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Living in Jersey City

Jersey City has an average Walk Score of 87 with 247,597 residents.

Jersey City has excellent public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The most walkable Jersey City neighborhoods are Historic Downtown, Journal Square and McGinley Square.

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87 Walk Score of Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City is Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Hubby's Corner, Jersey City

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Boulevard Drinks

Most errands can be accomplished on foot in Jersey City.

Jersey City Apartments for Rent

Jersey City Neighborhoods

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Population

1 Historic Downtown 96 80 76 21,774
2 Journal Square 95 77 53 20,641
3 McGinley Square 93 70 65 15,717
4 The Heights 91 69 65 53,514
5 The Waterfront 88 84 60 25,262
6 West Side 87 66 63 29,077
7 Bergen - Lafayette 85 70 60 24,509
8 Greenville 77 64 68 41,929
9 Liberty State Park 76 67 64 2,630
10 Hackensack River Waterfront 69 59 58 10,327

Eating & Drinking

There are about 851 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Jersey City.

People in Jersey City can walk to an average of 6 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Marco & Pepe

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Skylark on the Hudson

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thumbnail for Infinity InstituteInfinity Institute High School once known as St Pauls Catholic School. It is a high school which has Arts and Vocational Education for those enetering the high school years

Yolanda Cherry
on Infinity Institute

70 Transit Score of Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City has Excellent Transit

Transit is convenient for most trips. Find Jersey City apartments for rent on Redfin.

Public Transit Routes

Jersey City has excellent public transportation and about 24 bus, 4 rail and 2 light rail lines.

Transit Time

The map above shows how far you can travel in 30 minutes from Jersey City on public transit.

Neighborhood Guides

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Boulevard Drinks

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Manhattan Skyline

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NJ Transit

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St Ann's Home

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Miller Branch Library

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Hudson Catholic Regional High School

64 Bike Score of Jersey City, NJ

Jersey City is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

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WEST SIDE AVE HBLR STATION

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St Ann's Home

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Manhattan Skyline

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NJ Transit

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Hamilton Park

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St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Monmouth Street, Jersey City, NJ

thumbnail for The Jersey JournalThis is where all the news of jersey city comes from, get the latest Jersey City news and community updates, view photos and videos from this building!

Kashyap Joshi
on The Jersey Journal

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Portside Towers Apartments

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Jackie Robinson Statue

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Stanley Theater

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Lincoln Park, Jersey City, NJ

thumbnail for Newark AveThis place is called Little India. There are so many indian stores from jewelry stores to restaurants to fast food places to video stores, this place is ALWAYS PACKED the sidewalks contain 80 people every minute there is no room for people to walk, but it feels good because the community are very friendly! FOOD IS GREAT!

Kashyap Joshi
on Newark Ave

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Lincoln Park, Jersey City, NJ

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Lincoln Park, Jersey City, NJ

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Lincoln Park, Jersey City, NJ

thumbnail for Hubby's Corner, Jersey CityHubby's Corner is a historic intersection in the Bergen/Lafayette section of Jersey City, New Jersey. A scenic, residential section of Jersey City, this area is a great place to live, convenient walking distance to public transit and shopping as well as most schools.

Kathleen Patricia Odenthal
on Hubby's Corner, Jersey City

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