Watsessing, New Jersey
Watsessing is a neighborhood and census-designated place located in Bloomfield Township, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the southwest corner of the township, bordered to the northwest by Glen Ridge, to the southwest by East Orange, to the southeast by the Ampere North part of Bloomfield, and to the northeast by the rest of Bloomfield. Watsessing Park is in the center of the community, in the valley of the Second River or Watsessing River, part of the Passaic River watershed.
The Garden State Parkway runs through the center of the community, on the southeast side of Watsessing Park, with access from Exit 148. The parkway leads north to Clifton and south through East Orange to Irvington. The NJ Transit Montclair-Boonton Line has two stops in the community: Watsessing Avenue in the southeast and Bloomfield in the northeast.
Demographics
Watsessing first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2020 | 2020 |
| White alone | 2,245 | 27.79% |
| Black or African American alone | 2,401 | 29.72% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone | 2 | 0.02% |
| Asian alone | 648 | 8.02% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone | 1 | 0.01% |
| Other race alone | 96 | 1.19% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial | 333 | 4.12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2,352 | 29.12% |
| Total | 8,078 | 100.00% |