Where in the world is South Brunswick?

I know where it is — smack in the middle of New Jersey, between New Brunswick and Princeton and along four major north-south highways (Routes 27, 1 and 130 and the N.J. Turnpike). But not everyone knows, which this is why you get this kind of misleading press info, published in the Princeton University Bulletin in September after Segal’s work was donated to the university:

Segal, a painter and sculptor associated with the Pop Art movement, lived in North Brunswick, N.J., for most of his adult life.

Segal, one of the more prominent artists of the last century, lived not in North Brunswick — though he had a North Brunswick mailing address — but in South Brunswick. Frank Chrinko, a former South Brunswick mayor, called my attention to the error, saying that it offered proof that the township needs a single, South Brunswick mailing address. Maybe he’s right. Maybe it’s time.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

2 thoughts on “Where in the world is South Brunswick?”

  1. You are absolutely right, Hank. One single South Brunswick mailing address would, in effect, put it on the map. Recent news articles, both good and bad, have mentioned South Brunswick – such as one of Rutgers' top receivers, Mohammed Sanu, is a SBHS grad – but if somebody went looking for it, they might not actually find it.Add that to the fact that the subdivisions with zip codes – Kendall Park, Dayton, Monmouth Junction, etc. – are just as invisible to people because they are not separate towns, and you've got the makings of irrelevance, if that's possible in an area like South Brunswick. Especially since the other three \”Brunswick's\” are actual towns, not an amalgamation of zip codes.If the good people of Toms River can rename their entire town (from the \”Township of Dover\”) a couple of years back, so can the people of S.B. unify their zip codes to be labeled the same.

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  2. I have to agree. I live in South Brunswick, but my mailing address is Jamesburg which gives me the 08831 zip code which the rest of the world recognizes as Monroe Township. Try to explain that one. Wonder how hard it would be to consolidate? Major undertaking, I suspect. We're dealing with the US Government here, you know.

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