A 40-year-old parking garage in downtown Hoboken could be transformed into a new apartment building. The City of Hoboken proposed plans to transform Municipal Parking Garage B at 28 2nd Street in Hoboken into a mixed-use building earlier this year. The plan was unveiled during a virtual community meeting on January 7th, 2025, and will be voted on by the City Council on Monday, March 3rd. A community meeting was held on Wednesday, January 29th to learn more about the plan, and residents have since made it clear that they do not want the City to move forward with the project. Here’s what to know about the proposed plan to revitalize one of Hoboken’s largest parking garages.

Updates as of 3/3

The proposed plans for Municipal Garage B will be introduced to Hoboken's City Council on Monday, March 3rd, per Councilwoman Tiffanie Fisher's newsletter. If it passes, there will be a public hearing at the next City Council meeting on March 19th.

Councilwman Fisher recently released a survey for residents called "Run the City Better: Hoboken's Urban Plan" to get feedback on the proposed plans. As of this writing, over 95% of residents think the City should not move forward with the project.

This post will be updated with any further details from the meeting.

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The Plan

The goal is to redevelop Garage B into a transit-oriented, mixed-use site. The City wants it to have a new, updated parking garage, ground-floor retail space, a school, and residential housing. According to the plan, “Garage B is the only garage that exists as a standalone building, without other buildings attached to or flanking the garage structure. Garage B is also located furthest south and is closest to the Hoboken Terminal. For these reasons, Garage B has fewer barriers to construction than the other Garages locations.”

The housing portion of the new site would include a minimum of 20% affordable housing for low to moderate-income households. The remaining balance would be affordable for households that don’t make more than 120% of the regional median household income in the region. No market-rate housing is part of this redevelopment plan.

“The intent of workforce housing is to provide opportunities for working- and middle-class residents to live within the City of Hoboken,” said Marilyn Baer from the City of Hoboken. “These residents can include police and fire officers, teachers, municipal workers, nurses, and other essential workers.”

According to a recent study done by the City of Hoboken, the parking garage is in substantial need of repair. The garage would be getting a much-needed update and Hoboken says the new space will have the same or possibly more parking spaces for residents and visitors to use, along with modern technology to help make the parking process a breeze.

The Goals

This plan is part of Hoboken’s Redevelopment Plans, aiming to improve the City to make it safer for both residents and visitors. Some of the other goals for this site include maximizing the future building’s proximity to the Hoboken Terminal, increasing access to to NJ Transit, the PATH, the Light Rail, and ferry services. Project leaders aim for new construction to be compatible with the surrounding area. They also want to make sure ground floor space is spaced and utilized well to improve the pedestrian experience on Hudson Place and River Street.

This redevelopment plan also calls for pedestrian safety improvements in line with the City’s Vision Zero goals. It will also use stormwater mitigation strategies to help reduce local flooding.

Again, this is still just a proposed plan. If it’s adopted by the City Council at the March 3rd meeting, the City of Hoboken plans to send out a Request for Proposals from developers for concept plans. From there, the City will provide for an additional public process ahead of a potential Redevelopment Agreement between Hoboken and a developer, according to Marilyn Baer.

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Community Meeting on 1/29

A community meeting to learn more about the proposed redevelopment plan was held on Wednesday, January 29th at 7PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 94 Washington Street in Hoboken.

The Department of Community Development presented proposed uses for the 40-year-old municipal parking garage which could transform the property into a transit-oriented, mixed-use site with active ground-floor retail, residential housing, school space, and parking.

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