Parks

Jersey Digs has learned that a new public park is in the works for the former Moores Station Quarry near Lambertville.

The cliffside green space will be getting a new fountain, renovated monuments, a new Bocce court, and loads of infrastructure upgrades that are set to break ground in the coming months.

A $5 million plan that will create almost eight miles of publicly accessible space around Jersey City’s water supply is moving forward following approvals.

In April, a fire tore through the field house at Riverbank Park in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. Now, Essex County officials are looking to spend up to $1.1 million on a new field house.

Manhattan Building Company will spend $2 million to construct a new 1.5-acre greenspace in a Downtown neighborhood that’s rapidly growing.

Jersey City will be taking over control of Hudson County’s Administration Building in Journal Square, which they plan to demolish and replace with a park.

Liberty State Park, accessible by car, bike, and light rail, offers nature walks and history talks for adults and children for each season, including their recent fall leaves walk.

Jersey Digs has learned that the former Burg space in Downtown Newark’s Military Park will soon be home to an outpost of Burger Walla that will be known as The Yard.

Jersey City’s mayor says a legal settlement should end a long-running feud over an elevated freight line, an eight-acre portion of which would be converted into greenspace if the deal goes through.

A project in Union City that would bring 99 units and a public park overlooking the Manhattan skyline will be the subject of a community meeting tonight.