Bergen Square (17th-century Dutch settlement) · Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital / The Beacon · Old Bergen Church Cemetery
Gold Coast Ghosts, US Ghost Adventures' Jersey City brand, operates a nightly walking tour meeting outside The Beacon, 88 Clifton Pl. The roughly 1-hour, 1-mile route covers The Beacon, the former Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital, converted to residential apartments; Bergen Square, the site of one of the oldest European settlements in New Jersey, dating to the 1660s; and Old Bergen Church Cemetery, tied by the operator to author Washington Irving, who local lore holds may have drawn on the cemetery and Jersey City's founding families while developing 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.'
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/jersey-city-ghost-tour/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsResidual Haunting
According to the operator, The Beacon carries residual energy from its decades as a maternity hospital, with residents reporting phantom smells and the sound of an infant crying when no baby is present. At Bergen Square, the operator recounts the story of John and Jane Van Reypen, a couple the operator describes as reunited in spirit after being separated by the American Revolution. At Old Bergen Church Cemetery, the operator ties the grounds to Washington Irving and recounts a mysterious dinner invitation extended to the author.
All of the above is the operator's own marketing and narrative framing, not documented history independently verified by HauntBound, and is included here only to describe what the tour covers.
