Editing Bloomfield, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2021-06-05 16 45 24 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the overpass for Essex County Route 506 (Belleville Avenue) in Bloomfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View north along the [[Garden State Parkway]] in Bloomfield]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|95.39|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|77.39|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|13.77|mi}} by Essex County and {{convert|4.23|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

The major New Jersey highway artery that serves Bloomfield is the [[Garden State Parkway]], the longest road in the state.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000444__-.pdf#page=54 Garden State Parkway Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated August 2014. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> It has four interchanges in the township. Interchanges 148 in the south of Bloomfield and 151 in the north are complete interchanges, while 149 and 150 are partials. The Parkway's Essex toll plaza is southbound just south of interchange 150 in the township. There are two service areas on the Parkway in Bloomfield, one for northbound and one southbound.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/our-roadways.html Travel Resources: Interchanges, Service Areas & Commuter Lots], [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> Troop D of the [[New Jersey State Police]], which patrols the full length of the Garden State Parkway, has a station in Bloomfield at northbound milepost 153.<ref>[https://www.njsp.org/division/operations/troop-d.shtml Troop D Road Stations], [[New Jersey State Police]]. Accessed November 3, 2019. "Troop D is comprised of two regions: the Parkway Region and the Turnpike Region.... Troop D has a total of six stations: three in the Parkway Region and three in the Turnpike Region. The Parkway Region stations include Galloway, Holmdel and Bloomfield Station."</ref>

[[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Road 506]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000506__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 506 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> [[County Route 506 Spur (New Jersey)|506 Spur]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000506S_-.pdf County Route 506 Spur Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 509 (New Jersey)|509]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000509__-.pdf#page=7 County Route 509 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated July 2012. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> also serve Bloomfield.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Essex.pdf Essex County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref>

===Commuter rail===
South Bloomfield is served by two stations of the [[NJ Transit]] [[Montclair-Boonton Line]] to [[Hoboken Terminal]] or to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] via the [[Secaucus Junction]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN Montclair-Boonton Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201025511/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN |date=December 1, 2010 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> About 55% of the weekday trains terminate in Penn Station via [[Kearny Connection|Midtown Direct]]. On weekends the line terminates in Hoboken. The [[Bloomfield station|Bloomfield train station]] is located off of Bloomfield Avenue in the downtown area.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=19 Bloomfield station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> The [[Watsessing Avenue station]] is at the corner of Watsessing Avenue and Orange Street, and is located below ground.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=154 Watsessing Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728164134/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=154 |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>

Bloomfield used to be served by other passenger rail lines. The [[Rowe Street station]] was served by the Boonton Line until September 2002, when it was closed as part of the addition of Midtown Direct service to the township.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=526 "Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures; NJ Transit Buses and Trains Will Cross-Honor September Monthly Train Passes For Rowe Street Customers"], [[NJ Transit]], August 27, 2002. Accessed July 22, 2014. "On Monday, September 30, NJ Transit will launch its Midtown Direct -- Montclair rail service, resulting in the closure of Benson Street, Rowe Street and Arlington stations on the Boonton Line after the last scheduled trip on Friday, September 20."</ref> The Walnut Street station, on the same line, was closed in 1953 when the Garden State Parkway was built through it.

===Light rail===
The [[Grove Street station (Newark Light Rail)|Grove Street station]] on the Newark City Subway line of the [[Newark Light Rail]] at the south end of Bloomfield provides service to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]], created as part of an extension to Belleville and Bloomfield that opened in 2002.<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10FCAB7BCA54C298&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Subway extension to open in summer, Newark officials hope that the $207.7 million downtown project will help spur a renaissance."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', February 13, 2006. Accessed July 18, 2011. "The last major expansion of the 4.3-mile subway in 2002 brought the service into the neighboring cities of Belleville and Bloomfield."</ref> This station was part of the Orange Branch of the New York & Greenwood Lake Line of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad with service to Jersey City which last saw passenger service in 1965. Freight service was discontinued in 2010 by Norfolk Southern with the loss of the last remaining shipper Hartz Mountain.

===Buses===
[[NJ Transit]] bus service is available to and from [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[11 (New Jersey bus)|11]], [[27 (New Jersey bus)|27]], [[28 (New Jersey bus)|28]], [[29 (New Jersey bus)|29]], [[34 (New Jersey bus)|34]], [[72 (New Jersey bus)|72]], [[90 (New Jersey bus)|90]], [[92 (New Jersey bus)|92]], [[93 (New Jersey bus)|93]] and [[94 (New Jersey bus)|94]] routes, with local service on the [[709 (New Jersey bus)|709]] bus line. Service to Port Authority Bus Terminal is provided by route 102.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus/Rail Connections]}}, [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 18, 2011.</ref> In October 2009, the Go Bus 28 route was introduced, offering service nearly all day from Bloomfield Train Station to Newark Liberty International Airport.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2561 NJ Transit Unveils New 'Go Bus 28' Service In Newark and Bloomfield; Enhanced bus service begins October 17, linking residents with major employment centers], [[NJ Transit]] press release dated October 16, 2009. Accessed July 18, 2011. "NJ Transit and local officials today previewed the second phase of 'Go Bus' service—an enhanced bus service that will provide a faster, more convenient trip between Bloomfield, downtown Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport when Go Bus 28 begins operating Saturday, October 17."</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To Go Bus 28 (Bloomfield - Newark - Newark Airport)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327200747/http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To |date=March 27, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed July 18, 2011. "Go bus 28 provides fast, convenient service along two of northern New Jersey's busiest corridors between the cities of Bloomfield and Newark, Bloomfield Avenue and Broad Street."</ref>

===Airports===
Bloomfield is {{convert|7.5|miles}} from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] / [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], and {{convert|28.8|miles}} from [[LaGuardia Airport]] in [[Flushing, Queens]].