Photo: EvanSheppard · CC BY 4.0Living in Allendale, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Two school districts split the grades in Allendale: Allendale Borough School District and Northern Highlands Region School District. The closest public drop-off to Allendale is Waldwick Recycling Center, 1 mile out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Allendale, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Allendale.
Water comes from Veolia Water Nj Allendale Water System
Veolia Water Nj Allendale Water System supplies almost all of Allendale. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack as seller) and serves 6,702 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 80% of the 5,012 systems serving 3,301–10,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 3.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 10.0 ppb. That’s higher than 87% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NJ0201001.
4 home internet providers serve Allendale
99% of 2,033 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 96% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 98% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 80% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 78% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Allendale is Monday or Tuesday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Allendale, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon or Tue)Look up your day on allendalenj.gov
- RecyclingEvery other week, ThuCheck which week on allendalenj.gov →
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, day by address
Allendale Recycling Center
300 West Crescent Avenue, Allendale, NJ
- Wed4 pm–7 pm
- Sat9 am–3 pm
Accepted at the curb
- Plastic narrow neck containers with a recycling code 1, 2, 5
- Aluminum cans, foil, metal cans
- Green, clear and brown glass bottles and jars
- Aseptic packaging (ex: soup, milk containers)
- Cardboard
- Junk mail/magazines/newspapers (loose)
- Soft-covered books
- Office paper
- Shredded paper (loose)
From allendalenj.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Allendale is in two districts that split the grades: Allendale Borough School District and Northern Highlands Region School District.
A+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Allendale is in ZIP code 07401
ZIP codes where Allendale residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Allendale | ZIP’s residents in Allendale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07401 | Allendale, NJ | 100% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 07446.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Allendale
Who supplies Allendale’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Veolia Water Nj Allendale Water System (EPA ID NJ0201001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 80% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.9 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Allendale?
Verizon, Optimum, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Allendale?
07401. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Allendale in?
Allendale Borough School District and Northern Highlands Region School District.
How do I register to vote in Allendale?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Bergen County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Trash: Allendale’s own website (allendalenj.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.