A small (filled-in) portion of the canal still exists in Country Village,[7] a neighborhood near Droyer's Point and the West Side.

[9] The Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum is located at the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library,[10] Greenville Hospital, Henry Snyder High School, and New Jersey City University all located on the district's main thoroughfare, Kennedy Boulevard.

Greenville Hospital closed in 2008,[11] was renovated, and is now part of Barnabas Health which operates Jersey City Medical Center.

They called the area on Bergen Neck Minkakwa (alternatively spelled Minelque and Minackqua) meaning "a place of good crossing".

[14] The Caven Point settlement on the west shore of the Upper New York Bay between Pamrapo and Communipaw was part of Pavonia, which, upon receiving its municipal charter in 1661 was renamed Bergen.

[citation needed] In 2005, Jersey City enacted a curfew for business owners on some of Greenville, including Martin Luther King Drive and Ocean Avenue.

A number of Ultra-Orthodox Jews and young Jewish and Hispanic families have purchased homes and built a growing community in Greenville.

[26][27] Since the mid-2010s Jersey City has experienced a rise in Hasidic Orthodox Jews, who are moving to Greenville from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, attracted by the relatively low housing price.

The Greenville Bus Garage on Old Bergen Road is one of the largest in Hudson, housing more than 120 buses for several New Jersey Transit Routes.