Borough of New Providence
360 Elkwood Avenue
New Providence, NJ 07974
Borough offices are open Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM. Memorial Day to Labor Day – close at 1 PM on Fridays
General Administration – 908-665-1400; 908-665-9272 (Fax)
Senior Center – 908-665-0046
Police Non-Emergency – 908-665-1111
Get directions to the Municipal Center.
The Borough of New Providence respects your privacy.
Any personal information you provide to us including and similar to your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address will not be released, sold, or rented to any entities or individuals outside of the Borough of New Providence except as required by law.
External Sites.
The Borough of New Providence is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. You are advised to read the privacy policy of any external sites before disclosing any personal information.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows electronic commerce link to recognize you each time you visit this site(customisation etc). Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and the Borough of New Providence does not use cookies to collect personal information. Cookies may also be used by 3rd party content providers such as newsfeeds.
Remember The Risks Whenever You Use The Internet
While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to the Borough of New Providence and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through the Borough of New Providence E-government website have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions.
Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.
The Union County Board of Elections delivered the ballot box to the New Providence Library. The box is located on the west side of the building near the sidewalk of the main parking lot. You may drop off your ballot 24 hours per day, seven days per week.
Important, DO NOT place your ballot in the book return – ballots should only be placed in this special ballot box.
Ballot boxes are under video surveillance and emptied daily by employees of the Union County Board of Elections.
ONLINE TAX PAYMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN TODAY 8/10/20. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A TAX PAYMENT PLEASE DROP OFF A CHECK IN THE TAX DROP BOX INSTEAD LOCATED AT 360 ELKWOOD AVENUE AS TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE GRACE PERIOD FOR 3RD QTR TAXES. THE FRONT DOOR IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY.
The phones in borough offices are currently not working. Please use the Contact Us forms on the borough website while we work to correct the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Use access code 220-567-749 to connect
You can dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (872) 240-3311
Access Code: 220-567-749
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Borough Administrative Offices are temporarily unable to send or receive faxes. Please email any forms or requests to Clerk@newprov.org. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have the problem rectified shortly.
We are currently experiencing issues with some website file access. Certain files may not be available for review online. We are aware of the issue and apologize for any inconvenience while we work to rectify the problem.
Please click this link to view the Affordable Housing Settlement Agreement
Please click this link to view the February 25 Borough Council Meeting. An explanation of the Affordable Housing Settlement begins approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds into the video.
Please click this link to see Affordable Housing Q&A.
Due to inclement weather, New Providence court on 2/20/19 has been cancelled.
The Downtown Improvement District Annual Meeting scheduled for 2/20/19 has been cancelled.
Borough offices will be closing at 1 PM.
Recycling days will be changing in January to alternating sides of the Borough (previously the entire Borough was on the same schedule). Below are the upcoming January dates for your reference:
East Side – South Street to Summit Line (includes South St even numbered houses & Passaic Street odd numbered houses)
West Side – South Street to Berkeley Heights Line (includes South St odd numbered houses & Passaic street even numbered houses)
Friday, January 4th – EAST
Friday, January 11th – WEST
Friday, January 18th – EAST
Friday, January 25th – WEST
Borough phone lines are currently out of order. Verizon has been notified and is working to correct the issue. In the interim, please use the Contact Us forms if you need assistance.
Union County has launched Recycle Coach, a free app designed to help make recycling and solid waste information more accessible to County residents and engage the public in the principles of “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.”
Recycle Coach provides accurate, up-to-date information on Union County’s recycling events, as well as local recycling schedules in a handy, user-friendly mobile format.
Check out the new Recycle Coach for detailed recycling information and a downloadable app!
A major fiber optics cut has affected telephone service throughout New Jersey. The borough phone circuits are currently inoperable. Crews are working on fixing the issue. In the interim, if you need to contact the borough, please use the Contact Us forms. We apologize of any inconvenience.