Maplewood (New Jersey)

Maplewood  is a town in Essex County.

Understand
Maplewood is a bedroom community of Manhattan located in Essex County. Known for its thriving economy and beautiful small village, this is a place you'll definitely want to stop by if you have the opportunity. Maplewood Village, in the center of town, is listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places.

Get in
There are multiple ways to get to Maplewood.

By train
Maplewood Station is on Maplewood Ave, in Maplewood’s downtown business district. It is served by the Morris and Essex Line, with NJ Transit trains coming from New York City's Penn Station and Hoboken.



By car
The most common exit to Maplewood is exit 50B on Interstate 78. This can be reached from the Garden State Parkway and Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike).

Get around
There are two commercial districts in Maplewood:
 * "The Village" is to the immediate north of the railroad station with stores and restaurants along the Maplewood Avenue strip and some side streets.
 * Springfield Avenue, a thoroughfare that runs from Springfield, NJ to Newark and includes in the Maplewood section stores and restaurants.

Do

 * Memorial Park, A large park with multiple sports fields, playgrounds, ponds and rivers located just outside of the business district. Many people come to this park on nice days to enjoy the weather, have picnics, walk dogs, etc.  The park hosts many different events on days such as the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, etc.  Including Maplewoodstock, an annual two-day town event.  There is no fee to enter the park.

Buy
Maplewood Village has a no-franchise ordinance.

Maplewood is known for its many small boutiques, especially in Maplewood Village, along Maplewood Avenue. These stores are unique to the town and sell merchandise that usually cannot be purchased in malls. Sweatshirts, t-shirts, shorts etc., can be purchased at the train station, 145 Dunnell Rd. and at No. 165, a local shop in the Village.

Branching off from Maplewood Ave. are many quaint shops, such as:


 * Hopscotch, a great clothing store for gifts for children from infants to elementary schoolers. Stop by for some great stuff, plus some toys for children to play with while you're there!
 * Hopscotch, a great clothing store for gifts for children from infants to elementary schoolers. Stop by for some great stuff, plus some toys for children to play with while you're there!

Eat

 * Coda, 177 Maplewood Ave., offering a wide variety of excellent foods.
 * Coda, 177 Maplewood Ave., offering a wide variety of excellent foods.

Go next

 * New York City, a thirty-minute drive or train ride away
 * Short Hills, a five-minute drive, home of the Short Hills Mall
 * Newark, a twenty-minute drive or train ride, is home to many different restaurants, especially in the Ironbound section, which are well known in the area
 * Sandy Hook, a thirty-minute drive or train ride, is the closest “Jersey Shore” beach to Maplewood