Ridge or valley? The township splits in two
Up on the Palisades ridge you get dense residential streets, apartment blocks and views out over the Hudson from Boulevard East. Down at the western foot of the ridge you get the Tonnelle Avenue corridor, which carries US Routes 1 and 9 and is lined with warehouses, truck yards and light industry.
Those are not the same job. Ridge addresses behave like Union City: narrow frontage, resident parking, unit likely street-side. Tonnelle Avenue addresses behave like a distribution park: gate, yard, back the truck in, done in ten minutes. Tell us which one you are when you book and the quote comes back right the first time.
What does delivery cost at 14.8 miles?
$85 to $160 into North Bergen. Industrial placements along the corridor sit at the bottom of the band because access is trivial. Ridge-top residential placements sit at the top, because the unit is often carried the last stretch and the truck has nowhere legal to stand while that happens. Weekly service is included either way.
ANSI/PSAI Z4.3 sets weekly servicing as the minimum for a portable toilet in normal use, and busy yards typically go to two visits a week rather than adding units. Rates by duration and the fee lines broken out separately are on the porta potty rental cost page.
What the industrial belt orders
Warehouse and yard work here is a package rather than a single unit.
- Standard units on monthly rental, because these jobs run in months not weekends
- Roll-off dumpsters, usually a 30 yard where there is room to set it
- Storage containers in 20 foot and 40 foot
- Chain link temporary fence around a work zone or a lay-down area
- A light tower for winter shifts that finish after dark
Everything on that list travels on the same routing, which is the practical reason to order it together rather than from four suppliers. Construction site services has the full kit.
How many units does a yard crew need?
OSHA 1926.51(c)(1) requires one toilet per 20 workers on a construction site running a 40-hour week, and OSHA 1910.141(d)(2) sets the equivalent washing-facility requirement for general industry work, which is the one that applies inside a warehouse operation rather than on a build. Counting is by people on site, not by employer.
A handwashing station is the usual companion, because a standard unit has no sink in it. To size an order properly, use how many porta potties you need, and the compliance detail is on OSHA portable toilet requirements.
Permits in North Bergen are a township matter
A unit on a New York City street or sidewalk needs a permit from the Department of Transportation, through a borough office, with turnaround from about a day to several weeks. North Bergen is not governed by any of that. The township issues its own street and right of way approvals, on its own timeline, through its own offices.
On the industrial side the question rarely comes up at all, because the unit sits on private property behind a fence and no municipal approval is involved. On a ridge street it comes up nearly every time. The New York equivalent is set out on porta potty permit requirements, and the placement guide covers what our driver needs to see either way.
Events at Braddock Park
James J. Braddock North Hudson Park is the township's big open space and the place most local outdoor events end up. Park events run on the county's own permission rather than ours, so start there. When it is booked, event restroom rental covers the sizing, and any public-facing cluster of units includes an ADA accessible unit because the 2010 ADA Standards section 213.2 exception 4 sets 5 percent of a cluster as the accessible share, with a minimum of one.
Towns we run alongside it
Union City at 11.9 miles is immediately south along the ridge and Jersey City at 11.2 miles is the other stop on the same run. Every town we reach, with real driving distances, is on the service areas page. Borough-by-borough differences are on the New York City rental page.
Next step
Get a delivery date
Tell us the address, the dates and the headcount. We size the order and confirm the route.