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2.6 (31 reviews)

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Tina B.

Get a jury duty notice in the mail? Then you'll be spending some time in this lovely building. I'm not going to waste any time reviewing the legal system....this is so you know what to expect when called for jury duty. I rode my bike and was happy to see plenty of places to park it nearby. There are a bunch of court cops outside so I felt pretty good that no one would jack with it. You have to go through security to get in. It's so freaking easy compared to the airport. Contrary to the other review, they DO have plastic bins for all of your loose items. You can just throw your tote/purse through the belt though. Keep in mind that you can't bring in glass containers. You'll settle into a huge room along with lots of other folks. They'll spend the first hour or so doing their orientation; showing videos, reviewing paperwork and general set up of the day. It gets a little chilly sometimes. While they have vending machines to choose from, it's totally cool to bring in your own food and drinks. That's the route I took. They let you out from 1-2pm for lunch. There are a bunch of options nearby and if it's nice, you can chill in the park. They'll also let you take 10 minute smoke breaks. And, there's free wi-fi in the building! Woohoo! I managed to catch up on my Yelp reviews while waiting for my name to be called. There aren't a lot of outlets so make sure you're juiced up. You can use your cell phone but have to go into the "lounge" where the vending machines are. They call out names in groups of 10-15. They seem to do most of the selection from 9:30-11am. Then it dies down. And of course, the bathroom are gross. I expected them to be nasty so fortunately I wasn't let down. Everyone was pretty informative and friendly. I wish the MTA operators were that communicative. Once you get your release letter, you're good to go for the next 8 years! Good luck!

View from the jurors lounge - not so bad
Michelle R.

I was going to rate my experience serving jury duty here 4 stars, but 'Yay, I'm a fan' was not a statement I could fully get behind. So three stars it is. This Yelp page really helped me prepare for my day here, so thank you previous reviewers! I picked up lunch before heading in only because I did not want to bear/brave the security line to get back in. But I think anyone who does not bring in their own food should be fine - they say lunch is 1-2pm, but they let us go at 12:45pm, so I think you'd have more than enough time to pick something up from Panera, Starbucks, Potbelly, or any of the other lunch places in the area. Tips, as other reviewers have mentioned: 1. Bring a pen 2. Do not bring glass 3. Bring items to entertain yourself: laptop, phone, magazines, iPad, books, etc. It's a long day. They have decent wifi here, so I was able to also do some work. 4. Bring coins, small bills, as they have a couple vending machines with the usual suspects. Suggestion: 1. Sit in the juror's lounge. There are a lot of windows and it's much better than the windowless main jury room you walk into in the morning (room 260). I already went through a round of sitting in a room of 20 people, where 10 people were randomly selected, questioned, and 7 were chosen as jurors. And although I thought I got out of jury duty altogether, a lawyer stated that anyone who was not chosen to be a jury member can be randomly selected again, and might have to go through the process (20 in a room, 6-10 get selected) another time today. With three hours left to go, I'm hopeful that won't be the case.

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Tory L.

So after a few postponments and advice from coworkers (just throw them away) I finally decided to get jury duty over with.. Showed up on time and the line outside was not as bad as I expected, just a few people deep and I was quickly in the doors, after going through the detector (I hate going through those things but at least they didnt make me take off my shows) I was in the main jury room. It has pretty comfy chairs except they are all attached but it really wasnt an issue as I guess my row were not fidgety folks.They give some instructions, make you watch a video were the warn you not to post details on My Space so I guess the need to update that video a bit then after a few more instructions the wait begins. The tvs all tun to CNN without the sound and they start calling people for the interview rooms. About 11 I get called, they put you in a little room where they select 10 folks to be interviewed and the other 10 or so just sit there even more bored than before. I was one of the interviewees and was dismissed. Only 2 people got picked.. so back to the jury room (a few of us excitedly thought we could go home) . They let us go to lunch at 1245 and were told to be back at 2 but the afternoon is real slow, only one other group was called for interviews. At 415 Commissioner Sunshine addressed us all, thanked us for service and told us we didnt have to return for 2nd day and wouldnt be called again for 8 years which led to applause! They have a jury lounge were you are allowed o use your cell and eat or drink, a few old school vending machines, the room has windows but chairs are smaller so I stayed in the main room They have fee wifi so that was good and a row of computers along wall you can use, outlets around to charge up as well. All along its not anything you want to do but its better to just get it over with.. Advice: Get there on time to avoid long line, be sure to bring a pen, grab one of those jury cards on your way in, bring stuff to entertain yourself and you will be fine.

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NYC Department of Health, Office of Vital Records

2.3(75 reviews)
1.7 miCivic Center

Pleasantly surprised did it take a chunk of may morning. I had 9 am appointment to find out they…read moretake walk ins. I was finished 10:40 There are several employees that will guide you . They did go out of their way to get me my ever elusive birth certificate. This manhattan so parking umm no Plenty of mass transit and local eateries . I found out FedEx is a 4 min walk to print your proof of address I needed sooo yes I was on a mission and the employees did help me out.

If there were a zero-star option, this agency would get it. I submitted a simple birth certificate…read morecorrection in April 2025 -- just to remove a blank space in a name -- and it's still not done more than seven months later. Their status website has been broken for over six months, constantly throwing errors, and nobody seems to care enough to fix it. Calls and emails go unanswered or get passed around with no accountability. I've used this agency before and actually have received documents -- but only by submitting the same request two, three, four, even five times and paying each time. Eventually, one of them gets processed while the others just disappear into the system. It's clear this department cannot handle the basic volume or responsibility it's been given. There needs to be another agency or oversight office to manage these requests, because this one is failing badly. Avoid if you can -- the system is broken, unresponsive, and completely inefficient.

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Social Security

3.4(12 reviews)
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I visited the Hoboken Social Security Administration office at 79 Hudson Street in mid April 2026…read morefor help with applying for IRMAA. I called the main SSA number, and was offered several appointments within the next month at various local offices. A 9am in Hoboken was the first available. Always a good idea to get the first appointment if possible, in order to limit wait time. I was seen within about 10 minutes by Ms. Acosta. She was fantastic! Super nice and very helpful. She gathered the information she needed from me, then guided me through filling out the forms. When I made a mistake on one form, she was very patient with me and got me on the right track. Mission was accomplished, and Ms. Acosta made it as pleasant as could be. When I let Ms. Acosta's supervisor know how terrific she was, they both seemed very happy to hear the service was great.

I made an appointment and didn't take too long for them to call me BUT then I noticied later on…read morethat I was missing another tax document so I walk back to Hoboken and the guard let me go in and see if I could find the same man I spoke before on my appt but he wasn't around (I guess out to lunch) so I had to select another # and this time I selected "other" and it took a longer for them to call me again. It took me almost all day to take care of everything I needed to take care that day. Today (3/16/26) I tried calling the office and I was on hold for a long time and the called dropped so I called again and stayed on hold until thank God someone came to the phone line and helped me. The agent spoke with me patiently and provided the information that I needed. Couldn't resolve anything at that moment but will wait 3 days to check if my direct deposited went through. Not easy to be without a monthly income. Thanks Hoboken Social Secuirty Office. But before I go, I do want to tell you that there is a guard in this office that was very unfriendly and I didn't like that.

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