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Living on the Jersey City Waterfront

The Jersey City waterfront at its most polished: full-service towers, the PATH at Exchange Place and Newport, a ferry to Lower Manhattan and the skyline directly across the water. Exchange Place, Harborside, Pavonia and Newport attract buyers who want doorman convenience and a view that never stops being the reason they bought.

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A day in · Jersey City Waterfront

Walk it with me first.

This is the waterfront day — a flat white under the tallest building in the state, one PATH stop to World Trade Center or the ferry when the sky is doing something, a swim lesson in Newport, dinner on a pier. I have walked every block of it with clients. Every place is real. The map is real. Scroll, and I'll walk you through it. Tap any stop for the full story.

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  1. 06:50
    Bluestone LaneCoffee · flat whites · under the Goldman tower · 30 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  2. 07:20
    MamanFrench bakery & café · 70 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  3. 08:05
    Exchange Place PATHThe commute · one stop to World Trade Center · Exchange Place at Hudson St & Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  4. 08:20
    Paulus Hook FerryNY Waterway · Wall Street · Brookfield Place · Midtown · End of Sussex St at the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  5. 12:00
    Newport CutsBarbershop · by appointment · 611 Washington Blvd, Suite 112, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  6. 13:00
    Newport Swim & FitnessIndoor pool · swim lessons · 33 River Dr S, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  7. 14:00
    Morton WilliamsGrocery · bakery · seafood counter · 105 River Dr, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  8. 15:30
    Newport GreenAfter school · urban beach · splash pad · carousel · Park Lane S & River Dr, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  9. 19:00
    BattelloItalian · seafood · on the pier · 502 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  10. 19:45
    DOMODOMOJapanese · hand rolls · omakase · 200 Greene St, Jersey City, NJ 07311
  11. 20:30
    AmiyaContemporary Indian · Exchange Place · 101 Hudson St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  12. 21:45
    RoofTop at the ExchangeRooftop lounge · 13th floor · fire pits · 1 Exchange Pl, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  13. Sat 09:00
    Hudson River Waterfront WalkwaySaturday walk · Exchange Place to Newport · Hudson River Waterfront Walkway at Exchange Place, Jersey City, NJ 07302
  14. Sat 10:30
    Water's SoulPublic art · Newport pier · 1 Park Lane S, Jersey City, NJ 07310
  15. Sat 13:00
    Liberty State ParkState park · the Statue · the old terminal · 200 Morris Pesin Dr, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Honest footnotes. None of these places pays me or knows I wrote this. I live ten minutes west of here, so this day is built from the waterfront places I walk clients to and the best-rated ones the neighborhood keeps recommending; I will fix anything that is not right as I keep walking it. Photos come from the businesses' own websites, with credit in each profile. Hours change; check before you go.

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Jersey City Waterfront

The Jersey City waterfront at its most polished: full-service towers, the PATH at Exchange Place and Newport, a ferry to Lower Manhattan and the skyline directly across the water. Exchange Place, Harborside, Pavonia and Newport attract buyers who want doorman convenience and a view that never stops being the reason they bought.

Is the Jersey City Waterfront a good place to live?

This is the stretch of Jersey City that sits right on the Hudson: Exchange Place and Harborside at the south end, Pavonia and Newport to the north, with the brownstones of Paulus Hook a block below Exchange Place. It is the most vertical part of the county and the most amenity-heavy — doormen, gyms, pools, package rooms — and the ferry from Paulus Hook puts you in Lower Manhattan in about eight minutes. The PATH at Exchange Place and Newport is quicker still.

Paulus Hook, at the south edge, is the oldest thing around here. It was a fortified point the British held through most of the Revolution, and on 19 August 1779 Major Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee took the garrison in a night raid — one of the last significant actions in the north, and there is a marker on Washington Street for it. Newport is the opposite story: it is built on the old Pennsylvania Railroad yards, the freight and ferry terminals that moved everything into New York before the tunnels, and the towers went up on the fill. Exchange Place got the nickname 'Wall Street West' in the 1980s when the banks crossed the river, and the Colgate Clock has been sitting there since 1924 watching all of it.

Exchange Place is the business end — offices, the PATH, and the buildings with the tightest skyline views. Harborside is the old railroad freight terminal on the river, now offices and shops. Newport is its own planned world: a mall, a marina, a school, and towers arranged around them. Paulus Hook, next door in the Downtown ZIP code, is where the low-rise blocks start, and where this walk begins.

Almost everything here is a condo or a rental in a managed building, which means monthly fees and a board, and it means the view line is the single biggest price factor. Two identical layouts eight floors apart are not the same apartment. I walk the actual unit before I let anyone bid on a view.

Best for: commuters who want the shortest possible trip and a building that handles everything, and buyers who want the skyline as the main event. Harder for: anyone allergic to HOA fees, or who wants a yard.

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The walk above is a full day in the Jersey City Waterfront — coffee, the commute, the park, dinner. Answer four questions and it reorders itself around your morning, or open the route map and follow it yourself.

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Homes in the Jersey City Waterfront

Every home for sale or rent in the Jersey City Waterfront, on a map.

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Points of interest

The places within walking distance — where to eat, shop, train and get a haircut. Tap a row to find it on the map.

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Places and addresses from OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the centre of the Jersey City Waterfront. Hours change — check before you go.

Schools in the Jersey City Waterfront

Daycare through high school, in or next to the Jersey City Waterfront. A starting point for comparison — visit before you decide, and call me about catchment lines, which move.

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Public and charter schools from the NCES Common Core of Data; daycare and pre-school locations from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Real estate in the Jersey City Waterfront

How is the Jersey City Waterfront market right now?

I show homes here and track what closes, so you get today's real value, not a portal's guess.

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The live report, with charts, recent sales and a sign-up for the monthly Jersey City Waterfront report, shows here on bogdannicolaerus.com. Open the Jersey City Waterfront market report

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