Explore Homes & Life in Harrington Park, NJ
Harrington Park is a two-square-mile Northern Valley borough with one top-ranked PreK–8 school, the Oradell Reservoir along its western edge, and homes that rarely stay on the market long.
Harrington Park is the kind of town people don’t leave. Two square miles, fewer than 5,000 neighbors, one school that every kid in town goes through, and the Oradell Reservoir along the western edge. That’s the whole picture — and it’s exactly why homes here get snapped up and hold their value.
I’m Lana Henriques, Realtor®, recognized in the top 1.5% of agents nationwide by RealTrends Verified (2026). I sell in Harrington Park and the boroughs around it, so here’s the full picture: this is not a town with a downtown or a night scene. What it has is quiet, safety, an excellent school, and neighbors who have been here twenty years and plan to stay. If that’s what you want, you’ll know within one drive through town.
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Three things, mostly: the school, the reservoir, and how little turns over.
The Oradell Reservoir wraps the western side of the borough, which is why close to ten percent of the town’s area is water and why the streets backing up to it feel more like woods than suburbs. The civic center of town is deliberately small — Borough Hall on Harriot Avenue, the public library, Hoelscher Field, and the school all sit within a few minutes of each other.
Everything else — the supermarket run, the restaurant you actually like, the big-box errand — happens in Closter, Norwood, or Westwood, all about ten minutes out.
One district, one school. Harrington Park School on Harriot Avenue covers PreK through eighth grade with roughly 627 students, and the district ranks 51st out of 609 New Jersey districts — better than about 92% of the state (SchoolDigger). The school itself lands 176th of 1,347 New Jersey elementary schools.
The test results back that up. In 2024–25, 65.5% of third graders were proficient or better in English language arts against a state average of 44.9%, and 89.2% reached proficiency in math against a state average of 49.8% (SchoolDigger). The student–teacher ratio runs around 11 to 1, which is why parents here talk about teachers by name.
For high school, students head to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, shared with Northvale, Norwood, Old Tappan and Rockleigh. One thing buyers mix up: the Northern Valley Regional district runs two separate high schools, and Harrington Park feeds the Old Tappan campus, not the one in Demarest. Niche ranks NV/Old Tappan #27 of 428 public high schools in New Jersey and ranks the district itself #1 of 243 in the state, while SchoolDigger puts the school 38th of 434 and calls it the district’s biggest riser this year, up 16 spots statewide.
A bit of local trivia parents enjoy: Senator Cory Booker grew up in Harrington Park and went through NV/Old Tappan.
If you want to know about a specific grade-level program or which streets walk to school, ask me — that never shows up on a rankings site.
Harrington Park is approximately 20 miles from New York City. Most residents drive, and bus service runs to the Port Authority.
Harrington Park filled in fast in the 1950s and ’60s — the population nearly doubled in that single decade — so much of what you’ll tour are split-levels, ranches, and expanded capes from that era, most of them renovated once or twice since. Mixed in are center hall colonials, some larger custom builds on the reservoir side, and the occasional teardown that comes back as new construction.
Lots are generous and mostly level, the streets are quiet, and a good number of homes are an easy walk to the school. There is rarely much on the market at once — that’s what a two-square-mile town with a 92% ownership rate looks like — so when the right house appears, being ready matters more than being patient.
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Weekends have a rhythm. Recreation soccer, baseball, and softball run through the seasons and pull most of the town out to the fields. From August into October there’s a farmers market at Hoelscher Field on Sundays from 10 to 2, put on by the local business alliance. There’s a community garden you can apply for a plot in. The public library is part of the BCCLS network, so one card works across Bergen County.
Past that, you’re about ten minutes from Closter Plaza, twenty from the Westwood restaurant strip. The Palisades and the county parks are close enough for an ordinary Saturday.
It’s a quiet town, and people pick it for exactly that reason.
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Rather than tell you I do good work, here are two reviews from my Google Business Profile — one from a Harrington Park seller, one from a Harrington Park buyer.
“Lana is the best realtor! She represented us on the sale of our home and we are thrilled by the results. Before listing the house, Lana generated leads through her network and social media presence. She found a buyer in days and the home sold above the asking price… She gave us great advice on preparing our home for sale. She contacted the surveyor and corrected an error. She called the municipality to get answers for us and the buyer. We have bought and sold multiple homes in the past and this was by far the best experience with a realtor.”
— Jung C., Harrington Park seller, May 2025
“Lana is amazing! This is at least the fifth time I am using Lana for my real estate needs. She listens, she is very attentive and most importantly she knows what she is doing. Very knowledgeable. Communication A+++. A pleasure to work with.”
— Ulrike B., repeat Harrington Park client, November 2024
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The town median was $776,900 in 2024, up 9.6% in a single year. But a median tells you about a town, not about your house. Your street, your lot, your kitchen, and what actually closed nearby in the last ninety days matter far more than any number on a portal.
Send me your address and I’ll put together a real valuation with the comparable sales behind it — and I’ll tell you whether now is your moment or whether waiting makes more sense.
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Harrington Park is one of the Northern Valley boroughs I cover. If you’re still comparing towns, start with my complete Bergen County guide, or go straight to a neighbor:
If you want quiet streets, a top-ranked small school, and a short drive to Manhattan, yes. Niche currently ranks Harrington Park the #1 suburb to live in New Jersey out of 414, and #2 of 637 places to live statewide. If you want walkable nightlife or a busy downtown, look at Closter or Westwood instead.
The median home value was $776,900 in 2024, up 9.6% from $709,200 the year prior (Data USA). Actual asking prices land well above and below that depending on street, size, and condition.
Harrington Park School District, which is a single PreK–8 school. Students then attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.
Harrington Park is approximately 20 miles from New York City. Most residents drive, and bus service runs to the Port Authority.
Lana Henriques, Realtor®, is recognized in the top 1.5% of agents nationwide by RealTrends Verified (2026) and has more than 14 years of experience representing sellers and buyers in Harrington Park and the neighboring towns. She is rated 5 stars on Google. In 2025, she found her Harrington Park sellers a buyer within days and sold their home above asking. She brings a background in renovation, new construction, interior decorating and home staging to how each home is prepared, priced and marketed.
Closter, Emerson, Norwood, Old Tappan and River Vale.
Not really — it’s almost entirely residential. Closter, Norwood, and Westwood cover shopping and dining, all within about ten minutes.
Whether you’re early in your search or getting ready to sell, I’m glad to tell you what I’m seeing on the ground here — no pressure, no pitch.
Lana Henriques | REALTOR®
Harrington Park, Norwood, Closter, Demarest, Old Tappan, Northvale, River Vale & Bergen County, NJ
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4,954 people live in Harrington Park, where the median age is 46.9 and the average individual income is $83,739. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Harrington Park has 1,768 households, with an average household size of 2.8. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Harrington Park do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 4,954 people call Harrington Park home. The population density is 2,684 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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