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It's between Wayne and Mercer. This is a rough neighborhood. It's nothing new, it's been like this for years, but now it's getting out of control. Couple of houses on Wayne and Barrow Street and one rundown house on Paulmier Pl. are big part of the problem. Lots of gang/drug related activity there.
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Why didn't you call the cops???
Posted on: 2013/6/9 2:16
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Bad example. This is America; anybody can drive Mercedes or BMW, and they?re doing better than OK, friend of mine manages one.
Posted on: 2013/1/17 20:47
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Synergy went out of business because was poorly managed.
Posted on: 2013/1/17 20:44
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I don't think that I would look for a franchise. I would rather open a ?no name? gym. I guarantee that you?d would make lots of $ if you opened a reasonably priced, no contract gym in downtown. Check all the cheaper gyms downtown. They?re all packed after 5pm.
Posted on: 2013/1/17 6:54
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Tons of expensive gyms! Those expensive gyms will go out of business sooner than you think. I?ve seen many gyms over past 20 years. We still need a well priced gym. Not everybody is rich here. Trust me.
Posted on: 2013/1/17 6:47
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I agree. Club H and Brick House are way too expensive. I'll give those couple more years. They?ll eventually have to lower the prices or go out of business like many gyms before. We need a big, well priced gym with free clean towels and no sneaky contracts. What about those annual ?maintenance gym fees?? Don?t they get enough money? Is it even legal to charge those fees?
Posted on: 2013/1/17 6:39
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I wish they would open a big gym in Downtown Jersey City. There?s a lot of money to be made. We need a good, well priced gym here. No contracts and sneaky maintenance fees, just straight forward $20-$30 a month membership. My gym is packed and overpriced. They charge people $30 a year a maintenance fee (like $400 is not enough), but they can?t fix the smelly bathroom and we have to pay extra for towels. It?s outrageous.
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Follow the green lights!
Posted on: 2012/12/12 5:32
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What a shame. I was a member since they opened nine or ten years ago. It wasn?t much, but it was a reliable and cheap gym. I didn?t care much about the owner, I saw him maybe twice through those years. It looked like he didn?t care about this business or maybe he didn?t know how to run a simple money making machine. I liked the stuff though. I went today to check the Club Metro USA Fitness and I was disappointed. I don?t know why, but for some reason I didn?t like it. Maybe it was a strange layout and lack of some important free weight stations and machines or maybe lots of new faces which I've never seen in my life (I've been living here for almost 20 years.). I?ll miss Synergy and my $250 a year membership. Maybe it wasn't the nicest gym around, but it was cozy and cheap. R.I.P
I also got a message for the owner: I was a member since you opened the gym. I spoke to you last week and you didn?t even mention about your plans. Screw you guy!!!
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Well said ianmac47! I can?t believe that this is happening again. It?s been so nice and quiet on that corner, the nicest three months since I remember. Does anyone know how to legally stop those people from opening another loud bar before it?s too late? What about contacting our councilman or hiring a lawyer? Does anyone know who owns that property? It?s a great street without a bar. The desperate ex-bar owner mentioned that he was pulling his license. I noticed that the Barrow Bar was padlocked. Maybe there is a way to file a complaint and stop the property owner from renting the space to another bar owner. 90% of the residents I spoke to are happy that Barrow Bar was gone. By the way, that place was out of control. Disrespectful people were not only drunk and loud but they were pissing all over the neighborhood. It?s a residential area. There is no place for another rowdy bar! Why don?t you open a nice small restaurant, bookstore, sandwich place or something quiet for pit?s sake? This place has a potential and does not have to sell alcohol to already drunk people!
