About The Green Brook Voice
This Website was developed by and for Green Brook Township residents in order to ensure that our neighborhood is kept
informed. Our goal is to foster a safer, more trusting environment that better equips us to deal with issues that affect
our community and our lives.
It was started in response to the Off-Track Wagering issue that became a hot topic among residents in February 2008, and which
incited a petition in opposition to it. However, OUR GOAL is to create a site where town residents can go to learn about
what's going on in the community and what they can to do get involved.
Communication is the key!
As this is a "work in progress," any suggestions for improving the site will be greatly appreciated. If you want to see it on
here, we will try to implement it. Volunteers who would like to help with the development of the site, please contact
Grace Diaz. Her phone number can be found on the Neighborhood Directory. However, only registered
township residents can access the directory.
About Green Brook Township
In 1872 a tract of land was subdivided off from Warren Township. Thirteen years later in 1885 the Borough of North Plainfield was created from a section of the subdivided land. The land at that time was designated as North Plainfield. Many years later in 1926 the Borough of Watchung was carved out of North Plainfield Township. The remaining land continued until 1932 when the name changed to Green Brook Township.
The Green Brook and Green Brook Township took its name from the powerful stream that flows from up in the mountains several miles away , feeding from many smaller brooks and ponds along the way, in a southwesterly direction for a distance of fifteen miles, into the Bound Brook then into the Raritan River.
"Small Enough to Know You, Large Enough to Get Things Done" is the unofficial motto of this Municipality known as the Township of Green Brook. Green Brook currently has a population of about 5,600 residents in a 4.6 square mile radius. Within the Township there are two schools, the Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School which proudly carries a Blue Ribbon Designation and the Green Brook Middle School.
Also contained within the boundaries of this community is Washington Rock State Park, which commemorates the spot where George Washington and Marquis De Lafayette watched the movement of the British soldiers during the Revolutionary war, mainly the months of May and June 1777. Washington Rock State Park was commissioned on March 17, 1913 and is about 34 acres in size.
Green Brook Town Hall
111 Greenbrook Road
Green Brook, New Jersey 08812-2501
Telephone: 732 968-1023
Fax: 732-968-4088
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Resident Information
The Township of Green Brook is located in central New Jersey, with a total land area of 4.6 square miles. It is bordered on the north by Warren Township, and Watchung Borough; on the east by Watchung and North Plainfield; on the south by Dunellen and Middlesex; and on the west by Bridgewater Township.
Green Brook Township was formed out of a part of North Plainfield Township in 1932. Settlement here was about one hundred years prior to the Revolution on the Passaic River and down in the Valley, which was to become know as Washington’s Valley.
2006 Tax Rate: 1.81