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Church and neighborhood groups ask council to halt 77-unit Bergen Avenue project over parking and demolition worries
Summary
Members of St. George and St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church and nearby residents asked the council to oppose or delay a proposed 77-unit, 11-story development at 829 Bergen Avenue, citing loss of previously negotiated parking, lack of a public-safety demolition plan and impacts on schools and churches nearby.
Residents and religious leaders from a tight-knit Jersey City community asked the municipal council to pause or oppose a proposed 77-unit residential development at 829 Bergen Avenue after the project changed developers and, they said, abandoned previously negotiated parking commitments.
Speakers from St. George and St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church said the prior developer had agreed during a two-year outreach process to include approximately 20 parking spaces as part of a compromise with the church and neighborhood, but the new owner’s…
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