Blecher_onthe_Hudson
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6oyj7x wrote
Condolences. I've been to a number of events at the Elks Club in Hoboken. There's also an Elks & American Legion in Weehawken.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6oxs0e wrote
Reply to Would you put Choc O Pain, Maman, Antique Bakery, and 2nd Street Bakery in the same category? by BeMadTV
> if anyone can point out a bakery that is eerily similar to 2nd Street
Wouldn't that be Pecoraro's? TBH I've only been to 2nd st a couple of times.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6lum07 wrote
Reply to when people ask for restaurant recs in the heights, it's always the same short list of non hispanic food. does hispanic food suck there? by icecreammanjc
Of course the Spanish food doesn't suck, it's mostly pretty great. It's just that it's not that interesting to talk about compared to the latest global food that drops in like a Thai or French or whatever. Plus they tend to be down scale. It gave me a huge sad when basically all of the cheap Spanish places exited Downtown.
My favorite currently is Ricky's on Franklin Street, huge portions of Pernil w rice and beans!
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6lewwx wrote
Reply to comment by G_Funk_Error in Solomon calls for audit of Jersey City, MUA, BOE, Hudson County, and schools of technology. by Brudesandwich
Yup. I remember calls to audit the MUA decades ago. If I recall, they tried and found it was too tangled to actually figure out! These agencies were made independent "authorities" for the expressed purpose of opacity.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6keok9 wrote
Reply to Is the house listing in a bad area - Too Good To be True scenario? 217 Cator Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07305 by IndividualBad9136
Don't forget that living somewhere in Queens will save you $5,000 a year in tunnel tolls and gas getting to LIC. Not to mention the years taken off your life by sitting in traffic.
The only other viable plan is to do what my wife did when we lived on the upper west side and she needed a car to drive around Staten Island where she worked. She left the car there on Staten Island and commuted by public 5 days a week bringing the car home on the weekend. I have a client who works in LIC and lives in Journal Square. He doesn't mind his commute, it's actually only about an hour door to door.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6kcfem wrote
Reply to comment by diaperbuyer in Was Amy DeGise drunk when she hit that bicyclist in Jersey City? by EyesOnImprovement
I actually clocked her speed from the video and she was only doing 25.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6kc1xp wrote
Reply to comment by viniciusah in Was Amy DeGise drunk when she hit that bicyclist in Jersey City? by EyesOnImprovement
Good bot? AWESOME BOT! I want that now on a t-shirt!
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6j2diq wrote
Reply to comment by Anonymous1985388 in Great place to park while popo get some breakfast by NYCjames1977
Illegally tinted, you're not allowed to tint the windshield or front passenger windows. But as the OP shows, police do whatever they want.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6isfgf wrote
Reply to Renting in Jersey City by nixcholas99
I guess my reading comprehension is better than the previous commenters, and you're asking about literally where to find the listings rather than which neighborhood to look at!
The easiest is to go to Zillow, which is the same company as HotPads and Trulia, and shares all their listings together. I would be surprised if there's anyone that lists on Facebook or apartments.com that doesn't also list on Zillow.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j64u3i0 wrote
Reply to Where can I take a train to have a nice walk by Browen20
Wow, awesome thread folks! I've added it to the rec section of the New Resident FAQ.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j64smo3 wrote
Reply to comment by jerseycityfrankie in Bicyclist involved in Jersey City hit-and-run by Councilwoman DeGise files $1M tort claim by EyesOnImprovement
Sorry but arithmetic don't lie. I measures the distance between the crosswalks, noted the timestamp when she crossed and did the calculation. Feel free to do it yourself.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j64qnc5 wrote
Reply to comment by jerseycityfrankie in Bicyclist involved in Jersey City hit-and-run by Councilwoman DeGise files $1M tort claim by EyesOnImprovement
Yes, just after the incident I downloaded the footage and calculated she was going around 25mph, definitely not speeding.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j64g2zg wrote
Reply to Bicyclist involved in Jersey City hit-and-run by Councilwoman DeGise files $1M tort claim by EyesOnImprovement
WTF? Given the number of videos showing the crash was clearly 100% his fault, what does he expect to accomplish? Her fleeing the scene did not cause him injury!
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j61z37z wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Best things to do and join in Jersey City as a young professional in my 20s by kevzhang01
I was only including community oriented activities, not businesses like the kayak school or jetski rental there. But that raises an interesting question, is there a master list anywhere of nonprofit clubs and volunteer organizations in the area? That would be a handy thing to add to our FAQ.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j61s51p wrote
I'm going to assume you didn't just crawl out from under a rock and know the things that can be done in any city, like drinking, adult ed classes, listening to or making music, and team sports. So I'll mention one fairly unique to JC/Hudson county that doesn't occur to many: boating. We live on a peninsula and have some opportunities to get out there when the weather is nicer than it is now. There's kayak boathouses in Hoboken and Laurel Hill Park, and there's marinas where racing sailors are always looking for a strong hand to help crew, and there's some sailing ed programs.
