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|name = Fair Lawn, New Jersey
|official_name = Borough of Fair Lawn
|settlement_type = [[Borough (New Jersey)|Borough]]
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|motto = "A great place to visit and a better place to live."
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]]
|government_type = [[Faulkner Act (Council-Manager)]]
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|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = John Cosgrove (term ends December 31, 2013)<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/dca/mayors/mayors2013.pdf 2013 New Jersey Mayors Directory], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed May 12, 2013.</ref>
|leader_title1 = [[City manager|Manager]]
|leader_name1 = Jim Van Kruiningen<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/436/default.aspx Borough Manager's Office], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
|leader_title2 = [[Clerk (municipal official)|Clerk]]
|leader_name2 = Joanne M. Kwasniewski<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/295/default.aspx Municipal Clerk], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
|established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date = March 6, 1924
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|area_footnotes = <ref name=CensusArea>[http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/county_sub_list_34.txt Gazetteer of New Jersey Places], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 14, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.ST10/0400000US34 GCT-PH1: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - State -- Place and (in selected states) County Subdivision from 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 17, 2011.</ref>
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|area_total_km2 = 13.472
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|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]]
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|population_total = 32457
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|postal_code = 07410<ref>[http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=fair%20lawn&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Fair Lawn, NJ], [[United States Postal Service]]. Accessed August 31, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm Zip Codes], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
|area_code = [[Area codes 201/551|201]] [[Telephone exchange|exchanges]]: 398, 475, 703, 791, 794, 796, 797<ref>[http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCounty=Bergen&frmCity=Fair+Lawn Area Code Lookup - NPA NXX for Fair Lawn, NJ], Area-Codes.com. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
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|website = {{URL|http://www.fairlawn.org}}
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'''Fair Lawn''' is a [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, and a suburban municipality in the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census]], the borough's population was 32,457,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Districts2011/><ref name=LWD2010/><ref>Sheingold, Dave. [http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/2011/02/06census/fairlawn.html "Fair Lawn: Change from the 1990 to 2010 census"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 6, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> reflecting an increase of 820 (+2.6%) from the 31,637 counted in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]], which had in turn increased by 1,089 (+3.6%) from the 30,548 counted in the [[1990 United States Census|1990 Census]].<ref>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/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 June 30, 2012.</ref>
Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 6, 1924, as "Fairlawn," from portions of [[Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)|Saddle River Township]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/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. 77. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref> The name was taken from ''Fairlawn'', David Acker's estate home, that was built in 1865 and later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building.<ref>[http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/bergen_county_new_jersey_municipalities.html Dutch Door Genealogy - Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities], accessed February 9, 2006.</ref> In 1933, the official spelling of the borough's name was split into its present two-word form as "Fair Lawn" Borough.<ref name=Story/>
[[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]], one of the first [[planned communities]] in the United States, is an [[Unincorporated community (New Jersey)|unincorporated community]] located within Fair Lawn and was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age."<ref>[http://www.radburn.org/geninfo/history.html History], Radburn Association. Accessed December 26, 2007.</ref> Fair Lawn is home to a large number of [[Commuter rail in North America|commuters]] to [[New York City]], to which it is connected by train from two [[railroad station]]s on [[New Jersey Transit]]'s [[Bergen County Line]].
Fair Lawn's motto is "A great place to visit and a better place to live."<ref name=motto>{{cite web|url=http://fairlawn-saddlebrook.patch.com/groups/goodnews/p/fair-lawn-ranked-no-7-in-nj-for-job-seekers|title=Fair Lawn Ranked No. 7 in NJ For Job Seekers|author=Jim Leggate|publisher=Planck LLC d/b/a Patch Media|date=2013-11-19|accessdate=2014-07-23}}</ref> Fair Lawn has been rated as one of the top 10 best cities to live in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-cities-in-new-jersey/ |title=The 10 Best Places To Live In New Jersey |publisher=Movoto |date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref> According to [[NerdWallet.com|Nerdwallet]], Fair Lawn witnessed a 5.3% increase in its working-age population between 2009 and 2011.<ref name=motto/>
==History==
In its earliest days (and as late as 1791), Fair Lawn was known as ''Slooterdam'': a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word denoting a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[weir]] used to trap fish on the [[Passaic River]]. Just north of the weir is a short stretch of Fair Lawn's Wagaraw Road, named for the Lenape term meaning "crooked place" or "river bend."<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/201/251/default.aspx History of Fair Lawn], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> Fair Lawn was named after the estate (or villa) built in 1865 by David Acker, a prosperous New York merchant, which he named "Fair Lawn."<ref>Staff. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T2hVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wT4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074,1268974&dq=fair-lawn+david-acker&hl=en "Local Politics"], ''[[Paterson Daily Press]]'', September 24, 1886. Accessed September 25, 2011.</ref> The home, which faced what is now Fair Lawn Avenue stood on a hill with a sweeping lawn, it was later turned into the borough's municipal building, but was eventually torn down. The Fair Lawn Senior Center and Public Library now occupy the site of the estate. Until its development as a bedroom community, the land on which Fair Lawn sits had been farms of Dutch settlers and their descendants.
==Geography==
Fair Lawn is located at {{coord|40.935833|-74.117504|type:city_region:US-NJ|format=dms|display=inline}} (40.935833,-74.117504). According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 5.201 square miles (13.472 km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 5.139 square miles (13.311 km<sup>2</sup>) of it was land and 0.062 square miles (0.161 km<sup>2</sup>) of it (1.20%) was water.<ref name="GR1" /><ref name=CensusArea/> Its borders are: with [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] (in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]], across the Passaic River) to the West; with [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]] across Lincoln Avenue to the West; with [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] across Harristown Road, Maple Avenue, the Northern border of the [[Nabisco]] plant and its extension north of Garwood Road and Naugle Drive to the North; with [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] across the [[Saddle River (Passaic River)|Saddle River]] to the Northeast; with [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]] across the Saddle River to the East; with [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]] across another point in the Saddle River to the Southeast; with [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] across the two longer portions of S. Broadway and their extensions through Rosario Court to the South; and with [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]] across the [[Bergen County Line]], [[New Jersey Route 4]] (Broadway), Cyril Avenue, and Willow St. to the South.
The hills of [[Wyckoff, New Jersey|Wyckoff]] are visible from much of the northern portion of Fair Lawn.
==Neighborhoods==
Fair Lawn is an incorporated collection of diverse neighborhoods, each with its own distinct character and vibe:
*'''The Heights''', more precisely known as "Columbia Heights", is located near Hawthorne's industrial section along the Passaic River on Wagaraw Road and Hawthorne's residential area at Lincoln Avenue as well as bordering Bunker Hill in Paterson. This well-maintained neighborhood houses some local industry outside of McBride (the industrial park at the border with Glen Rock) and is known by some of its residents as the "Bunker Hill Extension" or the "Walsh Area".
*'''[[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]]''' is a [[planned community]] also housing the landmark ''Radburn Plaza'' building, which was destroyed in a fire in 2002 and subsequently rebuilt. With its safe and easy access to local businesses and schools, and Fair Lawn's largest [[U.S. Postal Service]] branch, this neighborhood also offers commuter trains from [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn Station]] to the [[Secaucus Junction]] rail transfer station as well as to the [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] train in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], both of which provide rail connections to [[New York City]]. This neighborhood includes Radburn Elementary School and Daly Field. An annual street fair is held in June here.
*'''Warren Point''', a residential area located near the '''Broadway Improvement District'''. Bordering Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, it has many stores, big and small, and many eateries. The neighborhood also offers the Broadway District train to Hoboken's PATH and to Secaucus Junction via the [[Bergen Line]], as well as the "Paterson-New York Shuttle". Warren Point Elementary School and the private [[St. Anne School (Fair Lawn, New Jersey)|St. Anne School]] are located in this neighborhood.
*'''Radrock Estates''' is a neighborhood located off of Fair Lawn Avenue in between Radburn and the area referred to as "Dunkerhook", sharing the border with Glen Rock, hence the derived term "Radrock". Although considered by many locals to be a sub-section of the Radburn District, it is the only neighborhood in Fair Lawn to have its own personalized entrance pillars displaying its name. Although it is a very diverse residential section, this neighborhood shares the conveniences of living in Radburn including dining, retail access, as well as rail access from Radburn Station.
*'''River Road Improvement District''', with an annual street fair in autumn, houses many functional businesses, including numerous banks, ethnic restaurants and supermarkets, small offices, retail [[telecommunications]] outlets, both a [[United Parcel Service]] store and a U.S. Post Office branch, and the landmark Joker's Child comic book store. River Road in this district is also zoned for apartments to be located above businesses.
*'''Memorial Park''', a working class neighborhood (sometimes called the "River Dip") within and around the River Road Improvement District with street addresses aligned with the corner of 33rd Street and Martin Luther King Way (Broadway) in neighboring Paterson. The Memorial Park neighborhood borders the Passaic River and contains the park next to Memorial Middle School named Memorial Park, the terminus of the annual [[Memorial Day]] parade and the site of the Memorial pool and beach as well as the [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] fireworks show. [[Gentrification]] is occurring with the leveling of two-family rental housing for more modern single-family housing in this area.
