Electrician in East Newark, NJ
Malfettone Electric is a licensed electrician serving East Newark, NJ — family-owned since 1977 and holding New Jersey Electrical Contractor License #17130. East Newark is one of the smallest boroughs in New Jersey and almost entirely 1900s–1930s two-family housing, which means panel upgrades, service separations and rewires are most of what we do here. Permits filed with the Borough's Construction Code Department on Sherman Avenue.
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The three jobs we do most in East Newark
We do the full range of residential and commercial electrical work here — see the full Hudson County service list — but these three account for most of what East Newark homeowners and landlords call about.
What East Newark homes are actually wired like
East Newark is roughly a tenth of a square mile, wedged between Harrison, Kearny and the Passaic, and its housing went up almost entirely with the Clark Thread Mill between about 1900 and 1930. What that means electrically is unusually consistent: attached and semi-attached two- and three-family frame houses on narrow lots, shared basements, meters stacked on a basement wall, and a service entrance that was never designed for two households with central air, in-unit laundry and a car to charge. We find 60-amp fuse boxes, original 100-amp panels feeding two units, Federal Pacific and Zinsco panels from the 1960s, and cloth-insulated branch wiring behind plaster on a regular basis. The old mill buildings along the river add a second category: converted and commercial space where the work is service capacity and code correction rather than residential.
nearly 50 years of this exact housing stock is why we can quote East Newark work accurately from photos instead of guessing on site. See the Hudson County overview for how the county compares town to town.
Borough of East Newark Construction Code Department, Municipal Building, 34 Sherman Avenue
East Newark permits electrical work through the Borough's Construction Code Department at the Municipal Building on Sherman Avenue, under the NJ Uniform Construction Code. It is a small office and a paper filing; approval typically runs 5–10 business days, with fees for typical residential work of $150–$300 included in our quoted price. Being a small borough is an advantage here — the construction official knows the housing stock, and inspections are usually scheduled quickly once we ask.
PSE&G in East Newark
East Newark is PSE&G territory, with roughly 1–3 weeks of scheduling for the disconnect and reconnect after the permit is issued. Because so much of the borough is attached housing, shared overhead service drops between adjoining properties are common; if your upgrade requires PSE&G to run a separate drop, or to set a new or expanded meter bank for a two- or three-family, that adds time. We look at the drop and the meter stack during the assessment so it lands in the written estimate.
More East Newark electrical detail
Electrician FAQs — East Newark, NJ
Third-generation owner of Malfettone Electric, family-owned in Jersey City since 1977. Michael has personally run panel upgrades, rewires and service changes across East Newark and the rest of Hudson County— filing the permits, submitting the PSE&G applications, and meeting the inspectors himself. The prices and timelines on this page come from our own recent East Newark jobs.
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Need an electrician in East Newark?
Send us photos or hop on a short video call — most East Newark jobs can be quoted without a truck roll. Written price, permit included, nearly 50 years of doing this work here.