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Journal Square

Built around one of the busiest transit hubs in New Jersey, Journal Square puts the World Trade Center thirteen minutes away and is changing faster than anywhere else in Hudson County. New towers rise over blocks that still price like a neighborhood, which is what makes it the county's clearest value story for buyers who want to be early.

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A day in · Journal Square

Walk it with me first.

I show homes around Journal Square and Bergen-Lafayette every week, and this is the day I put together from the places clients and neighbors keep sending me back to — Lincoln Park for the morning, the PATH that makes it all work, India Square for dinner, Berry Lane for the kids. 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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08:15Commute

Journal Square PATH

The commute · PATH · bus terminal
Journal Square PATH: the grid skylight ceiling of the transportation center. Photo from their website.Tap for profile
The reason Journal Square is the next Downtown: Newark–World Trade Center and 33rd Street trains, plus every bus in the county, from one plaza.

From here it is a walk to Journal Square PATH, about 25 minutes on foot up Kennedy Boulevard, or any Boulevard bus.

1 PATH Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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Park + Plate at Magnolia Landing

Saturday market · food trucks · May to November
Park + Plate at Magnolia Landing: a mozzarepa from one of the food trucks. Photo from their website.Tap for profile
Saturday starts at the plaza behind the square: food trucks, a green market, live music, and the new neighborhood watching itself arrive.
136 Magnolia Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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Your dayTake it with you

Walk it on a Saturday. Then tell me which parts are yours.

  1. 07:15
    The Cafe at Journal SquaredCoffee · pastry · in the tower lobby · 595 Pavonia Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  2. 07:40
    Red Ribbon BakeshopFilipino bakery · ube everything · 591 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  3. 08:15
    Journal Square PATHThe commute · PATH · bus terminal · 1 PATH Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  4. 12:00
    Journal Square LaundryWash-and-fold · dry cleaning · pick-up · 851 Bergen Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  5. 12:45
    Biscott StylesBarbershop · fades · beard work · 381 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  6. 13:30
    Miller Branch LibraryLibrary · storytime · teen center · 489 Bergen Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304
  7. 14:30
    Patel BrothersIndian grocery · India Square · 780 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  8. 16:00
    Berry Lane ParkAfter school · turf fields · skate park · splash pad · 1000 Garfield Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304
  9. 19:00
    Golconda ChimneyHyderabadi · biryani · India Square · 806 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  10. 19:45
    Mi Mariachi TaqueriaMexican · tacos · Sip Avenue · 213 Sip Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  11. 20:30
    The FactoryRooftop · American with Dominican roots · Communipaw · 451 Communipaw Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07304
  12. 21:45
    Grape Vine TavernNeighborhood bar · since 1934 · 657 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  13. Sat 10:00
    Park + Plate at Magnolia LandingSaturday market · food trucks · May to November · 136 Magnolia Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
  14. Sat 13:00
    Lincoln ParkBack home · the lake · the loop · Lincoln Park, Belmont Ave & Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07304

Honest footnotes. None of these places pays me or knows I wrote this. I do not live in Journal Square, so this day is built from the best-rated places in the neighborhood and the ones my clients and neighbors swear by; I am walking it myself and will fix anything that is not right. Photos come from the businesses' own websites, with credit in each profile. Hours change; check before you go.

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None of these businesses pays me or is affiliated with me. Hours change — check before you go.
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Journal Square

Built around one of the busiest transit hubs in New Jersey, Journal Square puts the World Trade Center thirteen minutes away and is changing faster than anywhere else in Hudson County. New towers rise over blocks that still price like a neighborhood, which is what makes it the county's clearest value story for buyers who want to be early.

Journal Square is where Jersey City's transport converges: the PATH hub, the bus terminal, and the roads that feed both. From here the World Trade Center is about thirteen minutes. It is also the most international corner of the county — India Square on Newark Avenue is the real thing, not a theme, and the food along that stretch is the best single argument for living here.

The Square is named after a newspaper. The Jersey Journal put its building here when the plaza was laid out in the 1920s, and the name stuck long after the presses went. What did not go is the Loew's Jersey Theatre at number 54 — a 1929 movie palace, one of only five 'Wonder Theatres' Loew's ever built, saved from demolition by a volunteer campaign and restored. Standing in that lobby tells you more about what this square used to be than any photograph.

The towers around the station have gone up fast and they have changed the balance. Behind them the older blocks are still low-rise, still mostly two- and three-family houses, and still priced like a neighborhood rather than a skyline address.

This is the part of the county where the buy-now argument is strongest and the risk is most real. You are betting on a place mid-change. I will show you the blocks I would buy on and the blocks I would wait on, and I will tell you which is which. The walk drifts south into Bergen-Lafayette at a couple of stops, because that is genuinely where the day goes — that neighborhood gets its own day soon.

Best for: first-time buyers priced out of Downtown, investors, and anyone who wants a thirteen-minute PATH ride for materially less money. Harder for: anyone who wants the neighborhood to look finished today.

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See Journal Square the way I actually live it

The walk above is a real day in Journal Square — 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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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 Journal Square. Hours change — check before you go.

Schools in Journal Square

Daycare through high school, in or next to Journal Square. 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.