Newport · Jersey City

No Longer a
Walk in the Park

The waterfront is still there. We’re not.

A park, a promenade, a mile of river path. After dark, most of us have stopped using any of it.

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See something, say something — or just tell us what you’ve stopped doing. Two minutes, anonymous.

36incidents neighbors
have described since 2024
10 of them in the last five weeks
Where they happened
  • Newport PATH3
  • Behind Duane Reed1
  • Behind Steven’s1
  • Between the light rail and the mall1
  • Exchange Place1
  • Near Best Buy1
  • Near path station..1
  • Near Target by Washington blvd1
  • Near Town Square1
  • Newport Green1
  • Newport mall and path station1
  • Newport Parkway1
and 10 more locations ↓

12 more were described without a block.

When these happened

7 over two years. Then 22 this year — 10 of them in the last five weeks.

Each mark is an incident a neighbor has described, placed by when they said it happened. Dates are approximate where residents gave a month rather than a day.

  1. Zelle scamMid 2026
  2. Harassment or threatMay 20, 2026
  3. OtherJune 6, 2026
  4. MuggingJune 2026
  5. Assault and phone theftEnd of July 2026
  6. Harassment or threatAugust 4, 2026
  7. OtherAugust 8, 2026
  8. Harassment or threatAugust 12, 2026
  9. Harassment or threatAugust 13, 2026
  10. Harassment or threatAugust 18, 2026
  11. Robbery (in person)August 23, 2026
  12. Harassment or threatAugust 26, 2026
  13. OtherSeptember 1, 2026
  14. Robbery (in person)September 4, 2026
  15. Armed robberyWithin the past month
  16. Harassment or threatSeptember 20, 2026
  17. Harassment or threatOctober 1, 2026
  18. Robbery at knife-pointFirst week of October
  19. Robbery (in person)October 2, 2026
  20. Robbery (in person)October 2, 2026
  21. CarjackingOctober 4, 2026
  22. Harassment or threatOctober 5, 2026

2 more — indecent exposure, scams and harassment — are described as ongoing rather than as a single date, so they sit off this line entirely.

What happened

The incidents

Described by residents to each other. Unverified, and kept to a block.

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In our own words

What it has done to us

Most of us were never robbed. We just quietly stopped doing things.

I'm second-guessing my evening walks with my toddler.
Newport resident
I had to tell my mom and dad to stop going on their walks, I'm worried for their safety.
Newport resident
Our family avoids any walk or grocery in the area when the sun is down.
Newport resident
I have stopped walking alone after dark.
Newport resident
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