Livingston is a culturally diverse and upscale community known for excellent schools, a real estate market with tremendous value and a convenient location. Located in western Essex Country, Livingston is just 20 miles from New York City and only 20 minutes from Newark International Airport.
Livingston is also home to the renowned Saint Barnabas Medical Center, which is one of the finest, medically advanced health facilities in the tri-state area. Ranked by AARP in 2002 as the best hospital in New Jersey and the 13th best in the nation, the nonsectarian facility treats more than 300,000 patients and delivers 7,000 babies annually.
Livingston has a multitude of houses of worship, including two Roman Catholic churches, five synagogues and ten churches representing varied denominations.
The town's recreation programs have served as models for other communities with a wide variety of municipal and private facilities ideally supporting an active lifestyle. The township has a total of 600 acres of parkland that is shared with the schools, which are all built in the middle of parks. The largest park is the 65-acre Memorial Park off Livingston Avenue in the center of town. It includes the high school, the municipal complex, one of the township's two municipal pools, the library, a football field, four baseball diamonds, two basketball courts, six tennis courts, a lacrosse/soccer field and a fishing pond. Livingston is also home to the private Cedar Hill Country Club, which has an 18-hole golf course, and the West Essex Y.M.C.A.
The abundance of excellent shopping facilities, including the Livingston Mall and the nearby upscale Mall at Short Hills and countless New York branch stores, boutiques and art galleries also make the Livingston area a shopper's haven.
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