Carlstadt, NJ

Carlstadt is a Bergen County borough in the Meadowlands, bordered by places like East Rutherford, Wood-Ridge, Secaucus, and North Bergen. It has the practical feel of an industrial and residential borough squeezed into a very busy part of North Jersey, close to MetLife Stadium, warehouses, rail lines, and New York City approaches. Public school students attend Carlstadt schools through eighth grade before moving into regional high school arrangements. Carlstadt feels compact, hardworking, and deeply shaped by its Meadowlands location.