0 ▁million ▁to ▁Hob oken ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁Reb u ild ▁by ▁Design ▁initi ative , ▁adding ▁le ve es , ▁par ks , ▁green ▁roof s , ▁ret ention ▁bas ins ▁and ▁other ▁infrastr ucture ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁low - lying ▁river front ▁city ▁protect ▁itself ▁from ▁ordinary ▁flo oding ▁and ▁build ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁features ▁to ▁help ▁Hob oken ▁surv ive ▁future ▁storm s . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁had ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁ 2 . 0 1 1 ▁square ▁miles ▁( 5 . 2 0 8   km 2 ), ▁including ▁ 1 . 2 7 5 ▁square ▁miles ▁( 3 . 3 0 3   km 2 ) ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁ 0 . 7 3 6 ▁square ▁miles ▁( 1 . 9 0 5   km 2 ) ▁of ▁water ▁( 3 6 . 5 8 %). ▁ ▁Hob oken ▁lies ▁on ▁the ▁west ▁bank ▁of ▁the ▁Hudson ▁River ▁between ▁We eh aw ken ▁and ▁Union ▁City ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁Jersey ▁City ▁( the ▁county ▁seat ) ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁and ▁west . ▁Direct ly ▁across ▁the ▁Hudson ▁River ▁are ▁the ▁Manh attan , ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁neighborhood s ▁of ▁the ▁West ▁Village ▁and ▁Ch else a . ▁ ▁Hob oken ▁has ▁ 4 8 ▁streets ▁laid ▁out ▁in ▁a ▁grid . ▁Many ▁north – s outh ▁streets ▁were ▁named ▁for ▁United ▁States ▁pres idents ▁( W ashington , ▁Adams , ▁Jefferson , ▁Mad ison ,