Piscataway

Piscataway is a large suburban town in Middlesex County. Piscataway is a large and diverse suburb of New York City at the heart of the Raritan Valley region. The town is known for Rutgers University, as a huge portion of its campus is in Piscataway (the rest being in New Brunswick). The township also has rich colonial history.

Understand
In 1666, a group of European settlers coming from New Hampshire acquired 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of land that had been occupied by the native Lenape. After the creation of East Jersey, the first proprietary Governor of the Province of East Jersey, Philip Carteret, granted these settlers from New England a 100-square-mile allotment of land that was later founded as the townships of Piscataway and Woodbridge.

It had a population of about 57,000 in 2019.

By train
While there is no designated station for Piscataway, a number of train stations are nearby in adjacent towns. The NJ Transit Northeast Corridor service provides service at Edison and New Brunswick stations to New York City. New Brunswick station, which is on the corner of Easton Ave. & Wall St. in the heart of downtown New Brunswick, is also served by the intercity Amtrak Northeast Regional and Keystone Service trains. The NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line provides service at Dunellen and Bound Brook stations to Newark/New York City. All these train stations are within 2 miles driving distance of Piscataway.

By car
Piscataway is served by two major highways:
 * Interstate 287 runs through the 'heart' of Piscataway. It provides access to Edison and Staten Island in New York City to the southeast and Morristown and the Hudson Valley in upstate New York to the northwest.
 * State Route 18 start/ends in Piscataway. A vital route for Central Jersey, It is the main route to the Jersey Shore.

County routes 501 and 529 also traverse the municipality.

By bus
NJ Transit provides bus service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 114 route, and to Newark on the 65 and 66 routes.

By plane
Piscataway is served by several nearby international and domestic airports. Those include:


 * Newark Liberty International Airport.
 * Trenton–Mercer Airport ().
 * John F. Kennedy International Airport.
 * LaGuardia Airport.
 * Philadelphia International Airport.

Go next

 * New Brunswick
 * Newark
 * New York City