Hoboken Trader Joe's Equals Less Parking For Locals: Is It Worth It?

Hoboken, NJ – Is a Trader Joe’s in Hoboken worth sacrificing 24 parking spaces?

That’s the question that inspired Hoboken officials to call for a special public meeting on Tuesday night to discuss a potential drawback in the plan to bring the city a new Trader Joe’s grocery store.

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According to city officials:

“An agreement between the City of Hoboken and Advance at Hoboken LLC, the developer of a mixed use property at 14th Street and Willow Avenue, would remove 24 parking spaces from 13th Street and Clinton Street in order to address pedestrian safety concerns and safely accommodate the turns of delivery trucks for Trader Joe’s, the ground floor tenant of the property.”

The agreement stipulates that if Trader Joe’s leaves the location, the 24 parking spaces would revert to public use.

The surrender of two dozen parking spaces isn’t peanuts in a city where residents’ frustration over parking have spawned a Facebook page titled “Occupy Hoboken Parking.”

What do you think, Hoboken? Is a Trader Joe’s worth giving up 24 parking spaces? Take the reader poll below and share why you voted that way in the comments section.

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