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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== [[File:2018-07-18 16 03 17 View west along Essex County Route 506 (Bloomfield Avenue) just west of Essex County Route 668 (Elm Street) and Essex County Route 623 (Grove Street) in Montclair Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|[[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]] (Bloomfield Avenue) westbound in Montclair]] Montclair is considered a commuter suburb of New York City. [[NJ Transit]] is the provider of public transportation. The average Montclair commute is 38 minutes each way. About 24% of commuters take mass transit, while 59% drive alone. Twelve times more Montclair commuters take mass transit than the national average.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} ====Roads and highways==== {{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|100.62|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|86.68|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{convert|13.94|mi}} by Essex County Road Dept.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726034221/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf |date=July 26, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref> Major roads in the township include [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]] (Bloomfield Avenue).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000506__-.pdf#page=3 County Route 506 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220857/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000506__-.pdf#page=3 |date=March 3, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], June 2012. Accessed December 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Essex.pdf Essex County Highway Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215214817/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Essex.pdf |date=February 15, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 16, 2023.</ref> There is a taxi stand near Bloomfield Avenue in eastern Montclair, in front of Lackawanna Plaza, formerly the Montclair train station. ====Public transportation==== =====Bus===== NJ Transit buses [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (1-99)|11, 28, 29, 34, 97]], [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (100-199)|191]], and [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (700-799)|705]] run through Montclair, most going along the main street, [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|Bloomfield Avenue]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100322195452/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 March 22, 2012. Accessed July 8, 2012.</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> The NJ transit bus routes are: * #11 from [[Downtown Newark]] through [[Verona, New Jersey|Verona]], [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey|Cedar Grove]], and [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]] to [[Willowbrook Mall (Wayne, New Jersey)|Willowbrook Mall]] in [[Wayne, New Jersey|Wayne]]. The only Montclair street it goes along is Bloomfield Avenue. * #28 follows the route of #29 on Bloomfield Avenue until halfway through Montclair, where it goes north along Park Street, Watchung Avenue, and Valley Road to [[Montclair State University]], and to [[Willowbrook Mall (Wayne, New Jersey)|Willowbrook Mall]] on weekends. * #29 between [[West Caldwell, New Jersey|West Caldwell]] and Newark, passing through [[Caldwell, New Jersey|Caldwell]], [[Verona, New Jersey|Verona]], Montclair, [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]], and [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] on Bloomfield Avenue. It goes to [[Parsippany, New Jersey|Parsippany]] at rush hour. The only Montclair street it goes along is Bloomfield Avenue. * #34 to Newark through [[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]] and [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]] on some trips; otherwise it goes to Bloomfield along Orange Road, Elm Street, and Bloomfield Avenue. It goes farther to the [[Montclair High School (New Jersey)|Montclair High School]] during that school's start and end times. * #97 goes from the Montclair Center south along Orange and Harrison Roads through the Oranges. * #191 goes from [[Willowbrook Mall (Wayne, New Jersey)|Willowbrook Mall]] through Little Falls to Montclair State University, then to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. * #705 goes from Passaic along Alexander Avenue, Grove Street (for one block), Mt. Hebron Road, and through [[Montclair State University]] to Willowbrook Mall. All of these routes except #97, #191, and #705 were trolley lines originally, operated by the [[Public Service Railway]]. A trolley garage existed on Bloomfield Avenue. In the 1930s and 1950s, the trolleys were [[Great American Streetcar Scandal|destroyed]] and replaced with buses. [[DeCamp Bus Lines]] routes 33 and 66 ran through Montclair to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in [[New York City]] until April 2023, carrying primarily commuters. * #33 went along Bloomfield Avenue, with some buses going onto Grove Street<ref>[https://www.decamp.com/PDFs/decamp_33_LTR.pdf Route 33 Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106024400/https://www.decamp.com/PDFs/decamp_33_LTR.pdf |date=November 6, 2019 }}, [[DeCamp Bus Lines]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> * #66 went along Orange Road, Park Street, Valley Road, and Mt. Hebron Road<ref>[https://www.decamp.com/PDFs/decamp_66_LTR.pdf Route 66 Schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804050241/https://www.decamp.com/PDFs/decamp_66_LTR.pdf |date=August 4, 2020 }}, [[DeCamp Bus Lines]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> Montclair State University has shuttle buses going around its campus.