Rutherford, Bergen County
New Jersey
We are real estate agents in Rutherford, Bergen County New Jersey. Whether buying or selling your house I believe that Rutherford, NJ is the place to own a home. The town has beautiful Victorian and Colonial style homes for sale. Buy a home in Rutherford to escape the high sale prices of New York City.
When you buy a property in Rutherford you are centrally located 8 miles west of New York City. We are 12 miles from Newark International Airport, 4 miles from the Garden State Parkway, 2 miles from the NJ Turnpike and Giants Stadium. Route 17 & 3 are even closer to the town.
Whether you sell or buy a house in Rutherford you can use the train conveniently located on the New Jersey Transit Bergen line, NJT's Secaucus Transfer Station links the Bergen County train lines with the Amtrak east coast Boston-Washington line. This provides Rutherford commuters with direct train access to mid-town Manhattan. This improvement has been projected to double Rutherford's train station traffic and cut 8 to 15 minutes off the commute to New York City, each way! There will be increased frequency of rail service and reverse commuter trains. In other towns where New Jersey Transit made similar improvements, property values have rapidly increased.
In Rutherford a free minibus operates weekdays to bring residents from throughout the borough to New York City. Rutherford's downtown is just a walk away from the house you bought. RealEstate.com Realty has a brand new state of the art office on Park Ave. You can check out all NJMLS listings on our new touch screen monitor located at our front window. Whether you want to buy a paper to check out NJMLS or GSMLS listings, or buy a cup of coffee the center of town has it all. It also has an active night life, fine casual dining, including two three star restaurants.
There are 4 public elementary schools in Rutherford, Bergen County, NJ. Lincoln school is Kindergarten through grade 3 elementary school. Washington School is Grades 1 through 3. Pierrepont and Washington schools are Grades 4 through 8. St. Mary Parish has an Elementary as well as a High School. The Rutherford school district has traditionally been recognized as a leader in academic excellence.
The borough has three recreation fields with a wide range of sports and activities, a Senior Citizen Center, 15 Houses of Worship and many clubs and organizations. Our Recreation Department offers many programs for both young and old and our parks are available to all. We are just a few miles from 7 Major Hospitals. Giants Stadium, the Meadowlands Race Track, and Arena are all in our own backyard.
In 1997, Felician College bought and now is the owner of a 10 acre campus in Rutherford, at the site of former owner and seller Fairleigh Dickinson University. Felician projects 1,200 college students in residence, once the campus is fully functional in 2001. A liberal arts institution in the catholic tradition, the college offers a variety of concentrations with a particular focus on nursing and education degrees.
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Located right in the center of Rutherford is the property Williams Center for the Arts. The Williams Center contains three first run movie theaters and a 700 seat concert hall. Programming includes children's theatre as well as a wide variety of performing arts.
Located on the Passaic River, the Nereid Boat Club is one of New York City area's only calm water rowing sites. Nereid is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the healthy sport of rowing on all levels that are competitive, recreational, and physical fitness.
The Rutherford Chamber of Commerce was incorporated in 1927 as a non-profit organization for the purpose of promoting residential, commercial, agricultural, retail, industrial and civic activities for the economic and community development of the Rutherford Community. They promotes civic efforts that improve community life and foster good business practices, expresses sound opinions on questions relating to community welfare, unifies the business community and channels its energies to constructive programs.
Rutherford has an annual Labor Day Street Fair on Park Avenue and in Lincoln Park. The Volunteer Fire Department, First Aid Ambulance Corps, and Rutherford Police Department provide fully trained professionals to respond to all emergencies.
Two of our local newspapers are the Bergenite and the Newsleader.
The Rutherford Chamber of Commerce was incorporated in 1927 as a non-profit organization for the purpose of promoting commercial, agricultural, retail, industrial and civic activities for the economic and community development of the Rutherford Community. They promotes civic efforts that improve community life and foster good business practices, expresses sound opinions on questions relating to community welfare, unifies the business community and channels its energies to constructive programs.
New luxury apartments, retail stores and enclosed parking across the street from transportation to NYC or other areas of new jersey was recently constructed.
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