Harrison

Harrison, New Jersey, is located across the Passaic River from Newark.  It’s 1.3 square mile area includes 19,450 people and 7,888 households as of the 2020 U. S. Census.  

Harrison is a major distribution hub. It has access to the largest ports and railway terminal facilities and direct short haul trucking over super-highways to the ports of Newark and New York.  The town is within 15 minutes of Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the busiest air terminals in the world, and 17 minutes to Manhattan via the PATH trains.

The Harrison Public Schools serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

The Harrison Waterfront Redevelopment Plan within a 275-acre area that covers 35% of the town seeks to unite developers’ proposals with a design theme that includes motifs from Harrison’s industrial, cultural, and environmental history as a means of fostering a new identity for Harrison that provides a variety of mixed-use, transit-oriented, pedestrian-scale development that will make Harrison a regional destination.

The Red Bull Arena is part of the redevelopment plan.  It is a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of approximately 25,000, with a natural grass field, featuring a full wavy translucent European-style roof that covers all of the seats in the stadium but not the pitch.  The stadium sits alongside the Passaic River with a view of the Newark skyline, and is accessible via public transportation at the PATH train stop in Harrison.

Photo:  Red Bull Arena, September 14, 2011, Author Groupe Canam.