How many railroad crossings are in Essex County, New Jersey?
The FRA inventory of lists 77 public railroad crossings in Essex County, New Jersey.
- Public crossings
- 77
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 70
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 18%
- Most trains a day reported
- 74
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 20
- Gate share compared with the state
- 22 percentage points lower
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 18% of these crossings.
- Gates1418%
- Flashing lights without reported gates1722%
- Signs without reported gates or lights3951%
- Other or not reported79%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
School-bus routes
23 of 77 public crossings here are reported as on a school-bus route. 8 of those are reported as equipped with gates.
- On a school-bus route2330% of public crossings
- Of those, equipped with gates835% of route crossings
The FRA inventory says for each crossing whether it is on a school-bus route. A crossing not reported as on a school-bus route may still be on one.
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.
- Lister AvenueNewark980 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Roanoke AvenueNewark3,144 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Doremus AveNewark13,656 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Wilson AvenueNewark816 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Delancy StreetNewark3,792 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Chester AveNewark3,120 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Grafton AvenueNewark3,456 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Verona AveNewark5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Cleveland StBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- William StBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- BellevilleBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Rutger StBelleville16,140 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Academy StBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Holmes StBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Joralemon StBelleville10,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Little StBelleville5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Washington AveNutley9,082 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Grant AveNutley7,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Highfield AveNutley5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Kingsland RdNutley9,689 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Walnut StBloomfield240 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Wilet StreetBloomfield5,012 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Orchard StreetBloomfield640 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Manchester PlaceNewark288 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Bloomfield AveBloomfield31,404 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Eisenhower ParkwayRoseland33,672 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Benson StreetGlen Ridge5,000 vehicles a day1986 road count
Trains blocking a crossing in Essex County? How to report it.Blocked crossing rules in New Jersey
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates