Century Moving Services has been the leading choice for movers in Jersey City NJ since 1998, with over 25 years of moving experience. Our movers in Jersey City NJ are fully licensed and insured, meeting all state and federal requirements. You can verify our credentials on the FMCSA safety database to ensure you're hiring professional our moving team. Century Moving Services is committed to providing top-quality moving services to Jersey City NJ residents and businesses.
Jersey City is located in Hudson County, New Jersey, positioned strategically along the Hudson River with easy access to Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel and PATH train. The area is surrounded by thriving communities including Hoboken, Union City, Weehawken, and Newark, all served by our experienced movers in Jersey City NJ. Major highways like Interstate 78, the New Jersey Turnpike, and Routes 1 and 9 make it convenient for long-distance moving from Jersey City NJ to destinations across the country. Century has been serving movers in Jersey City NJ and the surrounding Hudson County region since 1998, establishing ourselves as a trusted local moving company. Learn more about our long distance moving services from Jersey City NJ.
Same-day and next-day moves in Jersey City cover lease endings, job relocations, and tight timelines. The limit is usually not our calendar, it is the building. A waterfront tower that wants a certificate of insurance on file and a reserved freight elevator cannot always be arranged overnight. Brownstones, walkups, and the single-family stock in Greenville and on the West Side turn around much faster. Call (973) 685-5272 and we will tell you within the hour whether your address can be done.
Jersey City is five distinct moving problems wearing one set of ZIP codes. The first thing our foreman asks about an address here is which side of the Palisades it sits on.
Downtown splits in two. Van Vorst Park and Hamilton Park are Victorian brownstone territory, which means narrow staircases, tight turns at the landing, and doorways built before anyone owned a sectional.
Newport, Exchange Place and Paulus Hook are the opposite problem. Full-service towers like 99 Hudson and The A run the move themselves, on their schedule, through their freight elevator.
Journal Square puts historic brownstones and brick rowhouses on the same block as converted warehouse lofts and 30-story new construction. Canco Lofts is a former can factory with oversized freight access. Singh Tower is a 115-unit condo build. More than 8,000 new units are in the pipeline here, which is why moving traffic runs heavy year round instead of peaking in September.
The Heights holds roughly 20,000 housing units on top of the Palisades. Mostly brownstones and converted multi-family, plus some of the last single-family homes in Hudson County with a private driveway. That driveway matters more than it sounds. It is the difference between backing the truck to the door and carrying a couch 200 feet uphill.
Greenville and the West Side are single-family homes, townhouses and garden apartment complexes. More room to work, easier truck access, and the one part of Jersey City where a local move looks like a suburban move.
Jersey City's Parking Enforcement Division requires a Traffic Permit to get no-parking signs or meter bags. Without one your truck takes whatever space is open on move day, and in Downtown or Journal Square that can mean a carry of a block or more with a loaded dolly.
Most of the city also runs resident permit parking with a two-hour limit on unpermitted vehicles. Posted signs tell you which blocks. Street cleaning restrictions stack on top of that, and enforcement runs late: parking officers answer calls until 11:30pm Monday through Saturday, though they cannot tow after 10pm.
Pull the permit early. Several days ahead is the working minimum, and longer through the summer.
Full-service buildings on the waterfront and the newer Journal Square towers usually want three things before move day: a certificate of insurance naming the building as additional insured, a reserved freight elevator window, and a move-in slot that is often weekday business hours only. Century issues COIs directly, normally within a business day of the request.
Get your building's requirements in writing when you sign the lease, not the week of the move. A building that allows weekday moves only and books its freight elevator three weeks out will decide your move date for you.
If you are leaving New Jersey entirely, long distance moves out of Jersey City are quoted as binding estimates. If the new place is not ready, ask about storage at quote time, because it changes how the crew loads the truck.
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Local moves in Jersey City start at $699. Above that the price comes down to volume, how many flights, and how far the crew carries to the truck. A studio coming out of a Newport tower with a loading dock and a reserved freight elevator prices differently than the same studio in a Heights walkup where the carry runs uphill from the nearest legal parking. Both are common here. A three to four bedroom in Greenville or on the West Side, where driveways exist, typically runs $2,600 to $3,200.
Long distance out of Jersey City is quoted as a binding estimate starting at $1,350. You get one price before the truck loads and that price is what you pay on delivery. Nothing gets recalculated after the fact.
Tell us the building when you call. Whether there is a freight elevator, whether the block needs a traffic permit, and which floor you are on move the number more than square footage does. Call (973) 685-5272 for a free estimate, no hidden fees and no obligation.
Two to three weeks for a standard Jersey City move, four to six weeks between May and September. If you are in a full-service building on the waterfront or one of the newer Journal Square towers, work backward from the building instead of from us. Freight elevator reservations at buildings like 99 Hudson book out further than our calendar does, and many of those buildings only allow moves during weekday business hours.
You also need lead time for the street. Jersey City requires a Traffic Permit to get no-parking signs or meter bags, and several days ahead is the working minimum. Without it your truck takes whatever space is open, which in Downtown or Journal Square can mean a carry of a block or more.
Century runs same-day and next-day work in Jersey City when the schedule allows. Call (973) 685-5272 to check availability and we will tell you honestly whether the building and the street can be sorted in time.
