Hudson County
Mold Removal in North Bergen, the Meadowlands Side and the Ridge
North Bergen drains away from the Hudson rather than into it, and that single fact decides which half of the township has the water problem and what fixing it costs. All six of its active combined sewer outfalls sit on the western, Meadowlands side and empty into Bellman, Cromakill and Penhorn Creeks, so a West Side Avenue basement and a Boulevard East basement are two different jobs.
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Why North Bergen's outfalls all face away from the river
North Bergen's six active combined sewer outfalls do not discharge to the Hudson. They sit on the western, Meadowlands side of the township at 91st Street, 69th, 61st, 43rd, 29th and 11th Streets, and empty into Bellman Creek, Cromakill Creek and Penhorn Creek, with treatment by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.
Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, NJPDES Combined Sewer Overflow data layer, accessed 2026-09-20
North Bergen has 159 paid federal flood insurance claims totaling about 5.3 million dollars, spread across 2011, 2012 and 2021 rather than concentrated in one storm. Its median housing unit was built in 1961, 7,361 of 24,959 units date from 1939 or earlier, and 5,518 units sit in two unit buildings.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims v2, data as of June 1, 2026, accessed 2026-09-20
Portions of North Bergen, Secaucus and Jersey City fall inside the Hackensack Meadowlands District, which covers parts of 14 municipalities and was created to regulate development and landfilling across the Meadowlands wetlands.
Source: New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, accessed 2026-09-20
The 1991-2020 annual climate normals for Newark Liberty give 46.25 inches of precipitation a year, 28.5 inches of snow, 12.5 days a year with an inch or more of precipitation, and 81.9 nights a year with a minimum temperature below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991-2020 climate normals, accessed 2026-09-20
West Side Avenue, or Boulevard East?
Those two addresses have opposite water problems. Tell us which side of the township you are on and we will say what is feeding the damp.
Which utility answers a sewer backup in North Bergen
North Bergen's six active combined sewer outfalls never reach the Hudson. They sit on the western, Meadowlands side of the township at 91st, 69th, 61st, 43rd, 29th and 11th Streets and empty into Bellman Creek, Cromakill Creek and Penhorn Creek, with treatment by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, so the combined sewer risk here belongs to the back slope and not to the waterfront. Parts of that side fall inside the Hackensack Meadowlands District, where wetland soils and historic fill keep the water table high and produce slow chronic damp instead of a sudden event, which is a humidity and drainage job rather than a cleanup. The claim record reads the same way: 159 paid claims worth about 5.3 million dollars, spread across 2011, 2012 and 2021 rather than concentrated in one storm, which points at a recurring drainage fault somebody can actually fix. The housing decides who pays for it. The median unit dates from 1961, 7,361 of 24,959 units predate 1939, and 5,518 sit in two unit buildings, which is below the three unit line, so those buildings fall outside the state Bureau of Housing Inspection and the complaint goes to the township instead. In an owner upstairs, tenant downstairs house the wet basement is usually the owner's own. Newark Liberty averages 12.5 days a year with an inch of rain or more and 81.9 nights below freezing, which is the maintenance calendar here: clear the drains before the wet months, and look at the pointing and the parapet after the freeze.
Areas within North Bergen: Woodcliff, Bulls Ferry, Transfer Station, Granton, West Side Avenue
What we arrange from Woodcliff across to Bulls Ferry
Mold Inspection and Testing
Find out what the mold actually is, how far it runs and what water is feeding it, in a written report from a company with nothing to gain from the answer.
Mold Testing in North Bergen →Mold Removal and Remediation
Get the moldy material out under containment, the water source dealt with and the room put back, priced against a scope that was written by somebody who was not selling the demolition.
Mold Removal in North Bergen →Water Damage Drying and Sewer Backup Cleanup
Get the water out and the building dry inside the window that decides whether this stays a cleanup or turns into a mold job, and establish first whether what came in was clean or contaminated.
Water Damage Drying in North Bergen →Work we have arranged in North Bergen
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A basement that goes wet every year is a drainage fault, not an accident. Send the details and we will say what stops it.