Hoboken, New Jersey

The name Hoboken was chosen by Colonel John Stevens when he bought land, on a part of which the city still sits. The Lenape, later called Delaware Indian tribe of Native Americans, referred to the area as the "land of the tobacco pipe", most likely to refer to the soapstone collected there to carve tobacco pipes, and used a phrase that became "Hopoghan Hackingh".[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/explore-hoboken/ "The Abridged History of Hoboken"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501133722/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/history/short-history-of-hoboken |date=May 1, 2015 }}, Hoboken Museum, Accessed February 24, 2015.Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=16 The Origin of New Jersey Place Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=16 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 1, 2015.Gannett, Henry. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n157/mode/2up The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States], p. 158. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed September 1, 2015. Like Weehawken, its neighbor to the north, as well as Communipaw and Harsimus to the south, Hoboken had many variations in the folks-tongue. Hoebuck, old Dutch for high bluff, and likely referring to Castle Point, the district of the city highest above sea level, was used during the colonial era, and was later spelled as Hobuck,Hoboken Reporter January 16, 2005 Hobock,[https://books.google.com/books?id=EQgKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=hobock+hoboken Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1675–1776, Volume 8] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112170736/https://books.google.com/books?id=EQgKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA428&lpg=PA428&dq=hobock+hoboken |date=January 12, 2016 }}, p. 428. Archived at Google Books. Accessed June 9, 2014. Hobuk[http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history.html History of Hoboken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154319/http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history.html |date=July 14, 2014 }}, WNET. Accessed September 1, 2015. "The following description of Hobuk, as it was then known, comes from a letter written in 1685 by a George Scott, of Edinburg" and Hoboocken.[http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/history/colrec/vol21/v21-01.txt New Jersey Colonial Records, East Jersey Records: Part 1 – Volume 21 Calendar of Records 1664–1703] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210113334/http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/history/colrec/vol21/v21-01.txt |date=February 10, 2009 }}, USGenWeb Archives. Accessed November 27, 2011. However, in the nineteenth century, the name was changed to Hoboken, influenced by Flemish immigrants, and a folk etymology had emerged, linking the town of Hoboken to the similarly-named Hoboken district of Antwerp.Van Der Sijs, Nicoline. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qIsDdUSYJMIC&q=hoboken Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803035919/https://books.google.com/books?id=qIsDdUSYJMIC&q=hoboken |date=August 3, 2020 }}, p. 109. Amsterdam University Press, 2009. {{ISBN|978-9089641243}}. Accessed June 2, 2016.

Hoboken has been nicknamed the Mile Square City, but it actually occupies about {{cvt|1.25|sqmi}} of land. During the late 19th/early 20th century the population and culture of Hoboken was dominated by German language speakers who sometimes called it "Little Bremen", many of whom are buried in Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen.[http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/pressrelease/HHMpr080416aNiceTavern.pdf "Hoboken Historical Museum Hosts Publication Party for Oral History Chapbook, "A Nice Tavern"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719051010/http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/pressrelease/HHMpr080416aNiceTavern.pdf |date=July 19, 2011 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed November 17, 2010.Applebome, Peter. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/nyregion/jitters-about-whos-in-charge-on-the-waterfront-in-1917-and-today.html "Our Towns; Jitters About Who's in Charge on the Waterfront, in 1917 and Today"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223727/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/05/nyregion/jitters-about-whos-in-charge-on-the-waterfront-in-1917-and-today.html |date=September 13, 2018 }}, The New York Times, March 5, 2006. Accessed September 13, 2018. "And Hoboken, where as early as the 1850s, more than 1,500 of the 7,000 inhabitants were of German origin, was known as Little Bremen, and had an elaborate network of German beer gardens and restaurants, social clubs, newspapers, theaters and schools."

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Hoboken was originally an island which was surrounded by the Hudson River on the east and tidal lands at the foot of the New Jersey Palisades on the west. It was a seasonal campsite in the territory of the Hackensack, a phratry of the Lenni Lenape, who used the serpentine rock found there to carve pipes.

The first recorded European to lay claim to the area was Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who anchored his ship the Halve Maen (Half Moon) at Weehawken Cove on October 2, 1609.[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/history/short-history-of-hoboken Short History of Hoboken] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501133722/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/history/short-history-of-hoboken |date=May 1, 2015 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed September 1, 2015. An entry made in the journal of Hudson's mate, Robert Juet, on that date, is the earliest known reference to the area today known as Hoboken, and would be the last known such reference until twenty years later.{{cite book|chapter=I: First Owners of West Hoboken.|title=History of West Hoboken, NJ: 1609 - 1903|date=1903|author=W.H. Drescher, Jr.|publisher=Lehne & Drescher|page=7}} Soon after the area became part of the province of New Netherland.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

In 1630, Michael Reyniersz Pauw, a burgemeester (mayor) of Amsterdam and a director of the Dutch West India Company, received a land grant as patroon on the condition that he would plant a colony of not fewer than fifty persons within four years on the west bank of what had been named the North River. Three Lenape sold the land that became Hoboken and part of Jersey City for 80 fathoms (146 m) of wampum, 20 fathoms (37 m) of cloth, 12 kettles, six guns, two blankets, one double kettle, and half a barrel of beer. These transactions, variously dated as July 12, 1630 and November 22, 1630, represent the earliest known conveyance for the area. Pauw, whose Latinized name is Pavonia, failed to settle the land, and he was obliged to sell his holdings back to the company in 1633.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

It was later acquired by Hendrick Van Vorst, who leased part of the land to Aert Van Putten, a farmer. In 1643, north of what would be later known as Castle Point, Van Putten built a house and a brewery, North America's first. In series of Indian and Dutch raids and reprisals, Van Putten was killed and his buildings destroyed, and all residents of Pavonia, as the colony was then known, were ordered back to New Amsterdam.{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Rebecca|title=An ill-fated brewery in Hoboken was America's oldest|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/food/beer/2022/08/23/america-first-brewery-van-putten-hoboken-nj/65379079007/|website=NorthJersey.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 23, 2022|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=January 18, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230118232130/https://www.northjersey.com/story/food/beer/2022/08/23/america-first-brewery-van-putten-hoboken-nj/65379079007/}}

In 1664, the English took possession of New Amsterdam with little to no resistance, and in 1668 they confirmed a previous land patent by Nicolas Verlett. In 1674–1675, the area became part of East Jersey, and the province was divided into four administrative districts, Hoboken becoming part of Bergen County, where it remained until the creation of Hudson County on February 22, 1840. English-speaking settlers (some relocating from New England) interspersed with the Dutch, but it remained sparsely populated and agrarian.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Eventually, the land came into the possession of William Bayard, who originally supported the revolutionary cause, but became a Loyalist Tory after the fall of New York in 1776 when the city and surrounding areas, including the west bank of the renamed Hudson River, were occupied by the British. At the end of the Revolutionary War, Bayard's property was confiscated by the Revolutionary Government of New Jersey. In 1784, the land described as "William Bayard's farm at Hoebuck" was bought at auction by Colonel John Stevens for £18,360 (then $90,000).

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In the early 19th century, Colonel John Stevens developed the waterfront as a resort for Manhattanites.{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Thomas Francis |title=A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map |year=1834 |publisher=Daniel Fenton |isbn=978-0-7222-0244-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 |access-date=October 2, 2020 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517183852/https://books.google.com/books?id=8VoVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92 |url-status=live }} On October 11, 1811, Stevens' ship the Juliana, began to operate as a ferry between Manhattan and Hoboken, making it the world's first commercial steam ferry.[http://www.stevens.edu/sit/about/steamboats.cfm "History: Steamboats"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616051225/http://www.stevens.edu/sit/about/steamboats.cfm |date=June 16, 2012 }}, Stevens Institute of Technology. Accessed April 16, 2012. "Thus, in 1811 the Colonel purchased a commercial ferry license in New York state and operated a horse powered ferry while building a steam ferry, the Juliana. When the Juliana was put into service from Hoboken to New York, the Stevenses inaugurated what is reputed to be the first regular commercially operated steam ferry in the world." In 1825, he designed and built a steam locomotive capable of hauling several passenger cars at his estate.Burks, Edward C. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/13/archives/hoboken-to-pay-tribute-to-5wheel-locomotive.html "Hoboken to Pay Tribute To 5‐Wheel Locomotive"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008202918/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/13/archives/hoboken-to-pay-tribute-to-5wheel-locomotive.html |date=October 8, 2021 }}, The New York Times, May 13, 1976. Accessed August 19, 2020. Sybil's Cave, a cave with a natural spring, was opened in 1832 and visitors came to pay a penny for a glass of water from the cave which was said to have medicinal powers.Jennemann, Tom. [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/2402705/article-Excavation-of-Sybil-s-Cave-to-begin-Tuesday-Site-was-location-of-natural-spring--inspiration-for-Poe-murder-mystery "Excavation of Sybil's Cave to begin Tuesday Site was location of natural spring, inspiration for Poe murder mystery"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426214912/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/2402705/article-Excavation-of-Sybil-s-Cave-to-begin-Tuesday-Site-was-location-of-natural-spring--inspiration-for-Poe-murder-mystery |date=April 26, 2013 }}, The Hudson Reporter, January 25, 2005. Accessed April 16, 2012. "Roberts said that the benches they will add will hark back to a time when the city's waterfront was a retreat for wealthy New Yorkers. Sybil's Cave was first opened as a day trippers' attraction in 1832, according to an Aug. 9, 1934 story in the Hoboken Dispatch." In 1841, the cave became a legend, when Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Mystery of Marie Roget" about an event that took place there.Fahim, Kareem. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/nyregion/26cave.html "'Open Sesame' Just Won't Do: Hoboken Tries to Unlock Its Cave"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021204/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/nyregion/26cave.html |date=June 19, 2022 }}, The New York Times, June 26, 2007. Accessed April 16, 2012. "In 1841, the bloodied body of Mary Cecilia Rogers drifted to shore near the mouth of Sybil's Cave, and into legend, the subject of a thriller by Edgar Allan Poe." The cave was closed in the late 1880s after the water was found to be contaminated, and it was shut and in the 1930s and filled with concrete, before it was reopened in 2008.Baldwin, Carly. [https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2008/10/sybils_cave_reopened_amid_cont.html "Sybil's Cave reopened -- amid controversy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193325/https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2008/10/sybils_cave_reopened_amid_cont.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}, The Jersey Journal/ NJ.com, October 21, 2008, updated April 2, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Hoboken Mayor Dave Roberts celebrated the re-opening of the historic Sybil's Cave this morning. But, as Hoboken wrestles with a state takeover and residents face a 47 percent tax hike, some say Sybil's Cave is just another example of what they call the mayor's spendthrift ways." Before his death in 1838, Stevens founded the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, which laid out a regular system of streets, blocks and lots, constructed housing, and developed manufacturing sites. In general, the housing consisted of masonry row houses of three to five stories, some of which survive to the present day, as does the street grid.Colrick, Patricia Florio. [https://books.google.com/books?id=t6RD_6qV1NwC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6 Hoboken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803071435/https://books.google.com/books?id=t6RD_6qV1NwC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6 |date=August 3, 2020 }}. p. 6. Arcadia Publishing, 1999. {{ISBN|0-7385-3730-6}}. Accessed April 16, 2012. "Hoboken was laid out in a grid pattern in 1804, on the Loss Map by the inventor and the owner of much of the land, Colonel John Stevens."

Hoboken was originally formed as a township on April 9, 1849, from portions of North Bergen Township. As the town grew in population and employment, many of Hoboken's residents saw a need to incorporate as a full-fledged city, and in a referendum held on March 29, 1855, ratified an Act of the New Jersey Legislature signed the previous day, and the City of Hoboken was born. In the subsequent election, Cornelius V. Clickener became Hoboken's first mayor. On March 15, 1859, the Township of Weehawken was created from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen Township.Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 148. Accessed May 29, 2024.

Based on a bequest from Edwin A. Stevens, Stevens Institute of Technology was founded at Castle Point in 1870, at the site of the Stevens family's former estate, as the nation's first mechanical engineering college.[https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/stevens-history Leading Innovation: A Brief History of Stevens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031917/https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/stevens-history |date=November 7, 2017 }}, Stevens Institute of Technology. Accessed November 5, 2017. "When inventor Edwin A. Stevens died in 1868, his will provided for the establishment of the university that now bears his family's name. Two years later, in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology opened, offering a rigorous engineering curriculum leading to the degree of Mechanical Engineer following a course of study firmly grounded both in scientific principles and the humanities."

By the late 19th century, shipping lines were using Hoboken as a terminal port, and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (later the Erie Lackawanna Railroad) developed a railroad terminal at the waterfront, with the present NJ Transit terminal designed by architect Kenneth Murchison constructed in 1907.Hughes, C. J. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/realestate/commercial/21station.html "Reviving the Glory of Hoboken Terminal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003426/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/21/realestate/commercial/21station.html |date=October 5, 2013 }}, The New York Times, December 21, 2005. Accessed April 16, 2012. "The Hoboken Terminal, built in 1907, is a two-story Beaux-Arts structure designed by Kenneth Murchison, an architect with the firm of McKim, Mead & White, which designed the original Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan." It was also during this time that German immigrants, who had been settling in town during most of the century, became the predominant population group in the city, at least partially due to its being a major destination port of the Hamburg America Line, though anti-German sentiment during World War I led to a rapid decline in the German community.Skontra, Alan. [http://hoboken.patch.com/articles/a-history-of-hobokens-immigrants "A History of Hoboken's Immigrants: Dr. Christina Ziegler-McPherson presented her new book at the museum."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021204/https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/a-history-of-hobokens-immigrants |date=June 19, 2022 }}, HobokenPatch, July 18, 2011. Accessed April 16, 2012. "Hoboken's population started to grow when shipping companies built docks and warehouses along the waterfront, notably the Hamburg America line in 1863. With this development came jobs, which attracted immigrants. The city's population jumped from 2,200 in 1850 to 20,000 in 1870 and 43,000 in 1890.... Ziegler-McPherson said she learned just how much the city was a German enclave at the turn of the 20th century. A quarter of the city's residents had German roots, earning Hoboken the nickname of 'Little Bremen.'" In addition to the primary industry of shipbuilding, Hoboken became home to Keuffel and Esser's three-story factory and in 1884, to Tietjen and Lang Drydock (later Todd Shipyards). Well-known companies that developed a major presence in Hoboken after the turn-of the-century included Maxwell House, Lipton Tea, and Hostess.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=Factories And Family Favorites In Hoboken |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/factories-family-favorites |access-date=2020-11-25 |website=Hoboken, NJ Patch |language=en |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104070714/https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/factories-family-favorites |url-status=live }}

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The first officially recorded game of baseball took place in Hoboken in 1846 between Knickerbocker Club and New York Nine at Elysian Fields.Sullivan, Dean A. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TKbXIHDH1TQC "Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball, 1825–1908"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112160123/https://books.google.com/books?id=TKbXIHDH1TQC |date=January 12, 2016 }}, University of Nebraska Press, 1997. {{ISBN|9780803292444}}. Accessed September 1, 2015. In 1845, the Knickerbocker Club, which had been founded by Alexander Cartwright, began using Elysian Fields to play baseball due to the lack of suitable grounds on Manhattan.Nieves, Evelyn. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/03/nyregion/our-towns-in-hoboken-dreams-of-eclipsing-the-cooperstown-baseball-legend.html "Our Towns; In Hoboken, Dreams of Eclipsing the Cooperstown Baseball Legend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111042118/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/03/nyregion/our-towns-in-hoboken-dreams-of-eclipsing-the-cooperstown-baseball-legend.html |date=November 11, 2017 }}, The New York Times, April 3, 1996. Accessed February 1, 2012. Team members included players of the St George's Cricket Club, the brothers Harry and George Wright, and Henry Chadwick, the English-born journalist who coined the term "America's Pastime".{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

By the 1850s, several Manhattan-based members of the National Association of Base Ball Players were using the grounds as their home field while St. George's continued to organize international matches between Canada, England and the United States at the same venue. In 1859, George Parr's All England Eleven of professional cricketers played the United States XXII at Hoboken, easily defeating the local competition. Sam Wright and his sons Harry and George Wright played on the defeated United States team, a loss which inadvertently encouraged local players to take up baseball. Henry Chadwick believed that baseball and not cricket should become the national pastime after the game drawing the conclusion that amateur American players did not have the leisure time required to develop cricket skills to the high technical level required of professional players. Harry Wright and George Wright then became two of the first professional baseball players in the United States when Aaron Champion raised funds to found the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

In 1865, the grounds hosted a championship match between the Mutual Club of New York City and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn that was attended by an estimated 20,000 fans and captured in the Currier & Ives lithograph "The American National Game of Base Ball".[https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.00600/ "The American national game of base ball. Grand match for the championship at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N.J."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331185026/https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.00600/ |date=March 31, 2016 }}, Library of Congress. Accessed September 1, 2015.

With the construction of two significant baseball parks enclosed by fences in Brooklyn, enabling promoters there to charge admission to games, the prominence of Elysian Fields diminished. In 1868 the leading Manhattan club, Mutual, shifted its home games to the Union Grounds in Brooklyn. In 1880, the founders of the New York Metropolitans and New York Giants finally succeeded in siting a ballpark in Manhattan that became known as the Polo Grounds.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

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Few nonwhites had settled in Hoboken by 1901. The Brooklyn Eagle claimed that an unwritten sundown town policy prevented African Americans from residing or working there.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29071098/ "Colored Folk Shun Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021204/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29071098/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/ |date=June 19, 2022 }}, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 29, 1901, via Newspapers.com. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Hoboken, that unique suburb of New York, which has been maligned by many and spoken of derisively from Maine to California, has one claim to distinction: It has only one negro family within its borders. This is all the more remarkable because its neighbor, Jersey City, is full of colored people and outlying sections also have a large quota. ... Of the hundred and one reasons given for the diminutive size of the negro population of Hoboken, probably the correct one is that there is no way for negroes to earn a livelihood in the city.... There seems to be a sort of unwritten law in the town that negroes are to be barred out. This feeling permeates of everything. The Hobokenese are proud of the distinction conferred on their town by the absence of negroes."

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When the U.S. entered World War I, the Hamburg-American Line piers in Hoboken and New Orleans were taken under eminent domain.Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1917/04/20/archives/army-put-in-charge-of-piers-in-hoboken-waterfront-used-by-teuton.html "Army put in charge of piers in Hoboken; Waterfront Used by Teuton Lines to be a Government Shipping Base. Mayor Reassures Germans May Live in the District So Long as They Are Orderly;-Strict Rules for Saloons. Army put in charge of piers in Hoboken would use German Ships. Marine Experts Want Them to Carry Food to the Allies."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728003413/https://www.nytimes.com/1917/04/20/archives/army-put-in-charge-of-piers-in-hoboken-waterfront-used-by-teuton.html |date=July 28, 2018 }}, The New York Times, April 20, 1917. Accessed September 13, 2018. "About a quarter of a mile of Hoboken's writer front is technically under martial law today. Military authority superseded civil authority early yesterday morning along that part of the shore line occupied by the big North German Lloyd and Hamburg American Line piers, and armed sentries kept persons on the opposite side of the street from the pier yards." Federal control of the port and anti-German sentiment led to part of the city being placed under martial law, and many German immigrants were forcibly moved to Ellis Island or left the city of their own accord.[http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history_post.html History of Hoboken: Post-Industrial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015551/http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history_post.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}, WNET. Accessed April 16, 2012. "Yet when the United States entered World War I on the side of Britain and France, this all changed. The U.S. government seized control of Hoboken's piers and the German ships docked there. Martial law was declared in sections of the city, and many Germans were sent to Ellis Island. Thousands of Germans left Hoboken, and soon the city became known for its large Italian population." Hoboken became the major point of embarkation and more than three million soldiers, known as "doughboys", passed through the city.{{cite web |url=http://www.doughboysofnyc.com/Doughboy1.html |title=Doughboys |website=DoughboysOfNYC.com |access-date=October 19, 2017 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710145706/http://www.doughboysofnyc.com/Doughboy1.html |url-status=live }} Their hope for an early return led to General Pershing's slogan, "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken... by Christmas."[http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/pressrelease/HHMpr080827WWIExhibit.pdf Heaven, Hell or Hoboken: Exhibit, Lecture Series Bring Hoboken's World War I Experience to Life] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129072539/http://www.hobokenmuseum.org/pressrelease/HHMpr080827WWIExhibit.pdf |date=January 29, 2012 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum & Cultural Center, August 27, 2008. Accessed November 27, 2011. "The designation meant national fame for Hoboken – General John J. Pershing's promise to the troops that they'd be in 'Heaven, Hell or Hoboken' by Christmas of 1917 became a national rallying cry for a swift end to the war, which actually dragged on for another year."

Following the war, Italians, mostly stemming from the Adriatic port city of Molfetta, became the city's major ethnic group, with the Irish also having a strong presence.Baldwin, Carly. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/09/2009_hoboken_italian_festival.html "2009 Hoboken Italian Festival begins tomorrow!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802025236/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/09/2009_hoboken_italian_festival.html |date=August 2, 2014 }}, NJ.com, September 9, 2009. Accessed September 1, 2015. "To bless their local industry, fishermen and sailors of Molfetta would carry the Madonna through the streets of town. Later generations would later emigrate from Molfetta and the surrounding region to Hoboken, where the centuries-old tradition continues." While the city experienced the Great Depression, jobs in the ships yards and factories were still available, and the tenements were bustling. Middle-European Jews, mostly German-speaking, also made their way to the city and established small businesses. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which was established on April 30, 1921, oversaw the development of the Holland Tunnel (completed in 1927) and the Lincoln Tunnel (in 1937), allowing for easier vehicular travel between New Jersey and New York City, bypassing the waterfront.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

The war facilitated economic growth in Hoboken, as the many industries located in the city were crucial to the war effort. As men went off to battle, more women were hired in the factories, some (most notably, Todd Shipyards), offering classes and other incentives to them. Though some returning service men took advantage of GI housing bills, many with strong ethnic and familial ties chose to stay in town. During the 1950s, the economy was still driven by Todd Shipyards, Maxwell House,{{cite magazine |title=Talk of the Town: Good to the Last Drop |magazine=The New Yorker |date=November 20, 1989 |url=http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1989-11-20#folio=044 |access-date=February 14, 2011 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714175126/http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1989-11-20#folio=044 |url-status=live }} Lipton Tea, Hostess and Bethlehem Steel and companies with big plants were still not inclined to invest in major infrastructure elsewhere.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

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In the 1960s, working pay and conditions began to deteriorate: turn-of-the century housing started to look shabby and feel crowded, shipbuilding was cheaper overseas, and single-story plants surrounded by parking lots made manufacturing and distribution more economical than old brick buildings on congested urban streets. The city appeared to be in the throes of inexorable decline as industries sought (what had been) greener pastures, port operations shifted to larger facilities on Newark Bay, and the car, truck and plane displaced the railroad and ship as the transportation modes of choice in the United States. Many Hobokenites headed to the suburbs, often the close by ones in Bergen and Passaic Counties, and real-estate values declined. Hoboken sank from its earlier incarnation as a lively port town into a rundown condition and was often included in lists with other New Jersey cities experiencing the same phenomenon, such as Paterson, Elizabeth, Camden, and neighboring Jersey City.DePalma, Anthony. [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/18/realestate/in-new-jersey-private-construction-returns-to-hoboken.html "In New Jersey; Private Construction Returns to Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828163342/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/18/realestate/in-new-jersey-private-construction-returns-to-hoboken.html |date=August 28, 2020 }}, The New York Times, March 18, 1984. Accessed November 13, 2019.

The old economic underpinnings were gone and nothing new seemed to be on the horizon. Attempts were made to stabilize the population by demolishing the so-called slums along River Street and build subsidized middle-income housing at Marineview Plaza, and in midtown, at Church Towers. Heaps of long uncollected garbage and roving packs of semi-wild dogs were not uncommon sights.Martin, Antoinette. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/realestate/in-the-region-new-jersey-residences-flower-in-a-once-seedy-hoboken-area.html "In the Region/New Jersey; Residences Flower in a Once-Seedy Hoboken Area"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701105831/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/realestate/in-the-region-new-jersey-residences-flower-in-a-once-seedy-hoboken-area.html |date=July 1, 2016 }}, The New York Times, August 10, 2003. Accessed February 1, 2012. "The area back from the Hudson River, along streets named for presidents -- Adams, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe -- was sketchy, Mr. Geibel said, and marked by 'old warehouses, boarded-up windows, raw sewage coming out of pipes and packs of wild dogs running in the streets.'" Though the city had seen better days, Hoboken was never abandoned. New infusions of immigrants, most notably Puerto Ricans, kept the storefronts open with small businesses and housing stock from being abandoned, but there wasn't much work to be had. Washington Street, commonly called "the avenue", was never boarded up, and the tight-knit neighborhoods remained home to many who were still proud of their city. Stevens remained a premier technology school, Maxwell House kept chugging away, and Bethlehem Steel still housed sailors who were dry-docked on its piers. Italian-Americans and other came back to the "old neighborhood" to shop for delicatessen.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

File:Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex Hoboken November 2021.jpg was converted into residential apartments in 1975.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170330234517/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/exhibitions/main-gallery/past-exhibitions/keuffel-and-esser-2010 Surveying the World; Keuffel & Esser + Hoboken, 1875–1968], Hoboken Historical Museum, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2017. Accessed November 13, 2019.]]

In 1975, the western part of the Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex (known as "Clock Towers") was converted into residential apartments, after having been an architectural, engineering and drafting facility from 1907 to 1968; the eastern part portion became residential apartments in 1984 (now called the Grand Adams).

