We believe that successful waterfronts begin with sound planning, time-tested urban design and an understanding that the water’s edge belongs to the public.
Join Honorary Chair Mark Stehli and FBW for this year’s Connect the Waterfront event on Thursday, November 14th, 2024, from 7-9 PM at the Hoboken Elks Club
We’re featuring an open bar (beer & wine), live music and fantastic hors d’oeuvres. We’ll present two FBW Riparian Awards, one in memoriam to Aaron Lewit, our late board member who passed away in February, honoring his critical work with FBW and life-long commitment to building community, and a second to Jeffrey Train for his work in preserving a colony of terns at Hoboken’s north waterfront. This is our one fundraising event of the year: we hope you’ll help us make it a big success by purchasing tickets or being a sponsor today!
For the past 10 years, City’s lease for Sinatra Park Cafe has violated NJDEP regulations
FBW Exec. Director addresses the City Council on August 21, concerning City’s lease violating New Jersey’s Green Acres regulations for past 10 years as well as the State’s regulations requiring a 16-foot paved portion of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway which is narrowed to 6 feet due to the patio enclosure wrapping the front of the Sinatra Park Cafe.
Recent Articles
NY Waterway makes progress in rebuilding its maintenance facility in Weehawken with a $6.3 million federal grant
Weehawken Mayor Richard Turner takes credit for restricting the size of the new facility and lobbying for cleaner electric ferries Port Imperial Marina, NY Waterway’s current maintenance facility at Weehawken’s waterfront FBW | [...]
Phase 1 of Maritime Park will include a new, state-of-the-art skatepark and a possible “tree nursery”
An opportunity to expand the beach area at Maxwell Place Park has been overlooked FBW | September 11, 2024 You can provide input through an online skatepark survey until [...]
Letter to Editor: Hoboken’s proposed Sinatra Park Cafe lease would violate New Jersey’s walkway rules
Published in the Hudson County View September 3, 2024 Dear Editor, In the 1980s, as maritime industries abandoned the Hudson River coastline, the State of New Jersey adopted Coastal Zone Management [...]
The best development in Hoboken — infill projects — closely conforms to Hoboken’s turn-of-the-20th-century standards
Infill development combines the old with the new, preserving and renewing Hoboken’s urban village ambiance FBW | August 28, 2024 [...]
The Sinatra Park Cafe: Diverting public space for an exclusive, private use
The City’s lease of the Sinatra Park Cafe raises serious questions about the nature of our public parks FBW | August 1, 2024 This past March, the City of Hoboken [...]
Coastal erosion is not confined to New Jersey’s beaches; Hoboken’s shoreline is vulnerable too
More than a century ago, North German Lloyd Lines built a massive stone bulkhead at Hoboken's South Waterfront that still stands today, despite the relentless currents and tides of the Hudson River. Other portions [...]
At dry dock site, NY Waterway prepares for operations as City moves forward with Phase 1 park development
FBW presses for safeguards to ensure that NY Waterway exits at the end of its lease FBW | June 28, 2024 Safeguarding Maritime Park for its ultimate use as public [...]
A plan to remove a colony of nesting terns on a Hoboken pier goes awry
Shipyard Associates agrees to remove deterrents and create 500 foot buffer on Pier 11 Some terns are now nesting at Union Dry Dock and Pier 12; two eggs just hatched on Pier 11 [...]
FBW’s reasons for opposing proposed sculpture for Pier C Park
The proposed sculpture is incompatible with the original design of Pier C Park May 21, 2024 Ms. Jennifer Gonzalez Director of Climate Action + Innovation City of Hoboken Hoboken, New Jersey [...]
Seeing Hoboken through Jane Jacobs’ eyes
Her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, has influenced generations of urban thinkers and city planners Jane's Walk Hoboken will take place on Saturday, May 4 at 11 a.m. Click link [...]
What is the key to Hoboken’s success as a vibrant urban community?
A mix of residential and retail uses, high densities, small lot sizes, and rows of buildings hugging front lot lines all contribute to lively, walkable neighborhoods Hoboken Street [...]
Hoboken’s private, lifeless alleyways are an ill-conceived attempt to create public space
"The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center." - William H. Whyte “There must be eyes upon the street, eyes belonging [...]