Jersey City
Jersey City brings much of downtown Manhattan to the Jersey side of the Hudson. Students and professionals, singles and couples – they all are attracted to the new sophisticated cool of New Jersey’s second largest city. In fact, there may be no city in New Jersey that’s changed more in the past decade than Jersey City.
LIFESTYLE
Jersey City has a variety of neighborhoods that offer more diversity than just about any other city in the United States. The PATH trains and New Jersey Transit Light Rail have made downtown Jersey City an extension of Wall Street – with the skyline to prove it. But there’s also plenty of activity in the Greenville, Jersey City Heights, and Journal Square neighborhoods.
There are ten shopping districts in Jersey City offering culturally diverse and forward-thinking shops, stores, and boutiques, but you can also find mall-oriented fare at the Newport Center Mall.
ACCOMODATIONS
The rental options in Jersey City have changed a lot over the years from primarily converted brownstones and single-family homes to include a wide array of high rises. The sheer number of options here can be overwhelming, so have an idea of what kind of place and neighborhood you’d like to live in before you start looking.
COMMUTE
Jersey City offers one of the easiest commutes to the law school because the PATH goes directly from the Newport, Grove Street, Exchange Place, and Journal Square stops right to Penn Station in Newark, which takes less than 15 minutes You can also take New Jersey Transit trains from Hoboken, which you can also easily reach by PATH. If you’d like to drive, the law school is less than 5 miles away and can easily be accessed by the Pulaski Skyway (Routes 1&9), the New Jersey Turnpike Extension, or Interstate-280.
ACTIVITIES
The Jersey City Museum, which includes a theater, has undergone extensive renovations and has eight galleries with over 20,000 pieces and serves as the hub a burgeoning arts movement in Jersey City. But Jersey City is also the home to the Liberty Science Center and Liberty State Park. The Science Center is an interactive space that let’s young and old learn about nature, technology, and the cosmos. It also has an IMAX theater. Meanwhile the park, which runs along the waterfront that looks out at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, includes the newly restored Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal.
And if you’re in the mood for some nightlife on the weekend, Jersey City clubs can be found playing jazz, R&B, hip hop, salsa, and funk.
SERVICES
If you’d like to find out more about Jersey City, check out www.cityofjerseycity.com or www.destinationjerseycity.com.