*'''Lyncrest''' neighborhood, located south of Morlot Avenue, in alignment with Paterson's 33rd Street split into that city's Upper Eastside and Eastside neighborhoods, is an extension of the Eastside and notable for its older, stone houses in the footsteps of homes once owned by Paterson's former [[silk]] barons. This community is also diverse, receiving immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, as well as various parts of the [[Americas]]. It is home to many [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]], [[Indian American]], and [[Russian American]] families, among other ethnic and religious groups. Lyncrest streets "1st-6th" are also known by the name of "Rivercrest" by locals, due to the split level and [[Cape Cod-style architecture]] of housing located in the "River Dip" adjacent to Memorial Park. Lyncrest Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
*'''Berdan Grove''', an [[affluence|affluent]] residential neighborhood of single-family homes behind Thomas Jefferson Middle School, surrounding Berdan Grove Park on Berdan Avenue. This neighborhood is home to the borough's highest concentration of [[Asian American]]s and includes Milnes Elementary School.
*The neighborhood stretching along both sides of Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn is not officially named but has its own character as another affluent enclave. This neighborhood includes a portion of the Saddle River, [[Saddle River County Park]], and Fair Lawn's eastern border with Paramus. The whole area is referred to by many as the "Saddle River District". Due to obvious differences throughout this side, there are sections that are identified by locals including the "Dunkerhook section" (named after the section of the County Park located in the vicinity) starting at around the shared border with Glen Rock and Paramus down to Morlot Avenue. In the spring, summer, and autumn, fishermen frequent this section, as the Saddle River within Dunkerhook is stocked with [[trout]]. The neighborhood south of Morlot Avenue is referred to as the "Saddle River section", which borders Saddle Brook in addition to Paramus, and which shares access to the Saddle River as well as having bike trails for leisure or to access the [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] mall in Paramus.
*'''Hendersonville''', also referred to as "Riverside East". This diverse neighborhood, located between Columbia Heights and the Municipal Complex within the "Westmoreland District", as well as sharing [[Route 208 (New Jersey)|Route 208]] with the neighboring borough of Glen Rock, is a mostly residential community of two-family Cape Cod-style houses located down the stretch of Henderson Boulevard curving around to 11th Street. Distinct to this neighborhood in comparison with other two-family districts and sections is that each Cape Cod has two doors in the front so each residing family has its own entrance into its respective quarters, a blueprint that was abandoned shortly after being built in favor of a "one door, two entrances" model. Westmoreland Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
*'''Central Fair Lawn''' is bounded by Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues on the south and north, respectively, by River Road on the west, and Route 208 on the east and northeast. The borough's Municipal Complex, which houses its administrative, legal, financial, and police divisions, is located in this neighborhood, as are the Fair Lawn Public Library, [[Fair Lawn High School]], and John A. Forrest Elementary School.
There also exist more intricate micro-neighborhoods within macro-neighborhoods throughout the borough, such as "Fair Lawn Commons" (The Commons) off Route 208, located within the Radburn Historical District, yet which has a separate, more affluent feel and modern look and subculture; Radburn's El Dorado Village, which is known for its [[Eastern European]] immigrant residents; and just to its west, the "Chandler Houses". Fair Lawn's newest neighborhood is Fair Lawn Promenade (The Promenade), a highly engaged [[mixed-use development]] extending northward from The Commons along Highway 208 North, consisting of apartments, shops, offices, and restaurants, with the motto to be able to "live, shop, work, and play" in one locale.
These distinct communities are located throughout the borough, and each has its own flair, making Fair Lawn not just ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse, but also an experientially diverse borough notable as such even amidst Bergen County's diversity on a larger scale.
==Ethnic diversity==
Fair Lawn has a longstanding tradition of [[ethnic diversity]] and tolerance for people of different ethnicities and religious faiths. Continuing steady immigration from [[Eurasia]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and [[Latin America]] has transformed Fair Lawn into an international [[melting pot]], and over 50 languages and dialects are spoken in the borough.
===History of ethnic diversity===
Fair Lawn has been a noted center for [[Jewish culture]] over a period spanning several decades. Since the early 2000s, the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] population has been increasing significantly in Fair Lawn and has replaced the earlier decreases in members of the non-Orthodox Jewish sects. After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, [[Russian Jews]] began to migrate to Fair Lawn.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/07/nyregion/on-the-map-in-fair-lawn-getting-to-know-a-new-language-and-a-new-land.html "In Fair Lawn, Getting to Know a New Language and a New Land; ON THE MAP"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 7, 1996. Accessed May 18, 2012. "They arrived in Fair Lawn strangers in a strange land, Jews from Russia who have carved out a shtetl among the other 30,500 residents of this Bergen County suburb."</ref> Fair Lawn's [[Jewish American]] population has therefore maintained an at least one-third presence overall for several decades. Russian Jews were then followed by [[Russian Orthodox]] Christians to Fair Lawn. Over 10% of the borough's population is of Russian descent, the highest of any community in New Jersey. In fact, the size of Fair Lawn's Russian American presence prompted an [[April Fool's]] satire titled, "[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] Moves Against Fair Lawn".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savejersey.com/2014/04/putin-russia-invasion-new-jersey-christie/|title=Putin Moves Against Fair Lawn|author=матовый Rooney|publisher=Save Jersey|accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref> Fair Lawn also has the largest [[Israeli American]] community in [[Bergen County]].<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Israeli.html Israeli Ancestry by City.] Retrieved on July 22, 2014.</ref>
Fair Lawn has historically also had a large [[Italian American]] population, 19.7% in 2000,<ref name=Census2000SF1/> but this number is decreasing as the descendants of the original Italian immigrants are being displaced by immigrants to Fair Lawn from around the globe.
===Newer immigrants===
====Fair Lawn as a magnet for immigrants====
Fair Lawn's reputable [[Fair Lawn Public Schools|school district]], safe and well-policed neighborhoods, and the borough's convenient access to commercial centers and [[hospital]]s, a complex network of highways, [[commuter rail|transit lines]], New York City, and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], have all made Fair Lawn a magnet for new immigrants from several regions around the world. The 2012 [[American Community Survey]] conducted by the [[U.S. Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] showed a significant increase in the [[Asian American]] population in Fair Lawn, including the [[Asian Indian]], [[Filipino American]], [[Chinese American]], [[Korean American]], and [[Vietnamese American]] populations,<ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_5YR/DP02/1600000US3422470 DP02SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES more information2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> and the [[Polish American]] population is also growing briskly. The public library in Fair Lawn holds storytelling programs in [[Hindi|Hindi (हिन्दी)]] and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew (עִבְרִית)]] languages,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/in-bergen-passaic-libraries-languages-add-diversity-to-story-time-1.1039686|author=Monsy Alvarado|title=In Bergen, Passaic libraries, languages add diversity to story time|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=2014-06-22|accessdate=2014-07-22}}</ref> while [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin Chinese (官話)]] is being taught in the school district.
A number of places for congregation cater to different nationalities in Fair Lawn, including three [[Korean churches|Korean (한국어) churches]], one [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese (台灣)]] church, Young Israel of Fair Lawn, Saint Leon Armenian Church, and the (Italian American) Cosmos Club of Fair Lawn.
====Immigrants from other previous U.S.S.R. countries====
Given the established presence of Russian Americans in the borough, immigrant nationalities native to previous other [[Soviet Republics]], including [[Ukrainian American]]s, [[Georgian American]]s, [[Armenian American]]s,<ref>[http://www.stleon.org/sl/Our%20Parish/History%20of%20our%20Parish/ History of Our Parish], St. Leon Armenian Church. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.stleon.org/sl/About%20Us/ About Us], St. Leon Armenian Church. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> and [[Uzbek American]]s have also established an increasing presence in Fair Lawn.
====Influence of Paterson====
The international ethnic ''melange'' that describes [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], Fair Lawn's western neighbor, has now permeated Fair Lawn itself. [[Muslim]] immigrants, including [[Albanian American]]s and [[Macedonian American]]s, as well as [[Latino American]]s, including [[Peruvian American]]s and [[Puerto Rican American]]s, have settled in Fair Lawn's western flank, in the Memorial Park neighborhood between the River Road Improvement District and the Passaic River, where there is also a small but stable [[African American]] minority.
