Journal Square is getting its first park.

Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop announced an agreement Wednesday to build a 3-acre public park on Newark Avenue as part of the county’s Honorable Frank J. Guarini Justice Complex project.

The park will be built on the land currently occupied by the Hudson County Administration Building, which will be demolished when the county completes its new judicial complex nearby.

“Our partnership will create a beautiful new public park for residents to enjoy as the new courthouse complex serves as a catalyst for the revitalization of Journal Square,” DeGise said in a statement.

Hudson County will turn over the land, which sits at the corner of Newark and Central avenues, to Jersey City. The city will pay for the demolition and removal of the vacated structure.

“This agreement will bring the first park to the Journal Square area, where many kids and adults alike who live or work in the area will now have an open public space to enjoy,” Fulop said in a statement.

Built in 1953 in the international style of architecture, the county Administration Building was expected to replace the Brennan Courthouse, which closed in 1966 and was slated for demolition. However, the Brennan Courthouse was saved following a public outcry and eventually renovated and reopened in 1985 for use in civil cases.

The new judicial complex will house 24 courtrooms, grand jury and jury assembly spaces, courts administration offices, as well as the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, the Hudson County Surrogate’s Office, and the Sheriff’s Department.

Construction on the justice complex is expected to start in the later part of 2020, Freeholder Bill O’Dea said.

The complex will be bound by Newark Avenue, Oakland Avenue, Route 139, and a new two-way Central Avenue extension that will be build between Hoboken and Newark avenues.

Meanwhile, Cook Street will be removed, while Oakland Avenue, currently a one-way street, will be widened to accommodate two-way traffic.

In recent years, Journal Square has become the next frontier of Jersey City development with several high-rise apartment projects approved or being built, including the three-tower Journal Squared project.

Richard Boggiano, the Ward C councilman who represents Journal Square, said the park will be a much needed addition to the neighbor amid the development.

“Thank you to the county for working with us to create some much needed green space in Ward C,” Boggiano said in a statement. "With development happening everywhere in my ward, I’m really excited to have something like this for the thousands of people and families who live near Journal Square.”