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Coordinates: 40°32′44″N 74°27′39″W / 40.545539°N 74.46072°W / 40.545539; -74.46072
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Piscataway, New Jersey
Township
The YMCA at the Community Center
The YMCA at the Community Center
Official seal of Piscataway, New Jersey
Seal
Motto: 
A Proud Diversified Community
Location of Piscataway Township in Middlesex County highlighted in pink.
Location of Piscataway Township in Middlesex County highlighted in pink.
Census Bureau map of Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Piscataway Township, New Jersey
Piscataway is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Piscataway
Piscataway
Location in Middlesex County
Piscataway is located in New Jersey
Piscataway
Piscataway
Location in New Jersey
Piscataway is located in the United States
Piscataway
Piscataway
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°32′44″N 74°27′39″W / 40.545539°N 74.46072°W / 40.545539; -74.46072[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
FormedOctober 31, 1693
IncorporatedFebruary 21, 1798
Government
[7]
 • TypeFaulkner Act Mayor-Council
 • BodyTownship Council
 • MayorBrian C. Wahler (D, term ends December 31, 2024)[3][4]
 • Business administratorTimothy J. Dacey[5]
 • Municipal clerkMelissa A. Seader[6]
Area
[1]
 • Total18.96 sq mi (49.11 km2)
 • Land18.79 sq mi (48.68 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2)  0.88%
 • Rank149th of 565 in state
7th of 25 in county[1]
Elevation
[8]
52 ft (16 m)
Population
 (2020)[9][10]
 • Total60,804
 • Estimate 
(2023)[9][11]
60,944
 • Rank25th of 565 in state
4th of 25 in county[12]
 • Density3,235.3/sq mi (1,249.2/km2)
  • Rank206th of 565 in state
16th of 25 in county[12]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
08854, 08855[13][14]
Area code(s)732 and 908[15]
FIPS code3402359010[1][16][17]
GNIS feature ID0882167[1][16]
Websitewww.piscatawaynj.org

Piscataway (/pɪsˈkætəweɪ/ piss-KAT-ə-way) is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[18] It is a suburb of the New York metropolitan area, in the Raritan Valley. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 60,804,[9][10] an increase of 4,760 (+8.5%) from the 2010 census count of 56,044,[19][20] which in turn reflected an increase of 5,562 (+11.0%) from 50,482 at the 2000 census.[21]

The name may be derived from the area's earliest European settlers who came from near the Piscataqua River, a landmark defining the coastal border between New Hampshire and Maine, whose name derives from peske (branch) and tegwe (tidal river),[22] or alternatively from pisgeu (meaning "dark night") and awa ("place of")[23][24] or from a Lenape language word meaning "great deer".[25] The area was appropriated in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.[25]

Piscataway Township was formed on December 17, 1666, and officially incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as part of the state's initial group of 104 townships.[26] The community, the fifth-oldest municipality in New Jersey,[27] has grown from Native American territory, through a colonial period and is one of the links in the earliest settlement of the Atlantic Ocean seacoast that ultimately led to the formation of the United States. Over the years, portions of Piscataway were taken to form Raritan Township (March 17, 1870, now Edison), Dunellen (October 28, 1887), Middlesex (April 9, 1913) and South Plainfield (March 10, 1926).[26]

Rutgers University's main campus spills into the township. SHI Stadium, home field for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team, is in Piscataway [28] as well as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Ross Hall was the headquarters for General George Washington when he ordered a feu de joie for the second anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in July 1778

History

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The earliest settlers of the area were the Lenape Native Americans; a group of four European settlers coming from New Hampshire acquired 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of land in 1666 that had been occupied by Native Americans.[29]

In 1666, the first proprietary Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Philip Carteret, granted 12 new settlers from Massachusetts a 100 square mile allotment of land that was later founded as the townships of Piscataway and Woodbridge.[30] Similar types of settlements established by religious dissenters fleeing Puritan colonies in New England were being formed in other parts of New Jersey, notably the Elizabethtown Tract in Northern New Jersey near the mouth of the Raritan River and extending upwards into modern day Essex County, and the Monmouth Tract in Central New Jersey near the Raritan Bay and extending southward along the Jersey Shore to the Barnegat Inlet.