The Hudson Waterfront defined Hoboken as an archetypal port town and powered its economy from the mid-19th to mid-20th century, by which time it had become essentially industrial (and mostly inaccessible to the general public). The large production plants of Lipton Tea and Maxwell House, and the drydocks of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation and Todd Shipbuilding dominated the northern portion for many years. On June 30, 1900, a large fire at the Norddeutscher Lloyd piers killed numerous people and caused almost $10 million in damage.Beitler, Stu. [https://www.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/2428/hoboken,-nj-dock-fire,-jul-1900 "Hoboken, NJ Dock Fire, Jul 1900"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407064442/https://www.gendisasters.com/new-jersey/2428/hoboken,-nj-dock-fire,-jul-1900 |date=April 7, 2022 }}, GenDisasters.com. Accessed September 1, 2015.[http://www.pier3.org/pier3/whathappened.html "A History of the Great Hoboken Pier Fire of 1900."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727174721/http://www.pier3.org/pier3/whathappened.html |date=July 27, 2011 }}, Pier 3. Accessed December 29, 2010. The southern portion (which had been a U.S. base of the Hamburg-American Line) was seized by the federal government under eminent domain at the outbreak of World War I, after which it became (with the rest of the Hudson County) a major East Coast cargo-shipping port.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

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With the development of the Interstate Highway System and containerization shipping facilities (particularly at Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal), the docks became obsolete, and by the 1970s were more or less abandoned. A large swath of River Street, known as the Barbary Coast for its taverns and boarding houses (which had been home for many dockworkers, sailors, merchant mariners, and other seamen) was leveled as part of an urban renewal project. Though control of the confiscated area had been returned to the city in the 1950s, complex lease agreements with the Port Authority gave it little influence on its management. In the 1980s, the waterfront dominated Hoboken politics, with various civic groups and the city government engaging in sometimes nasty, sometimes absurd politics and court cases. By the 1990s, agreements were made with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, various levels of government, Hoboken citizens, and private developers to build commercial and residential buildings and "open spaces" (mostly along the bulkhead and on the foundation of un-utilized Pier A).[http://www.panynj.gov/real-estate-development/south-waterfront-hoboken.html The South Waterfront at Hoboken ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729222044/http://www.panynj.gov/real-estate-development/south-waterfront-hoboken.html |date=July 29, 2010 }}, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Accessed September 1, 2015.

The northern portion, which had remained in private hands, has also been re-developed. While most of the dry-dock and production facilitiesBrenzel, Kathryn. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/01/super_bowl_sculpture_arrives_at_hoboken_waterfront_as_game_day_nears.html "Super Bowl 2014 sculpture arrives at Hoboken waterfront as game day nears"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331072136/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/01/super_bowl_sculpture_arrives_at_hoboken_waterfront_as_game_day_nears.html |date=March 31, 2014 }}, NJ.com, January 27, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2015.[http://betterwaterfront.org/ny-waterway-looks-to-nj-transit-to-purchase-union-dry-dock-for-ferry-maintenance-fueling-station-and-bus-parking/ "Ferry repair, fueling station and bus parking for Union Dry Dock site?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331082258/http://betterwaterfront.org/ny-waterway-looks-to-nj-transit-to-purchase-union-dry-dock-for-ferry-maintenance-fueling-station-and-bus-parking/ |date=March 31, 2014 }}, Fund for a Better Waterfront. Accessed March 31, 2014. were razed to make way for mid-rise apartment houses, many sold as investment condominiums, some buildings were renovated for adaptive re-use (notably the Tea Building, formerly home to Lipton Tea,Pace, Gina. [http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/maxwell-place-developments-hoboken-waterfront-good-drop-article-1.1428166 "No paying through the roof for cabanas at 1100 Maxwell Place, the newest Toll Brothers City Living development on Hoboken's waterfront"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331083915/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/maxwell-place-developments-hoboken-waterfront-good-drop-article-1.1428166 |date=March 31, 2014 }}, Daily News, August 16, 2013. Accessed September 1, 2015. and the Machine Shop, home of the Hoboken Historic Museum).[https://web.archive.org/web/20141008121506/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/self-guided-walking-tours/points-of-interest Points of Interest], Hoboken Historical Museum, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 8, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The Machine Shop was in use around-the-clock, employing as many as 11,000 workers. The shop closed in 1984. The building was recently incorporated into the Shipyard development and now houses luxury apartments, retail shops, and the Hoboken Historical Museum." Zoning requires that new construction follow the street grid and limits the height of new construction to retain the architectural character of the city and open sight-lines to the river. Downtown, Frank Sinatra Park and Sinatra Drive honor the man most consider to be Hoboken's most famous son, while uptown the name Maxwell recalls the factory with its smell of roasting coffee wafting over town and its huge neon "Good to the Last Drop" sign, so long a part of the landscape. The midtown section is dominated by the serpentine rock outcropping atop of which sits Stevens Institute of Technology (which also owns some, as yet, undeveloped land on the river). At the foot of the cliff is Sybil's Cave (where 19th century day-trippers once came to "take the waters" from a natural spring), long sealed shut, though plans for its restoration are in place. The promenade along the river bank is part of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, a state-mandated master plan to connect the municipalities from the Bayonne Bridge to George Washington Bridge and provide contiguous unhindered access to the water's edge and to create an urban linear park offering expansive views of the Hudson with the spectacular backdrop of the New York skyline. As of 2017, the city was considering using eminent domain to take over the last operating maritime industry in the city, the Union Dry Dock.[https://web.archive.org/web/20171005202813/http://hobokennj.gov/2017/09/mayor-zimmer-seeks-to-acquire-union-dry-dock-property-for-waterfront-park/ "Mayor Zimmer Seeks to Acquire Union Dry Dock Property for Waterfront Park"], City of Hoboken, September 28, 2017, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 5, 2017. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Based on discussions and written communications with Union Dry Dock, Mayor Dawn Zimmer has determined that it is important to expeditiously move ahead with the tools necessary to acquire the Union Dry Dock property for open space.... As a result, the City Council will be asked to authorize the use of eminent domain for the acquisition of Union Dry Dock at next week's City Council meeting. The authorization simply provides the City with the tools necessary to facilitate negotiations and does not mean that eminent domain will be implemented."Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/10/hoboken_council_moves_to_seize_union_dry_dock_prop.html "Hoboken a step closer to seizing waterfront property using eminent domain"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193200/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/10/hoboken_council_moves_to_seize_union_dry_dock_prop.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 5, 2017, updated January 16, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The City Council moved forward Wednesday with plans to seize through eminent domain a waterfront property occupied by Hoboken's last working shipyard, Union Dry Dock.... Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who is not seeking re-election, has tried unsuccessfully to negotiate the purchase of the Union Dry Dock property on Sinatra Drive for use as a park and the final stretch of the city's Hudson River waterfront walkway."

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During the late 1970s and 1980s, the city witnessed a speculation spree, fueled by transplanted New Yorkers and others who bought many turn-of-the-20th-century brownstones in neighborhoods that the still solid middle and working class population had kept intact and by local and out-of-town real-estate investors who bought up late 19th century apartment houses often considered to be tenements. Hoboken experienced a wave of fires, some of which were arson.[http://www.hobokenfire.org/historyx.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152231/http://www.hobokenfire.org/historyx.htm |date=July 26, 2011 }}, Hoboken Fire Department. Accessed September 1, 2015.Good, Philip. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/nyregion/recalling-the-glory-days-of-the-hudson-dispatch.html "Recalling the Glory Days of The Hudson Dispatch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819031518/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/nyregion/recalling-the-glory-days-of-the-hudson-dispatch.html |date=August 19, 2016 }}, The New York Times, October 27, 1991. Accessed February 1, 2012.{{Cite journal |last=Gottlieb |first=Dylan |date=2019-09-01 |title=Hoboken Is Burning: Yuppies, Arson, and Displacement in the Postindustrial City |journal=Journal of American History |language=en |volume=106 |issue=2 |pages=390–416 |doi=10.1093/jahist/jaz346 |issn=0021-8723}} Applied Housing, a real-estate investment firm, used federal government incentives to renovate "sub-standard" housing and receive subsidized rental payments (commonly known as Section 8), which enabled some low-income, displaced, and disabled residents to move within town. Hoboken attracted artists, musicians, upwardly mobile commuters, and "bohemian types" interested in the socioeconomic possibilities and challenges of a bankrupt New York and who valued the aesthetics of Hoboken's residential, civic and commercial architecture, its sense of community, and relatively (compared to Lower Manhattan) less expensive rents, all a quick, train hop away.

These trends in development resembled similar growth and change patterns in Brooklyn and downtown Jersey City and Manhattan's East Village—and to a lesser degree, SoHo and TriBeCa—which previously had not been residential. Empty lots were built on, tenements were transformed into luxury condominiums. Hoboken felt the impact of the destruction of the World Trade Center intensely, many of its newer residents having worked there. Re-zoning encouraged new construction on former industrial sites on the waterfront and the traditionally more impoverished low-lying west side of the city where, in concert with Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and New Jersey State land-use policy, transit villages are now being promoted.[http://njtod.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Land-Development-at-HBLR-Station.pdf Land Development at Selected Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Stations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021036/http://njtod.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Land-Development-at-HBLR-Station.pdf |date=November 7, 2017 }}, NJTOD. Accessed November 5, 2017. Once a blue collar town characterized by live poultry shops and drab taverns, it has since been transformed into a town filled with gourmet shops and luxury condominiums.

In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused widespread flooding in Hoboken, leaving 1,700 homes flooded and causing $100 million in damage after the storm "filled up Hoboken like a bathtub",Breed, Allen G.; and Hays, Tom. [http://bigstory.ap.org/article/superstorm-sandy-takes-aim-atlantic-coast-0 "Superstorm Sandy Slams into New Jersey Coast"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030211337/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/superstorm-sandy-takes-aim-atlantic-coast-0 |date=October 30, 2012 }}, Associated Press, October 30, 2012. Accessed September 1, 2015. leaving the city without electricity for days, and requiring the summoning of the National Guard.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/headway/hoboken-floods.html|title=A Climate Change Success Story? Look at Hoboken.|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Kimmelman, Michael|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=November 3, 2023|access-date=November 8, 2023|archive-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231108171236/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/headway/hoboken-floods.html}} Workers in Hoboken had the highest rate of public transportation use in the nation, with 56% commuting daily via mass transit.Rivera, Ray. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/nyregion/hoboken-faces-continuing-toll-from-hurricane-sandy.html "Its Restaurants Empty and Its Trains Stalled, Hoboken Encounters Storm's Increasing Toll"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113084409/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/nyregion/hoboken-faces-continuing-toll-from-hurricane-sandy.html |date=January 13, 2020 }}, The New York Times', December 16, 2012. Accessed August 19, 2020. "According to census surveys, an estimated 56 percent workers here use public transportation every day, surpassing New York City as the most transit-reliant community in the nation." Hurricane Sandy caused seawater to flood half the city, crippling the PATH station at Hoboken Terminal when more than 10 million gallons of water dumped into the system. In December 2013 Mayor Dawn Zimmer testified before a U.S. Senate Committee on the impact the storm had on Hoboken's businesses and residents,[https://web.archive.org/web/20130106105047/http://www.hobokennj.org/2012/12/mayor-zimmer-testifies-at-us-senate-committee-about-sandys-impact-on-hoboken/ "Mayor Zimmer Testifies at US Senate Committee About Sandy's Impact on Hoboken"], City of Hoboken, December 13, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 6, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019.[http://vimeo.com/55582761 "Mayor Zimmer testifies before Senate on Sandy's impact on Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221184154/http://vimeo.com/55582761 |date=December 21, 2013 }}, Vimeo, December 13, 2012. Accessed June 2, 2016. and in January 2014 she stated that Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Richard Constable, a member of governor Chris Christie's cabinet, deliberately held back Hurricane Sandy relief funds from the city in order to pressure her to approve a Christie ally's developmental project,Kornacki, Steve. [http://www.msnbc.com/up-with-steve-kornacki "Governor Chris Christie responds"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121013903/http://www.msnbc.com/up-with-steve-kornacki |date=January 21, 2014 }}, Up, MSNBC, January 19, 2014.Giambusso, David; and Baxter, Chris. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/zimmer_christie_hoboken_scandal_allegations.html "Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer alleges Chris Christie's office withheld Sandy aid over development deal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122002724/http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/zimmer_christie_hoboken_scandal_allegations.html |date=January 22, 2014 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 18, 2014. Accessed November 12, 2015. a charge that the Christie administration denied.Giambusso, David. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/dca_official_accuses_zimmer_of_lying_about_sandy_allegations.html "Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer's Sandy allegations 'categorically false,' DCA official says"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120233509/http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/dca_official_accuses_zimmer_of_lying_about_sandy_allegations.html |date=January 20, 2014 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 18, 2014. Accessed November 12, 2015.Giambusso, David. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/hoboken_mayor_dawn_zimmer_stands_by_allegations_against_christie.html "Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer stands by her allegations against Christie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121234154/http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/hoboken_mayor_dawn_zimmer_stands_by_allegations_against_christie.html |date=January 21, 2014 }}, The Star-Ledger, January 18, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2015.Stirling, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/hoboken_mayor_dawn_zimmer_once_a_christie_ally_now_becomes_a_foe.html "Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer now becomes Chris Christie's foe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121004912/http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/hoboken_mayor_dawn_zimmer_once_a_christie_ally_now_becomes_a_foe.html |date=January 21, 2014 }}, NJ.com, January 18, 2014. In June 2014, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated $230 million to Hoboken as part of its Rebuild by Design initiative, adding levees, parks, green roofs, retention basins and other infrastructure to help the low-lying riverfront city protect itself from ordinary flooding and build a network of features to help Hoboken future-proof itself against subsequent storms.Jaffe, Eric. [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-water-next-time/382242/ "The Water Next Time; How nature itself could become a city's best defense against extreme weather"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224120141/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/12/the-water-next-time/382242/ |date=December 24, 2017 }}, The Atlantic'', December 2014. Accessed November 4, 2015. "During Sandy's storm surge, in October 2012, river water breached the town's northern and southern tips and spilled into its low areas. On the west side of the city, still more water tumbled down the Palisades, the steep cliffs that run along the Hudson River.... Sandy flooded more than 1,700 Hoboken homes, knocked out the city's power grid, and halted trains into New York; in total, the storm caused more than $100 million in damages.... Together, these parts should be capable of withstanding a once-in-500-years storm."

