CENTRAL AIR AND NEW KITCHEN - a cook's dream - with quartz counters and stainless appliances; new carpet, paint and refinished hardwoods. This charming side-hall colonial boasts three cozy light-filled bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, full basement for laundry and storage, plus a huge screened-in porch and paver patio for outdoor living in the large backyard. Close to schools (only a block from the well-rated Hazel Ave. Elementary and a half mile from Seton Hall Prep), transit access at the nearby Highland Ave. station, plus 280 and the Parkway only a stone's throw away. Enjoy all the best of Essex County from this adorable home base - South Mountain Reservation and Turtleback Zoo, dining, shopping and culture of SOMA, Montclair and Bloomfield just around the corner, and the convenient shopping centers in West Orange (with a new Target coming soon next to Whole Foods). Start your next chapter at 45 Oakridge Rd.!