Additional settlers from the Piscataqua River area of New Hampshire moved to Piscataway, bringing the name. Coming from a lumbering, shipbuilding and fishing background, these settlers, consisting of mostly Baptists and Quakers, were comfortable with their new surroundings, and looking forward to starting a new life away from political and religious persecution in the north. They were also enterprising and pioneering families who were already experienced in wilderness settlement. Before the original settlers, there were pioneer scouts who surveyed these new lands and waterways. The town name of Piscataway came from these early pioneers who originally came from the town of Piscataqua. During the original land purchase, the pioneers had signed 12 Articles of Agreement with Governor Carteret, which served as the legal basis for the government of Piscataway and Woodbridge and which shaped the democratic development of self-government. In short, these articles were mainly designed to provide liberty and land ownership for new families and to allow them to establish their own government representatives and religious freedoms.

After a few line and boundary changes, Piscataway and its outer plantations were reported to total 40,000 acres, with 66 square miles of land in 1685. The Lenape Native Americans occupied the entire Piscataway area, but were dispelled as the encroachment of European settlers increased. Across multiple generations, the Lenape established defined trails that European settlers appropriated in order to traverse through the wilderness area and partition new lands. Over time, many of these primitive trails became the main routes of travel between communities and became the basis of roads that still exist today. The trails along the Raritan River were named after a local population of Native Americans called the Raritangs. Piscataway Township is the fifth-oldest municipality in New Jersey and among the fifty oldest municipalities in the United States.[31]

On February 8, 1777, the Battle of Quibbletown, a running battle took place between approximately 2,000 British and Hessian troops under the command of British General Charles Lord Cornwallis and the local patriot militia led by Colonel Charles Scott and a separate militia commanded by Brigadier General Nathaniel Warner.[32]

Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 18.96 square miles (49.11 km2), including 18.79 square miles (48.68 km2) of land and 0.17 square miles (0.43 km2) of water (0.88%).[1][2]

The township lies on the south side of the Raritan Valley, a line of cities in Central Jersey, along with New Brunswick, Highland Park and South Plainfield. Piscataway is 45 minutes southwest of New York City and 53 minutes northeast of Philadelphia.

Piscataway is bordered by nine municipalities: Dunellen, Edison, Highland Park, Middlesex, New Brunswick and South Plainfield in Middlesex County; Franklin Township and South Bound Brook in Somerset County; and Plainfield in Union County.[33][34][35]

Society Hill (with a 2010 Census population of 3,829[36]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Piscataway Township.[37][38]

Piscataway is often segmented by local residents into unincorporated communities, localities and place names which include Arbor, Bound Brook Heights ("the Heights"), Fellowship Farm, Fieldville, Johnson Park, Lake Nelson, New Brunswick Highlands, New Market (known as Quibbletown in the 18th Century), Newtown, North Stelton, Possumtown, Randolphville, Raritan Landing and Riverview Manor.[39] The original settlement of Piscatawaytown is located in present-day Edison.[40]

Camp Kilmer, constructed starting in 1941 on 1,500 acres (610 ha) of Piscataway and Edison, was activated in June 1942 by the United States Army as a staging area and part of an installation of the New York Port of Embarkation. Troops were quartered at Camp Kilmer in preparation for transport to the European Theater of Operations in World War II, ultimately becoming the largest processing center for troops heading overseas and returning from World War II, processing over 2.5 million soldiers. Following the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Camp Kilmer was reactivated and used to process 30,000 refugees who were resettled in the area and across the country. The camp was officially closed in 2009.[41]

Significant portions of Piscataway make up the Livingston[42] and Busch Campuses of Rutgers University.

The Arbor and New Brunswick Highland sections of Piscataway were African American neighborhoods in the past.

