Heather Gilheany Real Estate
Millburn, Short Hills, Maplewood, South Orange, Montclair, Summit, Chatham Boro, West Orange, & Surrounding Towns
Montclair

Montclair

 

Community

Montclair s a large diverse, family friendly community in Essex County. The township has mulitple commercial districts with upscale and stylish shopping, with many funky and local stores.  Multiple movie theatres, many  upscale and mid-scale restaurants, supermarkets,cafés, and  bookstores fill your everyday needs.

 

Links

 ·      http://www.gotomontclairnj.com/   Busines, Services and Classifieds and other information about the town

 ·   Township Website

 ·       Montclair Schools





- Information below is derived from Montclair ’s Wikipedia entry


Education

The Montclair Public Schools serve students in pre-school through twelfth grade. Montclair's public school system spends $9,571 per student, with the national average being about $6000. The schools employ one faculty member for each 14 children it teaches. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[33]) are seven elementary schools (K-5, except as noted) —

Bradford (427 students), Edgemont (306), Hillside (643, grades 3-5), Nishuane (586, grades K-2), Northeast (405), Rand (382) and Watchung (425) — Three middle schools for grades 6-8 — Glenfield (670), Mount Hebron (612) and Renaissance (238) — and Montclair High School for grades 9-12 (1,958).

Montclair is home to Montclair State University.

Montclair is also home to a host of private and parochial schools, including: Montclair Kimberley Academy, Lacordaire Academy, Immaculate Conception High School, St. Cassian's School, Virginia Harkness Sawtelle Learning, Maria Montessori Early Learning, Montclair Cooperative School, Trinity Academy, and Deron School II.

  

Parks

Montclair is home to many parks and nature reserves.

In Montclair there are many parks, such as Edgemont Memorial Park, Essex Park, Glenfield Park, Nishuane Park, Rand Park, Graz Park, Canterbury Park, Watchung Park, Eagle Rock Reservation, Brookdale Park, Anderson Park, Yantacaw Brook Park the Bonsal Nature Reserve, Mountainside Park, the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, and Mills Reservation. There are also many sports fields, some public, like in the parks, or some school owned, like the Essex Park fields or Montclair State University's Sprague Field. In total Montclair has 153.86 acres (0.6226 km2) of township park land spread around 18 parks and 123.76 acres (0.5008 km2) of county park land consisting of five parks.[34]

There are also 18 public tennis courts, four skating rinks (two of which are indoor) and 3 public swimming pools, which are the Mountainside pool, the Nishuane pool, and the Essex pool.[35]


Commerce

The Main Commercial Zones in Montclair are:

  • Montclair Center is centered on the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue, South Fullerton Avenue, Glen Ridge Avenue and Church Street. This intersection is also known as Six Corners. Montclair Center is the main commercial zone of Montclair and has the largest stores such as furniture stores and large restaurants which are more upscale near the center, which has many restaurants and boutiques. Near the eastern end of this business area is Lackawanna Plaza, a shopping center with about ten stores built inside an old railway station. There is a post office one block to the north of this place.
  • Upper Montclair in the North of the town, the second largest commercial zone. The center is the intersection of Valley Road and Bellevue Avenue, with surrounding areas as well. The Upper Montclair Business District is home to several restaurants and shops. Unlike many of Montclair's other commercial zones, it has chain stores like Starbucks, Talbots, Williams-Sonoma, Gap, Charlie Browns, Cold Stone Creamery, Supercuts, CVS and smaller chains such as Tinga. It also has both a park, Anderson Park, and a railway station, Upper Montclair, nearby. There is a post office here.
  • Watchung Plaza, around the intersection of Watchung Avenue and Park Street. It is home to many "Mom and Pop Stores" and other small businesses and is located on the divide Montclair's two ZIP Codes, 07042 and 07043. Watchung Plaza has its own post office.
  • Walnut Street, built around the Walnut Street train station. In the Spring, Summer, and Fall it is home to the Montclair Farmer's Market.
  • South End, in the south of town, at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Orange Road.
  • Valley Road between Chestnut Street and Claremont Avenue. Known locally as Frog Hollow, this area has some strip mall style shops on one side of Valley Road and on the other side are window shops with residential apartments on top of them.

Points of interest

Van Vleck House and Gardens

 

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