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And I hope it stays closed. I was walking there around 8 pm; it was so beautiful and quiet. I?ve never liked any bar on this street and I don?t think that Winston was any worse than Barrow Bar. No difference to me whatsoever, same reddish faces, football shirts and low pitch noises, and yes, I was here paying hefty taxes long before most of you realized than Jersey City is hotter than your quiet little towns. There is no place for a rowdy bar in the middle of a residential neighborhood period. You can try to keep doors tightly shut during ball games and drunken crowd under control, but there will be always a drunken moron outside screaming and yelling when his team scores. We are talking about noise, offensive behavior and profanities, loud patrons smoking-yelling and pissing all over the streets. Most of you don?t care, because you just come here for a few hours a week. It?s long enough to make our lives miserable. Maybe it?s time for home owners and property tax payers to introduce a new law: All bars in residential areas should be closed after midnight on weekends and 10 pm on weekdays, or converted to something else, perhaps coffee shops? It would work for hard working families and kids. Rest of you can take the Light Rail to Hoboken.
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I hope they are closing. Barrow Street Bar is the worst thing that ever happened to beautiful Mercer Street. It?s even worse than the Bubonic Plague and infamous NY yuppie invasion.
Posted on: 2011/1/21 4:50
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Restore it and open a museum. The building is a piece of history!
Posted on: 2009/6/18 4:51
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The JCPD should pay more attention to speeding drivers. Try crossing Marin Munoz Blvd. and 2nd street in JC or Grove and Mercer. It?s a nightmare. Many drivers wouldn?t stop and let people cross. If police paid more attention (TICKETS) to that issue there would be no problems. If you are on a crosswalk-driver must stop-that?s the law. JCPD please enforce it !
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I totally agree. We had same issues with Barrow Street Bar. I used to live on Mercer and Barrow and I couldn?t stand the place. I had enough of every night noise and bull..t and moved out. Friday and Saturday nights were the worst. My friend still lives there, and says that it?s getting even more miserable. She says that they keep the door open every night (don?t ask why-maybe the cheap owner is saving money on AC), and you can hear the music and stupid loud laughs until 2-3 am. She is considering a serious legal action against this bar. I know that some property owners are getting very impatient and fed up with this business. I think that bar goers simply don?t get it- they show no respect whatsoever. They come for few hours a day and act like they own the neighborhood. Bar owners know well about the issues and noise complaints, but they don't care. It?s time to take some action. Talking to a business owner would not change anything (especially to a jerk owner). They make lots of $ and this is much more important than some whining neighbors. Mobilize your neighbors. Send a signed petition to the Mayor?s Office. If this does not help file a lawsuit! Every business can be closed and any license can be revoked! If you pay hefty property taxes or rent every month, you deserve quiet days and nights, especially in a nice residential neighborhood.
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I totally agree! Please add -BARROW STREET BAR- to your list. The noise level, especially on weekends is unacceptable. Bars are nothing but trouble for our neighborhoods - besides the noise and parked cars; patrons who have sampled the products served in the bar are difficult to deal with as they depart. If owners cannot control their clientele, noise levels, etc., their licenses should be revoked and doors shut-period! There are several legal options available. The most important thing is to mobilize your neighbors! Almost every community prohibits excessive, unnecessary, and unreasonable noise, and police enforce these laws. Restaurants and Bars Restaurants and bars which are located in residential areas are a big problem, and many towns have ordinances specifically directed at the noise emanating from these businesses. A typical ordinance requires that restaurants with outdoor seating restrict amplified music to 10 decibels above background sound level in the area, provide that music may be played only from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; bans shops from putting speakers outside, also all doors should be closed. Parties and Bars Many towns have ordinances regarding the noise generated by parties, particular towns with large college populations. Such ordinances provide for money penalties, and proscribe hours when excessive noise is not permitted. A typical ordinance prohibits noise from any party or social event that "interferes with the peace or health of members of the public or is audible through walls between units within the same building, from another property or from the street." General Ordinances Noise levels in neighborhoods are governed by the town or local government. Nearly every town has a general noise ordinance, which designates "quiet hours" from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays, and until 9 a.m. on weekends. To determine what your town?s ordinance is, call your city hall and ask for a copy of the noise ordinance. Many towns also designate decibel levels, and