Paulus Hook, Jersey City: A Neighborhood Guide From an Agent Who Sells There

By Anthony Vetrano, Associate Broker, Hudson Agents team at Weichert, Realtors · Reviewed August 2026

Paulus Hook is the neighborhood most Manhattan and Brooklyn buyers are actually looking for when they say they want to look at Jersey City: a historic district of brownstones and rowhouses on quiet streets, a park in the middle, a ferry to Brookfield Place at the end of the street, and a PATH station four minutes from the World Trade Center on its northern edge. It is small, about a dozen blocks between the Exchange Place office towers and the Morris Canal, and it prices like the scarce thing it is. I have closed eleven homes here, from a $2,550,000 combined residence at 77 Hudson to two bedrooms in the mid rise buildings on the canal, and this page is what I tell buyers and sellers before we walk it.

Where Paulus Hook is

The neighborhood runs from Montgomery Street on the north to the Morris Canal Basin on the south, and from Greene and Hudson Streets on the east, where the waterfront towers stand, to roughly Warren and Washington Streets on the west, where it meets Van Vorst Park and the Grove Street district. The historic district in the middle, Grand, Sussex, Morris, Essex, and York Streets, is where the brownstones are. Paulus Hook Park sits at Grand and Washington Streets. The waterfront walkway runs the full eastern edge from Exchange Place to the canal, and the canal walkway runs west toward Liberty State Park.

The buildings

The condo buildings in and around Paulus Hook, each with its own guide on this site:

77 Hudson, the 2009 glass tower at Exchange Place, 420 homes, with its abatement ending around 2029. Pier House at 15 Warren Street, the 2003 five story building beside the ferry with two pools. The Sugar House at 174 Washington Street, the 1863 sugar warehouse converted into 65 lofts. Liberty View at 126 Dudley Street, the 2007 boutique building with a rooftop and a garage. Liberty Terrace at 25 Hudson Street, the 2006 building at the corner of the river and the canal with harbor views. 149 Essex Street, Fulton’s Landing, the 2005 mid rise on the canal. Beyond these, the neighborhood is brownstone condos and single family rowhouses, a few small elevator buildings from the 2000s on Washington and Warren Streets, and the Exchange Place towers on its northern edge, including 99 Hudson.

What homes cost

As of August 2026, from my own closings and the current market: brownstone condos, typically floor through one and two bedrooms in three and four story rowhouses, trade from about $700,000 to about $1.5 million depending on floor, outdoor space, and renovation. Single family brownstones and townhouses are the neighborhood’s scarce product and trade from about $2 million to well above $3 million for a renovated house on Grand, Sussex, or Morris Street. Two bedrooms in the mid rise buildings on the canal and near the ferry run from about $900,000 to $1.3 million, and the tower homes at 77 Hudson run from the low $600,000s for a studio to more than $3 million for a penthouse.

The commute

This is the reason the neighborhood prices the way it does. The Exchange Place PATH reaches the World Trade Center in about four minutes, and the 33rd Street line is a transfer at Grove Street or a walk to Newport. The Paulus Hook ferry at the foot of Warren Street reaches Brookfield Place in about five minutes, with routes to Pier 11 and Midtown. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at Essex Street and Exchange Place connects to Hoboken and the rest of the Gold Coast. Drivers reach the Holland Tunnel in a few minutes by Christopher Columbus Drive, which is also the neighborhood’s one traffic complaint on weekday evenings.

Parks, schools, and daily life

Paulus Hook Park is the neighborhood’s living room, with the farmers market on the park in season and the restaurants of Washington and Grand Streets around it. Liberty State Park is across the canal by the Grand Street bridge, with the Liberty Science Center and the Statue of Liberty ferry. The waterfront walkway is where the neighborhood runs and walks its dogs. PS 16, the Cornelia F. Bradford School, serves the neighborhood; confirm current zoning for any address, because Jersey City redraws attendance zones periodically. Groceries are a short walk to the Newport and Exchange Place stores, and the neighborhood’s restaurants are on Washington, Grand, and Sussex Streets.

Parking

Street parking is by zone permit and is tight; most brownstone condos come without parking, and a deeded or licensed space in one of the mid rise buildings is worth real money for that reason. 77 Hudson, Pier House, the Sugar House, Liberty View, Liberty Terrace, and 149 Essex all have garages, and the parking arrangement is one of the first things I confirm on any listing here.

Documented trades in Paulus Hook

My own closings in and around the neighborhood, all public record and listed on my Track Record page:

The 99 Hudson sales, five of them, are on the Exchange Place page.

Quick answers about Paulus Hook

Nearby neighborhoods

Exchange Place · Newport · Hamilton Park and Historic Downtown · Bergen-Lafayette

Reviewed August 2026 by Anthony Vetrano, Associate Broker. Neighborhood details and price bands change; confirm specifics for any home with your agent and attorney.