I've lived at 295J for a couple years and have had a positive experience so far. Huge plus for me is the parking situation and proximity to the Light Rail (which can easily connect to PATH). I mainly do street parking in the area which isn't too bad, but most of the spots have twice per week street cleaning from 10am-noon, so your husband would have to play around that. I hear that monthly parking at LSP parking lot is doable, and is ~$60/month, but i've never tried it since I drive to work everyday and dealing with the street cleaning schedule hasn't been an issue (other than going on vacation). The building also has garage parking, but it's expensive (>$200/month).

There are two major construction projects going on nearby, and is pretty loud during the day, but they don't do much at night. I've never considered it an issue since I don't work from home.

In-unit laundry is great, haven't had any issues with it. Gym access is great as well. The weight lifting and cardio rooms are separated which can be nice as you don't have to deal with as many people at once. The pool is kinda whatever, pretty small, and more for just hanging out in the sun while occasionally dipping in. They have rules on accessing the pool which have changed over time (need to get an ID made, and need to pay to have guests with you, although I haven't seen them be super stringent on this).

One thing i'd like to mention is that that the footprint of the building itself is very large. Depending on where your apartment is, it can be a long walk from the entrance/elevator. I believe the apartments are priced accordingly (i.e. higher prices on the eastern side, which also happens to face LSP).

Safety-wise, I think the area is decent. It's certainly not a bustling downtown area, but also isn't super sketchy.

My major cons are:

1. Kitchen sink is very small, height-wise. Makes it difficult to put dishes in there while also dealing with other cooking-related tasks. Can be used as positive encouragement to wash your sooner rather than let them pile up though
2. Bathdoom door is a slider that is pretty flimsy, and the lock doesn't work properly. Not a huge deal to me, but just feels cheap
3. The whole building uses an app called Latch to access your apartment door, and all other areas (gym, main entrance, pool/patio, etc.). On my phone, it's fairly buggy/slow and gets annoying. I mentioned that the gym being separated based on weights/cardio is a positive, but having to use the app to go between them makes it annoying
4. Overall, things just feel pretty cheap, while giving the false look of being decent quality. I don't particularly mind too much though as i'm not the type to bring friends/family over all the time. You mentioned Bridget and Sawyer as other options, and doing a quick look, they seem quite a bit more expensive, so if that is you/your husband's standard, then you might notice the cheapness of this place.

My wife, son, and I are moving to 295J in May. Moving from Newport. If you see a guy wearing a New York Red Bulls jacket everyday, come say hi.

Ive lived in this area for 4 years and 3 of those were through residency! I love the Bergen-Lafayette area. I lived in the Solaris building for 3 yrs and personally really loved it as a resident. (moved because I wanted to upgrade from my studio apartment and they didnt have any 1beds for me to rent). I was able to sleep during the day when i was on overnight shifts and they were very nice about accommodating me if there was ever something being done in the building that didnt work with my weird day/night flips. (example, there was some random day where they were doing fire alarm inspections or something and needed to access every unit for about 1min to check the alarm. Originally was scheduled for a day and time I had planned to be asleep from an overnight shift and they moved it to let me sleep). That particular building I felt has better washer dryers and bathroom set up then 295J (bigger on both counts). There is also the BeLa building across from it that is also very sound proof per my conversations with neighbors. It's concrete and metal so little noise from neighbors. Likewise also a bigger bathroom/washer dryer then 295J. Not that I think there is anything wrong with 295J, they are the bigger of the 3 buildings discussed, just playing devils advocate in case you were looking for other ideas in the exact same location. 295J has units that will face the Liberty State Park Lightrail station so you will be able to see your car if you park in the lot there. Yes, you can park overnight, there is a 24h security car that roams around all the time and there is monthly parking available for there. Very rare occasion they ask you to move your car for something like 4th of july when they need the space, otherwise it always has cars in it. Personally my priority when I picked a building to live in during residency was 'can I sleep here during the day' but everyone has their own priorities. Hope that helps a bit!