Nice Hoboken sub-neighborhoods?
September 17, 2010 8:57 PM Subscribe
Nice Hoboken sub-neighborhoods?
I'd like to move to Hoboken soon, can the hivemind tell me where the "good" parts are? I'd ideally like to be near restaurants, various nightlife, and the PATH.
Thanks!
I'd like to move to Hoboken soon, can the hivemind tell me where the "good" parts are? I'd ideally like to be near restaurants, various nightlife, and the PATH.
Thanks!
Response by poster: Thanks, but I've lived in many places where three blocks is all it takes to turn into a slum.
posted by koudelka at 9:14 PM on September 17, 2010
posted by koudelka at 9:14 PM on September 17, 2010
The PATH has one stop in Hoboken, in the extreme southeast corner, so if that's your prime criteria, you want to live right on the river at 333 River, or up on Bloomfield, Garden or Park between Newark and (say) 3rd or 4th Street (or on the numbered streets in that same area. Close to all the downtown restaurants and bars (which is the nightlife), 5-10 minute walk to PATH, but tolerable for living in way that being right on Washington or the lower part of Hudson are not.
By the way, I lived 4+ years in the northeast portion of Hoboken, which I found preferable, and which on balance has transport options that beat the PATH (shortest hop to Port Authority on the bus, and the ferry, which together with its Manhattan bus system, defines convenience, albeit at a price).
posted by MattD at 9:35 PM on September 17, 2010
By the way, I lived 4+ years in the northeast portion of Hoboken, which I found preferable, and which on balance has transport options that beat the PATH (shortest hop to Port Authority on the bus, and the ferry, which together with its Manhattan bus system, defines convenience, albeit at a price).
posted by MattD at 9:35 PM on September 17, 2010
Hoboken is very small (lived there the past 8years and moved out just 3mos ago) and 90% yuppie. If you HAD to avoid an area, I'd say don't live on like 4th and Jackson street, or maybe around 15th street since it's not well lit (yet. they are rapidly developing that area), but really Hoboken is all safe and close.
There are tons of bars and restaurants scattered throughout Hoboken with the largest concentration towards 1st and Washington (it radiates many blocks from this point). If I were you, i'd go look at real-estate physically and see what homes suit you best and closest to the transport that you prefer. Especially since two apartments next to each other on a nice street can vary widely in terms of comfort. There will always be bars and restaurants nearby.
At the farthest points, you can pretty much average 15min walk to the PATH. However, the bus is available, convenient and runs down Washington Street (and clinton/willow during rush hour) and through the Lincoln Tunnel into the city (or down to the PATH if you don't want to walk). The ferry is also 'uptown' and 'downtown' if the price doesn't prevent you from taking it.
Just a note, the busier areas are noisier at night, especially closer to the PATH where after all the noisy bar/restaurant goers are done smoking/fighting and have gone home, the recycle trucks come through and you get to listen to bin after bin of glass bottles dump into an empty, metal recycle truck where the route starts. FUN!
posted by getmetoSF at 8:02 AM on September 18, 2010
There are tons of bars and restaurants scattered throughout Hoboken with the largest concentration towards 1st and Washington (it radiates many blocks from this point). If I were you, i'd go look at real-estate physically and see what homes suit you best and closest to the transport that you prefer. Especially since two apartments next to each other on a nice street can vary widely in terms of comfort. There will always be bars and restaurants nearby.
At the farthest points, you can pretty much average 15min walk to the PATH. However, the bus is available, convenient and runs down Washington Street (and clinton/willow during rush hour) and through the Lincoln Tunnel into the city (or down to the PATH if you don't want to walk). The ferry is also 'uptown' and 'downtown' if the price doesn't prevent you from taking it.
Just a note, the busier areas are noisier at night, especially closer to the PATH where after all the noisy bar/restaurant goers are done smoking/fighting and have gone home, the recycle trucks come through and you get to listen to bin after bin of glass bottles dump into an empty, metal recycle truck where the route starts. FUN!
posted by getmetoSF at 8:02 AM on September 18, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for the input guys! :)
posted by koudelka at 9:57 AM on September 18, 2010
posted by koudelka at 9:57 AM on September 18, 2010
Yeah, I lived at both 2nd and Adams and 5th and Madison for a couple years, and agree with what MattD said - the east side is nice just about as far north as you want to go. It gets sketchier as you move west - Past 5th is what i"d call 'too sketchy'.
posted by fixer at 4:48 PM on September 18, 2010
posted by fixer at 4:48 PM on September 18, 2010
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posted by micawber at 9:12 PM on September 17, 2010