Saint Peter's University, Jersey City

Name: Saint Peter's University
Address: 2641 Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, United States

#143 among attractions in Jersey City

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Saint Peter's University is a private Jesuit university in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded as Saint Peter's College in 1872 by the Society of Jesus. The university offers over 60 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 2,600 undergraduate and 800 graduate students. Its mascot is the Peacock and its sports teams play in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, of which it is a founding member. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1872 (153 years ago)Coordinates: 40°43'39"N, 74°4'19"W

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2641 Kennedy BlvdJournal SquareJersey City United States

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Saint Peter's University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: White Eagle Hall, Stanley Theater, Loew's Jersey Theatre, Mana Contemporary.

1.1 miE
Dancing, Nightlife
White Eagle Hall, Jersey City
28 min walk • White Eagle Hall is a music, theatre, and dining venue in a restored historic building in the Village neighborhood of Downtown Jersey City, New Jersey, located on Newark Avenue. Originally built in 1910 as community center.
0.6 miNE
Nightlife, Cinema
Stanley Theater, Jersey City
16 min walk • The Stanley Theater at Kennedy Boulevard and Pavonia Avenue is near Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. The theater opened to the public on March 24, 1928.
0.5 miNE
Theater, Concerts and shows
Loew's Jersey Theatre, Jersey City
13 min walk • The Loew's Jersey Theatre is a movie palace type theater and live entertainment venue located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Opened in 1929, it was one of the five Loew's Wonder Theatres, a series of flagship Loew's movie palaces in the New York City area.
0.7 miN
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City
18 min walk • Mana Contemporary is a cultural center in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States with affiliated centers in Chicago and Miami.
0.5 miSW
Synagogue
Temple Beth-El, Jersey City
14 min walk • Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue in Jersey City, New Jersey. located at 2419 Kennedy Boulevard in the Bergen Section.
0.8 miE
Square
Journal Square, Jersey City
22 min walk • Journal Square is a business district, residential area, and transportation hub in Jersey City, New Jersey, which takes its name from the newspaper Jersey Journal whose headquarters were located there from 1911 to 2013.
0.7 miW
Park
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
19 min walk • Lincoln Park is an urban park in Jersey City, New Jersey with an area of 273.4 acres. Part of the Hudson County Park System, it opened in 1905 and was originally known as West Side Park. The park was designed by Daniel W. Langton and Charles N.
0.5 miSW
Monuments and statues
Lincoln the Mystic, Jersey City
13 min walk • Lincoln the Mystic, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser. It is located at Lincoln Park in Hudson County, New Jersey, near the beginning of the Lincoln Highway.
0.4 miNW
Cemetery
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City
11 min walk • Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres and all but 0.3 acres has been developed and sold for burials.
~1280 ftE
Church
Old Bergen Church, Jersey City
7 min walk • The Old Bergen Church is a historic church congregation in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Established in 1660 in what was then the Dutch colony of New Netherland, it is the oldest continuous religious congregation in what is today the State of New Jersey.
0.6 miNE
Skyscraper
1 Journal Square, Jersey City
15 min walk • 1 Journal Square is a skyscraper complex at Journal Square in Jersey City, New Jersey proposed by the Kushner Companies. The initial version consisted of two towers with roughly 3,000 residential units and 160,000 square feet if commercial space, but the project has been scaled back as of 2020.

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Which popular attractions are close to Saint Peter's University?

Nearby attractions include Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City (4 min walk), Friends of Boyd-McGuiness Park, Jersey City (5 min walk), Speer Cemetery, Jersey City (6 min walk), Old Bergen Church, Jersey City (7 min walk).

How to get to Saint Peter's University by public transport?

The nearest stations to Saint Peter's University:

Bus

Sip Avenue at Tonnelle Avenue • Lines: 10 (10 min walk)
Journal Square Transportation Center • Lines: 10, 119, 125, 88, Ac30 (16 min walk)

Metro

Journal Square Transportation Center • Lines: Jsq–33, JSQ–33 via HOB, Nwk–Wtc (15 min walk)

Light rail

Martin Luther King Drive • Lines: Hblr (29 min walk)
Garfield Avenue • Lines: Hblr (30 min walk)