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|leader_name = [[Nicholas Sacco]] (term ends May 15, |
|leader_name = [[Nicholas Sacco]] (term ends May 15, 2027)<ref name=Officials/><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311072207/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf |date=March 11, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.</ref> |
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|leader_name1 = Erin Barillas<ref>[http://www.northbergen.org/Departments/clerks-office Clerk's Office], North Bergen. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> |
|leader_name1 = Erin Barillas<ref>[http://www.northbergen.org/Departments/clerks-office Clerk's Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062959/http://www.northbergen.org/Departments/clerks-office |date=February 7, 2018 }}, North Bergen. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> |
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|population_total = 63361 |
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|postal_code = 07047<ref>[http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=north%20bergen&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for North Bergen, NJ], [[United States Postal Service]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> |
|postal_code = 07047<ref>[http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=north%20bergen&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for North Bergen, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601144843/https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=north%20bergen&state=NJ |date=June 1, 2012 }}, [[United States Postal Service]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> |
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|area_code = [[Area codes 201 and 551|201]]<ref>[http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=North%20Bergen&frmCounty=Hudson Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for North Bergen, NJ], Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 20, 2014.</ref> |
|area_code = [[Area codes 201 and 551|201]]<ref>[http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=North%20Bergen&frmCounty=Hudson Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for North Bergen, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112231117/http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=North%20Bergen&frmCounty=Hudson |date=January 12, 2016 }}, Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 20, 2014.</ref> |
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|blank_info = 3401752470<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR2">[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] , [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey], Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.</ref> |
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'''North Bergen''' is a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] in the [[North Hudson, New Jersey|northern part]] of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the township's population was 63,361,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 60,773,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions.<ref name=Story/> Situated on the [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|Hudson Palisades]], it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States.<ref>LaMarca, Stephen. [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/16263468/article-Resident-to-show-unique-North-Bergen-photos-Magician--author-has-high-hopes-for-exhibit-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column "Resident to show unique North Bergen photos; Magician, author has high hopes for exhibit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617134039/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/16263468/article-Resident-to-show-unique-North-Bergen-photos-Magician--author-has-high-hopes-for-exhibit-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column |date=2016-06-17 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "'North Bergen is the second hilliest town in the country,' said Lepore. 'I thought it'd be funny to write a quirky little book about the hills of North Bergen.' Due to the unavailability of statistics on the slopes of hills, Lepore contacted an engineer to determine how he could measure the hills with just a level and a ruler himself."</ref> Like neighboring [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] communities, North Bergen is among those places in the nation with the [[List of United States cities by population density|highest population density |
'''North Bergen''' is a [[Township (New Jersey)|township]] in the [[North Hudson, New Jersey|northern part]] of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. As of the [[2020 United States census]], the township's population was 63,361,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 60,773,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092646/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls |date=June 2, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions.<ref name=Story/> Situated on the [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|Hudson Palisades]], it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States.<ref>LaMarca, Stephen. [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/16263468/article-Resident-to-show-unique-North-Bergen-photos-Magician--author-has-high-hopes-for-exhibit-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column "Resident to show unique North Bergen photos; Magician, author has high hopes for exhibit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617134039/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/16263468/article-Resident-to-show-unique-North-Bergen-photos-Magician--author-has-high-hopes-for-exhibit-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column |date=2016-06-17 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 3, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "'North Bergen is the second hilliest town in the country,' said Lepore. 'I thought it'd be funny to write a quirky little book about the hills of North Bergen.' Due to the unavailability of statistics on the slopes of hills, Lepore contacted an engineer to determine how he could measure the hills with just a level and a ruler himself."</ref> Like neighboring [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] communities, North Bergen is among those places in the nation with the [[List of United States cities by population density|highest population density]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Colonial era=== |
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At the time of European colonization the area was the territory of [[Hackensack tribe]] of the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]],<ref>Wright, Kevin W. [http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/indians.html ''The Indigenous Population of Bergen County''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120051116/http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/indians.html |date=January 20, 2019 }}, Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed March 20, 2015.</ref> who maintained a settlement, Espatingh, on the west side of the hills<ref>{{cite web | title = H New Jersey Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements | work = A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico | publisher = Access Genealogy | url = http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook/h_new_jersey_indian_towns.htm | access-date =January 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Hodge | first = Federick Webb | title =Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Volumes 2–4| publisher = The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians Volume II H-M | year = 1912 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=68ERQ9fkyTMC&q=Espatingh&pg=PA545 | isbn =978-1-58218-749-5 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n74 <!-- pg=62 quote="by the great rock above wiehacken". --> ''History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time'']</ref> and where a Dutch [[trading post]] was established after the [[Peach |
At the time of European colonization the area was the territory of [[Hackensack tribe]] of the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]],<ref>Wright, Kevin W. [http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/indians.html ''The Indigenous Population of Bergen County''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120051116/http://www.bergencountyhistory.org/Pages/indians.html |date=January 20, 2019 }}, Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed March 20, 2015.</ref> who maintained a settlement, Espatingh, on the west side of the hills<ref>{{cite web | title = H New Jersey Indian Villages, Towns and Settlements | work = A complete listing of all the Indian villages, towns and settlements as listed in Handbook of Americans North of Mexico | publisher = Access Genealogy | url = http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook/h_new_jersey_indian_towns.htm | access-date = January 30, 2011 | archive-date = March 15, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315133226/http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook/h_new_jersey_indian_towns.htm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Hodge | first = Federick Webb | title = Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Volumes 2–4 | publisher = The Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Handbook of American Indians Volume II H-M | year = 1912 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=68ERQ9fkyTMC&q=Espatingh&pg=PA545 | isbn = 978-1-58218-749-5 | access-date = November 7, 2020 | archive-date = September 30, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135933/https://books.google.com/books?id=68ERQ9fkyTMC&q=Espatingh&pg=PA545 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n74 <!-- pg=62 quote="by the great rock above wiehacken". --> ''History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time'']</ref> and where a Dutch [[trading post]] was established after the [[Peach War]].<ref>Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/w-woodford-clayton/history-of-bergen-and-passaic-counties-yal/page-23-history-of-bergen-and-passaic-counties-yal.shtml "History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823115542/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/w-woodford-clayton/history-of-bergen-and-passaic-counties-yal/page-23-history-of-bergen-and-passaic-counties-yal.shtml |date=August 23, 2012 }}, p. 23. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> In 1658, [[Peter Stuyvesant]], then [[Director-General of New Netherland]], repurchased from them the area now encompassed by the municipalities of Hudson County east of the [[Hackensack River]]. This is commemorated in a [[New Deal]] [[List of United States post office murals|post off mural]] entitled ''Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hudpost.com/purchase-of-territory-of-north-bergen-from-the-indians/|title=Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians|date=November 22, 2018|website=HudPost|access-date=August 19, 2023|archive-date=August 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819125604/https://hudpost.com/purchase-of-territory-of-north-bergen-from-the-indians/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-north-bergen-nj/|title=Post Office Mural - North Bergen NJ|website=LivingDeal|access-date=August 19, 2023|archive-date=August 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819130829/https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-north-bergen-nj/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1660 Stuyvesant granted permission to establish the semi-autonomous colony of [[Bergen, New Netherland|Bergen]], with the main village located at today's [[Bergen Square]], considered to be the first chartered municipality in what would become the state of New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.njcu.edu/Programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Bergen_Township.htm Bergen Township: Original boundaries included most of present-day Hudson County, East of Newark Bay and the Hackensack River.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915040457/http://www.njcu.edu/Programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Bergen_Township.htm |date=2008-09-15 }}, [[New Jersey City University]]. Accessed December 22, 2011. "The village of Bergen, officially begun on September 5, 1661, is regarded as New Jersey's first permanent settlement and the state's first local civil government. It is now part of the City of Jersey City."</ref> At the time, the area of North Bergen was heavily forested, traversed by paths used by the indigenous and colonizing population and became known as Bergen Woods, a name recalled in today's neighborhood of [[Bergenwood, North Bergen|Bergenwood]]. |
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After the 1664 surrender of [[Fort Amsterdam]] the entire [[New Netherland]] colony came into the possession of the British, who established the [[Province of New Jersey]]. In 1682, the [[East Jersey]] legislature formed the state's first four counties, including Bergen County, which consisted of all the land in the peninsula between the [[Hackensack River|Hackensack]] and [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]]s; that is, the eastern portions of what today is [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson Counties]].<ref>Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg |
After the 1664 surrender of [[Fort Amsterdam]] the entire [[New Netherland]] colony came into the possession of the British, who established the [[Province of New Jersey]]. In 1682, the [[East Jersey]] legislature formed the state's first four counties, including Bergen County, which consisted of all the land in the peninsula between the [[Hackensack River|Hackensack]] and [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]]s; that is, the eastern portions of what today is [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson Counties]].<ref>Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA80 ''History of Bergen and Passaic counties, New Jersey: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men''], p. 80. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed December 22, 2011 "IN December, 1682, the Assembly of East Jersey passed an act dividing the province into four counties, viz.: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth. Bergen included all of the settlements between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, and extended to the northern boundary of the province."</ref> In 1693, Bergen County was divided into two townships: [[Hackensack Township, New Jersey|Hackensack Township]] in the north, and [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)|Bergen Township]], encompassing the [[Bergen Neck]] peninsula, in the south. The border between the two townships is the current Hudson-Bergen county line.<ref>{{cite web | last = Grundy | first = J. Owen | author-link = J. Owen Grundy | author2 = Caroselli, Louis P. | title = Jersey City History of Forms of Government from Early Dutch Days to the Present Time | publisher = Jersey City Online | year = 1970 | url = http://www.jerseycityonline.com/history_of_jersey_city.htm | access-date = February 4, 2011 | archive-date = March 22, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110322192926/http://www.jerseycityonline.com/history_of_jersey_city.htm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Lang, Arnold |title=Bergen County's Townships and Municipalities, Part 1: 1682 to 1709 |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch01.html |publisher= The Archivist | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081202041732/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch01.html | archive-date =December 2, 2008 |access-date=December 22, 2011}}</ref> |
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While settlement was sparse, communities developed along the [[Bergen Turnpike]] at the [[Three Pigeons]] and [[Maisland]], later [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]]. French botanist [[André Michaux]] developed his gardens nearby. On the Hudson River, [[Bulls Ferry]] became an important landing for crossings to [[Manhattan]]. While ostensibly under British control during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the area was patrolled by the Americans on [[Forage War|foraging]], espionage, and raiding expeditions |
While settlement was sparse, communities developed along the [[Bergen Turnpike]] at the [[Three Pigeons]] and [[Maisland]], later [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]]. French botanist [[André Michaux]] developed his gardens nearby. On the Hudson River, [[Bulls Ferry]] became an important landing for crossings to [[Manhattan]]. While ostensibly under British control during the [[American Revolutionary War]], the area was patrolled by the Americans on [[Forage War|foraging]], espionage, and raiding expeditions,<ref name=jc>{{cite web|last=Grundy|first=Owen|title=History of Forms of Government from Early Dutch days to the present time|url=http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jc_history.htm|work=Jersey City Online|access-date=October 1, 2010|author2=Caroselli, Louis P.|year=1970|archive-date=July 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729134200/http://www.jerseycityonline.com/jc_history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = Menssouls>{{cite book|title=The Revolutionary War in Bergen County: The Times That Tried Men's Souls|first=Carol|last=Karels|isbn=978-1-59629-358-8|publisher=History Press|year=2007|location=Charleston, SC}}</ref> most notably the [[Battle of Bull's Ferry]]. |
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===Toponymy, secession, and urbanization=== |
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On February 22, 1838, [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] was incorporated as a separate municipality,<ref>Winfield, Charles Hardenburg. [https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n304 <!-- pg=288 --> "History of the county of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement"], p. 289. Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co., 1874. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> and in 1840 Hudson County, comprising the city and [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (pre-1862)|Bergen Township]], was created from the southern portion of Bergen County.<ref name="jc"/><ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Barber | first1 = John W. | author-link =John Warner Barber | last2 = Howe | first2 = Henry | author2-link = Henry Howe | title = Hudson County Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey | place = New York | publisher = S. Tuttle | year = 1844 | chapter = Hudson County | url = http://history.rays-place.com/nj/hudson-cty.htm }}</ref> North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]], from the northern portion of Bergen Township.<ref name=Story/> At the time, the town included everything east of the Hackensack River and north of and including what is now [[The Heights, Jersey City|Jersey City Heights]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Lang, Arnold |title=Bergen County's Townships and Municipalities, Part 3 1836 to 1893 |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch03.html |publisher= The Archivist | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915120203/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch03.html | archive-date = September 15, 2008 | access-date=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Barber, John W. |author2=Howe, Henry | title = North Bergen, NJ from Historical Collections Of The State Of New Jersey| place = New York | publisher = S. Tuttle | year = 1844 |access-date=May 10, 2011| url =http://history.rays-place.com/nj/n-bergen-nj.htm}}</ref> |
On February 22, 1838, [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] was incorporated as a separate municipality,<ref>Winfield, Charles Hardenburg. [https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n304 <!-- pg=288 --> "History of the county of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement"], p. 289. Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co., 1874. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> and in 1840 Hudson County, comprising the city and [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (pre-1862)|Bergen Township]], was created from the southern portion of Bergen County.<ref name="jc"/><ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Barber | first1 = John W. | author-link = John Warner Barber | last2 = Howe | first2 = Henry | author2-link = Henry Howe | title = Hudson County Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey | place = New York | publisher = S. Tuttle | year = 1844 | chapter = Hudson County | url = http://history.rays-place.com/nj/hudson-cty.htm | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120709112859/http://history.rays-place.com/nj/hudson-cty.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 9, 2012 }}</ref> North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]], from the northern portion of Bergen Township.<ref name=Story/> At the time, the town included everything east of the Hackensack River and north of and including what is now [[The Heights, Jersey City|Jersey City Heights]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Lang, Arnold |title=Bergen County's Townships and Municipalities, Part 3 1836 to 1893 |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch03.html |publisher= The Archivist | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915120203/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsbc/gsbcArch03.html | archive-date = September 15, 2008 | access-date=December 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | author1 = Barber, John W. | author2 = Howe, Henry | title = North Bergen, NJ from Historical Collections Of The State Of New Jersey | place = New York | publisher = S. Tuttle | year = 1844 | access-date = May 10, 2011 | url = http://history.rays-place.com/nj/n-bergen-nj.htm | archive-date = July 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120710001752/http://history.rays-place.com/nj/n-bergen-nj.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> |
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The entire region that is now known as [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] experienced massive immigration and urbanization during the latter half of the 19th century, and led to the creation of various new towns. Portions of the North Bergen were taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City of [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), [[Hudson City, New Jersey|Hudson City]] (April 11, 1855, later merged with [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]), [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] (formed within the township on March 9, 1859, and set off as an independent municipality on April 1, 1878), [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] (March 15, 1859), [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]] and [[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken Township]] (both created on February 28, 1861), [[Union, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Hill town]] (March 29, 1864) and [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] (March 12, 1900).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https:// |
The entire region that is now known as [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] experienced massive immigration and urbanization during the latter half of the 19th century, and led to the creation of various new towns. Portions of the North Bergen were taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City of [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), [[Hudson City, New Jersey|Hudson City]] (April 11, 1855, later merged with [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]), [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] (formed within the township on March 9, 1859, and set off as an independent municipality on April 1, 1878), [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] (March 15, 1859), [[Union Township, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Township]] and [[West Hoboken, New Jersey|West Hoboken Township]] (both created on February 28, 1861), [[Union, Hudson County, New Jersey|Union Hill town]] (March 29, 1864) and [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] (March 12, 1900).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 145. Accessed May 30,2024.</ref> During this era many of [[List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County's cemeteries]] were developed along the town's western slope of the [[Hudson Palisades]]. |
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At their foot in the [[New Jersey Meadowlands|Meadowlands]], the [[Erie Railroad|Erie]], the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|New York, Susquehanna and Western]] and the [[West Shore Railroad|West Shore]] railroads ran [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-ways]] to their terminals on the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson]], the last building its [[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|tunnel]] through [[Bergen Hill]] at North Bergen.<ref>[http://pubsindex.trb.org/view.aspx?id=700173 "Design And Construction Of The Weehawken Tunnel And Bergenline Avenue Station For The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System"], Transportation Research Board, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> The area was important destination during peak [[German immigration to the United States]] and is recalled today in [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Schuetzen Park]], founded in 1874. Further north, [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack]] became a notable and notorious destination which, after its closing, became a proving ground for new technologies: the automobile and the airplane.<ref name=Racetrack>[http://colinsghost.org/2010/01/winter-racing-at-new-jerseys-guttenberg-race-track-1885-1893.html Ractrack "Winter Racing at New Jersey's Guttenberg Race Track, 1885–1893"], Colin's Ghost: Thoroughbred Racing History, Jan 28, 2010.</ref><ref>Ryall, G. F. T. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/12/14/the-race-track-393 "The Race Track"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', December 14, 1957. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/01/16/archives/fire-ends-old-guttenburg-blaze-seen-from-manhattan-destroys-the.html?searchResultPosition=1 "Fire Ends Old Guttenburg.; Blaze Seen from Manhattan Destroys the Clubhouse, Latterly on Inn"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 16, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1921/07/08/archives/three-planes-fall-one-beheads-a-boy-former-army-pilots-arrested.html "Three Planes Fall; One Beheads A Boy; Former Army Pilots Arrested After Their Propeller Kills Jersey Lad at Play. Biplane Engine Goes Dead Lieut. Stinson Lands in Flatbush Lettuce Patch—A Coney Island Mishap"], ''The New York Times'', July 8, 1921. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/27/archives/moroks-aeroplane-interrupts-toilet-transhudson-flyers-machine-comes.html "Morok's Aeroplane Interrupts Toilet; Trans-Hudson Flyer's Machine Comes to Grief in a Young Woman's Window "], ''The New York Times'', December 27, 1910. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/26/archives/bandit-robs-a-train-gets-more-than-100-wallets-and-watches-from.html "Bandit Robs a Train"], ''The New York Times'', December 26, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
At their foot in the [[New Jersey Meadowlands|Meadowlands]], the [[Erie Railroad|Erie]], the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|New York, Susquehanna and Western]] and the [[West Shore Railroad|West Shore]] railroads ran [[Right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-ways]] to their terminals on the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson]], the last building its [[Bergenline Avenue (HBLR station)|tunnel]] through [[Bergen Hill]] at North Bergen.<ref>[http://pubsindex.trb.org/view.aspx?id=700173 "Design And Construction Of The Weehawken Tunnel And Bergenline Avenue Station For The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929025531/http://pubsindex.trb.org/view.aspx?id=700173 |date=September 29, 2011 }}, Transportation Research Board, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> The area was important destination during peak [[German immigration to the United States]] and is recalled today in [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Schuetzen Park]], founded in 1874. Further north, [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack]] became a notable and notorious destination which, after its closing, became a proving ground for new technologies: the automobile and the airplane.<ref name=Racetrack>[http://colinsghost.org/2010/01/winter-racing-at-new-jerseys-guttenberg-race-track-1885-1893.html Ractrack "Winter Racing at New Jersey's Guttenberg Race Track, 1885–1893"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185703/http://colinsghost.org/2010/01/winter-racing-at-new-jerseys-guttenberg-race-track-1885-1893.html |date=July 25, 2011 }}, Colin's Ghost: Thoroughbred Racing History, Jan 28, 2010.</ref><ref>Ryall, G. F. T. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/12/14/the-race-track-393 "The Race Track"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044627/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/12/14/the-race-track-393 |date=June 14, 2018 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', December 14, 1957. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/01/16/archives/fire-ends-old-guttenburg-blaze-seen-from-manhattan-destroys-the.html?searchResultPosition=1 "Fire Ends Old Guttenburg.; Blaze Seen from Manhattan Destroys the Clubhouse, Latterly on Inn"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430165523/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/01/16/archives/fire-ends-old-guttenburg-blaze-seen-from-manhattan-destroys-the.html?searchResultPosition=1 |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 16, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1921/07/08/archives/three-planes-fall-one-beheads-a-boy-former-army-pilots-arrested.html "Three Planes Fall; One Beheads A Boy; Former Army Pilots Arrested After Their Propeller Kills Jersey Lad at Play. Biplane Engine Goes Dead Lieut. Stinson Lands in Flatbush Lettuce Patch—A Coney Island Mishap"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430165523/https://www.nytimes.com/1921/07/08/archives/three-planes-fall-one-beheads-a-boy-former-army-pilots-arrested.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''The New York Times'', July 8, 1921. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/27/archives/moroks-aeroplane-interrupts-toilet-transhudson-flyers-machine-comes.html "Morok's Aeroplane Interrupts Toilet; Trans-Hudson Flyer's Machine Comes to Grief in a Young Woman's Window "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210719/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/27/archives/moroks-aeroplane-interrupts-toilet-transhudson-flyers-machine-comes.html |date=June 13, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', December 27, 1910. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/26/archives/bandit-robs-a-train-gets-more-than-100-wallets-and-watches-from.html "Bandit Robs a Train"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430164019/https://www.nytimes.com/1910/12/26/archives/bandit-robs-a-train-gets-more-than-100-wallets-and-watches-from.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''The New York Times'', December 26, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
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The development of ''Hudson County Boulevard'', which skirts around the west, north and east of North Bergen, was completed in the early 20th century. By 1913 it was considered to be fine for "motoring".<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/03/23/100258550.pdf "Short Runs Near Town Pleasant Now"], ''The New York Times'', March 23, 1913. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> The roadway is now known by its two sections: [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] and [[Boulevard East]]. |
The development of ''Hudson County Boulevard'', which skirts around the west, north and east of North Bergen, was completed in the early 20th century. By 1913 it was considered to be fine for "motoring".<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/03/23/100258550.pdf "Short Runs Near Town Pleasant Now"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163425/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/03/23/100258550.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', March 23, 1913. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> The roadway is now known by its two sections: [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] and [[Boulevard East]]. |
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Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/12/105198282.pdf "The Hudson Boulevard; The old and the New – The Opposition and the Proposed Route"], ''The New York Times'', August 12, 1873. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/29/103375853.pdf "Opening the Boulevard; Wheelmen Parade Along Hudson County's New Driveway"], ''The New York Times'', November 29, 1895. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> [[Bergenline Avenue]], a broad street which accommodated the [[North Hudson County Railway]] [[tram|streetcars]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1909/06/20/archives/new-developments-beyond-the-palisades.html "New Developments Beyond the Palisades"], ''The New York Times'', June 20, 1909. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> to [[Nungesser's]] became (and remains) an important commercial and transit corridor. The two boulevard sections met at Bergenline Avenue, at the northwest corner of North Hudson/Braddock Park. |
Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/12/105198282.pdf "The Hudson Boulevard; The old and the New – The Opposition and the Proposed Route"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163236/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1873/08/12/105198282.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 12, 1873. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/29/103375853.pdf "Opening the Boulevard; Wheelmen Parade Along Hudson County's New Driveway"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720163605/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/29/103375853.pdf |date=July 20, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', November 29, 1895. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> [[Bergenline Avenue]], a broad street which accommodated the [[North Hudson County Railway]] [[tram|streetcars]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1909/06/20/archives/new-developments-beyond-the-palisades.html "New Developments Beyond the Palisades"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210816/https://www.nytimes.com/1909/06/20/archives/new-developments-beyond-the-palisades.html |date=June 13, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', June 20, 1909. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> to [[Nungesser's]] became (and remains) an important commercial and transit corridor. The two boulevard sections met at Bergenline Avenue, at the northwest corner of North Hudson/Braddock Park. |
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[[File:8.7.09BraddockParkByLuigiNovi17.jpg|thumb|left|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park and the [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]]]] |
[[File:8.7.09BraddockParkByLuigiNovi17.jpg|thumb|left|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park and the [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]]]] |
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Soon after the opening of the [[New Jersey Route 495|Lincoln Tunnel Approach]], the [[Susquehanna Transfer]] was opened in August 1939 to accommodate passengers who wished to transfer to buses through the [[Lincoln Tunnel|tunnel]] to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/03/archives/busrail-service-draws-commuters-the-susquehanna-encouraged-by.html "Bus-Rail Service Draws Commuters; The Susquehanna Encouraged by Experiment as Business Improves on 2d Day Travel Time Is Reduced Company Will Connect With More Terminals in City Should Trend Continue"], ''The New York Times'', August 3, 1939. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Seventy-seven passengers crossed the platform of a new station known as Susquehanna Transfer, near Bergen, N. J., to Manhattan-bound buses yesterday, the second day of the operation of the new service ... The new station is under the elevated highway leading from the Lincoln Tunnel over the Jersey marshes."</ref> It closed in 1966.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119953303/revival-of-commuter-service-in-north/ "Commuter rail line's revival pushed"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to Weehawken{{sic}}, where passengers would switch to buses for the ride through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority terminal. A similar bus service, known as the Susquehanna Transfer, operated between 1939 and 1966."</ref> |
Soon after the opening of the [[New Jersey Route 495|Lincoln Tunnel Approach]], the [[Susquehanna Transfer]] was opened in August 1939 to accommodate passengers who wished to transfer to buses through the [[Lincoln Tunnel|tunnel]] to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/03/archives/busrail-service-draws-commuters-the-susquehanna-encouraged-by.html "Bus-Rail Service Draws Commuters; The Susquehanna Encouraged by Experiment as Business Improves on 2d Day Travel Time Is Reduced Company Will Connect With More Terminals in City Should Trend Continue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071442/https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/03/archives/busrail-service-draws-commuters-the-susquehanna-encouraged-by.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 3, 1939. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Seventy-seven passengers crossed the platform of a new station known as Susquehanna Transfer, near Bergen, N. J., to Manhattan-bound buses yesterday, the second day of the operation of the new service ... The new station is under the elevated highway leading from the Lincoln Tunnel over the Jersey marshes."</ref> It closed in 1966.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119953303/revival-of-commuter-service-in-north/ "Commuter rail line's revival pushed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301152300/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119953303/revival-of-commuter-service-in-north/ |date=March 1, 2023 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to Weehawken{{sic}}, where passengers would switch to buses for the ride through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority terminal. A similar bus service, known as the Susquehanna Transfer, operated between 1939 and 1966."</ref> |
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At the time of its construction in 1949, the {{convert|760|ft|adj=on}} [[WOR TV Tower]], in the midst of the residential [[Woodcliff, North Bergen|Woodcliff Section]],<ref>Staff. [http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NB_News.html#Plans "WOR Television Tower To Be in North Bergen"], copy of article from ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 8, 1948. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.<ref>[http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NBergenNJ.html WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ], accessed January 25, 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/14/archives/bombs-strike-two-cars-two-babies-among-the-injured-in-attack-on.html "Bombs Strike Two Cars; Two Babies Among the Injured in Attack on West Shore Train. Panic Spreads Quickly Engineer Keeps On Until Emergency Cord Is Pulled After Second Attack. Darkness Adds to Terror Third Missile Explodes as TrainIs Brought to a Halt NearTrestle at Granton, N.J."], ''The New York Times'', August 14, 1922. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872273,00.html "Science: First Flight"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', April 14, 1961. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500 m) to the east, the 34-story, {{convert|369|ft|adj=on}} [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]] apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.<ref name="The Stonehenge on the Palisades">.{{cite web| title=The Stonehenge on the Palisades| publisher=Millstein Properties| url=http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| access-date=2014-06-06| archive-date=August 4, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141254/http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
At the time of its construction in 1949, the {{convert|760|ft|adj=on}} [[WOR TV Tower]], in the midst of the residential [[Woodcliff, North Bergen|Woodcliff Section]],<ref>Staff. [http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NB_News.html#Plans "WOR Television Tower To Be in North Bergen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121122108/http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NB_News.html#Plans |date=November 21, 2010 }}, copy of article from ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 8, 1948. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.<ref>[http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NBergenNJ.html WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415232526/http://hawkins.pair.com/wor-tv-NBergenNJ.html |date=April 15, 2011 }}, accessed January 25, 2011</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/14/archives/bombs-strike-two-cars-two-babies-among-the-injured-in-attack-on.html "Bombs Strike Two Cars; Two Babies Among the Injured in Attack on West Shore Train. Panic Spreads Quickly Engineer Keeps On Until Emergency Cord Is Pulled After Second Attack. Darkness Adds to Terror Third Missile Explodes as TrainIs Brought to a Halt NearTrestle at Granton, N.J."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430165525/https://www.nytimes.com/1922/08/14/archives/bombs-strike-two-cars-two-babies-among-the-injured-in-attack-on.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 14, 1922. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872273,00.html "Science: First Flight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430164019/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872273,00.html |date=April 30, 2022 }}, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', April 14, 1961. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500 m) to the east, the 34-story, {{convert|369|ft|adj=on}} [[Stonehenge (building)|Stonehenge]] apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.<ref name="The Stonehenge on the Palisades">.{{cite web| title=The Stonehenge on the Palisades| publisher=Millstein Properties| url=http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| access-date=2014-06-06| archive-date=August 4, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804141254/http://www.thestonehengeapts.com/overview/| url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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In the early 1960s two notable [[Paleontology|paleontological finds]] of [[fossil]]s from the [[Newark Basin]] were made near the foot of the cliffs at one of several former quarries, the Granton, of which today's avenue is a namesake.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/29/nb-fossil-has-nj-homecoming-2/ "NB fossil has NJ homecoming; Former resident remembers Granton Quarry"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', April 29, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "It may be difficult to imagine North Bergen as a place to collect fossils, but it once was. According to the American Museum of Natural History, Granton Quarry resided on the back slope of the Palisades Cliffs, between railroad lines and Tonnelle Avenue. Nowadays, a Lowes Home Building Center and Tonnelle Plaza sit on the site."</ref> The former [[quarry]] remained an [[archeological site]] until at least 1980.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/13/archives/for-geologists-finding-fossils-makes-jersey-outing-worth-the-trip-a.html "For Geologists, Finding Fossils Makes Jersey Outing Worth the Trip; A Painted Memory 'A Funny Science' 'A Great Sound'"], ''The New York Times'', October 13, 1980. Accessed July 4, 2018. "The fish fossil was found on a field trip to the Granton quarry in North Bergen, N.J., one of many conducted as part of this year's annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association."</ref> |
In the early 1960s two notable [[Paleontology|paleontological finds]] of [[fossil]]s from the [[Newark Basin]] were made near the foot of the cliffs at one of several former quarries, the Granton, of which today's avenue is a namesake.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/29/nb-fossil-has-nj-homecoming-2/ "NB fossil has NJ homecoming; Former resident remembers Granton Quarry"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531192249/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/04/29/nb-fossil-has-nj-homecoming-2/ |date=May 31, 2019 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', April 29, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "It may be difficult to imagine North Bergen as a place to collect fossils, but it once was. According to the American Museum of Natural History, Granton Quarry resided on the back slope of the Palisades Cliffs, between railroad lines and Tonnelle Avenue. Nowadays, a Lowes Home Building Center and Tonnelle Plaza sit on the site."</ref> The former [[quarry]] remained an [[archeological site]] until at least 1980.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/13/archives/for-geologists-finding-fossils-makes-jersey-outing-worth-the-trip-a.html "For Geologists, Finding Fossils Makes Jersey Outing Worth the Trip; A Painted Memory 'A Funny Science' 'A Great Sound'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071738/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/13/archives/for-geologists-finding-fossils-makes-jersey-outing-worth-the-trip-a.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', October 13, 1980. Accessed July 4, 2018. "The fish fossil was found on a field trip to the Granton quarry in North Bergen, N.J., one of many conducted as part of this year's annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association."</ref> |
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North Hudson Park was renamed the [[Hudson County Park System|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park]]. In 1935, while living in North Bergen, local hero [[James J. Braddock]] won the [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|world heavyweight championship]] in one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.<ref>[http://nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/braddock.html James J. Braddock – North Hudson County Park], nynjctbotany.org. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> |
North Hudson Park was renamed the [[Hudson County Park System|James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park]]. In 1935, while living in North Bergen, local hero [[James J. Braddock]] won the [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|world heavyweight championship]] in one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.<ref>[http://nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/braddock.html James J. Braddock – North Hudson County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414232517/http://nynjctbotany.org/njnbtofc/braddock.html |date=April 14, 2012 }}, nynjctbotany.org. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> |
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In contrast to other Hudson County communities during the latter half of the century, North Bergen grew significantly in population. Many residents are part of the wave of [[Spanish language]] speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cuban [[émigré]]s, leading to the nickname, [[Havana on the Hudson]].<ref>[[Calvin Trillin|Trillin, Calvin]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996 "US Journal: Observation While Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', June 30, 1975. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref><ref name="Harbinger">Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/nyregion/hudson-county-a-harbinger-of-a-new-hispanic-influence.html "Hudson County a Harbinger of a New Hispanic Influence"], ''The New York Times'', February 23, 1991. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> |
In contrast to other Hudson County communities during the latter half of the century, North Bergen grew significantly in population. Many residents are part of the wave of [[Spanish language]] speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cuban [[émigré]]s, leading to the nickname, [[Havana on the Hudson]].<ref>[[Calvin Trillin|Trillin, Calvin]]. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996 "US Journal: Observation While Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171142/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1975/06/30/1975_06_30_094_TNY_CARDS_000317996 |date=October 21, 2012 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]'', June 30, 1975. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref><ref name="Harbinger">Gray, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/nyregion/hudson-county-a-harbinger-of-a-new-hispanic-influence.html "Hudson County a Harbinger of a New Hispanic Influence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921002229/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/23/nyregion/hudson-county-a-harbinger-of-a-new-hispanic-influence.html |date=September 21, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 23, 1991. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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[[File:Woodcliff Treatment Plant No Bergen jeh.jpg|thumb|275px|Woodcliff Treatment Plant at the foot of the Palisades. In the distance off to the right, is the Stonehenge Building rising from the Palisades]] |
[[File:Woodcliff Treatment Plant No Bergen jeh.jpg|thumb|275px|Woodcliff Treatment Plant at the foot of the Palisades. In the distance, off to the right, is the Stonehenge Building rising from the Palisades.]] |
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[[File:North Bergen steep street jeh.JPG|thumb|275px|On the western slope overlooking the Meadowlands]] |
[[File:North Bergen steep street jeh.JPG|thumb|275px|On the western slope overlooking the Meadowlands]] |
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In 1850, the township was roughly rectangular. When the municipalities along the Hudson River (what are now Guttenberg, West New York, Union City and Weehawken) broke away, it left North Bergen roughly an inverted "L", or |
In 1850, the township was roughly rectangular. When the municipalities along the Hudson River (what are now Guttenberg, West New York, Union City and Weehawken) broke away, it left North Bergen roughly an inverted "L", or "axe-shaped".<ref name =Master1987>{{Citation |title = Township of North Bergen Master Plan |publisher = Township of North Bergen |year = 1987 |page = 3 |url = https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/1987-Master-Plan.pdf |access-date = August 24, 2022 |archive-date = October 22, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221022215644/https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/1987-Master-Plan.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref> Its northern section stretches east–west and is south of the [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] communities of [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey|Cliffside Park]], [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey|Fairview]] and [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]]. To the east, the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]] creates the shared border with the borough of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. It shares a border with [[Carlstadt, New Jersey|Carlstadt]] in the [[Hackensack River]]. Its north–south section lies between [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] to the west and to the east [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] and [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], with which it meets [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] at a single point at its southern end.<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1084909/touches.html Areas touching North Bergen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921120005/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1084909/touches.html |date=September 21, 2021 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/hudson-county/ Hudson County Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430114258/http://chnj.njpn.org/hudson-county/ |date=April 30, 2020 }}, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 5.57 square miles (14.43 km<sup>2</sup>), including 5.14 square miles (13.30 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.44 square miles (1.13 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (7.83%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> |
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North Bergen has diverse geological features. Partially situated on the [[Hudson River]], the [[Hudson Palisades]] rise from the [[Hudson Waterfront|waterfront]], while the northern part of the town sits atop the plateau. The [[cuesta]], or slope, on its west side makes North Bergen the city with the second-most hills per square mile in the United States after [[San Francisco]],<ref>[https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/09/05/most-liquor-licenses-bumpiest-town-local-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ "Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 5, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> some of which are extremely steep. A rock formation along the slope (located at {{coord|40|48|27|N|74|01|05|W|name=Rock formation in North Bergen}}) is |
North Bergen has diverse geological features. Partially situated on the [[Hudson River]], the [[Hudson Palisades]] rise from the [[Hudson Waterfront|waterfront]], while the northern part of the town sits atop the plateau. The [[cuesta]], or slope, on its west side makes North Bergen the city with the second-most hills per square mile in the United States after [[San Francisco]],<ref>[https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/09/05/most-liquor-licenses-bumpiest-town-local-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ "Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208162821/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/09/05/most-liquor-licenses-bumpiest-town-local-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ |date=December 8, 2021 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 5, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> some of which are extremely steep. A rock formation along the slope (located at {{coord|40|48|27|N|74|01|05|W|name=Rock formation in North Bergen}}) is made up of unusual [[serpentinite]] rock and made up of small rock cliffs. Because of this, it is one of the few undeveloped parts of North Bergen. Low-lying areas along the west side are part of the [[New Jersey Meadowlands]]. The unusual shape and diverse topography of North Bergen have created diverse historical and contemporary [[List of neighborhoods in North Bergen, New Jersey|neighborhoods]]: |
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* [[Bergenline Avenue]] runs to [[Nungessers]] at the [[Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey|Fairview]] border near North Hudson Park. It has been described as the longest commercial avenue in the state, with over 300 retail stores and restaurants.<ref>Cullen, Deanna. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2011/03/06/is-end-near-for-biz-districts-and-3-5-sales-tax/ "Is end near for biz districts (and 3.5% sales tax)? WNY, UC face potential 'devastating' impact of gov's cuts"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 6, 2011. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Union City and West New York's UEZs contain a large concentration of retail and chain stores on Bergenline Avenue, which is the longest commercial avenue in the state and the main commercial strip for North Hudson."</ref><ref name="OtherCuban">Pérez-Stable, Marifeli. [http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2178 "That other Cuban community"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330142630/http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2178 |date=2015-03-30 }}, copy of article from ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', December 3, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref><ref>Rosero, Jessica. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/02/26/smelliest-town-most-bumpy-hudson-county-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ "Smelliest town? Most bumpy? Hudson County municipalities hold unusual distinctions"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', February 26, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Slicing through both towns is Bergenline Avenue, also known as the 'Miracle Mile,' said to the longest commercial avenue in the state and shared by neighboring Guttenberg and North Bergen."</ref> |
* [[Bergenline Avenue]] runs to [[Nungessers]] at the [[Fairview, Bergen County, New Jersey|Fairview]] border near North Hudson Park. It has been described as the longest commercial avenue in the state, with over 300 retail stores and restaurants.<ref>Cullen, Deanna. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2011/03/06/is-end-near-for-biz-districts-and-3-5-sales-tax/ "Is end near for biz districts (and 3.5% sales tax)? WNY, UC face potential 'devastating' impact of gov's cuts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321172557/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2011/03/06/is-end-near-for-biz-districts-and-3-5-sales-tax/ |date=March 21, 2022 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 6, 2011. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Union City and West New York's UEZs contain a large concentration of retail and chain stores on Bergenline Avenue, which is the longest commercial avenue in the state and the main commercial strip for North Hudson."</ref><ref name="OtherCuban">Pérez-Stable, Marifeli. [http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2178 "That other Cuban community"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330142630/http://www.thedialogue.org/page.cfm?pageID=32&pubID=2178 |date=2015-03-30 }}, copy of article from ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', December 3, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref><ref>Rosero, Jessica. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/02/26/smelliest-town-most-bumpy-hudson-county-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ "Smelliest town? Most bumpy? Hudson County municipalities hold unusual distinctions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119001557/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/02/26/smelliest-town-most-bumpy-hudson-county-municipalities-hold-unusual-distinctions/ |date=January 19, 2021 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', February 26, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Slicing through both towns is Bergenline Avenue, also known as the 'Miracle Mile,' said to the longest commercial avenue in the state and shared by neighboring Guttenberg and North Bergen."</ref> |
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* The [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Racetrack]] section, between Bergenline and [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] on the plateau.<ref name=NYT2020>Lasky, Julie. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/realestate/north-bergen-nj-reasonably-priced-and-minutes-from-manhattan.html "North Bergen, N.J.: Reasonably Priced and Minutes From Manhattan"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 2020.Accessed August 18, 2022. "In addition to the high- and low-rise condos and apartment buildings near the waterfront, there is the Racetrack district, between Bergenline Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, named for a notorious 19th-century gambling attraction that evolved into an amusement park.... Bergenwood lies between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue and has especially steep grades."</ref> |
* The [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Racetrack]] section, between Bergenline and [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] on the plateau.<ref name=NYT2020>Lasky, Julie. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/realestate/north-bergen-nj-reasonably-priced-and-minutes-from-manhattan.html "North Bergen, N.J.: Reasonably Priced and Minutes From Manhattan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817190553/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/realestate/north-bergen-nj-reasonably-priced-and-minutes-from-manhattan.html |date=August 17, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 29, 2020.Accessed August 18, 2022. "In addition to the high- and low-rise condos and apartment buildings near the waterfront, there is the Racetrack district, between Bergenline Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, named for a notorious 19th-century gambling attraction that evolved into an amusement park.... Bergenwood lies between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue and has especially steep grades."</ref> |
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* [[Bergenwood, North Bergen|Bergenwood]], on the steep slopes of the west side of the [[Hudson Palisades|Palisades]].<ref name=NYT2020/> |
* [[Bergenwood, North Bergen|Bergenwood]], on the steep slopes of the west side of the [[Hudson Palisades|Palisades]].<ref name=NYT2020/> |
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* [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]], site of colonial American [[Three Pigeons]] near the [[Bergen Turnpike]] and [[Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station)|Tonnelle Avenue]].<ref>Guozzo Jr., Frank. [http://www.newdurham.org/ "Welcome to NDBC!"], New Durham Baptist Church, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> |
* [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]], site of colonial American [[Three Pigeons]] near the [[Bergen Turnpike]] and [[Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station)|Tonnelle Avenue]].<ref>Guozzo Jr., Frank. [http://www.newdurham.org/ "Welcome to NDBC!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727120711/http://www.newdurham.org/ |date=July 27, 2011 }}, New Durham Baptist Church, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> |
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* Meadowview, behind the Municipal Building between the many cemeteries. |
* Meadowview, behind the Municipal Building between the many cemeteries. |
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* [[Bulls Ferry]], on the Hudson waterfront, site of Roc Harbor,<ref>[[Anthony DePalma (author)|DePalma, Anthony]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/24/realestate/in-new-jersey-for-north-bergen-a-riverfront-village.html "In New Jersey; For North Bergen, A Riverfront 'Village'"], ''The New York Times'', February 24, 1985</ref> [[Palisades Medical Center]] and the [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]] |
* [[Bulls Ferry]], on the Hudson waterfront, site of Roc Harbor,<ref>[[Anthony DePalma (author)|DePalma, Anthony]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/24/realestate/in-new-jersey-for-north-bergen-a-riverfront-village.html "In New Jersey; For North Bergen, A Riverfront 'Village'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054822/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/24/realestate/in-new-jersey-for-north-bergen-a-riverfront-village.html |date=March 23, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 24, 1985</ref> [[Palisades Medical Center]] and the [[Hudson River Waterfront Walkway]] |
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* [[Babbitt, North Bergen|Babbitt]], in the [[New Jersey Meadowlands|Meadowlands district]], a part of which is a wetlands preserve known as the Eastern Brackish Marsh. |
* [[Babbitt, North Bergen|Babbitt]], in the [[New Jersey Meadowlands|Meadowlands district]], a part of which is a wetlands preserve known as the Eastern Brackish Marsh. |
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* [[Woodcliff, North Bergen|Woodcliff]] on [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|The Palisades]] around the North Hudson Park.<ref name =Master1987/> |
* [[Woodcliff, North Bergen|Woodcliff]] on [[The Palisades (Hudson River)|The Palisades]] around the North Hudson Park.<ref name =Master1987/> |
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* [[Transfer Station, Hudson County|Transfer Station]] near the [[tripoint]] with [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] near [[Paterson Plank Road]], Kennedy Boulevard, and Secaucus Road in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]].<ref>Schwartz, Art. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/03/16/jersey-diner-served-gis-when-things-were-wild/ "Jersey diner served GIs when things were 'wild'"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 16, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
* [[Transfer Station, Hudson County|Transfer Station]] near the [[tripoint]] with [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] near [[Paterson Plank Road]], Kennedy Boulevard, and Secaucus Road in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]].<ref>Schwartz, Art. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/03/16/jersey-diner-served-gis-when-things-were-wild/ "Jersey diner served GIs when things were 'wild'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135934/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/03/16/jersey-diner-served-gis-when-things-were-wild/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 16, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
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Other historical [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Homestead]],<ref>Staff. [http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/11/104933736.html?pageNumber=2 "$250,000 Fire Loss In Schuetzen Park; Main Pavilion of Famous Union Hill (N.J.) Pleasure Resort Is Totally Destroyed."], ''The New York Times'', May 11, 1910. Accessed September 18, 2016. "The sparks filtering down over the meadows landed on the housetops of the little village of Homestead, over which the hill-surmounting pavilion stood."</ref><ref>[http://mikethehistoryguy.blogspot.nl/2014_01_01_archive.html "The Forgotten Officer Down of West Hoboken"], Never Enough History, January 29, 2014. Accessed September 18, 2016. "Rettich was also tried for the murder of a man in Homestead, NJ (which is now in North Bergen, it would be the area between Schuetzen Park and the Five Points) but was acquitted."</ref> [[Babbitt, North Bergen|Granton]], [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Hudson Heights]], [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]], [[Shadyside, Edgewater|Shadyside]], [[Three Pigeons]]{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and Tyler Park.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref> |
Other historical [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include [[Schuetzen Park (New Jersey)|Homestead]],<ref>Staff. [http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/11/104933736.html?pageNumber=2 "$250,000 Fire Loss In Schuetzen Park; Main Pavilion of Famous Union Hill (N.J.) Pleasure Resort Is Totally Destroyed."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135936/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/11/104933736.html?pageNumber=2 |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''The New York Times'', May 11, 1910. Accessed September 18, 2016. "The sparks filtering down over the meadows landed on the housetops of the little village of Homestead, over which the hill-surmounting pavilion stood."</ref><ref>[http://mikethehistoryguy.blogspot.nl/2014_01_01_archive.html "The Forgotten Officer Down of West Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921065257/http://mikethehistoryguy.blogspot.nl/2014_01_01_archive.html |date=September 21, 2016 }}, Never Enough History, January 29, 2014. Accessed September 18, 2016. "Rettich was also tried for the murder of a man in Homestead, NJ (which is now in North Bergen, it would be the area between Schuetzen Park and the Five Points) but was acquitted."</ref> [[Babbitt, North Bergen|Granton]], [[Racetrack Section, North Bergen|Hudson Heights]], [[New Durham, North Bergen|New Durham]], [[Shadyside, Edgewater|Shadyside]], [[Three Pigeons]]{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} and Tyler Park.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref> |
