Submitted by jklapow-rsa t3_yu8stx in jerseycity
I'll be moving to Jersey City in June. I'm driving from the west coast and won't be taking any furniture. I plan to buy a couple things but would love to supplement with curb finds. Are there good spots for curb finds or apartment buildings that a lot of furniture is dumped anywhere?
next door , craigslist, facebook...
Got a car? Search some higher income towns in Bergen County and what days they do bulk pickup.
I went to Montclair during COVID on a bulk pickup day. As I was picking stuff off people's curbs, people we're coming out of their houses and asking if I wanted to take a look around their garage. Filled a pickup worth of stuff in an hour.
The salvation army near the Holland used to have decent furniture. Unfortunately they closed.
What kind of stuff, I’d be interested
A Buy Nothing group exists, but furniture is fairly rare there
Lucky me, I will have a car. Thank you!
Kind of everything. I'll definitely be buying new mattresses but anything else to furnish an apartment, I'll be looking for.
You can take the couch from my storage unit if you want. One of the legs is not secure and I propped it with wood from Home Depot if that doesn’t bother you
Also follow stoopingjc and stooping_hoboken on Instagram, I got a free ice maker in pretty good condition.
Someone else also mentioned the Buy Nothing Group, which is awesome. Keep in mind that if you post an “in search of” post with whatever you need, folks might have things they’re willing to gift but hadn’t thought about listing before!
There’s always a lot by the Quinn building and the Maddox buildings on Van Vorst in the Paulus Hook section. But shhh I didn’t say that 😂
FB marketplace. I got most of my stuff for less than $200
Seconded Montclair on bulky pickup day, it’s amazing what people will just throw out!
That's the info I came for. :)
I work in that building and I always see stuff when I’m leaving work. Today there was a whole ornate 2 piece dining room table. It’s wild. Haha
Seconding the Montclair Recs and the Buy Nothing Group for Jersey City (you may be able to join a few in Lower Manhattan - Battery Park also has good stuff for pickup and usually more furniture).
Since you have a car the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Wayne specializes in furniture and should be FB-marketplace-esque prices.
Hoboken buy and sell Facebook often has good free things
There is an instagram page called stooping Hoboken that people will post stuff in or followers will see on the street and report. Many times there are high quality items but they go fast
I have a couch and dining table that I can give to you for dirt cheap. DM me. Also other people said this too, try to avoid curb pickups as the risk for having a bed bug infestation in your house is pretty high
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WendysFrostyandFries t1_iw83gki wrote
People always leave out furniture and other household things (books, art, utensils, etc) in JC. You could probably furnish your apartment within a couple of weeks if you’re diligent. There’s also Facebook Marketplace. Only thing about FBM is that people are notoriously flaky.