Named after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jersey City’s Historic Roosevelt Stadium is best known as the stadium in which the legendary Jackie Robinson, debuted in his baseball career as the first African-American to play major league baseball. Opening day on April 22, 1937, was just one of the thousands of games, concerts, graduations, and performances that would be held at this legendary Jersey City sports center for more than forty years.

A manufacturing and railroad powerhouse for over 100 years, Jersey City, NJ has come a long way from its industrial heyday during the railroad era. Once a gritty town that existed amongst clouds of smoke and haze, there are very few reminders of Jersey City's longtime industrial history that exist today. Still standing, though, against the clean geometric modernity of the luxury buildings and the Powerhouse Arts District Apartments that surround it is the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse.

Jersey City is home to a number of historic landmarks, including the Loews Theatre. Here's a guide to this beautiful building and what it means to the city.

Colgate Clock has been a Jersey City icon since 1873. The world's tallest four story clock, it stands at an impressive 40 feet tall. Step inside the clock tower to view the stunningly accurate Colgate clock and get up close with history

The New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Public Library is a treasure-trove of historic and current information on New Jersey, Hudson County and Jersey City. 

Far more than what meets the eye, Bergen Arches reminds us just how powerful the natural world is. Once the railroad tracks and tunnels of Jersey CIty’s Railroad history, since long abandoned is now known as one of the most bio-diverse ecosystems around. Hiding within Jersey City, this accidental conservation is a true gift to Jersey City.

Hamilton Park has remained the centerpiece of the Hamilton Park Historic District in downtown Jersey City from

the time of its inception in 1851. Tree-lined streets with rows of Victorian brownstone homes border the 5.4-acre residential square, giving the area its picturesque streetscape. It was John B. Coles, a Federalist from New York, who initiated the plan for a public park in Jersey City to be named for Alexander Hamilton in 1800.

Lincoln Park, built in 1905, was part of the “City Beautiful” national parks movement aimed at revitalizing industrialized communities and providing residents with public space for recreational activities. Designed by Daniel W. Langton and Charles N. Lowrie, both founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the park now consists of 21 tennis courts, 7 baseball fields, a cricket pitch, 5 basketball courts, 3 playgrounds, 2 football fields and a running track. The Lincoln Park Fountain, a 365-ton stone sculpture and the centerpiece to the park, was designed by Pierre J. Cheron in 1911. Originally costing $6,500 to build, this majestic fountain just underwent a recent $7.2 million dollar renovation. 

Today the terminal is the focus of community and statewide special events. Interpretive exhibits are on display, offering 

present day visitors the opportunity to experience both the history and the renaissance of this great landmark.

Jersey City’s Light Horse Tavern in the Paulus Hook neighborhood served as a speakeasy through the Prohibition era and was named after Henry Lee III, a historical figure from the American Revolution, after it’s renovation in 2002.