Wanaque, New Jersey Speed Traps

In the Haskell section of Wanaque, in the parking lot of Haskell school there is almost always a cop there day or night. Its a school zone so be careful.

Radar equipped police cars (both marked and unmarked) routinely park on the shoulder (southbound) or entrance ramps (northbound) as I-287 passes through Wanaque.

I-287 is patrolled by both Wanaque Police and NJ State Troopers.

Cops know that people try to avoid the traffic on Ringwood Avenue by taking Greenwood Avenue in between Union Boulevard and Doty Road. If you come down Greenwood from Union, the road curves to the right with a slight decline. Cops are usually on the side of the road between the telephone poles and hidden against the brush. Speed Limit is 25 and it’s hard to do 25 when there’s no other cars on that road. You WILL get a ticket if you get pulled over here.

Use caution when driving through Wanaque, they are constantly ripping up the roads in this town. They often set up detours and the cops hide in the side streets where the traffic has to drive through.

A few years ago I was going through a detour by the candle factory (Back Beach Park area) there was a stop sign and the connecting road was blocked so there was no traffic to stop for, the car in front of me and myself did rolling stops, there was a cop standing behind a tree he pulled both of us over and gave us tickets for failure to stop.

Beware in detours!

Wanaque police waiting on grass by exit 55with Radar for speeding. You need to be in excess of 80MPH, but on that stretch it is normal.