Fort
Lee,
New Jersey
Town
Name: |
Fort Lee |
City
Hall: |
Fort Lee Borough
Hall |
Address: |
309 Main Street,
Fort Lee NJ 07024 |
Phone
Number: |
201-592-3570 |
Web
Site: |
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Type: |
Borough |
Police Employees |
109 |
Population |
33989 |
Crime Rate (per 1000 people) |
28 |
Persons
Per Sq Mile: |
12655 |
Distance
to NYC: |
11 miles |
| Parks: |
Fort Lee Historic
Park. A full time Director is Employed.
Facilities include a recreation center, 5 public playgrounds
supervised in the summer, Athletic Fields, & Public Tennis
Courts. |
Town
History: |
Otherwise known
as "Hollywood on the Hudson" for its history of
film making, Fort Lee is 2.5 square miles bordered on the
North by Englewood Cliffs, on the South by Cliffside Park,
on the West by Englewood & Palisades Park and on the East
by Hudson River with its panoramic views of New York City.
Despite its rapid commercial & population growth, Fort
Lee still remains the charm one expects to find in a small
town. The town has a combination of attractive features. Moreover,
Fort Lee' s ethnic & cultural heritage have been greatly
diversified and arrivals from all nations are settling in
the borough. |
Town
Meeting: |
Meetings held on
2nd & 4th Thursday. Council Chambers 8 PM |
Real
Estate
Ordinances: |
None listed |
Public
Library
| Address: |
320 Main Street |
| Phone: |
201-592-3614 |
| Hours: |
N/A |
| Director: |
Rita Altomara |
| Number
of Books: |
112550 |
Public
Schools
| Supt of
Schools |
John
Richarson |
Located
at 255 Whiteman |
| School #1 |
201-585-4320 |
Located at Hoym |
| School #2 |
201-585-4630 |
Located at Jones Road |
| School #3 |
201-585-4640 |
Located at Myrtle Ave. |
| School #4 |
201-585-4650 |
Located at Anderson Ave. |
| Lewis F. Cole Middle
School |
201-585-4662 |
Located at Stillwell Ave. |
| Fort Lee High School |
201-585-4675 |
Located at Lemoine Ave. |
Parochial
Schools
Holy Trinity (K-8)
Madonna (K-8)
| Number
of Students to College: |
N/A |
| Student
to Teacher Ratio: |
15 |
| Cost
per Student: |
8014 |
Housing
Information
| Single
Family Units: |
2387 |
| Owner
Occupied: |
8904 |
| Renter
Occupied: |
6332 |
| Residential
Units: |
6613 |
| Farm
Units: |
0 |
| Commercial
Units: |
335 |
| Industrial
Units: |
12 |
| Apartment
Units: |
76 |
| Vacant
Units: |
227 |
| Total
Units: |
7263 |
| Tax
Rate: |
2.0 |
Utilities
and Services
| Water: |
Hackensack Water Company |
| Gas
& Electric: |
P.S.E. & G. |
| Health: |
Englewood Hospital 350
Engle St. Englewood, NJ 07631 201-394-3000 |
| Sanitation: |
Trash collected twice a
week by a private contractor |
Transportation
Information
| Railroads: |
NJ
Transit, Amtrak |
| Buses: |
NJ
Transit, Red & Tan |
Major
Highways: |
Route 4, 9W, Palisades Interstate
Parkway, Route 17, Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike |
| Airports: |
Newark,
Kennedy, LaGuardia |
| Commuter
Information: |
Red & Tan Lines, NJ Transit
Limo/Taxi Service |
Houses
of Worship
| Chabad of
Fort Lee |
201-886-1238 |
808
Abbott Blvd. |
| Fort Lee Jewish CommunityCnter |
201-947-1735 |
1449 AndersonAve. |
| The New Synagogue of
Fort Lee |
201-947-1555 |
1585 Center Ave. |
| Sephardic Congregation
of Fort Lee |
201-585-9756 |
313 Tom Hunter Road |
| Synagogue on the Palisades |
201-224-0878 |
PO Box 3131 |
| Young Israel of Fort
Lee |
201-592-1518 |
1610 Parker Ave. |
3 Catholic Churches
and 3 Protestant churches
Town
Organizations
| American Legion Post, American
ORT, Business and Professional Women's Club of the Palisades,
Fort Lee Artist Guild, Fort Lee Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Fort Lee BPOE, Fort Lee Community Blood Bank, Fort Lee Historical
Society, Fort Lee Opera Association, Fort Lee Regular Democratic
Organization, Fort Lee Tennants Association, Fort Lee Youth
Center, Friends of the Fort Lee Library, Grand Order of the
Elks Lodge, Hadassah East Bergen Group, Hellenic Civic Club,
Japanese Women's Organization, Kiwanis Club, Knights of Columbus,
L'Chaim, Lions Club, Madonna Church, Rotary Club, UNICO, V.F.W. |
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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