History
Established.........................................1675
Land Area................................318 sq miles
Land Use
Residential.........................................80.6
Industrial.........................................21.26
Commercial........................................13.5
Population......................................777,600
Number of Municipalities...........................25
Within 30 miles of NYC
Access to major highways:
New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 287, U.S. Routes 1, 9, and 130, the Garden State Parkway, State Routes 18, 27, 34, 35, and 440.
Communications
Daily Newspapers:
- The Asbury Park Press
- The Home News Tribune
- The Star Ledger
- The Trenton Times
Radio Stations:
- WDVR 89.7 FM
- WHWH 1350 AM
- WKXQ 101.5 FM
- WNJO 94.5 FM
- WMGQ 98.3 FM
- WCTC 1450 AM
- WPRB 103.3 FM
- WPST 97.5 FM
Cable Television:
- Cable Television Network of New Jersey
- Cablevision of Raritan Valley
- Comcast Cablevision
Business
Office Sq Feet.............................192,831
Major Employers:
- Bristol-Meyers Squibb
- Merrill Lynch & Co.
- Telcordia Technology
- Prudential Insurance Company
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Johnson & Johnson
- J.F.K. Medical Center
- Silverline Building Products
- Raritan Bay Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- AT&T
- Pathmark
- Dow Jones & Co.
- Seimens AG
- United Parcels Service
- Amerada Hess Engelhard Corp.
- Aetna/ US Healthcare
- Figitsu
Banking and Financial:
- Chase
- Bank of America
- Wachovia
- Sovereign
- Commerce
- Columbia
- PNC
- Financial Resources Federal Credit Union
- Provident Bank
- Magyar Bank
- Independance Community Bank
- North Fork Bank