<ref>[https://www.montclair.edu/facilities/our-services/shuttle-services/ Shuttle Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607221645/https://www.montclair.edu/facilities/our-services/shuttle-services/ |date=June 7, 2019 }}, [[Montclair State University]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> The township of Montclair operates its own jitney in the evening, from the [[Bay Street station|Bay Street]] train station to the southern end of Montclair.<ref>[https://www.montclairnjusa.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_5276204/File/Government/Departments/Transportation%20Services/evening-shuttle-schedule.pdf NJ Transit Montclair Shuttle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804015002/https://www.montclairnjusa.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_5276204/File/Government/Departments/Transportation%20Services/evening-shuttle-schedule.pdf |date=August 4, 2020 }}, Montclair, New Jersey. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> =====Rail===== [[File:Lackawanna.jpg|thumb|[[Lackawanna Terminal (Montclair, New Jersey)|The former Lackawanna Railroad terminal]], photographed when it housed a [[Hollywood Video]] store]] [[File:Montclair Heights Station - February 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Montclair-Boonton Line]] at [[Montclair Heights station]]]] Running through Montclair is the [[Montclair-Boonton Line]], serving [[New York Penn Station]] and [[Hoboken Terminal]] to the east, and [[Hackettstown station|Hackettstown]] to the west.<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN Montclair-Boonton Line] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011212249/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=BNTN |date=October 11, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> Seven [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|NJ Transit Rail]] stations serve Montclair: [[Bay Street station|Bay Street]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=14 Bay Street station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014651/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=14 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Walnut Street station (NJ Transit)|Walnut Street]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=152 Walnut Street station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014648/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=152 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Watchung Avenue station|Watchung Avenue]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=153 Watchung Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014646/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=153 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Upper Montclair station|Upper Montclair]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=150 Upper Montclair station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014644/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=150 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[Mountain Avenue station|Mountain Avenue]],<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=95 Mountain Avenue station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014642/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=95 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> and [[Montclair Heights station|Montclair Heights]] in Montclair,<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=89 Montclair Heights station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014640/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=89 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> and [[Montclair State University station]] in the [[Great Notch, New Jersey|Great Notch]] area of [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]].<ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38081 Montclair State University station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190922014636/https://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38081 |date=September 22, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> Only Bay Street station has weekend train service. Montclair has a long history of railroads. The first railroad to Montclair was built in 1856 by the Newark and Bloomfield Railroad. It terminated at a [[Walnut Street station (NJ Transit)|station in Downtown Montclair]]. First the Morris and Essex Railroad, then the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] leased the line. In 1868, the Montclair Railway built another line through Montclair, which caused disputes leading to Montclair's separation from [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]]. Shortly afterward it was taken over by the [[New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878β1943)|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway]], a subsidiary of the [[Erie Railroad]]. A third railroad to [[Morristown, New Jersey|Morristown]] was planned in 1860 and construction began, but the [[Panic of 1873]] ended the project. In 1912 the Lackawanna Railroad built a [[Lackawanna Terminal (Montclair, New Jersey)|large terminal]] at the end of their line. The Erie and Lackawanna Railroads later merged, forming the [[Erie-Lackawanna Railroad]], which operated both lines for many decades. They were next operated by [[Conrail]] for approximately one year, after which NJ Transit took over passenger operations and Conrail continued freight operations. Meanwhile, the 1912 terminal was closed in 1981 and converted into shops. This station was replaced by the Bay Street station. In 2002, the two railway lines were connected with the construction of the [[Montclair Connection]].<ref>Galant, Debra. