township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Montclair is a moderately built-up, leafy town of 39,000 people (2019) in Essex County, northern New Jersey. The neighborhood of Upper Montclair is full of mansions that can be seen while driving by.
Montclair is about 15 miles (25 km) from New York City, and has a mix of low-rise apartment buildings and private houses. Within the city is the locally prominent Montclair State University, but Montclair is too large and diverse to be thought of as just a college town.
New Jersey Transit serves Montclair with the Montclair-Boonton rail line that connects Montclair State University directly to Penn Station in New York City, with several stops in Montclair.
Like many other communities in North Jersey, Montclair is well served by buses that travel to and from Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Points north and south can be reached via the Garden State Parkway, which is a bit east of the city. Montclair is easily accessed from points west and from Manhattan and other points east via Route 3, which is a bit north of city limits and feeds directly into the Lincoln Tunnel.
Most residents of Montclair own a car. Parking can be tricky in some areas of downtown, however.
Central Montclair is a pleasant place to walk.
There are also some art galleries downtown, and you can see a beautiful distant view of the Manhattan skyline from a high point within Montclair city limits.
There are various cafes downtown.
If you didn't go to Montclair from New York City, that is the obvious place to go next.
| Routes through Montclair |
| Dover ← Wayne ← | W  E |
→ Newark → New York City |