Port Reading
Port Reading is a village in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Port Reading is situated nearby to the town Carteret, as well as near the hamlet Chrome.Places of Interest
Highlights include Island of Meadows and East Jersey State Prison.
Island of Meadows
Island
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The Isle of Meadows is a 87-acre uninhabited island in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. It is located along the western side of Staten Island, where Fresh Kills empties into the Arthur Kill. Island of Meadows is situated 2 miles east of Port Reading.
East Jersey State Prison
Prison
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East Jersey State Prison is a maximum security prison operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections in Avenel, Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. It was established in 1896 as Rahway State Prison, and was the first reformatory in New Jersey, officially opening in 1901. East Jersey State Prison is situated 2 miles northwest of Port Reading.
Carteret High School
School
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Carteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, as the lone secondary school of the Carteret School District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carteret and Port Reading.
Carteret
Town
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Carteret is a borough in northeastern Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population reached 25,326, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,482 from the 2010 census count of 22,844, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,135 from the 20,709 counted in the 2000 census.
Port Reading
Suburb
Port Reading is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,921.
Chrome
Hamlet
Chrome is an unincorporated community located within Carteret in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area first received the name in the mid-1900s decade due to the many steel plants in the neighborhood, including the Chrome Steel company.
Port Reading
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Woodbridge, Middlesex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.57044° or 40° 34′ 14″ northLongitude
-74.24333° or 74° 14′ 36″ westOpen location code
87G7HQC4+5MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9879366685OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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