State of Alderney

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It is not all women with big hair and men with tight t-shirts and it is not just a place where people from Algonquin go to dump their trash. Alderney is also home to beautiful beaches, self-service gas stations, superhighways, heavy industry, palpable suburban angst, and diners where the coffee is stronger than speed. Visit the Alderney State Correctional Facility on the east side of Acter Industrial Park for spectacular views of Algonquin's iconic skyline and a glimpse of what could happen to you if you carry on fiddling your tax returns. Take a walk along Alderney's idyllic western shoreline or explore the deserted casino at the northern tip of Westdyke. Discover parts of animals you never thought existed with a dinner at Mr. Fuks Rice Box in Alderney City's Korea Town and then blow the rest of your children's college fund on a private room at Honkers in Tudor.
—Liberty City Area Street Map description

The State of Alderney is an American state located to the west of Liberty City that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City. Although the states of Alderney and Liberty are different jurisdictions, Alderney City and its surrounding neighborhoods and towns are part of the Liberty City metropolitan area.

Alderney is absent in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars due to the lack of Triad presence in the state, making it irrelevant to the plot.[3]

Description

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Industrial wasteland meets suburban hell.
GTA IV Website

Alderney is based on the State of New Jersey. Alderney City shares many similarities with Newark and Jersey City, and unlike Liberty City, it is much more consistent with its real-life counterpart in terms of spatial planning and geography. The state is mostly made up of in-game representations of real-life cities and townships in Hudson County (Westdyke); however, it also features portions of Bergen County (Leftwood) to the north, and Union County (Tudor) to the south.

To a much lesser extent, Alderney also draws inspiration from the Staten Island borough of New York City, with certain buildings and its textures in Alderney modeled after and scanned from those of the borough. It appears that this occurred due to a beta rendition of Staten Island planned as a fifth borough of Liberty City being scrapped, with its completed assets subsequently repurposed for Alderney.[4]

History

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Not much is known about the history of Alderney. However, on the documentary A History of Liberty City on CNT, it is stated that Alderney was named after Phillip D. Alderney, who was said to be the "only person that could tolerate an oily mosquito filled swamp full of industrial waste and soccer moms".

Character

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Alderney City can be considered suburban and somewhat middle-class overall. Alderney has a wide range of characters and atmospheres which include:

Crime

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Crime and corruption are no less common in Alderney City than in Liberty City. The most crime-ridden areas in Alderney are south and central Alderney City and in the townships of Acter, Berchem, and some parts of Tudor. The Pegorino Family and the Korean Mob conduct organized crime from within Alderney and Mafia families from Liberty City, such as the Ancelottis and Pavanos, also run operations there. as does a set of M.O.B.. A chapter of The Lost MC was active until it disbanded in 2008 after a civil war left it in ruins.

The State Troopers of Alderney wear uniforms different from those of the Liberty City Police Department that resemble those of the New Jersey State Police. However, the Alderney State Police department use vehicles bearing the livery of the LCPD.

Gangs of Alderney

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Food and Drink

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Alderney's dining services mostly come from fast-food chains, such as the Pizza This and Burger Shot in Leftwood and Westdyke. Cluckin' Bell and Wigwam Burger are also seen around Berchem. The hot dog and peanut vendors spread throughout Alderney City. Alderney also has traditional foreign restaurants such as Mr. Fuk's Rice Box, a Korean restaurant located in Alderney City, and branches of chain restaurants that serve foreign dishes, such as Gozushi! in Leftwood.

Parks

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Two parks are seen in the State of Alderney. The first is Acter Park in Acter. The second is an unnamed park near Westdyke Memorial Hospital that includes a playground.

Education

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High Schools

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Two high schools from the state of Alderney are seen on Hornyhighschoolreunions.com:

Transportation

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The Hickey Bridge.
The Booth Tunnel.

Alderney's outer reaches are supplied by the Plumbers Skyway. The state is connected to Liberty City by the Booth Tunnel and Hickey Bridge, both of which cross the West River. A ferry terminal is under construction in Castle Garden City, Algonquin, which would supposedly connect it with the completed Alderney terminal, but the terminal is abandoned, and construction is only in progress on the Algonquin end.

