“The Hoboken Meadows” is now on display at the Hoboken Historical Museum FBW | February 20, 2025 In the 1700s, Hoboken was an island. This is documented in the new exhibition, “The Hoboken Meadows,” at the Hoboken Historical Museum. The island, the elevated area around Castle Point, comprised about 25 [...]
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Neumann Leathers Building - 300 Observer Highway, Hoboken We would love to meet you and talk about our current projects as well as our 1990 plan that has guided our advocacy and shaped the development of Hoboken's waterfront. Getting to our office is [...]
Sarah Colker at FBW's Connect the Waterfront event last November. After graduation in 1981 from Princeton University in Structural Engineering, Sarah worked at Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and Birdsall Engineering in New York City and Philadelphia, designing, rehabilitating and inspecting long span bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge. In 1988, Sarah and her husband Joe Moskowitz [...]
The developer released a rendering showing the lower 1/3 of a 28-story residential tower at 201 Observer Highway where they recently broke ground. FBW | February 6, 2025 In years past, the development of Hoboken has been guided by its zoning ordinance. Most of Hoboken falls within three residential zoning districts: R-1, [...]
Please join us for a creative conversation exploring the history of Hoboken and its deep connection to water. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 4:30 to 6:30 pm | Hoboken Public Library, 500 Park Avenue RSVP We invite Hobokenites from all sectors to share their opinions and experiences of the [...]
FBW | January 24, 2025 The lower Hudson River shoreline was formerly dominated by maritime industries. Throughout the late 1800s and much of the 1900s, as waterfront industries expanded operations, the shoreline was extended over the river in what is termed the “filled water’s edge.” After most of these [...]
Hartz Mountain built these luxury residential towers despite pending litigation Hoboken Point at the Weehawken Cove nearing completion in the spring of 2024. FBW | January 24, 2025 Hoboken Point is situated overlooking the Weehawken Cove, a unique inlet of the Hudson River. According to promotional material, this 262-unit residential [...]
Despite fierce debate for over 20 years, congestion pricing has finally been implemented in New York City. New Jersey traffic headed to the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. By Jennifer Mynard | January 16, 2025 Despite fierce debate for over 20 years, congestion pricing has finally been implemented in [...]
Nick Borg with his daughter Kristina Borg Nick Borg has been on FBW’s Board of Directors since 2012 and currently serves as its treasurer. He brings to FBW a wealth of experience as a high-level administrator with detailed knowledge of commercial real estate and public policy issues. Nick’s family moved to Hoboken [...]
The Redevelopment Ordinance for Garage B will get its 1st reading at the Wednesday, February 19th Hoboken City Council meeting after which it will be submitted for Planning Board review; final vote by Council in March Since the 1980s, residents have fought proposals for high-rise towers, thus seeking to preserve Hoboken’s appealing urban village [...]
Jeffery Train accepted the Aaron Lewit Riparian Award for his work to preserve a colony of terns at Hoboken's north waterfront. Chris Eftychiou and Jeffrey Train with his wife Brie and son Otys. The Tern Table. Our Gold Sponsor. Christopher Welsh, Ron Hine, Commissioner Anthony [...]
FBW's Connect the Waterfront Honorary Chair Mark Stehli chatting with guests. FBW's Chair Kate Valenta addressing the crowd. Lynne Shapiro accepted the FBW Riparian Award for her late husband Aaron Lewit. Janine Berger, Heather Gibbons, Kate Valenta & Kasia Bloom. Otys Train, Jennie Pu, [...]
The cafe can no longer be a destination restaurant and must serve park users The patio enclosure remains, obstructing a portion of the state-mandated Hudson River Waterfront Walkway The Sinatra Park Cafe prior to the addition of the enclosed patio. FBW | November 20, 2024 The City of Hoboken [...]
Aaron Lewit helped to spearhead FBW’s work with developers in creating Maxwell Place Park; Jeffrey Train has led efforts to preserve Hoboken’s colony of terns at the north waterfront At this year’s Connect the Waterfront event on November 14, the Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) will bestow two Riparian Awards, one to [...]
Expanding a city’s tree canopy coverage is an essential strategy to combat climate change. The last significant addition to Hoboken tree canopy coverage was at Hoboken's South Waterfront in the 1990s. FBW | October 16, 2024 The Urban & Community Forestry Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
More than 1 ticket? Let us know who else will be attending on November 14. There are no paper tickets. Your name and others attending with you will be on a check-in list at the door. If someone other than yourself will be attending the event, please include on the form below. [...]
Opposition from FBW, artists and local residents has preserved the iconic views from Hoboken’s beloved waterfront park FBW | September 30, 2024 The City of Hoboken made no public announcement but quietly withdrew its proposed controversial $500,000 sculpture for Pier C Park as part of its Public Arts Program. The artwork [...]
It is time for the City to rescind this draconian ordinance adopted during a troubled time over 50 years ago Hoboken's Pier A Park after dark. FBW | September 24, 2024 On September 18, 2024, in a rare event, the Hoboken City Council failed to pass an amended ordinance on first [...]
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 | September 20, 2024 On September 17, the Jersey Journal reported that the U.S. Department of Transportation Passenger Ferry [...]
FBW | September 11, 2024 You can provide input through an online skatepark survey until September 30. There will also be an on-site meet-up on Tuesday, September 17 at 5 p.m. at the current Castle Point Park skatepark near 8th Street and Sinatra Drive. Hoboken Mayor Bhalla is carrying through [...]
