Heating season. If you get LIHEAP or USF, New Jersey's Winter Termination Program can stop gas and electric shut-offs from Nov 15 to Mar 15. Ask us.
Heating season. Shut-off protection

If you get LIHEAP or USF, New Jersey's Winter Termination Program can stop gas and electric shut-offs from Nov 15 to Mar 15. Ask us.

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Historic rail terminal on the Jersey City waterfront

News and events.

PACO's latest news, photos from our events, and a look back at our history.

Latest news

Event highlights

Photos from PACO events over the years.

· Villa Borinquen

Trunk or Treat

Villa Borinquen residents were invited to decorate their car trunks and hand out candy, with a friendly contest for the best trunk.

· Senior Center

Senior Center life

A fall day picking pumpkins at a farm, and the Mother's Day party at the Senior Center.

Older adults at the farm stand on a pumpkin farm trip, 2016
Older adults at the farm stand on a pumpkin farm trip, 2016
PACO's Mother's Day party, 2019
PACO's Mother's Day party, 2019
Resting on hay bales at the pumpkin farm, 2016
Resting on hay bales at the pumpkin farm, 2016
Picking pumpkins, 2016
Picking pumpkins, 2016

Three Kings Day

Gifts for children, a live nativity with real animals, and the Three Kings themselves.

A girl with her new gift, 2019
A girl with her new gift, 2019
Mary and Joseph with a donkey in the live nativity, 2019
Mary and Joseph with a donkey in the live nativity, 2019
Children dressed as angels, 2018
Children dressed as angels, 2018
Children meet a sheep, 2019
Children meet a sheep, 2019
Two of the Three Kings hand out balls, from PACO's photo archive
Two of the Three Kings hand out balls, from PACO's photo archive
The nativity scene, 2018
The nativity scene, 2018
Children at the photo booth, Three Kings Day 2026
Children at the photo booth, Three Kings Day 2026

Three Kings Day 2026: PACO's 53rd celebration

Tables of gifts, food for families, and the Three Kings on stage with PACO staff and guests.

Children at the food table
Children at the food table
Tables of toys ready for the children
Tables of toys ready for the children
Gifts waiting for families
Gifts waiting for families
The Three Kings with PACO staff and guests
The Three Kings with PACO staff and guests
Lighted PACO letters at the celebration
Lighted PACO letters at the celebration

National Night Out

Neighbors, police officers and PACO staff together on a summer night.

Neighbors and police officers at National Night Out, 2018
Neighbors and police officers at National Night Out, 2018
Neighbors at National Night Out, 2018
Neighbors at National Night Out, 2018

Puerto Rican Parade

PACO's float, families and flags on parade day.

Families with PACO's float, 2018
Families with PACO's float, 2018
PACO's group with Puerto Rican flags, 2018
PACO's group with Puerto Rican flags, 2018
PACO's float at the Puerto Rican Parade, 2025
PACO's float at the Puerto Rican Parade, 2025

Summer Arts

Young artists painting and showing their work at PACO's summer program.

Students painting at Summer Arts, 2017
Students painting at Summer Arts, 2017
Student artwork from Summer Arts, 2017
Student artwork from Summer Arts, 2017
Summer Arts students show their work outside, 2017
Summer Arts students show their work outside, 2017

Our history

Founded in 1970 by a community that refused to be invisible. Still here, in English and in Spanish.

Black-and-white photo from PACO's early years in Jersey City
Black-and-white photo from PACO's early years in Jersey City
Archive photo: marchers carry a P.A.C.O. Economic Development banner
Archive photo: marchers carry a P.A.C.O. Economic Development banner
Archive photo: a PACO march on a Jersey City street
Archive photo: a PACO march on a Jersey City street