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vocabularylessons t1_irvvss7 wrote

You’re mixing up a few things.

The Journal Squared residential building is right atop the PATH Journal Square train station. This is in the Journal Square neighborhood. The PATH trains run to FiDi (World Trade Center) and to Midtown (33rd St). The Hudson Bergen Light Rail is a separate system entirely that snakes along the waterfront in Jersey City before going into other towns - you don’t need this at all to get into NYC. FYI there are two “Exchange Pl” stations, one for PATH and one for HBLR. You never have to leave PATH to get into NYC.

Journal Square as a neighborhood is relatively safe, especially around the train station. Some weirdos but less than in NYC. But it’s a city so stay aware of your surroundings as you would in NYC. And you’re very close to India Square if you ever want good food and groceries. Decent amount of activity in that immediate station area, plenty of police, but for night life you have to take the PATH into Downtown JC or NYC.

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ng300 t1_irw5ytc wrote

Thank you!! And I ask about the light rail to get to downtown JC :)))

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vocabularylessons t1_irxigk8 wrote

Take either PATH WTC or 33rd St line from JSQ to Grove St for Downtown, take WTC line to Exchange Place for the waterfront.

You don’t need the light rail to get to Downtown. The Hudson Bergen Light Rail snakes through North Bergen, Union City, Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne. It never comes close to Journal Square.

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