RESIDENT LIFE

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What it's really like to live in Hillsdale's most connected apartment community straight from the residents who call it home.
Events
1
community events hosted in the last 90 days
Participation
93%
of Cobu users actively engaged in the community
Groups
12
active resident interest groups

What's It Like to Live at The Piermont?

The Piermont is one of Hillsdale's most active resident communities, with 93% of Cobu users regularly engaging through weekly events, 12 interest groups, chat, and a neighbor marketplace.

Located at 137 Patterson Street in Hillsdale, residents connect through interest groups such as Foodie Group, Tasting Club, and Dog Group, plus a vibrant community chat.

The community hosts an average of 1 event per month, here are a few recent examples: Summer Splash BBQ.

What Events Does The Piermont Host?

The Piermont hosts 1 community event on average every month. Here's what's coming up and what recently happened.

Summer Splash BBQ — Enjoy good food, sunshine, and community with your neighbors. Please express interest - it helps us plan better! Plus, you'll get reminders. Recent 56 RSVPd

Summer Splash BBQ

Wednesday · · 5:00 PM

Enjoy good food, sunshine, and community with your neighbors. Please express interest - it helps us plan better! Plus, you'll get reminders.

What Groups and Clubs Are at The Piermont?

Groups are open to all residents. The Piermont residents have formed 12 active interest-based groups. Here are the most popular.

Foodie Group — Welcome to the foodie group! We're all about food and friends. You can expect us to get together often to share everything from potlucks to take-out, taco trucks to prix-fixe, and cooking up our own culinary delights too. What to bring? This will vary by gathering so check the description for details or ask in the discussion section — and always be sure to bring a healthy appetite! Have an idea for our next foodie adventure? Schedule a gathering and let's eat!

Foodie Group

45 members

Welcome to the foodie group! We're all about food and friends. You can expect us to get together often to share everything from potlucks to take-out, taco trucks to prix-fixe, and cooking up our own culinary delights too. What to bring? This will vary by gathering so check the description for details or ask in the discussion section — and always be sure to bring a healthy appetite! Have an idea for our next foodie adventure? Schedule a gathering and let's eat!

Tasting Club — A hint of nutmeg..." Welcome to the tasting group! In this group, we explore the world through our sense of taste: wine, beer, whiskey, cocktails - you name it! You can expect us to get together often to share our favorite things to taste or go out to a restaurant or bar for a more formal tasting of something special. What to bring? This will vary by gathering, but always be sure to bring your taste buds! Be sure to check the gathering's description for details and whether you should bring your own favorite beverage to share with the group. If in doubt, start a discussion thread. Have an idea for the next tasting adventure? Schedule a gathering!

Tasting Club

28 members

A hint of nutmeg..." Welcome to the tasting group! In this group, we explore the world through our sense of taste: wine, beer, whiskey, cocktails - you name it! You can expect us to get together often to share our favorite things to taste or go out to a restaurant or bar for a more formal tasting of something special. What to bring? This will vary by gathering, but always be sure to bring your taste buds! Be sure to check the gathering's description for details and whether you should bring your own favorite beverage to share with the group. If in doubt, start a discussion thread. Have an idea for the next tasting adventure? Schedule a gathering!

Dog Group — Here, doggy! In this group, we and our canine companions will get together regularly to do fun activities like walks in the neighborhood, trips to the dog park, and puppy play dates. What to bring? This will vary by gathering so always be sure to check the gathering's description for details or ask in the discussion section. When in doubt, don't forget your leash, ball, & some poop bags! Have an idea for our next puppy play date? Schedule a gathering!

Dog Group

25 members

Here, doggy! In this group, we and our canine companions will get together regularly to do fun activities like walks in the neighborhood, trips to the dog park, and puppy play dates. What to bring? This will vary by gathering so always be sure to check the gathering's description for details or ask in the discussion section. When in doubt, don't forget your leash, ball, & some poop bags! Have an idea for our next puppy play date? Schedule a gathering!

Pickleball — Looking for a group or any individuals who regularly want to play semi-competitive fun pickleball. Either at any of the nearby facilities or outdoor courts.

Pickleball

15 members

Looking for a group or any individuals who regularly want to play semi-competitive fun pickleball. Either at any of the nearby facilities or outdoor courts.

Golf — People who enjoy golfing

Golf

14 members

People who enjoy golfing

Reality TV Watchers — Let’s get together to watch Bravo!

Reality TV Watchers

14 members

Let’s get together to watch Bravo!

What's the Neighborhood Like Near The Piermont?

Resident-recommended spots in Hillsdale — the places people who actually live here go to.

Restaurants

What residents say
"A favorite spot for Sunday brunch and the social scene."
"It's all about the vibes and the drinks."
"They have the most amazing chicken shish and falafel platters."

