Several Bayonne Small Businesses Featured On News 12’s Main Street

Bayonne Featured on News 12 New Jersey’s Main Street Segments

Mayor Jimmy Davis announced that News 12 New Jersey featured eight Bayonne businesses on its Main Street segments on Friday, September 8.

The segments ran over the course of several hours throughout News 12’s Morning Edition news programs.

Mayor Davis said, “We would like to thank News 12 for introducing a statewide audience to some of Bayonne’s great small businesses.

They are the backbone of our community and play an important part in the lives of our residents.”

Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) Coordinator Jackie Farber said, “The Bayonne UEZ promotes shopping, working, and doing business in Bayonne throughout the year.  We appreciate News 12’s support for Bayonne’s small business community.”

The local businesses featured on News 12 included Dance With Me, Café Bello, the Broadway Diner/Chandelier, Pompei Pizza, Titan Tactical (clothing and gear), the 22nd Street Meat Market,VJC’s Boutique, and Winners (off-track betting).  

The segments included interviews with business owners and employees, customers, and Mayor Davis.

News 12 reporter Lauren Due conducted the business visits and interviews for all eight Main Street segments in Bayonne.

Banner Image:  Bayonne light rail. Image Credit – Wally Gobetz

City of Bayonne

Bayonne is a community that retains many of the elements of a small town. One and two family homes, small apartment buildings, and small business predominate. There is a population of 62,000 people who take pride in their hometown and its history. Bayonne residents and their ancestors moved to the city from many parts of the world. During colonial times and the first century of the American Republic, the Dutch, British, and Africans were the first groups to arrive after the Native Americans. Subsequent waves of immigrants came from all over Europe, especially between the 1880s and the 1920s. In recent decades, sources of immigration have largely been represented from countries in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeastern Asia. Each group has left its mark on the cultural, religious and political life of the community.