Luis Muñoz Marin Boulevard is not considered a place where pedestrians go on purpose. Nevertheless, there’s a new Australian bakery just north of Morgan Street, and a café, open air seating, and a bandshell outside of the big tower on the northwest corner of the Bay Street intersection. Right in between the two, Art House Productions has […]
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For-Profit Donation Center Comes to Newport Plaza Downtown
Earlier this month a new option for donating clothing and household objects came to Jersey City. GreenDrop®, a for-profit company, is now accepting donations of household objects and clothing on behalf of their local nonprofit partners, in this case the American Red Cross, at its first Jersey City at Newport Plaza Downtown. Community members may […]
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Driver Flees After Hitting Man on Scooter Downtown
A 33-year-old Jersey City man is in the hospital after being hit while riding an electric scooter Downtown. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, on Thursday the man was struck by a light-colored car as it made a right turn from Brunswick Street onto Christopher Columbus Drive. The driver did not stop. Police found […]
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Council Revisits Cannabis Rules, Portside Tenants Plead for Help
With Jersey City’s Cannabis Control Board having already endorsed 41 applicants looking to set up shop as retailers, city lawmakers are now considering revising the procedures it set two years ago and then modified last year. That prospect emerged as the City Council voted Wednesday to support two applications for the operation of cannabis businesses […]
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Mayor Touts $500 Million Holland Gardens Revitalization Project
Calling it a “big deal,” Mayor Steven Fulop hit Twitter and blasted out an email today to tout a $500 million plan to revitalize the Holland Gardens public housing complex. Plans to tear down and replace the 76-year-old, 3.3-acre complex at 15th Street and Jersey Avenue date back to 2019. At a press conference yesterday […]
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Video Shows SUV Ramming Taco Spot as 911 Doesn’t Answer
An apparently drunk and angry customer rammed a popular taqueria on Saturday night with his SUV. According to reports on social media and the lifestyle website Hoboken Girl, an inebriated party entered Taqueria Downtown just before the restaurant’s 11 pm closing and demanded to be served. When refused service, the group began pushing and spitting […]
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Workers Cheated and Taxes Unpaid on Controversial Developer’s Building
A building owned by controversial developer Peter Mocco is once again mired in legal issues. A multi-agency team of investigators has assessed more than $1.3 million in back wages and penalties to 20 contractors performing construction work at 88 Regent Street, Mocco’s latest project in Liberty Harbor North. In a four part series, The Jersey […]
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Downtown Parking Gets Tougher with Closure of Popular Lot
For years, a large parking lot on the corner of Christopher Columbus Drive and Barrow Street has been a convenient option for motorists looking to access Downtown amenities or to grab a Path train at Grove Street. This week the lot closed for good to make way for a condo development, potentially exacerbating a shortage […]
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Nimbus Reimagines “The Nutcracker” for a Jersey Audience
There are three restaurants at the intersection of Grove and Mercer Streets — one Mediterranean, one Pakistani, and one American. Also, there’s City Hall. I mention this because it’s here that “Jersey City Nutcracker,” our version of the seasonal dance favorite, locates a magic manhole that allows its inhabitants a glimpse of the city as […]
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City to Convert City Hall Parking Lot into Green Space
Mayor Fulop and the Department of Infrastructure have announced the creation of a one-acre perimeter park surrounding all four sides of City Hall. Under the plan, the employee parking lot behind City Hall will be removed and converted into park space, nearly doubling the amount of green space around the building. “Any time of day, you will find […]