restrict certain decibel levels at all hours of the day. Some towns have ordinances directed specifically at particular noises, like car horns, dogs, lawn mowers, boats, leaf blowers, and whatever other source of noise is a problem in that particular community. In 2007 the Jersey City Council passed an ordinance to stop outdoor entertainment at 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. The new proposal limits restaurants and bars to a decibel level of 55 decibels from noon to 10 p.m. and then 45 decibels from 10 p.m. until closing. Sound measurements could be taken either inside or outside the establishment depending on the nature of the complaint. Send a Letter and the Ordinance If you want you can send the bar owner a letter, requesting that he stop the noise (in my experience it would not work), and providing him with a copy of your town?s ordinance that he is violating. Send a letter to your councilperson also; let them know about the problem. Call the Police If the letter does not work, the next step (I would say the first step) is to have the police issue a summons, or, if permitted in your town, to file a citizens complaint against the business. In either event, the owner will have to appear in court and defend himself against the noise complaint. You will undoubtedly have to appear as a witness. Procedures for filing a citizen?s complaint can be found at your local police department, or your town?s prosecuting attorney?s office. You should attempt to have the police come when the noise is occurring, so that they can witness the noise for themselves, and they too become a witness. In some towns (like Jersey City) where noise is a particular problem, the police should be equipped with decibel meters, which can provide objective evidence of the level of noise. Hire a lawyer In addition to filing a citizen?s complaint, in most jurisdictions you can bring a civil complaint against your neighbor or establishment under the applicable noise ordinance. You can, if you succeed, receive money damages from the business. Notes of every time the noise problem occurred, whom you spoke to, when the police were called, and copies of all correspondence, will all be important parts of your evidence. Mobilize your neighbors!
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?High school kids hanging around?-you got to be kidding me. You must be crazy or very naive. I just don?t understand why you are defending them so much? Are you buying from them? You?ve never seen cars pulling up because you don't want to see things like that. You are one of those-I don't care people. Next time I?ll take some pictures, just for you. If you knew how to read the Street Code, you wouldn?t make a fool out of yourself and argue on this forum. I told you that already; open your eyes and ears and learn about the Latin Kings and Bloods in Jersey City in your neighborhood. It?s true it?s been quiet lately on Mercer, because they are smart and they know what?s going on. Do me a favor-don?t call me a racist-you don't know me!
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Why are you defending them so much? Are you buying from them? If those kids seem ?perfectly fine? to you, you must be really doped out. Good kids don?t carry switchblades, good kids work or go to school, good kids respect others, good kids don?t smoke herbs, good kids don?t wear gang colors, good kids are not vulgar, and good kids stay out of trouble. If you knew how to read the Street Code, you wouldn?t make a fool out of yourself and argue on this forum. You?ve obviously never seen weapons, because you are blind and you don?t want to see them, I told you that already. Your eyes are dilated, and your eardrums are clogged. Educated yourself and walk around your neighborhood, maybe you learn something. Learn about the Latin Kings and Bloods in Jersey City, right there where you live! Another hot-shot newcomer! Go back where you came from. By the way, if I?m ?old and illiterate dope? you are an inbred moron! My guess: you are young and confused!
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I think you both are very brave or...! Good luck!
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You mean: corner of Barrow and Paulmier Place. It's pretty obvious that Paulmier Pl. # 2 is up to something no good. There is a lot of night-gang activity over there. It appears that some of young dealers and gang bangers have recently moved from Wayne Street to that corner. I wonder who owns this house.
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I can?t believe this crap has been going on for years. Every time I?m passing by the corner of Barrow and Wayne I see the same drug dealing faces. They should be locked up for good. F? life-destroying, property value-lowering sons of b.,.! I recently have noticed though, that some of young suspicious individuals moved to Barrow St. and Paulmier Pl. (Mercer) corner. It seems when they feel heat, they move from one place to another like flies. I think they are based in Paulmier PL. # 2. Every time I?m passing by this house (evening or night) I see some young, loud and aggressive punks blocking the sidewalk. I don?t know if this is a hangout house or they simply live there. Some of them were quite active on Wayne Street before. I heard that couple nights back there were several color wearing kids playing with knifes. What the hell is going on over there? I'am surprised because that area has improved in last few years. I guess no street is safe these days. Just wait for some bad news from that corner.
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