Kendall Park has a perfect distance from New York City of 49 minutes, ideal for commuters to work in the city. The town is situated between two cultural hubs, Princeton and New Brunswick, and the area offered many possibilities for its residents.
Sales brochures boasted “fabulous fashions in lights," “sliding glass doors to your outdoor living plans” and “customer designed space dividers." Many original residents came from New York and Newark to live their suburban dreams in the farmlands of Middlesex County, bringing with them churches, synagogues, theater groups and social functions.
In 1958, the Cambridge School opened, followed by the Constable School in 1959, and the Greenbrook School, which were required to be built by the developer at the time.
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The birth of Kendall Park pushed the population of South Brunswick to 10,000 in a few short years, which caused the need for the elementary schools and also helped stop the practice of sending students to outer communities for upper education.
No longer would local students travel to Jamesburg, New Brunswick or Princeton for high school education. Smaller communities with larger sized homes began to spring up all around the Kendall Park homes, most of which are still in town today.
