Neighborhoods in Perth Amboy, New Jersey

[1] Perth Amboy's waterfront is where the city was first settled and one of the few places left in New Jersey that has a historic and marina culture surrounded by water.

Local attractions include two small museums, an art gallery, a yacht club, and a marina.

On Sunday afternoons in the summertime, Perth Amboy hosts the Concerts by the Bay in the park's bandshell.

The waterfront is also characterized by a redbrick promenade near the water and many stately Victorian homes, some on hills overlooking the bay and predominating tree lined streets with well-manicured lawns.

In addition, this section of Perth Amboy once had a thriving Jewish community with yeshivas, synagogues, kosher butchers and bakers.

Smith Street is a relatively small shopping center that is only seven blocks wide and bustles with stores catering to working-class customers.

[3] Although there were previously several department stores downtown, the largest today is discount retailer Bargain Man.

The Barber Section is a neighborhood centered on Hall Avenue east of the New Jersey Transit train tracks.

THe neighborhood includes Harbortown Terrace, a part-rental, part-condo housing development near the Arthur Kill.

The State and Fayette Gardens, an apartment complex in the neighborhood, was at one point considered to be "The Cuban Buildings."

Today, the neighborhood is heavily Latino with other ethnicities including Portuguese, African Americans, and Eastern Europeans.

Goat Hill was a small neighborhood of Perth Amboy near the waterfront, located slightly north of Hartford Street.