Apartments for Rent in Garfield, NJ (596 Rentals)

The city was originally the home of the Hackensack Clan of the Leni Lenape Tribe of the Algonquin Indians. In 1679 Jacques Cortelyou from New Utrecht, Long Island, sailed up the Passaic River and bought a 5,320-acre tract called Acqueyquinonke from the Native American tribe. Wild animals inhabited much of the northern part of the tract, and a tax raised money to kill these animals. After that, buyers purchased parcels within the tract. Early in 1776, Gen. George Washington marched troops over the Passaic River just north of today's Gregory Avenue and camped there for the night just before retreating to Pennsylvania and making the famous Christmas crossing of the Delaware River. Gilbert D. Bogart is called the founder of "modern-day" Garfield. He built about 300 homes in areas that became known as East Passaic and Bogart Heights. The city multiplied around the turn of the 20th century and became a thriving industrial center.