The project included expanding the city's sewer capacity, incorporating cisterns and basins into parks and playgrounds, redesigning streets to minimize traffic accidents, and collect and redirect waster. By September 2023, the improvements were so successful that when a storm hit the area that month, depositing 3.5 inches on the city, including 1.44 inches during the hour coinciding with high tide, only a few inches of standing water remains at three of the city's 277 intersections by the evening, resulting in only three towed cars, and no cancelation of any city events. In an article that November for The New York Times, Michael Kimmelman compared this to the storm's effects in New York City, whose government focused on flood walls and breakwaters, but not rainwater, resulting in several subway lines being submerged in water, and thigh-high water levels in Brooklyn streets. For this, the article hailed Hoboken as a "climate change success story."

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|2|mi2|km2|abbr=off}}, including {{convert|1.25|mi2|km2|abbr=on}} of land and {{convert|0.75|mi2|km2|abbr=on}} of water (37.50%).{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=2022 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_34.txt |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=United States Census Bureau}}

Hoboken lies on the west bank of the Hudson River between Weehawken and Union City to the north and Jersey City (the county seat) to the south and west.[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010605/touches.html Areas touching Hoboken], MapIt. Accessed February 24, 2020.[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.{{Cite book |publisher=Hagstrom Map Company, Inc |isbn=978-0-88097-763-0 |title=Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |year=2008}} Directly across the Hudson River are the Manhattan, New York City neighborhoods of the West Village and Chelsea.

Hoboken is laid out in a grid. North–south streets are named (Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Harrison, and Clinton, for example). The numbered streets running east–west start two blocks north of Observer Highway with First Street, with the grid ending close to 16th near Weehawken Cove and the city line. Castle Point (or Stevens Point[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.), The Projects, Hoboken Terminal, and Hudson Tea are distinct enclaves at the city's periphery. The "Northwest" is a name being used for that part of the city as it transforms from its previous industrial use into a residential district.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081020035426/http://hoboken411.com/archives/7432 "Upper Grand – 800 Madison"]}}. Hoboken411. August 6, 2008.Baldwin, Carly. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/02/northwest_corner_of_hoboken_to.html "Northwest corner of Hoboken to be studied as a redevelopment zone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614233608/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/02/northwest_corner_of_hoboken_to.html |date=June 14, 2009 }}, NJ.com, February 18, 2009.

Hoboken's ZIP Code is 07030 and its area code is 201.{{cite web |title=Hoboken Zip Codes Search Results |url=http://hoboken.areaconnect.com/zip2.htm?city=Hoboken&qs=NJ&searchtype=bycity |website=areaConnect |publisher=Digital Properties, LLC |access-date=January 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106103909/http://hoboken.areaconnect.com/zip2.htm?city=Hoboken&qs=NJ&searchtype=bycity |url-status=live }}

Hoboken's temperatures hover around an average in winter, rising and falling, rather than a consistent pattern with a clear coldest time of year, with minimums occurring in late December and early-mid February, rising and falling repeatedly throughout January.{{cite web |url=https://en.climate-data.org/north-america/united-states-of-america/new-jersey/hoboken-18954/ |title=Hoboken Climate (United States of America) |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate=April 10, 2021 |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021209/https://en.climate-data.org/north-america/united-states-of-america/new-jersey/hoboken-18954/ |url-status=live }}

Just like neighboring New York City, the climate is humid subtropical (Cfa).

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| estref=[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023], United States Census Bureau, released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.

|footnote=Population sources: 1850–1920[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203145516/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full|date=February 3, 2017 }}, New Jersey Department of State, 1906. Accessed July 31, 2013.
1860–1930{{Cite book|last1=Heilprin|first1=Angelo|last2=Heilprin|first2=Louis|date=1916|title=Lippincott's new gazetteer: a complete pronouncing gazetteer or geographical dictionary of the world, containing the most recent and authentic information respecting the countries, cities, towns, resorts, islands, rivers, mountains, seas, lakes, etc., in every portion of the globe, Part 1|url={{Google books|LaEZAAAAYAAJ|Lippincott's new gazetteer: a complete pronouncing gazetteer or geographical dictionary of the world, containing the most recent and authentic information respecting the countries, cities, towns, resorts, islands, rivers, mountains, seas, lakes, etc., in every portion of the globe, Part 1|page=833|plainurl=yes}}|location=Philadelphia|publisher=J. B. Lippincott & Co.|page=833|access-date=November 27, 2011}} 1850–1870Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers02raum/page/276 The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1], p. 276, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 31, 2013. "Hoboken contained a population of 2,668 in 1850; in 1860, 9,659; and in 1870, 20,297. In the city of Hoboken are the celebrated Elysian Fields a place of great resort for the denizens of New York City and other places being opposite to that city and about two miles north of Jersey City. It has extensive establishments for the construction of steamers. Several steam ferries connect it with New York city. The scenery in the vicinity of the Elysian Fields is delightful and it is one of the most pleasant spots that can be conceived for the denizens of a crowded city."
1850Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139 The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112160445/https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139|date=January 12, 2016 }}, p. 139. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed July 31, 2013. 1870Staff. [https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n272 A compendium of the ninth census, 1870], p. 259. United States Census Bureau, 1872. Accessed July 31, 2013. 1880–1890Porter, Robert Percival. [https://archive.org/details/preliminaryresu01portgoog/page/n217 Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75], p. 97. United States Census Bureau, 1890. Accessed July 31, 2013.
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2010[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401732250 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hoboken city, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212104746/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401732250|date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 1, 2012. 2020[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/hobokencitynewjersey QuickFacts Hoboken city, New Jersey], United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 13, 2022.[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022.

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The 2020 United States census counted 60,419 people, 28,175 households, and 12,177 families in Hoboken.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}} The population density was 48,335.2 per square mile (18,662.2/km{{sup|2}}). There were 30,202 housing units at an average density of 24,161.6 per square mile (9,328.8/km{{sup|2}}).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20dp1 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=US Census |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}} The racial makeup was 70.69% (42,711) white or European American (67.29% non-Hispanic white), 4.11% (2,484) black or African-American, 0.18% (107) Native American or Alaska Native, 10.89% (6,581) Asian, 0.09% (57) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 5.34% (3,225) from other races, and 8.7% (5,254) from two or more races.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}} Hispanic or Latino of any race was 14.14% (8,542) of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}}

Of the 28,175 households, 20.9% had children under the age of 18; 33.2% were married couples living together; 30.3% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 34.5% of households consisted of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.1 and the average family size was 2.7.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}} The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 57.0% of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}}

15.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 53.3% from 25 to 44, 15.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 99.9 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $153,438 (with a margin of error of +/- $9,118). The median family income was $200,132 (+/- $18,994).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}} Males had a median income of $100,368 (+/- $5,816) versus $77,081 (+/- $3,810) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $86,005 (+/- $2,370).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}} Approximately, 2.4% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under the age of 18 and 11.0% of those ages 65 or over.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Hoboken%20city,%20New%20Jersey%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=data.census.gov}}

The 2010 United States census counted 50,005 people, 25,041 households, and 9,465 families in the city. The population density was {{convert|39212.0|/sqmi}}. There were 26,855 housing units at an average density of {{convert|21058.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 82.24% (41,124) White, 3.53% (1,767) Black or African American, 0.15% (73) Native American, 7.12% (3,558) Asian, 0.03% (15) Pacific Islander, 4.29% (2,144) from other races, and 2.65% (1,324) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 15.20% (7,602) of the population.

Of the 25,041 households, 15.5% had children under the age of 18; 28.8% were married couples living together; 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 62.2% were non-families. Of all households, 39.7% were made up of individuals and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.68.

12.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 55.9% from 25 to 44, 13.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 101.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 100.7 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $101,782 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,219) and the median family income was $121,614 (+/− $18,466). Males had a median income of $90,878 (+/− $6,412) versus $67,331 (+/− $3,710) for females. The per capita income for the city was $69,085 (+/− $3,335). About 9.6% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3401732250 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Hoboken city, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212083602/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3401732250 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 1, 2012.

As of the 2000 census, there were 38,577 people, 19,418 households, and 6,835 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|30,239.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, fourth highest in the nation after neighboring communities of Guttenberg, Union City and West New York.U.S. Census Bureau, [https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Population and Housing Unit Counts PHC-3-1 United States Summary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203135357/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc3-us-pt1.pdf |date=December 3, 2017 }}, Washington, D.C., 2004, pp. 105–159. Accessed November 14, 2006. There were 19,915 housing units at an average density of {{convert|15,610.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 80.82% White, 4.26% African American, 0.16% Native American, 4.31% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 7.63% from other races, and 2.78% from two or more races. Furthermore, 20.18% of residents considered themselves to be Hispanic or Latino.[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603432250.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Hoboken city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224333/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603432250.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed February 1, 2012.[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401732250 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Hoboken city, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212093421/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401732250 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed September 24, 2012.

There were 19,418 households, out of which 11.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23.8% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.8% were non-families. 41.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.92 and the average family size was 2.73.

In the city the age distribution of the population showed 10.5% under the age of 18, 15.3% from 18 to 24, 51.7% from 25 to 44, 13.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, age 18 and over, there were 103.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city as of the 2000 census was $62,550, while the median income for a family was $67,500. Males had a median income of $54,870 versus $46,826 for females. The per capita income for the city was $43,195. 11.0% of the population and 10.0% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 23.6% of those under the age of 18 and 20.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

The city is a bedroom community of New York City, where most of its employed residents work. Based on the 2000 Census Worker Flow Files, about 53% of the employed residents of Hoboken (13,475 out of 25,306) worked in one of the five boroughs of New York City, as opposed to about 15% working within Hoboken.[https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/files/2kresmcd_NJ_1.xls 2000 Census Worker Flow Files] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725115621/https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/files/2kresmcd_NJ_1.xls |date=July 25, 2017 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 30, 2014.

The first centrally air-conditioned public space in the United States was demonstrated at Hoboken Terminal.La Gorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/nyregion/cool-is-a-state-of-mind-and-relief.html "Cool Is a State of Mind (and Relief)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528051233/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/nyregion/cool-is-a-state-of-mind-and-relief.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, The New York Times, May 23, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2013. "Several decades later, the Hoboken Terminal distinguished itself as the nation's first centrally air-conditioned public space." The first Blimpie restaurant opened in 1964 at the corner of Seventh and Washington Streets.Kleinfeld, N.R. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/13/business/trying-to-build-a-bigger-blimpie.html "Trying to Build a Bigger Blimpie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807053027/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/13/business/trying-to-build-a-bigger-blimpie.html |date=August 7, 2016 }}, The New York Times, December 13, 1987. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Next, they borrowed $2,000 from a friend and $500 from the man who ran the jukeboxes in Jersey City and opened the first Blimpie in Hoboken, N.J."Genovese, Peter. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/a_story_about_a_hero_blimpie_which_started_in_hoboken_celebrates_50th_anniversary.html "A story about a hero: Blimpie, which started in Hoboken, celebrates 50th anniversary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231065651/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/a_story_about_a_hero_blimpie_which_started_in_hoboken_celebrates_50th_anniversary.html |date=December 31, 2014 }}, The Star-Ledger, April 4, 2014. Accessed December 30, 2014. "They borrowed several thousand dollars from a friend, and 'with a can of paint and hammer and nails' turned a vacant storefront into the first Blimpie, which opened April 4, 1964, on Seventh and Washington in Hoboken." Hoboken is home to one of the headquarters of publisher John Wiley & Sons, which moved from Manhattan in 2002.Fried, Joseph P. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/10/nyregion/metro-business-john-wiley-leases-office-in-hoboken.html "Metro Business; John Wiley Leases Office in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725141815/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/10/nyregion/metro-business-john-wiley-leases-office-in-hoboken.html |date=July 25, 2017 }}, The New York Times, August 10, 2000. Accessed June 2, 2016. "John Wiley & Sons, a leading publisher of scientific, medical and technical books based in Manhattan, has signed a lease for office space in Hoboken, N.J., where it plans to move its headquarters and 800 of its employees."

According to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Hoboken's unemployment rate as of 2014 was 3.3%, compared to a 6.5% in Hudson County as a whole.[http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/audit/1415/lfmcd.shtml 2015 NJ Annual Average Labor Force Estimates by Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624072321/http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/audit/1415/lfmcd.shtml |date=June 24, 2016 }}, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, May 14, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2016. In 2018, Hoboken had an unemployment rate of 2.1%, vs. 3.9% countywide.[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/audit/1819/AnnualAverageLaborForceEstimatesbyMunicipality2018.pdf 2018 NJ Annual Average Labor Force Estimates by Municipality (2018 Benchmark)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801170748/https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/audit/1819/AnnualAverageLaborForceEstimatesbyMunicipality2018.pdf |date=August 1, 2020 }}, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, April 12, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019.

