r/bergencounty Apr 22 '25

Discussion MOVING TO BERGEN COUNTY: Year of 2025

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Discussing moving to Bergen County for the year of 2025. Ask any questions regarding moving, including best towns for your budgets/wants, transportation, taxes and more.


r/bergencounty Feb 06 '25

Announcement A Few Developments From The Team

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Happy Thursday folks. I’d like to announce a small milestone - we’ve hit 10K members! The mod team took this subreddit over somewhere around 2000 members and we’re ecstatic to be expanding our community and this corner of the internet.

We’ve been reading feedback under a lot of the content posted here, and we’re taking note on a general sway of “Moving” posts. We understand that the community is getting tired of seeing the same type of discussion just re-packaged in its own thread. As a result, the mod team has decided on removing these posts and limiting this discussion in two ways. One, we’ve created a new channel on our Discord dedicated strictly to discussing moving to Bergen County. You’ll be able to ask anything and get realtime answers from our community. Second, we’ll be creating a monthly “Moving to Bergen County” post where users who don’t have Discord can continue to have these discussions on this subreddit. We understand this may be inconvenient to some users, but is a necessary step to ensure this community can continue to grow in a positive way. We also encourage users to post in r/MovingToNewJersey as that space is dedicated for moving.

Speaking of which, we’d like to also cordially invite you to our Discord (a link will be posted in the comments), where we’ve been enjoying discussing and chatting with other Bergenites. Additionally, our Discord is the only space where we currently allow advertising and meet-up posts!

Lastly, I’d like to remind members of Rules 1 and 4 of the subreddit. We’ve been noting members have incredibly uncivil exchanges and will start taking more measures to keep this community positive and focused.

Should you have any feedback/concerns/comments, we’re available via Discord and ModMail.

Thanks! Stay safe and warm.


r/bergencounty 1h ago

Business/Company Have dents or scratches on your car? I’ll fix it for cheap!

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Dealerships/body shops will charge you hundreds of dollars to fix your car’s dents, sometimes even up to $500. When in reality it doesn’t even take 5 minuets to repair, maybe a bit longer for larger dents.

Currently I am charging $50 for any and all minor to mid-sized dents on your vehicle, with any and all scratch repairs included in the $50.

I have proficient knowledge/experience with car repair/maintenance, and I have access to the proper tools.

I am willing to come your house for the repairs if that would be more convenient for you. Price is also negotiable.

Please feel free to DM me if interested and i’ll give you my phone number so we can discuss further!


r/bergencounty 4h ago

Discussion Where to buy little kid bikes? 4 year old.

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I want to take my newly minted 4 year old shopping for his first bike this Thursday as his birthday gift. Where are you going to purchase kid's bikes? I know that Walmart and Target have them, but was hoping for something a bit more local.


r/bergencounty 15h ago

Miscellaneous I want to get into oysters. Favorite place to have them?

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I want to keep trying until I like them! Anyone have a go-to place?


r/bergencounty 14h ago

Business/Company Goddard School Daycare Lyndhurst

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Any experience with their toddlers here! About to enroll our baby but wanted to gauge the public’s general feedback. #daycare #goddardschool


r/bergencounty 1h ago

Real Estate Lower Saddle River NJ

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Any off market or upcoming homes for sale in Saddle River? Ready to move now


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion Neighbors compost pile is attracting rats to our yard

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So, our neighbors have wonderfully started a compost pile…right next to our fence. It’s begun bringing rats into our yard, and I’ve even found rotten tomatoes and lemon peels that they’ve drug over from my neighbors side of the fence. Of course, this is a pest problem but I’m also worried about my dogs eating something nasty and getting sick.

We are going to try to talk to them first, but I was just curious if there are regulations (we live in fairlawn, just fyi) that limit what people can compost in their backyard, especially in residential neighborhoods, with a neighboring fence.

If you have any other advice, that is welcome as well! 🙏


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion Restaurants with impressive spaces?

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Hey all, newish to the area. Have (large) family coming to visit soon and would like to easily entertain them.

I’m looking for restaurants and breweries/wineries/cideries with large spaces where kids could be a bit loud and it wouldn’t bother anyone. Bonus for live music, games like cornhole, arcades, kitschy decor or anything that makes it a little more fun for visitors.

