Emergency vet access in New Jersey
Of 749 listed veterinary practices in New Jersey,27 post verified around-the-clock hours across 22 cities, and 5 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 11 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 19 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in New Jersey
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| NorthStar VETS | Brick | (609) 259-8300 | ✓ verified |
| Running 'S' Equine Veterinary Services | Califon | (908) 832-5484 | |
| Veterinary Emergency Group | Clifton | (201) 438-7122 | |
| Garden State Veterinary Specialists | Eatontown | (732) 922-0011 | |
| Animal Emergency & Referral Associates | Fairfield | (973) 788-0500 | |
| Harmony Animal Hospital | Harmony | (908) 454-5600 | ✓ verified |
| Red Bank Veterinary Hospital | Hillsborough | (908) 359-3161 | |
| Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) | Hoboken | (201) 630-0636 | |
| VEG ER for Pets | Hoboken | Contact via website | ✓ verified |
| Garden State Veterinary Services | Iselin | (732) 283-3535 | |
| Uinta Veterinary Hospital | Jersey City | Contact via website | |
| Crown Veterinary Specialists | Lebanon | (908) 236-4120 | |
| VEG ER for Pets - Millburn | Millburn - Short Hills | (908) 258-7519 | |
| Mount Laurel Animal Hospital | Mount Laurel | (856) 234-7626 | ✓ verified |
| Red Bank Veterinary Hospital - Mount Laurel | Mount Laurel | (856) 429-4394 | |
| All Creatures Great and Small Animal Clinic | Mount Tabor | (973) 625-3641 | |
| Uinta Veterinary Hospital | Newark | Contact via website | |
| BluePearl Pet Hospital | Paramus | (201) 527-6699 | ✓ verified |
| VEG ER for Pets | Paramus | (551) 258-1998 | ✓ verified |
| Oradell Animal Hospital | Paramus | (201) 262-0010 | ✓ verified |
| VEG ER for Pets | Princeton | Contact via website | |
| VEG ER for Pets - Princeton | Princeton | (609) 257-2281 | |
| AnimERge Animal Hospital | Raritan | (908) 707-9077 | |
| Red Bank Veterinary Hospital | Red Bank | (732) 747-3636 | ✓ verified |
| NorthStar VETS | Robbinsville | (609) 259-8300 | ✓ verified |
| Westfield Veterinary Group | Union | (908) 232-1048 | |
| Westwood Regional Veterinary Hospital | Westwood | (201) 885-5040 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among New Jersey towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Cape May Court House — nearest 24/7 hospital is Mount Laurel Animal Hospital in Mount Laurel, 59 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 11 min drive)
- Vineland — nearest 24/7 hospital is Mount Laurel Animal Hospital in Mount Laurel, 37 mi straight-line (roughly a 49 min drive)
- Tuckerton — nearest 24/7 hospital is NorthStar VETS in Brick, 33 mi straight-line (roughly a 44 min drive)
- Manahawkin — nearest 24/7 hospital is NorthStar VETS in Brick, 23 mi straight-line (roughly a 31 min drive)
- Sewell — nearest 24/7 hospital is Mount Laurel Animal Hospital in Mount Laurel, 16 mi straight-line (roughly a 22 min drive)
- Freehold — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Red Bank, 13 mi straight-line (roughly a 23 min drive)
- Monroe Twp — nearest 24/7 hospital is Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Red Bank, 13 mi straight-line (roughly a 23 min drive)
- East Brunswick — nearest 24/7 hospital is Garden State Veterinary Services in Iselin, 11 mi straight-line (roughly a 19 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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