Port Reading Map
Port Reading is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 3,829.
Port Reading was built in the late 19th century by the Reading Railroad of Pennsylvania to serve their shipping needs, especially coal from the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields. In 1892 Port Reading was connected to the Reading Railroad system via a new branch line from Bound Brook, New Jersey, known as the Port Reading Railroad.
Port Reading is located at 40°34?10?N 74°14?52?W / 40.569504°N 74.247747°W / 40.569504; -74.247747 (40.569504, -74.247747), along the Arthur Kill waterway that separates New Jersey from Staten Island, New York.
Nearby cities include Sewaren, Avenel, Carteret, Woodbridge, Highland Park.