The New Market section historically comprised the Quaker village of Quibbletown. The early name of the village originated from the fact that settlers of different religious denominations quibbled about whether the Sabbath should be observed on Saturday or on Sunday in the village.[43]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
17902,261—
18102,475—
18202,6487.0%
18302,6640.6%
18402,8286.2%
18502,9755.2%
18603,1867.1%
18702,757*−13.5%
18802,425−12.0%
18902,226*−8.2%
19002,62818.1%
19103,52334.1%
19205,385*52.9%
19305,865*8.9%
19407,24323.5%
195010,18040.5%
196019,89095.4%
197036,41883.1%
198042,22315.9%
199047,08911.5%
200050,4827.2%
201056,04411.0%
202060,8048.5%
2023 (est.)60,944[9][11]0.2%
Population sources: 1790–1920[44]
1840[45] 1850–1870[46] 1850[47]
1870[48] 1880–1890[49]
1890–1910[50] 1910–1930[51]
1940–2000[52] 2000[53][54]
2010[19][20] 2020[9][10]
* = Lost territory in previous decade.[26]

2010 census

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The 2010 United States census counted 56,044 people, 17,050 households, and 12,958 families in the township. The population density was 2,975.5 per square mile (1,148.8/km2). There were 17,777 housing units at an average density of 943.8 per square mile (364.4/km2). The racial makeup was 38.46% (21,554) White, 20.69% (11,596) Black or African American, 0.31% (173) Native American, 33.45% (18,744) Asian, 0.02% (13) Pacific Islander, 3.59% (2,011) from other races, and 3.48% (1,953) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.22% (6,289) of the population.[19]

Of the 17,050 households, 35.0% had children under the age of 18; 59.9% were married couples living together; 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.0% were non-families. Of all households, 18.6% were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.33.[19]

20.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 17.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 99.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.8 males.[19]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $88,428 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,958) and the median family income was $95,483 (+/− $3,327). Males had a median income of $57,308 (+/− $4,335) versus $48,606 (+/− $1,863) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $31,254 (+/− $1,335). About 2.5% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.[55]

2000 census

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As of the 2000 United States census[56] there were 50,482 people, 16,500 households, and 12,325 families residing in the township. The population density was 2,688.6 inhabitants per square mile (1,038.1/km2). There were 16,946 housing units at an average density of 902.5 per square mile (348.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 48.81% White, 20.31% African American, 0.21% Native American, 24.80% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.08% from other races, and 2.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.93% of the population.[53][54]

As of the 2000 Census, 12.49% of Piscataway's residents identified themselves as being of Indian American ancestry, which was the fourth highest of any municipality in the United States and the third highest in New Jersey—behind Edison (17.75%) and Plainsboro Township (16.97%)—of all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[57]

There were 16,500 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.29.[53][54]

In the township, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 14.1% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.[53][54]

The median income for a household in the township was $68,721, and the median income for a family was $75,218. Males had a median income of $47,188 versus $36,271 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,321. About 2.7% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.[53][54]

Economy

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Corporate residents of Piscataway include:

The world headquarters of Telcordia Technologies had been located in Piscataway, until a June 2011 deal in which Ericsson acquired the company in a deal valued at $1.15 billion.[58][63]

Sports

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SHI Stadium was originally constructed in 1994 with 41,500 seats as the home of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team and was expanded to a capacity of 52,454 in 2009 after a $100-million expansion.[64]

Louis Brown Athletic Center is the home of the Rutgers University men's and women's basketball teams. The venue was originally named the Rutgers Athletic Center, still called the RAC by many, and can accommodate 9,000 attendees.[65] The athletic center was the home of the professional New Jersey Nets for the four seasons from 1977–1981 after moving from New York and before the Meadowlands Arena was completed.[66]

Yurcak Field is a multi-purpose soccer and lacrosse stadium, built in 1994, and holds 5,000 people. The stadium is officially named "The Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium at Yurcak Field" in honor of Ronald N. Yurcak, a 1965 All-American Rutgers lacrosse player. Rutgers University host their home games at this stadium.[67]

Government

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Local government

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Piscataway Township Municipal Building

In November 1966, Piscataway voters, under the Faulkner Act, approved a Charter Study and elected a Charter Study Commission to recommend the form of government best suited to the township's needs. The Commission recommended Mayor-Council Plan F. Voters approved the plan in a referendum in November 1967 and the new form of government was inaugurated on January 1, 1969.[68] The township is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form.[69] Under Plan F the Mayor is the administrator and the Council is the legislative body. A full-time business administrator, appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, and responsible to the Mayor, supervises the day-by-day operation of municipal government. The Township Council has seven members, one representing each of four wards, and three at-large members. The Mayor and Council members serve four-year terms on a staggered basis, with either the three at-large seats (and the mayoral seat) or the four ward seats up for vote in even years as part of the November general election.[7][70][71]