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The town has seven cemeteries, more than any other town in the county, including some, such as [[Weehawken Cemetery]] and [[Hoboken Cemetery]], that were at one time designated for other towns. This may be due to the layout of the county in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with North Bergen having more land than its more densely populated neighbors, which had to bury their dead outside of town. It may also date back to the Civil War era. Among these cemeteries are [[Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen|Flower Hill Cemetery]] and [[Grove Church Cemetery]].<ref name=UCReporter10.19.14>Passantino, Joseph. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/10/19/time-of-year-for-reflection-3/ "Time of year for reflection; Weehawken cemetery actually lies in North Bergen"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', October 19, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Other North Bergen resting places are the Grove Reformed Church cemetery, Flower Hill Cemetery, Hoboken Cemetery, Machpelah Cemetery, Bergen Crest Mausoleum, and Garden State Crematory."</ref> |
The town has seven cemeteries, more than any other town in the county, including some, such as [[Weehawken Cemetery]] and [[Hoboken Cemetery]], that were at one time designated for other towns. This may be due to the layout of the county in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with North Bergen having more land than its more densely populated neighbors, which had to bury their dead outside of town. It may also date back to the Civil War era. Among these cemeteries are [[Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen|Flower Hill Cemetery]] and [[Grove Church Cemetery]].<ref name=UCReporter10.19.14>Passantino, Joseph. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/10/19/time-of-year-for-reflection-3/ "Time of year for reflection; Weehawken cemetery actually lies in North Bergen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135938/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/10/19/time-of-year-for-reflection-3/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', October 19, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Other North Bergen resting places are the Grove Reformed Church cemetery, Flower Hill Cemetery, Hoboken Cemetery, Machpelah Cemetery, Bergen Crest Mausoleum, and Garden State Crematory."</ref> |
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==Demographics== |
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| footnote=Population sources:<small> 1850–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''], [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref><br />1850–1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers02raum/page/278 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 278, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 16, 2013. "North Bergen in 1850 contained a population of 3,578; in 1860, 6,335; and in 1870, 3,032."</ref> 1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''], p. 139. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref> 1870<ref>Staff. [https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n272 <!-- pg=259 --> ''A Compendium of the Ninth Census, 1870''], p. 259. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref><br />1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA97 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''], p. 97. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref> 1890–1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698315/page/n364 <!-- pg=335 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 337. Accessed May 5, 2012.</ref><br />1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA716 "Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I"], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 716. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> 1940–2000<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000], Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><br />2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401752470 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212102121/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401752470 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/northbergen1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for North Bergen township] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173751/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/northbergen1.pdf |date=2012-05-06 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/northbergentownshiphudsoncountynewjersey QuickFacts North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 10, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities], [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br />* = Lost territory in previous decade.<ref name=Story/></small> |
| footnote=Population sources:<small> 1850–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726-1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125132/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=February 26, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref><br />1850–1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers02raum/page/278 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 278, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 16, 2013. "North Bergen in 1850 contained a population of 3,578; in 1860, 6,335; and in 1870, 3,032."</ref> 1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135935/https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA139#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 139. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref> 1870<ref>Staff. [https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n272 <!-- pg=259 --> ''A Compendium of the Ninth Census, 1870''], p. 259. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref><br />1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA97 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III - 51 to 75''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140037/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 97. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed July 16, 2013.</ref> 1890–1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698315/page/n364 <!-- pg=335 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 337. Accessed May 5, 2012.</ref><br />1910–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA716 "Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135935/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA716#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 716. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> 1940–2000<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><br />2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401752470 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212102121/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401752470 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/northbergen1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for North Bergen township] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173751/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_hud/northbergen1.pdf |date=2012-05-06 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/northbergentownshiphudsoncountynewjersey QuickFacts North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930135947/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/northbergentownshiphudsoncountynewjersey |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 10, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br />* = Lost territory in previous decade.<ref name=Story/></small> |
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===2020 census=== |
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|+'''North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> |
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!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> |
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!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 1990 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf |access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> |
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!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=060XX00US3401752470|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> |
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!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3401752470&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> |
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!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US3401752470&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> |
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!% 1990 |
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!% 2000 |
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!% 2010 |
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!{{partial|% 2020}} |
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH) |
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|25,536 |
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|18,427 |
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|13,370 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |11,235 |
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|52.75% |
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|31.72% |
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|22.00% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |17.73% |
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|- |
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH) |
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|505 |
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|900 |
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|1,065 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,403 |
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|1.04% |
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|1.55% |
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|1.75% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.21% |
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|- |
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|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH) |
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|56 |
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|68 |
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|62 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |70 |
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|0.12% |
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|0.12% |
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|0.10% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11% |
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|- |
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|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH) |
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|2,191 |
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|3,711 |
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|3,835 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,269 |
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|4.53% |
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|6.39% |
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|6.31% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.74% |
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|- |
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|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH) |
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|N/A |
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|11 |
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|18 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |14 |
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|N/A |
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|0.02% |
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|0.03% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02% |
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|- |
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|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH) |
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|189 |
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|244 |
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|231 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |612 |
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|0.39% |
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|0.42% |
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|0.38% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.97% |
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|- |
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|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH) |
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|N/A |
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|1,471 |
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|623 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |858 |
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|N/A |
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|2.53% |
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|1.03% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.35% |
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|- |
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|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race) |
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|19,937 |
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|33,260 |
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|41,569 |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |44,900 |
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|41.18% |
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|57.25% |
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|68.40% |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |70.86% |
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|- |
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|'''Total''' |
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|'''48,414''' |
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|'''58,092''' |
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|'''60,773''' |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''63,361''' |
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|'''100.00%''' |
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|'''100.00%''' |
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|'''100.00%''' |
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|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |
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===2010 census=== |
===2010 census=== |
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The [[2010 United States census]] counted 60,773 people, 22,062 households, and 14,539 families in the township. The [[population density]] was 11,838.0 per square mile (4,570.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 23,912 housing units at an average density of 4,657.8 per square mile (1,798.4/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup was 66.98% (40,705) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 4.04% (2,456) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.88% (535) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 6.55% (3,979) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.08% (49) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 16.63% (10,107) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 4.84% (2,942) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race were 68.40% (41,569) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> |
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Of the 22,062 households, 30.3% had children under the age of 18; 42.7% were married couples living together; 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.1% were non-families. Of all households, 28.4% were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.35.<ref name=Census2010/> |
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21.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.<ref name=Census2010/> |
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===2000 census=== |
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As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. |
As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. The population density was {{convert|11,179.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 22,009 housing units at an average density of 1, 634.2/km<sup>2</sup> (4,235.5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the township was 67.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.72% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 6.47% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 15.53% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.47% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 57.25% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603452470.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for North Bergen township, New Jersey]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401752470 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212103000/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401752470 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref> |
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There were 21,236 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. |
There were 21,236 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.33.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> |
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In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. |
In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> |
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Males had a median income of $35,626 versus $29,067 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,058. |
Males had a median income of $35,626 versus $29,067 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,058. About 9.6% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> |
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==Economy== |
==Economy== |
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North Bergen has several retail districts, along [[Bergenline Avenue]], [[Tonnelle Avenue]], and near [[Transfer Station (Hudson County)|Transfer Station]]. Portions of the city are part of an [[Urban Enterprise Zone]] (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Union City was selected in 1996 as one of a group of seven zones added to participate in the program.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q&a_052709.pdf ''Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers''], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The legislation was amended in 1996 to include seven additional zones. They were all predetermined and include East Orange, Guttenberg, Hillside, Irvington, North Bergen, Pemberton and West New York."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% [[sales tax]] rate (half of the {{frac|6|5|8}}% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ Urban Enterprise Zone Program], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in April 1995, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in April 2026.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf Urban Enterprise Zones Effective and Expiration Dates], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref> The zone was established based on legislation passed in February 1995 through the efforts of Senator Sacco, one of the sponsors of legislation creating the zones.<ref>[http://www.njvoterinfo.org/?p=d%2F32.php District 32 Profile], accessed May 13, 2007. "Senator Nicholas J. Sacco, a Senator since 1994, is chair of the Transportation Committee; he also has been the mayor of North Bergen since 1985. ... He was a sponsor of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone legislation".</ref> |
North Bergen has several retail districts, along [[Bergenline Avenue]], [[Tonnelle Avenue]], and near [[Transfer Station (Hudson County)|Transfer Station]]. Portions of the city are part of an [[Urban Enterprise Zone]] (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Union City was selected in 1996 as one of a group of seven zones added to participate in the program.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q&a_052709.pdf ''Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112140210/http://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q%26a_052709.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The legislation was amended in 1996 to include seven additional zones. They were all predetermined and include East Orange, Guttenberg, Hillside, Irvington, North Bergen, Pemberton and West New York."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% [[sales tax]] rate (half of the {{frac|6|5|8}}% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ Urban Enterprise Zone Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721130311/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ |date=July 21, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in April 1995, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in April 2026.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf Urban Enterprise Zones Effective and Expiration Dates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185010/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf |date=September 23, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref> The zone was established based on legislation passed in February 1995 through the efforts of Senator Sacco, one of the sponsors of legislation creating the zones.<ref>[http://www.njvoterinfo.org/?p=d%2F32.php District 32 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415074455/http://www.njvoterinfo.org/?p=d/32.php |date=April 15, 2007 }}, accessed May 13, 2007. "Senator Nicholas J. Sacco, a Senator since 1994, is chair of the Transportation Committee; he also has been the mayor of North Bergen since 1985. ... He was a sponsor of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone legislation".</ref> |
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[[Hudson News]] and [[Liz Claiborne]] are large employers.<ref>[https://www.hudsonedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MAJOR-EMPLOYERS-2019-Report.pdf Major Employer's List 2019], Hudson County Economic Development Corporation. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]] operates five [[intermodal freight transport]] facilities within the township.<ref>[http://www.nysw.com/north_bergen.htm NYSW in North Bergen], [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]]. Accessed September 18, 2016.</ref> |
[[Hudson News]] and [[Liz Claiborne]] are large employers.<ref>[https://www.hudsonedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MAJOR-EMPLOYERS-2019-Report.pdf Major Employer's List 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308131948/https://www.hudsonedc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MAJOR-EMPLOYERS-2019-Report.pdf |date=March 8, 2021 }}, Hudson County Economic Development Corporation. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]] operates five [[intermodal freight transport]] facilities within the township.<ref>[http://www.nysw.com/north_bergen.htm NYSW in North Bergen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508173028/http://www.nysw.com/north_bergen.htm |date=May 8, 2012 }}, [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]]. Accessed September 18, 2016.</ref> |
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==Government== |
==Government== |
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[[File:North Bergen, NJ municipal building, April 2024.jpg|thumb|North Bergen Town Hall]] |
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===Local government=== |
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North Bergen has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2015-06-05 }}, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>[ |
North Bergen has been governed under the [[Walsh Act]] form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.<ref>[http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF "The Commission Form of Municipal Government"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605155532/http://www.njstatelib.org/slic_files/imported/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH4.PDF |date=2015-06-05 }}, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=8 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 8. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the [[City commission government|form of government]].<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of five commissioners elected [[at-large]] to the Township Committee in [[Non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. After each election, each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 142.</ref> |
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{{As of|2023}}, members of the North Bergen Township Committee are |
{{As of|2023}}, members of the North Bergen Township Committee are |
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Mayor [[Nicholas Sacco]] (Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-nicholas-j-sacco Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco], North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
Mayor [[Nicholas Sacco]] (Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-nicholas-j-sacco Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172332/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/mayor-nicholas-j-sacco |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
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Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-hugo-cabrera Hugo D. Cabrera], North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-hugo-cabrera Hugo D. Cabrera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172332/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-hugo-cabrera |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
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Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-frank-gargiulo Commissioner Frank Gargiulo], North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-frank-gargiulo Commissioner Frank Gargiulo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172331/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-frank-gargiulo |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), |
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Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-julio-marenco Commissioner Julio Marenco], North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), and |
Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-julio-marenco Commissioner Julio Marenco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172324/https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-julio-marenco |date=June 26, 2022 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), and |
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Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-allen-pascualCommissioner Allen Pascual], North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May |
Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety<ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/Officials/Bio/commissioner-allen-pascualCommissioner Allen Pascual] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140438/https://www.northbergen.org/Errors/e500?aspxerrorpath=/Officials/Bio/commissioner-allen-pascualCommissioner |date=September 30, 2023 }}, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May 2027.<ref name=Officials>[http://www.northbergen.org/Directory Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203120559/http://www.northbergen.org/Directory |date=February 3, 2018 }}, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf 2022 Municipal User Friendly Budget] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419181624/https://www.northbergen.org/_Content/pdf/budgets/CY-2022-Introduced-Budget.pdf |date=April 19, 2022 }}, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>[https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/#ElectedOfficials Elected Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221516/https://www.hudsoncountyclerk.org/elected-officials/#ElectedOfficials |date=November 12, 2019 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hudson2019Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/95800/Web02.226438/#/ 2019 May Municipal Election North Bergen - West New York Unofficial Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140518/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Hudson/95800/Web02.226438/#/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[Hudson County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated May 17, 2019. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref><ref>McDonald, Corey W. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/05/with-election-victory-north-bergen-mayor-continues-his-28-year-run.html "With election victory, North Bergen mayor continues his 28-year run"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707131121/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/05/with-election-victory-north-bergen-mayor-continues-his-28-year-run.html |date=July 7, 2019 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', May 15, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Sacco and incumbent commissioners Frank J. Gargiulo, Hugo D. Cabrera, Allen Pascual, and Julio A. Marenco cruised to reelection, each racking up more than 8,000 votes. Sacco was the top vote-getter with over 8,700 — more than double Wainstein's 4,026 votes."</ref> |
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===Corruption=== |
===Corruption=== |
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After serving as Township Clerk from 1971 to 1979, Joseph Mocco was arrested on August 7, 1986, on charges of illegally dumping tons of construction material within North Bergen and other nearby communities.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/09/nyregion/new-jersey-closes-dump-a-bit-too-late.html "New Jersey Closes Dump a Bit Too Late"], ''The New York Times'', August 9, 1989. Accessed June 2, 2015. "Another man convicted was Joseph Mocco, a former North Bergen Township Clerk and longtime political leader, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison."</ref> Mocco was convicted and began serving a prison sentence in July 1995. Mocco was paroled in 1999, with several special conditions imposed on him upon his release by the New Jersey State Parole Board designed to prohibit him from working or participating in local elections.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/parole/docs/reports/AnnualReport04.pdf 2004 Annual Report], New Jersey State Parole Board. Accessed June 2, 2015.</ref> |
After serving as Township Clerk from 1971 to 1979, Joseph Mocco was arrested on August 7, 1986, on charges of illegally dumping tons of construction material within North Bergen and other nearby communities.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/09/nyregion/new-jersey-closes-dump-a-bit-too-late.html "New Jersey Closes Dump a Bit Too Late"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819113204/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/09/nyregion/new-jersey-closes-dump-a-bit-too-late.html |date=August 19, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', August 9, 1989. Accessed June 2, 2015. "Another man convicted was Joseph Mocco, a former North Bergen Township Clerk and longtime political leader, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison."</ref> Mocco was convicted and began serving a prison sentence in July 1995. Mocco was paroled in 1999, with several special conditions imposed on him upon his release by the New Jersey State Parole Board designed to prohibit him from working or participating in local elections.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/parole/docs/reports/AnnualReport04.pdf 2004 Annual Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142629/http://www.state.nj.us/parole/docs/reports/AnnualReport04.pdf |date=April 2, 2015 }}, New Jersey State Parole Board. Accessed June 2, 2015.</ref> |
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In February 2004, Peter Perez, former commissioner in charge of Parks and Recreation, was sentenced to serve six months in a federal prison for accepting kickbacks and bribes from a contractor who had several business contracts with the township. He received a reduced sentence in light of his cooperation with authorities.<ref>Hague, Jim. [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2396229/article-Perez-gets-six-months-in-jail-Former-Parks-and-Recreation-commissioner-ordered-to-repay--26K-to-town--pays--5K-fine "Perez gets six months in jail Former Parks and Recreation commissioner ordered to repay $26K to town, pays $5K fine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705063136/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2396229/article-Perez-gets-six-months-in-jail-Former-Parks-and-Recreation-commissioner-ordered-to-repay--26K-to-town--pays--5K-fine |date=2018-07-05 }}, ''The Hudson Reporter'', February 6, 2004. Accessed July 4, 2018</ref> |
In February 2004, Peter Perez, former commissioner in charge of Parks and Recreation, was sentenced to serve six months in a federal prison for accepting kickbacks and bribes from a contractor who had several business contracts with the township. He received a reduced sentence in light of his cooperation with authorities.<ref>Hague, Jim. [http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2396229/article-Perez-gets-six-months-in-jail-Former-Parks-and-Recreation-commissioner-ordered-to-repay--26K-to-town--pays--5K-fine "Perez gets six months in jail Former Parks and Recreation commissioner ordered to repay $26K to town, pays $5K fine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705063136/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2396229/article-Perez-gets-six-months-in-jail-Former-Parks-and-Recreation-commissioner-ordered-to-repay--26K-to-town--pays--5K-fine |date=2018-07-05 }}, ''The Hudson Reporter'', February 6, 2004. Accessed July 4, 2018</ref> |