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900= 756
| 1910= 1178
| 1920= 2026
| 1930= 5990
| 1940= 9107
| 1950= 23885
| 1960= 36421
| 1970= 37975
| 1980= 32229
| 1990= 30548
| 2000= 31637
| 2010= 32457
| estimate=32998
| estyear=2013
| estref=<ref name=PopEst>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2013/PEPANNRES/0400000US34.06100 PEPANNRES - Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 - 2013 Population Estimates for New Jersey municipalities], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 16, 2014.</ref>
| footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1930<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 714. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref> 1900-2010<ref>{{Wayback |date=20090502173646 |url=http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm |title=New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990}}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 2, 2009. Accessed December 12, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/75 Bergen County Data Book 2003], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed August 15, 2013. Data for years prior to the founding of the borough in 1923 were extrapolated by Bergen County analysts.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/documentcenter/view/653 Historical Population Trends in Bergen County (1900-2010)], Bergen County Department of Planning & Economic Development, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013. Data for years prior to the founding of the borough in 1923 were extrapolated by Bergen County analysts.</ref><br>2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Districts2011/><ref name=LWD2010/></small>
}}
===2010 Census===
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The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $92,727 (with a margin of error of +/- $4,701) and the median family income was $112,650 (+/- $5,760). Males had a median income of $70,990 (+/- $3,246) versus $54,358 (+/- $2,815) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $40,146 (+/- $1,700). About 2.1% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400322470 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Fair Lawn borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref>
[[Domestic partnership|Same-sex couples]] headed 64 households in 2010, an increase from the 49 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203212228/http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', August 14, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 3, 2013. Accessed September 15, 2014.</ref>
===2000 Census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 31,637 people, 11,806 households, and 8,901 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6,121.0 people per square mile (2,362.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 12,006 housing units at an average density of 2,322.9 per square mile (896.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.54% Caucasian, 4.92% Asian, 0.74% Black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.37% from other races, and 1.38% reporting two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.51% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603422470.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400322470 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Fair Lawn borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref>
There were 11,806 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
In the borough the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
The median income for a household in the borough was $72,127, and the median income for a family was $81,220. Males had a median income of $56,798 versus $41,300 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $32,273. About 2.6% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
==Education==
The [[Fair Lawn Public Schools]] serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 4,586 students and 368.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.44:1.<ref name=NCES>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404980&DistrictID=3404980 District information for Fair Lawn School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]].<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404980 School Data for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>) are six K-5 elementary schools —
John A. Forrest Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Forrest John A. Forrest Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (278 students),
Lyncrest Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Lyncrest Lyncrest Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (221),
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Milnes Henry B. Milnes Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (377),
Radburn Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Radburn Radburn Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (349),
Warren Point Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/wps Warren Point Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (430) and
Westmoreland Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/westmoreland Westmoreland Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (264) — both
Memorial Middle School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/mms Memorial Middle School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (469) and
Thomas Jefferson Middle School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/TJMS Thomas Jefferson Middle School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (676) for grades 6-8, along with
[[Fair Lawn High School]]<ref>[http://www.flhs.org/ Fair Lawn High School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (1,522) for grades 9-12.<ref>[http://www.fairlawnschools.org/domain/1180 School Site Locations], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://education.state.nj.us/directory/school.php?district=1450&source=01 New Jersey School Directory for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions-home Admissions], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
[[St. Anne School (Fair Lawn, New Jersey)|St. Anne School]] is a Catholic elementary school that operates under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[http://www.catholicschoolsnj.org/csnj/Elementary%20Schools/Bergen%20County%20Schools/ Bergen County Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
==Emergency services==
Fair Lawn has an all-volunteer fire department.<ref>[http://www.firedepartments.net/NewJersey/FairLawn/FairLawnFireDepartment.html Fair Lawn Fire Department], Fire Departments Net. Accessed May 22, 2007.</ref> The department has four stations, with Company 1 on George Street,<ref>[http://www.fairlawnfireco1.com/about.html About Us], Fair Lawn Fire Company 1. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
Company 2 at Route 208 South (before Maple Avenue Bridge),
Company 3 located at Corner Plaza Road / Rosalie Street<ref>[http://www.fairlawnfireco3.com/index.php/aboutus About Us], Fair Lawn Fire Company 3. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
and
Company 4 on Radburn Road.<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/563/default.aspx Emergency Services], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> Fair Lawn residents are served by the all volunteer Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance, Inc., which provides 24/7 emergency medical services. This service is equipped with four state of the art ambulances stocked with all necessary supplies to handle any medical emergencies.[http://www.fairlawnvac.com link title] Fair Lawn is also served by the all-volunteer Fair Lawn Rescue Squad. The squad provides heavy rescue and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) services to the residents and businesses of the borough.<ref>[http://www.fairlawnrescue.com/ Home page], Fair Lawn Rescue. Accessed September 18, 2014.</ref>
==Business and industry==
Businesses in Fair Lawn include a [[Nabisco]] / [[Mondelez International]] cookie bakery, which is the borough's largest employer and taxpayer.<ref>Newman, Richard. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/oreo-maker-investing-in-fair-lawn-bakery-1.742246 "Nabisco"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 8, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2014. "Mondelez International Inc., Fair Lawn's biggest private employer and the borough's top payer of local real estate taxes, is going to invest tens of millions of dollars to modernize the old Nabisco bakery, a landmark on Route 208 since the 1950s, the company said."</ref>
U.S. Technologies, a multi-faceted, high-precision [[electronics]] corporation, is [[headquarters|headquartered]] in Fair Lawn.<ref>[http://www.ustechnologies.com/aboutus/location.cfm Company Location], US Technologies. Accessed September 18, 2014. "US Technologies, Inc corporate headquarters is located with other technology sector companies in beautiful Fair Lawn NJ"</ref>
Columbia Bank (New Jersey), the fourth largest mutual [[financial institution]] in the United States, and the largest mutual bank domiciled within the State of New Jersey, is also headquartered in Fair Lawn.<ref>[http://www.columbiabankonline.com/home/contact Bank Contact Information], Columbia Bank. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref>
==Transportation==
===Roads===
Fair Lawn is interwoven by a robust network of roads. {{As of|2010}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|99.60|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|84.00|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.13|mi}} by Bergen County and {{convert|4.47|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn is traversed by two state highways, [[New Jersey Route 4]], which connects Fair Lawn to [[New York City]] via the [[George Washington Bridge]], and [[New Jersey Route 208]], which links Fair Lawn to the New York City bypass highway [[Interstate 287]].
Fair Lawn has several main roads crossing through it forming a rough 3x3 grid. Running north-south are Saddle River Road, Plaza Road, and River Road ([[County Route 507 (New Jersey)|County Route 507]])<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000507__-.pdf County Route 507 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], October 2006. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> while Broadway, Morlot Avenue, and Fair Lawn Avenue run east-west, and [[New Jersey Route 208|Route 208]] runs northwest-southeast. Running east-west between and parallel to Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues is Berdan Avenue, a residential thoroughfare which is bisected by Route 208 into two discontinuous segments, the western one of which contains Fair Lawn High School.
Broadway becomes [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] in [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]] to the west and eventually Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]. To the East, it becomes Route 4 heading into [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]] and is less than {{convert|10|mi}} from the George Washington Bridge.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000004__-.pdf Route 4 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn Avenue is considered the borough's main street, containing its Borough Hall, Police Station, and Public Library. The road goes west over the [[Passaic River]] into Paterson, and on the east, Fair Lawn Avenue ends at Saddle River Road and becomes Century Road, which heads into Paramus. The intersection of Fair Lawn Avenue and Plaza Road form what could be considered a "town center", with several shopping plazas and the Radburn train station all within walking distance. Other commercial areas include Broadway and River Road.
Route 208 has its southern terminus in Fair Lawn and bisects the borough from the northwest to the southeast, where it eventually merges with Broadway to become Route 4 not far from Paramus. Taken the other direction, Route 208 flows northwest to [[Interstate 287]] in [[Oakland, New Jersey|Oakland]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000208__-.pdf Route 208 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> Numerous commercial establishments and office buildings line Route 208 along the northwestern half of this [[limited access highway]]'s trajectory through Fair Lawn.
South of Route 4, Saddle River Road goes through the eastern side of Fair Lawn and into [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]], where it provides a link to both the [[Garden State Parkway]] and [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]]. North of Route 4, Saddle River Road provides a link to [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]].
On the opposite side of the Passaic River, separating Fair Lawn from Paterson, [[New Jersey Route 20|Route 20]] southbound becomes [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]].
Fair Lawn uses a street address numbering system in which most Fair Lawn addresses are given hyphenated numbers, such as 10-13 Some Street. This numbering system is also used in [[Queens]], New York City. Exceptions to this numbering system generally exist on the Glen Rock, [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]], and [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] sides of Fair Lawn and within the Radburn development. The first numbers (before the dash) correspond to block-distances from Broadway (on streets that run North-South) and to the numbered streets in the borough (example: 2nd Street, 17th Street, etc.) on the streets that run East-West; with the highest numbers being in the low 40s, and the lowest numbers being 0-30, etc.
===Public transportation===
Fair Lawn is served by the [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=126 Radburn station], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> and [[Broadway (NJT station)|Broadway]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=25 Broadway station], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> train stations on the [[New Jersey Transit]] [[Bergen County Line]], which offers service to [[Lower Manhattan]] via the [[Hoboken Terminal]], and connections at [[Secaucus Junction]] to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and to most other New Jersey Transit train lines.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=MNBN Main/Bergen-Port Jervis Line], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
New Jersey Transit buses include the [[144 (New Jersey bus)|144]], [[145 (New Jersey bus)|145]], [[148 (New Jersey bus)|148]], [[160 (New Jersey bus)|160]], [[164 (New Jersey bus)|164]] and [[196 (New Jersey bus)|196]] routes to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in Midtown Manhattan; the [[171 (New Jersey bus)|171]] and [[175 (New Jersey bus)|175]] to the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal]]; and the [[746 (New Jersey bus)|746]], [[758 (New Jersey bus)|758]] and [[770 (New Jersey bus)|770]] lines, offering local service.<ref>{{Wayback |date=20090522212317 |url=http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesBergenCountyTo |title=Routes by County: Bergen County }}, [[New Jersey Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.</ref>
===Aviation===
Fair Lawn lies {{convert|20|mi}} north of [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], approaches to which are directly over Fair Lawn, and {{convert|8|mi}} northwest of [[Teterboro Airport]].
