1888 Studios

1888 Studios is a proposed film and television studio planned to be built on a 70 acre site at Bergen Point in Bayonne, New Jersey. Its name is a nod to the year the movie camera was invented. At 1.5M million gross square feet, reports say it will be the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America.

The waterfront brownfield site on the Kill van Kull and Newark Bay was a former Texaco site rezoned in 2020 in a redevelopment plan to permit a film studio to be built. When completed, it will be New Jersey's largest film and television studio and will include a part of the Hackensack RiverWalk.

The project, which will include approximately 19 buildings, is estimated to cost $700 million in construction and $200 million in land development. The City of Bayonne floated a bond of $65 million to support the project. as well a PILOT agreement.

The design is by Gensler. Construction was expected to start in 2024. and take 2 years.