Flooding issue in Lincoln Park, NJ (Secaucus, Hasbrouck Heights: apartments, rent , work)

[K2G]

Hi, I am planning to rent an appartment (Beaver Brook Gardens) in Lincoln Park, NJ. I found this area to be peaceful and safe and good schooling. I just have two concerns about Lincoln Park and need some help asap:

1. Should I be bothered about flooding? If yes, how frequent and serious it is? Apartments are high enough for flood to reach inside, however, parking garage would definately be flooded. Apartment people are saying, they get water upto the knee and recommend parking in the street during flood alert. Is this manageable?
2. Commute: I work in Secaucus and have to take Rt 23, 46, 3 everyday. What kind of traffic I should expect?
3. Elementary school rating seems to be good. Would like to hear more from you.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks

[KewlGuy]

Originally Posted by K2G

Hi, I am planning to rent an appartment (Beaver Brook Gardens) in Lincoln Park, NJ. I found this area to be peaceful and safe and good schooling. I just have two concerns about Lincoln Park and need some help asap:

1. Should I be bothered about flooding? If yes, how frequent and serious it is? Apartments are high enough for flood to reach inside, however, parking garage would definately be flooded. Apartment people are saying, they get water upto the knee and recommend parking in the street during flood alert. Is this manageable?
2. Commute: I work in Secaucus and have to take Rt 23, 46, 3 everyday. What kind of traffic I should expect?
3. Elementary school rating seems to be good. Would like to hear more from you.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks

There are so many areas in North Jersey to move to. Why would you choose to live in a flood zone? Sections of Lincoln Park near the river always gets flooded during heavy rains. We've been affected by major floods in the recent past and would advise against moving anywhere near a river. The major cause of this flooding is over development.

[Diane Giam]

Originally Posted by K2G

Hi, I am planning to rent an appartment (Beaver Brook Gardens) in Lincoln Park, NJ. I found this area to be peaceful and safe and good schooling. I just have two concerns about Lincoln Park and need some help asap:

1. Should I be bothered about flooding? If yes, how frequent and serious it is? Apartments are high enough for flood to reach inside, however, parking garage would definately be flooded. Apartment people are saying, they get water upto the knee and recommend parking in the street during flood alert. Is this manageable?
2. Commute: I work in Secaucus and have to take Rt 23, 46, 3 everyday. What kind of traffic I should expect?
3. Elementary school rating seems to be good. Would like to hear more from you.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks

Honestly, that area by the Apts does flood. I have family in Lincoln Park If you rent there take an upstairs apt.
Diane

[PeteinJersey]

Originally Posted by K2G

Hi, I am planning to rent an appartment (Beaver Brook Gardens) in Lincoln Park, NJ. I found this area to be peaceful and safe and good schooling. I just have two concerns about Lincoln Park and need some help asap:

1. Should I be bothered about flooding? If yes, how frequent and serious it is? Apartments are high enough for flood to reach inside, however, parking garage would definately be flooded. Apartment people are saying, they get water upto the knee and recommend parking in the street during flood alert. Is this manageable?
2. Commute: I work in Secaucus and have to take Rt 23, 46, 3 everyday. What kind of traffic I should expect?
3. Elementary school rating seems to be good. Would like to hear more from you.

Any help on this would be great. Thanks

My wife and I lived in Beaver Brook for the first two years after we were married and enjoyed our time there.

I wouldn't be that worried about the flooding. In the 9 years I have been here there have been two floods that affected Beaver Brook. The first was back in 2000 when Hurricane Isabel came tearing through here. I lived in the M block of apartments and the water didn't reach our part of the complex. The units closest to Beaver Brook did get flooding in their garages. Their apartments were fine. The second time was this past year when we got really heavy rains for several days and only the units closest to the Brook got water, and even then it wasn't much.

Since the ground that the train tracks run along is elevated most people in the units closest to the Brook park their cars in the train station lot. It would take a flood of biblical proportions for that lot to flood.

Your commute isn't going to be fun. During rush hour I would expect that it would take up to 40 minutes to get from Secaucus to Lincoln Park. Part of the problem is that they always seem to be working on 46 in Totowa. It's been 10 years since I started coming up this way and they still aren't finished.

The elementary school is great. In my experience the teachers are good and the Principal is very approachable. In the two years that my oldest has been there he had 19 kids in his Kindergarten class and 18 in first grade. IIRC, In the last set of standardized tests the school scored in the 90th percentile statewide in both Math and Reading.

Hope that helps.

[K2G]

Originally Posted by PeteinJersey

I lived in the M block of apartments and the water didn't reach our part of the complex. The units closest to Beaver Brook did get flooding in their garages. Their apartments were fine. The second time was this past year when we got really heavy rains for several days and only the units closest to the Brook got water, and even then it wasn't much.

Since the ground that the train tracks run along is elevated most people in the units closest to the Brook park their cars in the train station lot. It would take a flood of biblical proportions for that lot to flood.

Thanks PeteInJersey for sharing your experience there. I am more worried about the car parking. When you say Brook, do you mean a small stream of water flowing near Bldg A or the Pompton River? Will I be fine if I take a apt near the Swimming pool? Thanks

[PeteinJersey]

Originally Posted by K2G

Thanks PeteInJersey for sharing your experience there. I am more worried about the car parking. When you say Brook, do you mean a small stream of water flowing near Bldg A or the Pompton River? Will I be fine if I take a apt near the Swimming pool? Thanks

The brook is the small stream of water that runs between the apartments and the train station. The Pompton River isn't close enough to the apartments to be of any concern.

During the Hurricane, which btw was the worst case scenario for flooding IMHO, the apartments closest to the pool faired quite well. The ones directly adjacent to the pool but still between the brook and the pool got probably 6 inches of water in the garage. We had more than enough warning to make sure that we were able to move our stored items from the garage to our apartments proper. Only those people who neglected to do so suffered damage. Stupid is as stupid does.

[K2G]

Originally Posted by PeteinJersey

The brook is the small stream of water that runs between the apartments and the train station. The Pompton River isn't close enough to the apartments to be of any concern.

During the Hurricane, which btw was the worst case scenario for flooding IMHO, the apartments closest to the pool faired quite well. The ones directly adjacent to the pool but still between the brook and the pool got probably 6 inches of water in the garage. We had more than enough warning to make sure that we were able to move our stored items from the garage to our apartments proper. Only those people who neglected to do so suffered damage. Stupid is as stupid does.

Thanks Pete for all your valuable information. I was also thinking about taking on the other side of the pool. However, later I was able to find a good 2 family house in Hasbrouck Heights and will be moving there soon.

Thanks everyone.