How many railroad crossings are in Paterson, New Jersey?
The FRA inventory of lists 21 public railroad crossings in Paterson, New Jersey.
- Public crossings
- 21
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 20
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 95%
- Most trains a day reported
- 125
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 12
- Gate share compared with the state
- 55 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 95% of these crossings.
- Gates2095%
- Flashing lights without reported gates00%
- Signs without reported gates or lights00%
- Other or not reported15%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Which crossings in Paterson, New Jersey have the most trains?
- The crossing on Fifth Avenue reports 125 trains a day.
- The crossing on Fourth Avenue reports 10 trains a day.
- The crossing on River Street reports 6 trains a day.
- The crossing on Fifth Avenue reports 6 trains a day.
- The crossing on Sixth Avenue reports 6 trains a day.
They are on Fifth Avenue, Fourth Avenue, River Street and Sixth Avenue. None of the 21 public crossings in Paterson, New Jersey has a quiet-zone designation.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- Fifth AvenuePaterson4,272 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Fourth AvenuePaterson698 vehicles a day2017 road count
- River StreetPaterson7,980 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Fifth AvenuePaterson11,232 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Sixth AvenuePaterson4,300 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Lyon StreetPaterson3,978 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Lafayette StreetPaterson7,704 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Governor StreetPaterson1,940 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Twelfth AvenuePaterson1,600 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Godwin AvenuePaterson1,820 vehicles a day2017 road count
- East 18th HamiltonPaterson6,788 vehicles a day2017 road count
- BroadwayPaterson13,120 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Madison EllisonPaterson24,124 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Park Ave 22nd StreetPaterson6,646 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 17th Avenue 24th StreetPaterson4,895 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Twenty Seventh StreetPaterson5,080 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 31st 20th AvenuePaterson13,502 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Vreeland AvenuePaterson19,785 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Crooks AvenuePaterson26,368 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Gould AvenuePaterson1,890 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Twenty First AvenuePaterson475 vehicles a day2017 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Paterson? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in New Jersey
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates