hoboken

Hoboken is a waterfront town in New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. This small city, once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the "Most bars in a square mile" is also home to Maxwell's, a music club that New Yorker Magazine said was the  "Best Club In New York — Even Though It's In New Jersey". 

Indeed music plays a big part in Hoboken's history.  Birthplace of the iconic Frank Sinatra, its long list of residents include such diverse artists as James Rado and Gerome Ragni (co-creators of the Broadway musical Hair), Bill Frisell (avante-garde musician/composer), and the punk rock group My Chemical Romance.

Hoboken also has ties to the television and film industries and is home to the Hoboken International Film Festival.  Winner of eight Oscars, On The Waterfront is the widest known movie shot there.  But it also shows up in many others, such as The Professional and The Basketball Diaries.

In 2008's romantic comedy Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, main character Nick came from Hoboken and the popularity of that book and film brought this town back in the public eye.

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• Location DENIED! Hoboken Says NO To Snooki And Jwowws Jersey Shore Spinoff!

  
  Perez Hilton — Authority: 668
  Dont worry about this TOO much! There other wonderful places to shoot in New Jersey! LOLz! Last we heard about Snooki and Jwowws Jersey Shore spinoff back in January 2011, they had shot preliminary footage for their show in Long Island. Guess they decided to keep it in the Jerz, because were hearing ...
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• City Council Meeting – 2/1/2012

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Hoboken City Council Meeting of February 1, 2012 Below are the meeting documents for tonight’s city council meeting: More lawyer contracts, a new Fire Boat, and probably a sugar-coated explanation as to why city employees weren’t paid on time last week. Accounting error, or did the city actually run out of money? ...
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• Unlimited Zumba Classes – $35

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Zumba Class Unlimited Monthly Deal – $35 Not too many places in Hoboken offer Zumba Classes (I know Garden Street Performing Arts does), but this Hudson County Deal of the Day offers one month of Unlimited Zumba Classes for only $35! The Kennedy Dancers is located at 79 Central Ave. in neighboring Jersey City (map) ...
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• Free Youth Lacrosse Clinic at Stevens

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Hoboken Lacross Club offers free clinics for kids A free clinic for 8 and 9 year old boys AND girls is being offered to see if there is enough demand to start a formal youth lacrosse program in 2012 here in Hoboken. The clinic will be held in the Walker gym at Stevens Institute of [...]
  4 days ago

• Hoboken Week in Review: 1/29/2012

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – January 29, 2012 A selection of noteworthy posts for the week ending Sunday, January 29, 2012: Politics and City Happenings HUMC Risky Business? – Statistics show that the new owners of Hoboken’s only hospital had higher death rates in Bayonne than other area hospitals. Sneaky ...
  5 days ago

• La Femme opens at Gallery 1200

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Gallery 1200 in Hoboken hosts new art show: La Femme A new exhibition starts tonight at Gallery 1200 (12th & Washington): “Come celebrate with us for our opening night of La Femme: An art exhibition celebrating woman. This is a group show featuring both male and female artists including painters, sculptors, ...
  6 days ago

• Hoboken Farmboy – What Next?

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Hoboken Farmboy gone – what could the Mile Square use now? As the thousands of regular customers the Hoboken Farmboy saw each month already know – the “health food” options in the Mile Square are dwindling! So besides asking what should occupy the space at 127 Washington Street next – what does Hoboken need ...
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• City wants to re-district just the 4th Ward

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Electoral redistricting happens every 10 years As you might know – after each census every 10 years, states in the country go through a “redistricting” process, to re-draw electoral district boundaries. In most U.S. States, that role is solely handled by the governing body. But in a handful of States (including ...
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• Hoboken Week in Review: 1/22/2012

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – January 22, 2012 A selection of noteworthy posts for the week ending Sunday, January 22, 2012: Politics and City Happenings St. Patrick’s Parade CANCELED – Drunks trashing Hoboken 1 – Parade 0 (Dawn Zimmer -9). Booze Party goes on minus the Irish Tradition. Wah Wahhh! Zimmer ...
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• Office Depot

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Office Depot Grand Opening in Hoboken with Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Frankly, neither office supplies nor reality TV shows are of much interest to this author. But what happens when you mix these two “exciting” aspects of life? Much of the same… However, Cake Boss fans will probably go berserk seeing Buddy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Planet Fitness

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Hoboken Planet Fitness temporarily shuts down the day they open Citing “construction issues,” many residents were frustrated that Planet Fitness had a big stop work sign on the window today. I wonder, despite the cheap $10 monthly membership fees Planet Fitness has – will angry residents demand 30 cent refunds ...
  2 weeks ago

• What’s up with 1600 Park?

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  1600 Park Progress in uptown Hoboken Amazing the difference between projects the city of Hoboken is solely responsible for – and projects that are in the hands of capable organizations. The 1600 Park project was all set to be completed last fall, but as soon as Hoboken got involved it came to a screeching halt. [...]
  2 weeks ago

• How Rapper Fat Joe lost 100+ pounds!

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Cut the carbs, lose the blub! Nice to see that folks from all corners of the world discovering the benefits of low carb living. Popular Hip-Hop Rapper Fat Joe will now hopefully influence his large (no pun intended) fan base to find out how a simple and sustainable way of living can have profound positive [...]
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• Cake Boss Health Code Violation?

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Want some armpit hair with your Cake Boss Cannoli? I found this picture that Hoboken411 reader Bob sent in last week amusing. Apparently some upcoming Cake Boss episode involves half-dressed dudes wearing bow-ties giving away Cannolis in front of Carlo’s Bakery. At first I thought, “sure – anything to draw ...
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• Have you seen this bike?

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Hoboken burglaries not limited to apartments As we’ve previously mentioned – Hoboken burglaries are up already in 2012. But the crime uptick (which is likely because of the smaller police force due to contractual ineptitude at city hall) isn’t just limited to homes. Hoboken411 reader Peter is wondering if anyone ...
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• City Council Meeting – 1/18/2012

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Food Truck Ordinance bumped again; parking common sense finally A relatively light agenda for tonight’s Hoboken City Council Meeting. They bumped the food truck ordinance to the first of February, but one interesting ordinance is up for final vote. The city is going to claim that they’ve “created 800 new parking ...
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• HFD creates dangerous intersection

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Giant Hoboken Fire SUV blocking view not cool Hoboken411 reader Gerard spotted this Hoboken Fire Department SUV blocking a busy intersection downtown. It was not an emergency situation, and he thought they were likely inside Tutta Pasta grabbing lunch. While I think emergency personnel should be allowed some ...
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• Saved by the Bell Trivia

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Marty O’Brien’s in Hoboken hosts Saved by the Bell Trivia Were you a huge fan of that TV Sitcom Saved by the Bell? If so, and you really want to prove it – just head over to Marty O’Brien’s (1st & Bloomfield) this Wednesday, January 18th at 8pm for some fun trivia. Drink specials and [...]
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• There are downsides to low carb living

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  Top 5 Caveats to living a low carb life Just like they say “every dark cloud has a silver lining,” even with good things like low carb living – there are some potentially troubling issues you absolutely need to be aware of! In no particular order: Snacking Muscle Memory Withdrawal - My body was so [...]
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• 75% Off JCF Boot Camps!

  
  Hoboken411.com — Authority: 123
  JCF Boot Camp – 75% off 8 Class Punch Card Today’s Hoboken (and Jersey City) Deal of the Day is a JCF Boot Camp 8-class Punch Card for only $39! That’s only $5 per class (75% off). JCF Boot Camp has a convenient location here in Hoboken at 417 Newark St. (above the car wash). [...]
  2 weeks ago

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