Councilors, residents clash after mayor’s tweet about converting MLK and Bergen to one-ways; staff report threats at community meeting

A plan the mayor’s office circulated to convert two Greenville corridors into one-way streets — described in a staff presentation as proposals to convert MLK Drive and Bergen Avenue to one-way operation with dedicated bus lanes — sparked a large public meeting and sharp exchanges at a Jersey City Municipal Council caucus on Aug. 18, 2025. Infrastructure staff told the council they were asked to present concepts at a community session; hundreds attended and some speakers used profanity and threatened staff, the director said.

The issue matters because the proposed redesign would change traffic circulation on two major corridors and could affect transit, emergency access and neighborhood circulation. Council members and residents said they received a social-media announcement from the administration before technical analyses were available, which…