Where Plauderville sits in Garfield.
The City of Garfield's history page says Plauderville Avenue was named after Plauder Ecke, which means Gossip Corner, a German language newspaper from Brooklyn. The same page says the area was also known as Bear's Nest. Both names show that Plauderville has been in use as a local name for a long time.
Today the name is easiest to find at the Plauderville station on NJ Transit's Bergen County Line, which sits on the Saddle Brook border, and on Plauderville Avenue, which appears on the city's street index. We found no published boundary for Plauderville, so we describe it by those anchors and not by exact blocks.
What is documented about Plauderville.
Boundaries are not published. Treat these anchors as reference points and not as a map line.
| Detail. | What the source says. | What it means for your call. |
|---|---|---|
| Name. | City history page: Plauderville Avenue was named for Plauder Ecke, a Brooklyn German newspaper, and the area was also called Bear's Nest. | The name is long established. It tells you nothing about your pipes. |
| Transit. | Plauderville station, NJ Transit Bergen County Line, on the Saddle Brook border. | Name the station or Plauderville Avenue as your landmark. |
| Main road. | A local real estate guide places the station on Midland Avenue, which also runs past Dahnert's Lake County Park. | A house number plus Midland Avenue or a cross street is enough to place a property. |
| Housing. | The same guide describes two-family homes near the station. The 2020 census counted 12,407 housing units across all of Garfield. | If your building has more than one unit, say which unit is affected. |
| Water. | City report: wells and Passaic Valley Water Commission water blend at the Belmont Hill Tank, with a north end, a south end and a blended middle. | Ask the city which supply reaches your street. |
Plumbing signs worth a call in Plauderville.
- Water spreading from a pipe, a fitting or a tank. Shut the main valve first, then see burst pipe repair.
- A drain that gurgles or backs up in more than one fixture. See drain cleaning.
- A water heater that leaks, rumbles or runs lukewarm. See water heater repair.
- A toilet that runs, clogs or leaks at the base. See toilet repair.
- A water bill that jumps with no change in how you use water. See leak detection.
Two-family homes and shared plumbing.
A local real estate guide describes two-family homes near the Plauderville station. If you own or rent in a building with more than one unit, a few habits make any plumbing call faster. This is general plumbing information and not a claim about any one house.
Learn where each unit's shutoff valve is and whether the building also has a main shutoff in the cellar. When a pipe fails upstairs, the household below is often the first to see water, so keep the owner's number and your neighbors' numbers handy.
Drains can be shared as well. If a kitchen sink in one unit backs up, the stoppage may sit in a branch line that serves other units. Tell us which fixtures in which units are slow, because that points to where the blockage is.
Renters should ask the owner or manager before booking a repair, since many leases require approval. Have that person's name ready when you call.
What to expect when you call about Plauderville.
Describe the problem.
Say what you see, where it is and what you have already shut off.
Give a landmark.
A house number, Midland Avenue or Plauderville Avenue, and the nearest cross street.
Agree the plan and price.
Ask for the plan and the price before any work starts, and ask who will do the work.
Prepare the space.
Clear the path to the cellar, the heater or the fixture so the visit goes faster.
The water supply and what to ask the city.
According to Garfield's 2018 water quality report, the city's wells and water bought from the Passaic Valley Water Commission blend at the Belmont Hill Tank. It describes the north end of the city as receiving mostly well water, the south end mostly Passaic Valley water, and the area between as mostly blended water. It lists no streets, so it cannot tell you which supply reaches a given house.
Ask the Garfield water department which supply serves your address. The answer matters for scale on fixtures and heaters, and the report states that hardness causes scaling of pipe. Our Belmont page lists the hardness figures in that report.
More recently, the city says it finished PFAS treatment on all 16 of its wells and returned to compliance with the PFOA and PFOS limits in July 2024. That is a citywide water quality notice. It says nothing about the pipes inside your home.
Plumbing question in Plauderville?
Call and describe the problem. We will tell you the next step.
Three checks you can do today.
Find your main water shutoff and confirm that it turns. Read the age label on your water heater. Look under sinks for damp cabinet floors. These are general checks that suit any home and are not a claim about any one street.
Nearby pages.
Plauderville borders Saddle Brook at the station, and the Saddle Brook page covers that township's own water report. For the whole city, start at the Garfield home page. Other named parts of Garfield include Belmont and Bogart Heights.
Questions homeowners ask us.
The name is tied to Plauderville Avenue and the Plauderville NJ Transit station, which sits on the Saddle Brook border. No public source we found publishes an exact boundary, so give a house number and cross street when you call.
The City of Garfield's history page says Plauderville Avenue was named after Plauder Ecke, which means Gossip Corner, a German language newspaper from Brooklyn. The page adds that the area was also known as Bear's Nest.
The city's 2018 report describes a north end, a south end and a blended middle, but it lists no streets. Ask the Garfield water department which supply serves your address.
Say how many units the building has, which unit has the problem, and who owns it. If a leak or backup may reach another unit, mention that too.
Shut off water at the nearest valve or the main, keep people away from wet electrical items, photograph any damage for your records, and clear a path to the fixture.
Written by the Garfield Express Plumbing team. Updated November 6, 2026.