Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for 1600 Park Ave - Hoboken's Newest Park Addition

You're invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony, or more importantly to enjoy Hoboken's newest park and outdoor recreation area at 1600 Park Avenue!

Officially opening September 3rd at 4pm, 1600 Park offers more than 2 acres of mixed use outdoor space including a multi use field, dog run, mound and a slide hill plus bleachers for spectators. It is ready for soccer, men and women's lacrosse and t-ball, plus minor league baseball. There are restrooms and a new traffic signal has been installed to provide safer access for pedestrians wishing to access the park.

You'll be able to park your bicycle at the park as well and there is a parking garage nearby on 15th and Garden and another closer to 14th along the waterfront.

What do you think about the newest Hoboken public park space on Park Ave?  Will you be using it? Still some time to enjoy before the cold months roll in!

Hoboken Community Meeting - Development Of 16th Street Parks

Hoboken Community Meeting - Development of 16th Street Parks

Hoboken is hosting the first public meeting to discuss the design of recreational park space located along Willow Avenue and Park Avenue at 16th Street. The meeting will take place at the Wallace School gymnasium, 1100 Willow Avenue, January 10th from 7:00 - 9:00p.m. and is open to the public. Be there!

The goal is to start construction in Spring of 2011 and the city hopes to have the project finished by the Fall. While the site has undergone remediation, they are waiting for approvals from an environmental agency that the work is satisfactory. 

This project will work alongside two other sites, the Hoboken Cove, east of Park Avenue and north headed towards Weehawken, and as well as space known as the Weehawken cove. Their goal, in a release from the city today, states that the goal is to have the spaces be cohesive, and will include a kayak and boat launch.

This along with the recent announcement of the rebuilding of the 14th Street viaduct slated to being in March of 2011, these are wonderful, and much needed improvements to rebuild a section of Hoboken/Weehawken left forgotten and neglected. 

I'm happy to report this post, because it could have easily have gone to more building and development residential projects. The residents and all that come to visit will enjoy, instead, open green space which the residents so much wanted. 

What type of park space would you like to see included in the plans?