Beautiful and sobering. This monument offers breathtaking views of the New York City skyline. Even on a cold cloudy day like the one I went on the views are beautiful. This is a great alternative to pay your respects to those lost without having to venture into the city and check out the crowded and tourist-filled 9/11 memorial. Aside from the monument there is a park nearby where you can relax/exercise/take pictures/ Picnic/ etc. at.

I photographed an engagement session at Liberty State Park and the Empty Sky Memorial was one of my favorite of the many locations in the park. It provides a great and very unique backdrop of either the New York City skyline and in the other direction a beautiful view of the sunset that lights up the structure. Im looking forward to my next opportunity to photograph there.

It is the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the states victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. It is located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City at the bank of Hudson River across from the World Trade Center site. the two walls of this memorial stretch 208 feet & 10 inches long (the exact width of the World Trade Center towers). The name of each of the 746 victims is etched in stainless steel in these walls.The goal of this memorial is to reflect the legacies of those whose lives were lost, that their unfulfilled dreams and hopes may result in a better future for society. The name of the memorial is taken from the Bruce Springsteen song Empty Sky, which is about the empty sky where the towers once stood. An iron beam from twin towers is also kept here. At the time of sunset or sunrise, there is an arch of sunrays reflected between two walls and its really cool.If you are going to see the statue of liberty, don’t forget to make a pit stop. its totally worth it. also, you can have a great Manhattan view from here.Parking: Parking is free for 2 hours just near to this memorial. another option is paid to park in the parking lot of Liberty ferry services.

Great place for a nice walk, skate or bike ride along the ocean. Been there every weekend this month. Seems like a great place to host a wedding and take wonderful pictures in front of Manhatten at a distance.

Went here looking to see the statue of liberty. This was an added bonus. My sympathy goes out to anyone who has lost some one in the towers that collapsed.

Beautiful memorial. Plan your ride or drive because it can take a long time to get a Lyft/Uber back from here.

This is a nice place to see some of the Statue of Liberty and honor the people who experienced the 9 11 situation. But I was wondering if anyone cleans the place, there is alot of bird poop unfortunately. But anyways this is a nice place! ( I edited the photo )

Good memorial for those lost. Went here a lot as a kid. The workers do a good job keeping it clean

Beautiful and peaceful remembrance of the fallen. Great views of Manhattan skyline.

Nice place for family outing

Definetly looks nicer at night, nice view of Manhattan aswell, so no more than 4 stars to visit this place

Excellent location to relax, unwind, enjoy a spectacular view and remember the fallen. Parking is free for a couple of hours. Best enjoyed early AM without the crowds.

Beautiful views!! Great family space! Bring the dog, bike, frisbee, kite... You can do it all! Even go on the ferry or jet skiing!

Very beautiful and moving memorial. The area around is great for walking and picnicking. The gardening around the area and views of the city skyline are spectacular. We were sitting at the end of the trail (by the memorial, as close to the river as you can get, and the way the wind was coming through the docks was making such an eerie sound like souls calling out. CHILLS!

This is my go to place when I want to go look at the skyline. Not as crowded as some other spots, plus beautiful train station and memorial.

Great memorial just wish they had the prints of the towers and plains in the artifact.

It may be one of the most crowded places to view the memorial lights on 9/11 but its worth it. The view is great and truly something special

Beautiful views of lower Manhattan. Great for photos ops and learn a little history. Close to Liberty science center but not much else.

Beautiful monument dedicated to those who lost their lives on 9/11 from NJ.

One of the best memorials Ive been to amazingly beautiful

Great place for a nice walk, skate or bike ride along the ocean.

Very cozy place, as a filmmaker/ photographer it is a very attractive environment for photo shoot and create video content, especially at night.

Beautiful place to relax and enjoy the moment. Rip to those lost on 9/11.

Very nice and solemn place. My respect

Surprised to see it here but was awesome spent so much time here we missed the last ferry to statue of liberty great for photos and very moving. Its definitely a must see !!

It can become very cliche real fast for us northeners! Nonetheless its still a great opportunity area for some really good shots of the sunrise as well as the sunset! Coming here early in the morning before the sunrises is the perfect opportunity to get a good skyline shot with the sun behind the buildings! It provides enough light for people shots as well. Night shooting could turn out very well here as well!

