A late-night treat is in store for residents of Downtown Jersey City as Insomnia Cookies is bringing their cookies, brownies, and more to a storefront just off Newark Avenue.
Per the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District, Insomnia Cookies will be taking the ground-floor space at a former firehouse property at 244 Bay Street. Jersey Digs profiled the restoration effort earlier this year, which comes courtesy of Wayne Development Company.
The property itself was built in the 1840s era and served as the city’s fire headquarters between 1871 and 1933. Two residences plus ground-floor retail are going into the property, which will rework an existing firehouse door into a large, windowed storefront…