Hoboken Buses To Be Diverted Saturday To Avoid Rainbows

HOBOKEN, NJ — Volunteers will be repainting the rainbow crosswalks on lower Washington Street in Hoboken this Saturday, Aug. 27. So for several hours, buses that use that street will run on alternate routes.

Buses 22, 89, and 126, which run on Washington Street, will operate on a detour from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The first two are Hudson County buses, and the 126 runs between the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City and the Hoboken PATH station.

The city’s annual LGBTQIA Pride painting event is on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Newark and Washington Streets. Volunteers who already registered will paint the crosswalk in pride colors in celebration of Hudson County LGBTQIA Pride Month.

Here are the detours:

• Buses traveling toward North Bergen will travel from Observer Highway/Hudson Terminal, continue on Observer Highway, make a right on Bloomfield Street, right on 11th Street, left on Washington Street, and then continue the regular route.
• Buses traveling toward Hoboken Terminal will travel from Washington and 11th streets, make a left on 11th Street, right on Hudson Street, left on Observer Highway, and then terminate.

Please allow extra travel time.

For more information on the bus detours and language assistance, please call NJ TRANSIT Customer Service at (973) 275-5555 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.

To read the full announcement from the city, click here.