Location: Grace Church Van Vorst (2nd St. Entrance) | Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Mayor Steven Fulop will address the Annual Members Meeting of the Embankment Preservation Coalition this year. He will inform the audience about the steps the City is taking to secure the Harsimus Branch and Embankment for the 21st-century needs of our growing city.

Embankment Coalition presenters will roll out our vision for the Harsimus Branch and associated historic rail assets, based on historic preservation and on the conservation, enhancement, and stewardship of the current ecology.

The public is welcome to this event. See more information in our Events section below.

After considerable study, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) and New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) agreed on the historic sites within the Area of Potential Effects of a proposed Harsimus Branch abandonment. Most notable among new SHPO-issued Opinions is that the entire Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Harsimus Branch right of way, from Marin Boulevard to Waldo Avenue, is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Persuasive field research on the ROW was conducted by Jersey City historic preservation officers and Embankment Coalition volunteers and historic preservation experts.

The complete list of sites and historic districts that the OEA and SHPO agreed would be affected by abandonment are discussed in Cultural Resources Identification Report Addendum. Harsimus Branch Abandonment.

A petition asking the Surface Transportation Board to carry out its preservation obligations received 2,588 signatures before the Embankment Preservation Coalition closed it.

A federal judge last week ruled that the Sixth Street Embankment in Jersey City is indeed a rail line, a decision that city officials believe could lead to the city someday owning the disputed property.

On Friday, the East Coast Greenway Alliance held a grand opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Lincoln Park in Jersey City to celebrate the bridging of the greenway gap between Jersey City and Newark.