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On March 27, 2008, North Bergen Athletic Director Jerry Maietta and Guidance Counselor Ralph Marino were among 45 men swept up in a Bergen County raid. Bergen County prosecutors described the two as lower level operatives in an expansive network of bookies, package holders, drug dealers and drug distributors. Other transactions included knock-off women's purses and human organs.<ref>Gartland, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080329161252/http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Mob-run_gambling_and_drug_ring_busted_authorities_say.html "45 charged in Mob-run gambling and drug ring"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 27, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 29, 2008. Accessed April 15, 2014.</ref> |
On March 27, 2008, North Bergen Athletic Director Jerry Maietta and Guidance Counselor Ralph Marino were among 45 men swept up in a Bergen County raid. Bergen County prosecutors described the two as lower level operatives in an expansive network of bookies, package holders, drug dealers and drug distributors. Other transactions included knock-off women's purses and human organs.<ref>Gartland, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080329161252/http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Mob-run_gambling_and_drug_ring_busted_authorities_say.html "45 charged in Mob-run gambling and drug ring"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 27, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 29, 2008. Accessed April 15, 2014.</ref> |
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On September 11, 2012, North Bergen's Superintendent of the Department of Public Works James Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of second degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. Wiley was convicted for using the town's resources to participate in political campaigns.<ref>Conte, Michelangelo. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/09/ex-north_bergen_dpw_chief_i_wa.html "Ex-North Bergen DPW chief: I was 'ordered' to send crews to campaign in Jersey City, Bayonne and more"], [[NJ.com]], September 11, 2012.</ref> In November 2015, two DPW supervisors were sentenced to five years in prison following their convictions on charges that they had directed department workers to work on political campaigns and perform work on behalf of supervisors and other officials.<ref>Akin, Stephanie. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/two-north-bergen-dpw-supervisors-sentenced-to-prison-for-misconduct-1.1454365 "Two North Bergen DPW supervisors sentenced to prison for misconduct"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 12, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Two former supervisors with the township Department of Public Works were sentenced to state prison Thursday for assigning their subordinates to work on election campaigns or do personal chores for them or their boss, law enforcement officials said. Troy Bunero, 49, of North Bergen and Francis 'Frank' Longo, 50, of Ridgefield Park were each sentenced to five years in state prison with no possibility of parole, according to an Attorney General's Office news release."</ref> |
On September 11, 2012, North Bergen's Superintendent of the Department of Public Works James Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of second degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. Wiley was convicted for using the town's resources to participate in political campaigns.<ref>Conte, Michelangelo. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/09/ex-north_bergen_dpw_chief_i_wa.html "Ex-North Bergen DPW chief: I was 'ordered' to send crews to campaign in Jersey City, Bayonne and more"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223113417/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012/09/ex-north_bergen_dpw_chief_i_wa.html |date=February 23, 2014 }}, [[NJ.com]], September 11, 2012.</ref> In November 2015, two DPW supervisors were sentenced to five years in prison following their convictions on charges that they had directed department workers to work on political campaigns and perform work on behalf of supervisors and other officials.<ref>Akin, Stephanie. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/two-north-bergen-dpw-supervisors-sentenced-to-prison-for-misconduct-1.1454365 "Two North Bergen DPW supervisors sentenced to prison for misconduct"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114040219/http://www.northjersey.com/news/two-north-bergen-dpw-supervisors-sentenced-to-prison-for-misconduct-1.1454365 |date=November 14, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 12, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Two former supervisors with the township Department of Public Works were sentenced to state prison Thursday for assigning their subordinates to work on election campaigns or do personal chores for them or their boss, law enforcement officials said. Troy Bunero, 49, of North Bergen and Francis 'Frank' Longo, 50, of Ridgefield Park were each sentenced to five years in state prison with no possibility of parole, according to an Attorney General's Office news release."</ref> |
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A 2013 report issued by the office of the [[New Jersey State Comptroller]] stated that an attorney had been hired by the township between 1988 and 1990 for a [[no-show job]] for which he had been paid an annual salary of $18,800 plus benefits. While an employee of the township, the attorney said that he had been pressured to contribute to the mayor and other individuals affiliated with the mayor. His employment was terminated in 2006 after a disagreement with his political patrons.<ref>Baxter, Chris. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2013/06/nj_comptroller_legal_bills_wasted_money_north_bergen.html "North Bergen officials paid attorney to do nothing, NJ Comptroller says in new report"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 25, 2013. Accessed May 5, 2024. "An attorney for North Bergen made $18,800 a year plus health benefits, but township officials had no idea what he was doing, or whether he was even at work, according to a report issued today by the state Office of the Comptroller."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/comptroller/news/docs/nj_comptroller_2013_annual_report.pdf#page=22 ''Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2013''], [[New Jersey State Comptroller]]. Accessed May 5, 2024. "One township, North Bergen, paid an attorney a salary over a period of years and yet was unable to identify any services the attorney actually provided. After our staff requested additional information, the attorney in question resigned from his position. That case has been referred to the Division of Criminal Justice."</ref> |
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===Federal, state and county representation=== |
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North Bergen is located in the [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district|8th Congressional District]]<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] |
North Bergen is located in the [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district|8th Congressional District]]<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 33rd state legislative district.<ref>[https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ Districts by Number for 2023-2031] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307042307/https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ |date=March 7, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref> |
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===Politics=== |
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,595 registered voters in North Bergen, of which 18,816 (61.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,462 (8.0%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 9,301 (30.4%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 16 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hudson], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,595 registered voters in North Bergen, of which 18,816 (61.5%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 2,462 (8.0%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 9,301 (30.4%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 16 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Hudson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233330/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-hudson-co-summary-report.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
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In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 78.1% of the vote (15,600 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 21.1% (4,209 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (164 votes), among the 20,134 ballots cast by the township's 32,627 registered voters (161 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 61.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hudson County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 69.6% of the vote here (14,791 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 28.7% (6,100 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (169 votes), among the 21,254 ballots cast by the town's 34,402 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.8%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 65.4% of the vote here (12,783 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 33.5% (6,541 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (118 votes), among the 19,540 ballots cast by the town's 30,540 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.0.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 78.1% of the vote (15,600 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 21.1% (4,209 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (164 votes), among the 20,134 ballots cast by the township's 32,627 registered voters (161 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 61.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results - November 6, 2012 - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226065926/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 6, 2012 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063832/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 69.6% of the vote here (14,791 cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 28.7% (6,100 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (169 votes), among the 21,254 ballots cast by the town's 34,402 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.8%.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234307/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-hudson.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 65.4% of the vote here (12,783 ballots cast), outpolling Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 33.5% (6,541 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (118 votes), among the 19,540 ballots cast by the town's 30,540 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.0.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184200/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_hudson_co_2004.pdf |date=May 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
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In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 60.5% of the vote (6,802 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 38.2% (4,296 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (147 votes), among the 11,704 ballots cast by the township's 33,134 registered voters (459 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.3%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hudson County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 73.9% of the vote here (9,680 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 22.3% (2,922 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 1.5% (200 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (151 votes), among the 13,106 ballots cast by the town's 28,555 registered voters, yielding a 45.9% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 60.5% of the vote (6,802 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 38.2% (4,296 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (147 votes), among the 11,704 ballots cast by the township's 33,134 registered voters (459 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.3%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |title=Governor - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133337/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast - November 5, 2013 - General Election Results - Hudson County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924133308/http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-hudson.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 73.9% of the vote here (9,680 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 22.3% (2,922 votes), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 1.5% (200 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (151 votes), among the 13,106 ballots cast by the town's 28,555 registered voters, yielding a 45.9% turnout.<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf 2009 Governor: Hudson County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822214207/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-hudson.pdf |date=August 22, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> |
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===Public safety=== |
===Public safety=== |
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The North Bergen Police Force was founded in 1923, replacing the peace force known as "roundsmen", who began patrolling the township at night in 1907.<ref>[http://www.northbergenpolice.com/community/history.aspx History], North Bergen Police Department. Accessed January 1, 2015. "An organized peace force known as 'roundsmen' existed in North Bergen since 1907. Roundsmen patrolled the township, mostly in the evening hours and helped protect the community against robberies, fires, and disturbances."</ref> |
The North Bergen Police Force was founded in 1923, replacing the peace force known as "roundsmen", who began patrolling the township at night in 1907.<ref>[http://www.northbergenpolice.com/community/history.aspx History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102001604/http://www.northbergenpolice.com/community/history.aspx |date=January 2, 2015 }}, North Bergen Police Department. Accessed January 1, 2015. "An organized peace force known as 'roundsmen' existed in North Bergen since 1907. Roundsmen patrolled the township, mostly in the evening hours and helped protect the community against robberies, fires, and disturbances."</ref> |
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North Bergen's fire department merged with those of the neighboring communities of [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] in 1999 to form [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]] (NHRFR).<ref>[http://northhudsonfire.com/about-north-hudson-regional-fire-rescue/ About], [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]]. Accessed March 31, 2020. "In 1999, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg combined their fire departments into an award-winning and nationally recognized fire-protection unit called North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue."</ref><ref>Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/road-and-rail-fewer-firefighters-but-lots-of-chiefs.html "Road And Rail; Fewer Firefighters But Lots of Chiefs"], ''The New York Times'', January 10, 1999. Accessed January 1, 2015. "When the newly formed North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue -- made up of departments from Union City, North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg -- swore in its leaders last Monday, it had an unusual and somewhat unexpected command structure: two chiefs and two executive directors."</ref> Engine 1, Engine 6, Engine 9 / Battalion 3, Engine 13 and Ladder 5 are all located in North Bergen.<ref>[http://northhudsonfire.com/coverage/ Coverage], [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]]. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref> |
North Bergen's fire department merged with those of the neighboring communities of [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] and [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] in 1999 to form [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]] (NHRFR).<ref>[http://northhudsonfire.com/about-north-hudson-regional-fire-rescue/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321150131/http://northhudsonfire.com/about-north-hudson-regional-fire-rescue/ |date=March 21, 2020 }}, [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]]. Accessed March 31, 2020. "In 1999, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg combined their fire departments into an award-winning and nationally recognized fire-protection unit called North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue."</ref><ref>Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/road-and-rail-fewer-firefighters-but-lots-of-chiefs.html "Road And Rail; Fewer Firefighters But Lots of Chiefs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918164702/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/10/nyregion/road-and-rail-fewer-firefighters-but-lots-of-chiefs.html |date=September 18, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', January 10, 1999. Accessed January 1, 2015. "When the newly formed North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue -- made up of departments from Union City, North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg -- swore in its leaders last Monday, it had an unusual and somewhat unexpected command structure: two chiefs and two executive directors."</ref> Engine 1, Engine 6, Engine 9 / Battalion 3, Engine 13 and Ladder 5 are all located in North Bergen.<ref>[http://northhudsonfire.com/coverage/ Coverage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321150141/http://northhudsonfire.com/coverage/ |date=March 21, 2020 }}, [[North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue]]. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref> |
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NHRFR and North Bergen Emergency Medical Services (headquartered at 63rd Street and Granton Avenue) were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of [[Flight 1549]], as did [[Palisades Medical Center]], where 57 of the survivors were treated for injuries.<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/07/22/miracle-on-the-hudson-survivors-to-return-to-waterfront-to-thank-nj-emergency-responders/ "'Miracle on the Hudson' survivors to return to waterfront to thank NJ emergency responders"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 26, 2009; Page 4. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Tirella, Tricia. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/08/02/a-pat-on-the-back/ "A pat on the back; Flight 1549 survivors thank local first responders"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 2, 2009, Pages 5 & 17. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
NHRFR and North Bergen Emergency Medical Services (headquartered at 63rd Street and Granton Avenue) were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of [[Flight 1549]], as did [[Palisades Medical Center]], where 57 of the survivors were treated for injuries.<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/07/22/miracle-on-the-hudson-survivors-to-return-to-waterfront-to-thank-nj-emergency-responders/ "'Miracle on the Hudson' survivors to return to waterfront to thank NJ emergency responders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001163218/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/07/22/miracle-on-the-hudson-survivors-to-return-to-waterfront-to-thank-nj-emergency-responders/ |date=October 1, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', July 26, 2009; Page 4. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Tirella, Tricia. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/08/02/a-pat-on-the-back/ "A pat on the back; Flight 1549 survivors thank local first responders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001161321/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/08/02/a-pat-on-the-back/ |date=October 1, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 2, 2009, Pages 5 & 17. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
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==Education== |
==Education== |
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[[File:McKinleyNBHSByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|300px|McKinley School (left) and North Bergen High School (right)]] |
[[File:McKinleyNBHSByLuigiNovi.jpg|thumb|300px|McKinley School (left) and North Bergen High School (right)]] |
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The [[North Bergen School District]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 7,576 students and 581.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411460&DistrictID=3411460 District information for North Bergen School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411460 School Data for the North Bergen School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are |
The [[North Bergen School District]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 7,576 students and 581.8 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 13.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411460&DistrictID=3411460 District information for North Bergen School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328080252/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&DistrictID=3411460&ID2=3411460&details=1 |date=March 28, 2023 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411460 School Data for the North Bergen School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090412/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411460 |date=February 19, 2018 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are |
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Franklin School<ref>[https://franklin.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Franklin School], North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> (612 students; in grades 1–8), |
Franklin School<ref>[https://franklin.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Franklin School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165527/https://franklin.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> (612 students; in grades 1–8), |
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Robert Fulton School<ref>[https://fulton.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Robert Fulton School], North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> (1,180; K–8), |
Robert Fulton School<ref>[https://fulton.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Robert Fulton School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165602/https://fulton.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> (1,180; K–8), |
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John F. Kennedy School<ref>[https://kennedy.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ John F. Kennedy School], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (529; 1–8), |
John F. Kennedy School<ref>[https://kennedy.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ John F. Kennedy School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165527/https://kennedy.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (529; 1–8), |
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Lincoln School<ref>[https://lincoln.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Lincoln School], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (1,355; Pre-K–8), |
Lincoln School<ref>[https://lincoln.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Lincoln School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165527/https://lincoln.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (1,355; Pre-K–8), |
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Horace Mann School<ref>[https://horacemann.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Horace Mann School], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (1,111; 1–8), |
Horace Mann School<ref>[https://horacemann.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ Horace Mann School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165528/https://horacemann.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (1,111; 1–8), |
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McKinley School<ref>[http://mckinley.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ McKinley School], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (334; K–8) and |
McKinley School<ref>[http://mckinley.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ McKinley School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165353/https://mckinley.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (334; K–8) and |
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[[North Bergen High School]]<ref>[http://nbhs.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ North Bergen High School], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (2,376; 9–12)<ref>[https://www.northbergen.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1211874&type=d&pREC_ID=1447423 School Directory], North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref><ref>[https:// |
[[North Bergen High School]]<ref>[http://nbhs.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ North Bergen High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165356/https://nbhs.northbergen.k12.nj.us/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref> (2,376; 9–12)<ref>[https://www.northbergen.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1211874&type=d&pREC_ID=1447423 School Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407170137/https://www.northbergen.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1211874&type=d&pREC_ID=1447423 |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3610 New Jersey School Directory for the North Bergen School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] attend the district's high school as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Guttenberg Public School District]].<ref>Shortell, Tom. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/11/3_candidates_on_ballot_to_be_g.html "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015054910/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2008/11/3_candidates_on_ballot_to_be_g.html |date=October 15, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', November 2, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."</ref><ref>[https://4.files.edl.io/8c26/09/23/19/141828-a2dfbac8-c1a1-4575-9834-45dfdafcdde2.pdf ''North Bergen High School 2019-2020 Profile''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165527/https://4.files.edl.io/8c26/09/23/19/141828-a2dfbac8-c1a1-4575-9834-45dfdafcdde2.pdf |date=April 7, 2020 }}, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 7, 2020. "The Communities - North Bergen & Guttenberg: The urban townships of North Bergen and Guttenberg are located in Hudson County directly between the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel."</ref> |
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North Bergen had been the location of [[High Tech High School]], a county [[magnet school]] for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s. The [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] constructed a new site for the school in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] at a cost of $160 million, which opened for the 2018–19 school year. The former High Tech High School campus was acquired by the North Bergen district, which plans to construct a new junior high school for grades 7–9 on the site.<ref>Sulivan, Al. [https://hudsonreporter.com/2018/12/06/cutting-the-ribbon-on-the-future/ "New High Tech High draws students from Bayonne Countywide school provides a cutting-edge education"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', December 6, 2018. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Frank Gargiulo, superintendent of Hudson County Schools of Technology — the group of countywide public schools in Hudson County — walked for the first time through the front doors of the new High Tech High School campus in Secaucus last month. The new complex was named for Gargiulo, who looked a little embarrassed standing in front of the foot-high letters, emblazoned with his name. The new high school opened its doors this fall after moving its campus from North Bergen."</ref><ref>Israel, Daniel. [https://hudsonreporter.com/2019/12/18/north-bergen-preschool-remains-in-braddock-park/ "North Bergen preschool remains in Braddock Park Still In violation of state regulations"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', December 18, 2019. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Under the new arrangement, a new North Bergen junior high school will be built at the former location of the Hudson County High Tech High School in what is being deemed the new 'West' campus for grades 7-9. North Bergen High School will be renovated for grades 10-12."</ref> |
North Bergen had been the location of [[High Tech High School]], a county [[magnet school]] for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s. The [[Hudson County Schools of Technology]] constructed a new site for the school in [[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] at a cost of $160 million, which opened for the 2018–19 school year. The former High Tech High School campus was acquired by the North Bergen district, which plans to construct a new junior high school for grades 7–9 on the site.<ref>Sulivan, Al. [https://hudsonreporter.com/2018/12/06/cutting-the-ribbon-on-the-future/ "New High Tech High draws students from Bayonne Countywide school provides a cutting-edge education"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165340/https://hudsonreporter.com/2018/12/06/cutting-the-ribbon-on-the-future/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', December 6, 2018. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Frank Gargiulo, superintendent of Hudson County Schools of Technology — the group of countywide public schools in Hudson County — walked for the first time through the front doors of the new High Tech High School campus in Secaucus last month. The new complex was named for Gargiulo, who looked a little embarrassed standing in front of the foot-high letters, emblazoned with his name. The new high school opened its doors this fall after moving its campus from North Bergen."</ref><ref>Israel, Daniel. [https://hudsonreporter.com/2019/12/18/north-bergen-preschool-remains-in-braddock-park/ "North Bergen preschool remains in Braddock Park Still In violation of state regulations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165343/https://hudsonreporter.com/2019/12/18/north-bergen-preschool-remains-in-braddock-park/ |date=April 7, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', December 18, 2019. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Under the new arrangement, a new North Bergen junior high school will be built at the former location of the Hudson County High Tech High School in what is being deemed the new 'West' campus for grades 7-9. North Bergen High School will be renovated for grades 10-12."</ref> |
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A Step Ahead Preschool is a private pre-K through kindergarten school established in 1993.<ref>[http://www.astepaheadschool.com/ A Step Ahead School], accessed May 10, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18111#Editor A Step Ahead Preschool], Private School Review, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> |
A Step Ahead Preschool is a private pre-K through kindergarten school established in 1993.<ref>[http://www.astepaheadschool.com/ A Step Ahead School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205084238/http://www.astepaheadschool.com/ |date=February 5, 2011 }}, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18111#Editor A Step Ahead Preschool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506054401/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18111#Editor |date=May 6, 2011 }}, Private School Review, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> |
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==Transportation== |
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[[File:2020-07-14 10 00 59 View west along New Jersey State Route 495 (Lincoln Tunnel Approach) at the exit for Interstate 95 NORTH TO Interstate 80-U.S. Route 46 (George Washington Bridge) in North Bergen Township, Hudson County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Westbound Route 495 at the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in North Bergen]] |
[[File:2020-07-14 10 00 59 View west along New Jersey State Route 495 (Lincoln Tunnel Approach) at the exit for Interstate 95 NORTH TO Interstate 80-U.S. Route 46 (George Washington Bridge) in North Bergen Township, Hudson County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Westbound Route 495 at the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in North Bergen]] |
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{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|64.74|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|50.00|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|7.85|mi}} by Hudson County, {{convert|5.49|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|1.40|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Hudson.pdf Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref> |
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|64.74|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|50.00|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|7.85|mi}} by Hudson County, {{convert|5.49|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|1.40|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Hudson.pdf Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812201741/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Hudson.pdf |date=August 12, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref> |
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Several major roadways traverse North Bergen.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Hudson.pdf Hudson County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 495|Route 495]] travels between the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]),<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000495__-.pdf Route 495 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2014. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> with interchanges for [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000007__-.pdf#page=5 Route 7 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2017. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and [[U.S. Route 1/9]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000001__-.pdf#page=21 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> which runs north–south on the western edge side of the township.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/enlarged_view_47.pdf Enlarged View 47 (Secaucus Town, North Bergen Township and Union City, Hudson County)], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2019. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] (Kennedy Boulevard)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000501__-.pdf#page=8 County Route 501 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated November 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 505 (New Jersey)|County Route 505]] (River Road)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000505__-.pdf#page=2 County Route 505 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated December 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> pass through on the eastern side of the township. |
Several major roadways traverse North Bergen.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Hudson.pdf Hudson County Highway Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228152847/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Hudson.pdf |date=February 28, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 495|Route 495]] travels between the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]),<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000495__-.pdf Route 495 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302032602/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000495__-.pdf |date=March 2, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2014. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> with interchanges for [[New Jersey Route 3|Route 3]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000007__-.pdf#page=5 Route 7 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014223939/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000007__-.pdf#page=5 |date=October 14, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2017. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and [[U.S. Route 1/9]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000001__-.pdf#page=21 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301040915/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000001__-.pdf#page=21 |date=March 1, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> which runs north–south on the western edge side of the township.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/enlarged_view_47.pdf Enlarged View 47 (Secaucus Town, North Bergen Township and Union City, Hudson County)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301040916/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/enlarged_view_47.pdf |date=March 1, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2019. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] (Kennedy Boulevard)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000501__-.pdf#page=8 County Route 501 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129040411/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000501__-.pdf#page=8 |date=January 29, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated November 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 505 (New Jersey)|County Route 505]] (River Road)<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000505__-.pdf#page=2 County Route 505 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022215454/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000505__-.pdf#page=2 |date=October 22, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated December 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> pass through on the eastern side of the township. |
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===Public transportation=== |
===Public transportation=== |
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[[File:8.7.09TonnelleHBLRByLuigiNovi2.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Tonnelle Avenue station|Tonnelle Avenue]] Light Rail station]] |
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Public transportation in North Bergen is provided by bus and light rail service. |
Public transportation in North Bergen is provided by bus and light rail service. |
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[[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]] (HBLR) service is available at the [[Tonnelle Avenue station]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38579 Tonnelle Avenue], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> and [[Bergenline Avenue station]] (in Union City)<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailStationLookupFrom&selLineCode=HBLR&selStation=38578&x=37&y=5 Bergenline Avenue], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> to points in [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094039/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |date=June 5, 2011 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> |
[[Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]] (HBLR) service is available at the [[Tonnelle Avenue station]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38579 Tonnelle Avenue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230002110/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=38579 |date=December 30, 2016 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> and [[Bergenline Avenue station]] (in Union City)<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailStationLookupFrom&selLineCode=HBLR&selStation=38578&x=37&y=5 Bergenline Avenue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000143/http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailStationLookupFrom&selLineCode=HBLR&selStation=38578&x=37&y=5 |date=December 30, 2016 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> to points in [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094039/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_hblr_map.pdf |date=June 5, 2011 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> |
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Bus service is provided along busy north–south corridors on [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]], [[Bergenline Avenue]], and [[Boulevard East]] by [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit]] and privately operated [[guagua (minibus)|dollar vans]] within [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], and to [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Manhattan]], New York City. [[Nungessers]] is a major origination and transfer point. Lines terminating at [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] are the [[121 (New Jersey bus)|121]], [[125 (New Jersey bus)|125]], [[127 (New Jersey bus)|127]], [[128 (New Jersey bus)|128]], [[154 (New Jersey bus)|154]], [[156 (New Jersey bus)|156]], [[158 (New Jersey bus)|158]], [[159 (New Jersey bus)|159]], [[165 (New Jersey bus)|165]], [[166 (New Jersey bus)|166]], [[168 (New Jersey bus)|168]], [[320 (New Jersey bus)|320]] routes. The [[181 (New Jersey bus)|181]] and [[188 (New Jersey bus)|188]] lines |
Bus service is provided along busy north–south corridors on [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]], [[Bergenline Avenue]], and [[Boulevard East]] by [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit]] and privately operated [[guagua (minibus)|dollar vans]] within [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], and to [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]] and [[Manhattan]], New York City. [[Nungessers]] is a major origination and transfer point. Lines terminating at [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] are the [[121 (New Jersey bus)|121]], [[125 (New Jersey bus)|125]], [[127 (New Jersey bus)|127]], [[128 (New Jersey bus)|128]], [[154 (New Jersey bus)|154]], [[156 (New Jersey bus)|156]], [[158 (New Jersey bus)|158]], [[159 (New Jersey bus)|159]], [[165 (New Jersey bus)|165]], [[166 (New Jersey bus)|166]], [[168 (New Jersey bus)|168]], [[320 (New Jersey bus)|320]] routes. The [[181 (New Jersey bus)|181]] and [[188 (New Jersey bus)|188]] lines terminate at [[George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal]] in [[Upper Manhattan]]. Lines [[22 (New Jersey bus)|22]], [[23 (New Jersey bus)|23]], [[83 (New Jersey bus)|83]], [[84 (New Jersey bus)|84]], [[85 (New Jersey bus)|85]], [[86 (New Jersey bus)|86]], [[88 (New Jersey bus)|88]] and [[89 (New Jersey bus)|89]] terminate either at [[Journal Square]] or [[Hoboken Terminal]]. The [[751 (New Jersey bus)|751]] travels to [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]] and [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100127174232/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesHudsonCountyTo Hudson County Bus/rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 27, 2010. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf Hudson County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221513/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Hudson_County_Map.pdf |date=November 12, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://hudsontma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HTMA_Map2018_R2_Revised.pdf 2018 Hudson County Transit Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112221515/https://hudsontma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HTMA_Map2018_R2_Revised.pdf |date=November 12, 2019 }}, Hudson Transportation Management Association. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref> |
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[[Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area|Jitney commuter buses]] operate along Bergenline Avenue, providing service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station]], the [[Newport Centre (shopping mall)|Newport Centre]] and other local destinations. The county's most frequent route for dollar buses, jitneys operate along Bergenline Avenue as frequently as one bus every minute, some operated by [[Spanish Transportation]].<ref>Reiss, Aaron. [http://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/ "New York's Shadow Transit"], ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The ridership on New Jersey minibuses is diverse, but most lines cater to the large Latino immigrant populations in townships like North Bergen and West New York."</ref><ref>AECOM Technical Services, Inc. [https://www.njtpa.org/NJTPA/media/Documents/Planning/Regional-Programs/Studies/Hudson%20County%20Jitney%20Study/Hudson-County-Jitney-Study-Final-Report.pdf?ext=.pdf ''Hudson County Jitney Study''], July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The most frequent jitney route in Hudson County with service operating in each direction nearly once per minute, the Bergenline Avenue route operates along the spine of the Hudson County/Bergen County palisades, connecting the Newport Mall in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, with select trips (primarily those operated by New Service, Inc., Airport Service Corp. and Spanish Transportation Corp., collectively 'Spanish Transportation') continuing on to the GWBBS in New York City."</ref> |
[[Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area|Jitney commuter buses]] operate along Bergenline Avenue, providing service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station]], the [[Newport Centre (shopping mall)|Newport Centre]] and other local destinations. The county's most frequent route for dollar buses, jitneys operate along Bergenline Avenue as frequently as one bus every minute, some operated by [[Spanish Transportation]].<ref>Reiss, Aaron. [http://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/ "New York's Shadow Transit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522183950/http://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans/? |date=May 22, 2016 }}, ''[[The New Yorker]]''. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The ridership on New Jersey minibuses is diverse, but most lines cater to the large Latino immigrant populations in townships like North Bergen and West New York."</ref><ref>AECOM Technical Services, Inc. [https://www.njtpa.org/NJTPA/media/Documents/Planning/Regional-Programs/Studies/Hudson%20County%20Jitney%20Study/Hudson-County-Jitney-Study-Final-Report.pdf?ext=.pdf ''Hudson County Jitney Study''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041934/https://www.njtpa.org/NJTPA/media/Documents/Planning/Regional-Programs/Studies/Hudson%20County%20Jitney%20Study/Hudson-County-Jitney-Study-Final-Report.pdf?ext=.pdf |date=January 22, 2021 }}, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The most frequent jitney route in Hudson County with service operating in each direction nearly once per minute, the Bergenline Avenue route operates along the spine of the Hudson County/Bergen County palisades, connecting the Newport Mall in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, with select trips (primarily those operated by New Service, Inc., Airport Service Corp. and Spanish Transportation Corp., collectively 'Spanish Transportation') continuing on to the GWBBS in New York City."</ref> |
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==Media and culture== |
==Media and culture== |
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North Bergen is located within the [[Media in New York City|New York media market]], with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' is a local daily paper based in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]. Local weeklies include the free bilingual paper, ''Hudson Dispatch Weekly'',<ref>''Hudson Dispatch Weekly''. May 13, 2010</ref> (named for the former daily ''[[Hudson Dispatch]]''),<ref>Good, Philip. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/nyregion/recalling-the-glory-days-of-the-hudson-dispatch.html?pagewanted=1 "Recalling the Glory Days of The Hudson Dispatch"] ''The New York Times''; October 27, 1991.</ref> ''[[North Bergen Reporter]]'' (part of [[The Hudson Reporter]] group of local weeklies), and the Spanish language ''[[El Especialito]]''.<ref> |
North Bergen is located within the [[Media in New York City|New York media market]], with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' is a local daily paper based in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]]. Local weeklies include the free bilingual paper, ''Hudson Dispatch Weekly'',<ref>''Hudson Dispatch Weekly''. May 13, 2010</ref> (named for the former daily ''[[Hudson Dispatch]]''),<ref>Good, Philip. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/nyregion/recalling-the-glory-days-of-the-hudson-dispatch.html?pagewanted=1 "Recalling the Glory Days of The Hudson Dispatch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630162005/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/nyregion/recalling-the-glory-days-of-the-hudson-dispatch.html?pagewanted=1 |date=June 30, 2016 }} ''The New York Times''; October 27, 1991.</ref> ''[[North Bergen Reporter]]'' (part of [[The Hudson Reporter]] group of local weeklies), and the Spanish language ''[[El Especialito]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elespecial.com/ |title=El Especial's official website |access-date=November 21, 2010 |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131061524/http://www.elespecial.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[River View Observer]]'' is a monthly newspaper that covers the [[Hudson Waterfront]] market. Online news [http://www.hudsoncountyview.com HudsonCountyView.com], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160123143621/http://hudsontv.com/ HudsonTV.com], and the [http://www.hudpost.com HudPost.com] all cover local North Bergen news. |
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In the late 2000s, North Bergen, [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], Guttenberg, and [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] came to be dubbed collectively as "NoHu", a [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Manhattan]].<ref name=NoHu>Paul, Mary; and Matzner, Caren. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2008/05/06/scores-of-artists-find-a-place-in-n-hudson-wny-union-city-weehawken-and-north-bergen-becoming-nohu-2/ "Scores of artists find a place in N. Hudson WNY, Union City, Weehawken, and North Bergen becoming 'NoHu'"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', May 6, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The North Hudson artists who know each other have dubbed the area 'NoHu,' and some hope to eventually rival more established art Meccas like SoHo."</ref> |
In the late 2000s, North Bergen, [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]], [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]], Guttenberg, and [[West New York, New Jersey|West New York]] came to be dubbed collectively as "NoHu", a [[North Hudson, New Jersey|North Hudson]] haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Manhattan]].<ref name=NoHu>Paul, Mary; and Matzner, Caren. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2008/05/06/scores-of-artists-find-a-place-in-n-hudson-wny-union-city-weehawken-and-north-bergen-becoming-nohu-2/ "Scores of artists find a place in N. Hudson WNY, Union City, Weehawken, and North Bergen becoming 'NoHu'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001151413/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2008/05/06/scores-of-artists-find-a-place-in-n-hudson-wny-union-city-weehawken-and-north-bergen-becoming-nohu-2/ |date=October 1, 2020 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', May 6, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The North Hudson artists who know each other have dubbed the area 'NoHu,' and some hope to eventually rival more established art Meccas like SoHo."</ref> |
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* [[070 Shake]] (born 1997), stage name of rapper Danielle Balbuena<ref>Economopoulos, Aristide. [https://www.nj.com/expo/news/erry-2018/06/d2239d7cf26726/index.html "070 Shake performs for her fans in North Bergen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705064409/https://www.nj.com/expo/news/erry-2018/06/d2239d7cf26726/index.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 19, 2018. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Rising rapper and singer 070 Shake, who hails from North Bergen, is hosting 070 Day in North Bergen as she performs at Bruins Stadium in North Hudson Park."</ref> |
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* [[Mohamed Mahmood Alessa]], charged in 2010 with conspiring to join a terrorist group and kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S.<ref>Rashbaum, William K. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/nyregion/07terror.html "Two Arrested at Kennedy Airport on Terror Charges"], ''The New York Times'', June 6, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Mr. Almonte, of Elmwood Park, N.J., and Mr. Alessa, of North Bergen, N.J., were charged with conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap people outside the United States."</ref> |
* [[Mohamed Mahmood Alessa]], charged in 2010 with conspiring to join a terrorist group and kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S.<ref>Rashbaum, William K. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/nyregion/07terror.html "Two Arrested at Kennedy Airport on Terror Charges"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407220410/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/nyregion/07terror.html |date=April 7, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', June 6, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Mr. Almonte, of Elmwood Park, N.J., and Mr. Alessa, of North Bergen, N.J., were charged with conspiring to kill, maim and kidnap people outside the United States."</ref> |
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* [[Carlos Alomar]] (born 1951), musician, musical director, songwriter<ref>Smith, Ray. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/11/04/the-future-of-music/ "The future of music; Guitar legend Carlos Alomar shares his craft at Stevens"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 4, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Alomar, who now lives in North Bergen, began teaching at Stevens five years ago, but is 'extremely honored' after being named the Distinguished Artist in Residence."</ref> |
* [[Carlos Alomar]] (born 1951), musician, musical director, songwriter<ref>Smith, Ray. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/11/04/the-future-of-music/ "The future of music; Guitar legend Carlos Alomar shares his craft at Stevens"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201011725/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/11/04/the-future-of-music/ |date=December 1, 2021 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 4, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Alomar, who now lives in North Bergen, began teaching at Stevens five years ago, but is 'extremely honored' after being named the Distinguished Artist in Residence."</ref> |
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* [[Christopher Amoroso]] (1972–2001), [[Port Authority Police Department]] (PAPD) officer who died in the [[September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]]<ref>Alsbrook, Nina-Louise. [http://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/christopher_amoroso_29_port_au.html "Christopher Amoroso, 29, Port Authority Police officer less than 2 years"], ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', September 11, 2010. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Born on Long Island, Mr. Amoroso was raised in North Bergen, N.J. He graduated from North Bergen High School in 1990, and lived briefly in Bayonne, N.J, working six years for Consolidated Dairy."</ref> |
* [[Christopher Amoroso]] (1972–2001), [[Port Authority Police Department]] (PAPD) officer who died in the [[September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]]<ref>Alsbrook, Nina-Louise. [http://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/christopher_amoroso_29_port_au.html "Christopher Amoroso, 29, Port Authority Police officer less than 2 years"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907203639/http://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/christopher_amoroso_29_port_au.html |date=September 7, 2015 }}, ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', September 11, 2010. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Born on Long Island, Mr. Amoroso was raised in North Bergen, N.J. He graduated from North Bergen High School in 1990, and lived briefly in Bayonne, N.J, working six years for Consolidated Dairy."</ref> |
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* [[Kyle Anderson (basketball)|Kyle Anderson]] (born 1993), NBA basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/07/06/anderson-gets-drafted-by-the-nba-champion-spurs-in-first-round/ "Popper: North Bergen native Kyle Anderson has summer to remember"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 20, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Kyle Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Summer League, averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals in six games heading into the San Antonio Spurs' championship win Monday. Anderson, who grew up in North Bergen before heading off to Paterson Catholic and on to St. Anthony and UCLA, knows that these honors mean little."</ref> |
* [[Kyle Anderson (basketball)|Kyle Anderson]] (born 1993), NBA basketball player for the [[Memphis Grizzlies]]<ref>Staff. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/07/06/anderson-gets-drafted-by-the-nba-champion-spurs-in-first-round/ "Popper: North Bergen native Kyle Anderson has summer to remember"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142251/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2014/07/06/anderson-gets-drafted-by-the-nba-champion-spurs-in-first-round/ |date=October 20, 2021 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 20, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Kyle Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Summer League, averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals in six games heading into the San Antonio Spurs' championship win Monday. Anderson, who grew up in North Bergen before heading off to Paterson Catholic and on to St. Anthony and UCLA, knows that these honors mean little."</ref> |
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* [[Rick Apodaca]] (born 1980), [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] professional [[basketball]] player who has played in the [[NCAA]], [[USBL]], [[National Basketball Development League|NBDL]], and the [[National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico]]<ref>Monaco, Lou. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/01/bob_hurley_sr_rick_apodaca_to_be_honored_at_dan_finn_classic_saturday.html "Bob Hurley Sr. & Rick Apodaca to be honored at Dan Finn Classic Saturday"], [[NJ.com]], January 8, 2012.</ref> |
* [[Rick Apodaca]] (born 1980), [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] professional [[basketball]] player who has played in the [[NCAA]], [[USBL]], [[National Basketball Development League|NBDL]], and the [[National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico]]<ref>Monaco, Lou. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/01/bob_hurley_sr_rick_apodaca_to_be_honored_at_dan_finn_classic_saturday.html "Bob Hurley Sr. & Rick Apodaca to be honored at Dan Finn Classic Saturday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407100151/http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/01/bob_hurley_sr_rick_apodaca_to_be_honored_at_dan_finn_classic_saturday.html |date=April 7, 2014 }}, [[NJ.com]], January 8, 2012.</ref> |
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* [[Coco Austin]] (born 1979), actress, dancer, model and wife of rapper/actor Ice-T<ref name=MSNBC>[https://www.today.com/popculture/ice-t-turns-cop-killing-talk-posing-nude-wbna15500221 "Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude"]. [[MSNBC]]. November 3, 2006. Accessed November 12, 2012. "North Bergen, N.J. — U.S. rapper Ice-T once gained fame talking about killing cops. Now the controversy over his latest album has led him to compare himself to a peace-loving John Lennon."</ref> |
* [[Coco Austin]] (born 1979), actress, dancer, model and wife of rapper/actor Ice-T<ref name=MSNBC>[https://www.today.com/popculture/ice-t-turns-cop-killing-talk-posing-nude-wbna15500221 "Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202235403/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15500221/ |date=December 2, 2006 }}. [[MSNBC]]. November 3, 2006. Accessed November 12, 2012. "North Bergen, N.J. — U.S. rapper Ice-T once gained fame talking about killing cops. Now the controversy over his latest album has led him to compare himself to a peace-loving John Lennon."</ref> |
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* [[Lidia Bastianich]] (born 1947), chef, Emmy Award-winning television host, author, and restaurateur<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html "'Lidia's Italy in America': Now that's Italian-American!"], [[NJ.com]], November 1, 2011.</ref> |
* [[Lidia Bastianich]] (born 1947), chef, Emmy Award-winning television host, author, and restaurateur<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html "'Lidia's Italy in America': Now that's Italian-American!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219022241/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2011/11/lidias_italy_in_america_now_th.html |date=February 19, 2014 }}, [[NJ.com]], November 1, 2011.</ref> |
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* [[Odell Beckham Jr.]] (born 1992), wide receiver for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. [http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/celebrity-scene/a-giant-catch-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-builds-on-stellar-rookie-season-with-the-new-york-giants-1.1385585 "A Giant Catch: Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. builds on stellar rookie season with the New York Giants"], ''(201) magazine'', August 5, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Take a simple trip to the grocery store near his home in North Bergen – which, of course, is anything but simple. Not any more. Not since The Catch."</ref> |
* [[Odell Beckham Jr.]] (born 1992), wide receiver for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>[[Bob Klapisch|Klapisch, Bob]]. [http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/celebrity-scene/a-giant-catch-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-builds-on-stellar-rookie-season-with-the-new-york-giants-1.1385585 "A Giant Catch: Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. builds on stellar rookie season with the New York Giants"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410192551/http://www.bergen.com/people-and-parties/celebrity-scene/a-giant-catch-wide-receiver-odell-beckham-jr-builds-on-stellar-rookie-season-with-the-new-york-giants-1.1385585 |date=April 10, 2016 }}, ''(201) magazine'', August 5, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2016. "Take a simple trip to the grocery store near his home in North Bergen – which, of course, is anything but simple. Not any more. Not since The Catch."</ref> |
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* [[James J. Braddock]] (1905–1974), heavyweight boxing champion from 1935 to 1937<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061211203621/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754921,00.html "New Champion"], ''Time'', June 24, 1935. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Improvident of his earnings when he was a top-flight light heavyweight seven years ago, 29-year-old Jimmy Braddock had, after successive defeats, toppled completely out of the prize ring. He worked briefly as a janitor. He made a pittance as a stevedore on the New Jersey docks opposite Manhattan. Finally he changed his name to No. 2796 on the North Bergen (N. J.) relief rolls last year."</ref> |
* [[James J. Braddock]] (1905–1974), heavyweight boxing champion from 1935 to 1937<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061211203621/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,754921,00.html "New Champion"], ''Time'', June 24, 1935. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Improvident of his earnings when he was a top-flight light heavyweight seven years ago, 29-year-old Jimmy Braddock had, after successive defeats, toppled completely out of the prize ring. He worked briefly as a janitor. He made a pittance as a stevedore on the New Jersey docks opposite Manhattan. Finally he changed his name to No. 2796 on the North Bergen (N. J.) relief rolls last year."</ref> |
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* [[John O. Brennan]] (born 1955), Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security in the Obama White House<ref>Meek, James Gordon. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_meet_the_cia_guy_who_let_bam_down.html "White House counterterror adviser John Brennan: Out of the shadows and into the spotlight"], ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'', January 10, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2010. "Brennan, 54, was raised on 74th St. in North Bergen and graduated from St. Joseph's High School in West New York and then Fordham College."</ref> |
* [[John O. Brennan]] (born 1955), Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security in the Obama White House<ref>Meek, James Gordon. [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_meet_the_cia_guy_who_let_bam_down.html "White House counterterror adviser John Brennan: Out of the shadows and into the spotlight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113192627/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/10/2010-01-10_meet_the_cia_guy_who_let_bam_down.html |date=January 13, 2010 }}, ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'', January 10, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2010. "Brennan, 54, was raised on 74th St. in North Bergen and graduated from St. Joseph's High School in West New York and then Fordham College."</ref> |
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* [[James L. Brooks]] (born 1940), television and film director<ref>Diamond, Jamie. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/movies/film-bringing-you-a-musical-with-no-music.html&pagewanted=all "Film; Bringing You a Musical ... With No Music"], ''The New York Times'', January 30, 1994. Accessed December 22, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Like Many Writers Who make people laugh, Mr. Brooks did not have a particularly hilarious childhood. Born in North Bergen, N.J., he was raised by his mother and saw little of his father, a salesman who left for good when Jim was 12."</ref> |
* [[James L. Brooks]] (born 1940), television and film director<ref>Diamond, Jamie. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/30/movies/film-bringing-you-a-musical-with-no-music.html&pagewanted=all "Film; Bringing You a Musical ... With No Music"], ''The New York Times'', January 30, 1994. Accessed December 22, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Like Many Writers Who make people laugh, Mr. Brooks did not have a particularly hilarious childhood. Born in North Bergen, N.J., he was raised by his mother and saw little of his father, a salesman who left for good when Jim was 12."</ref> |
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* [[Dan Callandrillo]], former professional basketball player<ref>McGowan, Deane. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/sports/seton-hall-topples-fordham.html "Seton Hall Topples Fordham"], ''The New York Times'', December 2, 1981. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Seton Hall's surge was led by Dan Callandrillo, senior guard from North Bergen."</ref> |
* [[Dan Callandrillo]], former professional basketball player<ref>McGowan, Deane. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/sports/seton-hall-topples-fordham.html "Seton Hall Topples Fordham"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125232321/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/02/sports/seton-hall-topples-fordham.html |date=January 25, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', December 2, 1981. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Seton Hall's surge was led by Dan Callandrillo, senior guard from North Bergen."</ref> |
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* [[Edd Cartier]] (1914–2008), [[pulp magazine]] [[illustrator]]<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html "Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies"], ''The New York Times'', January 8, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Edward Daniel Cartier was born in North Bergen, N.J., where his father ran Cartier's Saloon and allowed his son to paint Christmas scenes on the bar's windows."</ref> |
* [[Edd Cartier]] (1914–2008), [[pulp magazine]] [[illustrator]]<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html "Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071603/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/arts/08cartier.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', January 8, 2009. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Edward Daniel Cartier was born in North Bergen, N.J., where his father ran Cartier's Saloon and allowed his son to paint Christmas scenes on the bar's windows."</ref> |
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* [[Richard S. Castellano|Richard Castellano]] (1933–1988), American actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/obituaries/richard-castellano-is-dead-at-55-an-actor-of-stage-screen-and-tv.html|title=Richard Castellano Is Dead at 55; An Actor of Stage, Screen and TV|date=December 12, 1988|newspaper |
* [[Richard S. Castellano|Richard Castellano]] (1933–1988), American actor<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/obituaries/richard-castellano-is-dead-at-55-an-actor-of-stage-screen-and-tv.html|title=Richard Castellano Is Dead at 55; An Actor of Stage, Screen and TV|date=December 12, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 13, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213164512/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/obituaries/richard-castellano-is-dead-at-55-an-actor-of-stage-screen-and-tv.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[C. Judson Child Jr.]] (1923–2004), seventh bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]<ref>[https://www.episcopalatlanta.org/Diocese/Support-the-Church-s-Future/Bishop-Child-Heritage-Circle/About-Bishop-Child/ About Bishop Child], [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Charles Judson Child Jr. was born April 25, 1923, to the Rev. Charles Judson and Alice Sylvia Child in North Bergen, New Jersey."</ref> |
* [[C. Judson Child Jr.]] (1923–2004), seventh bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]<ref>[https://www.episcopalatlanta.org/Diocese/Support-the-Church-s-Future/Bishop-Child-Heritage-Circle/About-Bishop-Child/ About Bishop Child] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102034604/https://www.episcopalatlanta.org/Diocese/Support-the-Church-s-Future/Bishop-Child-Heritage-Circle/About-Bishop-Child/ |date=January 2, 2015 }}, [[Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta]]. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Charles Judson Child Jr. was born April 25, 1923, to the Rev. Charles Judson and Alice Sylvia Child in North Bergen, New Jersey."</ref> |
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* [[Gene Cornish]] (born 1944), guitarist and harmonica player who is an original member of the 1960s [[blue-eyed soul]] band [[The Rascals]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/13/gene-cornish-rascals-recovering-first-show-back-scheduled-toms-river/1292368002/ "Gene Cornish of the Rascals is recovering, first show back scheduled for Toms River"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 13, 2018. Accessed October 22, 2018. "Cornish is a native of Canada who grew up in Rochester, N.Y. He now lives in North Bergen."</ref> |
* [[Gene Cornish]] (born 1944), guitarist and harmonica player who is an original member of the 1960s [[blue-eyed soul]] band [[The Rascals]]<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/13/gene-cornish-rascals-recovering-first-show-back-scheduled-toms-river/1292368002/ "Gene Cornish of the Rascals is recovering, first show back scheduled for Toms River"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140438/https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/09/13/gene-cornish-rascals-recovering-first-show-back-scheduled-toms-river/1292368002/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 13, 2018. Accessed October 22, 2018. "Cornish is a native of Canada who grew up in Rochester, N.Y. He now lives in North Bergen."</ref> |
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* [[Leo Cullum]] (1942–2010), cartoonist best known for his work in ''[[The New Yorker]]''<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/26cullum.html "Leo Cullum, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68"], ''The New York Times'', October 25, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Leo Aloysius Cullum was born on Jan. 11, 1942, in Newark and grew up in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
* [[Leo Cullum]] (1942–2010), cartoonist best known for his work in ''[[The New Yorker]]''<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/26cullum.html "Leo Cullum, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412170556/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/arts/26cullum.html |date=April 12, 2016 }}, ''The New York Times'', October 25, 2010. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Leo Aloysius Cullum was born on Jan. 11, 1942, in Newark and grew up in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
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* [[Frank Cumiskey]] (1912–2014), [[artistic gymnast]] who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[[Louis Effrat|Effrat, Louis]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/olympic-gymnastic-team-chosen-as-national-championships-end.html "Olympic Gymnastic Team Chosen As National Championships End; Cumiskey Dethrones Meyer as All-Around Ruler and Qualifies for Place -- Defending Titleholder, Haubold, Pitt, Jochim, Wheeler, Phillips and Griffin Also Selected."], ''The New York Times'', June 21, 1936. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Frank Cumiskey of North Bergen, N.J., 23-year-old member of the Swiss Turn Verein of Hudson County, became the National A.A. U. all-around gymnastic champion last night at Mecca Temple and automatically qualified as a member of the American Olympic team."</ref> |
* [[Frank Cumiskey]] (1912–2014), [[artistic gymnast]] who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[[Louis Effrat|Effrat, Louis]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/olympic-gymnastic-team-chosen-as-national-championships-end.html "Olympic Gymnastic Team Chosen As National Championships End; Cumiskey Dethrones Meyer as All-Around Ruler and Qualifies for Place -- Defending Titleholder, Haubold, Pitt, Jochim, Wheeler, Phillips and Griffin Also Selected."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612213258/https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/21/archives/olympic-gymnastic-team-chosen-as-national-championships-end.html |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', June 21, 1936. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Frank Cumiskey of North Bergen, N.J., 23-year-old member of the Swiss Turn Verein of Hudson County, became the National A.A. U. all-around gymnastic champion last night at Mecca Temple and automatically qualified as a member of the American Olympic team."</ref> |
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* [[Paquito D'Rivera]] (born 1948), musician, composer<ref>Heinis, John. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/paquito_drivera_other_latin_le.html "Paquito D'Rivera, other Latin legends see their stars unveiled in ceremony at Celia Cruz Plaza in Union City"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 1, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Global icon Paquito D'Rivera, 63, a seven-time Grammy-award winner, received a star yesterday. The reed man, known mostly for his high-flying Latin jazz music, moved to the United States from Cuba in 1980. He currently resides in North Bergen."</ref> |
* [[Paquito D'Rivera]] (born 1948), musician, composer<ref>Heinis, John. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/paquito_drivera_other_latin_le.html "Paquito D'Rivera, other Latin legends see their stars unveiled in ceremony at Celia Cruz Plaza in Union City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606002756/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/06/paquito_drivera_other_latin_le.html |date=June 6, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 1, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Global icon Paquito D'Rivera, 63, a seven-time Grammy-award winner, received a star yesterday. The reed man, known mostly for his high-flying Latin jazz music, moved to the United States from Cuba in 1980. He currently resides in North Bergen."</ref> |
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* [[Joey Diaz]] (born 1963), stand-up comedian and actor<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/09/21/nb-comedian-lands-role-on-my-name-is-earl-diaz-has-recurring-spot-on-award-winning-nbc-sitcom-4/ "NB comedian lands role on 'My Name IS Earl' Diaz has recurring spot on award-winning NBC sitcom"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 21, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
* [[Joey Diaz]] (born 1963), stand-up comedian and actor<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/09/21/nb-comedian-lands-role-on-my-name-is-earl-diaz-has-recurring-spot-on-award-winning-nbc-sitcom-4/ "NB comedian lands role on 'My Name IS Earl' Diaz has recurring spot on award-winning NBC sitcom"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/09/21/nb-comedian-lands-role-on-my-name-is-earl-diaz-has-recurring-spot-on-award-winning-nbc-sitcom-4/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 21, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> |
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* [[Henry Escalante]], pop musician, one of 15 finalists from 2007 season of MTV reality show ''Making [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/11/13/a-teen-latin-pop-star-north-bergen-resident-featured-on-mtvs-making-menudo/ "A teen Latin pop star North Bergen resident featured on MTV's 'Making Menudo'"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 13, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019. "''Making Menudo,'' featuring North Bergen resident and Union City native Henry Escalante, airs on MTV every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m."</ref> |
* [[Henry Escalante]], pop musician, one of 15 finalists from 2007 season of MTV reality show ''Making [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/11/13/a-teen-latin-pop-star-north-bergen-resident-featured-on-mtvs-making-menudo/ "A teen Latin pop star North Bergen resident featured on MTV's 'Making Menudo'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2007/11/13/a-teen-latin-pop-star-north-bergen-resident-featured-on-mtvs-making-menudo/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', November 13, 2007. Accessed November 13, 2019. "''Making Menudo,'' featuring North Bergen resident and Union City native Henry Escalante, airs on MTV every Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m."</ref> |
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* [[Edward Feigenbaum]] (born 1936), computer scientist who collaborated on the development of the first expert system [[Dendral]]<ref>[[Donald Knuth|Knuth, Don]]. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658162-05-01-acc.pdf "Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum"], [[Computer History Museum]], 2007. Accessed October 23, 2015. "I was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, which is a town on the Palisades opposite New York. In fact, it's the place where the Lincoln Tunnel dives under the water and comes up in New York. Then my parents moved up the Palisades four miles to a town called North Bergen, and there I lived until I was 16 and went off to Carnegie Tech."</ref> |
* [[Edward Feigenbaum]] (born 1936), computer scientist who collaborated on the development of the first expert system [[Dendral]]<ref>[[Donald Knuth|Knuth, Don]]. [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658162-05-01-acc.pdf "Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112160611/http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2012/04/102658162-05-01-acc.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[Computer History Museum]], 2007. Accessed October 23, 2015. "I was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, which is a town on the Palisades opposite New York. In fact, it's the place where the Lincoln Tunnel dives under the water and comes up in New York. Then my parents moved up the Palisades four miles to a town called North Bergen, and there I lived until I was 16 and went off to Carnegie Tech."</ref> |
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* [[Lucio Fernandez]], [[Cuban-American]] politician and entertainer, who served as the city's Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>DeChiaro, Dean. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/03/24/the-dancing-commissioner/ "The dancing commissioner; UC's Lucio Fernandez heads the arts renaissance in North Hudson"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 24, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "On any given day, you might receive an email from Lucio Fernandez, a lifelong artist and Union City's Commissioner of Public Affairs, advertising an upcoming art gallery opening or concert."</ref> |
* [[Lucio Fernandez]], [[Cuban-American]] politician and entertainer, who served as the city's Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>DeChiaro, Dean. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/03/24/the-dancing-commissioner/ "The dancing commissioner; UC's Lucio Fernandez heads the arts renaissance in North Hudson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107160037/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/03/24/the-dancing-commissioner/ |date=January 7, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 24, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "On any given day, you might receive an email from Lucio Fernandez, a lifelong artist and Union City's Commissioner of Public Affairs, advertising an upcoming art gallery opening or concert."</ref> |
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* [[Louis Freeh]] (born 1950), former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] director<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html "Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 21, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref> |
* [[Louis Freeh]] (born 1950), former [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] director<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html "Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416042546/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html |date=April 16, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 21, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref> |
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* [[Melissa Fumero]] (born 1982), actress best known for her role as [[Amy Santiago]] in the comedy series ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Melissa|last=Fumero|user=melissafumero|number=1109667465389195265|title=Born in North Bergen, grew up in Guttenberg till age 6, then Lyndhurst till I moved to NYC at 19 😎✌🏽|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> |
* [[Melissa Fumero]] (born 1982), actress best known for her role as [[Amy Santiago]] in the comedy series ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''.<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Melissa|last=Fumero|user=melissafumero|number=1109667465389195265|title=Born in North Bergen, grew up in Guttenberg till age 6, then Lyndhurst till I moved to NYC at 19 😎✌🏽|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/jSbp1|archive-date=September 30, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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* [[Greg Herenda]] (born 1961), former head coach of the [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball]] team<ref>Pelzman, J.P. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/fdu-s-greg-herenda-makes-believers-of-his-players-then-leads-them-to-ncaas-1.1526984 "FDU's Greg Herenda makes believers of his players, then leads them to NCAAs"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 12, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2016. "When Greg Herenda was a teenager growing up in North Bergen, he and his brother Bill and their friends would play on an outdoor court across the street from their house."</ref> |
* [[Greg Herenda]] (born 1961), former head coach of the [[Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball]] team<ref>Pelzman, J.P. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/fdu-s-greg-herenda-makes-believers-of-his-players-then-leads-them-to-ncaas-1.1526984 "FDU's Greg Herenda makes believers of his players, then leads them to NCAAs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416103748/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/fdu-s-greg-herenda-makes-believers-of-his-players-then-leads-them-to-ncaas-1.1526984 |date=April 16, 2016 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 12, 2016. Accessed March 29, 2016. "When Greg Herenda was a teenager growing up in North Bergen, he and his brother Bill and their friends would play on an outdoor court across the street from their house."</ref> |
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* [[Ice-T]] (born 1958), rap music pioneer and actor<ref name=MSNBC/><ref>David, Mark. [https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/ "Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey"], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', October 30, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In September 2005 they found their real estate nirvana and shelled out, according to property records we peeped, $1,500,000 for a 2,161 square foot duplex penthouse atop a boxy and glassy contemporary building in someplace called North Bergen, NJ, between the Hudson River side communities of Edgewater and Guttenberg, the proud home of the insanely amazing Mitsuwa Marketplace."</ref> |
* [[Ice-T]] (born 1958), rap music pioneer and actor<ref name=MSNBC/><ref>David, Mark. [https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/ "Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119060758/http://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/ |date=January 19, 2017 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', October 30, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In September 2005 they found their real estate nirvana and shelled out, according to property records we peeped, $1,500,000 for a 2,161 square foot duplex penthouse atop a boxy and glassy contemporary building in someplace called North Bergen, NJ, between the Hudson River side communities of Edgewater and Guttenberg, the proud home of the insanely amazing Mitsuwa Marketplace."</ref> |
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* [[Dan Kurzman]] (1922–2010), military historian<ref>Slotnik, Daniel E. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html "Dan Kurzman, Military Historian, Is Dead at 88"], ''The New York Times'', December 24, 2010. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Dan Kurzman, who wrote military histories that illuminated little-known incidents in World War II and an exhaustively reported account of the first Arab-Israeli war, died Dec. 12 in Manhattan. He was 88 and lived in North Bergen, N.J.</ref> |
* [[Dan Kurzman]] (1922–2010), military historian<ref>Slotnik, Daniel E. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html "Dan Kurzman, Military Historian, Is Dead at 88"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126040355/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/26kurzman.html |date=January 26, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', December 24, 2010. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Dan Kurzman, who wrote military histories that illuminated little-known incidents in World War II and an exhaustively reported account of the first Arab-Israeli war, died Dec. 12 in Manhattan. He was 88 and lived in North Bergen, N.J.</ref> |
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* [[AJ Lee]] (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to [[WWE]]<ref>Strauss, Gerry. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/homecoming-queen/ "Homecoming Queen: Local Talent At WrestleMania; Jersey Girl April Mendez brings her vengeful alter ego to WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium this month."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', March 11, 2013. Accessed March 20, 2015. "For Mendez, a native of North Bergen, the road from rags to WrestleMania wasn't easy."</ref> |
* [[AJ Lee]] (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to [[WWE]]<ref>Strauss, Gerry. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/homecoming-queen/ "Homecoming Queen: Local Talent At WrestleMania; Jersey Girl April Mendez brings her vengeful alter ego to WrestleMania at MetLife Stadium this month."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403160934/http://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/homecoming-queen/ |date=April 3, 2015 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', March 11, 2013. Accessed March 20, 2015. "For Mendez, a native of North Bergen, the road from rags to WrestleMania wasn't easy."</ref> |
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* [[Lionel Loueke]] (born 1973), African Jazz guitarist and sideman to [[Herbie Hancock]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805020923.htm "Guitarist Lionel Loueke's odyssey"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 2, 2008. Accessed October 26, 2010.</ref> |
* [[Lionel Loueke]] (born 1973), African Jazz guitarist and sideman to [[Herbie Hancock]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805020923.htm "Guitarist Lionel Loueke's odyssey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108072933/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805020923.htm |date=November 8, 2012 }}, ''[[The Hindu]]'', May 2, 2008. Accessed October 26, 2010.</ref> |
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* [[Luigi Lucioni]] (1900–1988), painter known for his realistic and precisely drawn [[still life]]s, [[Landscape art|landscape]]s, and [[portrait]]s. Lucioni's family emigrated from [[Malnate]], Italy in 1911 to New York City, and then subsequently lived for a time in North Bergen<ref name=LifeAndArt>Embury, Stuart P. (2006). "Chapter One: The Early Years". ''The Art and Life of Luigi Lucioni''. Embury Publishing Company. pp. 1 -4.</ref> |
* [[Luigi Lucioni]] (1900–1988), painter known for his realistic and precisely drawn [[still life]]s, [[Landscape art|landscape]]s, and [[portrait]]s. Lucioni's family emigrated from [[Malnate]], Italy in 1911 to New York City, and then subsequently lived for a time in North Bergen<ref name=LifeAndArt>Embury, Stuart P. (2006). "Chapter One: The Early Years". ''The Art and Life of Luigi Lucioni''. Embury Publishing Company. pp. 1 -4.</ref> |
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* [[Steve Mocco]] (born 1981), Olympic wrestler<ref>Abbott, Gary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401150232/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11652_53764.htm "NYAC beats Russia, 14–11 in freestyle and Romania 14–12 in Greco-Roman in dual meet in New Jersey"], [[United States Olympic Committee]], November 16, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 1, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Hometown hero Steve Mocco, who grew up in nearby North Bergen, N.J., stopped Soslan Gagloev of Russia, 1–0, 2–0."</ref> |
* [[Steve Mocco]] (born 1981), Olympic wrestler<ref>Abbott, Gary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401150232/http://www.usolympicteam.com/11652_53764.htm "NYAC beats Russia, 14–11 in freestyle and Romania 14–12 in Greco-Roman in dual meet in New Jersey"], [[United States Olympic Committee]], November 16, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 1, 2008. Accessed June 12, 2015. "Hometown hero Steve Mocco, who grew up in nearby North Bergen, N.J., stopped Soslan Gagloev of Russia, 1–0, 2–0."</ref> |
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* [[Ed Murawinski]] (born 1951), award-winning cartoonist for the ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/10/31/he-drew-steinbrenner-in-a-diaper-nb-native-went-from-classroom-doodles-to-daily-news-sports-cartoons/ "He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper: NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', October 31, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019. "When Ed Murawinski was growing up in his native North Bergen, he was always drawing and doodling."</ref> |
* [[Ed Murawinski]] (born 1951), award-winning cartoonist for the ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]''<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/10/31/he-drew-steinbrenner-in-a-diaper-nb-native-went-from-classroom-doodles-to-daily-news-sports-cartoons/ "He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper: NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2006/10/31/he-drew-steinbrenner-in-a-diaper-nb-native-went-from-classroom-doodles-to-daily-news-sports-cartoons/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', October 31, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019. "When Ed Murawinski was growing up in his native North Bergen, he was always drawing and doodling."</ref> |
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* [[Fred Orlofsky]] (born 1937), retired [[artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] who competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/02/archives/orlofsky-captures-olympic-gym-trial.html "Orlofsky Captures Olympic Gym Trial"], ''The New York Times'', May 2, 1960. Accessed October 20, 2021. "Fred Orlofsky, a. 23-year-old Southern Illinois freshman from North Bergen, N. J., took top honors in the Olympic gymnastic team trials tonight that cut the men's squad to twelve and the women's to ten."</ref> |
* [[Fred Orlofsky]] (born 1937), retired [[artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]] who competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/02/archives/orlofsky-captures-olympic-gym-trial.html "Orlofsky Captures Olympic Gym Trial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020142249/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/02/archives/orlofsky-captures-olympic-gym-trial.html |date=October 20, 2021 }}, ''The New York Times'', May 2, 1960. Accessed October 20, 2021. "Fred Orlofsky, a. 23-year-old Southern Illinois freshman from North Bergen, N. J., took top honors in the Olympic gymnastic team trials tonight that cut the men's squad to twelve and the women's to ten."</ref> |
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* [[Jesse Pike]] (1890–1986), [[cycle sport|cyclist]] who competed in two events at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=SportsReference>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jesse-pike-1.html Jesse Pike Olympic Results], Sports-Reference.com. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref> |
* [[Jesse Pike]] (1890–1986), [[cycle sport|cyclist]] who competed in two events at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=SportsReference>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/jesse-pike-1.html Jesse Pike Olympic Results], Sports-Reference.com. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref> |
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* [[Bill Raisch]] (1905–1984), dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by [[Richard Kimble]] ([[David Janssen]]) on the 1963-67 TV series ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''<ref name=NJ.com>Whitty, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/family_viewing_lonely_are_the.html "Family Viewing: 'Lonely Are the Brave'"], [[NJ.com]], May 18, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Fun trivia: That one-armed man who takes on Douglas in the bar fight? Bill Raisch from North Bergen, the same actor David Janssen was always searching for on ''The Fugitive.''"</ref> |
* [[Bill Raisch]] (1905–1984), dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by [[Richard Kimble]] ([[David Janssen]]) on the 1963-67 TV series ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''<ref name=NJ.com>Whitty, Stephen. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/family_viewing_lonely_are_the.html "Family Viewing: 'Lonely Are the Brave'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614193321/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/family_viewing_lonely_are_the.html |date=June 14, 2013 }}, [[NJ.com]], May 18, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Fun trivia: That one-armed man who takes on Douglas in the bar fight? Bill Raisch from North Bergen, the same actor David Janssen was always searching for on ''The Fugitive.''"</ref> |
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* [[Feisal Abdul Rauf]] (born 1948), Muslim imam, author and activist<ref name=UCReporter>Tirella, Tricia; and Diaz, Lana Rose. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/09/05/controversy-hits-close-to-home-2/ "'Ground zero mosque' imam is NB resident, UC property owner"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 5, 2010, pp. 3 and 8. Accessed November 13, 2019. "According to The Record, which spawned many spinoff reports quoting the paper, and the Hudson Reporter's own searches of property records, Imam Feisal A. Rauf, a North Bergen resident, owns four properties in Union City, and one in North Bergen."</ref> |
* [[Feisal Abdul Rauf]] (born 1948), Muslim imam, author and activist<ref name=UCReporter>Tirella, Tricia; and Diaz, Lana Rose. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/09/05/controversy-hits-close-to-home-2/ "'Ground zero mosque' imam is NB resident, UC property owner"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140440/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2010/09/05/controversy-hits-close-to-home-2/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', September 5, 2010, pp. 3 and 8. Accessed November 13, 2019. "According to The Record, which spawned many spinoff reports quoting the paper, and the Hudson Reporter's own searches of property records, Imam Feisal A. Rauf, a North Bergen resident, owns four properties in Union City, and one in North Bergen."</ref> |
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* [[Evan Rodriguez]] (born 1988), NFL fullback and tight end for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>Villanova, Patrick. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/former_north_bergen_star_charg.html "NFL player Evan Rodriguez, of North Bergen, cited in dispute with cops in Florida: report"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 13, 2013. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Current NFL football player and former North Bergen High School star Evan Rodriguez was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer in Miami Beach early Thursday morning, an NBC affiliate reported. NBC reported that Rodriguez, 24, formerly of North Bergen, was in a car that got into an accident early Thursday morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Alton Road in Miami Beach."</ref> |
* [[Evan Rodriguez]] (born 1988), NFL fullback and tight end for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]<ref>Villanova, Patrick. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/former_north_bergen_star_charg.html "NFL player Evan Rodriguez, of North Bergen, cited in dispute with cops in Florida: report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528180142/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/former_north_bergen_star_charg.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 13, 2013. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Current NFL football player and former North Bergen High School star Evan Rodriguez was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer in Miami Beach early Thursday morning, an NBC affiliate reported. NBC reported that Rodriguez, 24, formerly of North Bergen, was in a car that got into an accident early Thursday morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Alton Road in Miami Beach."</ref> |
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* [[Wilbur Ross]] (born 1937), investor and former banker<ref>Newman, Richard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170510112056/http://archive.northjersey.com/news/more-phoenix-than-vulture-1.919988?page=all "Community spirit - takeover maestro Ross eyes North Jersey banks"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 16, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 10, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Ross, who grew up in North Bergen, has earned a reputation as a crafty investor and consolidator of bankrupt companies in struggling industries such as textiles and steel. ... Ross is no stranger to New Jersey. He grew up in North Bergen, the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, and his family spent summers at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake, where his sister and brother-in-law live."</ref><ref>[https://www.economicclub.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/Economic_Club_Transcript_Wilbur_Ross_2017.pdf "Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Reviews His Department's Domestic and Global Responsibilities"], The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., July 25, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Secretary Ross: Well, yeah, I actually grew up in North Bergen. North Bergen was too small a town to have a hospital, so that’s why I was born in Weehawken, yes."</ref> |