A 2014 study showed that Stevens Institute of Technology contributed $117 million to Hoboken's economy in 2014, reflecting the university's nearly $100 million payroll for salaries and wages, as well as other goods and services acquired, construction and off-campus spending by students and visitors. The university is responsible for 1,285 full-time jobs.Kiefer, Eric. [http://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/stevens-institute-contributed-117-million-hobokens-economy-2014-study-claims-0 "Stevens Institute Contributed $117 million to Hoboken's Economy in 2014, Study Claims; Read about the ways that the university added to the city's coffers last year."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118010728/http://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/stevens-institute-contributed-117-million-hobokens-economy-2014-study-claims-0 |date=November 18, 2015 }}, Hoboken Patch, May 27, 2015. Accessed November 17, 2015. "According to a study conducted by Appleseed, a New York City-based economic consulting firm, the university was responsible for $117.2 million in city-wide economic output in fiscal year 2014. Taking into account the impact of university spending on payroll, purchased goods and services, construction, and off-campus spending by students and visitors, Stevens was responsible for 1,285 full time equivalent jobs in Hoboken and nearly $99.3 million in wages and salaries, the study claimed."

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The four parks were originally laid out within city street grid in the 19th century were Church Square Park, Columbus Park, Elysian Park and Stevens Park. Four other parks that were developed later but fit into the street pattern are Gateway Park, Jackson Street Park, Legion Park and Madison Park.[https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/parks Parks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620215453/https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/parks |date=June 20, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019.

More recently built parks throughout the city include Pier C,{{Cite web|title=Pier C Park|publisher=Build a Better Burb|date=July 9, 2013 |url=http://buildabetterburb.org/pier-c-park/|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513035745/http://buildabetterburb.org/pier-c-park/|url-status=dead}} a reconstructed pier accessed by a curving walkway along lower Sinatra Drive. A multi-use sports field called 1600 Park opened in 2013,{{Cite web |title=Hoboken debuts 1600 Park multi-use sports field, 15 years in making |date=September 6, 2013 |url=https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2013/09/hoboken_debuts_1600_park_multi.html |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623060137/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2013/09/hoboken_debuts_1600_park_multi.html |url-status=live }} while the one-acre Southwest Park was completed along Jackson Street and Paterson Avenue in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Hoboken mayor says Southwest Park could open next summer |date=June 30, 2016 |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/06/hoboken_mayor_says_new_park_could_open_next_summer.html |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626022916/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/06/hoboken_mayor_says_new_park_could_open_next_summer.html |url-status=live }} As of 2019, the city was considering expanding the park to a property across the street.{{Cite web |title=Hoboken Files Eminent Domain Action to Expand Southwest Park |date=September 20, 2019 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/hoboken-files-eminent-domain-expand-southwest-park-111-paterson-avenue/ |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625042146/https://jerseydigs.com/hoboken-files-eminent-domain-expand-southwest-park-111-paterson-avenue/ |url-status=live }}

A two-acre park and public plaza called 7th and Jackson Resiliency Park opened in 2019. It includes a playground, an acre of open lawn space, a new indoor gymnasium, play sculptures, and infrastructure to capture over 450,000 gallons of rainwater to reduce flooding.{{Cite web |title=New 'Resiliency Park' In Hoboken Opens To Public |date=June 30, 2019 |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/new-resiliency-park-hoboken-opens-public |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623105618/https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/new-resiliency-park-hoboken-opens-public |url-status=live }}

Construction of the {{Convert|5.4|acre|adj=on}} Northwest Resiliency Park broke ground in 2019. Amenities in the $90 million park's design include a great lawn, a stage, a central fountain that can be converted into a seasonal ice skating rink, a pavilion, playgrounds, and athletic fields. Also incorporated into the park are a number of environmentally friendly provisions, including both underground and above ground stormwater detention system that can store up to {{Convert|2|e6gal|l|abbr=off}} of water to help mitigate flooding. The park, which is located at 12th and Adams Streets,{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2019 |url=https://jerseydigs.com/northwest-resiliency-park-under-construction-hoboken/ |title=Hoboken's Northwest Pop-Up Park to Close and be Replaced by Permanent Park and Ice Rink |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625205616/https://jerseydigs.com/northwest-resiliency-park-under-construction-hoboken/ |url-status=live}} opened in June 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.hobokennj.gov/news/city-of-hoboken-opens-new-jerseys-largest-resiliency-park|title=City Of Hoboken Opens New Jersey's Largest Resiliency Park|publisher=Hoboken, New Jersey|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 12, 2023|access-date=November 16, 2023|archive-date=November 16, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231116164530/https://www.hobokennj.gov/news/city-of-hoboken-opens-new-jerseys-largest-resiliency-park}}

A 2014 renovation to the 14th Street Viaduct near the city's northwest edge saw the creation of several recreational areas underneath the structure that include a dog park, passive recreation areas, and street hockey and basketball courts amid a new cobblestone streetscape.{{Cite web|title=New Jersey officials celebrate completion of Hoboken viaduct renovation |date=July 8, 2014|url=https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/07/new_jersey_senators_mayors_cel.html|access-date=June 23, 2020|archive-date=June 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623071213/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/07/new_jersey_senators_mayors_cel.html|url-status=live}}

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 {{cvt|18|mi|km|adj=on}}-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 {{cvt|30|ft|m}}. To date, completed segments in Hoboken and the new parks and renovated piers that abut them are 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 to 14th Streets, New York Waterway Pier, 14th Street Pier, and 14th Street north to southern side of Weehawken Cove. Other segments of river-front held privately are not required to build a walkway until the land is re-developed.[http://www.hudsonriverwaterfront.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=10 FAQs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820175311/http://www.hudsonriverwaterfront.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=10 |date=August 20, 2019 }}, Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy. Accessed November 13, 2019.

Since 1992, the Hudson Shakespeare Company has been the resident Shakespeare Festival of Hudson County performing a free Shakespeare production for each month of the summer. Since 1998, the group has performed "Shakespeare Mondays" at Frank Sinatra Park (410 Frank Sinatra Drive) as part of their annual Shakespeare in the Park tour.Ciccarelli, Jon. [http://www.hudsonshakespeare.org/venues/sinatrapark.html Shakespeare Mondays in Hoboken – Sinatra Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509054716/http://www.hudsonshakespeare.org/venues/sinatrapark.html |date=May 9, 2015 }}, Hudson Shakespeare Company. Hoboken is also home to cultural attractions such as Barsky Gallery[http://www.barskygallery.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411195525/http://www.barskygallery.com/ |date=April 11, 2021 }}, Barsky Gallery. Accessed April 11, 2021. and creative institutions such as the Hoboken Historical Museum[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227103158/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/ |date=February 27, 2015 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed April 11, 2021. and the Monroe Center.[http://monroecenter.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021211/https://www.monroecenter.com/ |date=June 19, 2022 }}, Monroe Center. Accessed April 11, 2021.

Hoboken has many annual events such as the Frank Sinatra Idol Contest,Fedschun, Travis. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/06/annual_sinatra_idol_contest_to.html "Annual Sinatra Idol contest to return to Hoboken waterfront"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706135649/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/06/annual_sinatra_idol_contest_to.html |date=July 6, 2012 }}, The Jersey Journal, June 12, 2012. Accessed September 1, 2015. Hoboken Comedy Festival,[http://www.hobokenfestival.com/ Hoboken Comedy Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102000059/http://www.hobokenfestival.com/ |date=January 2, 2012 }}. Accessed August 26, 2012. Hoboken House Tour,[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour Annual Hoboken House Tour] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920102313/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour |date=September 20, 2015 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed September 1, 2015. Hoboken International Film Festival,[http://www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com/festival-information/ Festival Information] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030842/http://www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com/festival-information/ |date=September 24, 2015 }}, Hoboken International Film Festival. Accessed September 1, 2015. Hoboken Studio Tour,Colaneri, Katie. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/guide_to_30th_annual_hobobken.html "Guide to 30th annual Hoboken Artists Studio Tour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021209/https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2010/11/guide_to_30th_annual_hobobken.html |date=June 19, 2022 }}, The Jersey Journal, November 5, 2010. Accessed September 1, 2015 Hoboken Arts and Music Festival, Hoboken (Secret) Garden TourHortillosa, Summer Dawn. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/06/hoboken_secret_gardens_tour_returning_sunday.html "Hoboken Secret Gardens Tour returning Sunday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112154342/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/06/hoboken_secret_gardens_tour_returning_sunday.html |date=January 12, 2016 }}, The Jersey Journal, June 2, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2015. "The Hoboken Secret Gardens Tour is back!... The guided tour is organized by the Hoboken Historical Museum, which started the event as a tribute to Colonel John Stevens of the historic Stevens family." and Movies Under the Stars.[https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/movies-under-the-stars Movies Under the Stars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801181317/https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/movies-under-the-stars |date=August 1, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019. The Hoboken Farmer's Market occurs every Tuesday, June through October.[https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/farmers-market Farmers Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620183821/https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/farmers-market |date=June 20, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019. There are also numerous festivals such as the Saint Patrick's Day Parade,Kaplan, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/hoboken-arrests-drop-without-annual-parade.html "With Pub Crawl Replacing St. Patrick's Day Parade in Hoboken, Arrests Drop"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193702/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/hoboken-arrests-drop-without-annual-parade.html |date=February 1, 2018 }}. The New York Times, March 4, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014. Feast of Saint Anthony's,[https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/06/st_anthony_feast_day_set_at_st.html "St. Anthony Feast Day set at St. Francis Church in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193125/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/06/st_anthony_feast_day_set_at_st.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}. The Jersey Journal/NJ.com. June 13, 2014. Saint Ann's FeastFedschun, Travis. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/07/st_anns_festival_in_hoboken_to.html "St. Ann's Festival to return for 102nd year in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621024107/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/07/st_anns_festival_in_hoboken_to.html |date=June 21, 2013 }}, The Jersey Journal, July 6, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014. and the Hoboken Italian Festival.Hack, Charles. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/08/preparations_begin_for_the_hob.html "Preparations begin for the Hoboken Italian Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825182115/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/08/preparations_begin_for_the_hob.html |date=August 25, 2012 }}. The Jersey Journal, August 23, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Contractors dressed Fourth and Hudson streets in the tri-colors of the Italian flag today to ready the Mile Square City for the 86th annual Hoboken Italian Festival in two weeks time.

From the 1960s until 2011, Hoboken was home to the Macy's Parade Studio, which houses many of the floats for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.Shkolnikova, Svetlana. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/11/13/behind-scenes-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1933913002/ "NJ students get behind-the-scenes tour of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade studio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429063430/https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/11/13/behind-scenes-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1933913002/ |date=April 29, 2019 }},The Record, November 13, 2018. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The floats are all built in-house by a team of about 50 full-time designers, sculptors, technicians and painters working year-round out of Moonachie, the parade's newest home. For 40 years, until 2011, the magic began in a converted Tootsie Roll factory in Hoboken."Seiler Neary, Kathleen [http://people.howstuffworks.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade2.htm "Ultimate Guide to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912180225/http://people.howstuffworks.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade2.htm |date=September 12, 2009 }}. TLC. Accessed August 26, 2012.Robb, Adam. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/macys_thanksgiving_day_parade.html "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Studio in Hoboken opens for a behind-the-scenes peek at 2010 floats, balloons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120230335/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/macys_thanksgiving_day_parade.html |date=November 20, 2010 }}. The Jersey Journal. November 16, 2010. Accessed December 30, 2014. "A hulking security guard, finely dressed in a suit and overcoat, loomed over a small, open gap in the chain link fence at the corner of 15th and Willow streets in Hoboken this afternoon.... It was the annual Studio Day at the workshop where the floats for next week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are constructed and stored before their passage into Manhattan." Many Stevens students, alumni, and staff members volunteer in the preparation and piloting of the parade floats.[https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-community-celebrates-33-years-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade "Stevens Community Celebrates 33 Years with Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174221/https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-community-celebrates-33-years-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade |date=August 1, 2020 }}, Stevens Institute of Technology, May 15, 2018. Accessed April 11, 2021. The studio was moved out of Hoboken and into a converted former Tootsie Roll Factory in Moonachie, New Jersey 2011.

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The City of Hoboken is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the mayor-council (Plan D) system of municipal government, implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1953.[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed January 19, 2014. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey], Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the nine-member City Council. The city council includes three members elected at-large from the city as a whole, and six members who each represent one of the city's six wards.[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9lTDiYbNgQrUU1pTEhiTWZoUzA/view 2012 Election Wards and Districts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801154820/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9lTDiYbNgQrUU1pTEhiTWZoUzA/view |date=August 1, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019. All of the members of the city council are elected to four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections on a staggered basis in odd-numbered years, with the six ward seats up for election together and the three at-large and mayoral seats up for vote two years later.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 145.[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.