Very cool memorial that mimics the old NYC timeline. Honored with the names of the victims from New Jersey. It looks beautiful at night as well as during the day.

Great and sad. just hate the amount of people taking photos and smiling around it. in a way it’s kind of disrespectful

What a beautiful scenery! This a nice place to visit with family and friends for a day! A must see!

Very beautiful place. Good place for walking. I recommend to visit this place.

Awesome experience, beautiful way to memorialize the Twin Towers.

Amazing memorial! Very sad though

Unique memorial artwork reflecting lost lives.

I lve it there

Very hot place, barely a couple of trees to create some shade.. bring your sunscreen and sunglasses if youre sensitive to the sun!

The walk in between the pillars is an experience of its own accord. The lighting the names carved into the wall make this incredible, and to add to my time there was the NYC skyline.

In this day during my remembered the place in really hurt my soul in loss of dearest precious friend .

I got goosebumps walking through the memorial. There are no words to describe the emotions.

Really a beautiful spot. The peace of this place struck me the most. Best view of New York City skyline can be seen from here. The history and meaningfulness of the spot shines through it’s perfect name. Must visit for everyone.

Love this place, the view is amazing! 9/11 will never be forgotten!

Beautiful and well designed monument. I think we as Americans tend to forget about September 11th and just how tragic that day was. This memorial will take you right back to that day. Looking down the middle of those two columns and seeing where the tower used to stand is a real gut check. You can also get awesome views of lower Manhattan as well. Off to the right of this monument you can purchase Ellis Island Ferry tickets to visit the Statue of Liberty. Highly recommend visiting this location.

The design is a very well-thought and captures many different emotions at once. Its just one of those places that you have to be there to experience it. Chose a warm day without breezy conditions, so you can totally emerse yourselves. Coming on a cold and breezy day will only make you want to run indoors, instead of enjoying.

This memorial is NOT where the Twin towers stood originally, BUT it is at a strategically placed location from where you could view the twin towers when they existed and with two WALLS with reflective surfaces give a view of EMPTY SKY from wherein you can look towards the site of destruction which is now EMPTY.....& to add effect they have TWO massive IRON / STEEL pieces retrieved out from debris of the towers........The reflective walls of the memorial guides the viewer to reflect upon oneself or the life around seems this was the idea of the architect.....Felt a great sense of peace and respect to the lives of people who left us and to the families and the rescue workers........MUST VISIT if u happen to be in New Jersey or NY...it is located on the bank of Hudson river........Open to the public and free.....

Amazing skyline of lower Manhattan. I would recommend taking a long walk from the Liberty State Park.

Unsuspecting & innocent people, who have not seen any violence in their lifetime, became victims of hatred, unprecedented attack on civilians, by using civilians as weapons. Unheard in modern history.

This is a monument located in Liberty State Park dedicated to those who lost their lives on 9/11. The names of those who lost their lives are written on the walls of these two monuments, which when, standing and looking toward the city through the two monuments, you can see where the twin towers once were.

This memorial site is beautiful... but empty. It is called the empty sky memorial... but the memorial is also empty. No one comes here because the area is not well maintained. You drive past houses with barred windows and doors and past many empty parking lots to get to it, giving the impression that no one cares or even knows this place exists.The city could absolutely put effort into making this a tourist attraction. This was my first visit to Jersey City and it will be my last because it was so vastly different than the culture across the water in NYC. I am glad I went and experienced it, but was disappointed in the atmosphere and overall experience of the city.

Nice place, nice view

Such a humbling and peaceful place to be. Definitely worth the visit

Peaceful amazing place to visit in liberty state park.

Beautiful views of Manhattan. Very emotional memorial; dont forget the brave men & women of New Jersey who lost their lives on 9/11.

Beautiful memorial, rip to every lost soul.

Beautiful memorial and an amazing view of lower Manhattan skyline. The view from the memorial points to where WTC towers once stood and the shiny surface of the walls adds an illusion of Empty Sky! The inside walls are inscribed with names of victims and couple of steel beams from the WTC wreakage reminds of the terrible day.Bring your kids and food and you can take a long walk inside Liberty State Park. There is a restroom,parking is free and area is well patrolled. Must visit if you are in New Jersey or NYC.