==Government==
===Local government===
Fair Lawn operates within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (Council-Manager)|Council-Manager]] plan E form of New Jersey municipal government by a five-member Borough Council, as implemented as of January 1, 1986, based on direct petition.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> Members of the Borough Council serve four-year terms in office and are elected in partisan elections in odd-numbered years on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election every other year as part of the November general election. All policy making power is concentrated in the council. At an annual reorganization meeting held after each election, the council selects a Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, and a deputy mayor for Community Affairs from among its members. The mayor presides over its meetings with no separate policy-making power. The manager is appointed by the council to serve as the municipal chief executive and administrative official.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 160.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/default.aspx Government Type], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed November 5, 2013. "The Borough of Fair Lawn operates under the Council-Manager form of government as provided in New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law commonly referred to as the Faulkner Act. There shall be a Council elected in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40: 69A-81 et seq., which shall be {{sic|hide=y|comprised| of}} five members, elected at large, one of whom shall be elected by the Council as Mayor, as provided by law."</ref>
{{As of|2014}}, the members of the Borough Council are [[Mayor]] John Cosgrove ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on council ends December 31, 2015), Deputy Mayor Amy Lefkowitz (R, 2017), Deputy Mayor of Community Affairs Daniel Dunay (R, 2017), Kurt Peluso ([[Democrat (United States)|D]], 2015) and Lisa Swain (D, 2015).<ref name=Council>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/269/default.aspx Borough Council - 2014], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/filestorage/355/1694/2014_Adopted_Budget.pdf 2014 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/2828 ''Bergen County Directory 2013 - 2014''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref name=Bergen2011>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/web_content/pdf/elections/2011-general-election-results.pdf#page=80 Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election 2011], Bergen County Clerk, November 17, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Bergen2009>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/web_content/pdf/elections/2009-general-election-results.pdf#page=69 Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election 2009], Bergen County Clerk, November 10, 2010. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/filestorage/265/702/716/1868/MC-130103-reorg-minutes.pdf Minutes of the Reorganization Meeting of January 3, 2013], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed July 10, 2013. "Upon motion by Mayor Cosgrove and a second by Councilmember Trawinski, Councilmember Baratta was elected Deputy Mayor with Councilmembers Peluso and Swain dissenting.... Upon motion by Deputy Mayor Baratta and a second by Mayor Cosgrove, Councilmember Trawinski was elected Deputy Mayor of Community Affairs with Councilmembers Peluso and Swain dissenting."</ref>
Standard Borough Council meetings, [[Government-access television]] (GATV), are televised on local [[cable TV]] when held in the Council chambers in the Fair Lawn Municipal Building. Work sessions, where laws are discussed and prepared for adoption, are not usually televised.
===Boards and commissions===
Fair Lawn's government extends beyond the Council and departments in the form of the following boards and commissions, which are generally staffed by volunteers appointed by the Mayor and Council:<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/default.aspx Boards & Commissions], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/289/412/default.aspx Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*American with Disabilities Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/520.aspx American with Disabilities Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Arts Council<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/3423.aspx Arts Council], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Broadway Special Improvement District<ref>[http://www.broadwaysid.com/index.asp Home page], Broadway Special Improvement District. *Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Cadmus House Museum<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/521.aspx Cadmus House Museum], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Environmental Commission<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/529.aspx Environmental Commission], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Garden Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/530.aspx Garden Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Green Team Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/531.aspx Green Team Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Historic Preservation Commission<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/537.aspx Historic Preservation Commission], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Open Space Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/538.aspx Open Space Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref>
*Planning Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/538.aspx Planning Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Property Maintenance<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/557.aspx Property Maintenance], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Rent Leveling Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/540.aspx Rent Leveling Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*River Road Improvement Corporation<ref>[http://www.fairlawnriverroad.com/ River Road Improvement Corporation], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Shade Tree Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/541.aspx Shade Tree Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Zoning Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/555.aspx Zoning Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
===Federal, state and county representation===
Fair Lawn is located in the 5th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[http://www.njelections.org/2011-legislative-districts/towns-district.pdf#page=15 Municipalities Grouped by 2011-2020 Legislative Districts], [[New Jersey Department of State]], p. 15. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref name=LWV2012>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/CG/2012_CG.pdf#page=57 ''2012 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], p. 57, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#38 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> Prior to the 2010 Census, Fair Lawn had been part of the {{ushr|NJ|9|9th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=57 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], p. 57, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>
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===Politics===
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 20,302 registered voters in Fair Lawn, of which 7,150 (35.2% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 3,613 (17.8% vs. 21.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 9,528 (46.9% vs. 47.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 11 voters registered to other parties.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Bergen], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 62.6% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 80.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
In the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 8,374 votes here (54.1% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 6,815 votes (44.0% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 188 votes (1.2% vs. 0.9%), among the 15,473 ballots cast by the borough's 21,563 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.8% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-bergen.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-bergen.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 8,834 votes here (53.2% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 7,464 votes (45.0% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 147 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 16,595 ballots cast by the borough's 21,378 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.6% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-bergen.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Results2008>[http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/smaps/2008/electionresults2008/att/North_Jersey_election_results_40.html 2008 General Election Results for Fair Lawn], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]''. Accessed August 31, 2011.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 8,745 votes here (54.3% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 7,177 votes (44.6% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 118 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 16,102 ballots cast by the borough's 20,372 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.0% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_bergen_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 5,503 ballots cast (51.1% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 4,590 votes (42.6% vs. 45.8%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 521 votes (4.8% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 71 votes (0.7% vs. 0.5%), among the 10,763 ballots cast by the borough's 20,714 registered voters, yielding a 52.0% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf 2009 Governor: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
==Sports==
Fair Lawn has one of the original organized [[street hockey]]/DekHockey programs in the state. The Fair Lawn Flyers competed in the first national street hockey championships in 1976 in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]].<ref>Cook, Joan. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B10F73F5F167493C0A9178FD85F428785F9 "Flyers Take Aim at Street Hockey Title"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 2, 1976. Accessed September 9, 2008.</ref>
==Popular culture==
* In the 1976 film ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', when Travis Bickle ([[Robert De Niro]]) is talking to a Secret Service agent, he provides a false name (Henry Krinkle), and a false address (154 Hopper Avenue, Fair Lawn, New Jersey). There is a Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn, but 154 Hopper Avenue does not exist, and the ZIP code he provides is also incorrect (61045, which is actually in Kings, Illinois).<ref>Ginsberg, leonard. [http://books.google.com/books?id=4LxFAYHILkIC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205 ''Rhapsody on a Film by Kurosawa''], p. 205. [[Trafford Publishing]], 2008. ISBN 9781425174378. Accessed November 5, 2013. "First, a psychopathic hero is not a novelty. 'My name is Hnery Krinkle. K-R-I-N-K-L-E. 154 Hopper Avenue.... You know, like a rabbit, hip, hop. Ha, ha. Fair Lawn, New Jersey.' Travis Bickle falsely identifies himself."</ref>
* In the 1996 Mel Gibson movie ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'', Fair Lawn is seen when Gibson is told to turn from Route 4 onto [[County Route 77 (Bergen County, New Jersey)|Saddle River Road]] (Fair Lawn) and into the rock quarry (which is actually located in [[Haledon, New Jersey]]).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117438/locations], Internet Movie Database. Accessed December 17, 2011.</ref>
* In the 2004 movie ''[[Taxi (2004 film)|Taxi]]'', Fair Lawn can be seen on the map that Detective Washburn ([[Jimmy Fallon]]) is reading. The map is fake, since it shows a fictional uncompleted highway off the [[Garden State Parkway]] in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]].
* At the beginning of the [[Pine Barrens (The Sopranos)|"Pine Barrens"]] episode of the television series ''[[The Sopranos]],'' Mob boss Tony Soprano tells [[Paulie Walnuts]] and protege [[Christopher Moltisanti]] to visit a Russian mobster, Valery, in Fair Lawn. However, this scene was shot in Paterson.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} A scene in the episode "[[The Happy Wanderer (The Sopranos)|The Happy Wanderer]]" was filmed in front of the historic Radburn Building.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
* Fair Lawn was featured in the movie ''[[The Other Guys]]'' starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The two main characters travel to Fair Lawn, New Jersey to get accounting files.<ref>Faerman, Zlata. "Q&A: ‘The Other Guys’ director Adam McKay", ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'', August 23, 2010. "If you had to point to Fair Lawn on a map of New Jersey, could you do it? McKay: I would look around Mount Clair{{sic}}? Is that close? I grew up in Philly so I have some limited Jersey knowledge."</ref>
==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Fair Lawn include:
* [[Matt Ahearn]], former member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] who represented the [[38th Legislative District (New Jersey)|38th Legislative District]] from 2002 to 2004.<ref>Chen, David W. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/nyregion/25ferriero.html "A County Leader at the Core of a Pay-to-Play Fight"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 25, 2006. Accessed November 5, 2013. "'The empire-building is getting your feet in town, helping the minority win control, and then controlling the appointments and no-bid contracts,' said Matt Ahearn, a former Democratic assemblyman from Fair Lawn who had a falling-out with Mr. Ferriero."</ref>
* [[Ian Axel]] (born 1985), singer-songwriter and pianist.<ref>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/05/ian_axels_new_year_is_an_impre.html "Ian Axel's 'New Year' is an impressive debut"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 20, 2011. Accessed July 21, 2011. "Axel, who grew up in Bergen County and graduated from Fair Lawn High School, isn’t a showy pianist. He doesn’t take lengthy solos or call attention to his considerable technique.... Ian Axel, who grew up in Fair Lawn, makes his Bowery Ballroom debut on Tuesday."</ref>
* [[Steve Bornstein]] (born 1952), current head of the [[NFL Network]].<ref>Ostrowski, Jeff. [http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/1998/12/19981221/No-Topic-Name/In-Any-Currency-ESPN-A-Cash-Machine.aspx "In any currency, ESPN a cash machine"], Sports Business Daily, December 21, 1998. Accessed January 2, 2014. "Bornstein, a native of Fair Lawn, N.J., graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 with a film degree. His early career included stints at a Milwaukee TV station and lugging equipment as a free-lance cameraman for the Milwaukee Brewers."</ref>
* [[Donald Fagen]] (born 1948), singer-songwriter who is the co-founder and lead singer of [[Steely Dan]].<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/102043318_Fagen_returns_to_his_Jersey_roots.html "Donald Fagen joins forces for a tribute to early R&B"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', September 2, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Geographically, he can trace his roots to Passaic, where he was born, to Fair Lawn, where he was raised, and to Kendall Park, then a muddy no-man's-land between New Brunswick and Princeton that he couldn't wait to get out of."</ref>
* [[Nicholas Felice]] (born 1927), served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and was mayor of Fair Lawn.<ref>{{Wayback |date=19980225004249 |url=www.njleg.state.nj.us/html98/felice.htm |title=Assemblyman Nicholas R. Felice}}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed June 2, 2010.</ref>
* [[Jim Finn]] (born 1976), football player with the [[New York Giants]].<ref>Zinser, Lynn. [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/06/sports/pro-football-for-giants-finn-there-s-no-place-like-home.html "PRO FOOTBALL; For Giants' Finn, There's No Place Like Home"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 6, 2003. Accessed January 2, 2014. "When he signed with the Giants in March, they wondered if he would beat out the incumbent fullback, Charles Stackhouse, and fretted about whether he could handle playing in the spotlight of New York, just miles from where he grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J."</ref>
* [[David L. Ganz]] (born 1951), attorney, author and politician who was mayor of Fair Lawn from 1999 to 2006 and has served on the Bergen County [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] since 2003.<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/105805893_Ganz_presents_his_latest_book_to_the_library.html "Ganz presents latest book to the library"], ''Community News (Fair Lawn)'', October 26, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn — Former mayor David L. Ganz has published his 25th book and presented a copy to the library.David L. Ganz presents Tim Murphy, director of the Fair Lawn Public Library, with a copy of his new book about coin investing.PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID L. GANZDavid L. Ganz presents Tim Murphy, director of the Fair Lawn Public Library, with a copy of his new book about coin investing.Ganz, who is currently a third-term member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, presented his latest book, ''Rare Coin Investing: An Affordable Way to Build Your Portfolio'' to the Fair Lawn Public Library."</ref>
* [[David Gewirtz]], CNN columnist, cyberterrorism adviser and presidential scholar.<ref>Gewirtz, David. [http://us1newspaper.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=09-10-2008+Interchange&more=1&action=comment "The Coming Cyberwar: A Matter of When, Not If"], ''U.S. 1 Newspaper'', September 10, 2008. Accessed February 7, 2011. "A native of Fair Lawn, Gewirtz earned his bachelor’s in computer science at Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts in 1982."</ref>
* [[Robert M. Gordon]] (born 1950), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] since 2008, he served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2004 to 2008 and was mayor of Fair Lawn from 1988 to 1991.<ref>Nobile, Tom. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/229910071_Governor_makes_campaign_stop_in_Fair_Lawn.html "Governor makes campaign stop in Fair Lawn"], ''Community News (Fair Lawn)'', October 30, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "He also threw endorsements behind local state senate and assembly candidates, including Republican State Senate candidate Fernando Alonso, who is running against Democratic Sen. Robert Gordon of Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Boris Gulko]] (born 1947), [[International Grandmaster]] and former winner of the [[U.S. Chess Championship]].<ref>Byrne, Robert. [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/15/arts/chess-832790.html "Chess"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 15, 1994. Accessed June 30, 2012. "In winning the United States Championship in Key West, Fla., in late October, Boris Gulko performed in close accord with every grandmaster's daydreams. The 47-year-old former Soviet champion, who lives in Fair Lawn, N.J., won with captivating combinations, trenchant tactics, precise positional play and excellently executed endgames."</ref>
* [[Šaćir Hot]] (born 1991), soccer player for the [[New York Red Bulls]], the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States U-20 team]], and [[Boston College]]; attended [[Fair Lawn High School]].<ref>Vasquez, Andy. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/other_sports/114992739_Red_Bulls_sign_Fair_Lawn_s_Hot.html "Red Bulls sign Fair Lawn's Sacir Hot"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 1, 2011. Accessed March 29, 2011. "On Monday, the Red Bulls announced the signing of Hot, a 19-year-old defender who played soccer and football at Fair Lawn.... Hot recently returned from Europe and soon after was offered a contract. The decision to stay close to home — Hot still lives in Fair Lawn — was not a difficult one."</ref>
* [[Steve Malzberg]], radio host.<ref>Jennings, Rob. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/doc/440157177.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%208,%202009&author=ROB%20JENNING&pub=Daily%20Record&edition=&startpage=&desc=Thousands%20attend%20Labor%20Day%20tea%20party "Thousands attend Labor Day tea party"], ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)]]'', September 8, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2013. "'How do you give back until you get,' said Malzberg, who lives in Fair Lawn and did not name the school declining to show the speech."</ref>
* [[Lee Meredith]] (born 1947 as Judi-Lee Sauls), actress who appeared in ''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]'', ''[[Hello Down There]]'' and ''[[The Sunshine Boys (film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45507368.html "Once a Bombshell..."], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', July 1, 2001. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Meredith -- so convincing as the Swedish tease -- was born and raised Judi-Lee Sauls in Fair Lawn, and adopted her stage name right before ''The Producers''."</ref>
* [[Millie Perkins]] (born 1938), actress, who played the title role in her first film as the star of ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]''.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892451-1,00.html "New Picture"], ''[[Time (magazine)]]'', March 30, 1959. Accessed January 2, 2014. "His choice was an 18-year-old model from Fair Lawn, N.J. named Millie Perkins."</ref>
* [[Ron Perranoski]] (born 1936), Major League Baseball pitcher from 1961-1973.<ref>Finch, Frank. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/168603116.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun%207,%201964&author=&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Sluggers%20Benched,%20So%20Dodgers%20Jar%20Mets,%209-2 "Sluggers Benched, So Dodgers Jar Mets 9-2"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 7, 1964. Accessed January 2, 2014. "Several thousand fans from Fair Lawn, NJ, were on hand to honor their most celebrated citizen, Ron Perranoski."</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/baseballdecades.html Baseball All-Century Teams of the Decades], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', accessed February 27, 2007.</ref>
* [[Billy Price (singer)|Billy Price]] (born 1949), soul singer.<ref>Thompson, Toby. [http://www.billyprice.com/Price_of_Soul.php "Billy Price: East Coast Blue-Eyed Soul Man"], copy of article from ''The Penn Stater'' at billyprice.com, January / February 2000. Accessed April 23, 2008. "Forget Billy Price from Pittsburgh's rock cauldron. Meet William Pollak '71, '79, Liberal Arts, from Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Maurice Purtill]] (1916–1994), drummer in the Big Band era, most notably the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]].<ref>Deffaa, Chip. [http://books.google.com/books?id=f4kYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Maurice+Purtill%22+%22fair+lawn%22 ''Swing Legacy''], p. 118. Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 9780810822825. Accessed October 11, 2013. "But at his apartment in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Maurice ('Moe') Purtill recalls: 'You could have shot deer in the Glen Island Casino that first night. Nobody was there.'"</ref>
* [[Steve Rothman]] (born 1952), Congressman who had represented [[New Jersey's 9th congressional district]] from 1997 to 2013.<ref>[[Amy Argetsinger|Argetsinger, Amy]]; and [[Roxanne Roberts|Roberts, Roxanne]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901481.html "'Leaner and Meaner' Rove Has Less Weight to Throw Around"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', August 30, 2006. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Matched: Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), 53, who got teased when gossip columns and his hometown paper discovered his online personal ad two years ago (brown-eyed Libra, enjoys swimming, wine and jazz), had the last laugh Aug. 18 when he married Jennifer Anne Beckenstein , 48 -- a food bank publicist whom he met through Jdate.com -- in Nyack, N.Y. The two will honeymoon later in the year, his office said; for now, they're busy combining their five teens into one household in Fair Lawn, N.J."</ref>
* [[Charlie Schlatter]] (born 1966), actor.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/84204597_Actor_gets_kick_out_of_series.html "Fair Lawn's Charlie Schlatter on his new TV project"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 12, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2011.</ref>
* [[Dave Sime]] (born 1936), sprinter who won a silver medal in the 100m dash at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PgxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HukFAAAAIBAJ&dq=dave%20sime%20fair%20lawn&pg=4104%2C2259165 "Sime Has Great Day, Breaks World Record"], ''[[The Miami News]]'', May 6, 1956. Accessed August 31, 2011. "The 190-pound Fair Lawn, N.J., sophomore, a hot prospect for the U.S. Olympic team, won the 100-yard dash in 9.4, his sixth such performance this year."</ref>
* [[Regina Spektor]] (born 1980), singer.<ref>Bloom, Nate. "Noshes: Worth Checking Out", ''[[The Jewish Standard]]'', June 29, 2007. "Spektor, 27, is far better known... She went to middle school yeshiva in New York and, for her first two years in high school, she went to the Frisch School in Paramus. She graduated from Fair Lawn High School."</ref>
* [[Brendan Suhr]] (born 1951), Director of Program Development for the [[UCF Knights men's basketball]] team and former NBA scout and assistant coach.<ref>[http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brendan_suhr_714216.html Brendan Suhr], [[UCF Knights men's basketball]]. Accessed November 5, 2013. "A native of Fair Lawn, N.J., Suhr began his coaching career on the college level as an assistant at Detroit, before moving to Fairfield."</ref>
* [[Steve Swallow]] (born 1940), jazz double bassist and bass guitarist.<ref>Hawes, Peter S. via [[Associated Press]]. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5uFNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5586,2819316&dq=steve-swallow+fair-lawn&hl=en "Steve Swallow divided time; Purist turns on electricity"], ''[[The Free Lance-Star]]'', September 17, 1983. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Swallow, 42, grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J. He first took piano lessons when he was six. He later studied the trumpet and started playing bass when he was about 13 in after-school jam sessions."</ref>
