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Harrison is messy, parking situation is bad and hardly anything is walkable around unless you live near the PATH and nothing opens late and you have to use uber or car to get groceries. PATH on the weekends is horribly slow. I would avoid the area as it will become like Jersey city where they never properly planned traffic situation and just throw a ton of apt buildings.
Harrison has just become a hub for commuters. Its been bought up by Corporate housing and people wanting easy access to nyc. Ive noticed people rent or buy and leave in a year when looking at other options. There isn't a sense of a community or nightlife for a 23 year old.
I walked around Harrison a few times this month: Saturday night after dinner and drinks in the city (sober), a couple of weeknights and on a Saturday afternoon. The town is pretty small and walkable with a lot of restaurants and small businesses as well as your typical large chain stores. I really like the small town feel of Harrison.
As I work on 40th and Lex, I found going from Harrison to Journal Square to 33rd Street and walking the several blocks to be a shorter commute than from Harrison to WTC to Grand Central by almost 10 minutes. However, it was one trial. PATH seems to be getting more and more crowded but at least officials are more aware of growing ridership instead of MTA ignoring problems for decades.
Harrison is generally safe, but don't forget it's neighboring cities.
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Two men were shot — one is dead — following an early Sunday morning shooting in Harrison near Harrison Avenue and Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said through its spokesman, Raymond Worrall.
Via Worrall, Prosecutor Esther Suarez released the following information about the homicide:
On Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, at approximately 4:25 a.m., the Harrison Police Department received a report of a motor-vehicle crash with a pedestrian struck in the area of Harrison Avenue and Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard. Responding officers found the lifeless body of a man lying next to a GMC Yukon that had impacted a pole and landed on the sidewalk in the area of 402 Harrison Ave., Harrison.
The man, later identified as Shadi Miles, 31, of Newark, was found with an apparent gunshot wound to his torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 4:55 a.m. The cause and manner of death are pending an investigation by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office.
The preliminary investigation found that a second man had also been shot. He has been identified as Joseph Bossie, 19, of East Orange. Investigators believe that Miles and Bossie were traveling in the same GMC Yukon that crashed into to the pole. The investigation found that Bossie fled from the Yukon and subsequently, in the area of Warren Street, he forcibly robbed an individual of his bicycle and pistol whipped him.
Bossie then managed to get himself to University Hospital in Newark, where he received treatment for apparent gunshot wounds to his face and a lower extremity.
Bossie has been charged with armed robbery in violation of N.J.S. 2C:15-1, a first-degree crime; possession of a weapon (handgun) for an unlawful purpose in violation of N.J.S. 2C:39-4, a second-degree crime; and unlawful possession of a weapon (Handgun) in violation of N.J.S. 39-5, a second-degree crime.
Suarez credited the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Harrison Police Department with the arrest.
The Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit is actively investigating this case with assistance from the Harrison Police Department. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Office of the Hudson County Prosecutor at 201-915-1345 or to leave an anonymous tip at: Hudson County Prosecutors Office NJ | Homicide Tip. All information will be kept confidential.
The above charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. R.P.C.3.6(b)(6).
Check back with The Observer for updates to this developing story. 2 men shot, one fatally, in Harrison – The Observer Online
Incident like this are an exception, but you never know.
Yup, that's why I never go to the Short Hills Mall.
I go, but I leave the range rover at home.
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