Bergen County, NJ parcel and infrastructure data API

Korzy has about 300,000 parcel records for Bergen County, New Jersey, with source updates through July 2026. Nearly every record carries land use; 90% include values and 89% include last sale. In and around the county the API also maps 5 data-center projects (3 operating); 8 power plants with about 1,400 MW of capacity, led by natural gas; and 1 port with reported cargo. Look up any parcel by address or coordinates, then check nearby data-center projects, utilities and grid context at the same point.

Parcel coverage in Bergen County

About 300,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from July 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /api/parcel-record. Share of records with each field:

FieldCoverageShare
Situs addressNearly all · 100%
Owner nameNot published
Assessed or market valueMost · 90%
Year builtMost · 86%
Building sizeMost · 83%
Last saleMost · 89%
Land useNearly all · 96%
ZoningNot published

Bergen County records do not include owner names. See pricing for credit costs.

Infrastructure in and around Bergen County

Power plants

8 operable plants with about 1,400 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: natural gas, battery and pumped storage, solar. Proposed generators add 2 MW.

Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}

Substations and transmission

About 30 in-service substations, about 10 rated 230 kV or higher.

About 95 miles of transmission lines: 3 mi at 100–161 kV; about 55 mi at 220–287 kV; about 15 mi at 345 kV.

Water and sewer service

Service areas of about 30 community water systems cover about 79% of the county.

Sewer service areas of about 10 systems cover about 80%.

At a point: /api/utilities/context

Data-center projects

5 tracked projects: 3 operating, 1 proposed, 1 status not reported. Reported operating capacity: about 20 MW.

Within 10 km of a point: /api/datacenters/context

Grid capacity data

3 utility-published grid capacity layers cover parts of Bergen County, including load headroom, capacity bands.

Sources and dates: /api/grid/capacity/summary

Flood zones and wetlands

Special flood hazard areas cover about 17% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published September 2026.

Mapped wetlands cover about 6%.

Rail, ports and freight

  • About 130 miles of active rail, about 85 of it main line
  • About 35 miles of national freight network highway
  • 1 port area with reported cargo tonnage
  • 1 intermodal rail terminal

Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context

Example requests for Bergen County

Real responses from the production API, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.

1. Find a parcel by address

/api/search matches 140 FOREST AVE, PARAMUS, NJ and returns the parcel's korzy_id, coordinates and record. 1 credit.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'q=140 FOREST AVE, PARAMUS, NJ' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/search
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
    params={"q": "140 FOREST AVE, PARAMUS, NJ"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
parcel = response.json()["results"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], parcel["longitude"], parcel["latitude"])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "results": [
    {
      "korzy_id": "34003-2e949fcca8b9e7fa1c71",
      "address": "140 FOREST AVE",
      "city": "PARAMUS",
      "postcode": "07652",
      "county": "BERGEN",
      "statefp": "34",
      "longitude": -74.05058845486944,
      "latitude": 40.925274000051246,
      "match_type": "exact",
      "parcelid": "0246_2710_7",
      "parceladdr": "140 FOREST AVE",
      "parcelcity": "PARAMUS",
      "situs_zip": "07652",
      "usedesc": "Church & Charitable (Exempt)",
      "land_use_code": "15D",
      "yearbuilt": 1973,
      "bldgsqft": 14414,
      "taxacres": 1.86,
      "totalvalue": 3482100,
      "land_value_usd": 1387500,
      "improvement_value_usd": 2094600,
      "saledate": "1998-04-09",
      "saleamt": 0,
      "updated": "2025-10-21",
      "geoid": "34003"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

2. Look up the parcel at a point

/api/query/point returns every parcel whose boundary covers the coordinates; here it returns the same record, 34003-2e949fcca8b9e7fa1c71, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-74.050588' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=40.925274' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point
JavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-74.050588", "latitude": "40.925274", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${params}`, {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { records } = await response.json();
console.log(records.map((record) => record.korzy_id));

3. Check nearby data-center projects

/api/datacenters/context lists data-center projects within 10 km of the point, nearest first. 1 credit per 10 records requested.

curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'longitude=-74.050588' \
  --data-urlencode 'latitude=40.925274' \
  --data-urlencode 'radius_km=10' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=3' \
  https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context
Python
import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context",
    params={"longitude": "-74.050588", "latitude": "40.925274", "radius_km": "10", "limit": "3"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for project in response.json()["projects"]:
    print(project["name"], project["status"], project["distance_km"])
Response (trimmed)
{
  "projects": [],
  "radius_km": 10,
  "limit": 3,
  "truncated": false
}

Bergen County data questions

How many parcels in Bergen County include year built?
About 260,000 of about 300,000 parcel records (86%) include year built.
Does the Korzy API return owner names for Bergen County parcels?
Bergen County parcel records do not include owner names. Values, land use and building facts are returned where the county publishes them.
How many data-center projects are in Bergen County?
Korzy tracks 5 data-center projects in Bergen County: 3 operating, 1 proposed and 1 status not reported. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.
How much power generation is in Bergen County?
8 operable power plants in Bergen County total about 1,400 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas, battery and pumped storage and solar.
Which water systems serve Bergen County?
Service areas of about 30 community water systems cover about 79% of Bergen County, and sewer service areas cover about 80%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.

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Build on Bergen County parcel data

Search, point and record lookups work the same in every county Korzy covers. Credits are shared across parcels, utilities, environment, logistics and data-center routes.