This is my community!
I have lived on the West Side for 3 years now and I LOVE my neighborhood.
It's a diverse community with beautiful Victorian homes and pre-war buildings, big trees, and homeowners who really care about their properties and their neighbors.

We have the sprawling and leafy Lincoln Park, which keeps getting better with a newly renovated playground and exciting plans for the former event space Casino in the Park.

Recently we've seen a handful of new businesses opening in the area, and West Side Avenue just became a Special Improvement District (SID).

The West Side light rail station, which connects to Downtown JC as well as the PATH train to NYC, is currently undergoing repairs and will be reopening next year. There are also several bus lines that run to the Journal Square PATH.

While I love every Jersey City neighborhood for different reasons, I think the West Side is JC's best kept secret!

Check out my favorite places on the West Side!

I imagine it was a bittersweet day for them.

About 5 years ago they escaped Syria in the middle of the night, all 8 of them, crawling through the dirt at one point.
It was their third attempt to cross the border into Turkey. This time they were finally able to get there and stay there.

They left behind everything.
Friendships, community, possessions, assets, culture, familiarity - everything.

They began again in Istanbul, where they lived for 3 years on work visas. But it wasn't their forever home and they began working with a refugee organization with the goal of seeking asylum in the United States.

They were all set to make their way to a new life, having left their jobs in Istanbul and their visas, when they received word that they would not be able to come to the U.S., probably ever, due to the travel ban that was enacted in 2017.
Suddenly things looked bleak for them and they were in immigration limbo.

Dear PS5 Special Parents,
Welcome to the second semester! By now our little ones are well into their school routines and have built strong relationships with their friends and teachers. They are also deep into their curriculum and have, hopefully, been showing improvement in their skills and knowledge.
Often times we, as parents, are the first to realize when our children’s skills aren’t where they should be. But, being on the
frontlines, teachers are constantly on the lookout to see which students are struggling.