In July 2011, the city council voted to move municipal elections from May to November. The first shifted election were held in November 2013, with all officials elected in 2009 and 2011 having their terms extended by six months.Musat, Stephanie. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/07/hoboken_council_majority_moves.html "Hoboken council majority moves next election from May 2013 to November 2013"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203110155/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/07/hoboken_council_majority_moves.html |date=February 3, 2014 }}, The Jersey Journal, July 21, 2011. Accessed July 31, 2013. "By a 5-4 vote, the Hoboken City Council voted to move municipal elections to November. Moving the elections to November means the council's term, including Mayor Dawn Zimmer's, will be extended by six months. The change will be in place for 10 years. ... The next election will be in November 2013."

{{As of|2025}}, the mayor of Hoboken is Ravinder Bhalla, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.[https://www.hobokennj.gov/departments/mayor-ravi-bhalla Meet the Mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715170138/https://www.hobokennj.gov/departments/mayor-ravi-bhalla |date=July 15, 2019 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed April 16, 2022. Members of the city council are Council President Michael Russo (2027; 3rd Ward), Council Vice President Emily Jabbour (2025; at-large), Phil Cohen (2027; 5th Ward), Paul Presinzano (2027; 1st Ward), James J. Doyle (2025; at-large), Tiffanie Fisher (2027; 2nd Ward), Joe Quintero (2025; at-large) and Ruben J. Ramos Jr. (2027; 4th Ward).{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.hobokennj.gov/departments/city-council |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.hobokennj.gov}}[https://cityofhoboken-my.sharepoint.com/personal/j_lore_hobokennj_gov/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fj%5Flore%5Fhobokennj%5Fgov%2FDocuments%2F2021%20adopted%20user%20friendly%20budget%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fj%5Flore%5Fhobokennj%5Fgov%2FDocuments&ga=1 2021 Municipal User Friendly Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021217/https://login.microsoftonline.com/ded13077-f5e5-43ee-acbc-04ea16f42853/oauth2/authorize?client_id=00000003-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000&response_mode=form_post&protectedtoken=true&response_type=code%20id_token&resource=00000003-0000-0ff1-ce00-000000000000&scope=openid&nonce=CCFDBC0A0902C9A8BBA8FA0B8323401306F3720008CA1472-32B3DA28BEB08D770E7CF20BFD9D187FE8AFF6278E71230466F5390DC6AD9BC7&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fcityofhoboken-my.sharepoint.com%2F_forms%2Fdefault.aspx&state=OD0w&claims=%7B%22id_token%22%3A%7B%22xms_cc%22%3A%7B%22values%22%3A%5B%22CP1%22%5D%7D%7D%7D&wsucxt=1&cobrandid=11bd8083-87e0-41b5-bb78-0bc43c8a8e8a&client-request-id=84be48a0-0072-d000-0c34-5d6de3595752&sso_reload=true |date=June 19, 2022 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed April 16, 2022.[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ Elected Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221516/https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/ |date=November 12, 2019 }}, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed April 16, 2022.[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/111524/web.278093/#/summary General Election November 2, 2021 Official results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202055316/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/111524/web.278093/#/summary |date=February 2, 2022 }}, Hudson County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/98893/Web02.235350/#/ Hudson County General Election 2019 Statement of Vote November 5, 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107002016/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/98893/Web02.235350/#/ |date=January 7, 2020 }}, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 13, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020. The 6th Ward is vacant after the sudden and unexpected passing of 5 time elected council woman Jen Giattino.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/repmenendez/reel/DCXoTsJRazI/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite news |date=2024-11-16 |title=Words of Remembrance for Jen Giattino of Hoboken - Insider NJ |url=https://www.insidernj.com/words-of-remembrance-for-jen-giattino-of-hoboken/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241116183824/https://www.insidernj.com/words-of-remembrance-for-jen-giattino-of-hoboken/ |archive-date=2024-11-16 |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=Insider NJ |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Hoboken City Council President Jen Giattino Has Died |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/hoboken/sections/government/articles/hoboken-city-council-president-jen-giattino-has-died |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=TAPinto |language=en}}

In the 2017 general election, Ravinder Bhalla was elected to succeed Dawn Zimmer becoming the state's first Sikh mayor; Zimmer had chosen not to run for re-election to a third term and had endorsed Bhalla for the post. Bhalla's running mates, incumbents James Doyle and Emily Jabbour, won two of the at-large seats, while the third seat was won Vanessa Falco who had been aligned with the slate of mayoral candidate Michael DeFusco.McDonald, Corey W. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/11/bhalla_bests_defusco_to_win_hoboken_mayoral_race.html "Ravi Bhalla wins Hoboken election, becomes N.J.'s first Sikh mayor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109024034/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2017/11/bhalla_bests_defusco_to_win_hoboken_mayoral_race.html |date=November 9, 2017 }}, The Jersey Journal, November 7, 2017. Accessed November 8, 2017. "City Councilman Ravi Bhalla has emerged victorious in the six-person mayoral race, becoming the first Sikh mayor of the Mile Square City -- and the state of New Jersey. Bhalla, an Indian-American born in New Jersey, was endorsed by current Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who in a surprising decision announced she would not seek a third term in office.... In the race for three at-large seats on the City Council, two members of Bhalla's slate -- James Doyle and Emily Jabbour -- were victorious, while DeFusco team member Vanessa Falco was also elected, according to the unofficial election results."[http://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/OFFICIAL-District-Canvass-General-Election-Results-2017.pdf Hudson County General Election 2017 Statement of Vote November 7, 2017]{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 17, 2017. Accessed January 1, 2018. Zimmer had been the city council president and first took office as mayor on July 31, 2009, after her predecessor, Peter Cammarano,Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/peter_cammarano_is_sworn_in_as.html "Peter Cammarano is sworn in as Hoboken's youngest mayor, Councilman Ravi Bhalla is the first Sikh to hold an elected public office in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208183404/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/peter_cammarano_is_sworn_in_as.html |date=December 8, 2015 }}, The Jersey Journal, July 1, 2009. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Peter Cammarano was publicly sworn in this afternoon as Hoboken's 37th mayor. Cammarano, 31, is also the Mile Square City's youngest mayor." was arrested on allegations of corruption stemming from a decade-long FBI operation.[http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2009/07/Mayor-Cammarano-Schaffer.pdf Criminal Complaint] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823140726/http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates_impact/2009/07/Mayor-Cammarano-Schaffer.pdf |date=August 23, 2009 }}, NJ.com. Accessed June 2, 2016. Zimmer, who lost a June 9, 2009, runoff election to Cammarano by 161 votes, served as acting mayor starting on July 31, 2009, making her the city's first female mayor.Gibson, Denise. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2009/08/hobokens_woman_mayor_has_busy.html "Hoboken's woman mayor has busy day: TV, policy chats, and race"], The Jersey Journal, August 4, 2009. Accessed September 15, 2023. "Yesterday, Hoboken's first woman mayor, Dawn Zimmer, started her first full workday in office with an appearance on Fox 5's Good Day New York and ended it with a 5K race." She won a special election to fill the remainder of the term on November 3, 2009, and was sworn in as mayor on November 6.Clark, Amy Sara. [https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2009/11/dawn_zimmer_sworn_in_as_mayor.html "Dawn Zimmer sworn in as mayor of Hoboken"], The Jersey Journal, November 6, 2009. Accessed September 15, 2023. "Dawn Zimmer, Hoboken's acting mayor who was elected to the permanent position Tuesday, was sworn-in as mayor at 2:20 p.m. in a private ceremony." Zimmer won re-election in November 2013 to a second term of office and began her second term in January 2014.Palasciano, Amanda. [http://www.lifeinhoboken.com/articles/0114/mayor-dawn-zimmer-and-council-slate-sworn-in-saturday-jan-4.html "Mayor Dawn Zimmer and Council Slate Sworn in Saturday Jan. 4"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126081028/http://www.lifeinhoboken.com/articles/0114/mayor-dawn-zimmer-and-council-slate-sworn-in-saturday-jan-4.html |date=January 26, 2014 }}, Life In Hoboken, January 6, 2014. Accessed January 19, 2014. "Mayor Dawn Zimmer was sworn in Saturday, January 4 for another four year term, at Stevens Institute of Technology."

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Hoboken is located in the 8th Congressional District[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 32nd state legislative district.[https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ Districts by Number for 2023-2031], New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 18, 2023.

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 35,532 registered voters in Hoboken, of which 14,385 (40.5%) were registered as Democrats, 3,881 (10.9%) were registered as Republicans and 17,218 (48.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 48 voters registered to other parties.[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hudson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233330/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 66.1% of the vote (14,443 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 32.4% (7,078 votes), and Libertarian and Green candidates with 1.5% (325 votes), among the 22,018 ballots cast by the city's 40,209 registered voters (172 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 54.8%.{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226065926/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063832/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }} In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 71.0% of the vote here (17,051 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 27.5% (6,590 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (225 votes), among the 24,007 ballots cast by the city's 38,970 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.6%.[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234307/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 65.0% of the vote here (13,436 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 33.4% (6,898 votes) and other candidates with 0.5% (161 votes), among the 20,668 ballots cast by the city's 31,221 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 66.2.[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 53.0% of the vote (6,562 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 45.0% (5,565 votes), and other candidates with 2.0% (243 votes), among the 16,331 ballots cast by the city's 41,094 registered voters (3,961 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 39.7%.{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133337/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133308/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }} In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 62.3% of the vote here (9,095 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 29.5% (4,307 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 4.6% (673 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (138 votes), among the 14,593 ballots cast by the city's 34,844 registered voters, yielding a 41.9% turnout.[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.

On November 7, 2017, City Councilmember Ravinder Bhalla was elected as mayor, making him the first Sikh mayor in the state's history.Greenwood, Max. [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359314-hoboken-elects-first-sikh-mayor-in-new-jersey-state-history/ "Hoboken elects first Sikh mayor in New Jersey state history"], The Hill, November 7, 2017. Accessed September 13, 2018. "Hoboken, N.J. City Councilman Ravi Bhalla won the city's mayoral race on Tuesday, making him the first Sikh mayor in the state's history, The Jersey Journal reported." He was re-elected in November 2021.{{cite web|url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/11/03/mayor-ravi-bhalla-wins-unopposed-election-to-second-term/|newspaper=The Hudson Reporter|title=Mayor Ravi Bhalla wins unopposed election to second term in Hoboken|language=en-US|url-status=live|author=Koosau, Mark|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104002615/https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/11/03/mayor-ravi-bhalla-wins-unopposed-election-to-second-term/}}

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The city is protected by the 132 paid firefighters of the city of Hoboken Fire Department (HFD). Established in 1891, the HFD currently operates under the command of a Department Chief, to whom two Deputy Chiefs report.[http://www.hobokenfire.org/100new.cfm "Past 100 Years"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152441/http://www.hobokenfire.org/100new.cfm |date=July 26, 2011 }}. Hoboken Fire Department. Accessed June 26, 2011. The department reported to 3,352 emergency calls in 2010, arriving in an average of 2.6 minutes from the time the original call was received.[http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/publicsafety/Fire-Department-Audit.pdf#page=18 "Audit of the Fire Department"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721025245/http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/publicsafety/Fire-Department-Audit.pdf#page=18 |date=July 21, 2011 }}. City of Hoboken by Matrix Consulting Group. April 27, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2011. The HFD has been a Class 1 rated fire department since 1996 as determined by the Insurance Services Office, one of only three in New Jersey, joining Hackensack and Cherry Hill.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080926055925/http://www.hobokenfire.org/about.cfm About Us], Hoboken Fire Department, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 26, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Effective July 1, 1996, the Insurance Service Organization (ISO), a Commercial Fire Insurance Rating Agency, designated the Hoboken Fire Department as the 24th Class 1 Fire Department in the country. Hoboken Fire Department is the only Class 1 Department in New Jersey."Skoufalos, Matt. [https://www.njpen.com/cherry-hill-fire-department-earns-top-international-safety-rating/ "Cherry Hill Fire Department Earns Top International Safety Rating; Cherry Hill FD completed a three-year accreditation process to earn an ISO-1 classification, just the third department in the state to do so. It could mean lower insurance rates for residents and businesses."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021212/https://www.njpen.com/cherry-hill-fire-department-earns-top-international-safety-rating/ |date=June 19, 2022 }}, NJ PEN, September 6, 2016. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The department joins those of Hoboken and Hackensack as the only three Class I-certified fire departments in New Jersey, and the only one in the Delaware Valley to also have CFAI accreditation. Cherry Hill is one of only 130 ISO-1 fire departments in the United States, in which only 234 of an estimated 30,000 departments are accredited." HFD's firehouses, including its fire museum, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Miguel, Dennis Q. [http://www.hmag.com/2011/05/fire-work-a-stroll-through-history/ "Fire Work: A Stroll Through History"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205032357/http://www.hmag.com/2011/05/fire-work-a-stroll-through-history/ |date=February 5, 2013 }}, hMAG, Hoboken Lifestyle Magazine, May 18, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2011.

The department is part of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations.Steadman, Andrew. [http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html "Bayonne firefighters participate in mock disaster drills in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808160138/http://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html |date=August 8, 2016 }}, The Jersey Journal, May 1, 2012. Accessed June 6, 2016. "According to the press release, the Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency."

