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Notable locations in Perth Amboy: Perth Amboy Station (A), Perth Amboy Ferry Slip (B), Central Farmers Market (C), Proprietary House (D), Perth Amboy Free Public Library (E), Perth Amboy City Hall (F), Garfield Engine Company Number 5 (G), Liberty Truck Company Number 2 (H), McClellan Engine Company Number 3 (I), Washington Hall (J), Dana Relief Society (K), Eagle Hose And Chemical Company Number 4 (L), Market Building (M), Saint Peter's Parish Hall (N). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Perth Amboy include: First Presbyterian Church (A), First Swedish Congregational Church (B), Holy Cross Episcopal Church (C), Holy Ghost Christian Center (D), Holy Spirit Catholic Church (E), Holy Trinity Church (F), Holy Trinity Convent (G), Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church (H), Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Alpine Cemetery (1), Saint Nicholas Cemetery (2), Saint Marys Cemetery (3), Ukrainian Cemetery (4), United Hebrew Association Cemetery (5), Greek Catholic Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Woodbridge Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Parks in Perth Amboy include: Westminster House Historical Site (1), Columbus Park (2), Central Park (3), Bay View Park (4), Washington Park (5), Rudyk Park (6), Sadowski Park (7), Albert G Waters Stadium (8), MacWilliams Stadium (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Perth Amboy Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attractions: Kearny Cottage Museum (63 Catalpa Avenue), Proprietary House Associates (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 149 Kearny Avenue Suite 3).
Courts: Court House Inn The (417 Fayette), Perth Amboy City - Municipal Court (Fayette).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Perth Amboy and their reported violations in the past:
PERTH AMBOY WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 43000, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule
- Treatment Technique Exceeds Turb 1 NTU - In MAR-2002, Contaminant: IESWTR. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-07-2002), St Public Notif requested (MAR-07-2002), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-07-2002)
- 24 regular monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 17.6% | | Whole state: | 8.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 8.4% | | Whole state: | 4.2% |
Perth Amboy compared to New Jersey state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with most branches in Perth Amboy (2007 data):
- Bank of America, National Association: Convery Boulevard Branch at Convery Boulevard And Brace Avenue, branch established on 1954-02-01; Smith Street Branch at 211 Smith Street, branch established on 1924-01-01. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- Sovereign Bank: Perth Amboy Branch at 365 Convery Blvd, branch established on 1988-04-25; 210 Smith Street Branch at 210 Smith Street, branch established on 1869-07-01. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
- 1st Constitution Bank: 145 Fayette Street Perth Amboy Branc at 145 Fayette Street, branch established on 2004-07-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $392.8 mil, Deposits: $320.2 mil, headquarters in Cranbury, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: 1st Constitution Bancorp
- North Fork Bank: Perth Amboy Branch at 313 State Street, branch established on 1999-06-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $57,902.9 mil, Deposits: $37,594.8 mil, headquarters in Mattituck, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 353 total offices, Holding Company: Capital One Financial Corporation
- Millennium BCP Bank, National Association: Perth Amboy Branch at 615 - 617 Amboy Avenue, branch established on 2002-04-02. Info updated 2006-10-13: Bank assets: $824.8 mil, Deposits: $720.3 mil, headquarters in Newark, NJ, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 19 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Comercial Portugues, S.A.
- Banco Popular North America: Perth Amboy Branch at 633 State Street, branch established on 2000-12-29. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $12,245.9 mil, Deposits: $9,760.6 mil, headquarters in New York, NY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 143 total offices, Holding Company: Popular, Inc.
- The Provident Bank: Perth Amboy at 339 State Street, branch established on 1997-04-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $5,720.4 mil, Deposits: $3,864.4 mil, headquarters in Jersey City, NJ, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 76 total offices, Holding Company: Provident Financial Services, Inc.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: Perth Amboy Banking Center Branch at 130 Smith Street, branch established on 2005-12-16. Info updated 2006-12-27: Bank assets: $1,179,390.0 mil, Deposits: $650,614.0 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, International Specialization, 3113 total offices, Holding Company: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
- Wachovia Bank, National Association: Perth Amboy Branch at 214 Smith Street, branch established on 1961-08-14. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $518,123.0 mil, Deposits: $353,234.0 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3191 total offices, Holding Company: Wachovia Corporation
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
18 | $99,497 | $66,331 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
8 | $48,022 | $72,033 | 11 | $12,540 |
| Judicial and Legal |
14 | $60,885 | $52,187 | 10 | $30,624 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
128 | $985,166 | $92,359 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
20 | $71,944 | $43,166 | 42 | $45,504 |
| Sewerage |
6 | $24,883 | $49,766 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
59 | $203,905 | $41,472 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
12 | $51,856 | $51,856 | 4 | $7,612 |
| Other and Unallocable |
38 | $148,125 | $46,776 | 2 | $1,621 |
| Local Libraries |
12 | $50,384 | $50,384 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
55 | $348,167 | $75,964 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
6 | $26,121 | $52,242 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
14 | $73,151 | $62,701 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
50 | $159,200 | $38,208 | 3 | $2,026 |
| Water Transport and Terminals |
1 | $5,156 | $61,872 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
16 | $73,401 | $55,051 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $5,801 | $69,612 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
16 | $59,413 | $44,560 | 11 | $12,297 |
| Totals for Government |
474 | $2,495,076 | $63,166 | 83 | $112,223 |
Perth Amboy government finances in 2004:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $6,582,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $3,877,000
Housing & Community Development: $2,222,000
Parking Facilities: $725,000
Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $278,000
All Other: $75,000
- Construction - General: $7,144,000
General Public Buildings: $3,496,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,440,000
Regular Highways: $1,262,000
Water Utilities: $991,000
Sewerage: $990,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $13,424,000
Police Protection: $12,733,000
Housing & Community Development: $12,081,000