* [[Wilbur Ross]] (born 1937), investor and former banker<ref>Newman, Richard. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170510112056/http://archive.northjersey.com/news/more-phoenix-than-vulture-1.919988?page=all "Community spirit - takeover maestro Ross eyes North Jersey banks"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 16, 2010, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 10, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Ross, who grew up in North Bergen, has earned a reputation as a crafty investor and consolidator of bankrupt companies in struggling industries such as textiles and steel. ... Ross is no stranger to New Jersey. He grew up in North Bergen, the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, and his family spent summers at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake, where his sister and brother-in-law live."</ref><ref>[https://www.economicclub.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/Economic_Club_Transcript_Wilbur_Ross_2017.pdf "Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Reviews His Department's Domestic and Global Responsibilities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705065336/https://www.economicclub.org/sites/default/files/transcripts/Economic_Club_Transcript_Wilbur_Ross_2017.pdf |date=July 5, 2018 }}, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., July 25, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Secretary Ross: Well, yeah, I actually grew up in North Bergen. North Bergen was too small a town to have a hospital, so that’s why I was born in Weehawken, yes."</ref> |
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* [[Nicholas Sacco]] (born 1946), politician who has served in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] and as Mayor of North Bergen<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=140 Senator Sacco's legislative web page], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed April 11, 2008.</ref><ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone "North Bergen's UEZ has a new home Office set up on Broadway, in heart of zone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415213601/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone |date=2014-04-15 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 22, 2005. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ever since North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco first introduced legislation 10 years ago, in his role as a state senator, that began the process to have Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in many of the state's major cities and towns as a way to increase business sales while helping to beautify the community, the North Bergen UEZ has been operating out of Town Hall, but was really without an identity."</ref> |
* [[Nicholas Sacco]] (born 1946), politician who has served in the [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]] and as Mayor of North Bergen<ref name=NJLEG>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=140 Senator Sacco's legislative web page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020005824/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=140 |date=October 20, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed April 11, 2008.</ref><ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone "North Bergen's UEZ has a new home Office set up on Broadway, in heart of zone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415213601/http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2403678/article-North-Bergen-s-UEZ-has-a-new-home-Office-set-up-on-Broadway--in-heart-of-zone |date=2014-04-15 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', March 22, 2005. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ever since North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco first introduced legislation 10 years ago, in his role as a state senator, that began the process to have Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in many of the state's major cities and towns as a way to increase business sales while helping to beautify the community, the North Bergen UEZ has been operating out of Town Hall, but was really without an identity."</ref> |
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* [[John Scarne]] (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks<ref>[[Joan Riddell Cook|Cook, Joan]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/09/nyregion/john-scarne-gambling-expert.html "Obituary: John Scarne, Gambling Expert"], ''The New York Times'', July 9, 1985. Accessed November 12. 2012. "John Scarne, an international authority on games and gambling, died Sunday at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital. He was 82 years old and lived in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
* [[John Scarne]] (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks<ref>[[Joan Riddell Cook|Cook, Joan]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/09/nyregion/john-scarne-gambling-expert.html "Obituary: John Scarne, Gambling Expert"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122051656/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/09/nyregion/john-scarne-gambling-expert.html |date=November 22, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'', July 9, 1985. Accessed November 12. 2012. "John Scarne, an international authority on games and gambling, died Sunday at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital. He was 82 years old and lived in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
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* [[Herbert H. Shaw]] (1930–2016), independent politician and perennial candidate who has run for office more than 75 times over five decades under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner<ref>Zane, J. Peder. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/nyregion/on-the-map-politics-north-bergen-style-through-the-eyes-of-a-gadfly.html "On The Map; Politics, North Bergen-Style, Through the Eyes of a Gadfly"], ''The New York Times'', May 28, 1995. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In North Bergen, a gritty Hudson County township of 48,400 people, politics is a blood sport, dominated by deep, interconnected feuds that go back decades. For 25 years, Herbert H. Shaw, a resident who is a maintenance worker for the Newark Public Library, has watched it from a singular perspective, partly inside the action and partly outside: he's a gadfly."</ref> |
* [[Herbert H. Shaw]] (1930–2016), independent politician and perennial candidate who has run for office more than 75 times over five decades under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner<ref>Zane, J. Peder. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/nyregion/on-the-map-politics-north-bergen-style-through-the-eyes-of-a-gadfly.html "On The Map; Politics, North Bergen-Style, Through the Eyes of a Gadfly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071447/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/nyregion/on-the-map-politics-north-bergen-style-through-the-eyes-of-a-gadfly.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', May 28, 1995. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In North Bergen, a gritty Hudson County township of 48,400 people, politics is a blood sport, dominated by deep, interconnected feuds that go back decades. For 25 years, Herbert H. Shaw, a resident who is a maintenance worker for the Newark Public Library, has watched it from a singular perspective, partly inside the action and partly outside: he's a gadfly."</ref> |
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* [[Rena Sofer]] (born 1968), actress<ref>[http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html "Rena Sofer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827094858/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html |date=August 27, 2011 }}, ''[[Oh, Grow Up]]'', [[WCHS-TV|WCHS]]. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Born in Arcadia, California, Rena moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following her parents' divorce, and later to North Bergen, New Jersey, where she finished high school."</ref><ref>Lipton, Michael A. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104262,00.html "Heart Condition: For Rena Sofer, Checking into General Hospital Meant Finding a Healing Love with Costar Wally Kurth"], ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', October 31, 1994. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Neither parent remarried, and today Sofer maintains close relations with both her father, who presides at Temple Beth El in North Bergen, N.J., and her mother, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of North Carolina in Fayetteville. ... She took a drama class during her senior year at North Bergen High School and then, after less than a semester at Montclair State College, took acting lessons in New York."</ref> |
* [[Rena Sofer]] (born 1968), actress<ref>[http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html "Rena Sofer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827094858/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ohgrowup/sofer.html |date=August 27, 2011 }}, ''[[Oh, Grow Up]]'', [[WCHS-TV|WCHS]]. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Born in Arcadia, California, Rena moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following her parents' divorce, and later to North Bergen, New Jersey, where she finished high school."</ref><ref>Lipton, Michael A. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104262,00.html "Heart Condition: For Rena Sofer, Checking into General Hospital Meant Finding a Healing Love with Costar Wally Kurth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118031443/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104262,00.html |date=January 18, 2016 }}, ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', October 31, 1994. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Neither parent remarried, and today Sofer maintains close relations with both her father, who presides at Temple Beth El in North Bergen, N.J., and her mother, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of North Carolina in Fayetteville. ... She took a drama class during her senior year at North Bergen High School and then, after less than a semester at Montclair State College, took acting lessons in New York."</ref> |
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* [[Robert Sundholm]] (born 1941), outsider artist<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/18/outsider-art-outsider-art-fair-jean-dubuffet-north-bergen/96680794/ "North Bergen outsider artist on the inside track; Self-taught Robert Sundholm is now a hot property"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 18, 2017. Accessed November 14, 2018. "'Outsider artist' Robert Sundholm has been a painter for 16 years. He's been an outsider all his life. 'Yes, I had a hard life,' says Sundholm, a North Bergen resident for more than 40 years."</ref> |
* [[Robert Sundholm]] (born 1941), outsider artist<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/18/outsider-art-outsider-art-fair-jean-dubuffet-north-bergen/96680794/ "North Bergen outsider artist on the inside track; Self-taught Robert Sundholm is now a hot property"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730021937/http://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/18/outsider-art-outsider-art-fair-jean-dubuffet-north-bergen/96680794/ |date=July 30, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 18, 2017. Accessed November 14, 2018. "'Outsider artist' Robert Sundholm has been a painter for 16 years. He's been an outsider all his life. 'Yes, I had a hard life,' says Sundholm, a North Bergen resident for more than 40 years."</ref> |
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* [[Lou Tepe]] (born 1930), offensive lineman who played for three seasons with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]<ref>Moss, Irv. [http://www.denverpost.com/catchingupwith/ci_8039189 "Education continues to stoke former Steeler"], ''[[The Denver Post]]'', January 22, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Born: June 18, 1930, North Bergen, N.J. High school: Dwight Morrow, Englewood, N.J., 1946-48"</ref> |
* [[Lou Tepe]] (born 1930), offensive lineman who played for three seasons with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]<ref>Moss, Irv. [http://www.denverpost.com/catchingupwith/ci_8039189 "Education continues to stoke former Steeler"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102020800/http://www.denverpost.com/catchingupwith/ci_8039189 |date=January 2, 2015 }}, ''[[The Denver Post]]'', January 22, 2008. Accessed January 1, 2015. "Born: June 18, 1930, North Bergen, N.J. High school: Dwight Morrow, Englewood, N.J., 1946-48"</ref> |
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* [[Terese Terranova]] (born 1947), retired [[para table tennis]] player who won two gold medals at the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]]<ref>Boggan, Tim. [https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Terese-Terranova 2013 USATT Hall of Fame - Player Inductee: Terese Terranova], [[USA Table Tennis]]. Accessed January 26, 2020. "She was born May 21, 1947 in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
* [[Terese Terranova]] (born 1947), retired [[para table tennis]] player who won two gold medals at the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]]<ref>Boggan, Tim. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012440/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Terese-Terranova 2013 USATT Hall of Fame - Player Inductee: Terese Terranova], [[USA Table Tennis]]. Accessed January 26, 2020. "She was born May 21, 1947 in North Bergen, N.J."</ref> |
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* [[Guy F. Tozzoli]] (1922–2013), directed development of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<ref>[[David W. Dunlap|Dunlap, David W.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 "Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, Who Led Team That Built Twin Towers, Is Dead"], ''The New York Times'', February 6, 2013. Accessed October 20, 2014. "Guy Frederick Tozzoli was born on Feb. 12, 1922, in North Bergen, N.J., to Silvio Tozzoli, who owned a construction company, and his wife, Rose."</ref> |
* [[Guy F. Tozzoli]] (1922–2013), directed development of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]<ref>[[David W. Dunlap|Dunlap, David W.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 "Guy F. Tozzoli, 90, Who Led Team That Built Twin Towers, Is Dead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010947/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/07/nyregion/guy-f-tozzoli-who-led-team-that-built-twin-towers-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 |date=August 19, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 6, 2013. Accessed October 20, 2014. "Guy Frederick Tozzoli was born on Feb. 12, 1922, in North Bergen, N.J., to Silvio Tozzoli, who owned a construction company, and his wife, Rose."</ref> |
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* [[Hal Turner]] (born 1962), [[far-right]] political commentator and radio host<ref>Blumenthal, Max. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal "Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate"], ''[[The Nation]]'' (web-only), June 3, 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "This year a man named Hal Turner sat before his computer at his suburban home in North Bergen, New Jersey, posting bomb-making tips on his website, hailing the firebombing of an apartment containing 'Savage Negroes' and calling for the murder of immigrants."</ref> |
* [[Hal Turner]] (born 1962), [[far-right]] political commentator and radio host<ref>Blumenthal, Max. [http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal "Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520011521/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050620/blumenthal |date=May 20, 2007 }}, ''[[The Nation]]'' (web-only), June 3, 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "This year a man named Hal Turner sat before his computer at his suburban home in North Bergen, New Jersey, posting bomb-making tips on his website, hailing the firebombing of an apartment containing 'Savage Negroes' and calling for the murder of immigrants."</ref> |
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* [[Yordenis Ugás]] (born 1986) amateur lightweight boxer<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/08/11/scoreboardcuban-refugee-boxer-ugas-meets-hero-menendez/ "Cuban refugee boxer Ugas meets hero Menendez; North Bergen resident gets chance to talk with fellow Cuban and U.S. Senator Menendez"], ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 11, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "'In order to become a world champion, it's something I had to do,' said the 27-year-old Ugas, who has called North Bergen his home for the last year."</ref> |
* [[Yordenis Ugás]] (born 1986) amateur lightweight boxer<ref>Hague, Jim. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/08/11/scoreboardcuban-refugee-boxer-ugas-meets-hero-menendez/ "Cuban refugee boxer Ugas meets hero Menendez; North Bergen resident gets chance to talk with fellow Cuban and U.S. Senator Menendez"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140942/https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2013/08/11/scoreboardcuban-refugee-boxer-ugas-meets-hero-menendez/ |date=September 30, 2023 }}, ''[[The Hudson Reporter]]'', August 11, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2019. "'In order to become a world champion, it's something I had to do,' said the 27-year-old Ugas, who has called North Bergen his home for the last year."</ref> |
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* [[Anthony P. Vainieri]] (born 1928), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 32nd legislative district|32nd Legislative District]] from 1984 to 1986<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHcN8lGpJZAC&q=%22Anthony+P.+Vainieri%22+%22north+bergen%22+1928 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 2''], p. 274. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1985. Accessed April 26, 2020. "Anthony P. Vainieri, Dem., North Bergen - Mr. Vainieri was born in McKees Rocks, Pa., on Feb. 15, 1928.</ref> |
* [[Anthony P. Vainieri]] (born 1928), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 32nd legislative district|32nd Legislative District]] from 1984 to 1986<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mHcN8lGpJZAC&q=%22Anthony+P.+Vainieri%22+%22north+bergen%22+1928 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 2''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930140942/https://books.google.com/books?id=mHcN8lGpJZAC&q=%22Anthony+P.+Vainieri%22+%22north+bergen%22+1928 |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 274. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1985. Accessed April 26, 2020. "Anthony P. Vainieri, Dem., North Bergen - Mr. Vainieri was born in McKees Rocks, Pa., on Feb. 15, 1928.</ref> |
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* [[Mariusz Wach]] (born 1979), heavyweight boxer<ref>[http://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2011/06/wach_to_battle_irish_contender.html "Wach to battle Irish contender at Mohegan Sun"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 29, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "Undefeated heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach, of North Bergen, originally from Krakow, Poland, will face his biggest test -- literally -- when he meets Kevin 'The Clones Colossus' McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn."</ref> |
* [[Mariusz Wach]] (born 1979), heavyweight boxer<ref>[http://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2011/06/wach_to_battle_irish_contender.html "Wach to battle Irish contender at Mohegan Sun"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203140757/http://blog.nj.com/hudsonhssports/2011/06/wach_to_battle_irish_contender.html |date=February 3, 2014 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 29, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "Undefeated heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach, of North Bergen, originally from Krakow, Poland, will face his biggest test -- literally -- when he meets Kevin 'The Clones Colossus' McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn."</ref> |
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==In popular culture== |
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* ''Oak Hill'', a low-budget film starring [[Sally Kirkland]], and directed by former [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] mayor Peter Lavilla, about three former entertainers whose depression and addiction has led them to a homeless shelter, was filmed in both [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]]'s PERC homeless shelter, and a synagogue in North Bergen. In 2008, it was entered into the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]], [[Tribeca Film Festival|Tribeca]], and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] Film Festivals.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. "Movie filmed at U.C. shelter" ''The Union City Reporter'' November 25, 2008; Pages 1 & 6.</ref> |
* ''Oak Hill'', a low-budget film starring [[Sally Kirkland]], and directed by former [[Guttenberg, New Jersey|Guttenberg]] mayor Peter Lavilla, about three former entertainers whose depression and addiction has led them to a homeless shelter, was filmed in both [[Union City, New Jersey|Union City]]'s PERC homeless shelter, and a synagogue in North Bergen. In 2008, it was entered into the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]], [[Tribeca Film Festival|Tribeca]], and [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] Film Festivals.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. "Movie filmed at U.C. shelter" ''The Union City Reporter'' November 25, 2008; Pages 1 & 6.</ref> |
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* ''[[Cinderella Man]]'', a film starring [[Russell Crowe]] as boxer [[James J. Braddock]], depicted North Bergen during the Great Depression. A city park bears his name.<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/worth-noting-north-bergen-take-a-bow.html "Worth Noting; North Bergen, Take a Bow"], ''The New York Times'', June 5, 2005. Accessed July 4, 2018. "When he lost the heavyweight championship to Joe Louis in 1937, Jim Braddock took a slice of his half-million dollars and bought a house in working-class North Bergen, where he lived until his death in 1974. "</ref> |
* ''[[Cinderella Man]]'', a film starring [[Russell Crowe]] as boxer [[James J. Braddock]], depicted North Bergen during the Great Depression. A city park bears his name.<ref>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/worth-noting-north-bergen-take-a-bow.html "Worth Noting; North Bergen, Take a Bow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705071529/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/worth-noting-north-bergen-take-a-bow.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, ''The New York Times'', June 5, 2005. Accessed July 4, 2018. "When he lost the heavyweight championship to Joe Louis in 1937, Jim Braddock took a slice of his half-million dollars and bought a house in working-class North Bergen, where he lived until his death in 1974. "</ref> |
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*North Bergen was the production base for the [[NBC]] drama ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', with scenes set in the police station and courtroom filmed on a stage at NBC's Central Archives building on West Side Avenue.<ref>{{Cite book| last1 = Green| first1 = Susan| last2 = Dawn| first2 = Randee| title = Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion| publisher = BenBella Books| year = 2009| location = Dallas|page=14| isbn = 978-1-933771-88-5}}</ref> |
*North Bergen was the production base for the [[NBC]] drama ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', with scenes set in the police station and courtroom filmed on a stage at NBC's Central Archives building on West Side Avenue.<ref>{{Cite book| last1 = Green| first1 = Susan| last2 = Dawn| first2 = Randee| title = Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion| publisher = BenBella Books| year = 2009| location = Dallas|page=14| isbn = 978-1-933771-88-5}}</ref> |
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* ''Meat Men'' is a [[Food Network]] reality show about [[Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors]], a North Bergen-based family-owned and -operated meat supplier.<ref>Robb, Adam. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/04/north_bergen_meatpacking_busin.html "North Bergen meatpacking business invites world inside via Food Network reality show"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 21, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "''Meat Men,'' a new Food Network series following life inside North Bergen's Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, is the latest in the unyielding lineup of New Jersey-centric reality shows."</ref><ref>Fujimori, Sachi. [http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/meat-men-goes-behind-the-scenes-with-north-bergen-celebrity-butcher-pat-lafrieda-1.164029 "'Meat Men' goes behind the scenes with North Bergen celebrity butcher Pat LaFrieda "], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 9, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "The third-generation butcher and his North Bergen business, Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, premiere tonight in ''Meat Men,'' a Food Network show that aims to tell the surprisingly dramatic story of how meat lands on plates at New York's top restaurants."</ref> |
* ''Meat Men'' is a [[Food Network]] reality show about [[Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors]], a North Bergen-based family-owned and -operated meat supplier.<ref>Robb, Adam. [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/04/north_bergen_meatpacking_busin.html "North Bergen meatpacking business invites world inside via Food Network reality show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501010038/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2012/04/north_bergen_meatpacking_busin.html |date=May 1, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', April 21, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "''Meat Men,'' a new Food Network series following life inside North Bergen's Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, is the latest in the unyielding lineup of New Jersey-centric reality shows."</ref><ref>Fujimori, Sachi. [http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/meat-men-goes-behind-the-scenes-with-north-bergen-celebrity-butcher-pat-lafrieda-1.164029 "'Meat Men' goes behind the scenes with North Bergen celebrity butcher Pat LaFrieda "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102001420/http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/meat-men-goes-behind-the-scenes-with-north-bergen-celebrity-butcher-pat-lafrieda-1.164029 |date=January 2, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 9, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "The third-generation butcher and his North Bergen business, Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, premiere tonight in ''Meat Men,'' a Food Network show that aims to tell the surprisingly dramatic story of how meat lands on plates at New York's top restaurants."</ref> |
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North Bergen, New Jersey | |
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Location in Hudson County Location in New Jersey | |
Coordinates: 40°47′39″N 74°01′30″W / 40.794163°N 74.024947°W[1][2] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Jersey |
County | Hudson |
Incorporated | April 10, 1843[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Walsh Act |
• Body | Board of Commissioners |
• Mayor | Nicholas Sacco (term ends May 15, 2027)[4][5] |
• Municipal clerk | Erin Barillas[6] |
Area | |
• Total | 5.57 sq mi (14.43 km2) |
• Land | 5.14 sq mi (13.30 km2) |
• Water | 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km2) 7.83% |
• Rank | 266th of 565 in state 5th of 12 in county[1] |
Elevation | 112 ft (34 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 63,361 |
59,394 | |
• Rank | 23rd of 565 in state 4th of 12 in county[12] |
• Density | 12,336.6/sq mi (4,763.2/km2) |
• Rank | 23rd of 565 in state 9th of 12 in county[12] |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
ZIP Code | 07047[13] |
Area code(s) | 201[14] |
FIPS code | 3401752470[1][15][16] |
GNIS feature ID | 0882223[1][17] |
Website | www |
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 63,361,[9][10] an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 60,773,[18][19] which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the 2000 census.[20] The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions.[3] Situated on the Hudson Palisades, it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States.[21] Like neighboring North Hudson communities, North Bergen is among those places in the nation with the highest population density.
History
[edit]Colonial era
[edit]At the time of European colonization the area was the territory of Hackensack tribe of the Lenape Native Americans,[22] who maintained a settlement, Espatingh, on the west side of the hills[23][24][25] and where a Dutch trading post was established after the Peach War.[26] In 1658, Peter Stuyvesant, then Director-General of New Netherland, repurchased from them the area now encompassed by the municipalities of Hudson County east of the Hackensack River. This is commemorated in a New Deal post off mural entitled Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians.[27][28] In 1660 Stuyvesant granted permission to establish the semi-autonomous colony of Bergen, with the main village located at today's Bergen Square, considered to be the first chartered municipality in what would become the state of New Jersey.[29] At the time, the area of North Bergen was heavily forested, traversed by paths used by the indigenous and colonizing population and became known as Bergen Woods, a name recalled in today's neighborhood of Bergenwood.
After the 1664 surrender of Fort Amsterdam the entire New Netherland colony came into the possession of the British, who established the Province of New Jersey. In 1682, the East Jersey legislature formed the state's first four counties, including Bergen County, which consisted of all the land in the peninsula between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers; that is, the eastern portions of what today is Bergen and Hudson Counties.[30] In 1693, Bergen County was divided into two townships: Hackensack Township in the north, and Bergen Township, encompassing the Bergen Neck peninsula, in the south. The border between the two townships is the current Hudson-Bergen county line.[31][32]
While settlement was sparse, communities developed along the Bergen Turnpike at the Three Pigeons and Maisland, later New Durham. French botanist André Michaux developed his gardens nearby. On the Hudson River, Bulls Ferry became an important landing for crossings to Manhattan. While ostensibly under British control during the American Revolutionary War, the area was patrolled by the Americans on foraging, espionage, and raiding expeditions,[33][34] most notably the Battle of Bull's Ferry.
Toponymy, secession, and urbanization
[edit]On February 22, 1838, Jersey City was incorporated as a separate municipality,[35] and in 1840 Hudson County, comprising the city and Bergen Township, was created from the southern portion of Bergen County.[33][36] North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from the northern portion of Bergen Township.[3] At the time, the town included everything east of the Hackensack River and north of and including what is now Jersey City Heights.[37][38]
The entire region that is now known as North Hudson experienced massive immigration and urbanization during the latter half of the 19th century, and led to the creation of various new towns. Portions of the North Bergen were taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City of Hoboken), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), Hudson City (April 11, 1855, later merged with Jersey City), Guttenberg (formed within the township on March 9, 1859, and set off as an independent municipality on April 1, 1878), Weehawken (March 15, 1859), Union Township and West Hoboken Township (both created on February 28, 1861), Union Hill town (March 29, 1864) and Secaucus (March 12, 1900).[3] During this era many of Hudson County's cemeteries were developed along the town's western slope of the Hudson Palisades.
At their foot in the Meadowlands, the Erie, the New York, Susquehanna and Western and the West Shore railroads ran right-of-ways to their terminals on the Hudson, the last building its tunnel through Bergen Hill at North Bergen.[39] The area was important destination during peak German immigration to the United States and is recalled today in Schuetzen Park, founded in 1874. Further north, Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack became a notable and notorious destination which, after its closing, became a proving ground for new technologies: the automobile and the airplane.[40][41][42][43][44][45]
20th century
[edit]The development of Hudson County Boulevard, which skirts around the west, north and east of North Bergen, was completed in the early 20th century. By 1913 it was considered to be fine for "motoring".[46] The roadway is now known by its two sections: Kennedy Boulevard and Boulevard East.
Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.[47][48] Bergenline Avenue, a broad street which accommodated the North Hudson County Railway streetcars[49] to Nungesser's became (and remains) an important commercial and transit corridor. The two boulevard sections met at Bergenline Avenue, at the northwest corner of North Hudson/Braddock Park.
