Living in the Hackensack neighborhood of Northern New Jersey

Hackensack Apartments

Hackensack is an interesting town in Bergen County, situated west of the George Washington Bridge. Offering the entire spectrum housing options, this city is one of the most diverse in the county.

Citizens from all income and class backgrounds can find a home in this New Jersey suburb, with several Hackensack apartments in high-rise buildings, large single-family homes, and various garden apartment complexes.

Living in Hackensack

Hackensack is a complete, well-rounded city, offering sections of large homes, modest-sized homes, multi-family buildings, commercial strips, a college campus, and even small, industrial corners. The town of Hackensack is bordered to the east by the Hackensack River, along which sits at the river's edge is the Fairleigh Dickinson University, which is a private, four-year college.

There are several transportation options for those commuters living in Hackensack apartments. The New Jersey Transit offers bus service directly into Midtown Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal, which has a travel time of less than a 45 minutes. But for those who prefer to take the car to work, I-80 passes through the southern end of town, immediately leading to the I-95 and the George Washington Bridge into Upper Manhattan. From on-ramp to off-ramp, a typical drive into the upper portion of Manhattan takes as little as 10 minutes (without taking any traffic into account).