http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/06/abandoned-metropolitan-on-jfk-boulevard.html Local Jersey City Information | Jersey City News & Events | Jersey City Online | NJ New Jersey Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/06/abandoned-metropolitan-on-jfk-boulevard.html/comment-page-1#comment-1816 Lina Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:02:51 +0000 http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/06/abandoned-metropolitan-on-jfk-boulevard.html#comment-1816 <strong>The dealership sold this property to a developer who wants to build 3 condominium buildings in it's place, about 300 apartments.  Currently the school (PS #31) and the residents of the area are fighting due to the fact that they don't want to add a traffic light on skillman and st. pauls, the entrance to the condos will be on kennedy blvd and one on skillman creating heavy traffic.  Skillman ave is a dead end block with parking only on one side of the street and if you build condos there's never going to be parking.  The school buses that come to pick up the students at the end of the day will have trouble coming in and out with the enourmous traffic being caused by the retail space they want to add on skillman.  I believe instead of building condos for NYC residents to move into they should build more homes for residents in Jersey City.</strong> The dealership sold this property to a developer who wants to build 3 condominium buildings in it’s place, about 300 apartments.  Currently the school (PS #31) and the residents of the area are fighting due to the fact that they don’t want to add a traffic light on skillman and st. pauls, the entrance to the condos will be on kennedy blvd and one on skillman creating heavy traffic.  Skillman ave is a dead end block with parking only on one side of the street and if you build condos there’s never going to be parking.  The school buses that come to pick up the students at the end of the day will have trouble coming in and out with the enourmous traffic being caused by the retail space they want to add on skillman.  I believe instead of building condos for NYC residents to move into they should build more homes for residents in Jersey City.

]]> http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/06/abandoned-metropolitan-on-jfk-boulevard.html/comment-page-1#comment-1782 JCRegister Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:55:30 +0000 http://www.jcregister.com/2008/04/06/abandoned-metropolitan-on-jfk-boulevard.html#comment-1782 Thanks for the info, jayesque. Do you know if the owner is selling this building? Thanks for the info, jayesque. Do you know if the owner is selling this building?

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