The top five reasons Summit is truly the best of all worlds:
1) Summit has a large vibrant, walkable, and trendy downtown with many cultural, shopping, and restaurant diversions;
2) Summit offers a 30 minute direct rail service to Hoboken, and 45 minutes to NYC Penn Station;
3) Summit is known for it’s excellent schools;
4) Summit sports over 150 Acres of town parks, over 120 acres of county parks, 12 public tennis courts, a municipal golf course, a family aquatic center & 2 ponds for ice skating; and
5) through Summit’s many organized sources, a very strong sense of community develops that lasts through generations.

• Homes for Sale in Summit

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• Summit Historical Society

• Summit Public Library

• MOMS Club: Berkeley Heights & Summit

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• Summit Area YMCA

• The Connection for Women & Families

• Summit Junior Baseball League

• Summit Lacrosse Club

• Summit Soccer Club

• The Summit Playhouse

• Summit Chorale

• Summit Symphony

• Reeves-Reed Arboretum

• Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

• Summit Community Calendar

• Summit Tennis Club

• Beacon Hill Club (private, with tennis, pool, ice skating, ice hockey, dining, summer camp & special events)

• Golf in & nearby Summit

• The Grand Summit Hotel

• The DeBary Inn

• Summit Facebook Fanpage

• Summit Patch

• Chamber of Commerce serving New Providence, Summit and Berkeley Heights

• Summit Recreation

• Parking in Summit

• From the Summit Recreation Department: (Call the Summit Department of Community Programs with any questions: 908-277-2932)
• Summit Community Center - 100 Morris Avenue; 908-277-2932 (7 acres of parkland with gymnasium, recreation offices, meeting rooms, soccer/softball/baseball field and basketball court.)
• Summit Municipal Golf Course- 189 River Road; 908-277-6828 (13 acre nine-hole, Par 3, 1000 yards course.)
• Summit  Family Aquatic Center – Pool- 100 Ashwood Avenue; 908-273-6777 (11 acre campus with 2 pools: a 50 meter Main Pool with two slide towers and a diving board & a Family Leisure Pool, a Children’s Playground, a Sand Volleyball Court & a Food Concession; a bath house, and a picnic grove.)
• Wilson Park- 14 Beekman Terrace (11 acres of parkland with two lighted paddle tennis courts, baseball/soccer fields, basketball court and playground.)
• Mabie Playground- Elm Street & Summit Avenue (2 acres of parkland with two playgrounds, bocce ball courts.)
• Memorial Field- Parkview Terrace & Ashland Road (25 acres of parkland with baseball/softball fields, soccer fields, cinder track, tennis courts, and playground.)
• Tatlock Center- 26 Butler Parkway (15 acres of parkland with a synthetic turf football stadium, synthetic turf multi-purpose field, and grass practice fields. Locker rooms and four lighted tennis courts.)
• Glenside Fields- (2 acres of parkland with two synthetic turf multi-purpose lighted fields.)

 

• Parking in Summit, NJ: (Call Summit Parking Authority with any questions: 908-522-5100)
• Parking Map
• Shopper Parking: Free parking is available, without permit, in five Park and Shop lots for a maximum of 2 hours per parking spot, and a maximum of 3 cumulative hours
• Permits are available for $10, $5 for Seniors.
• Parking Meters: Throughout Summit, there are meters that offer 15 minute, 30 minute, and 2, 5, and 12 hours of parking. Downtown meters offer 90 minutes with 15 minutes free, after the meter time registers zero. Meters are free after 6pm and on Sunday. No meter feeding is allowed. Commercial vehicles doing work in Summit can have a meter bagged for $25 with 24 hours notice.
• Resident Commuter Parking: A permit is required for the four long-term parking garages and lots: Broad Street Garage, Chestnut Lot, Elm Street Lot, Sampson Lot, and in designated spaces in the Broad Street East lot. Daily parking fee is $4, or no charge if the resident has pre-paid parking.
• Valet Parking: Available 5am to 10pm Monday through Friday at the Broad Street East Lot, adjacent to the Broad Street Parking Garage. $10/day for non-residents without a permit, and $4/day for employees and residents of Summit. Call 347-273-1333 for more information.
• 24-hour parking: 36 spaces are available on Union Place Park and Rail lot without a permit, for $10/24 hours, maximum of 5 days. Summit SmartCards are available at Summit City Hall and the Summit Public Library. A change machine that dispenses dollar coins is one block away at the Broad Street Garage.
• One Day Visitor Passes: available for employee lots only, businesses can purchase for occasional long-term parking needs of clients and consultants for $6/day (10 passes can be purchased in bulk for $50).
• Resident and Employee lots: Annual Payments only received each year from December 15th through January 1, for the following year for $864. Quarterly- $228, Monthly- $80, and Daily- $4 options are also available, payable from the 15 preceding days of the month prior to use.
• Park & Ride Lot (Bus) on Morris Ave. is for $3/day, and no permit is required.
• Overnight Parking Permits for designated lots for resident and commercial vehicles are available for $75/quarter from 3pm to 8am only. Cars must be moved from the lots by 8am Monday through Saturday. Designated lots: Lot #3-Deforest and Summit Avenue; Lot #4- First level of Tier Garage; Lot #5- Bank Street Lot; Lot #6- Broad Street Garage; Lot #7- Chestnut Lot; Lot #9- Sampson Lot; and Lot #11- Maple Street "K" Lot.