Another thing is religious oriented young people's groups. When we moved here the "Young Leadership" group at the Hoboken Synagogue was very active, going out after services on Fridays and having events. Many marriages were made there. No doubt other denominations have their own equivalent.
We can post pics in the threads, yay!!!
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5zrwqj wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Need help with where to go next… by PleasantSubject2759
Now you're just sounding like an idiot, many, many people from the Heights take the elevator to 9th Street station or the Hundred Steps to the second Street station. And property along Palisade Avenue doubled or more after the HBLR opened.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5zox7i wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Need help with where to go next… by PleasantSubject2759
It depends on where you're going, when I was visiting a client regularly on 8th and 36th it would have been faster to take the bus if I lived in the Heights instead of Downtown. You're being ridiculous dismissing bus access, not to mention dismissing taking the HBLR to the PATH.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5wfww3 wrote
Reply to Need help with where to go next… by PleasantSubject2759
As others have said, get outside DT and it's not a problem. I've invested in the Heights so I'm biased, but my young tenants love it there in their <$2k 2BRs. Not only do you have a lot of great stuff going on along Central and Palisade, and great access to the City and DT, but to Hoboken as well via the Congress St elevator or 100 Steps. Your only problem will be renting parking if you aren't ready for street parking.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5n2725 wrote
Guess you never went to engineering school. I didn't either but I've been around reality a while. These buildings were not designed to carry a massive side load like those cables simply attached to their middles. Cables are always terminated at the ground on an angle so the tower load is mostly vertical, not sideways. And it would need to be far higher than the 25th floor, it needs 230 ft clearance in the middle, and the cables sag.
Not to mention these are private properties that might not take kindly to your brilliant idea.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5miihn wrote
Reply to comment by bcd3169 in Jones Park Area safety for a couple with kids? by bcd3169
Not your fault, it's just the repetitiveness of these inquiries. If I had some GIS tech skills I'd make a map with links to all the threads inquiring about every specific neighborhood. I raised my kids a few blocks away from there, we all lived!
Check out the new resident faq if you haven't already.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5llgxx wrote
Reply to comment by Jahooodie in King Sichuan by EliotHudson
I'd say excepting the Mongolian chicken, the best thing they make is fried wings. Another thing I like there, that is supposed to be bland, is roast pork and bean sprouts. It's a kind of childhood comfort food thing.
This kind of competition is what makes King Szechuan stand out as being pretty damn good.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5kpbe1 wrote
Reply to King Sichuan by EliotHudson
The spicy dishes I get from there are reasonably hot, the triple pepper chicken is way hot. Some places sure are variable though, Fortune makes a sometimes great mongolian chicken. Sometimes they put in enough of whatever sour paste makes it tasty, sometimes it's bland, total crapshoot. I've tried saying "strong flavor!!" when I order, no go.
At least King Szechuan is pretty authentic, I once got Kung Pao on the road that was 'brown sauce #1" with half a bottle of Red Hot tossed in, I swear it was orange.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5c6uia wrote
Reply to If the property tax keeps rising the same way it did last year, is it time to leave JC? by moonlitway
OP, did YOU vote in the board elections? That would put you in the minority of JCitizens.
The whole BOE system is a disaster. Every time someone with real ability and experience has run they've been defeated by Teacher Union neophytes. Corporations put people with real business experience on their Boards of Directors, we put college kids and housewives on a board controlling a $1B budget. And then we're shocked it's a mess!
The people saying we need to pay the teachers more don't know what they're talking about. Go to the NJ dept of ed and look at the stats. We pay better than like 85% of the 93 comparable large districts.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j5c5cn8 wrote
Reply to comment by AlienVisionary in There is a Jersey City Bagel in Madrid, Spain! by Historical_Times_29
I"ve actually had a bagel with sliced turkey and homemade cranberry sauce! I put a lot of things on bagels as I usually have them (from Hoboken Hot Bagels) in the freezer. Meatloaf with ketchup and raw onions is a good one also. I'd totally put our home smoked BBQ pulled turkey on one, but the wife usually buys sub rolls.
Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j6oyutz wrote
Reply to comment by BeMadTV in Would you put Choc O Pain, Maman, Antique Bakery, and 2nd Street Bakery in the same category? by BeMadTV
Ah, I don't buy the sweets, just the stuffed bread and the loaves. What's the chocolate bread like, does it resemble babka?