Coffee

What residents say
"They make their own blend of water for the best coffee around, and they home-make most of their syrups."
"A unique atmosphere with great drinks, including some custom ones."
"Out of this world pastries."

Shopping

What residents say
"There's a lot of great boutique shops around."
"Has everything you need."
"A busy atmosphere with great options for shopping, food, and even catching a movie."

Recreation

What residents say
"A quaint little town park with a playground for the little ones and trails for the adults."
"It has a really adorable and interesting zoo, the Bergen County Zoo."
"A great area for biking and hiking."

Community Blog

Stories and updates from life inside The Piermont.

What Happened at The Piermont in July 2026: Community Highlights

AI-drafted from The Piermont resident activity data | Human-reviewed and edited by a Cobu Community Manager | Published: July 31, 2026

Quick Highlights

  • A resident who moved in during June posted that they love every minute of it and that the community is full of friendly people
  • The Golf group put out an open invitation to break in the simulator together
  • Ten interest groups are now active, with the Foodie Group at 29 members and the Tasting Club at 20
  • A resident offered a brand new twin mattress for free and offered to deliver it

Inside July 2026

July at The Piermont was a month of arrivals. The first post of the month was a resident asking whether anyone had a moving company to recommend, and within the hour five neighbors had answered with names: Moving of America, Top Notch Movers, A Piece of Cake Movers, Ridgewood Moving, and Unwind Moving. That thread set the tone for everything after it, because most of what happened here in July was residents helping each other land.

Introductions came steadily. A couple posted that they were moving in during August with their two year old mini dachshund. A family who splits time between here and Florida introduced themselves along with their two young sons. A resident wrote that they had moved in mid June and already loved every minute, describing the community as full of friendly people.

Interest Group Activity

The Piermont has ten active groups on the community platform, and several of them were doing real work in July. The Golf group, with 11 members, saw a new resident post an open invitation to put the simulator to use and get introduced over a warm up session or a round, which is a good use of an on-site amenity that residents can share. In the Pickleball group, a resident scouting nearby courts posted that they were heading to Prestige Pickleball open play on a Sunday morning and that slots were still open, roughly 17 minutes from the building.

The Dog Group, at 17 members, produced the warmest post of the month. A resident who does not have a dog with them yet introduced themselves anyway, said they missed their family's three dogs back home, and offered to play with any neighbor's dog with the owner's permission. Elsewhere in the group, new dogs in the community were greeted the way you would expect.

The Foodie Group is the largest interest group at 29 members, with the Tasting Club at 20, Reality TV Watchers at 9, the NYC Commute group at 8 for residents heading into the city. Marketplace has 109 members.

What Residents Were Talking About in July 2026

Setting up a new apartment drove most conversation. A resident needed an electric drill to assemble furniture and had two neighbors offering one within ten minutes. In Marketplace, a resident offered a never used twin mattress free to anyone in the building, with a protective sheet included and delivery within the building offered, available for two weeks. Other listings included an area rug and a sectional. Residents also traded practical questions about commuting, including how to get the best price on round trip train tickets into Hoboken.

What July 2026 Revealed About Life at The Piermont

Every request posted in July got an answer: movers, a drill, a golf partner, a pickleball court, a welcome. Residents are also starting groups around what they actually do, from golf and pickleball to food, commuting, and reality TV.

Looking Ahead

August brings the Summer Splash BBQ at the pool, which already has 31 total RSVPs on the books, and the golf and pickleball groups are still looking for players. Studios, one and two bedrooms, and townhomes are all on our floor plans. Schedule a tour if you want to see the pool and the simulator before the next round gets organized.

What It's Like to Live at The Piermont: Community Life in Hillsdale, NJ

AI-drafted from The Piermont resident activity data | Human-reviewed and edited by a Cobu Community Manager | Published: June 17, 2026

Key Takeaways

  • The Piermont is a brand new community in its first chapter, and residents are already connecting online in the community platform, called Cobu, before many have even unpacked.
  • Seven interest groups have already formed in the first couple of months, including a Dog Group, a Foodie Group, a Tasting Club, a Golf group, and a Reality TV Watchers group.
  • New neighbors introduce themselves almost daily. Of the most recent resident posts, the large majority are welcome messages and hellos in the building chat.
  • This is shaping up to be a very pet friendly community. Residents are already arranging dog walks and meetups for their pups.
  • Neighbors are helping neighbors from day one, offering a hand with move-in, giving away leftover moving supplies, and returning lost items to the office.

The Piermont is a new luxury rental community in Hillsdale, New Jersey, and right now you are getting a rare look at something most apartment searches never show you. You are seeing a community in the exact moment it comes to life.