As of 2024, the mayor of Piscataway is Democrat Brian C. Wahler, whose term of office ends December 31, 2024. Members of the Township Council are Council President Gabrielle Cahill (D, 2024; At Large), Council Vice President Dennis Espinosa (D, 2026; Ward 2), Sharon Carmichael (D, 2026; Ward 3), Michele Lombardi (D, 2026; Ward 4), Linwood D. Rouse (D, 2024; At Large – elected to serve an unexpired term), Kapil K. Shah (D, 2024; At Large) and Frank Uhrin (D, 2026; Ward 1).[3][72][73][74][75][76]

In May 2021, the Township Council appointed Linwood D. Rouse to fill the at-large seat expiring in December 2024 that had been held by Chanelle Scott McCullum until she stepped down to take a seat on the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners following the death of Commissioner Kenneth Armwood. Rouse served on an interim basis until the November 2021 election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[77]

Camille Fernicola was appointed to fill the at-large seat expiring in December 2016 that had been held by Michael Griffith until his death in November 2014.[78] In the November 2015 general election, Fernicola was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[79]

Chanelle McCullum was appointed in April 2013 to fill the vacant at-large seat of Kenneth Armwood, who had been the township council president until he was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[80] McCullum was elected in November 2013 to serve the balance of the unexpired term through its expiration in December 2016.[81]

Federal, state and county representation

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Piscataway is located in the 6th Congressional District[82] and is part of New Jersey's 17th state legislative district.[83][84][85]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 6th congressional district is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch).[86][87] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[88] and George Helmy (Mountain Lakes, term ends 2024).[89][90]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 17th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Bob Smith (D, Piscataway) and in the General Assembly by Joseph Danielsen (D, Franklin Township) and Kevin Egan (D, New Brunswick).[91]

Middlesex County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners, whose seven members are elected at-large on a partisan basis to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in January, the board selects from among its members a commissioner director and deputy director.[92] As of 2024, Middlesex County's Commissioners (with party affiliation, term-end year, and residence listed in parentheses) are:

Director Ronald G. Rios (D, Carteret, 2024),[93] Deputy Director Shanti Narra (D, North Brunswick, 2024),[94] Claribel A. "Clary" Azcona-Barber (D, New Brunswick, 2025),[95] Charles Kenny (D, Woodbridge Township, 2025),[96] Leslie Koppel (D, Monroe Township, 2026),[97] Chanelle Scott McCullum (D, Piscataway, 2024)[98] and Charles E. Tomaro (D, Edison, 2026).[99][100]

Constitutional officers are: Clerk Nancy Pinkin (D, 2025, East Brunswick),[101][102] Sheriff Mildred S. Scott (D, 2025, Piscataway)[103][104] and Surrogate Claribel Cortes (D, 2026; North Brunswick).[105][106][107]

Politics

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 31,266 registered voters in Piscataway Township, of which 11,355 (36.3%) were registered as Democrats, 3,034 (9.7%) were registered as Republicans and 16,859 (53.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 18 voters registered to other parties.[108]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 74.4% of the vote (15,659 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 24.4% (5,125 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (262 votes), among the 21,227 ballots cast by the township's 33,597 registered voters (181 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 63.2%.[109][110] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 71.0% of the vote (15,978 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 27.2% (6,111 votes) and other candidates with 1.0% (215 votes), among the 22,491 ballots cast by the township's 32,398 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.4%.[111] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 64.2% of the vote (12,627 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 34.3% (6,749 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (218 votes), among the 19,670 ballots cast by the township's 27,842 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 70.6.[112]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 50.6% of the vote (5,388 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 48.2% (5,129 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (122 votes), among the 10,823 ballots cast by the township's 34,170 registered voters (184 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 31.7%.[113][114] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 54.9% of the vote (6,773 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 37.6% (4,637 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.0% (738 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (111 votes), among the 12,334 ballots cast by the township's 31,079 registered voters, yielding a 39.7% turnout.[115]

