Uptown Hoboken and the North Waterfront: A Neighborhood Guide From the Agent Who Sells It

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

Uptown is the part of Hoboken that people picture when they picture Hoboken: the waterfront towers along Hudson Street and Maxwell Lane, the park at the water’s edge, the ferry to Midtown at 14th Street, and, a block or two inland, the brownstone blocks of Garden, Bloomfield, and Hudson Streets that carry the town’s highest house prices. My office is at 1101 Hudson Street, in these blocks, and I have closed 37 homes here since 2020, from $468,000 for a studio to $3,900,000 for a Garden Street house, which is more than any other agent on the north waterfront in that period. This page is the neighborhood as I explain it on the first walk.

Where uptown is

Uptown runs from 11th Street north to the Weehawken line above 16th Street, and from the river west to the Palisades. The waterfront blocks along Hudson Street, Maxwell Lane, and Sinatra Drive hold the towers; Washington Street from 11th to 15th is the uptown retail strip; Garden, Bloomfield, and Park are the brownstone blocks; and west of Willow, the grid opens up to the Upper Grand, the newer construction on Grand, Adams, and Jackson, and the 1600 Park and Harborside Park fields at the north end. The 14th Street ferry terminal and the 126 bus stops on Washington Street are the transit.

The buildings

The uptown buildings, each with its own guide on this site, and my closings in each: Maxwell Place at 1125 Maxwell Lane, Toll Brothers’ waterfront community with two pools, five sales, and the building where I own a home. 1400 Hudson, Toll’s 2016 building with the rooftop pool, seven sales. The Hudson Tea Building at 1500 Washington and 1500 Hudson, the Lipton plant conversion, three sales, plus two at 1425 Hudson, Toll’s 2019 boutique building. 1450 Washington, one sale. Harborside Lofts at 1500 Garden Street, one sale at $2,500,000. Garden Street Lofts at 1425 Garden, one sale. 2 Constitution Court, the 1999 tower between Maxwell Place and Hudson Tea. The Upper Grand at 1100 Adams and 1200 and 1300 Grand, four sales. Beyond the guides: 1410 Grand Street, 1130 Willow, and the smaller elevator buildings and brownstone condos on every block.

What homes cost

As of August 2026, from my own closings and the current market: one bedrooms in the waterfront towers run from about $750,000 to $950,000, where my sales at 1400 Hudson (unit 903, $875,000) and 1500 Hudson (unit 12S, $750,000) sit; two bedrooms from about $1.2 million to $1.8 million, with my 1400 Hudson and Maxwell Place closings between $1,260,000 and $1,720,000; three bedrooms and penthouses from about $1.8 million to $2.6 million and beyond, where my sales at 1425 Hudson ($1,830,000 and $2,000,000) and 1500 Garden Street ($2,500,000) sit. West of Willow, two bedrooms at the Upper Grand run from about $800,000 to $1.1 million with parking. Brownstone condos on Garden, Bloomfield, and Hudson run from about $600,000 to $1.4 million. Whole houses on Garden Street are the top of the Hoboken market: my sales there run from $1,930,000 for 1306 Garden to $3,900,000 for 1237 Garden in 2025, with 1213 and 1251 Garden at $3,350,000 and $3,400,000 in 2026.

The commute

For Midtown, uptown is the best commute in Hoboken: the NY Waterway ferry at 14th Street reaches West 39th Street in about eight to ten minutes, and the 126 bus on Washington Street reaches the Port Authority through the Lincoln Tunnel in about 20 to 30 minutes outside rush hour. For Lower Manhattan, Hoboken Terminal and the PATH are a 20 to 25 minute walk, a few minutes by bus or by the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail from 9th Street on the west side, or a bike ride along the waterfront. Drivers reach the Lincoln Tunnel by Park Avenue and Willow Avenue north to Weehawken in a few minutes outside rush hour.

Parks, schools, and daily life

Maxwell Place Park and the waterfront walkway run the whole eastern edge, with the Hoboken Cove kayak launch, Elysian Park at 10th and Hudson, and the 1600 Park and Harborside Park fields and dog run at the north end. Washington Street from 11th to 15th has the uptown restaurants, coffee, and groceries, and the west side supermarkets serve the grid. Wallace Elementary at 11th and Willow serves most of uptown, with Elysian Charter, Hoboken Charter, and HoLa nearby; confirm current assignments for any address. Stevens Institute is a few blocks south along the ridge.

Parking

The waterfront towers have garages, with spaces that convey or license; the Upper Grand includes a garage space with most homes, which is the reason many buyers choose it; the brownstone blocks depend on street permits, and a curb cut or a deeded space in a small building is worth real money uptown. My parking guide covers the permit system and the garages block by block.

Documented trades uptown

My own closings, all public record and listed on my Track Record page. The tower sales are listed in full on each building’s guide; the rest of uptown:

Tower closings by building: 1400 Hudson, seven; Maxwell Place, five; Hudson Tea, three; 1425 Hudson, two; the Upper Grand, four.

Quick answers about uptown Hoboken

Nearby neighborhoods

Midtown Hoboken · Downtown and Washington Street · The southwest and the west side · The Heights, Jersey City

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