Linden, NJ Homes for Sale

Linden station is on South Wood Avenue, about half a mile west of Routes 1 & 9. NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line both stop there, and NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor timetable shows Linden trains running through Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction to Penn Station New York. NJ Transit lists the station as accessible, with three parking lots. NJ Transit local buses 56, 57 and 94 connect at the station, and NJ Transit lists routes 112 and 115 (at Elizabeth and Linden) to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. The main roads are the NJ Turnpike (I-95), which crosses the eastern part of the city with Exit 13 at the Elizabeth border, the western end of I-278, US Route 1&9 and Route 27. The Garden State Parkway runs about 500 feet west of the city line. Linden Airport (LDJ) is a city-owned general aviation reliever airport next to US Route 1&9.

John Russell Wheeler Park (Union County park bordering Routes 1 & 9; developed in 1925 to a design by the Olmsted Brothers; spray park, skate park, playground, three athletic fields, walking paths); Hawk Rise Sanctuary (95-acre city-owned preserve on the Rahway River, opened in 2012 on a former landfill; about 1.5 miles of trails and a boardwalk; NJ Audubon programs; entrance at the end of Range Road); Linden Airport (city-owned general aviation reliever airport next to US Route 1&9, FAA code LDJ); Uptown Linden Special Improvement District (Uptown Linden, Inc., the downtown business district; office at 403 North Wood Avenue); Linden Free Public Library, 31 East Henry Street; Memorial Park (between Wood Avenue and Lower Road; lighted ball fields and tennis courts, ice skating, field house); Woodrow Wilson Memorial Park (Academy Street between Orchard and Summit; tennis courts, ice skating, fishing); Wanda Anita Green Memorial Park (Grier Avenue and Mack Place; United Airlines Flight 93 memorial); Tremley Park (Main Street at Wood Avenue); General Casimir Pulaski Park (playground), 301 West Munsell Avenue.

Linden Public Schools serves pre-K through grade 12 in 11 schools. It has eight elementary schools for pre-K to grade 5 (School Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10), two middle schools for grades 6-8 (Myles J. McManus and Joseph E. Soehl) and Linden High School for grades 9-12. Sinai Christian Academy is a private Christian school at 2301 Grier Avenue; its website lists pre-K through grade 12.

Linden was formed as a township on March 4, 1861, from parts of Elizabeth, Rahway and Union Township, and became a city on January 1, 1925. During World War II, General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division built FM-1 and FM-2 Wildcat fighters for the U.S. Navy at its Linden Assembly plant. Linden Airport was built next door in 1942 so the aircraft could be test-flown and delivered.