Riverview Farmers Market

Riverview Farmers Market frames itself around mission, community impact, volunteer work, accessibility, and partnerships rather than just a weekly shopping schedule. Set at Riverview-Fisk Park in Jersey City Heights, the Sunday market brings together a large vendor roster with produce, prepared food, pantry goods, beverages, and services in one park setting. The market accepts SNAP/EBT and highlights related benefit information alongside its vendor and visit pages, which tells you food access is built into how the market presents itself. That combination gives Riverview a clear identity: a neighborhood market with a broad shopping mix and a public-facing civic role.

Why it matters locally

Riverview Farmers Market is rooted in Jersey City Heights and held at Riverview-Fisk Park on Palisade Avenue, giving the neighborhood a regular Sunday market from May through November. The market also names a founding group that includes Mo Kinberg, Lisa Blando, Destenė Styles, Adrienne McCauley, Trish Ocone, and Beverly Brown, which ties the market to identifiable local organizers rather than an anonymous operator.

Its local role extends beyond produce sales. Riverview presents volunteer opportunities, board members, community impact, and partner programming as part of the market itself. Collaborations with Interplay, Sol Spirit Yoga & Wellness, and Atacama Clay Studio add sensory programming, yoga, and kids crafts on market days. The result is a market that is tied to the Heights through place, organizers, and recurring public programming.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix runs wide: farm produce and flowers sit alongside breads, pastries, sauces, hot foods, beverages, spices, and even on-site knife sharpening. With about 50 vendors claimed for the market, Riverview reads more like a full Sunday errand stop than a quick produce stand.

• -Alstede Farms brings local fruits, vegetables, and flowers grown with sustainable and USDA certified organic production methods.
• -Flowering Sun Ecology Center cultivates organic gourmet mushrooms, produce, herbs, and trees.
• -GRAND CRU offers certified organic vegetables along with Katahdin lamb and fresh eggs.
• -Greenhouse On Greendell grows speciality cut flowers, edible flowers, and garlic.
• -Headquarters Sheep Farm sells lamb cuts and sheepskin goods.
• -Choc O Pain supplies pastries and bread from its French bakery and café.
• -JED'S BREAD focuses on naturally leavened breads made with local organic grains and also brings pastries.
• -DO GOOD DONUTS serves small-batch sustainable yeast donuts.
• -El Chilango TAQUERIA runs a food truck with Mexican food including breakfast burritos and tacos.
• -Hank SCHWARTZ'S delicatessen offers Jewish deli-style items including lox and specialty foods.
• -East Iceland Coffee Co. roasts coffee and pours Refreshers at the market.
• -JANE'S MATCHA specializes in hand-crafted matcha beverages.
• -Boheme Foods stocks pickled, preserved, and fermented goods including pickles, hot sauce, and infused vinegars.
• -CHEF RENE HEWITT'S JAMS makes small-batch jams from fresh, locally sourced fruits.
• -Hudson Grinding Co. provides on-site knife-sharpening services.

Events are part of the Sunday rhythm too, with monthly QiGong from May through October, Yoga in the Park, Sustainability Day programming, and free arts and crafts sessions with Kelsey plus kids projects from Atacama Clay Studio. Riverview’s most distinctive thread is how much of the Sunday experience extends beyond shopping. Before the market day gets going, Erin Kumpf leads a free QiGong class on the first Sunday of every month from May through October. Sol Spirit Yoga & Wellness also hosts Yoga in the Park on market Sundays. On other dates, the same setting adds Sustainability Day activities around recycling, composting, and upcycling, plus recurring free arts and crafts with Kelsey and kids magnet painting from Atacama Clay Studio. In practice, that means Riverview-Fisk Park is used for movement classes, hands-on activities, and food shopping at the same address, rather than treating those as separate neighborhood programs.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the easiest detail to miss if you are planning a casual park stop on Sunday. The market runs at Riverview-Fisk Park, 498 Palisades Avenue, between Bowers and Griffith Street along Palisade Avenue and Ogden Avenue. Public parking is free on Sundays, though it can be hit or miss.

Accessibility is unusually explicit here. The market names an ADA coordinator, Rachel Meyers, and offers accommodations on request, including assisted listening devices on event days, plus Braille, large print, and ASL interpretation with advance notice. Restrooms are not available, so plan that before arriving.

Payments & SNAP

Riverview Farmers Market accepts SNAP/EBT and also participates in Good Food Bucks, a program that matches Families First/SNAP/EBT dollars spent at participating Jersey City farmers' markets. The market also notes that a smaller group of vendors accepts WIC or SFMNP benefits directly. Payment methods are presented clearly for shoppers planning how to buy.