The city of Hoboken announced Monday, Aug. 31 plans to attain a large patch of undeveloped property in the northwest sector for what-would-be the mile square’s largest park. At the park, which would be relatively the same size as Pier A Park, the city also intends to build Hoboken’s first municipal garage. It would be built on the industrial site currently owned by BASF (previously Henkel/Cognis).
The park would have at least one million gallons of integrated flood mitigation capacity for stormwater.
“This 6-acre property is the city’s last remaining option for acquiring such a large amount of contiguous land for open space, and it would provide Hoboken with a unique opportunity to address three of our most pressing challenges – flooding, open space, and parking,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer.
The project is one of three “resiliency parks” planned for Hoboken – in addition to Southwest Park and Seventh Street & Jackson Street Park and Plaza.
In the announcement, Zimmer said the park would “take pressure off our other overcrowded parks, and complement our flood resiliency strategy by being designed to hold at least 1 million gallons of stormwater runoff.”
The matter will be discussed at the City Council meeting this Wednesday in City Hall. Watch the weekend edition of the Hoboken Reporter (hudsonreporter.com) for more, and send news tips to editorial@hudsonreporter.com with Hoboken in the subject head. – Steven Rodas
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