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Belleville, NJ
Roofing in Belleville, NJ: Third River Streets and Older Roofs
Several Belleville neighborhoods flood from the Third River, according to the township itself, so it pays to separate roof water from ground water early. For a stain, a spilling gutter or wind damage, start with storm damage or roof repair, then call __PHONE_DISPLAY__ and tell the roofer which part of the roof is involved.
About the homes
The middle Belleville home was built in 1951, with a margin of 3 years, among 15,104 homes in the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimate for the township. Detached houses are 6,375 of them, 42.2 percent; two-unit buildings number 3,040 and buildings with three or four units 1,198. Of 14,356 occupied homes, 6,326 are rented, or 44.1 percent. Detached houses and two-family buildings mix on the same streets, so a single block can hold one-household roofs and two-household roofs.
Around town
Across the river from Ridge Road
The township hall is at 152 Washington Avenue. Belleville borders Bloomfield, Newark, Nutley, Lyndhurst, North Arlington and Kearny, and the Route 7 bridge over the Passaic River connects it with North Arlington.
What neighbors ask
What is the Third River flooding in Belleville?
A township notice from 6 December 2021 says neighborhoods around Fairway Avenue, Suzanne Court, Carolyn Road, Dorothea Terrace and the Bridgebrook condominiums routinely flood from the Third River, and that the mayor asked state officials for help.
What did Belleville tell residents after Ida?
The township's 8 September 2021 update told residents to contact their insurance company and called photos and videos extremely helpful, while the Department of Public Works was removing damaged property. Dated photos of roof and ceiling damage serve the same purpose.
Who can call about a Belleville roof?
Anyone who owns or manages a building here can call __PHONE_DISPLAY__; the address, the roof's age and a short description of what shows from the ground are enough to start. Before any roofer, a renter talks to the landlord or property manager. For danger of any kind, 911 comes ahead of everything.
What goes wrong here
Where Belleville roofs and rain collide
Streets near the Third River.
Fairway Avenue, Suzanne Court, Carolyn Road, Dorothea Terrace and the Bridgebrook condominiums routinely flood from the Third River, according to a township notice from December 2021. A downspout that ends near a foundation on those streets adds to the problem; see gutters and downspouts.
After-storm records.
The township's September 2021 Ida update told residents to contact their insurers and called photographs and videos extremely helpful. That is the same record a roofer and an insurer both ask for; see storm damage.
Mixed blocks.
Detached houses are 42 percent of Belleville's homes and buildings with two, three or four units about 28 percent, so a roofer arriving on a block may see both kinds.
Where the facts come from (8)
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035 (median year built), Belleville township
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003 (tenure), Belleville township
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024 (units in structure), Belleville township
- Township of Belleville, official website (152 Washington Ave)
- Township of Belleville, Mayor Melham enlists state officials to mitigate Third River flooding (6 Dec 2021)
- Township of Belleville, Hurricane Ida update (8 Sep 2021)
- Wikipedia, Belleville, New Jersey (neighboring municipalities)
- Wikipedia, North Arlington, New Jersey (neighboring municipalities, Route 7 bridge)
Checked 1 Nov 2026