Emergency services

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Fire and EMS

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Piscataway is divided into four fire districts which are served by a total of two volunteer rescue squads and six volunteer fire companies, one of which combines both fire and EMS services. The fire districts are the zones in which fire departments operate, and although the volunteer EMS squads follow the basic regions of the districts, only North Stelton Fire Rescue EMS is a part of a fire district.[116] On weekdays and weekends from 6 am until 6 pm, Hackensack Meridian Health EMS staffs an ambulance in Piscataway. When the volunteer rescue squads are not in service, either Hackensack Meridian Health, Rutgers University Emergency Services or Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital may be asked to send an ambulance.[117]

District 1
  • Arbor Rescue Squad (EMS), 1790 W. 7th Street (partial coverage)
  • River Road Rescue Squad (EMS), 101 Shirley Parkway (partial coverage)
  • New Market Fire Company, 801 South Washington Avenue[118]
  • North Stelton Fire Rescue (EMS), 70 Haines Avenue (partial coverage)
District 2
  • River Road Rescue Squad (EMS), 101 Shirley Parkway
  • River Road Fire Company, 102 Netherwood Avenue[119]
  • Holmes Marshall Fire Company, 5300 Deborah Drive[120]
  • Possumtown Fire Company, 85 Stratton Street South[121]
District 3
  • Arbor Rescue Squad (EMS), 1790 W. 7th Street
  • Arbor Hose Company, 1780 West Seventh Street
District 4
  • North Stelton Volunteer Fire Company, 70 Haines Avenue[122]
Fire Prevention
  • Fire Marshall's Office, 555 Sidney Road[123]

Police

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The primary law enforcement agency in the township is the Piscataway Police Department.[124] Rutgers University Police Department operates on its campuses within Piscataway.[125] The New Jersey State Police patrols the section of Interstate 287 that bisects the township.

Education

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The Piscataway Township Schools serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades.[126] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 10 schools, had an enrollment of 7,161 students and 530.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1.[127] In addition to its high school, there are four schools for K–3, two intermediate schools serving grades 4–5 and three middle schools for students in grades 6–8.[128][129] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[130]) are Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School[131] (506 students; in grades K–3), Grandview Elementary School[132] (789; Pre-K–3), Knollwood Elementary School[133] (505; K–3), Randolphville Elementary School[134] (469; K–3), Arbor Intermediate School[135] (585; 4–5), Martin Luther King Intermediate School[136] (4–5), Conackamack Middle School[137] (472; 6–8), Quibbletown Middle School[138] (485; 6–8), Theodore Schor Middle School[139] (576; 6–8) and Piscataway High School[140] (2,267; 9–12).[141][142]

Middlesex County schools

Eighth grade students from all of Middlesex County are eligible to apply to attend the high school programs offered by the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools, a county-wide vocational school district that offers full-time career and technical education at Middlesex County Academy in Edison, the Academy for Allied Health and Biomedical Sciences in Woodbridge Township and at its East Brunswick, Perth Amboy and Piscataway technical high schools, with no tuition charged to students for attendance.[143][144]

Other Middlesex County schools in Piscataway include:

  • Nuview Academy Piscataway Campus, 1 Park Avenue – Programs for students with symptoms of; Depression, ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Thought Disorder, or Anxiety Disorder.[145]
  • Bright Beginnings Learning Center, 1660 Stelton Road – Programs for students with Autism.[146]
  • Piscataway Regional Day School, 1670 Stelton Road – Programs for students with Autism.[147]
  • Raritan Valley Academy, 1690 Stelton Road – Programs for students with behavioral disabilities, learning and/or language disabilities.[148]
Private schools
Colleges and continuing education

Transportation

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Roads and highways

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Interstate 287 northbound in Piscataway
Reconstructed River Road (CR 622) Bridge over Interstate 287, exit 9, completed in 2024

As of May 2010, the township had a total of 206.70 miles (332.65 km) of roadways, of which 181.68 miles (292.39 km) were maintained by the municipality, 18.94 miles (30.48 km) by Middlesex County and 6.08 miles (9.78 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[155]

Piscataway is served by a number of roads and highways.[156] Interstate 287 traverses the township and includes exits 6, 7, 8 and 9.[157] Reconstruction of the River Road (CR 622) Bridge at exit 9 was completed in 2024.[158] County roads include CR 501 (along the border with South Plainfield)[159] and CR 529.[160] Route 18 runs along Hoes Lane to Interstate 287, which passes through the center of the township for about 4 miles (6.4 km).[161]

Other limited access roads that are accessible include the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) in East Brunswick (Exit 9) and neighboring Edison (Exit 10).

