Jersey City's Central Avenue Gets Greener As Trees Move In

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Some green neighbors have planted roots on Central Avenue in Jersey City. Residents in the Heights are welcoming a new batch of trees to the avenue as progress continues on the Central Avenue Streetscape project.

The Central Avenue Special Improvement District tweeted a photo of the new trees being planted on Friday.

The project started between 2012 and 2013 and has included the improvements to 21 intersections along Central Avenue, the addition of trash cans, trees and new paving along sidewalks. Crews were working earlier this month on the area between North Street and Congress Street.

Central Avenue will be seeing plenty more changes in the coming months and year as the City Council recently approved the Central Avenue Redevelopment Plan.

The plan extends from Central Avenue to the west, Griffith Street to the south, and Cambridge Avenue to the east. Parking and open space were major focuses of the project and the plan adds a parking deck with 400 parking stalls available to the public as well as 10,000 square feet of open space to create a plaza dedicated to the memory of the late Councilman Michael Yun.

The plan has been two years in the making and was heavily supported by the Heights' late Councilman Michael Yun.