Bergenfield,
New Jersey
Town
Name: |
Bergenfield |
City
Hall: |
Bergenfield Borough Hall |
Address: |
198 North Washington Ave.., Bergenfield NJ 07621 |
Phone
Number: |
201-387-4055 |
Web
Site: |
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Type: |
Borough |
Police Employees |
54 |
Population |
24885 |
Crime Rate (per 1000 people) |
2 |
Persons
Per Sq Mile: |
8456 |
Distance
to NYC: |
17 |
| Parks: |
The Recreation Commission sponsors a summer program at Memorial
Park & Hickory Park, offering a variety of activities
including field trips to the Bowling Alley, skating at the
rink, Zoo, Shore, etc... There is no fee. Sign-ups are in
June at the park when the program is in session. Also offered
are Tennis lessons, gymnastics, and basketball. |
Town
History: |
Bergenfield was incorporated on June 25, 1894. In the Early
Years of its Existence as a community, it bore the name "Schraalenburg"
and was settled by prosperous Dutch farmers. In 1872 Jersey
City & Albany Railroad built a train station in the Borough
& for lack of a better name called it "Bergen Fields".
This was later modified to "Bergenfield". |
Town
Meeting: |
Mayor& Council:- Call Borough Hall:
201-387-4055 For the most current meeting times and days.
Planning
Board: 3rd Monday of Month, 8 PM, Municipal Building
Zoning/BD of Adj.: 1st Monday of Month,
8 PM, Municipal Building
Site Planning: 2nd Monday, 8 PM, Municipal
Building Shade Tree: 4th Monday, 7:30PM, Municipal Building
Rent Leveling BD: 1st Wednesday, 8 PM,
Municipal Building
Recreation Comm.: 4th Monday, 8 PM,
Memorial Park Pavilion
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Real
Estate
Ordinances: |
No permit required/ No restrictions |
Public
Library
| Address: |
W Clinton
Ave./ S Front Street |
| Phone: |
201-387-4040 |
| Hours: |
M-Th:9AM-9PM,
F:9AM-6PM, Sat:9AM-5PM, Closed Sun. |
| Director: |
Joyce
Doyle |
| Number
of Books: |
119,846 |
Public
Schools
| Board
of Education: |
201-385-8801 |
Located
at 225 W Clinton Ave. |
Superintendent
of Schools:
(John Galish) |
201-385-8202 |
Located
at 100 S Prospect Ave. |
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ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS: |
| Washington
School: |
201-385-8771 |
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| Hoover
School: |
201-385-8582 |
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| Franklin
School (k-6): |
201-385-8581 |
On
North Franklin Ave. |
| Lincoln
School (k-6): |
201-385-8759 |
On
School Craft Road |
| Jefferson
School (k-5): |
201-385-8804 |
On
Hickory Ave. |
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JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL: |
| Roy
W. Brown Middle School: |
201-385-8847 |
Located
at 80 South Washington Ave/East Clinton Ave. |
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HIGH
SCHOOL: |
| Bergenfield
High School: |
201-385-8600 |
Located
at 80 South Prospect Ave. |
| Number
of Students to College: |
90 |
| Student
to Teacher Ratio: |
14 |
| Cost
per Student: |
8382 |
Housing
Information
| Single
Family Units: |
5590 |
| Owner
Occupied: |
6254 |
| Renter
Occupied: |
2545 |
| Residential
Units: |
6901 |
| Farm
Units: |
0 |
| Commercial
Units: |
254 |
| Industrial
Units: |
55 |
| Apartment
Units: |
48 |
| Vacant
Units: |
70 |
| Total
Units: |
9035 |
Utilities
and Services
| Water: |
Hackensack Water Company |
| Gas
& Electric: |
P.S.E.&G. |
| Sanitation: |
Glass Bottles & jars/liquid plastic bottles/newspaper,
magazines, office grade papers, junk mail& corrugated
cardboard, have to be arranged a certain way in order
to be collected by the town. Contact the DPW for details.
The division of sanitation collects garbage twice weekly
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Transportation
Information
| Railroads: |
NJ
Transit, Amtrak |
| Buses: |
NJ
Transit, Red & Tan |
Major
Highways: |
Route
4, Route 17, Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, 9W, Palisades
Interstate Parkway |
| Airports: |
Newark,
Kennedy, LaGuardia |
| Commuter
Information: |
Bus
Service to 41st street & 8th Avenue by NJ transit. Bus
Service to 187th street by Red & Tan Lines. Highways
& Shopping by NJ Transit. Close to Route 4. |
Houses
of Worship
All Saints Episcopal Church, Bergenfield/Dumont Jewish Center,
Calvary Lutheran Church, Calvary Church, Church of the Good Shepherd-Methodist,
Clinton Avenue Reformed Church, Congregation Beth Abraham,
Congregation Beth Israel of Northern Valley, First Baptist Church,
Grace Church, Korean Presbyterian, Old South Presbyterian Church,
St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, St. Matthew's Lutheran Church,
St. Stephens. |
Miscellaneous
Information
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SENIOR
CITIZEN HOUSING: Bergen Co..... Housing Authority: 201-384-7523
Located at Brook side Gardens/293 Murray Hill Terrace
BERGENFIELD NUTRITION/ACTIVITY CENTER: 201-387-7212 Located at
293 Murray Hill Terrace.
BERGENFIELD SWIM CLUB: 201-387-1229 Located
on Twinsboro Bergenfield Little League: 201-387-1950 |
This information,
provided by the New Jersey Multiple Listing Service, is deemed reliable
but not guaranteed, subject to errors and omissions.
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