Bergen County towns / Central Bergen
Elmwood Park
Straightforward postwar housing along the Passaic River with quick access to Routes 4, 17 and 80.
Getting to Manhattan
Bus; Broadway station nearby. Budget roughly 50 minutes door to Midtown at peak — confirm against the current timetable, and test the trip yourself before you commit to a town on the strength of its commute.
The market here
Elmwood Park sits in Central Bergen, with roughly 7,900 households and a median around $500k. That places it among the more attainable parts of the county. What a number like that hides is the spread — in a borough this size, the street matters more than the median.
A fuller guide is coming
I am writing these one town at a time. If Elmwood Park is on your list now, call me and I will give you the long version over the phone — schools, taxes, which blocks I would and would not buy on.