Fire Protection: $4,478,000
Water Utilities: $3,531,000
Sewerage: $3,530,000
Solid Waste Management: $3,492,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,200,000
Parks & Recreation: $1,084,000
Central Staff Services: $1,072,000
Regular Highways: $1,042,000
Welfare - Other: $932,000
Financial Administration: $864,000
Libraries: $802,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $761,000
General Public Buildings: $757,000
Health Services - Other: $619,000
Parking Facilities: $461,000
Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $142,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $10,289,000
All Other: $264,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,364,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $817,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $138,000
Housing & Community Development: $31,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,500,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $38,305,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $2,035,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $37,470,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $3,245,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,870,000
Water Utilities: $255,000
- Miscellaneous - Property Sale Other: $4,100,000
General Revenue, NEC: $3,164,000
Interest Earnings: $257,000
Rents: $46,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $14,874,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $3,878,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $19,971,000
Beginning: $15,035,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $11,305,000
All Other: $1,816,000
Public Welfare: $643,000
Highways: $605,000
Health & Hospitals: $147,000
Housing & Community Development: $114,000
- Tax - Property: $19,364,000
NEC: $602,000
Public Utilities: $95,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $26,490,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $210,000
7.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,801 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.26% | | New Jersey average: | 6.12% |
0.33% of residents moved from foreign countries ($699 average AGI)| Middlesex County: | 0.33% | | New Jersey average: | 0.14% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,563 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.05% | | New Jersey average: | 6.89% |
0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($627 average AGI)| Middlesex County: | 0.14% | | New Jersey average: | 0.09% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Perth Amboy:
- WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
- WOR (710 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WINS (1010 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WEPN (1050 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK AM RADIO, LLC)
- WJDM (1530 AM; 10 kW; ELIZABETH, NJ; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF NEW YORK LICENSE CORP)
- WABC (770 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WABC-AM RADIO, INC.)
- WBBR (1130 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: BLOOMBERG COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
- WADO (1280 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- WLIB (1190 AM; 30 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WFAN (660 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WQEW (1560 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WSNR (620 AM; 20 kW; JERSEY CITY, NJ)
- WCBS (880 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Perth Amboy:
- WRKS (98.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK)
- WNYC-FM (93.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WNYC RADIO)
- WPAT-FM (93.1 FM; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WPAT LICENSING, INC.)
- WSIA (88.9 FM; STATEN ISLAND, NY; Owner: THE COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND)
- WNEW (102.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WQCD (101.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WCAA (105.9 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: WADO-AM LICENSE CORP. ("WADO"))
- WBAI (99.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PACIFICA FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WBLS (107.5 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ICBC BROADCAST HOLDINGS-NY, INC.)
- WLTW (106.7 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WQXR-FM (96.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: THE NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRONIC MEDIA COMPANY)
- WSKQ-FM (97.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WSKQ LICENSING, INC.)
- WXRK (92.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WKTU (103.5 FM; LAKE SUCCESS, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, LLC)
- WAXQ (104.3 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM NEW YORK LICENSES, LLC)
- WHTZ (100.3 FM; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WWPR-FM (105.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WQHT (97.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK)
- WCBS-FM (101.1 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WKCR-FM (89.9 FM; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK)
TV broadcast stations around Perth Amboy:
- WLBX-LP (Channel 22; CRANFORD, NJ; Owner: RENARD COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WCBS-TV (Channel 2; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
- WABC-TV (Channel 7; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC)
- WPIX (Channel 11; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WPIX, INC.)
- WWOR-TV (Channel 9; SECAUCUS, NJ; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WNYW (Channel 5; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WPXN-TV (Channel 31; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WNBC (Channel 4; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WNET (Channel 13; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXTV (Channel 41; PATERSON, NJ; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
- WPXO-LP (Channel 34; EAST ORANGE, NJ; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WNJU (Channel 47; LINDEN, NJ; Owner: WNJU LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WFUT (Channel 68; NEWARK, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC)
- WNYE-TV (Channel 25; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- WXNY-LP (Channel 32; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKOB-LP (Channel 53; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: WKOB COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WEBR-CA (Channel 17; MANHATTAN, NY; Owner: K LICENSEE INC.)
- WRNN-LP (Channel 57; NYACK, NY; Owner: LP NYACK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W60AI (Channel 60; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
- W36AS (Channel 36; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; Owner: DEEPAK VISWANATH)
- WNXY-LP (Channel 26; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WNJT (Channel 52; TRENTON, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WNJB (Channel 58; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- W33BS (Channel 33; DARIEN, CT; Owner: CT&T BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNYN-LP (Channel 39; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: ISLAND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
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