Public transportation

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NJ Transit provides bus service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 114 route, to Newark on the 65 and 66 routes and local service on the 819 route. Train service is not available in Piscataway, but service is available on the Raritan Valley Line at the Dunellen station and on the Northeast Corridor at the Edison station.[162][163]

Taiwanese airline EVA Air provides a private bus service to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City for customers based in New Jersey. This service stops in Piscataway.[164]

Points of interest

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Notable people

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See also: Category:People from Piscataway, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Piscataway include:

References

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  177. ^ Davis, Ken. "Signing Period Ends, Recruiting Continues", Hartford Courant, November 17, 1994. Accessed January 2, 2015. "Hartford landed its third recruit of the early signing period when 6-1 guard Justin Bailey of Piscataway, N.J., signed a letter of intent. Bailey, described as a versatile guard by his coach, Paul Schoeb, helped Piscataway High School to a 23-2 record and a Group Four championship last season."
  178. ^ Rutgers Oral History Archives: Blum, Samuel, Rutgers University, July 8, 1994. Accessed November 24, 2013. "My father and mother summered out here in what is Piscataway Township, a place called Ferrer Colony. It's five miles from here. They built a shack that they and I summered in, until I was ten.... He built a permanent winter home and we left the city. I enrolled in the Fellowship Farm School in Piscataway Township."
  179. ^ Inventor Profile: Samuel Blum Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, National Inventors Hall of Fame. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Born in New York, Blum spent most of his school years in Piscataway, New Jersey before attending Rutgers University."
  180. ^ Hutchinson, Dave. "Rutgers hoping Marvin Booker's move to defensive line helps team find some sacks", The Star-Ledger, August 29, 2011. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Booker, a 6-2, 240-pounder from Piscataway High School, is elated to be returning to the trenches."
  181. ^ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger, September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Ralph Bowen -- A tenor saxophonist and composer, Bowen lives in Piscataway and heads the jazz program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick. "
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  183. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M. "Big East Report", The New York Times, January 17, 1996. Accessed October 3, 2012. "One of the players who played well in Kittles's absence against West Virginia was the freshman John Celestand, a 6-3 guard from Piscataway N.J., who scored 14 points against the Mountaineers."
  184. ^ O'Donnell, Chuck. "Mark Ciardi: A life worthy of a Hollywood script", Courier News, July 22, 2016. Accessed August 15, 2016. "Mark Ciardi pitching for Piscataway High School. After graduating in 1979, he went on to pitch at the University of Maryland.... Ciardi, who turns 55 in August, grew up on Mitchell Avenue in Piscataway."
  185. ^ Sergeant, Keith. "Piscataway's Davis leaves Rutgers for 'lifelong dream' in NFL", Home News Tribune, December 22, 2009. Accessed January 26, 2011.
  186. ^ Conner, Desmond. "Spotlight On UConn Football Player: Dwayne Gratz", The Hartford Courant, June 28, 2011. Accessed November 24, 2013. "The 6 foot, 187-pound redshirt junior from Piscataway, N.J. — Rutgers' backyard — first turned heads in a 2009 win over Syracuse when he picked up a fumble and raced 34 yards for a touchdown."
  187. ^ J. D. Griggs Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Akron Zips football. Accessed November 24, 2013.
  188. ^ Cast Archived April 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Anyone But Me. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian) was born and raised in Piscataway, NJ and graduated Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University."
  189. ^ Malcolm Jenkins, Rivals.com. Accessed December 2, 2007.
  190. ^ Asjha Jones profile Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Women's National Basketball Association. Accessed September 6, 2007. "A Parade, USA Today and Street & Smith First Team All-American at Piscataway High School, averaging 22.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.5 blocks and 2.9 steals…Scored a school career-record 2,266 points and had 1,256 rebounds."
