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City of Jersey City
Please create an account on Facilitron, request the fields you are looking for, upload your certificate of insurance.
Events with 500 people or more, Jersey City Police Department presence is required. Officers also required for traffic control if a large number of pedestrians are expected to share roads with vehicles. If party needs police presence, they bear cost of request. Off Duty Office within the Jersey City PD can provide estimates to calculate any associated costs.
City of Jersey City only approves requests with a valid certificate of insurance uploaded, and approves on a quarterly basis:
• Q1: January-March
Requests Accepted Beginning:August 1
Permits Issued: October 1
• Q2: April-June
Requests Accepted Beginning: November 1
Permits Issued: January 2
• Q3: July-September
Requests Accepted Beginning: February 1
Permits Issued: April 1
• Q4: October-December
Requests Accepted Beginning: May 1
Permits Issued: July 1
FOR MULTIPLE DATES, PLEASE SUBMIT REQUESTED DATES WITHIN THE ABOVE QUARTERLY PERIODS PRIOR TO START OF THE QUARTER.
Our goal is to be fair to everyone. The process allows us to be fair to those who need one or two dates, while accommodating those with multiple requests.
***Please request only dates, times, fields you will utilize. If you don’t utilize the fields on those dates, your permit can be revoked or penalized in future requests.
Scheduled events can by cancelled by the Jersey City Department of Recreation & Youth Development for any reason at any time (as listed on permit).
· Valid insurance required.
· To accommodate your date request, we may suggest an alternate field.
· Please only submit request(s) by quarter AND for the quarter we are accepting. Requests submitted outside the quarter will be denied.
· Anyone using any field/facilitywithout a valid permit may jeopardize the organization from obtaining a future permit.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant is required to furnish to the Department of Recreation and Youth Development (RYD) a Certificate of Insurance (Certificate) showing evidence of a minimum of $1,000,000.00 each occurrence Commercial General Liability and $2,000,000 Aggregate. The certificate holder should be City of Jersey City, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. The Certificate shall name the “City of Jersey City, its officers and employees as an additional insured on a primary, noncontributory basis” arising in connection with Applicant’s operations.
Please contact us with any questions.
Blackout Dates For All Fields ***No permits for grass fields will be issued from 11/24/25 - 2/28/26, turf fields from 12/1/25 through 2/3/26.
Please see attached city holidays.
City Holidays
Events with 500 people or more, Jersey City Police Department presence is required. Officers also required for traffic control if a large number of pedestrians are expected to share roads with vehicles. If party needs police presence, they bear cost of request. Off Duty Office within the Jersey City PD can provide estimates to calculate any associated costs.
City of Jersey City only approves requests with a valid certificate of insurance uploaded, and approves on a quarterly basis:
• Q1: January-March
Requests Accepted Beginning:August 1
Permits Issued: October 1
• Q2: April-June
Requests Accepted Beginning: November 1
Permits Issued: January 2
• Q3: July-September
Requests Accepted Beginning: February 1
Permits Issued: April 1
• Q4: October-December
Requests Accepted Beginning: May 1
Permits Issued: July 1
FOR MULTIPLE DATES, PLEASE SUBMIT REQUESTED DATES WITHIN THE ABOVE QUARTERLY PERIODS PRIOR TO START OF THE QUARTER.
Our goal is to be fair to everyone. The process allows us to be fair to those who need one or two dates, while accommodating those with multiple requests.
***Please request only dates, times, fields you will utilize. If you don’t utilize the fields on those dates, your permit can be revoked or penalized in future requests.
Scheduled events can by cancelled by the Jersey City Department of Recreation & Youth Development for any reason at any time (as listed on permit).
· Valid insurance required.
· To accommodate your date request, we may suggest an alternate field.
· Please only submit request(s) by quarter AND for the quarter we are accepting. Requests submitted outside the quarter will be denied.
· Anyone using any field/facilitywithout a valid permit may jeopardize the organization from obtaining a future permit.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant is required to furnish to the Department of Recreation and Youth Development (RYD) a Certificate of Insurance (Certificate) showing evidence of a minimum of $1,000,000.00 each occurrence Commercial General Liability and $2,000,000 Aggregate. The certificate holder should be City of Jersey City, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302. The Certificate shall name the “City of Jersey City, its officers and employees as an additional insured on a primary, noncontributory basis” arising in connection with Applicant’s operations.
Please contact us with any questions.
Blackout Dates For All Fields ***No permits for grass fields will be issued from 11/24/25 - 2/28/26, turf fields from 12/1/25 through 2/3/26.
Please see attached city holidays.
City Holidays
