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The New Bremen handbook

Living in New Bremen, NY: what to set up and who to call

New Bremen spans 4 ZIP codes; 13367 holds the most residents (40%). Most of New Bremen has one wired internet choice: Spectrum.

I’m new in town

What to set up in New Bremen, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in New Bremen.

Electricity

Power comes from National Grid

National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of New Bremen. Its homes paid an average of 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $130 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 6% of National Grid’s home customers do, and National Grid still delivers it.

Start or move service: www1.nationalgridus.com · (315) 474-1511

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Beaver Falls Water District

Beaver Falls Water District supplies New Bremen: about 11% of residents live in its service area. Croghan Village serves another 10%. About 79% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated ground water (EPA lists Croghan Village as seller) and serves 782 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile5.7 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2003–Dec 2005, was 5.7 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2005: EPA has no newer result for this system.

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 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY2402358.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve New Bremen

93% of 1,181 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 31% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
SpectrumCable, Fiber84%1,000/1,000
FrontierDSL, Fiber49%1,000/1,000
VerizonFixed wireless30%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless16%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have New Bremen’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in New Bremen.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in New Bremen or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

New Bremen kids go to
PK–5Beaver River Elementary SchoolBeaver River Central School District
6–8Beaver River Middle SchoolBeaver River Central School District
9–12Beaver River Senior High SchoolBeaver River Central School District

Most of New Bremen (96%) is in Beaver River Central School District; parts are in Lowville Academy and Central School District (4%).

CSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

New Bremen spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where New Bremen residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of New BremenZIP’s residents in New Bremen
13367Lowville, NY40%13%
13327Croghan, NY31%38%
13620Castorland, NY28%36%
13305Beaver Falls, NY2%15%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in New Bremen

Who supplies New Bremen’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Beaver Falls Water District (EPA ID NY2402358). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 5.7 ppb (Jan 2003–Dec 2005), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in New Bremen?

National Grid (Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 19.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve New Bremen?

Spectrum, Frontier, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in New Bremen?

13367 (40%), 13327 (31%), 13620 (28%), 13305 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is New Bremen in?

Beaver River Central School District. Parts of the city are in Lowville Academy and Central School District.

How do I register to vote in New Bremen?

In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Lewis County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.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.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • 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 Aug 3, 2026 (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.