Most of our residents have moved in within the last two to three months, and many more are arriving week by week. What stands out is how quickly people here have started reaching out to one another in our community platform. Even in these early days, our residents have formed seven interest groups, filled the building chat with friendly introductions, and begun trading the kind of everyday help that makes a building feel like a neighborhood.

If you want to know what it is actually like to live at The Piermont, the honest answer is that you would be joining a community that is being built right now, by the people moving in alongside you. For a lot of renters, that is the best possible time to arrive.

Life Inside The Piermont: What Residents Actually Do Here

A clear sign of life at The Piermont is the steady stream of introductions in the main chat feed of our community platform. New residents post to say hello, share a little about themselves, and let everyone know when they are moving in. The mix of people is part of the charm. Some are empty nesters downsizing from large homes, some are young couples setting up their first place together, and at least one household is moving back to Bergen County after years in Hoboken. Some are arriving with dogs, including Golden Retrievers, a chocolate Lab, and a poodle mix.

These are not one line posts that go ignored. When one neighbor announced their move-in date, another replied that they had the next day off work and offered to help carry things in. That kind of generosity, offered to someone they had never met, tells you a lot about the tone people are setting here.

The resident Marketplace is already active with 48 members. One of the first posts was a neighbor giving away leftover bubble wrap and moving bags rather than tossing them, so someone else's move could be a little easier. Small things like a found earbud being dropped at the office and reunited with its owner show a community that looks out for one another.

There is creativity here too. In the Foodie Group, a resident shared that they spent their first weekend baking sourdough and getting used to the new oven in their apartment. It is a small moment, but it captures what these early days feel like.

The Events and Social Scene

The Piermont is so new that the resident events calendar is just getting started and with a foundation that points to an active social scene ahead.

Residents have already organized themselves into groups built around shared activities, and several of those groups exist specifically to bring people together in person. The Dog Group is planning neighborhood walks and puppy playdates. The Foodie Group describes itself as being all about food and friends, with potlucks and shared meals on the horizon. The Tasting Club is set up for residents to explore wine, beer, and cocktails together, and the Reality TV Watchers group has formed around watch nights.

For a prospective resident, this matters because it shows the social momentum is already here. The people planning these get togethers are your future neighbors, and the calendar is theirs to fill.

What Residents Talk About Every Day

Even in a newer community, clear themes are already showing up in resident conversations.

The biggest one is welcome and introductions. New neighbors are constantly saying hello, sharing what brought them to The Piermont, and asking to meet others. Pets come up again and again, with residents introducing their dogs by name and looking for walking buddies.

Local recommendations are the other recurring theme. Our community team has been running monthly prompts in the chat asking residents to share their favorite local spots, from brunch and BBQ places to parks, flower shops, and bike paths. As more residents settle in and answer these prompts, the property's shared list of neighborhood go-to spots is growing week by week.

Interest Groups

For a community only a couple of months old, the number of interest groups is impressive. Seven interest groups have already been created, and these will only increase over time:

  • Marketplace (48 members), where neighbors buy, sell, and give away items
  • Foodie Group (10 members), focused on potlucks, take out, and shared meals
  • Dog Group (9 members), for dog walks and puppy playdates
  • Reality TV Watchers (7 members), built around watch nights
  • Golf (4 members), for residents who enjoy hitting the course
  • Tasting Club (4 members), for exploring wine, beer, and cocktails together

The Neighborhood Through Residents' Eyes

The Piermont sits in Hillsdale, in the heart of Bergen County, with access to New York City by the NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line and easy connections to the Garden State Parkway and Route 17.

Because the community is so new, residents are still in the early stages of sharing their favorite local spots. Rather than invent recommendations, the property's neighborhood guide is being written in real time. Residents are actively trading tips on restaurants, brunch spots, parks, and outdoor activities, and the Foodie Group and Tasting Club are quickly becoming the place where those discoveries get shared. As an early resident, you would not just be reading that list. You would be helping create it.

Is The Piermont Worth It?

If you are looking for a community with a decade of traditions already in place, The Piermont is not that, at least not yet. What it offers instead is the chance to be part of something from the very beginning.

In just its first couple of months, this community has produced seven interest groups, a daily flow of friendly introductions, an active Marketplace, and real examples of neighbors helping neighbors. People are offering moving help to strangers, giving away supplies, planning dog walks, and trading local tips. That is a strong, warm foundation, and it is being laid by the same residents you would be moving in beside.

For the right person, an early stage community is a great feature. You get to shape the culture, claim a spot in the groups as they grow, and build friendships with neighbors who are all new at the same time.

How to See It for Yourself

The best way to understand what life at The Piermont feels like is to visit in person and picture yourself in the space. Schedule a tour to see the community and meet our team.

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Cobu Community Team · The Piermont
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