Silver Lake, New Jersey

About Silver Lake

Silver Lake is a small unincorporated community in northeastern New Jersey.

Silver Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.33 square miles.

📰 Silver Lake News Today

• Silver Lake, Essex County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Sym Investments Picks Up New Jersey Apartments for $80M Multifamily Housing News · Jan 9
• Essex County to offer mental health treatment program for eligible inmates at Silver Lake Hospital newjerseyhills.com · May 28
• Fish & Wildlife | Spring Trout Fishing Information New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (.gov) · Mar 23
• Brenda Cuba Higgins and Bonner Echo Lake Funeral Home · Aug 5

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Silver Lake Unique

• One of 10 places in the US named Silver Lake — but the New Jersey one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of East Orange (2 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Silver Lake

• Binh Duong Restaurant — vietnamese
• China Star — chinese
• Max's Restaurant — philippino
• Omar's Cafe
• Pigeon Peas — caribbean
• The Chandelier — international
• Angelo's Gourmet Eatery — breakfast (café)
• Antonio's Restaurant — italian
• B London
• Bagels Plus — bagel (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Silver Lake

• Broadway Park reviews ★
• Belleville Park reviews ★
• Branch Brook Park reviews ★
• Branch Brook Park Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Kearny Riverbank Park reviews ★
• Phillips Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Silver Lake

• Belleville High School
• Belleville PS10
• Belleville PS4
• Belleville PS7
• Belleville PS8

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Silver Lake

🏘️ Nearby Communities