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Coles Park, 16th and 18th streets, will be getting assessed for repairs after a stabilization event forced its closure earlier this year. Photo by Chris Fry\/Jersey Digs.<\/p>\n Coles Park, 16th and 18th streets, will be getting assessed for repairs after a stabilization event forced its closure earlier this year. Photo by Chris Fry\/Jersey Digs.<\/p>\n
A greenspace in Downtown Jersey City that shuttered earlier this year due to unstable ground has taken a step toward securing needed repairs, as an investigation will soon begin to determine a fix for the park.<\/p>\n
During their May meeting, the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) approved a contract to facilitate repairs at Coles Park. The 1.5-acre space, which opened<\/a> in 2021, includes an enclosed playground, two separate dog runs, and open areas featuring various landscaping and decorative lighting.<\/p>\n The parcel is now owned by Jersey City, but was built by Manhattan Building Company as a developer giveback on land acquired as part of the approval process for the upcoming 305 Coles Street<\/a> development. But the park unfortunately experienced a \u201cdestabilization event\u201d in the northern area, forcing it to close back in March.<\/p>\n In response, the JCRA passed two resolutions to address the issues. They awarded a pair of contracts for $59,910 and $48,000 to Langan Engineering and Environmental Services for work on an \u201cas needed basis.\u201d<\/p>\n The professional engineers will soon start assessing the conditions and advise on remediation work. Both resolutions regarding the contracts were exempt from public bidding, per language in the documents.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Jersey City says that once the assessment is completed, officials should have a clearer timeline as to when the park might reopen.<\/p>\n The park\u00a0is situated in a busy area that has become one of the\u00a0city\u2019s fastest-growing<\/a>. The recently completed third phase of the 829-unit Hudson House<\/a> across from the park opened just a few months ago, and the 670-unit 286 Coles<\/a> development is under construction across the street.<\/p>\n The aforementioned 305 Coles development is also under construction and will front Coles Park, adding 511 residential units and multiple retail spaces facing the greenery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coles Park, 16th and 18th streets, will be getting assessed for repairs after a stabilization event forced its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99562,14507,99563,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-255588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-305-coles-street","tag-downtown","tag-manhattan-building-company","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Coles](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Coles-Park-Jersey-City-3-1024x768.jpg\")
Coles Park, Jersey City. Photo by Chris Fry\/Jersey Digs.<\/p>\n