Englewood Cliffs
$1.4M – $4MEnglewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
SafetyA
PrivacyHigh
Drive18m
A small, affluent Bergen County borough atop the Palisades with large-lot homes, mature trees and quiet cul-de-sacs overlooking the Hudson.
Every recommendation here radiates from the Giants' practice home at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, in the Meadowlands sports complex next to MetLife Stadium. This is not a generic Manhattan guide: it is built around the daily reality of reporting to East Rutherford, with the Hudson waterfront towns of Hoboken, Jersey City, Weehawken and Edgewater and the leafy estate towns of Montclair and Englewood Cliffs all inside a realistic commute. Picks are ranked for privacy, quality and convenience to that facility.
A small, affluent Bergen County borough atop the Palisades with large-lot homes, mature trees and quiet cul-de-sacs overlooking the Hudson.
The most prestigious pocket of Montclair, with grand historic homes, walkable village shops and the Mountainside/Upper Mountain estate streets backing the reservation.
A slim ribbon of waterfront condos and townhomes hugging the Hudson with unobstructed Manhattan skyline views, riverfront promenade and easy ferry access.
Dense, walkable mile-square city with full-service waterfront condo towers, restaurants and the most social young-professional scene on the Jersey side.
The neighborhoods above sit inside a twenty-minute drive of Quest Diagnostics Training Center. But many athletes prioritize lifestyle, privacy, and prestige over commute — these are the areas across New York where athletes most often buy and rent, even though they’re a longer drive from the facility.
A tiny gated-feeling enclave of fewer than 2,000 residents perched above the Hudson in Bergen County, with multi-acre mansions, a median home price near $6M, and a long roster of athlete and celebrity homeowners. Patrick Ewing, CC Sabathia, Johnny Damon, and Ilya Kovalchuk have all lived here, and Tom Brady once shopped the town.
Connecticut's marquee old-money town, where backcountry enclaves like Conyers Farm average north of $13M and gated estates list as high as $49.5M. Generations of New York athletes — Mark Messier, Mike Richter, Mark Teixeira, Frank Gifford, Tom Seaver — have settled here alongside Hollywood and finance names.
For athletes who want the city itself, Tribeca's discreet full-floor lofts and the glass towers of Hudson Yards (15 and 35 HY) are the prestige picks. Rob Gronkowski bought at 35 Hudson Yards and Tom Brady kept a Tribeca pied-a-terre at 70 Vestry, the same buildings that draw finance and entertainment elite.
Westchester's celebrity enclave of horse farms and wooded estates, where listings run up to roughly $15M on lots stretching to 100 acres. Long favored by entertainers and executives — Drew Barrymore and Ian Schrager among them — for its rural calm an hour from Midtown.