* [[Donna Vivino]] (born 1978), stage and screen actress, who has performed the starring role of [[Elphaba]] in the Broadway National Tour production of ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''.<ref>Belkin, Lisa. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PPwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=donna-vivino%20fair-lawn&pg=5932%2C1011953 "Savvy 7-year-old acts like a real pro"], ''[[Lawrence Journal-World]]'', January 5, 1986. Accessed February 8, 2011. "FAIR LAWN, N.J. - The actress 49 inches tall, 7 years old and missing three teeth - stood in the center of her den and patiently explained the difference between television commercials and real life."</ref>
* [[Benjamin Yudin]] (born 1944), Rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn.<ref>Preis, Nechama. [http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5758/spring98/closeup3.htm "Close-up: Rabbi Benjamin Yudin; An 'outreach pro' -- who shuns the very term -- finds multiple ways to extend a warm hand of welcome."], ''[[Jewish Action]]'', Spring 5758/1998 Vol. 58 No. 3. Accessed November 5, 2013. "In 1969, when Rabbi Yudin - then newly ordained by Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary -- moved with his wife, Shevi, to Fair Lawn for his first rabbinical position, his congregation had a mere 30 members."</ref>
==Historic sites==
A significant historic site in Fair Lawn is the [[Passaic River]] Fishing Weir, a prominent archaeological feature just north of the Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge. It was constructed by [[Lenape]] tribal members and is the best-preserved of several such weirs on the [[Passaic River]].<ref>Coyne, Kevin. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/new-jersey/05colnj.html "Pursuing a Secret of the Passaic"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 3, 2008. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>
Fair Lawn is home to the following locations on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Bergen/state.html New Jersey: Bergen County], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed November 15, 2011.</ref>
* [[G. V. H. Berdan House]] - 1219 River Road (added 1983)
* [[Richard J. Berdan House]] - 24-07 Fair Lawn Avenue (added 1983)
* [[Cadmus-Folly House]] - 19-21 Fair Lawn Avenue (added 1983)
* [[Peter Garretson House]] - 4-02 River Road (added 1974): With a homestead that dates back to 1719, the sandstone house is one of the oldest surviving structures in Bergen County. The Garretson Forge and Farm Restoration operates the site, owned by the county, as a farm museum.<ref>[http://www.garretsonfarm.org/history.html History], Garretson Forge and Farm. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
* [[Naugle House]] - 42-49 Dunkerhook Road (added 1983): Constructed in 1776, the home was visited by the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]]. The site was purchased by the borough in 2010 for $1.7 million, and a plan has been formulated to repair the home and preserve the grounds as open space.<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/217874101_The_Record__Preserving_history.html "The Record: Preserving history"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', August 1, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn bought the 1776 Naugle House three years ago, snatching it from the jaws of a developer with plans to build town homes on the property. Not only was the house saved, but so were the grounds, keeping precious open space open."</ref><ref>Sudol, Karen. [http://www.northjersey.com/fairlawn/217336321_Historic_homes__fate_clearer.html?page=all "Fate of Fair Lawn historic homes becomes clearer"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', July 29, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn bought the house in 2010 for $1.7 million using municipal and county open space funds. The cost to develop the restoration plan — not the actual work on the house — was $38,500, funded through a county grant matched by the borough.... The house, which dates to 1776 and is listed on the national and state historic place registers, is said to have been the home of a paymaster for the Continental Army and to have once hosted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman who fought with the Continental Army."</ref>
* [[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]] - Irregular pattern between Radburn Road and Erie RR. tracks (added 1975)<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/nj/Radburn.pdf Radburn - National Historic Landmark Nomination form], [[National Park Service]]. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
* [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn Station]] - Pollitt Drive (added 1984)
* [[Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr., House]] - 41-25 Dunkerhook Road (added 1983): Constructed in Dutch stone by Jacob Vanderbeck in the 1750s, the house has had a number of prominent owners, including Fair Lawn mayor and Assemblyman [[Richard Vander Plaat]]. Owned by a developer who has sought to use the site to construct a large-scale assisted-living facility,<ref>Diduch, Mary. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/fate-of-old-fair-lawn-house-rests-with-proposal-for-senior-complex-1.1023786 "Fate of old Fair Lawn house rests with proposal for senior complex"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', May 27, 2014. Accessed September 16, 2014. "The zoning board is poised Thursday to hear an application to build an assisted-living facility on a three-acre parcel where an 18th-century historic structure sits.The preservation of the Jacob Vanderbeck Jr. house on Dunkerhook Road has been an issue in the borough for years, and now the historic commission there is looking to negotiate with the developer to possibly have the home moved so it can be preserved."</ref> the houses has been listed on preservation New Jersey's 2013 list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.preservationnj.org/site/ExpEng/index.php?/ten_most_13/index_detail/Jacob_Vanderbeck_Jr._House 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in New Jersey 2013: Jacob Vanderbeck Jr. House], Preservation New Jersey. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn also has a close association with two historic areas along the [[Saddle River]] in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. One is the Easton Tower, a Bergen County historic site that consists of a stone tower and a small dam which mark the site of the colonial-era Jacob Zabriskie mill and the 19th-20th centuries-era Arcola community park. Another is the Dunkerhook community, focused around the New Jersey designated historic road, Dunkerhook Road. The western section of the community includes the Naugle House and the Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr. House, and the eastern section included a slave and free-African American community that consisted of a school, a cemetery, a church, and houses including the now-demolished [[Zabriskie Tenant House]].
==References==
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==Further reading==
* W. Woodford Clayton with William Nelson, [http://archive.org/details/historyofbergen00clay ''History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men.''] Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.
* Cornelius Burnham Harvey (ed.), [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00harv ''Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey.''] New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900.
* James M. Van Valen, [http://archive.org/details/historybergenco00valegoog ''History of Bergen County, New Jersey.''] New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900.
* Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942, [http://books.google.com/books?id=As8wAQAAMAAJ ''History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923''], Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923.
==External links==
* [http://www.fairlawn.org/ Fair Lawn official website]
* [http://www.fairlawn.com/ Fair Lawn online guide]
* [http://www.fairlawnschools.org/ Fair Lawn Public Schools]
* {{NJReportCard|03|1450|0|Fair Lawn Public Schools}}
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404980 Data for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]
* [http://www.radburn.org/ Radburn, New Jersey - A Town for the Motor Age]
* [http://www.lutins.org/weir/index.html The Fair Lawn/Paterson Fish Weir]
* [http://www.cardozospeaks.org/ Knights of Pythias - Benjamin N. Cardozo Lodge #163]
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'''Fair Lawn''' is a [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, and a suburban municipality in the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census]], the borough's population was 32,457,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Districts2011/><ref name=LWD2010/><ref>Sheingold, Dave. [http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/2011/02/06census/fairlawn.html "Fair Lawn: Change from the 1990 to 2010 census"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 6, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> reflecting an increase of 820 (+2.6%) from the 31,637 counted in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 Census]], which had in turn increased by 1,089 (+3.6%) from the 30,548 counted in the [[1990 United States Census|1990 Census]].<ref>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/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 June 30, 2012.</ref>
Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 6, 1924, as "Fairlawn," from portions of [[Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)|Saddle River Township]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [http://www.state.nj.us/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. 77. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref> The name was taken from ''Fairlawn'', David Acker's estate home, that was built in 1865 and later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building.<ref>[http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/bergen_county_new_jersey_municipalities.html Dutch Door Genealogy - Bergen County New Jersey Municipalities], accessed February 9, 2006.</ref> In 1933, the official spelling of the borough's name was split into its present two-word form as "Fair Lawn" Borough.<ref name=Story/>
[[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]], one of the first [[planned communities]] in the United States, is an [[Unincorporated community (New Jersey)|unincorporated community]] located within Fair Lawn and was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age."<ref>[http://www.radburn.org/geninfo/history.html History], Radburn Association. Accessed December 26, 2007.</ref> Fair Lawn is home to a large number of [[Commuter rail in North America|commuters]] to [[New York City]], to which it is connected by train from two [[railroad station]]s on [[New Jersey Transit]]'s [[Bergen County Line]].
Fair Lawn's motto is "A great place to visit and a better place to live."<ref name=motto>{{cite web|url=http://fairlawn-saddlebrook.patch.com/groups/goodnews/p/fair-lawn-ranked-no-7-in-nj-for-job-seekers|title=Fair Lawn Ranked No. 7 in NJ For Job Seekers|author=Jim Leggate|publisher=Planck LLC d/b/a Patch Media|date=2013-11-19|accessdate=2014-07-23}}</ref> Fair Lawn has been rated as one of the top 10 best cities to live in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-cities-in-new-jersey/ |title=The 10 Best Places To Live In New Jersey |publisher=Movoto |date= |accessdate=2014-08-10}}</ref> According to [[NerdWallet.com|Nerdwallet]], Fair Lawn witnessed a 5.3% increase in its working-age population between 2009 and 2011.<ref name=motto/>
==History==
In its earliest days (and as late as 1791), Fair Lawn was known as ''Slooterdam'': a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word denoting a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[weir]] used to trap fish on the [[Passaic River]]. Just north of the weir is a short stretch of Fair Lawn's Wagaraw Road, named for the Lenape term meaning "crooked place" or "river bend."<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/201/251/default.aspx History of Fair Lawn], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> Fair Lawn was named after the estate (or villa) built in 1865 by David Acker, a prosperous New York merchant, which he named "Fair Lawn."<ref>Staff. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T2hVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wT4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6074,1268974&dq=fair-lawn+david-acker&hl=en "Local Politics"], ''[[Paterson Daily Press]]'', September 24, 1886. Accessed September 25, 2011.</ref> The home, which faced what is now Fair Lawn Avenue stood on a hill with a sweeping lawn, it was later turned into the borough's municipal building, but was eventually torn down. The Fair Lawn Senior Center and Public Library now occupy the site of the estate. Until its development as a bedroom community, the land on which Fair Lawn sits had been farms of Dutch settlers and their descendants.
