Sorry this happened to your mother. I hope she gets better. Is there a tree nearby by chance? The reason I ask if because property owners try to maintain the sidewalk but there are trees that have roots that lift the concrete. Unfortunately residents get upset when trees are cut down and back filled and when you complain to the city about fixing the sidewalk its a battle of who’s responsibility it is. If its snowing and icing conditions, the liability is the homeowners and they “own it” but when its to maintain the sidewalk like the image you provided or correcting the tree placement if one is there its not “yours” its the public’s sidewalk. Its really annoying but the property owner has all the risk and responsibility of the sidewalk but isnt allowed to maintain it as they wish. The only reason I bring this to your attention is that I have a similar issue in front of my home, but I’m not allowed to correct it on my own. A temporary fix would have to be creating a grade/slope to ease the transition but the right way is to remove that section and re-lay the cement.

The tree is NOT removed. The homeowner arranges with the City to have the roots shaved, which does not harm the tree. I believe the homeowner is responsible for removing & then replacing the concrete.

You should see a lawyer regarding your mother's injuries.

Emily, when the home owner try to do anything to any tree the nearby neighbors and associations gang up to stop it from being removed. Not all solutions can be made by “shaving” a tree. You can believe what you want but the homeowner has their hands tied also and its a “public easement” which is shared HOWEVER the responsibility is never shared by the city and residents but solely on the homeowner. That is not fair and now look, someone ultimately gets hurt. First thing you say is get a lawyer now to go after the property owner or anyone for that matter so financial burdens or rewards can be paid by anyone else. If its the owners responsibility wholly and entirely, than the owner has every right to block the sidewalk for safety, repair or replace as they see fit with whatever materials, and install or remove plants as they wish correct? No, that’s not how it works and they city/residents will fight with you every step of the way regardless of what you do. This is a shame for all parties involved but what do you expect in one of the most corrupt counties and state in the country. Our streets and sidewalks all over the city are atrocious and until people get hurt is when things MIGHT get looked at to fix. Public right of way maintained by the land owner, yea that makes perfect sense to put sole responsibility on the owner. Tax rates that increased so rapidly and we expect all of our property owners to fix the sidewalks. The Department of Public works cant even keep up with the public streets with their own funding, employees, equipment, etc. i think it’s an ordinance that should be changed and just like everyone walks/runs/slips/DRIVES/etc on the PUBLIC sidewalks, they should contribute to its maintenance and repairs. I want to redo mine for example but with a different material than whats there and replace both trees that should not be there and guess what? I CANT. I was told I cannot remove the dying tree thats now lifting up the sidewalk because it looks alive. So what am I to do? Pay someone to come out and knock the concrete out to reapply new concrete to then again be lifted or cracked by the root again? Change that ordinance and get a standard throughout the city for whats acceptable to walk on. How is it that central avenue had a whole section of sidewalk done by Jersey City but a block or two up to this incident they cant?

Code Compliance Housing unit Supervisor - Fausto assigned this issue to Code Compliance Inspector - Jagram

Thank you for reporting an issue to the City of Jersey City. An Inspector/Investigator from the Office of Code Compliance has investigated your complaint and found No cause for action at this time.

No cause for action? Unacceptsble answer.

With all due respect, what would qualify a cause for action on such a large sidewalk defect? This (2 inch) uneven sidewalk caused a mechanical trip and fall which luckily didn’t cause a broken hip.

Good morning
Nothing is wrong with the sidewalk on [57 Montrose Ave probably you are talking about 55 Montrose Ave

It must’ve put the wrong address or the app changed the address when I selected next. But yes Here is another picture from that day.

The photo isn’t uploading 🤦🏽‍♀️

Here we go.

White brick and red garage door. I need to go back to the street to confirm house number

Here it is. Correction red door. This sidewalk is where the defect is. I apologize for the confusion

Location changed from
57 Montrose Ave Jersey City 07307, United States (40.7442638464651, -74.0558972676043)
to
55 Montrose Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07307, USA (40.744341984738, -74.05608002751)

Thank you for reporting an issue to the City of Jersey City. An Inspector/Investigator from the Office of Code Compliance has investigated your complaint and found that Conditions exist and has issued a Notice of Violation.
For 53 Montrose Ave and 55 Montrose Ave.

The Reinspection will be on 5/10/24.