COOLING CENTERS
From Hudson County Executive, Craig Guy:
The daytime Cooling Center is located at the Naval Reserve Facility in the Town of Kearny, will be operated by Collaborative Support Programs of NJ (CSPNJ), and will operate between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. during the summer months.
Transportation to the Cooling Center will be provided from the following locations beginning at 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on a continuous loop. Clients will be brought back to these same locations in addition to the Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation (PERC) Shelter in Union City and St. Lucy’s Shelter in Jersey City beginning at 4 p.m. until 6 p.m.:
CPSNJ Drop In-Center (422 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Jersey City)
Journal Square (JFK Boulevard and Pavonia Avenue)
North Bergen Town Hall (43rd Street and Kennedy Boulevard)
Hoboken Terminal (Observer Highway and Park Avenue)
Additionally, the following Daytime Centers provide a daily cool place for individuals:
Garden State Community Development Corporation (GSCDC) Hudson CASA Drop-In Center (514 Newark Avenue, Jersey City): Beginning on 6/30 – Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Weekends 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hudson County Integrated Services Center (422 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Jersey City): Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hoboken Public Library (500 Park Avenue, Hoboken): Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please note the 2nd floor of the main branch is temporarily closed due to A/C issues.
Hoboken Shelter (300 Bloomfield Avenue, Hoboken): 7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Mary McLeod Bethune Center (140 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jersey City): Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
PERC Shelter (111 37th Street, Union City): 7 days a week, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
St. Lucy’s Shelter (619 Grove Street, Jersey City): Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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