A Bergen County borough on a narrow strip between the Palisades and the Hudson, strung along River Road, with the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, a weekday NY Waterway ferry to Midtown and Mitsuwa Marketplace. Its old factory waterfront is now marinas, shopping centers and residential buildings.
Edgewater is one long road between the Palisades cliff and the Hudson: River Road, with the town's old factory waterfront turned into marinas, shopping centers and a walkway with Manhattan straight across the water. I show homes here but I do not live here, so I built this day from the places locals rate highest, and I am walking it myself. Every place is real. The map is real. Scroll, and I'll walk you through it. Tap any stop for the full story.
Breakfast all day and a pancake menu long enough to need a second visit. Walk-in only, so the weekday morning is the time to go.
The town's commute on the water: a weekday boat to West 39th Street, with Downtown one transfer away. The 9:25 is the last morning departure, so this slower day just makes it.
From here it is a walk to the Edgewater Ferry Landing at the marina on River Road, a weekday commuter boat straight to Midtown / West 39th Street, with Downtown riders changing at Port Imperial; there is no public parking at the landing, so it is a walk, a drop-off or the borough shuttle timed to the boats.
Lunch is a bowl of Santouka ramen or a tempura bowl in the food hall, then a basket of Japanese groceries on the way out. The most Edgewater lunch there is.
The weekly groceries without leaving River Road, and a coffee bar for the second cup of the afternoon.
A Carnegie library a block up from River Road, and the quiet hour of the afternoon. A BCCLS card here borrows from libraries across northern New Jersey.
The town's big park on the river: ball fields, a walking track and a water playground, with the Palisades cliff behind and the walkway along the edge.
Dinner at the river's edge with the Manhattan skyline as the far wall. The table to book when someone is visiting.
The other big dinner on River Road: dry-aged steak, seafood and sushi at the north end of town, in its fortieth year.
Dessert on the way home: a slice of cake or a pastry and a decaf, open later than anything else on this map.
The weekend dinner tucked behind River Road under the cliff: a small, candle-lit BYOB room that has been here since 1998.
And back to the river for the light going down behind you and coming up on the towers across the water.
Honest footnotes. None of these places pays me or knows I wrote this. I built this Edgewater day from the places locals rate highest and I am walking it myself — tell me what I missed. Hours change; check before you go.
A Bergen County borough on a narrow strip between the Palisades and the Hudson, strung along River Road, with the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, a weekday NY Waterway ferry to Midtown and Mitsuwa Marketplace. Its old factory waterfront is now marinas, shopping centers and residential buildings.
Edgewater, New Jersey, is one road wide: River Road runs the length of the borough between the cliff of the Palisades and the Hudson. A ferry crossed from here to Manhattan as early as the eighteenth century, and through the twentieth the waterfront was industrial, with an Alcoa mill and a Ford assembly plant designed by Albert Kahn that built its last car in July 1955.
That industrial shore is now the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, marinas, shopping centers and residential buildings, with Manhattan straight across the water. Mitsuwa Marketplace, which opened in 1988 as Yaohan, is the Japanese grocery and food hall people drive in for; the Edgewater Free Public Library, a Carnegie library dedicated in 1916, is a few minutes up the road.
The commute is the ferry or the bus. NY Waterway runs a weekday commuter boat from the Edgewater landing to West 39th Street, with Downtown riders changing at Port Imperial, and the NJ Transit 158 runs down River Road through Weehawken into Port Authority. The Lincoln Tunnel is south, the George Washington Bridge north up the hill.
I show homes in Edgewater and follow what actually sells here. Walk this day first, then call me about buildings, fees and the commute you would actually make.
The walk above is a full day in Edgewater — coffee, the commute, the park, dinner. Answer four questions and it reorders itself around your morning, or open the route map and follow it yourself.
Listings from the IDX program of the Hudson County MLS (HCMLS). Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
14,759 people live in Edgewater, where the median age is 40.6 and the average individual income is $84,598.
Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
There is plenty to do around Edgewater — shopping, dining, parks and nightlife. The three scores below rate how easy it is to get around without a car.
Walk Score®, Transit Score® and Bike Score® provided by Walk Score.
The places within walking distance — where to eat, shop, train and get a haircut. Tap a row to find it on the map.
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Places and addresses from OpenStreetMap contributors. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Edgewater. Hours change — check before you go.
Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Daycare through high school, in or next to Edgewater. A starting point for comparison — visit before you decide, and call me about catchment lines, which move.
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Public and charter schools from the NCES Common Core of Data; daycare and pre-school locations from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Edgewater is one of the neighborhoods I walk, show and sell in every week, so I can tell you what a home here is really worth today, not what a portal guesses.
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