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Homes in Fort Lee
Fort Lee is mostly apartment buildings. Of about 19,700 housing units, 47% are in buildings with 50 or more units and 14% are single-family detached homes (ACS 2020-2024, B25024). The median building dates to 1971, and about 65% of units were built before 1980 (B25035, B25034). About 55% of occupied units are owner-occupied, a lower share than in most Bergen towns. Utility gas heats 59% of homes and electricity heats 32%, which is common in high-rise buildings (B25003, B25040).
If you live in a large building, check with management or the board before you hire. Many buildings have their own rules on contractor insurance, work hours and elevator booking. Permit applications go to the borough's Building Department, which lists separate building, plumbing and electrical subcode forms. For homes built before 1978, anyone paid to do work that disturbs paint must be EPA lead-safe certified.
Flooding
Flood risk in Fort Lee is low compared with the rest of Bergen County. The county hazard mitigation plan puts 0.71% of the borough's land in the 1% annual-chance floodplain and 0.07% in the 0.2% floodplain (Bergen County HMP, Table 4.6-1). The plan says the flooded sections are at the low-lying areas along the Hudson River inside Palisades Interstate Park. Preliminary FIRMs add small VE (wave action) slivers on that frontage. The plan lists 11 active NFIP policies in Fort Lee as of October 2024. It also records heavy-rain flooding on Route 4 and Route 9W ramps in March 2010. To check a specific address, use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.
Permits in Fort Lee
Building, plumbing and electrical permits come from the Borough of Fort Lee construction office. Your contractor normally pulls the permit, but it's worth confirming.
- Office
- Fort Lee Building Department (Construction Code Agency)
- Phone
- 201-592-3500 x1503
- Address
- 1365 Inwood Terrace, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
- Website
- fortleenj.org
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Sources
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_cousubs_34.txt
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25035,B25003,B25040&geo_ids=06000US
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25024&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25034&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/04-Risk-Assessment.pdf
- bergencountynj.gov/bergen-county-department-of-public-safety/about-emergency-management/mu
- msc.fema.gov/portal/home
- epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-painting-program
- fortleenj.org/162/Building-Department
- fortleenj.org/
- fortleenj.org/160/Garbage-Collections-Recycling-Seasonal-D
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee,_New_Jersey
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