Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, sitting on the west bank of the Hudson River directly across from Manhattan; its name derives from the Unami word Hupokàn.

Hoboken was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century as part of Pavonia, a colony of New Netherland.

In the early 19th century, Colonel John Stevens developed Hoboken first as a resort and later as a residential neighborhood.

Hoboken was formed as a township on April 9, 1849, and was incorporated as a city in 1855.

The first officially recorded game of baseball was played in Hoboken in 1846 at the Elysian Fields.

Stevens Institute of Technology was founded at Castle Point in 1870 through a bequest from Edwin A. Stevens, as the nation's first mechanical engineering college and one of the oldest technological universities in the United States.

Hoboken is the birthplace and hometown of singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), and Frank Sinatra Drive, Sinatra Park, and his birthplace at 415 Monroe Street honor him today.

Hoboken Terminal, at the city's southern waterfront, is one of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs for rail, ferry, bus, and light rail.

Hoboken is nicknamed the "Mile Square City," although it actually covers 1.97 square miles including its portion of the Hudson River, with about 1.25 square miles of land.

The 2020 census counted 60,419 residents in Hoboken, living in 28,175 households.