Leonia,
New Jersey
Town
Name: |
Leonia |
City
Hall: |
Leonia Borough Hall |
Address: |
312 Broad Avenue, Leonia NJ 07605 |
Phone
Number: |
201-592-5752 |
Web
Site: |
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Government: |
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Type: |
Borough |
Police Employees |
37 |
Population |
8596 |
Crime Rate (per 1000 people) |
10 |
Persons
Per Sq Mile: |
5546 |
Distance
to NYC: |
N/A |
| Parks: |
Recreation Department: 201-592-5783 Overpeck Park, Wood Park,
Horseback riding, Leonia Municipal Pool: 201-944-9430. Full time
recreation director is employed. Fay camp runs through the
summer 3 1/2-13 yr.. old, 6 parks, 3 athletic fields, baseball,
jogging. |
Town
History: |
Atemus Ward would be pleased by the Leonia of Today. In 1899,
his Leonia Heights Land company set out to create a community
that would be unique- an idea sparked by a trip to Leonia
on the Edgewater Ferry that year. Ward, the head of the New
York advertising concern, envisioned a white collar community
whose residents would enjoy open space and an upper-class
residential environment with an emphasis on education &
culture. Nature has already graced the farming community with
tranquility and plenty of greenery- the tranquility had been
interrupted during the Revolutionary War by British Raids
on local farms and General Washington's retreat through the
area towards Trenton. |
Town
Meeting: |
2nd/4th Mondays at the Borough Hall Annex (305 Beechwood Dr..),
7 PM |
Real
Estate
Ordinances: |
Leonia requires a permit for all real estate signs. There
is a $5 fee for each sign. They should not exceed 12 square
feet in residential districts & 24 square feet in commercial
districts. The signs must be removed 5 days after the property
is either sold or leased. |
Public
Library
| Address: |
227
Fort Lee Rd |
| Phone: |
201-592-5770 |
| Hours: |
N/A |
| Director: |
Deborah
Bigelow |
| Number
of Books: |
54,373 |
Public
Schools
| Agostino
Rottino |
201-947-5655 |
Located
570 Grand Ave |
| Anna
Scott Elementary School (K-6): |
201-461-9100 |
|
| Leonia
Middle School (7-9) |
201-461-9100 |
|
| Leonia
High School (10-12): |
201-461-7411
|
Located
at 100 Christie Heights |
| Number
of Students to College: |
N/A |
| Student
to Teacher Ratio: |
12 |
| Cost
per Student: |
7787 |
Housing
Information
| Single
Family Units: |
1927 |
| Owner
Occupied: |
2109 |
| Renter
Occupied: |
1107 |
| Residential
Units: |
2417 |
| Farm
Units: |
0 |
| Commercial
Units: |
61 |
| Industrial
Units: |
5 |
| Apartment
Units: |
30 |
| Vacant
Units: |
66 |
| Total
Units: |
2579 |
Utilities
and Services
| Water: |
Hackensack Water Company |
| Gas
& Electric: |
P.S.E.
& G. |
| Health: |
N/A |
| Sanitation: |
Trash collected twice a week by the borough. Trash should
be collected in trash cans or in Hefty type bags. Recyclable
materials: mixed paper collection including newspapers,
magazines, cardboard and office papers must be placed
in recycling bins and/ or bundled. Glass bottles, aluminum
Cans, tin cans, and plastic bottles (Numbers 1 & 2
Only) must be placed in hard containers. White goods (such
as refrigerators) are collected on Friday by appointments
only. Clothing can be brought to the DPW garage. Yard
waste recycling collection occurs on a rotating Monday
Schedule. |
Transportation
Information
| Railroads: |
NJ
Transit, Amtrak |
| Buses: |
NJ
Transit, Red & Tan |
Major
Highways: |
Route
4, Route 17, 9W, Palisades Interstate Parkway, Garden State
Parkway, NJ Turnpike |
| Airports: |
Newark,
Kennedy, LaGuardia |
| Commuter
Information: |
Red
& tan lines bus service to New York City.
Taxi Service also available from Leonia Taxi |
Houses
of Worship
| Holy Spirit
Lutheran Church, St... John's Roman Catholic Church, Congregation
Addas Emuno, Sons of Israel, All Saints Episcopal Church, Korean
Community Church of New Jersey |
Miscellaneous
Information
| Local Parochial
& Private Schools: Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, St.. John's
Roman Catholic Church, All Saints Episcopal, & Children's
Garden Nursery. Tree Pruning Permits: All private tree contractors
must register for a free permit before tree work is implemented
recycling bins available at the Borough Hall during the week
from 8:30-4:30 for $4. |
This information, provided by the New Jersey Multiple
Listing Service, is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, subject to
errors and omissions. |