==Geography==
Fair Lawn is located at {{coord|40.935833|-74.117504|type:city_region:US-NJ|format=dms|display=inline}} (40.935833,-74.117504). According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 5.201 square miles (13.472 km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 5.139 square miles (13.311 km<sup>2</sup>) of it was land and 0.062 square miles (0.161 km<sup>2</sup>) of it (1.20%) was water.<ref name="GR1" /><ref name=CensusArea/> Its borders are: with [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] (in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]], across the Passaic River) to the West; with [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]] across Lincoln Avenue to the West; with [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] across Harristown Road, Maple Avenue, the Northern border of the [[Nabisco]] plant and its extension north of Garwood Road and Naugle Drive to the North; with [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] across the [[Saddle River (Passaic River)|Saddle River]] to the Northeast; with [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]] across the Saddle River to the East; with [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]] across another point in the Saddle River to the Southeast; with [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] across the two longer portions of S. Broadway and their extensions through Rosario Court to the South; and with [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]] across the [[Bergen County Line]], [[New Jersey Route 4]] (Broadway), Cyril Avenue, and Willow St. to the South.
The hills of [[Wyckoff, New Jersey|Wyckoff]] are visible from much of the northern portion of Fair Lawn.
==Neighborhoods==
Fair Lawn is an incorporated collection of diverse neighborhoods, each with its own distinct character and vibe:
*'''The Heights''', more precisely known as "Columbia Heights", is located near Hawthorne's industrial section along the Passaic River on Wagaraw Road and Hawthorne's residential area at Lincoln Avenue as well as bordering Bunker Hill in Paterson. This well-maintained neighborhood houses some local industry outside of McBride (the industrial park at the border with Glen Rock) and is known by some of its residents as the "Bunker Hill Extension" or the "Walsh Area".
*'''[[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]]''' is a [[planned community]] also housing the landmark ''Radburn Plaza'' building, which was destroyed in a fire in 2002 and subsequently rebuilt. With its safe and easy access to local businesses and schools, and Fair Lawn's largest [[U.S. Postal Service]] branch, this neighborhood also offers commuter trains from [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn Station]] to the [[Secaucus Junction]] rail transfer station as well as to the [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] train in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], both of which provide rail connections to [[New York City]]. This neighborhood includes Radburn Elementary School and Daly Field. An annual street fair is held in June here.
*'''Warren Point''', a residential area located near the '''Broadway Improvement District'''. Bordering Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, it has many stores, big and small, and many eateries. The neighborhood also offers the Broadway District train to Hoboken's PATH and to Secaucus Junction via the [[Bergen Line]], as well as the "Paterson-New York Shuttle". Warren Point Elementary School and the private [[St. Anne School (Fair Lawn, New Jersey)|St. Anne School]] are located in this neighborhood.
*'''Radrock Estates''' is a neighborhood located off of Fair Lawn Avenue in between Radburn and the area referred to as "Dunkerhook", sharing the border with Glen Rock, hence the derived term "Radrock". Although considered by many locals to be a sub-section of the Radburn District, it is the only neighborhood in Fair Lawn to have its own personalized entrance pillars displaying its name. Although it is a very diverse residential section, this neighborhood shares the conveniences of living in Radburn including dining, retail access, as well as rail access from Radburn Station.
*'''River Road Improvement District''', with an annual street fair in autumn, houses many functional businesses, including numerous banks, ethnic restaurants and supermarkets, small offices, retail [[telecommunications]] outlets, both a [[United Parcel Service]] store and a U.S. Post Office branch, and the landmark Joker's Child comic book store. River Road in this district is also zoned for apartments to be located above businesses.
*'''Memorial Park''', a working class neighborhood (sometimes called the "River Dip") within and around the River Road Improvement District with street addresses aligned with the corner of 33rd Street and Martin Luther King Way (Broadway) in neighboring Paterson. The Memorial Park neighborhood borders the Passaic River and contains the park next to Memorial Middle School named Memorial Park, the terminus of the annual [[Memorial Day]] parade and the site of the Memorial pool and beach as well as the [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] fireworks show. [[Gentrification]] is occurring with the leveling of two-family rental housing for more modern single-family housing in this area.
*'''Lyncrest''' neighborhood, located south of Morlot Avenue, in alignment with Paterson's 33rd Street split into that city's Upper Eastside and Eastside neighborhoods, is an extension of the Eastside and notable for its older, stone houses in the footsteps of homes once owned by Paterson's former [[silk]] barons. This community is also diverse, receiving immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, as well as various parts of the [[Americas]]. It is home to many [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]], [[Indian American]], and [[Russian American]] families, among other ethnic and religious groups. Lyncrest streets "1st-6th" are also known by the name of "Rivercrest" by locals, due to the split level and [[Cape Cod-style architecture]] of housing located in the "River Dip" adjacent to Memorial Park. Lyncrest Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
*'''Berdan Grove''', an [[affluence|affluent]] residential neighborhood of single-family homes behind Thomas Jefferson Middle School, surrounding Berdan Grove Park on Berdan Avenue. This neighborhood is home to the borough's highest concentration of [[Asian American]]s and includes Milnes Elementary School.
*The neighborhood stretching along both sides of Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn is not officially named but has its own character as another affluent enclave. This neighborhood includes a portion of the Saddle River, [[Saddle River County Park]], and Fair Lawn's eastern border with Paramus. The whole area is referred to by many as the "Saddle River District". Due to obvious differences throughout this side, there are sections that are identified by locals including the "Dunkerhook section" (named after the section of the County Park located in the vicinity) starting at around the shared border with Glen Rock and Paramus down to Morlot Avenue. In the spring, summer, and autumn, fishermen frequent this section, as the Saddle River within Dunkerhook is stocked with [[trout]]. The neighborhood south of Morlot Avenue is referred to as the "Saddle River section", which borders Saddle Brook in addition to Paramus, and which shares access to the Saddle River as well as having bike trails for leisure or to access the [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] mall in Paramus.
*'''Hendersonville''', also referred to as "Riverside East". This diverse neighborhood, located between Columbia Heights and the Municipal Complex within the "Westmoreland District", as well as sharing [[Route 208 (New Jersey)|Route 208]] with the neighboring borough of Glen Rock, is a mostly residential community of two-family Cape Cod-style houses located down the stretch of Henderson Boulevard curving around to 11th Street. Distinct to this neighborhood in comparison with other two-family districts and sections is that each Cape Cod has two doors in the front so each residing family has its own entrance into its respective quarters, a blueprint that was abandoned shortly after being built in favor of a "one door, two entrances" model. Westmoreland Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
*'''Central Fair Lawn''' is bounded by Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues on the south and north, respectively, by River Road on the west, and Route 208 on the east and northeast. The borough's Municipal Complex, which houses its administrative, legal, financial, and police divisions, is located in this neighborhood, as are the Fair Lawn Public Library, [[Fair Lawn High School]], and John A. Forrest Elementary School.
There also exist more intricate micro-neighborhoods within macro-neighborhoods throughout the borough, such as "Fair Lawn Commons" (The Commons) off Route 208, located within the Radburn Historical District, yet which has a separate, more affluent feel and modern look and subculture; Radburn's El Dorado Village, which is known for its [[Eastern European]] immigrant residents; and just to its west, the "Chandler Houses". Fair Lawn's newest neighborhood is Fair Lawn Promenade (The Promenade), a highly engaged [[mixed-use development]] extending northward from The Commons along Highway 208 North, consisting of apartments, shops, offices, and restaurants, with the motto to be able to "live, shop, work, and play" in one locale.
These distinct communities are located throughout the borough, and each has its own flair, making Fair Lawn not just ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse, but also an experientially diverse borough notable as such even amidst Bergen County's diversity on a larger scale.
==Ethnic diversity==
Fair Lawn has a longstanding tradition of [[ethnic diversity]] and tolerance for people of different ethnicities and religious faiths. Continuing steady immigration from [[Eurasia]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and [[Latin America]] has transformed Fair Lawn into an international [[melting pot]], and over 50 languages and dialects are spoken in the borough.
===History of ethnic diversity===
Fair Lawn has been a noted center for [[Jewish culture]] over a period spanning several decades. Since the early 2000s, the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] population has been increasing significantly in Fair Lawn and has replaced the earlier decreases in members of the non-Orthodox Jewish sects. After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, [[Russian Jews]] began to migrate to Fair Lawn.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/07/nyregion/on-the-map-in-fair-lawn-getting-to-know-a-new-language-and-a-new-land.html "In Fair Lawn, Getting to Know a New Language and a New Land; ON THE MAP"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 7, 1996. Accessed May 18, 2012. "They arrived in Fair Lawn strangers in a strange land, Jews from Russia who have carved out a shtetl among the other 30,500 residents of this Bergen County suburb."</ref> Fair Lawn's [[Jewish American]] population has therefore maintained an at least one-third presence overall for several decades. Russian Jews were then followed by [[Russian Orthodox]] Christians to Fair Lawn. Over 10% of the borough's population is of Russian descent, the highest of any community in New Jersey. In fact, the size of Fair Lawn's Russian American presence prompted an [[April Fool's]] satire titled, "[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] Moves Against Fair Lawn".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savejersey.com/2014/04/putin-russia-invasion-new-jersey-christie/|title=Putin Moves Against Fair Lawn|author=матовый Rooney|publisher=Save Jersey|accessdate=2014-07-21}}</ref> Fair Lawn also has the largest [[Israeli American]] community in [[Bergen County]].<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Israeli.html Israeli Ancestry by City.] Retrieved on July 22, 2014.</ref>
Fair Lawn has historically also had a large [[Italian American]] population, 19.7% in 2000,<ref name=Census2000SF1/> but this number is decreasing as the descendants of the original Italian immigrants are being displaced by immigrants to Fair Lawn from around the globe.
