Hackensack River Waterfront Travel Guide
Tourist Guide
Visit Hackensack River Waterfront
Popular places to visit
Prudential Center
See everything from electrifying hockey games and huge musical concerts to monster truck rallies and children’s shows at The Rock.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Come for a night at the theater and be dazzled by a Grammy Award-winning symphony orchestra, an international ballet company or a famous rock group.
Pleasantdale Chateau
You can learn about the history of West Orange with a stop at Pleasantdale Chateau. Experience the great live music or attend a sporting event in this family-friendly area.
Branch Brook Park
The largest park in the “Garden State” features lakes, waterways, forests, meadows and a spectacular cherry blossom festival in spring.
Montclair Art Museum
Use the audio guide to learn about historic and modern Native American art and sip wine at a live music event.
South Mountain Reservation
Explore the great outdoors at South Mountain Reservation, a lovely green space in Newark. Make some time to visit the shops while you're in the area.
Activities
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Tour: All Options
NYC Edge Observation Deck at Hudson Yards Admission Ticket
Empire State Building General & Skip-the-Line Ticket Options
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Sunset Cruise
Museum of Ice Cream New York City Admission Ticket
Our pick of the best Hackensack River Waterfront Hotel Deals
Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
Reviewed on 27 Aug. 2025
Arlo Midtown
Hotel St. James
Millennium Hotel Broadway Times Square
PUBLIC, an Ian Schrager hotel
Reviewed on 27 Aug. 2025
Empire Hotel
Reviewed on 26 Aug. 2025
Other neighbourhoods around Hackensack River Waterfront
Greenville
If you're spending some time in Greenville, Fems Park and Afro-American Historical Society Museum are top sights worth seeing.
West Side
If you're spending some time in West Side, Lincoln Park Tennis Center and Mana Contemporary are top sights worth seeing.
Marion
Marion is well liked for its restaurants. If you'd like to do some sightseeing in the greater Jersey City area, you might plan a trip to Loew's Jersey Theater or Justice William Brennan Courthouse.
North Ironbound
If you're looking for some top things to see and do in North Ironbound and surrounding area, you can visit Prudential Center and Sports Illustrated Stadium.
Ironbound District
While Ironbound District isn't home to many top sights, Prudential Center and Sports Illustrated Stadium are some notable places to visit nearby.
Newark Central Business District
While you're in Newark Central Business District, take in top sights like Prudential Center or New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and hop on the metro to see more of the city at Military Park Station or Washington Street Station.
- Times Square
- Central Park
- Broadway
- Statue of Liberty
- Madison Square Garden
- Grand Central Terminal
- Rockefeller Center
- MetLife Stadium
- American Dream
- Empire State Building
- Yankee Stadium
- Cape Liberty Cruise Port
- One World Trade Center
- Barclays Center Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
- Columbia University
- 5th Avenue
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Wall Street
- Bryant Park
- Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
- Lincoln Center
- Bronx Zoo
- Radio City Music Hall
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Prudential Center