When Denasia Fitch was out hunting for her first apartment, she visited Bayonne’s waterfront peninsula and was immediately captivated. The calm waters of New York Harbor glistened in the sunshine. The buildings, so peaceful yet so close to Manhattan, had the feeling of a college campus, surrounded by green grass and waterfront walkways. She visited the neighborhood’s newest rental building, Citizen Bayonne, and quickly decided to make it her new home.
A sore subject? Not at all. But it’s certainly a recurring theme and perhaps a running joke for Jack Klugmann, whose fast-growing development firm plans to build more than 4,000 apartments and commercial space at the former Riverfront Stadium property in Newark.