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Neighborhood Guides > Hoboken > Parks
Parks
Parks Four Hoboken parks were originally developed within city street grid laid out in the 19th century:
- Church Square Park, a town square
- Columbus Park, the only Hudson County park in the city
- Elysian Park, the last remnant of Elysian Fields
- Stevens Park
Other parks, developed later, but fitting into the street pattern in the city's southeast:
- Gateway Park, the smallest and most remote of the city's parks
- Jackson Street Park, the most concrete park in town
- Legion Park
- Madison Park, abutting senior housing complex, more plaza than park
The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway is a state-mandated master plan to connect the municipalities from the Bayonne Bridge to the George Washington Bridge creating an 18 mile-long urban linear park and provide contiguous unhindered access to the water's edge. By law, any development on the waterfront must provide a public promenade with a minimum width of 30 feet. To date, completed segments in Hoboken and the new parks and renovated piers that abut them are (from south to north):
- the plaza at Hoboken Terminal
- Pier A
- The promenade and bike path from Newark to 5th Streets
- Frank Sinatra Park
- Castle Point Park
- Sinatra Drive to 12th, currently under construction, at former Maxwell House Coffee plant
- 12th to 14th Streets, at former Bethelem Steel drydocks
- Hoboken North New York Waterway Pier
- 14th Street Pier (formerly Pier 4)
- 14th Street north to southern side of Weehawken Cove, at the former Lipton Tea plant
- other segments of river-front held privately (notably by Stevens Tech) are not required to build a walkway until the land is re-developed.
The Hoboken Parks Initiative is a municipal plan to create more public open spaces in the city using a variety of financing schemes including contributions from and zoning trade-offs with private developers, NJ State Green Acres funds, and other government grants. It is source of controversy with various civic groups and the city government. Among the proposed projects, the only one to that has yet materialized is at Maxwell Place, whose developer is obligated to build a public promenade on the river. Others include:
- Hoboken Island, a 9/11 memorial connected by bridge to Pier A
- Pier C, which no longer exists, to be-rebuilt and include sand volleyball court and fishing pier
- Stevens Tech Ice Skating Rink: temporary rink at the eastern end of 5th street to become permanent
- 1600 Park Avenue, 2.4 acre (10,000 m²) park with two handball courts, two basketball courts, and two tennis courts
- Hoboken Cove, a 5-acre park along Park Ave at the waterfront
- 16th Street Pier, 0.75 acres (3,000 m²) extending into Weehawken Cove, with playground and overlook terrace
- Green Belt Walkway, also known as the Green Circuit, on city's western perimeter north of the projects, including rooftop tennis courts and swimming complex.
- Upper West Side Park, in the northwestern corner of the city adjacent to the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail tracks north of the 14th Street Viaduct, a 4.2 acre (17,000 m²) park with athletic fields
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