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Hackensack River Waterfront Jersey City, NJ

A quiet community in western Jersey City

Scenic Riverside Convenient

Located on the west side of Jersey City, the Hackensack River Waterfront offers residents a suburban home environment with plenty of beautiful outdoor spaces to explore. The community boasts a broad range of apartments, condos, and townhomes available for rent in a scenic locale.

Although the community is largely residential, the Hackensack River Waterfront also provides excellent shopping and dining options at Hudson Mall, along with easy access to a vibrant stretch of diverse eateries, boutiques, and bars on West Side Avenue. The expansive Lincoln Park borders the community to the north, offering multi-use trails, athletic facilities, wildlife habitats, artistic statues, and a dog park close to home. Liberty State Park is also just a short drive away.

The community’s close proximity to New Jersey City University and Saint Peter’s University makes it a top choice for many students, faculty, and staff. Commuting from the community is a breeze with convenience to NJ Transit’s West Side Avenue Station.

Rent Trends

As of August 2026, the average apartment rent in Hackensack River Waterfront is $2,117 for a studio, $2,413 for one bedroom, $3,336 for two bedrooms, and $2,123 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Hackensack River Waterfront has increased by 2.2% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 482 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,117/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 644 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,413/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 928 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $3,336/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 1,057 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,123/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Hackensack River Waterfront

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

50 / 100

Very Drivable

Drivability

80 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

50 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 15 Minute Walk

Groceries

70 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Good Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

60 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

30 / 100

Good Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

70 / 100

Very Noisy

Quiet Score

20 / 100

Reviews of Hackensack River Waterfront - Jersey City, NJ

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3.4 9 Reviews

Current Resident

5 years and 1 months agoNiche Review

A very good neighborhood to raise kids, safe, neighborhood sidewalks are clean , counters to New York City is 15 to 30 minutes from Journal Square. Near shopping area.. A great place to live...

Niche User

10 years and 1 months agoNiche Review

Only people we communicate with in our neighborhood is our neighbor and a family across the street. People here tend to keep to themselves. Half of the families here have pets of some sort. Mostly people keep to themselves. No real sense of a friendly community here

Niche User

10 years and 11 months agoNiche Review

It's not he greatest area but it's manageable

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Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Liberty Science Center
  • Stephen Gregg Park
  • Liberty Landing Marina
  • Ellis Island National Monument
  • Statue of Liberty

Airports

  • Newark Liberty International
  • LaGuardia

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.