Roofing in Lyndhurst, NJ: Meadowlands Rain, Tide Gates and Drains

A gauge in Lyndhurst logged 3.58 inches of rain in the hour ending 9:30 p.m. on 1 September 2021, a figure the state weather network's table puts at a 500-year return period. An hour like that tests every gutter and downspout on the street before it tests the shingles. For a stain or a spill, the roof repair page is the usual place to start; call (551) 209-3947 and give the street address.

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What the sky has done here

Teterboro Airport is the nearest station with 1991-2020 normals in the NOAA data used here. It shows January averaging a 39.9 degree high and a 25.7 degree low with 3.28 inches of precipitation, and July a high of 87.0 degrees with 4.45 inches. These are averages, and conditions can differ at your address. Between a 25.7 degree January night and an 87-degree July afternoon, a roof lives through the whole range in a single year.

The town's building office

Lyndhurst's Construction Department works from the township's municipal address, 367 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ 07071. The department page and the Building Department page list no phone number or hours for it, so the township website's directory page or the clerk's office is the way in. The township code (Chapter 8, section 8-1.3) sets a $75 fee for a nonstructural re-roof on a one- or two-family home and $150 for other buildings up to $5,000 of estimated cost, plus $10 for each added $5,000.

Separately, New Jersey's ordinary-maintenance list takes in re-roofing a detached one- or two-family house, repair or replacement alike, and that work needs no permit application. The hiring checklist sets the two side by side and covers Nutley and Secaucus too.

Roofer in hi-vis on a ladder checking a dormer

Pipes, drains and wires in Lyndhurst

Public works has four divisions: water, sewer, road and shade tree. The township owns its water utility and buys water in bulk from the Passaic Valley Water Commission. On the sewer side the page counts three sanitary pump stations and one storm water pump station, number 4, at Tontine and Riverside Avenues.

The office answers 201-438-5478 on weekdays, from eight in the morning to four in the afternoon. From 4 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., water and sewer problems go to the police non-emergency line, 201-939-2900. A downed wire is reported to 911 or to the PSE&G emergency line, 1-800-436-7734.

The houses on these streets

The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimates count 9,704 homes in Lyndhurst township, plus or minus 506. Of those, 2,957 date from 1939 or earlier, 871 from the 1940s and 1,718 from the 1950s, and the median year built is 1956 (plus or minus 3). By building type, 4,063 are detached houses, 461 attached houses, 2,884 two-unit buildings, 600 three- or four-unit buildings and 1,675 sit in larger buildings with five or more units. Of 9,208 occupied homes, 5,490 are owner-occupied and 3,718 rented. That mix puts many roofs over two households, often an owner and a tenant, which is why the last question below matters. The building-type guide sorts those roofs by shape.

Brown gutter with leaves along a gray roof edge

Three questions about this job

What did Ida's worst hour measure in Lyndhurst?

The state weather network's table lists 3.58 inches in the hour ending 9:30 p.m. on 1 September 2021, and North Arlington's storm total reached 9.02 inches. The network gave the Lyndhurst hour a 500-year return period. Checking gutters and ceilings after a night like that takes only a few minutes.

Where does storm water go once it leaves a Lyndhurst gutter?

Into the street drains. Public works counts 990 catch basins and 67 outfalls to the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, and Bergen County's 2026 hazard plan puts 1,618.43 acres of the township's 3,178.68 in the 1 percent flood zone. A roofer's work ends at the downspout.

Who in a Lyndhurst household makes the call?

Owners and landlords, since roof work is theirs to order. Tenants can send photos to whoever owns the building. Keep the street address, a note of where the stain shows and the roof's age handy, then call (551) 209-3947 and tell the roofer what is visible from the ground.

Keep a photo or two within reach, plus the street address and whatever you know about when the roof went on, then call (551) 209-3947. Renters can hand the photos to the building's owner, who orders roof work.

Call (551) 209-3947 to check availability

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Checked 1 Nov 2026