A beautiful scenic area of liberty park in New y

It is the NJ memorial for the 9/11 tragic day. It is very beautiful and you get awesome views of lower Manhattan and the river.

Fitting monument to the victims of 9/11. Very well done. Excellent views of the New York City skyline. On 9/11 many injured fire fighters were evacuated from the area and were transported by boat to this very location. There is a piece of the Twin Towers on sight as part of the monument. Highly recommend.

Have a Excellent view to New York City, Washington Bridge, and Jersey City Downtown.

Memorial is simple and peaceful. Beautiful skyline, even on an overcast day.

Went here with my sister and her friend and her friends kids. It was pretty fun. Lots of open space to take plenty of nice pictures in the area. It wasnt too busy as well.

Beautiful memorial. From the correct angle it seems as if the twin towers are still there. Never forget!

Beautiful memorial, way too many shameless people taking fashion/wedding pics there

You get to see the amazing New York City Skyline from here. You can also take a ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty.

Its a beautiful and magnificent view to watch New York from Jersey city.We can also have a boat ride to visit Statue of Liberty and memorial park.We can enjoy the breeze of wind and sound of water and view is also magnificent.We have 2 hours free parking as well, and also paid parking.

Awesome view of Manhattan!

A place to see the other side of Hudson Bay

Never had a chance to pay my respects in person plus we should honor all of our fallen ones remember what happened on that day.

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Great view, great park.We will never forget.

Amazing view, especially sunset and nighttime

Nice artistic wall... best place to take pictures having background of New York Downtown.

Beautiful.

Good to remember...beautiful view

Nice place to relax. A playground and picnic area.

Still hard to believe after all these years

Very touching monument that really bought home what that awful day must have been like

A very emotional memorial. The two walls looking up at the sky and the silence when you walk through is moving.

Love to sit here.. n watch the changing lighting of newyork .. view from here its awesome. You can take a ferry to liberty near by. Peaceful place.

A good opportunity to remember lives lost on 9-11. Beautifully created memorial and views. A great place to learn about modern and past history.

Beautiful, try not to go on winter.

Great memorial to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Beautiful memorial with great view of Manhattan skyline . One should visit if nearby. You can bring your kids and food as well . It’s a very great place to spend an evening peacefully. Parking is available for free. Toilets available. 3-5 time is the best time to visit and for photos.

9/11 Memorial, Access to Statue of Liberty from Jersey side ferry

Great place to see NYC

Breathtaking views of the city during summer nights. Its free

Nice place for a sunset. Although you dont see sunset on ocean, you can view light effect on New York skyline.The memorial itself is a nice alley remembering 9/11 martyrs.

Beautiful...Important#neverforget

Amazing view... sadly history caught up but still

Come around Dawn for cool angel wings effects

This is near statue of liberty tours and where 4th of July fireworks happened in 2019.. different view of the city

A beautiful memorial for a tragic day that will never be forgotten. Located to the north of the old train station at Liberty park this monument . I wish guests would respect it though. Chinese tourists were laughing and standing in it for shade having 0 clue what it was or what it represented. A shadow once cast in the NYC Skyline no more.

Upward looking sky with no twin towers reflecting deep within the lives that were lost, having gone through countless emotions and hopes as big as the sky, moments before they collapsed and all that remains were the mortal remains of the small piece of tower lying there infront of the memorial speaking volumes of how small the terrorists thought. And we rise as we walk through the empty memorial the view of maginificient One World Trade Center tells you, how we humans have defeated the odds and rised against the will of those who are anti and have crushed their negative thoughts. Life Moves On Bigger and Better once its Challenged, the Memorial is a Living Testament of that. God Bless the Souls and God Bless America

Go at night. Its awesome!

Beautiful memorial. ️️Best place to take pictures of NY skyline as well.

Fresh air, million dollar view!

9/11 memorial looking at the what was the twin towers. no need to say more.

Its a peaceful place with a nice view.

Beautiful memorial. Came here to reflect of a tragic day that I will never forget. Great view of NYC from here. I just wish that the park was open later.

Historical and amazing. Had good time

Symbolic memorial, amazing view, easy to park. Great to spend the afternoon and stay for the lights at night.

Beautiful and serene monument. a somber homage to the events of 9/11.