The Stevens Institute of Technology is a small engineering university on the bluff at the eastern edge of Hoboken, perched directly above the Hudson and looking onto Manhattan. The campus is open to walk through during daylight hours, and the cliff-edge lawns offer some of the best skyline views in the city — far less crowded than the waterfront below.
Castle Point, where the founders' Italianate mansion once stood, is now the highest natural point in Hoboken at about 65 feet above sea level. Wander up at sunset, sit on the bench, and watch lights come on across the river. The Edwin A. Stevens Hall, with its red sandstone and Romanesque arches, is the campus's architectural centrepiece.