Re: The Heights
The Heights is a neighborhood atop the New Jersey Palisades overlooking Hoboken, the Hudson River with wonderful views of NYC. Elegant Victorian homes are scattered throughout this neighborhood, and here you will find Leonard Gordon Park (aka “Mosquito Park”) with its whimsical sculptures of bear and buffalo. The Heights serves up local culture along its bustling Central Avenue shopping district. Head to Pershing Field, a lovely park with a running track, several trap houses, basketball and tennis courts, a semi-Olympic size swimming pool that turns into an ice skating rink for the winter months. In summer, visit the Jersey City Reservoir and enjoy free kayaking days.
Things to do in The Heights.
- Summer kayaking on the Jersey City Reservoir.
- Visit the historic White Manna, one of America’s first fast food hamburger stands, opening in 1939 as part of the World’s Fair.
- Shop along Central Avenue.
- Find your athletic side at Pershing Field, then stop by and see “America Triumphant" monument which stands in front of the Vietnam Veterans Community Center. It was designed by sculptor James S. J. Novelli in 1922.
- Visit Leonard Gordon Park to see the “Buffalo and Bears” sculptures, created by Solon Hannibal Borglum, whose brother Gutzon was the noted sculptor of Mount Rushmore.