Bridges

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Highways

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Tunnels

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Heliports

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Helicopter flying over Alderney.

Streets

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Much like other streets, Alderney streets are named after famous objects or people. Northern Alderney streets are named after mountain ranges, Owl Creek Avenue, Beaverhead Avenue, Big Horn Drive. Central Alderney streets are named after inventors, Babbage Drive, Farnsworth Road, Edison Avenue, and cult leaders, Koresh Square, Applewhite Street, Hubbard Avenue, and in Southern Alderney streets are after American nuclear tests, Plumbbob Avenue, Niblick Street, and Tinderbox Avenue.

Subway

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  • Alderney does not have a subway system. However, remnants of a rail system can be found in various parts of the state, though this appears to have been for freight rather than passengers.

Public Services in Alderney

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Police Departments

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Alderney Police Headquarters in Leftwood

Hospitals

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Westdyke Memorial Hospital

Fire Departments

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Tudor Fire Station

Places of Interest in Alderney

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The RON Building in Alderney City

Known Residents

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Businesses in Alderney

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Westdyke Autos
  • Auto Eroticar (Keneckie Ave & Lockowski Ave. ― Alderney City, Alderney)
  • Big Paulie Budget Cars (Emery St. & Anvil Ave. ― Tudor, Alderney)
  • Burger Shot (Owl Creek Ave. and Sacramento Ave. ― Westdyke, Alderney)
  • Honkers (Tinderbox Ave. & Argus St. ― Tudor, Alderney)
  • Mr. Fuk's Rice Box (Hubbard Ave. ― Alderney City, Alderney)
  • Pay 'n' Spray (Roebuck Rd. & Hardtack Ave. ― Port Tudor, Alderney / Panhandle Rd. - Leftwood, Alderney)
  • Pizza This (Bridger St. & Tenmile St. ― Leftwood, Alderney)
  • Tw@ Internet Café (Vitullo Ave. & Kemeny St. ― Berchem, Alderney)
  • Westdyke Autos (Lemhi St. & Sacramento Ave. ― Westdyke, Alderney)

Townships, Industrial Areas, and Municipal Counties

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Trivia

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  • The state's name is a reference to Alderney, one of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. This reflects the name of New Jersey, which is named after Jersey, another island in the English Channel.
  • Some dialogue in the game refers to Alderney as "Guernsey" (the Bailiwick of Guernsey incorporates Alderney and the island of Guernsey is another Channel Island near to Jersey), suggesting that, at some point in development, the state may have carried its Grand Theft Auto name of "New Guernsey", after the parent island. Jimmy Pegorino mentions both names in the Payback mission cutscene.
  • Alderney is frequently derided by Libertonian citizens and news media like Weazel News throughout the game, parodying the antagonism between New York and New Jersey. Examples of this include a website claiming that "not even a terrorist would want to live in Alderney" and the Episodes from Liberty City instruction manual describing Alderney as being home to "dreary suburbia, industrial wastelands, and strip malls".
  • Berchem is the name of a district in Antwerp, Belgium; to its west is the Hoboken district, one of the disputed origins of the name of Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • DJ Mister Cee of The Beat 102.7 once referred to Alderney as "Al-Dirty", a play on the New Jersey nickname "Dirty Jerz".
  • In the beta map for GTA IV, Alderney appeared to have a piece of land extending to the north which was removed during development.
  • Vehicles in Alderney do not appear to have their own licence plates and use Liberty City ones instead.
  • Alderney is referenced by a member of The Lost MC during the mission Friends Reunited and by Ron.

See Also

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References

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  1. Shortly after New Rotterdam was renamed Liberty CityA History of Liberty City on CNT
  2. Alderney license plate texture used on a tunnel prop first introduced in the Arena War update in Grand Theft Auto Online:
    update/x64/dlcpacks/mpchristmas2018/dlc.rpf/x64/levels/gta5/props/prop_arena_fences_wasteland.rpf/xs_prop_ar_tunnel_01a_wl.ydr
  3. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars pre-release review with Alex Simmons and Martin Robinson - IGN, January 20, 2009
  4. GTA IV's Cut Area: Staten Island - Badger Goodger, Aug 10, 2025
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