Northside Houses for Sale

Just across the river from downtown Paterson, Northside is a residential neighborhood that maintains its upbeat urban vibe thanks to its walkability and abundance of multi-family housing. Instead of high-rise condos, however, Northside is full of houses split into units. Shared backyards mean that a few stereotypically suburban pastimes are popular in the neighborhood. “A lot of people are outside a lot of the time in the summer, barbecuing,” says Francis Sullivan III, a Realtor in Paterson at Howard Hanna Rand Realty who has sold in the area for five years. “If I show houses in the summer, there’s a ton of people.” Northside’s New Englanders and colonials sit close together and often come right up to the sidewalk, lacking front yards. Many smaller two- or three-family houses are split into units based on floors, with each level serving as its own unit. There are a few larger four-family houses. While investors do buy and manage houses in the neighborhood, Sullivan says that it’s also common for people to live in the multi-family house they’ve bought while renting out its other units. “If it’s a two-family and they can afford a house, they can get assistance by having someone rent