Fire station and company locations in Hoboken are:{{cite web |url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=9 |title=National Register of Historic Places Listings |access-date=February 25, 2010 |archive-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220204612/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=9 |url-status=live }}[http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Hudson.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204907/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Hudson.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }}, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated April 26, 2016. Accessed June 2, 2016.[http://www.hobokenfire.org/locations.cfm Locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619014134/http://www.hobokenfire.org/locations.cfm |date=June 19, 2015 }}, Hoboken Fire Department. Accessed February 19, 2011.

The Fire Museum is located at 213 Bloomfield Street.[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/visit/about-us/ About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012320/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/visit/about-us/ |date=November 7, 2017 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed November 5, 2017.

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EMS in the city of Hoboken is provided primarily by the members of the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps (HVAC), which was established in 1971. HVAC does not charge for the services it provides. HVAC has seven emergency vehicles, in addition to six bicycles that can be used to provide coverage at outdoor events.[http://www.hobokenems.com/page2.html "Family Fun at the Fire Department Museum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731192701/http://hobokenems.com/page2.html |date=July 31, 2013 }}. Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed January 20, 2014.

Hoboken University Medical Center, founded in 1863 as St. Mary's Hospital, is a historic hospital and the oldest in continuous operation in the state.Hack, Charles. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2013/10/after_150_years_the_hoboken_university_medical_center_continues_to_blossom_fransican_sister_says.html "After 150 years the Hoboken University Medical Center 'continues to blossom,' Franciscan sister says"], The Jersey Journal / NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 3, 2013. Accessed June 20, 2022. "Some 120 worshipers, including 10 sisters from the Franciscan order that founded St. Mary Hospital in 1863, attended the 150th Celebration Mass Anniversary of the Hoboken University Medical Center at Our Lady of Grace Church today.... Mayor Dawn Zimmer read from her proclamation to the hospital that highlighted its history, calling it 'the oldest continuing hospital in New Jersey.'" It is a community hospital and part of the CarePoint Health System.[https://carepointhealth.org/about/ About], CarePoint Health System. Accessed June 20, 2022.

HOPES Community Action Partnership, Incorporated (HOPES CAP, Inc. / HOPES) was established in 1964 under President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration signing the Economic Opportunity Act.{{cite web |title=About HOPES CAP, Inc. |url=https://www.hopes.org/about-hopes |website=HOPES CAP, Inc. |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615183504/https://www.hopes.org/about-hopes |url-status=live }} The majority of HOPES program participants have incomes below the federal poverty threshold. Services include those for youth enrichment, adults, senior assistance, and early childhood development.{{cite web |last1=Rounds |first1=Kate |title=Helping Hands |url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2015/12/18/helping-hands-07030hopes/ |website=Hudson Reporter Archive |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615183501/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2015/12/18/helping-hands-07030hopes/ |url-status=live }}

Homelessness in the city is addressed by the Hoboken Homeless Shelter, one of the three homeless shelters in the county.Wright, E. Assata. "Three deaths raise concerns". The Union City Reporter. July 31, 2001 In December 2018, the city of Hoboken installed eight parking meters in high foot-traffic areas, painted orange, to collect donations to benefit homelessness initiatives.Zeitlinger, Ron. [https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2018/12/can_you_spare_some_change_hobo.html "Can you spare some change? Hoboken unveils meters to help fight homelessness"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608220701/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2018/12/can_you_spare_some_change_hobo.html |date=June 8, 2020 }}, The Jersey Journal, December 14, 2018, updated January 29, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "In the never-ending fight to end homelessness, Hoboken officials unveiled a new instrument Tuesday -- homelessness donation meters scattered across the city. Mayor Ravi Bhalla, who announced the program in September, said 100 percent of the donations collected by the eight meters will directly benefit Hoboken homelessness initiatives. The funds will be administered by the United Way."

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Hoboken has the highest public transportation use of any city in the United States, with 56% of working residents using public transportation for commuting purposes each day.Vardi, Nathan. [https://blogs.forbes.com/nathanvardi/2011/08/01/americas-top-public-transportation-cities/ "America's Top Public Transportation Cities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021212/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2011/08/01/americas-top-public-transportation-cities/ |date=June 19, 2022 }}, Forbes, August 1, 2011. Accessed May 31, 2015. "In fact, their use of public transportation is higher than any other city in the nation. An estimated 56% of Hoboken's working men and women commute each day by public transportation." Hoboken Terminal, located at the city's southeastern corner, is a national historic landmark originally built in 1907 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.Barron, James. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/nyregion/hoboken-terminal-with-flair-and-grandeur-is-a-survivor.html "Hoboken Terminal, With Flair and Grandeur, Is a Survivor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172428/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/nyregion/hoboken-terminal-with-flair-and-grandeur-is-a-survivor.html |date=June 14, 2018 }}. The New York Times. September 30, 2016. Accessed June 14, 2018. The terminal is the origination/destination point for several modes of transportation and an important hub within the NY/NJ metropolitan region's public transit system.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

The number of residents parking on Hoboken streets decreased from 2010 to 2015.Davis, Carlo. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/26573157/article-Six-methods-of-car-sharing-in-Hoboken--Residential-permits-are-down-as-drivers-find-alternatives--?instance=hoboken_lead_story "Six methods of car-sharing in Hoboken; Residential permits are down as drivers find alternatives"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024902/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/26573157/article-Six-methods-of-car-sharing-in-Hoboken--Residential-permits-are-down-as-drivers-find-alternatives--?instance=hoboken_lead_story |date=November 17, 2015 }}. The Hudson Reporter. April 12, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2016. Hudson Bike Share, a bicycle sharing system operated by nextbike, opened{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/03/bike-share_flap_pits_jersey_city_against_hoboken.html |title=Bike-share spat pits Jersey City against Hoboken |publisher=NJ.com |author=McDonald, Terrence |date=March 28, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108135513/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/03/bike-share_flap_pits_jersey_city_against_hoboken.html}} in October 2015.{{cite web |url=http://njbikeped.org/jerseybike-to-exit-hudson-county-citibike-expands-into-hoboken/ |author=Dennis, Deja |title=JerseyBike to exit Hudson County; Citibike expands into Hoboken |publisher=NJ Bicycle & Pedestrian Resource Center |date=August 17, 2020 |accessdate=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925153018/http://njbikeped.org/jerseybike-to-exit-hudson-county-citibike-expands-into-hoboken/}} Amid conflicts with Jersey City, which used Citi Bike,{{cite web |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/03/30/hoboken-jersey-city-bike-share/ |title=Officials In Hoboken, Jersey City At Odds Over Coordinating Bike Share Programs |author=Baker, Meg |publisher=CBS News/WLNY 10.55 New York |date=March 30, 2016 |accessdate=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403062016/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/03/30/hoboken-jersey-city-bike-share/}} Hoboken ceased using Hudson Bike Share in May 2021, and adopted Citi Bike itself, thus connecting the town's bicycle sharing network with the ones already operating in Jersey City and New York City.{{cite web |author=Baer, Marilyn |url=https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/05/13/hoboken-and-jersey-city-launch-unified-bike-share-system/ |title=Hoboken and Jersey City launch unified bike share system |newspaper=The Hudson Reporter |date=May 13, 2021 |accessdate=November 3, 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513235425/https://hudsonreporter.com/2021/05/13/hoboken-and-jersey-city-launch-unified-bike-share-system/}}

In the late 2010s, Hoboken implemented a number of improvements to make certain intersections and roads safer. These include giving pedestrians lead time before turning traffic lights green; installing vertical delineator post or a flexible bollard to prevent cars from parking within 25 feet of intersections, thus improving sightlines for motorists in order to allow them to avoid cyclists, pedestrians, and other cars. By 2022, the city had not seen a traffic death in four years.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119110757/traffic-deaths-car-accident-hoboken-new-jersey-vision-zero|publisher=NPR|title=A New Jersey city achieved 0 traffic deaths in 4 years with quick, high impact ideas|author=Lim, Megan|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 25, 2022|access-date=November 11, 2023|archive-date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220826005517/https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119110757/traffic-deaths-car-accident-hoboken-new-jersey-vision-zero}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEYedVefuTU|publisher=Bloomberg Originals|via=YouTube|title=How to Keep Pedestrians Safe? Ask Hoboken.|author=Cavataro, Ryan; Paglia, Madison|language=en-US|url-status=bot: unknown|date=November 20, 2023|access-date=November 11, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120193239/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEYedVefuTU}}

NJ Transit's Main Line, Bergen County Line, Pascack Valley Line, Montclair-Boonton Line, Morris and Essex Lines and Meadowlands Rail Line terminate at the Hoboken Terminal.[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=1786 Hoboken Ferry Terminal restoration to begin: Original ferry slips will be returned to passenger service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019074623/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=1786 |date=October 19, 2011 }}, NJ Transit, April 29, 2005. Accessed November 27, 2011.

The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, another NJ Transit subsidiary, has three stations in Hoboken–Hoboken Terminal, 2nd Street and 9th Street-Congress Street.[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf Hudson-Bergen Light Rail] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213021913/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |date=December 13, 2018 }}, NJ Transit. Accessed June 14, 2018.

PATH, a 24-hour subway system operated by the Port Authority, operates from Hoboken Terminal to 33rd Street Manhattan, World Trade Center, and Journal Square.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090720215413/http://www.panynj.gov/path/hoboken-station.html Hoboken Station], PATH. Accessed June 14, 2018.

NY Waterway ferry service makes Hudson River crossings from Hoboken Terminal and 14th Street to Battery Park City Ferry Terminal, Wall Street-Pier 11 and the West Midtown Ferry Terminal in Manhattan.[http://www.nywaterway.com/HobokenNJTransitTerminalTerminal.aspx Hoboken / NJ Transit Terminal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423212343/http://www.nywaterway.com/HobokenNJTransitTerminalTerminal.aspx |date=April 23, 2012 }}, NY Waterway. Accessed April 16, 2012.

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New Jersey Transit buses 22, 22X, 23, 64, 68, 85, 87, 89, and 126 terminate at Hudson Place/Hoboken Terminal.[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf Hudson County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416093859/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf |date=April 16, 2017 }}, NJ Transit. Accessed November 5, 2017.[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf Hudson County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221513/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf |date=November 12, 2019 }}, NJ Transit. Accessed November 12, 2019.[https://hudsontma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HTMA_Map2018_R2_Revised.pdf 2018 Hudson County Transit Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221515/https://hudsontma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HTMA_Map2018_R2_Revised.pdf |date=November 12, 2019 }}, Hudson Transportation Management Association. Accessed November 12, 2019.

Academy Bus Lines has a garage in Hoboken, operating most of their NYC services from there.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Taxi service is available for a flat fare within city limits and negotiated fare for other destinations. Zipcar is located downtown at the Center Parking Garage on Park Avenue, between Newark Street and Observer Highway.[http://zipcar.co.uk/nyc/car-location?location_id=9778266 Zipcar Car Location 77 Park Av/Hoboken NJ] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20110427192206/http://zipcar.co.uk/nyc/car-location?location_id=9778266 |date=April 27, 2011 }}. Zipcar. Accessed November 19, 2008.

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{{As of|2010|5}}, the city had a total of {{cvt|31.79|mi}} of roadways, of which {{cvt|26.71|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{cvt|5.08|mi}} by Hudson County.[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Hudson.pdf Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812201741/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Hudson.pdf |date=August 12, 2014 }}, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.

The 14th Street Viaduct connects Hoboken to Paterson Plank Road in Jersey City Heights. Two highway tunnels that connect New Jersey to New York are located close to Hoboken. The Lincoln Tunnel is north of the city in Weehawken. The Holland Tunnel is south of the city in downtown Jersey City.[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Hudson.pdf Hudson County Highway Map], New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed February 28, 2023.

Hoboken has no airports. Airports which serve Hoboken are operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. These airports are Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy Airport.{{Cite web |title=Nearby Airports |url=https://www.stevens.edu/visit/nearby-airports |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=Stevens Institute of Technology |language=en}}

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Hoboken has a highly educated population. Based on data from the American Community Survey, it was ranked in 2019 as one of the top 15 most-educated municipalities in New Jersey with a population of at least 10,000, placing first on the list, with 50.2% of residents having bachelor's degree or higher, more than double the 23.4% of residents in New Jersey and 19.1% nationwide who have reached that educational level.Raychaudhuri, Disha. [https://www.nj.com/data/2019/07/the-15-most-educated-towns-in-new-jersey-ranked.html "The 15 most educated towns in New Jersey, ranked"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112130114/https://www.nj.com/data/2019/07/the-15-most-educated-towns-in-new-jersey-ranked.html |date=January 12, 2020 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 17, 2019. Accessed January 12, 2020. "A note about the data: Ranking based on educational attainment of population age 25 years and above according to the latest American Community Survey by the Census Bureau. The ranking only includes towns with populations above 10,000, as lower population areas tend to skew rates and have high margins of error. Towns where the margin of error was higher than 10 percent were also excluded.... 1. Hoboken, Hudson County - Percent with bachelor's degree and above: 50.2"

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Hoboken Public Schools is a school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=f4cd983ee69e4d99afcd2d19e7826d19 Hoboken Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Hoboken Public Schools, adopted June 13, 2017. Accessed February 4, 2025. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Hoboken School District. Composition: The Hoboken School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Hoboken." The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'." which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.

