Lake Hiawatha, NJ
Roofing in Lake Hiawatha, NJ: Beverwyck Road and the Rockaway
Lake Hiawatha is a neighborhood of Parsippany-Troy Hills, outside Montville Township; the township took that name in 1928, when the villages of Parsippany and Troy Hills were combined. Beverwyck Road runs through the middle, and the Rockaway River forms the eastern edge. After a hard rain, start with storm damage repair and call (862) 430-2399.
Next door
The river edge and the pump station
The Rockaway River forms the eastern edge of Lake Hiawatha, according to Wikipedia, and Pine Brook lies across it. Beverwyck Road runs through the middle and carries most of the local businesses.
Morris County's hazard plan for Parsippany-Troy Hills mentions the August 2011 flood at Lake Hiawatha, where a study recommended inspecting the retaining wall. It also says the Rockaway Boulevard pump station lacks a backup pump, which it calls needed to prevent residential flooding in the lower Lake Hiawatha area. Pine Brook roofing covers the other bank.
The houses here
The houses here
Wikipedia's summary of the 2020 census lists 4,001 housing units in Lake Hiawatha, 3.6 percent of them vacant. Its history says builders began on summer houses in the 1920s and that many of the cabins were later rebuilt as year-round homes.
Parsippany-Troy Hills as a whole has a housing plan that counts 23,215 homes, 39.3 percent renter-occupied and 51.0 percent detached single-family houses. The plan's year-built chart covers only about half the units, so no age shares are quoted here.
Local numbers
Lake Hiawatha in the 2020 census
Wikipedia's summary of the 2020 census lists 10,194 residents and 4,001 housing units, 3.6 percent of them vacant, across 1.11 square miles at an elevation of 253 feet. The ZIP code is 07034.
The same account dates the Lake Hiawatha Fire Department to 1935 and says Benjamin J. Kline funded the neighborhood library in 1948. Parsippany-Troy Hills as a whole had 56,162 residents in 2020.
Around Montville
Before you call
Keep the street address, what you noticed and the roof's age close by, then call (862) 430-2399. If you rent, your landlord decides on roof work, so that conversation comes first. Served: Montville, Towaco, Pine Brook, Boonton and Lake Hiawatha.
