PHOTO TOUR: Trenton, New Jersey (Passaic, Hillside: apartments, houses, neighborhoods)

[christina0001]

Unfortunately I have to begin this post with an apology. I put many hours into taking these pictures, but unfortunately moved out of state before I could finish taking enough photos of every neighborhood. The Chambersburg district is scarcely represented here. Having said that, I believe I took enough pictures to give at least a taste of each section of Trenton. I tried to be as fair as possible and took pictures that present both the best and worst of the city. I also tried to focus more on the residential aspect of Trenton, for people who may be interested in relocating here.

Glen Afton and Island neighborhoods





Route 29


Columbia Avenue




South Lee Avenue


Morningside Drive


Abernathy Drive




Brookside Commons Apartments


North Trenton

vacant store on Calhoun


Southard Street




Miller Street


Martin Luther King Boulevard AKA Princeton Avenue




Hillside Avenue


corner of North Olden Avenue and Brunswick Avenue


Brunswick Avenue




Berkeley Square

Berkeley Avenue




Hamilton and Greenwood Avenue area

Greenwood Avenue


Trenton Central High School on Chambers Street


Saint Francis Medical Center on Hamilton Avenue


Pete Lorenzo's on South Clinton Avenue


Michele Lorie's Cheesecakes on Hamilton Avenue - now closed


Hamilton Avenue - on the left is one of my favorite houses in the city


Chestnut Avenue


Prospect and Stuyvesant

Stuyvesant Avenue


Prospect Village


Housing Projects on Coolidge Street, from Oakland Avenue


Pennington Avenue


Moreland Avenue


Maple Avenue


Kelsey Avenue


Brinton Avenue

[66nexus]

Those are pretty nice pics. Usually when I go to Trenton I don't pass through many neighborhoods and only go downtown, so I don't know much about the city. I didn't know it had nice homes like that.

[christina0001]

Cadwalader
Edgewood Avenue


Belmont Circle




Hillcrest

Parkway Avenue


Hillcrest Avenue




Beechwood Avenue


South Trenton

Trenton Thunder Stadium


Trenton Police substation on South Broad Street


State Prison from Cass Street


Sovereign Bank Arena


Route 29 Tunnel and Park


Lalor Market grocery store


Jersey Street


Delaware River


Beatty Street


Central and Central East Trenton

Sherman Avenue


Poplar Street


Oak Street


North Olden Avenue




North Clinton Avenue


New York Avenue


Monmouth Street


Klagg Avenue


Grant Avenue




Girard Avenue


Hiltonia



Trenton Psychiatric Hospital


Stuyvesant Avenue


Kensington Avenue


Hiltonia side of Cadwalader Park


Cadwalader Drive




Top Road

Pennsylvania Avenue


Pear Street


New York Avenue


Mulberry Street


Michigan Avenue


(one more post of pictures to go...)

[christina0001]

Chambersburg/Franklin Park/Chestnut Park

Chestnut Avenue


South Clinton Avenue at Liberty Street


Italian People's Bakery on Butler Street


Hudson Street


Redfern Street


Mill Hill



Mill Hill Saloon


Mercer Street






Jackson Street


West End and Central West

Spring Street


Westside Shopping Plaza on Hermitage Avenue


West State Street








West Hanover Street


Passaic Street


Hermitage Avenue




Calhoun Street


Downtown Trenton

West State Street






South Broad Street


North Warren Street


South Montgomery Street


Mill Hill Playhouse


North Clinton Avenue


North 25 and Hanover Academy

Bellevue Avenue


supermarket on Pennington Avenue


Perry Street


Pennington Avenue


Martin Luther King Boulevard


Dunham Street


Wilburs and Villa Park

Revere Avenue


South Walter Avenue


Quinton Avenue


Park Avenue


Lyndale Avenue


Logan Avenue


Cleveland Avenue


And that's it! I hope you enjoyed.

[MPC2000]

My Girlfriend lives there and I can only say that there is one scary place, and that's the part near the train station. I wouldn't be caught dead walking there at night, or even in the day time. They had high powered lights up there one time. Most of the homes were pretty much stuck together.

[Sorrell]

Thanks for posting these, the wife and I enjoyed seeing this part of NJ. It's a shame there aren't posts or websites detailing places in NJ with pictures like this! Would help me to better understand locations.

[njkate]

WOW!!! Some beautiful homes and others in total disrepair
Always warms my heart(NOT) to see shops with iron grates over their doors and windows...

I'm sure back in the day some of those neighborhoods were quite the place to live.

[Badfish740]

Originally Posted by MPC2000

Most of the homes were pretty much stuck together.

That's a common feature in most urban neighborhoods, known as a rowhome. My mother grew up in one in Chambersburg. Many examples of what nicely restored rowhomes look like can be found in the Mill Hill section of the city. Little by little the city is coming back, but its going to be a long road. In the meantime, see a show at Patriot's Theater, have a drink at the Mill Hill Saloon, or get a nice dinner at Settimo Cielo-you won't be dissapointed! I'm really anxious for the Trenton Devils to begin their first season at Sovereign Bank Arena myself.

[MPC2000]

Originally Posted by Badfish740

That's a common feature in most urban neighborhoods, known as a rowhome. My mother grew up in one in Chambersburg. Many examples of what nicely restored rowhomes look like can be found in the Mill Hill section of the city. Little by little the city is coming back, but its going to be a long road. In the meantime, see a show at Patriot's Theater, have a drink at the Mill Hill Saloon, or get a nice dinner at Settimo Cielo-you won't be dissapointed! I'm really anxious for the Trenton Devils to begin their first season at Sovereign Bank Arena myself.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed my stay out there in Trenton/Hamilton(she lived on the border of both city/township) I liked the city overrall, there are just places that needed some fixing up. but it looks better than where I live at, which some people have compared to Trenton, but I highly doubt it. it could be that I am an outsider in Trenton, but I enjoyed that city alot

[Roselvr]

Wow, awesome pictures! My neighbor lived there years (30 - 40) ago, always tells me about how it used to be and the awesome houses. Shame to see some looking so bad. Hopefully people will come in and give them love, restoring those homes from years ago.