As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,531 students and 240.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407350&DistrictID=3407350 District information for Hoboken Public School District], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024. Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407350 School Data for the Hoboken Public Schools], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.) are

Joseph F. Brandt Elementary School[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools/joseph_f__brandt_elementary_school Joseph F. Brandt Elementary School], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025. with 611 students in grades K–5,

Thomas G. Connors Elementary School[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools/thomas_g__connors_elementary_school Thomas G. Connors Elementary School], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025. with 328 students in grades K–5,

Wallace Elementary School[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools/wallace_elementary_school Wallace Elementary School], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025. with 594 students in grades PreK–5,

Hoboken Middle School[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools/hoboken_middle_school Hoboken Middle School], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025. with 432 students in grades 6–8 and

Hoboken High School[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools/hoboken_high_school Hoboken High School], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025. with 607 students in grades 9–12.[https://www.hoboken.k12.nj.us/schools School Directory], Hoboken Public Schools. Accessed February 4, 2025.[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/17/2210 School Performance Reports for the Hoboken Public School District], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2210 New Jersey School Directory for the Hoboken Public Schools], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.

In addition, Hoboken has three charter schools, which are schools that receive public funds yet operate independently of the Hoboken Public Schools under charters granted by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education. Elysian Charter School serves students in grades K–8, Hoboken Charter School in grades K–12 and Hoboken Dual Language Charter School in grades K–8.[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/hudson New Jersey School Directory for Hudson County], New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. In 2018 the New Jersey Department of Education named the Dual Language charter as having one of six "Model Programs" in New Jersey.Mosca, David. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2018/05/njtpa_receive_award_charter_school_ranked_1_journa.html "Hoboken charter school a model; Students earn honors |Journal Entries"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624182620/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2018/05/njtpa_receive_award_charter_school_ranked_1_journa.html |date=June 24, 2020 }}, The Jersey Journal, May 8, 2018, updated January 30, 2019.Accessed April 11, 2021. "The NJ Department of Education has named the Hoboken Dual Language Charter School a Model Dual Language Program, the only one of its kind in the state and one of only six Model Programs in the state."

Private schools in Hoboken include The Hudson School, All Saint's Episcopal Day School, and Stevens Cooperative School. Hoboken Catholic Academy, a K-8 Catholic school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark,[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/hudson-county-1 Hudson County Elementary Schools], Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed March 1, 2023. was one of eight private schools recognized in 2017 as an Exemplary High Performing School by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program of the United States Department of Education.Pries, Allison. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/09/17_new_jersey_schools_earn_national_blue_ribbon_award.html 17 "New Jersey schools earn National Blue Ribbon Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019061425/http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/09/17_new_jersey_schools_earn_national_blue_ribbon_award.html |date=October 19, 2017 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 29, 2017. Accessed October 18, 2017.

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Stevens Institute of Technology, which was founded in 1870, is located in the Castle Point section of Hoboken. The university is comprised of three schools and one college; the Charles V. Schaefer Jr. School of Engineering and Science, School of Business, School of Systems and Enterprises and the College of Arts and Letters.[http://www.stevens.edu/sit/about Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210150917/http://www.stevens.edu/sit/about |date=December 10, 2013 }}, Stevens Institute of Technology. Accessed May 31, 2015. Total enrollment is more than 8,800 undergraduate and graduate students across all schools.{{Cite web |title=Facts and Statistics |url=https://www.stevens.edu/discover-stevens/stevens-by-the-numbers/facts-statistics |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Stevens Institute of Technology |language=en}} Stevens is home to three national research centers of excellence and joint research programs focusing on healthcare, energy, finance, defense, STEM education and coastal stability. Stevens also owns most of Castle Point, which is the highest point in Hoboken.Fry, Chris. [https://jerseydigs.com/hoboken-history-castle-point-terrace-yellow-brick-road/ "Castle Point Terrace: History Shines Through On The Yellow Brick Road"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003627/https://jerseydigs.com/hoboken-history-castle-point-terrace-yellow-brick-road/ |date=August 2, 2020 }}, Jersey Digs, April 13, 2017. Accessed April 11, 2021.

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Hoboken is located within the New York media market; most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. Local, county, and regional news is covered by The Jersey Journal, a daily newspaper long based in nearby Jersey City and now based in Secaucus. The Journal, along with other sister newspapers, operates NJ.com, which includes the blog Hoboken Now.[http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/ "Hoboken Now"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231161204/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/ |date=December 31, 2007 }}. NJ.com. Accessed March 30, 2014. The Hoboken Reporter was the first local weekly published by The Hudson Reporter group of papers,{{cite web|url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2004/02/06/hudson-reporter-chain-expands-newspaper-company-purchases-bayonne-community-news-2/|title=Hudson Reporter chain expands Newspaper company purchases Bayonne Community News|newspaper=The Hudson Reporter|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=February 6, 2004|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010142825/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2004/02/06/hudson-reporter-chain-expands-newspaper-company-purchases-bayonne-community-news-2/}} which was based in Hoboken from 1983 - 2016. It then moved its headquarters to Bayonne,{{cite web|author=Pasquariello, Rory|url=https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2016/06/12/hudson-reporter-offices-move/|title=Hudson Reporter offices move: Newspaper chain relocates to new building in Bayonne|newspaper=The Hudson Reporter|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 12, 2016|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010142526/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2016/06/12/hudson-reporter-offices-move/}} before closing in January 2023.{{Cite web |author=Zeitlinger|first=Ron |date=January 20, 2023|title=Hudson Reporter newspaper chain closes down|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/01/hudson-reporter-newspaper-chain-closes-down.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121003543/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/01/hudson-reporter-newspaper-chain-closes-down.html|archive-date=January 21, 2023|access-date=January 20, 2023|language=en-US|via=NJ.com|newspaper=The Jersey Journal}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/danisraelnj/status/1616524492406128640|author=Israel, Daniel|title=Untitled|publisher=Daniel Israel|via=Twitter|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=January 20, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121163002/https://twitter.com/danisraelnj/status/1616524492406128640}}{{cite web|url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/hudson-reporter-abruptly-closing-after-40-years-of-local-news-reporting/|author=Heinis, John|title=Hudson Reporter abruptly closing after 40 years of local news reporting|publisher=Hudson County View|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=January 20, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2023|archive-date=January 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120205411/https://hudsoncountyview.com/hudson-reporter-abruptly-closing-after-40-years-of-local-news-reporting/}} Other weeklies, the River View Observer and the Spanish-language El Especialito,[http://www.elespecial.com/ "Legando a lost Hispanos en Estadaos Unidos"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131061524/http://www.elespecial.com/ |date=January 31, 2010 }}. El Especial. Accessed March 30, 2014. also cover local news, as does The Stute, the campus newspaper at Stevens Institute of Technology. Magazines that cover Hoboken include the lifestyle magazine hMAG,{{anchor|hMag}} which launched in 2009,[http://www.hmag.com/ "hMAG, Hoboken Lifestyle Magazine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115113337/http://www.hmag.com/ |date=January 15, 2013 }}. Accessed March 30, 2013. and The Digest, which covers local restaurants and events.[http://www.thedigestonline.com "The Digest New Jersey Magazine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604151604/https://thedigestonline.com/ |date=June 4, 2022 }}. Accessed March 30, 2014.

The city has been the location of several film productions. Elia Kazan's Academy Award-winning 1954 film On the Waterfront, was shot in Hoboken.[http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history_post.html History of Hoboken] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605015551/http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/history_post.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}, WNET. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Filmed almost entirely on location in Hoboken, Elia Kazan's On The Waterfront used actual longshoremen as extras."{{Cite web|last=Pryor|first=Thomas M.|title='Waterfront,' Brando, Grace Kelly Win 'Oscars'|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/oscars/flashback-1954.html|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=March 31, 1955|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010143732/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/specials/oscars/flashback-1954.html}} A wedding scene in the 1997 Jennifer Aniston film Picture Perfect was filmed at the Elks Club at 1005 Washington Street.{{cite web|url=https://onthesetofnewyork.com/pictureperfect.html|title=Picture Perfect (1997)|publisher=OTSO New York|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 2023|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010144020/https://onthesetofnewyork.com/pictureperfect.html}} The 1998 Adrien Brody film Restaurant is set in Hoboken.{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/03/03/restaurant/|title=Restaurant|author=Fretts, Bruce|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=March 3, 2000|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010150226/https://ew.com/movies/the-menu-movie-appreciation-nominated-for-nothing-oscars/}} The production company for the 2009 film Assassination of a High School President was based in Hoboken.Sullivan, Al. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2413610/article-Movie-stars-seen-around-Hudson-County-Bruce-Willis--Mischa-Barton-filming-locally?instance=more_page "Movie stars seen around Hudson County Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton filming locally"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231075051/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2413610/article-Movie-stars-seen-around-Hudson-County-Bruce-Willis--Mischa-Barton-filming-locally?instance=more_page |date=December 31, 2014 }}. The Hudson Reporter, September 23, 2007. Accessed December 30, 2014. "He is playing the role of a disliked principal in a new film that has the working titles of The Assassination of a High School Principal and The Sophomore.... The production company, named after the working title The Sophomore, is based in Hoboken." The children's book The Hoboken Chicken Emergency takes place in the city.{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Sue|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/27/archives/the-hoboken-chicken-emergency.html|title=The Hoboken Chicken Emergency|newspaper=The New York Times|language=en-US|date=March 27, 1977|access-date=May 16, 2024}}

The city is home to Carlo's Bake Shop, which was featured from 2009 to 2020 in the TLC reality show Cake Boss. The popularity of the show resulted in increased business for Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area,{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2009/07/cake_boss_reality_show_fame_ha.html|title='Cake Boss' reality show fame has Hoboken bakery hopping with tourists|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|via=NJ.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 6, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010145441/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2009/07/cake_boss_reality_show_fame_ha.html}} although the long lines drove away some of the shop's local customers.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hoboken-cake-boss-buddy-valastro-working-to-alleviate-long-lines/|title=LOCAL NEWS: Hoboken 'Cake Boss' Buddy Valastro Working To Alleviate Long Lines|publisher=CBS News|author=Adams, Sean|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 23, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2023|archive-date=October 10, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010145712/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hoboken-cake-boss-buddy-valastro-working-to-alleviate-long-lines/}}

The fourth season of A&E's Parking Wars, which documents the lives and duties of parking enforcement personnel, was filmed in Hoboken, in addition to its usual venues of Detroit and Philadelphia.Tavani, Andrew. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/01/tv_reality_show_parking_wars_l.html "TV reality show 'Parking Wars' looks to base series in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604235556/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/01/tv_reality_show_parking_wars_l.html |date=June 4, 2011 }}, The Jersey Journal, January 16, 2010. Accessed October 6, 2015. The ABC Primetime magazine Primetime: What Would You Do? has filmed multiple episodes of their social experiments in Hoboken's shops and restaurants.Baldwin, Carly. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/02/abcs_what_would_you_do_at_hobo.html "ABC's What Would You Do? at Hoboken store"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802173118/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/02/abcs_what_would_you_do_at_hobo.html |date=August 2, 2014 }}, NJ.com, February 24, 2009. Accessed September 1, 2015.Henault, Bob. [https://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/construction-workers-harass-woman/story?id=12508548#.Txh3dIFKWAg/ "Construction Workers Harass Woman: What Would You Do?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802003712/https://abcnews.go.com/WhatWouldYouDo/construction-workers-harass-woman/story?id=12508548#.Txh3dIFKWAg/ |date=August 2, 2020 }}, ABC News, January 13, 2011. Accessed September 1, 2015. "In light of these startling numbers, ABC News' What Would You Do? rigged hidden cameras on a busy Hoboken, N.J., street corner and hired three male actors to portray construction workers on a coffee break and an actress playing the victim."

The 1989 television series Dream Street was set and shot in Hoboken.Sharbutt, Jay. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-02-ca-315-story.html "Dream Street (U.S. TV series)"], Los Angeles Times, March 2, 1989. Accessed June 9, 2014. "Welcome to headquarters for the makers of NBC's Dream Street, a coming dramatic series about the lives of young blue-collar men and women in this venerable, hard-nosed waterfront town of 42,500, right across the Hudson River from Manhattan.... Their association with Street has caused some speculation that the new one-hour series, which is being filmed entirely in Hoboken, is but the working-class edition of ABC's venture."

Bands from Hoboken include alternative rock pioneers The BongosTesta, Jim. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2013/10/hobokens_bongos_ride_the_phant.html "Hoboken's Bongos ride the Phantom Train back to the future"], The Jersey Journal, October 3, 2013. Accessed October 7, 2017. "The Bongos – the first Hoboken band to garner national attention from the nascent Maxwell's scene back in the early Eighties - started working on Phantom Train back in 1986, as the follow-up to their RCA Records full-length Beat Hotel." and the art-rock band Yo La Tengo.Testa, Jim. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/06/yo_la_tengo_biography_delves_d.html "Yo La Tengo biography delves deeply into the history of Hoboken"], The Jersey Journal, June 8, 2012. Accessed February 6, 2013. "Since the story of Yo La Tengo is inextricably intertwined with the city of Hoboken, Jarnow begins the book by looking back at the city's past, including the fascinating story of how professional baseball was born on Elysian Field, which today is the corner of Washington and Eleventh Streets and the home of Maxwell's."

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