Soon after the opening of the Lincoln Tunnel Approach, the Susquehanna Transfer was opened in August 1939 to accommodate passengers who wished to transfer to buses through the tunnel to the Port Authority Bus Terminal.[50] It closed in 1966.[51]
At the time of its construction in 1949, the 760-foot (230 m) WOR TV Tower, in the midst of the residential Woodcliff Section,[52] was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.[53][54][55] The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500 m) to the east, the 34-story, 369-foot (112 m) Stonehenge apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.[56]
In the early 1960s two notable paleontological finds of fossils from the Newark Basin were made near the foot of the cliffs at one of several former quarries, the Granton, of which today's avenue is a namesake.[57] The former quarry remained an archeological site until at least 1980.[58]
North Hudson Park was renamed the James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park. In 1935, while living in North Bergen, local hero James J. Braddock won the world heavyweight championship in one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.[59]
In contrast to other Hudson County communities during the latter half of the century, North Bergen grew significantly in population. Many residents are part of the wave of Spanish language speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cuban émigrés, leading to the nickname, Havana on the Hudson.[60][61]
Geography
[edit]In 1850, the township was roughly rectangular. When the municipalities along the Hudson River (what are now Guttenberg, West New York, Union City and Weehawken) broke away, it left North Bergen roughly an inverted "L", or "axe-shaped".[62] Its northern section stretches east–west and is south of the Bergen County communities of Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview and Ridgefield. To the east, the Hudson River creates the shared border with the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It shares a border with Carlstadt in the Hackensack River. Its north–south section lies between Secaucus to the west and to the east Guttenberg, West New York and Union City, with which it meets Jersey City at a single point at its southern end.[63][64][65] According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 5.57 square miles (14.43 km2), including 5.14 square miles (13.30 km2) of land and 0.44 square miles (1.13 km2) of water (7.83%).[1][2]
North Bergen has diverse geological features. Partially situated on the Hudson River, the Hudson Palisades rise from the waterfront, while the northern part of the town sits atop the plateau. The cuesta, or slope, on its west side makes North Bergen the city with the second-most hills per square mile in the United States after San Francisco,[66] some of which are extremely steep. A rock formation along the slope (located at 40°48′27″N 74°01′05″W / 40.80750°N 74.01806°W) is made up of unusual serpentinite rock and made up of small rock cliffs. Because of this, it is one of the few undeveloped parts of North Bergen. Low-lying areas along the west side are part of the New Jersey Meadowlands. The unusual shape and diverse topography of North Bergen have created diverse historical and contemporary neighborhoods:
- Bergenline Avenue runs to Nungessers at the Fairview border near North Hudson Park. It has been described as the longest commercial avenue in the state, with over 300 retail stores and restaurants.[67][68][69]
- The Racetrack section, between Bergenline and Kennedy Boulevard on the plateau.[70]
- Bergenwood, on the steep slopes of the west side of the Palisades.[70]
- New Durham, site of colonial American Three Pigeons near the Bergen Turnpike and Tonnelle Avenue.[71]
- Meadowview, behind the Municipal Building between the many cemeteries.
- Bulls Ferry, on the Hudson waterfront, site of Roc Harbor,[72] Palisades Medical Center and the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
- Babbitt, in the Meadowlands district, a part of which is a wetlands preserve known as the Eastern Brackish Marsh.
- Woodcliff on The Palisades around the North Hudson Park.[62]
- Transfer Station near the tripoint with Union City and Jersey City near Paterson Plank Road, Kennedy Boulevard, and Secaucus Road in Secaucus.[73]
Other historical unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Homestead,[74][75] Granton, Hudson Heights, New Durham, Shadyside, Three Pigeons[citation needed] and Tyler Park.[76]
The town has seven cemeteries, more than any other town in the county, including some, such as Weehawken Cemetery and Hoboken Cemetery, that were at one time designated for other towns. This may be due to the layout of the county in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with North Bergen having more land than its more densely populated neighbors, which had to bury their dead outside of town. It may also date back to the Civil War era. Among these cemeteries are Flower Hill Cemetery and Grove Church Cemetery.[77]
Demographics
[edit]Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1850 | 3,578 | * | — |
1860 | 6,335 | * | 77.1% |
1870 | 3,032 | * | −52.1% |
1880 | 4,268 | 40.8% | |
1890 | 5,715 | 33.9% | |
1900 | 9,213 | * | 61.2% |
1910 | 15,662 | 70.0% | |
1920 | 23,344 | 49.0% | |
1930 | 40,714 | 74.4% | |
1940 | 39,714 | −2.5% | |
1950 | 41,560 | 4.6% | |
1960 | 42,387 | 2.0% | |
1970 | 47,751 | 12.7% | |
1980 | 47,019 | −1.5% | |
1990 | 48,414 | 3.0% | |
2000 | 58,092 | 20.0% | |
2010 | 60,773 | 4.6% | |
2020 | 63,361 | 4.3% | |
2023 (est.) | 59,394 | [9][11] | −6.3% |
Population sources: 1850–1920[78] 1850–1870[79] 1850[80] 1870[81] 1880–1890[82] 1890–1910[83] 1910–1930[84] 1940–2000[85] 2000[86][87] 2010[18][19] 2020[9][10] * = Lost territory in previous decade.[3] |
2020 census
[edit]Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1990[88] | Pop 2000[89] | Pop 2010[90] | Pop 2020[91] | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 25,536 | 18,427 | 13,370 | 11,235 | 52.75% | 31.72% | 22.00% | 17.73% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 505 | 900 | 1,065 | 1,403 | 1.04% | 1.55% | 1.75% | 2.21% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 56 | 68 | 62 | 70 | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.10% | 0.11% |
Asian alone (NH) | 2,191 | 3,711 | 3,835 | 4,269 | 4.53% | 6.39% | 6.31% | 6.74% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | N/A | 11 | 18 | 14 | N/A | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 189 | 244 | 231 | 612 | 0.39% | 0.42% | 0.38% | 0.97% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | N/A | 1,471 | 623 | 858 | N/A | 2.53% | 1.03% | 1.35% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 19,937 | 33,260 | 41,569 | 44,900 | 41.18% | 57.25% | 68.40% | 70.86% |
Total | 48,414 | 58,092 | 60,773 | 63,361 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
2010 census
[edit]The 2010 United States census counted 60,773 people, 22,062 households, and 14,539 families in the township. The population density was 11,838.0 per square mile (4,570.7/km2). There were 23,912 housing units at an average density of 4,657.8 per square mile (1,798.4/km2). The racial makeup was 66.98% (40,705) White, 4.04% (2,456) Black or African American, 0.88% (535) Native American, 6.55% (3,979) Asian, 0.08% (49) Pacific Islander, 16.63% (10,107) from other races, and 4.84% (2,942) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 68.40% (41,569) of the population.[18]
Of the 22,062 households, 30.3% had children under the age of 18; 42.7% were married couples living together; 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.1% were non-families. Of all households, 28.4% were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.35.[18]
21.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.[18]
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 United States census[15] there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. The population density was 11,179.6 inhabitants per square mile (4,316.5/km2). There were 22,009 housing units at an average density of 1, 634.2/km2 (4,235.5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the township was 67.36% White, 2.72% African American, 0.40% Native American, 6.47% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 15.53% from other races, and 7.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.25% of the population.[86][87]
There were 21,236 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.33.[86][87]
In the township the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.[86][87]
Males had a median income of $35,626 versus $29,067 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,058. About 9.6% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.[86][87]
Economy
[edit]North Bergen has several retail districts, along Bergenline Avenue, Tonnelle Avenue, and near Transfer Station. Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Union City was selected in 1996 as one of a group of seven zones added to participate in the program.[92] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the 6+5⁄8% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.[93] Established in April 1995, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in April 2026.[94] The zone was established based on legislation passed in February 1995 through the efforts of Senator Sacco, one of the sponsors of legislation creating the zones.[95]
Hudson News and Liz Claiborne are large employers.[96] New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway operates five intermodal freight transport facilities within the township.[97]
Government
[edit]Local government
[edit]North Bergen has been governed under the Walsh Act form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.[98][99] The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the form of government.[100] The governing body is comprised of five commissioners elected at-large to the Township Committee in non-partisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. After each election, each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.[7]
As of 2023[update], members of the North Bergen Township Committee are Mayor Nicholas Sacco (Commissioner of Public Affairs[101]), Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property[102]), Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works[103]), Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance[104]), and Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety[105]), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May 2027.[4][106][107][108][109]
Corruption
[edit]After serving as Township Clerk from 1971 to 1979, Joseph Mocco was arrested on August 7, 1986, on charges of illegally dumping tons of construction material within North Bergen and other nearby communities.[110] Mocco was convicted and began serving a prison sentence in July 1995. Mocco was paroled in 1999, with several special conditions imposed on him upon his release by the New Jersey State Parole Board designed to prohibit him from working or participating in local elections.[111]
In February 2004, Peter Perez, former commissioner in charge of Parks and Recreation, was sentenced to serve six months in a federal prison for accepting kickbacks and bribes from a contractor who had several business contracts with the township. He received a reduced sentence in light of his cooperation with authorities.[112]
On March 27, 2008, North Bergen Athletic Director Jerry Maietta and Guidance Counselor Ralph Marino were among 45 men swept up in a Bergen County raid. Bergen County prosecutors described the two as lower level operatives in an expansive network of bookies, package holders, drug dealers and drug distributors. Other transactions included knock-off women's purses and human organs.[113]
On September 11, 2012, North Bergen's Superintendent of the Department of Public Works James Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of second degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. Wiley was convicted for using the town's resources to participate in political campaigns.[114] In November 2015, two DPW supervisors were sentenced to five years in prison following their convictions on charges that they had directed department workers to work on political campaigns and perform work on behalf of supervisors and other officials.[115]
A 2013 report issued by the office of the New Jersey State Comptroller stated that an attorney had been hired by the township between 1988 and 1990 for a no-show job for which he had been paid an annual salary of $18,800 plus benefits. While an employee of the township, the attorney said that he had been pressured to contribute to the mayor and other individuals affiliated with the mayor. His employment was terminated in 2006 after a disagreement with his political patrons.[116][117]
Federal, state and county representation
[edit]North Bergen is located in the 8th Congressional District[118] and is part of New Jersey's 33rd state legislative district.[119]
For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 8th congressional district is represented by Rob Menendez (D, Jersey City).[120][121] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Moorestown, term ends 2031).[122][123]
For the 2024–2025 session, the 33rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Brian P. Stack (D, Union City) and in the General Assembly by Julio Marenco (D, North Bergen) and Gabe Rodriguez (D, West New York).[124]
Hudson County is governed by a directly elected County Executive and by a Board of County Commissioners, which serves as the county's legislative body. As of 2025[update], Hudson County's County Executive is Craig Guy (D, Jersey City), whose term of office expires December 31, 2027.[125] Hudson County's Commissioners are:[126][127][128]
Kenneth Kopacz (D, District 1-- Bayonne and parts of Jersey City; 2026, Bayonne),[129][130] William O'Dea (D, District 2-- western parts of Jersey City; 2026, Jersey City),[131][132] Vice Chair Jerry Walker (D, District 3-- southeastern parts of Jersey City; 2026, Jersey City),[133][134] Yraida Aponte-Lipski (D, District 4-- northeastern parts of Jersey City; 2026, Jersey City),[135][136] Chair Anthony L. Romano Jr. (D, District 5-- Hoboken and adjoining parts of Jersey City; 2026, Hoboken),[137][138] Fanny J.Cedeno (D, District 6-- Union City; 2026, Union City),[139][140] Caridad Rodriguez (D, District 7-- West New York (part), Weehawken, Guttenberg; 2026, West New York),[141][142] Robert Baselice (D, District 8-- North Bergen, West New York (part), Seacaucus (part); 2026, North Bergen),[143][144] and Albert Cifelli (D, District 9-- East Newark, Harrison, Kearny, and Secaucus (part); 2026, Harrison).[145][146]
Hudson County's constitutional officers are: Clerk E. Junior Maldonado (D, Jersey City, 2027),[147][148] Sheriff Frank Schillari, (D, Jersey City, 2025)[149] Surrogate Tilo E. Rivas, (D, Jersey City, 2027)[150][151] and Register Jeffery Dublin (D, Jersey City, 2026).[152][151]
Politics
[edit]As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,595 registered voters in North Bergen, of which 18,816 (61.5%) were registered as Democrats, 2,462 (8.0%) were registered as Republicans and 9,301 (30.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 16 voters registered to other parties.[153]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 78.1% of the vote (15,600 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 21.1% (4,209 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (164 votes), among the 20,134 ballots cast by the township's 32,627 registered voters (161 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 61.7%.[154][155] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 69.6% of the vote here (14,791 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 28.7% (6,100 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (169 votes), among the 21,254 ballots cast by the town's 34,402 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.8%.[156] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 65.4% of the vote here (12,783 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 33.5% (6,541 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (118 votes), among the 19,540 ballots cast by the town's 30,540 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.0.[157]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 60.5% of the vote (6,802 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 38.2% (4,296 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (147 votes), among the 11,704 ballots cast by the township's 33,134 registered voters (459 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.3%.[158][159] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 73.9% of the vote here (9,680 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 22.3% (2,922 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 1.5% (200 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (151 votes), among the 13,106 ballots cast by the town's 28,555 registered voters, yielding a 45.9% turnout.[160]
Public safety
[edit]The North Bergen Police Force was founded in 1923, replacing the peace force known as "roundsmen", who began patrolling the township at night in 1907.[161]
North Bergen's fire department merged with those of the neighboring communities of Guttenberg, Union City, West New York and Weehawken in 1999 to form North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR).[162][163] Engine 1, Engine 6, Engine 9 / Battalion 3, Engine 13 and Ladder 5 are all located in North Bergen.[164]
NHRFR and North Bergen Emergency Medical Services (headquartered at 63rd Street and Granton Avenue) were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash of Flight 1549, as did Palisades Medical Center, where 57 of the survivors were treated for injuries.[165][166]
Education
[edit]The North Bergen School District serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of seven schools, had an enrollment of 7,576 students and 581.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1.[167] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[168]) are Franklin School[169] (612 students; in grades 1–8), Robert Fulton School[170] (1,180; K–8), John F. Kennedy School[171] (529; 1–8), Lincoln School[172] (1,355; Pre-K–8), Horace Mann School[173] (1,111; 1–8), McKinley School[174] (334; K–8) and North Bergen High School[175] (2,376; 9–12)[176][177] Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.[178][179]
North Bergen had been the location of High Tech High School, a county magnet school for ninth through twelfth grades. The Hudson County Schools of Technology constructed a new site for the school in Secaucus at a cost of $160 million, which opened for the 2018–19 school year. The former High Tech High School campus was acquired by the North Bergen district, which plans to construct a new junior high school for grades 7–9 on the site.[180][181]
A Step Ahead Preschool is a private pre-K through kindergarten school established in 1993.[182][183]
Transportation
[edit]Roads and highways
[edit]As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 64.74 miles (104.19 km) of roadways, of which 50.00 miles (80.47 km) were maintained by the municipality, 7.85 miles (12.63 km) by Hudson County, 5.49 miles (8.84 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 1.40 miles (2.25 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[184]
Several major roadways traverse North Bergen.[185] Route 495 travels between the Lincoln Tunnel and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95),[186] with interchanges for Route 3[187] and U.S. Route 1/9,[188] which runs north–south on the western edge side of the township.[189] County Route 501 (Kennedy Boulevard)[190] and County Route 505 (River Road)[191] pass through on the eastern side of the township.
Public transportation
[edit]Public transportation in North Bergen is provided by bus and light rail service. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) service is available at the Tonnelle Avenue station[192] and Bergenline Avenue station (in Union City)[193] to points in Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne.[194]
Bus service is provided along busy north–south corridors on Kennedy Boulevard, Bergenline Avenue, and Boulevard East by NJ Transit and privately operated dollar vans within Hudson County, and to Bergen and Manhattan, New York City. Nungessers is a major origination and transfer point. Lines terminating at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan are the 121, 125, 127, 128, 154, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 168, 320 routes. The 181 and 188 lines terminate at George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Upper Manhattan. Lines 22, 23, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 and 89 terminate either at Journal Square or Hoboken Terminal. The 751 travels to Edgewater and Hackensack.[195][196][197]
Jitney commuter buses operate along Bergenline Avenue, providing service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, the Newport Centre and other local destinations. The county's most frequent route for dollar buses, jitneys operate along Bergenline Avenue as frequently as one bus every minute, some operated by Spanish Transportation.[198][199]
Media and culture
[edit]North Bergen is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. The Jersey Journal is a local daily paper based in Jersey City. Local weeklies include the free bilingual paper, Hudson Dispatch Weekly,[200] (named for the former daily Hudson Dispatch),[201] North Bergen Reporter (part of The Hudson Reporter group of local weeklies), and the Spanish language El Especialito.[202] River View Observer is a monthly newspaper that covers the Hudson Waterfront market. Online news HudsonCountyView.com, HudsonTV.com, and the HudPost.com all cover local North Bergen news.
In the late 2000s, North Bergen, Weehawken, Union City, Guttenberg, and West New York came to be dubbed collectively as "NoHu", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.[203]
Notable people
[edit]People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with North Bergen include:
- 070 Shake (born 1997), stage name of rapper Danielle Balbuena[204]
- Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, charged in 2010 with conspiring to join a terrorist group and kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S.[205]
- Carlos Alomar (born 1951), musician, musical director, songwriter[206]
- Christopher Amoroso (1972–2001), Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) officer who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks[207]
- Kyle Anderson (born 1993), NBA basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies[208]
- Rick Apodaca (born 1980), Puerto Rican professional basketball player who has played in the NCAA, USBL, NBDL, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico[209]
- Coco Austin (born 1979), actress, dancer, model and wife of rapper/actor Ice-T[210]
- Lidia Bastianich (born 1947), chef, Emmy Award-winning television host, author, and restaurateur[211]
- Odell Beckham Jr. (born 1992), wide receiver for the New York Giants[212]
- James J. Braddock (1905–1974), heavyweight boxing champion from 1935 to 1937[213]
- John O. Brennan (born 1955), Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security in the Obama White House[214]
- James L. Brooks (born 1940), television and film director[215]
- Dan Callandrillo, former professional basketball player[216]
- Edd Cartier (1914–2008), pulp magazine illustrator[217]
- Richard Castellano (1933–1988), American actor[218]
- C. Judson Child Jr. (1923–2004), seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta[219]
- Gene Cornish (born 1944), guitarist and harmonica player who is an original member of the 1960s blue-eyed soul band The Rascals[220]
- Leo Cullum (1942–2010), cartoonist best known for his work in The New Yorker[221]
- Frank Cumiskey (1912–2014), artistic gymnast who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics[222]
- Paquito D'Rivera (born 1948), musician, composer[223]
- Joey Diaz (born 1963), stand-up comedian and actor[224]
- Henry Escalante, pop musician, one of 15 finalists from 2007 season of MTV reality show Making Menudo[225]
- Edward Feigenbaum (born 1936), computer scientist who collaborated on the development of the first expert system Dendral[226]
- Lucio Fernandez, Cuban-American politician and entertainer, who served as the city's Commissioner of Public Affairs[227]
- Louis Freeh (born 1950), former FBI director[228]
- Melissa Fumero (born 1982), actress best known for her role as Amy Santiago in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.[229]
- Greg Herenda (born 1961), former head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team[230]
- Ice-T (born 1958), rap music pioneer and actor[210][231]
- Dan Kurzman (1922–2010), military historian[232]
- AJ Lee (born 1987), professional wrestler signed to WWE[233]
- Lionel Loueke (born 1973), African Jazz guitarist and sideman to Herbie Hancock[234]
- Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988), painter known for his realistic and precisely drawn still lifes, landscapes, and portraits. Lucioni's family emigrated from Malnate, Italy in 1911 to New York City, and then subsequently lived for a time in North Bergen[235]
- Steve Mocco (born 1981), Olympic wrestler[236]
- Ed Murawinski (born 1951), award-winning cartoonist for the Daily News[237]
- Fred Orlofsky (born 1937), retired artistic gymnast who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics[238]
- Jesse Pike (1890–1986), cyclist who competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics[239]
- Bill Raisch (1905–1984), dancer and actor, known as the One-Armed Man pursued by Richard Kimble (David Janssen) on the 1963-67 TV series The Fugitive[240]
- Feisal Abdul Rauf (born 1948), Muslim imam, author and activist[241]
- Evan Rodriguez (born 1988), NFL fullback and tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers[242]
- Wilbur Ross (born 1937), investor and former banker[243][244]
- Nicholas Sacco (born 1946), politician who has served in the State Senate and as Mayor of North Bergen[245][246]
- John Scarne (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks[247]
- Herbert H. Shaw (1930–2016), independent politician and perennial candidate who has run for office more than 75 times over five decades under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner[248]
- Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress[249][250]
- Robert Sundholm (born 1941), outsider artist[251]
- Lou Tepe (born 1930), offensive lineman who played for three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers[252]
- Terese Terranova (born 1947), retired para table tennis player who won two gold medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympics[253]
- Guy F. Tozzoli (1922–2013), directed development of the World Trade Center[254]
- Hal Turner (born 1962), far-right political commentator and radio host[255]
- Yordenis Ugás (born 1986) amateur lightweight boxer[256]
- Anthony P. Vainieri (born 1928), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 32nd Legislative District from 1984 to 1986[257]
- Mariusz Wach (born 1979), heavyweight boxer[258]
In popular culture
[edit]- Oak Hill, a low-budget film starring Sally Kirkland, and directed by former Guttenberg mayor Peter Lavilla, about three former entertainers whose depression and addiction has led them to a homeless shelter, was filmed in both Union City's PERC homeless shelter, and a synagogue in North Bergen. In 2008, it was entered into the Sundance, Tribeca, and Hoboken Film Festivals.[259]
- Cinderella Man, a film starring Russell Crowe as boxer James J. Braddock, depicted North Bergen during the Great Depression. A city park bears his name.[260]
- North Bergen was the production base for the NBC drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with scenes set in the police station and courtroom filmed on a stage at NBC's Central Archives building on West Side Avenue.[261]
- Meat Men is a Food Network reality show about Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors, a North Bergen-based family-owned and -operated meat supplier.[262][263]
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- ^ "Orlofsky Captures Olympic Gym Trial" Archived October 20, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, May 2, 1960. Accessed October 20, 2021. "Fred Orlofsky, a. 23-year-old Southern Illinois freshman from North Bergen, N. J., took top honors in the Olympic gymnastic team trials tonight that cut the men's squad to twelve and the women's to ten."
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