I’m a resident of Erie Street and I support the Barrow Street closure. The letter from business owners – whom I respect and whose stores I patronize regularly – seems to center on the issue of loading and unloading trucks. That is a legitimate concern that is in the public interest to solve for. I […]
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Letter: Residents and Businesses Want Barrow Street Reopened
We are writing to you as the residents and small business owners of Jersey City opposed to the Administration’s closure of Barrow Street between Christopher Columbus Boulevard and Bay Street in Downtown Jersey City. This dramatic change came to our attention via a social media announcement on June 22nd, 2023, one day before the closure. […]
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Authorities Identify Victim in Downtown Homicide, Arrest Announced
Authorities have identified the victim in Saturday’s fatal Downtown shooting and announced the arrest of the alleged shooter. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, 17-year-old Isaiah Velasquez of Jersey City was gunned down at approximately 8 p.m. in the area of 16th Street and Coles Street. According to one report, Velasquez was shot in […]
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Homicide Reported Downtown
Note: This story has been updated here. A man was shot and killed tonight Downtown. The Hudson County Prosecutor has confirmed that the shooting took place tonight in the vicinity of Coles Street and 16th Street. According to one report, the man was shot in the stomach and died a short time later. No further […]
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City to Close Heavily Used Downtown Street Crossing Pedestrian Plaza
Mayor Fulop has had second thoughts about the wisdom of routing automobile traffic across the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza, according to a source at City Hall. Beginning Friday, the small section of Barrow Street running north from Christopher Columbus Drive to Newark Avenue and used by drivers to access the Pedestrian Plaza and Erie Street […]
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Jersey City Man Faces Murder Charge in 2022 Gas Station Attack
A Jersey City man is facing a murder charge following the death of a man he allegedly assaulted at a Downtown gas station in 2022. According to Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez, Nixon Marquez, 26, of Jersey City, was arrested today at the prosecutor’s Secaucus office and charged with Murder. Marquez was previously charged with […]
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Four-Alarm Fire Consumes Two Downtown Brownstones
Updated at 6:11 p.m. 5.30.23 Smoke enveloped the Downtown neighborhood of Van Vorst Park this afternoon as two Montgomery Street brownstones were consumed by fire. Though the Fire Department has not yet issued an assessment, the fire appears to have begun in 234 Montgomery Street, which has been under construction. The fire then appears to […]
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Man Critical After Being Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver Downtown
A pedestrian was seriously injured early this morning after being struck Downtown by a car that fled from the scene of the crash. The incident would mark the 10th reported hit-and-run crash this year. In March, a 33-year-old Jersey City man was sent to the hospital after being hit while riding an electric scooter Downtown. […]
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Benedict Cumberbatch Films Scenes for Netflix Series in Downtown Jersey City
On the corner of Wayne Street and Jersey Avenue, a pound of coffee is $1.69 and a dozen eggs are 80 cents this morning. At least that’s what the signs say in the new corner grocery store occupying what was, until a few days ago, the restaurant Kitchen Step. The 1980s pricing goes nicely with […]
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5,000 Runners Take to Downtown Streets Sunday for Newport 5K
Those thinking of driving Downtown on Sunday morning might want to think again. At 9 am, Mayor Fulop will join more than 5,000 runners in a “fast and flat” morning 5K through Downtown. The sold-out event is being sponsored by New York Road Runners. The 3.1-mile course starts and finishes in Newport, taking runners past […]