A small township on the Palisades directly across from Midtown, with Hamilton Park and Boulevard East on the cliff and the Port Imperial ferry and light rail on the water below. Weehawken is the shortest commute to Midtown on this side of the river, and it is priced like it.
Weehawken is a small town with the Lincoln Tunnel in its basement: a cliff-top neighborhood along Boulevard East, Lincoln Harbor and Port Imperial at the water, and a ferry, a light rail and a bus all inside the town line. I show homes here but I do not live here, so I built this day from the places locals rate highest, and I am walking it myself. Every place is real. The map is real. Scroll, and I'll walk you through it. Tap any stop for the full story.
An independent coffee shop at Lincoln Harbor, open from eight every day. The walk down the hill is the point; take the cup out to the river.
Breakfast from six-thirty at the water, in the Sheraton at Lincoln Harbor, with the skyline in the window. The sit-down start to a Weehawken day.
Weehawken's real advantage: a ferry to West 39th Street, Wall Street or Brookfield Place, with the light rail next door and the tunnel down the road if the boat is not for you.
From here it is a walk to the Port Imperial ferry terminal, about 20 minutes on foot from the park, north along Boulevard East and down the hill to the waterfront.
Lunch up the hill on Park Avenue, the town's everyday main street: a slice or a pie, or a plate of pasta if the afternoon is free.
The afternoon errand, at the bottom of the hill next to the light rail stop, and the only Whole Foods in Hudson County when it opened in 2019.
The town library, a few blocks west of Boulevard East, and the free hour on a rainy afternoon. Open seven days, which is rare for a town this size.
The after-school hour: two small playgrounds on the river, one just for toddlers, with the Hudson River Walk running along the edge of it.
A modern French brasserie a block from the waterfront, the second room from the Montclair original. The dinner to book for an anniversary.
Dinner with the whole skyline as the far wall: steak, seafood, sushi and house-made pasta on the Lincoln Harbor waterfront.
Dessert back up on Park Avenue: hand-shaved Taiwanese snow ice with real fruit, and bubble tea for the walk home. Closes at eight-thirty, so it is the early stop.
The bar for the end of the night: a hundred-foot bar, terraces over the water and a room that calls itself part gallery, part getaway. Open until one on weekends.
Wednesdays from three at Lincoln Harbor Park, with the river on one side and the tunnel traffic on the other. The week's vegetables and a free class if you time it.
The Saturday walk: down to the river and along the Hudson River Walk to the town's 9/11 memorial, two steel tridents from the towers with an infinity pool and a fountain, and the skyline behind them.
And back up to the railing for the light going down behind the skyline. That view is the closing argument for the whole town.
Honest footnotes. None of these places pays me or knows I wrote this. I built this Weehawken day from the places locals rate highest and I am walking it myself — tell me what I missed. Hours change; check before you go.
A small township on the Palisades directly across from Midtown, with Hamilton Park and Boulevard East on the cliff and the Port Imperial ferry and light rail on the water below. Weehawken is the shortest commute to Midtown on this side of the river, and it is priced like it.
Weehawken is the cliff opposite Midtown. Boulevard East runs along the top of the Palisades with Hamilton Park at its centre, the spot where Hamilton and Burr fought their duel in 1804 and where, today, the whole width of Manhattan sits in front of a row of benches. The Lincoln Tunnel enters New Jersey here, so the helix and its traffic are part of the town's geography.
Down at the water is Port Imperial and Lincoln Harbor: a ferry terminal with boats to West 39th Street, Pier 11 and Brookfield Place, a light-rail station next to it, and a waterfront of newer townhouses, condominiums and rental buildings with a river walk along the edge. Up the hill the housing is older and smaller: brownstones and brick houses on short streets, plus the apartment buildings along Boulevard East with the view.
The commute is the reason to buy here. The ferry crosses in minutes, the light rail runs south to Hoboken, and buses go straight into Port Authority through the tunnel. Very little in Hudson County gets you to Midtown faster on a normal weekday.
It is also a small town, under twenty thousand people, with its own library, its own schools and a waterfront park with a pool. That combination of scale and access is rare, and buyers pay for it: waterfront units here price with Hoboken and Downtown Jersey City, and the Boulevard East view carries a premium of its own.
Best for: Midtown commuters who want the ferry, buyers who want a quieter street with a serious view, and anyone leaving Manhattan who does not want to feel far from it. Harder for: budgets that need the same money to go further, which it will in West New York or North Bergen a few blocks north.
The walk above is a real day in Weehawken — 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.
17,295 people live in Weehawken, where the median age is 37.8 and the average individual income is $94,947.
Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
There is plenty to do around Weehawken — shopping, dining, parks and nightlife. The three scores below rate how easy it is to get around without a car.
Walk Score®, Transit Score® and Bike Score® provided by Walk Score.
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 Weehawken. Hours change — check before you go.
Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Daycare through high school, in or next to Weehawken. 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.
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