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/nyregion/jersey-montclair-s-connection-has-its-price.html 'Jersey; Montclair's Connection Has Its Price"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109191435/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/29/nyregion/jersey-montclair-s-connection-has-its-price.html |date=November 9, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 2002. Accessed October 3, 2013. "On Sept. 20, New Jersey Transit officially terminated service at Mr. Wilson's beloved Benson Street stop, as well as at the Rowe Street stop in Bloomfield and the Arlington stop in Kearny. Those closings were part of the price of progress. Tomorrow, New Jersey Transit is to open the Montclair Connection β a plan first announced in 1929 to combine the Montclair and Boonton Branch lines."</ref> ===Healthcare=== [[File:Mountainside Hospital in Montclair.JPG|thumb|[[Mountainside Medical Center]]]] [[Mountainside Medical Center]], also known as Mountainside Hospital, is a 398-bed acute-care hospital located in Montclair that serves Northern [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=HACKENSACK UMC MOUNTAINSIDE (MONTCLAIR, NJ) Detailed Hospital Profile|url=http://www.hospital-data.com/hospitals/MOUNTAINSIDE-HOSPITAL-MONTCLAIR.html|access-date=2023-07-25|website=www.hospital-data.com|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726031826/http://www.hospital-data.com/hospitals/MOUNTAINSIDE-HOSPITAL-MONTCLAIR.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A part of the [[Hackensack Meridian Health]], Mountainside Hospital is one of only two for-profit hospitals in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/06/new_owners_for_mountainside_ho.html |title=New owners for Mountainside Hospital |website=blog.nj.com |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824200619/http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/06/new_owners_for_mountainside_ho.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also a clinical campus and affiliate of the [[New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine]] and provides [[clinical clerkship]] education for the medical school's [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medical]] students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clinical Education Institutions {{!}} College of Osteopathic Medicine {{!}} New York Tech|url=https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/clinical_education_institutions|access-date=2021-09-26|website=www.nyit.edu|archive-date=February 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214172851/https://www.nyit.edu/medicine/clinical_education_institutions|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2020, Mountainside Hospital provides 12 specialties and hosts 47 full-time [[Internship (medicine)|interns]] and [[Residency (medicine)|residents]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Hospital Directory - Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center (310054) - Free Profile|url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile/310054/Hackensack_Meridian_Health_Mountainside_Medical_Center_/Montclair/New_Jersey/|access-date=2023-07-25|website=www.ahd.com|archive-date=July 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726031830/https://www.ahd.com/free_profile/310054/Hackensack_Meridian_Health_Mountainside_Medical_Center_/Montclair/New_Jersey/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Housing=== [[File:WNJN-TV Montclair dishes jeh.jpg|thumb|[[WNJN-TV]] transmitter site]] Montclair is noted for its historic architecture. It is home to six historic districts listed on the Register of Historic Places of both the state and country as a whole, 92 individually listed landmarks, and two locally designated commercial districts. Works by significant architects include designs by Van Vleck and Goldsmith, [[Charles Follen McKim]], [[McKim, Mead, and White]], Henry Hudson Holly, [[Charles A. Platt]], [[Alexander Jackson Davis]], Dudley Van Antwerp, Effingham R. North, Montrose Morris, and Frances Nelson, among others.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} In 2018, Bobbi Brown, founder and ex-CCO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and her husband, realtor Steven Plofker opened The George, a 32-room boutique hotel on North Mountain Avenue that was originally a private home constructed in 1902.<ref>Vora, Shivani. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/travel/bobbi-brown-hotel-review.html "From Bobbi Brown, a Boutique Hotel in New Jersey The cosmetics entrepreneur and her husband have opened The George in suburban Montclair. The hotel is modern (though the building dates to 1902), friendly and fun."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106024402/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/travel/bobbi-brown-hotel-review.html |date=November 6, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 22, 2018. Accessed November 5, 2019. "The George, in the New York City suburb of Montclair, N.J., is a collaboration between Bobbi Brown, the founder of the beauty line Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and her husband, Steven Plofker, a real estate developer. The 32-room property, open since April 1, was originally built in 1902 as the private home of Charles Van Vleck, a wealthy local businessman."</ref> Montclair has also housed many hotels, such as the defunct [[Hotel Montclair]]. In 2013, plans were announced to bring a new hotel to Montclair, featuring 100 rooms and a liquor license.<ref>Herbst, Diane. [http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/195936131_First_new_hotel_in_Montclair_in_a_century_in_2014_.html?page=all "First new hotel in Montclair in a century in 2014?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005022219/http://www.northjersey.com/realestate/195936131_First_new_hotel_in_Montclair_in_a_century_in_2014_.html?page=all |date=October 5, 2013 }}, ''The Montclair Times'', March 7, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013. "Next year, an upscale, eight-story hotel with 100-plus rooms and a rooftop bar with views of the Manhattan skyline is expected to break ground in Montclair, the township's first new full-service hotel since the long-defunct Montclair Hotel was built in 1908."</ref>
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