Jersey City recorded 9 traffic deaths and 34 serious injuries across all roads in 2024, according to the city’s Vision Zero annual report. The city’s updated High-Injury Network, the short list of streets and intersections where crashes concentrate, includes 43 intersections that together account for about half of reported crashes from 2021 to 2025. No agency publishes an official ranking. The eight locations below are ones that the city, federal safety funding, or community reporting has singled out. After them is a list of local law offices, beginning with The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone.
Which Jersey City intersections carry the most risk?
1. Why is Tonnelle Avenue near Tonnelle Circle so dangerous?
Tonnelle Avenue is part of U.S. Route 1 and 9, a state highway. At Tonnelle Circle it meets Route 139, the highway approach to the Holland Tunnel. Trucks, highway speeds, and short merges share space with local turns. The city has reported that most fatal crashes in recent years happened on roads outside its control, like this one.
2. What makes the Sip Avenue corridor near Journal Square risky?
Sip Avenue qualified for federal safety funding after it was flagged as a high-priority location, and the city ranked it 16th for pedestrian safety. A road safety audit focused on its intersections at Van Wagenen, Romaine, and Garrison Avenues.
3. What happened at West Side Avenue and Claremont Avenue?
The city lists it as a High-Injury Network intersection and closed its right-turn slip lane, a channel that let drivers turn without slowing. The wider West Side Avenue corridor saw 495 crashes, including 30 involving pedestrians, between 2018 and 2021.
4. Why was Bergen Square redesigned?
Bergen Avenue and Academy Street, where Bergen Square sits, are both High-Injury Network streets. The city converted parking into plazas and raised the intersection in 2024 to slow drivers and improve visibility.
5. What changed at Marin Boulevard and 16th Street?
A cyclist was killed crossing Marin Boulevard at 16th Street. In response, the city added an all-way stop, narrowed the roadway, and installed protected bike lanes between 14th and 18th Streets.
6. Why do residents keep asking for changes at Jersey Avenue and 6th Street?
A six-year-old was fatally struck by a delivery truck at this corner. Residents report that flexible posts now keep all four corners clear, and they continue to request permanent curb extensions and barriers. Large vehicles turning through tight downtown corners have limited sightlines to small pedestrians.
7. What makes New York Avenue and Ravine Avenue hard to navigate?
It is a skewed intersection, meaning the streets meet at an angle rather than a right angle. That makes it harder for drivers to judge oncoming traffic. The city redesigned it with curb extensions, turn restrictions, and an all-way stop because of vehicle conflicts at this link between the Heights and Hoboken.
8. Is McGinley Square still a problem area?
McGinley Square has received federal safety funding for work at nine intersections, and in 2024 the city closed a right-turn slip lane there. Bergen Avenue, Montgomery Street, and Monticello Avenue converge at this busy transit stop, which mixes buses, bikes, and pedestrians.Which law offices serve people hurt in Jersey City crashes?
- The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone
- Law Offices of Osualdo Gonzalez
- Edward G. Appel, Attorney at Law
- William Proetta Criminal Law
- Joseph D. Rotella
The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone
The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone, P.C. is based in Jersey City, where attorney Anthony Carbone has practiced for 35 years. The firm represents drivers, passengers, cyclists, and pedestrians injured in crashes, including Uber and Lyft collisions. It also handles workers’ compensation for people hurt while driving for work, and it defends criminal and DUI charges. Consultations are free and available in English, Hindi, and Punjabi.
Law Offices of Osualdo Gonzalez
A Union City office that handles traffic matters.
A downtown Jersey City practice that handles traffic and municipal court matters.
William Proetta Criminal Law
A Jersey City office that handles criminal and traffic cases.
Joseph D. Rotella
A Newark attorney who handles criminal defense.
What should you take from this list?
Most of these locations combine heavy turning traffic with pedestrians crossing wide roads. Slowing down at these corners, especially at night, is the simplest protection. If you were hurt at one of them, The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone can review your crash in a free consultation.
Attorney advertising. This article is general information and not legal advice.