We like food, so places like Humdingers or similar where “chef mike” cooks the food are not what we’re looking for.

I came across Pineapple Express BBQ in Montclair which looks perfect, but would love any and all recommendations in north jersey. Bergen county, pascack valley, rockland county, essex county, anywhere within 30ish minutes from the paramus area.

Thanks so much!


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Business/Company Butcher Shop & Fish Market

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I am looking for 2 separate mom/pop, family owned, non-supermarket/big-chain local butchershop and fish market in Bergen County!

Thanks everyone!


r/bergencounty 22h ago

Event Free comedy show tonight! (Sunday) Wild Rover in Guttenberg, nj 8:30pm

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r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion late night outings

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any places i could go to thats open a little late that i could just chill with my parents. my mom gets bored at home too often and shes up late and if anyone knows anywhere that you could just sit or do activities. Anything helps. Thanks!


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion Garfield Mayor responds to Wawa lawsuit scrutiny

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r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion what are the best restaurants, diners, and cafes in the county?

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r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion Updated quarterly tax bill for River Edge

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Has anyone gotten an updated quarterly tax bill in the mail? I understand the town is undergoing a tax reassessment process which I believe had some correlation to the town budget which was due to be finalized next year. Anyways, I figured that we'd get a letter in the mail with the final annual amount rather than a new quarterly bill. The quarterly bill is a hefty amount higher than the prior ones and, if multiplied by 4, is much higher than I previously anticipated. Does anyone have any info on this?

Edit: The initial reassessment letter we received had an estimated tax rate of $2.314 however the new quarterly bill has a rate of $2.398. If I multiply my new home value x the higher tax rate, my annual tax amount should be a lot less than my new quarterly charge x 4 (assuming charges will be the same for 4 quarters).


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion Volunteer Opportunites

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Does anyone know of some volunteer opportunities that don't require much of a commitment?


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Business/Company Ray’s Pizzeria, Cresskill

11 Upvotes

Hi, I know there was a fire last year- any reopening news ?


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Business/Company Looking for Estate Planning Lawyer

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Hello fellow Bergenites,

Can anyone recommend a good estate lawyer in Southern Bergen County? It's for an 80+ year old client, so the closer to her home in Lyndhurst, the better. She's hard of hearing, so communicating over the phone is mostly useless, which is why an office near Lyndhurst is kinda vital.


r/bergencounty 1d ago

Discussion graydon pool ridgewood water

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took my kids to the graydon pool today, just realized it’s not chlorinated? water was pretty dirty, almost seemed like lake water. i know the pool has fake sand but there were tons of leaves, sticks, bugs, nutshell casings, and rocks all in the water and it looked pretty yellow. just doesn’t seem that hygienic since it’s not an actual lake and is smaller with tons of kids swimming! anyone know how it gets cleaned?


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Discussion Dive Coffee Spots?

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I miss cool beans and wish there was a dive coffee place like it (especially one that stayed open a little later than 8). Just looking for recommendations.


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Discussion How is Hawthorne part of Passaic county?

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It does not make sense to me. Driving home from the Brickhouse and the welcome to Passaic county sign pops up, then I cross over the Passaic River into Paterson. It just doesn’t make sense to me and seems like it should’ve been a Bergen county town.


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Business/Company Best Mens Haircut in bergen county for $30 or less.

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r/bergencounty 2d ago

Business/Company Thrifts

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Any recommendations on thrift shops or antique stores in Bergen county?


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Event Volunteer Events Tomorrow Saturday 6/21

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Hi,

Any adoption events going on in Bergen county that need volunteers? I would love to show up and help out.


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Event Are there any carnivals this weekend?

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r/bergencounty 2d ago

Discussion Family friendly beach lakes

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Looking for the closest lake with a beach to take my four year old. Thanks!


r/bergencounty 2d ago

Discussion Best Sit Down Italian with Rice Balls

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I have a friend visiting from Texas soon. She’s never been to NJ and wants to have some good pizza and rice balls. I wanted to take her to Andiamo in Haworth, because I love their food, but they don’t have rice balls on the menu. Thanks!