**FORM      8-K**

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| **FIRST                REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST OF NEW JERSEY**              |
| (Exact                name of registrant as specified in                charter) |

| New                Jersey                                     | 2-27018                                | 22-1697095                                                     |
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| (State                or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (CommissionFile                Number) | (IRS                EmployerIdentification                No.) |
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|  505                Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey  | 07601                                  |
| (Address                of principal executive offices)       | (Zip                Code)              |

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| (Former                name or former address, if changed since last                report) |

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**Item      8.01 Other Events**

***The        statements in this report that relate to future earnings or performance are        forward-looking. Actual results might differ materially and be adversely        affected by such factors as longer than anticipated lease-up periods or the        inability of tenants to pay increased rents. Additional information about        these        factors is contained in the Trust’s filings with the SEC including the Trust’s        most recent filed report on Form 10-K and Form        10-Q.***

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**SIGNATURES**

|                                | FIRST                REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST                OF NEW JERSEY |
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|                                | (Registrant)                                                                   |
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|                                | By:                                                                       | /s/                Robert S. Hekemian |
|                                |                                                                           | Robert                S. Hekemian |
|                                |                                                                           | Chairman                of the Board |
| Date:                March 16, 2007 |                                                                           |   |

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**EXHIBIT      INDEX**

| Exhibit |                                                                                                            |
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| Number  | Description                                                                                                     |
|    |                                                                                                            |
| 1       | Press                  Release - Operating results for the three months ended January                  31, 2007 |