Sucker Brook (Lawrence Brook tributary) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sucker Brook
Map of Sucker Brook
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Main source	40°27′40″N 74°27′09″W / 40.46111°N 74.45250°W / 40.46111; -74.45250
River mouth	23 ft (7.0 m) 40°26′58″N 74°26′52″W / 40.44944°N 74.44778°W / 40.44944; -74.44778
Basin features
Progression	Lawrence Brook, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean

Sucker Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.

Course

The source of Sucker Brook is several pools located in a housing development at 40°27′40″N 74°27′09″W / 40.46111°N 74.45250°W / 40.46111; -74.45250. It travels in a pipe under Route 130, and then runs between a housing development. It drains into Lawrence Brook at 40°26′58″N 74°26′52″W / 40.44944°N 74.44778°W / 40.44944; -74.44778 near Westons Mill Pond, a dammed section of Lawrence Brook.

Sister tributaries

• Beaverdam Brook
• Great Ditch
• Ireland Brook
• Oakeys Brook
• Sawmill Brook
• Terhune Run
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers Gardens, unofficially named Doc Brook
• Unnamed Brook in Rutgers' Helyar Woods

History

Map of North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1876. Sucker Brook flows to Lawrence Brook below Milltown at the upper right.

An 1876 map of North Brunswick shows that Sucker Brook at one time transversed the present day U.S. 1, Milltown Road, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st Avenues, and Allgair Avenue, and ended near Nassau Street east of George's Road.