As it turns out, the fire drill is for staff only.

Also, Canco is only 6 stories.

@heights -- a "combination of absentee and resident homeowners" -- that pretty much describes any multi-family dwelling, no?

Thanks!

Our cat is 18, has kidney problems and requires IV fluids -- we have a vacation coming up shortly and do not want to leave that responsibility on a friend or neighbor.

Any suggestions on a vet with the least traumatic boarding for cats?

That area is fine. I've been there many, many times -- one friend lives on the corner of JFK and Duncan, two others just East of JFK.

Like anywhere else in Jersey City, be aware of your surroundings and you'll be just fine. The block is completely safe.

As another poster commented, though, when you go further down Bergen it gets a little sketchy, but the block or two from Montgomery is just fine.

I live in the Canco Lofts (after 15 years prior in JC) and have just been told JCFD has asked us to have a fire drill.

Is this in any way normal? I don't recall ever living anywhere that the local fire department requested a fire drill be held at.

Any other JC locals experience this? I'm thinking it's because the overall complex is still split between commercial and residential (on all floors, not just the ground level), but it sounds fishy.