Bordentown) and Park Street (northern Bordentown).

## See

The area still has a strong Revolutionary War influence, and statues (particularly of patriots) are a common sight. There are also many beautiful, somewhat historic buildings in the downtown, like the old city hall.
* 40.148132-74.718091 Bordentown Riverbank, Park Street (On the northwestern side of Bordentown). (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.146401-74.7109192 City Hall Historic Building, 11 Crosswicks Street (On the eastern side of the downtown area). (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.147793-74.7128973 John Bull Monument, 130 Farnsworth Avenue (Next to the Old Town Pub). (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.149545-74.7158134 Thomas Paine Monument, 4 Prince Street. Thomas Paine was the author of "Common Sense", an important pamphlet in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War. (updated Apr 2018)

## Do

* 40.118071-74.7392591 Crystal Lake Park, 2401 Axe Factory Road (About one mile southwest of Bordentown). This park is approximately a half-mile wide and a half-mile long and has some small wooded areas. (updated Apr 2018)

## Buy

There are some chain stores and supermarkets along the US-130 (the southeastern side of town).
* 40.14701-74.7126861 Old Bookshop of Bordentown, 200 Farnsworth Avenue, ☏ +1 609 324-9909. (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.14457-74.7110552 Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Avenue, ☏ +1 609 324-0880. (updated Apr 2018)

## Eat

* 40.149282-74.7131591 Angie's Family Restaurant, 15 Park Street, ☏ +1 609 298-1523. (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.149282-74.7131592 Huang's Garden, 370 Farnsworth Avenue, ☏ +1 609 291-8540. (updated Apr 2018)
* 40.146843-74.712583 Marcello's, 206 Farnsworth Avenue, ☏ +1 609 298-8360. (updated Apr 2018)

## Drink

* 40.14800574.7111251 HOB Tavern (The Hob), 146 2nd St. (From Farnsworth Ave headed North, turn right onto E. Church St. Bar is on left corner of Church & 2nd.), ☏ +1 609 291-7020. Su-Th 11AM-midnight, F noon-2AM, Sa noon - 2AM. Great little neighborhood bar. Locals hangout. Great drink specials nightly. Karaoke on Sat. nights, free jukebox on Fridays, $1 hot dogs during Phillies games.

## Sleep

* 40.139371-74.7027421 Comfort Inn, 1009 US-206, ☏ +1 609 298-9111. (updated Apr 2018)
* Ramada Bordentown, 1083 US-206, toll-free: +1-866-523-3959. (updated Apr 2018)

## Go next

* Trenton is the capital of the state of New Jersey and is only a few miles' drive north from Bordentown.
* Levittown is an interesting piece of history. It is a master-planned city that was built during the mid-1900s.
* A little farther away is the city of Philadelphia, which also has a strong Revolutionary War influence. This city is one of the largest in the United States, and has been since the 1700s.