Offices
Princeton Consultants has two main offices: one in suburban Princeton, New Jersey and the other in the heart of cosmopolitan New York City.
Staff members are free to work out of one or both offices, which are only an hour apart, and an enjoy a lifestyle-friendly environment according to project location, travel logistics and personal preference.
Princeton Office: 101 Carnegie Center
Princeton Consultants was founded in Princeton and our office is located in the state-of-the-art Carnegie Center office park, with many amenities onsite and in the surrounding area.
For many, Princeton presents an ideal environment in which to live and work, because it combines stimulating cultural attractions, plentiful recreational opportunities, and safe neighborhoods with excellent public schools. Residents enjoy easy access to mass transit and cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The spirit of innovation, scholarship and history runs deep in Princeton
- Princeton University was founded as the College of New Jersey in 1746.
- Princeton served as the Nation's capital after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia (1783) - visit Nassau Hall on the PU campus.
- Albert Einstein, John Von Neumann, J Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Kurt Gödel, and countless others - the best and brightest from Europe relocated here after World War II.
- A few of John Von Neumann’s dazzling accomplishments include the field of game theory (1928), being the first to establish a rigorous mathematical framework for quantum mechanics (1932), and inventing the concept of computer software (the “Von Neumann machine”).
- Color TV was invented at RCA's Sarnoff Research Labs in Princeton (1951). They also invented Stereo TV technology (and won an Emmy Award for it).
And in the area, within a one-hour drive:
- The first organized baseball game was played (1846 in Hoboken).
- The first intercollegiate football game was played (1869, Princeton vs. Rutgers).
- George Washington crossed the Delaware to decisively defeat the British in Trenton during the Revolutionary War (1776, Washington Crossing).
- Clifford Holland engineered the first motor vehicle tunnel under a river (1920, Jersey City).
- The first modern submarine was built by John Holland (1878, Passaic).
- The first ball bearings for electric motors introduced by the Electro Dynamic Company (1899, Bayonne).
- The incandescent light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison (1879, Menlo Park).
- The first town in the world to be lighted by electricity (1883, Roselle).
- Edison invented the phonograph and the telephone transmitter - in the same year! (1877, Menlo Park).
- Edison also invented the motion picture camera and projector, the first movie was played (1889, West Orange).
- Selman Waxman of Rutgers received the Nobel Prize as the discoverer of over 20 inhibitory substances he called “antibiotics,” including Streptomycin, the first effective cure for tuberculosis (1952, New Brunswick).
- The transistor was invented by William Shockley at Bell Laboratories (1947, Murray Hill). They also designed and built Telstar - the first telecommunications satellite (1954, Murray Hill).
- Clarence Birdseye was awarded patents and created the first frozen food company (1922, Montclair).
- The first solid body electric guitar was invented by Les Paul (1940, Mahwah).
- The first highway "cloverleaf" (1929, Woodbridge).
New York Office: 590 Fifth Avenue
Our New York office is centrally located in Midtown Manhattan, one of the world’s most dynamic and prestigious districts, with a unique abundance of global business headquarters, shopping, cultural attractions, restaurants, and human energy.
Rockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and NBC Studios are only one block away and Grand Central Station, Central Park, Bryant Park and Times Square are all within a short walk.
Princeton Consultants occupies 590 Fifth Avenue’s entire 16th floor, which features dramatic views of the neighboring landmarks. Easily accessible by major transportation and close to local subway stops, our office is convenient for employees and ideal for client meetings and seminars.
