Abandoned property on Hackensack in River Edge

[NM reZ]

We canoe on the hackensack and pass by this abandoned building all the time. We've wondered about this property, curious about what it is (was). Can anyone identify this abandoned building on the Hackensack between River Edge and New Milford?  It's between the NJTransit tracks and the river on the River Edge side, across from Steuben ave in NM.

[Mike T]

It is the original site of the Hackensack Water company; the Reservoir was up the hill on what is now Reservoir Avenue. The existing buildings where built in the 20th century for light manufacturing. The buildings where most recently used as storage warehouses but are currently empty and fallen into disrepair.

[NM reZ]

Cool thanks. Who owns the property now?

[Albert]

From Bergen Co. GIS:

[just watching]

I visited this site years ago and was aghast with the dilapidated industrial condition.  It looks like a rustbelt site from the worst stretch of Newark or Paterson.

I have reason to believe that there is severe chemical contamination and that it is directly leaching into the Hackensack River. 

This property should have been listed as a SUPERFUND site, and should receive greater attention from the Hackensack Riverkeeper group. 

Other than by canoe or walking up the railroad tracks from New Bridge Landing, it is accessible only via a winding driveway that cuts between two houses on Kinderkamack Road.