Carteret, NJ Homes for Sale

Carteret has no NJ Transit rail station. The borough's ferry plans name two nearby rail stations: Rahway station in the City of Rahway (Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line) and Woodbridge station in Woodbridge Township (North Jersey Coast Line). Both lines run to New York Penn Station. NJ Transit bus routes 116 (to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan) and 48 (Elizabeth to Perth Amboy, via Roosevelt Avenue in Carteret) serve the borough. The New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) is the only major road through Carteret, and Interchange 12 is inside the borough. The Carteret Intermodal Ferry Terminal is under construction beside Waterfront Park and Veteran's Pier. It will have four ferry slips, and the borough says it is expected to open by early 2028 or sooner, with two to three stops planned in Manhattan. NJ Transit received a $9.6 million federal grant to build an electric ferry boat for the service.

Carteret Waterfront Park and Veteran's Pier, which has the borough's Pier Pavilion; Carteret Waterfront Marina, also called the Carteret Municipal Marina (185 slips; seasonal boat and jet-ski slips leased by the borough); Carteret Intermodal Ferry Terminal (under construction next to Waterfront Park and Veteran's Pier); Joseph Medwick Park (parkland along the Rahway River, named for baseball player Joe Medwick); Carteret Park; Civic Center Park (hosts the borough's Latin Fest); Mayor James A. Failace Memorial Park; John Street Soccer Park; Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center (CPAC), 46 Washington Avenue, opened December 2021; Carteret Public Library (100 Cooke Avenue) and the Carteret Memorial Municipal Building; RWJ Rahway Fitness & Wellness Center at Carteret, 60 Cooke Avenue (the borough calls it the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center at Carteret Landing).

Carteret Public Schools (the Carteret School District) serves pre-K through grade 12 in six schools. Columbus School, Nathan Hale School and Private Nicholas Minue School take pre-K to grade 4. Carteret Middle School takes grades 5-6, Carteret Junior High School grades 7-8, and Carteret High School grades 9-12. Saint Joseph School is a Catholic pre-K to grade 8 school overseen by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret, a private rabbinical college, opened in 2006. Eighth graders from anywhere in Middlesex County can apply to the Middlesex County Magnet Schools, which charge no tuition.

Carteret was formed from parts of Woodbridge Township on April 11, 1906 as the borough of Roosevelt, and it took the name Carteret on November 7, 1922. The name honors Sir George Carteret, one of the first proprietors of the Province of New Jersey, and Philip Carteret, the colony's first governor (1665-1673). The Chrome neighborhood is named for the many steel plants in the area, including the Chrome Steel company.