  191. ^ Lizura, Joe. Medieval Church Discovered Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Joe Lizura Official Website, September 6, 2012. Accessed November 24, 2013. "At least I personally have a good feeling for 'old' because my hometown of Piscataway, New Jersey was founded in 1666 – old? yes, but still not as old as the Church under the parking lot in England."
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  196. ^ Thomas, Kyle S. "Piscataway native making waves on NYC radio", Courier News, July 24, 2003. Accessed November 24, 2013. "PISCATAWAY - The day Raqiyah Mays found out the meaning of her name, she looked at her mother and told her she was going to make it big some day."
  197. ^ Sullivan, John. "At Rutgers, Weathering An Ordeal", The New York Times, November 30, 2003. Accessed January 26, 2011. "From his early boyhood home in New Brunswick, Richard Levis McCormick would have glimpsed Old Queens above the river. Even after his family moved to the more rural town of Piscataway, the building would have been a familiar site as he visited the campus where his parents taught."
  198. ^ "Richard P. McCormick: 89, father of the Rutgers president", History News Network, January 18, 2006. Accessed September 4, 2019. "After living most of his adult life in Piscataway, Dr. McCormick moved with his wife Katheryne to Bridgewater in Somerset County in 2003."
  199. ^ Coaches, Kansas City Chiefs. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Matt Nagy - Quarterbacks; born April 24, 1978, Piscataway Township, N.J."
  200. ^ Velasquez, Josefa. "Meet Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, the DIY Duo Behind the Amazon Labor Union’s Guerrilla Bid to Make History", The City, March 24, 2022. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Growing up in Piscataway, N.J., where several local high school alums made their way into the NFL, Palmer gave football a run but realized it wasn’t for him."
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  203. ^ Neary, Lynn. "Funny Stories Behind Screenwriter's 'Shudder'", NPR, September 13, 2009. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Mr. Rudnick: Yes. I was raised in the suburb of Piscataway, where the Chamber of Commerce sponsored a promotional billboard picturing two cartoon Native Americans in feathers and striped war paint."
  204. ^ "Man Convicted of Rape-Murder in Carjacking at Shopping Mall", The New York Times, February 25, 1995. Accessed February 25, 2016. "A jury today found a Plainfield man guilty on all 13 counts in the rape and murder of a Piscataway woman, Gail Shollar, in a 1992 carjacking.... Fear swept across New Jersey following Mrs. Shollar's murder. Residents packed self-defense classes, task forces were set up statewide to study the carjacking dilemma, and the Legislature stiffened penalties for the crime."
  205. ^ Harbatkin, Erica. "Piscataway H.S. opens wing", Home News Tribune, October 21, 2007. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Bob Smith, D-Middlesex, a former mayor of Piscataway, stood in front of the group, pumped his fist in the air and yelled, "Go Chiefs! Go Superchiefs band!"
  206. ^ Haley, John. "Karl Towns of St. Joseph-Metuchen selected Gatorade State Player of the Year", The Star-Ledger, March 21, 2013. Accessed November 24, 2013. "Well, that's what people saw when Karl Towns, a sophomore at St. Joseph in Metuchen, found out he was chosen as the 2013 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year on Thursday morning. 'Someone said they saw it on twitter,' said Towns, a Piscataway resident, taking a break from lunch."
  207. ^ Cimini, Rich. "Wilson should fit right in with Jet set: Newest member of Gang Green has an attitude tailor-made for Rex Ryan's defense", ESPN, April 25, 2010. Accessed January 26, 2011. "This is confidence: As a kid growing up in Piscataway, N.J., Kyle Wilson taped a sheet of paper on the wall above his bed. On the paper he mapped out a four-point plan for his football journey: Pop Warner. High School. College. NFL."
  208. ^ Castillo, Jorge. "Eric Young Jr. returns to where his baseball career began in his Mets' home debut", The Star-Ledger, June 28, 2013. Accessed November 24, 2013. "A decade had lapsed since Eric Young Jr. was last at the home of the Mets before he arrived at Citi Field today for his Mets home debut. On June 4, 2003, Young, then an 18-year-old Piscataway High School graduate, was drafted by the Rockies in the 30th round."
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