Bergen Avenue: Two Incidents at the Same Time

Two accidents: Same time, different places

Some weird accidents happened just about ten minutes ago on Bergen Avenue. Police, firemen, and Emergency units responded to two incidents at around 10:37 this morning.

A middle-aged woman of Indian descent fell off while crossing Bergen Avenue at the corner of Academy Street in front of C-Town Supermarket. I [...]



Graffiti Removal in Journal Square

Wall being cleaned up on Vroom Street

Yesterday (April 27, 2011) while I was driving around, I saw a group of people removing graffiti from the walls. Not really sure which agency was responsible, but I first spotted them cleaning up the building walls at the corner of Newkirk Street and Bergen Avenue using high-pressure [...]



Bally and Ashley Stewart - Still Closed After the Fire

Photo taken May 9, 2010

Last month, Bally Total Fitness Gym on Bergen Avenue closed due to fire. The adjacent business – Ashley Stewart Clothing Store for Womens – was affected. Both of them still remain shut down more than a month after the incident.



Journal Square Cleanliness: Night and Day

Bergen Avenue last night

So I got the chance to drive around at 11PM last night and noticed that it was probably the garbage pickup schedule on Bergen Avenue based on the amount of trash on the road. (Sorry for the crappy pic, that’s the best I can do :P )



Photos: After the December 19th Snow Storm in Journal Square

Snowman on Newkirk Street

The pre-winter storm yesterday (December 19th, 2009) dumped at least 15 inches of snow in Journal Square, probably 18 inches in some areas of Jersey City, and it clearly outmatched the first snow storm of the season on December 4th.

I was able to drive around and take some pictures of the [...]