Hudson Terminal
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Hudson Terminal was a major early 20th-century office and transportation complex in Lower Manhattan that served as the downtown terminus for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, a predecessor to today’s PATH system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hudson Terminal canonical | 5 |
| Hudson Terminal North Building | 1 |
| Hudson Terminal South Building | 1 |
| Hudson Terminal complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5135286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hudson Terminal Context triple: [Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, terminalStation, Hudson Terminal]
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A.
Fulton Center
Fulton Center is a major transit and retail hub in Lower Manhattan that integrates several New York City Subway lines into a single, modern complex.
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B.
Hyde Park Railroad Station
Hyde Park Railroad Station is a historic former train station in Hyde Park, New York, notable for serving the local community and nearby estates including that of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
Merrick station
Merrick station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Merrick, New York, serving passengers on the busy Babylon Branch between New York City and eastern Long Island.
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D.
Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken Terminal is a major historic multimodal transportation hub in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving commuter rail, light rail, buses, ferries, and PATH trains for the New York metropolitan area.
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E.
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal is a historic Beaux-Arts railway station and iconic transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its grand architecture and celestial main concourse ceiling.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hudson Terminal Target entity description: Hudson Terminal was a major early 20th-century office and transportation complex in Lower Manhattan that served as the downtown terminus for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, a predecessor to today’s PATH system.
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A.
Fulton Center
Fulton Center is a major transit and retail hub in Lower Manhattan that integrates several New York City Subway lines into a single, modern complex.
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B.
Hyde Park Railroad Station
Hyde Park Railroad Station is a historic former train station in Hyde Park, New York, notable for serving the local community and nearby estates including that of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
Merrick station
Merrick station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Merrick, New York, serving passengers on the busy Babylon Branch between New York City and eastern Long Island.
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D.
Hoboken Terminal
Hoboken Terminal is a major historic multimodal transportation hub in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving commuter rail, light rail, buses, ferries, and PATH trains for the New York metropolitan area.
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E.
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal is a historic Beaux-Arts railway station and iconic transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its grand architecture and celestial main concourse ceiling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
office building complex
ⓘ
railway terminal ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ |
| architect | Clinton and Russell ⓘ |
| architecturalHeight | approximately 93 meters ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | early 20th-century commercial style ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| buildingType | commercial office ⓘ |
| capacity | tens of thousands of office workers ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad tubes under the Hudson River
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson River tunnels
|
| constructionStartDate | 1905 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| demolishedFor | construction of the World Trade Center ⓘ |
| demolitionDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| developer | Hudson Companies ⓘ |
| electrification | third rail ⓘ |
| floorCount | 22 ⓘ |
| function |
office space
ⓘ
railroad terminal ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hudson Terminal North Building
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson Terminal
Hudson Terminal South Building ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson Terminal
|
| locatedAt |
Church Street
ⓘ
Cortlandt Street ⓘ Dey Street ⓘ Fulton Street ⓘ |
| location |
Lower Manhattan
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Financial District ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest large-scale mixed office and transit complexes in New York City
ⓘ
large underground concourse and platforms ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1908 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ |
| owner |
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
|
| platformType | island platforms ⓘ |
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| railwayLine |
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
ⓘ
linked to:
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
|
| replacedBy |
World Trade Center
ⓘ
World Trade Center PATH station ⓘ
linked to:
World Trade Center station
|
| servedAs |
downtown terminus of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
ⓘ
predecessor terminal for the PATH system ⓘ |
| servedCity |
Hoboken
ⓘ
Jersey City ⓘ Newark ⓘ |
| status | demolished ⓘ |
| transportationSystemSuccessor | PATH ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1908 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hudson Terminal Description of subject: Hudson Terminal was a major early 20th-century office and transportation complex in Lower Manhattan that served as the downtown terminus for the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad, a predecessor to today’s PATH system.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hudson Terminal
subject linked to:
H&M
linked to: Hudson Terminal
linked to: Hudson Terminal