It borders other districts of Riverbend, Croxton and the West Side, and is sometimes considered to include the area along the Hackensack Riverfront, Tonnelle Circle, and neighborhood overlapping India Square.

[4] The area north of the tracks near the foot of on Newark Avenue and east of Marion Junction is surrounded by manufacturing and warehouse buildings, a few of which have received New Jersey Register of Historic Places designation.

The reclaimed brownfield will be transformed to a 32-acre waterfront park including two soccer fields, a drill/practice area, a lawn/fairgrounds, and a mile long jogging/walking path.

[17] It is home to one of the highest concentrations of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere[18] and one of at least 24 enclaves characterized as a Little India which have emerged within the New York City Metropolitan Area.

[22] Another former mayor, Jerramiah Healy also requested that a PATH stop be built at Broadway and West Side Avenue,[23] augmenting service at the nearest station at Journal Square.