Albino Village (Clifton, New Jersey)

USA / New Jersey / Rutherford / Clifton, New Jersey
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A culdesac accessed through a brick arch tunnel that, long ago, was rumored to be home to a colony of Albinos. It was a big late-night spot and kids would go there to scare their dates. It was prominently featured in Weird NJ. The shantytown was slowly torn down int he 80's and replaced by larger duplex homes. In 2008, the whole neighborhood was torn down to make way for an expansion project for Route 3.
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Coordinates:   40°49'23"N   74°7'35"W

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  • Yes! That is where it used to be! I will write more about it here later, having experienced it firsthand in the early 1970's. THANKS for posting this map
  • Hey, I had also been looking for this! I knew it was in NJ.
  • That's where it was but it wasn't exactly a "shanty" town.. just small houses. I once found an article that mentioned there might have been a "Jackson White" like village in this location circa 1900 but I haven't been able to find the webpage again. If anyone knows anything about this, please reply back.
  • I went there as a kid, on a dare, with a date. it was off river road just south of the route 3 underpass, through a small brick arch tunnel and you were in a shanty town "Yes" of old shacks. We were chased away by residents, they threw rocks at us. It was dark and scared the hell out of us, never went back although I only lived about 3 miles away.
  • I went there with my rowdy friends in the early 70s. The homeowners were sick and tired of it so they sicced their dogs on us. We'd shoot Roman candles at them...boy were we stupid.
  • Jackson Whites were mentioned in weird NJ but I don't think they were in the Clifton, NJ area
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