Hoboken's City Of Water Day And Waterfront March Set For Saturday

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken's annual City of Water Day will take place this Saturday, with food, lectures, information on local community groups, and a march to raise awareness of the almost-completed continuous Hudson River walkway from Bayonne to the George Washington Bridge.

See the schedule of various activities and giveaways below.

According to a 1988 state law, all developers along the Hudson River must contribute to a public walkway. Over the years, most sections have been completed, but a few barriers remain. Ultimately, pedestrians and bicyclists should be able to travel the length of the waterfront.

Each year, City of Water Day helps celebrate the waterfront and educate others about it.

Events will start with a tour at 9 a.m. at 11th Street on the waterfront. Here are more details from the nonprofit Hoboken waterfront advocacy organization, Fund for a Better Waterfront:

Completing a Plan for the Central Waterfront: A Guided Tour

9 a.m. – Meet at 11th Street and Sinatra Drive North
FBW Executive Director Ron Hine will lead the walk from 11th down to Fourth Street and discuss how to extend the award-winning standards of the park at Hoboken’s South Waterfront northward, potentially making Hoboken one of the world’s great urban waterfronts.

Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse & Ke Aloha Outrigger

10 a.m. Beach clean up
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free kayaking in the Hoboken Cove
The Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse is an all-volunteer run nonprofit providing free kayaking and stand up paddleboarding (SUP) from the only sandy beach access to the Hudson River south of the GW Bridge. See website for details & to make reservations.
Ke Aloha Outrigger’s mission is to ignite interest and facilitate public access to the waterways of New York and New Jersey through the Polynesian traditions of the outrigger canoe by offering affordable first-rate watersport programs and education. KeAlohaOutrigger.org.
All events will take place outdoors. Masks are required on land if you’re unvaccinated, and we ask that you maintain social distancing where possible.

Connect the Waterfront: The Final Stretch
Noon – Meet at the Sinatra Park Amphitheater
Join FBW for a festive march led by the Hungry March Band up the central waterfront to Maxwell Place Park. Celebrate progress on Hoboken’s riverfront and show your support for completing Hoboken’s public waterfront park. Free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, fajitas by East LA and entertainment by Gus Hurteau.

Find out more here.

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