Closter,
New Jersey
Town
Name: |
Closter |
City
Hall: |
Closter Borough Hall |
Address: |
295 Closter Dock Road, Closter NJ 07624 |
Phone
Number: |
201-784-0756 |
Web
Site: |
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Government: |
Mayor
and Council |
Type: |
Borough |
Police Employees |
21 |
Population |
8383 |
Crime Rate (per 1000 people) |
N/A |
Persons
Per Sq Mile: |
N/A |
Distance
to NYC: |
21.5 miles |
| Parks: |
Director James Oettinger 201-750-9507, Boys/Girls Scouts,
Closter Swim Club, Athletic Programs: Tennis, Ice Skating
Facilities, Nature center with Nature Program, Arts &
Crafts, Movie Theater. Part time Recreation Director is Employed.
25 Acres of Conservation Area, 4 local parks, 5 public playgrounds,
4 athletic fields, 1 private swimming pool |
Town
History: |
Indians of the Lenape tribe occupied the land now called Closter.
They were displaced by the Europeans, predominately the Dutch.
For 200 years, Dutch was the common language. English wasn't
taught until 1770. Most of the Colonial Architecture in the
Hudson River Valley was Dutch in origin and over 20 of these
original homes still remain and are still used by Closter
residents. No other town in Bergen County boasts so great
a concentration of houses built in or prior to 1740. In 1904,
the Borough of Closter was incorporated and present town boundaries
were established encompassing 3.31 square miles with 150 acres
of reservoirs and streams. |
Town
Meeting: |
Mayor/Council- 2nd/4th Wednesday, 8 PM at Borough
HallPlanning Board- 1st Wednesday of each month
Zoning BD of ADJ.- 3rd Wednesday each month
Closter Library- 4th Tuesday Each Month, 8 PM at the Library
Shade Tree- Scheduled as needed
Board of Health- 3rd Thursday 7:30PM; Exceptions in July &
August |
Real
Estate
Ordinances: |
DPW: 201-784-0753 - Director Harry Lampman Closter doesn't
require any type of permit to display real estate signs, however
the sign must be at least 15 ft. from the curb |
Public
Library
| Address: |
280
High Street |
| Phone: |
201-768-4197 |
| Hours: |
Mon.-Sat.:9AM-5PM,
Mon/Wed. Evenings: 7PM-9PM |
| Director: |
Ruth
Rando |
| Number
of Books: |
48,285 |
Public
Schools
Superintendent
of School:
(Jeffery Feifer) |
201-768-3001 |
Located
at 340 Homans Avenue |
| Board
of Education: |
201-768-3001 |
Located
at 340 Homans Avenue |
| Hillside
School: |
201-768-3860 |
Located
at 340 Homans Avenue |
| Tenakill
School: |
201-768-1332 |
Located
at 232 High Street |
| Tenakill
Middle School: |
201-768-1332 |
Located
at 275 High Street |
| Northern
Valley Regional High School: |
201-768-2200 |
Located
at 162 Knickerbocker Road |
| Number
of Students to College: |
N/A |
| Student
to Teacher Ratio: |
N/A |
| Cost
per Student: |
N/A |
Housing Information
| Single
Family Units: |
2321 |
| Owner
Occupied: |
2417 |
| Renter
Occupied: |
372 |
| Residential
Units: |
N/A |
| Farm
Units: |
N/A |
| Commercial
Units: |
N/A |
| Industrial
Units: |
N/A |
| Apartment
Units: |
N/A |
| Vacant
Units: |
76 |
| Total
Units: |
2865 |
Utilities
and Services
| Water: |
Hackensack Water Company |
| Gas
& Electric: |
P.S.E.
& G./Rockland Electric |
| Health: |
N/A |
| Sanitation: |
Wednesday Curbside Pickup for Recycling, Trash collection
twice a week, Recycling Program includes: glass, alum.,
Bi-metal cans, metal, plastic, cardboard, paper, magazines,
grass, leaves, et al. |
Transportation
Information
| Railroads: |
NJ
Transit, Amtrak |
| Buses: |
NJ
Transit, Red & Tan,
Leisure Line Bus, Cross County Bus |
Major
Highways: |
9W,
Palisades Interstate Parkway, Route 4, Route 17, Garden
State Parkway, NJ Turnpike |
| Airports: |
Newark,
Kennedy, LaGuardia |
| Commuter
Information: |
Red
& Tan Bus Lines, NJ Transit |
Houses
of Worship |
| Reformed
Church of Closter, St. Paul's Evangelist Lutheran, St. Mary's
Roman Catholic, A.M.E. Zion Church, Closter Gospel Assmb.
Temple Beth-El of N.V., Kingdom of God Jehovah's Witness |
Town
Organizations
| American
Association of University Women, American Legion, Boy Scouts,
Chamber of Commerce, Closter Volunteer Ambulance Corp., Closter
Womans Club, Democratic Club, Elks Club, Girl Scouts, Historical
Society, Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus, League of Women
Voters, Lions Club, Nature Center, PTO, Republican Club, Senior
Citizens Club, Swim Club, Volunteer Fire Department &
Auxiliary.
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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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