===Newer immigrants===
====Fair Lawn as a magnet for immigrants====
Fair Lawn's reputable [[Fair Lawn Public Schools|school district]], safe and well-policed neighborhoods, and the borough's convenient access to commercial centers and [[hospital]]s, a complex network of highways, [[commuter rail|transit lines]], New York City, and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], have all made Fair Lawn a magnet for new immigrants from several regions around the world. The 2012 [[American Community Survey]] conducted by the [[U.S. Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] showed a significant increase in the [[Asian American]] population in Fair Lawn, including the [[Asian Indian]], [[Filipino American]], [[Chinese American]], [[Korean American]], and [[Vietnamese American]] populations,<ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_5YR/DP02/1600000US3422470 DP02SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES more information2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> and the [[Polish American]] population is also growing briskly. The public library in Fair Lawn holds storytelling programs in [[Hindi|Hindi (हिन्दी)]] and [[Hebrew language|Hebrew (עִבְרִית)]] languages,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/in-bergen-passaic-libraries-languages-add-diversity-to-story-time-1.1039686|author=Monsy Alvarado|title=In Bergen, Passaic libraries, languages add diversity to story time|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=2014-06-22|accessdate=2014-07-22}}</ref> while [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin Chinese (官話)]] is being taught in the school district.
A number of places for congregation cater to different nationalities in Fair Lawn, including three [[Korean churches|Korean (한국어) churches]], one [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese (台灣)]] church, Young Israel of Fair Lawn, Saint Leon Armenian Church, and the (Italian American) Cosmos Club of Fair Lawn.
====Immigrants from other previous U.S.S.R. countries====
Given the established presence of Russian Americans in the borough, immigrant nationalities native to previous other [[Soviet Republics]], including [[Ukrainian American]]s, [[Georgian American]]s, [[Armenian American]]s,<ref>[http://www.stleon.org/sl/Our%20Parish/History%20of%20our%20Parish/ History of Our Parish], St. Leon Armenian Church. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.stleon.org/sl/About%20Us/ About Us], St. Leon Armenian Church. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> and [[Uzbek American]]s have also established an increasing presence in Fair Lawn.
====Influence of Paterson====
The international ethnic ''melange'' that describes [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]], Fair Lawn's western neighbor, has now permeated Fair Lawn itself. [[Muslim]] immigrants, including [[Albanian American]]s and [[Macedonian American]]s, as well as [[Latino American]]s, including [[Peruvian American]]s and [[Puerto Rican American]]s, have settled in Fair Lawn's western flank, in the Memorial Park neighborhood between the River Road Improvement District and the Passaic River, where there is also a small but stable [[African American]] minority.
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900= 756
| 1910= 1178
| 1920= 2026
| 1930= 5990
| 1940= 9107
| 1950= 23885
| 1960= 36421
| 1970= 37975
| 1980= 32229
| 1990= 30548
| 2000= 31637
| 2010= 32457
| estimate=32998
| estyear=2013
| estref=<ref name=PopEst>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2013/PEPANNRES/0400000US34.06100 PEPANNRES - Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 - 2013 Population Estimates for New Jersey municipalities], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed June 16, 2014.</ref>
| footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1930<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 - Population Volume I''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 714. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref> 1900-2010<ref>{{Wayback |date=20090502173646 |url=http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm |title=New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990}}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 2, 2009. Accessed December 12, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/75 Bergen County Data Book 2003], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed August 15, 2013. Data for years prior to the founding of the borough in 1923 were extrapolated by Bergen County analysts.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/documentcenter/view/653 Historical Population Trends in Bergen County (1900-2010)], Bergen County Department of Planning & Economic Development, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2013. Data for years prior to the founding of the borough in 1923 were extrapolated by Bergen County analysts.</ref><br>2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=Districts2011/><ref name=LWD2010/></small>
}}
===2010 Census===
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The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 [[American Community Survey]] showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $92,727 (with a margin of error of +/- $4,701) and the median family income was $112,650 (+/- $5,760). Males had a median income of $70,990 (+/- $3,246) versus $54,358 (+/- $2,815) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $40,146 (+/- $1,700). About 2.1% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3400322470 DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Fair Lawn borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 18, 2012.</ref>
[[Domestic partnership|Same-sex couples]] headed 64 households in 2010, an increase from the 49 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203212228/http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', August 14, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 3, 2013. Accessed September 15, 2014.</ref>
===2000 Census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 31,637 people, 11,806 households, and 8,901 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6,121.0 people per square mile (2,362.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 12,006 housing units at an average density of 2,322.9 per square mile (896.6/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.54% Caucasian, 4.92% Asian, 0.74% Black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.37% from other races, and 1.38% reporting two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.51% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603422470.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400322470 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Fair Lawn borough, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 5, 2013.</ref>
There were 11,806 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
In the borough the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
The median income for a household in the borough was $72,127, and the median income for a family was $81,220. Males had a median income of $56,798 versus $41,300 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $32,273. About 2.6% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
==Education==
The [[Fair Lawn Public Schools]] serve students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 4,586 students and 368.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.44:1.<ref name=NCES>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404980&DistrictID=3404980 District information for Fair Lawn School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]].<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404980 School Data for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>) are six K-5 elementary schools —
John A. Forrest Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Forrest John A. Forrest Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (278 students),
Lyncrest Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Lyncrest Lyncrest Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (221),
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Milnes Henry B. Milnes Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (377),
Radburn Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/Radburn Radburn Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (349),
Warren Point Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/wps Warren Point Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (430) and
Westmoreland Elementary School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/westmoreland Westmoreland Elementary School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (264) — both
Memorial Middle School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/mms Memorial Middle School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (469) and
Thomas Jefferson Middle School<ref>[http://fairlawn.schoolwires.net/TJMS Thomas Jefferson Middle School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (676) for grades 6-8, along with
[[Fair Lawn High School]]<ref>[http://www.flhs.org/ Fair Lawn High School], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref> (1,522) for grades 9-12.<ref>[http://www.fairlawnschools.org/domain/1180 School Site Locations], Fair Lawn Public Schools. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://education.state.nj.us/directory/school.php?district=1450&source=01 New Jersey School Directory for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions-home Admissions], [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
[[St. Anne School (Fair Lawn, New Jersey)|St. Anne School]] is a Catholic elementary school that operates under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[http://www.catholicschoolsnj.org/csnj/Elementary%20Schools/Bergen%20County%20Schools/ Bergen County Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
==Emergency services==
Fair Lawn has an all-volunteer fire department.<ref>[http://www.firedepartments.net/NewJersey/FairLawn/FairLawnFireDepartment.html Fair Lawn Fire Department], Fire Departments Net. Accessed May 22, 2007.</ref> The department has four stations, with Company 1 on George Street,<ref>[http://www.fairlawnfireco1.com/about.html About Us], Fair Lawn Fire Company 1. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
Company 2 at Route 208 South (before Maple Avenue Bridge),
Company 3 located at Corner Plaza Road / Rosalie Street<ref>[http://www.fairlawnfireco3.com/index.php/aboutus About Us], Fair Lawn Fire Company 3. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
and
Company 4 on Radburn Road.<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/563/default.aspx Emergency Services], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref> Fair Lawn residents are served by the all volunteer Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance, Inc., which provides 24/7 emergency medical services. This service is equipped with four state of the art ambulances stocked with all necessary supplies to handle any medical emergencies.[http://www.fairlawnvac.com link title] Fair Lawn is also served by the all-volunteer Fair Lawn Rescue Squad. The squad provides heavy rescue and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) services to the residents and businesses of the borough.<ref>[http://www.fairlawnrescue.com/ Home page], Fair Lawn Rescue. Accessed September 18, 2014.</ref>
==Business and industry==
Businesses in Fair Lawn include a [[Nabisco]] / [[Mondelez International]] cookie bakery, which is the borough's largest employer and taxpayer.<ref>Newman, Richard. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/oreo-maker-investing-in-fair-lawn-bakery-1.742246 "Nabisco"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 8, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2014. "Mondelez International Inc., Fair Lawn's biggest private employer and the borough's top payer of local real estate taxes, is going to invest tens of millions of dollars to modernize the old Nabisco bakery, a landmark on Route 208 since the 1950s, the company said."</ref>
U.S. Technologies, a multi-faceted, high-precision [[electronics]] corporation, is [[headquarters|headquartered]] in Fair Lawn.<ref>[http://www.ustechnologies.com/aboutus/location.cfm Company Location], US Technologies. Accessed September 18, 2014. "US Technologies, Inc corporate headquarters is located with other technology sector companies in beautiful Fair Lawn NJ"</ref>
Columbia Bank (New Jersey), the fourth largest mutual [[financial institution]] in the United States, and the largest mutual bank domiciled within the State of New Jersey, is also headquartered in Fair Lawn.<ref>[http://www.columbiabankonline.com/home/contact Bank Contact Information], Columbia Bank. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref>
==Transportation==
===Roads===
Fair Lawn is interwoven by a robust network of roads. {{As of|2010}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|99.60|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|84.00|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.13|mi}} by Bergen County and {{convert|4.47|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn is traversed by two state highways, [[New Jersey Route 4]], which connects Fair Lawn to [[New York City]] via the [[George Washington Bridge]], and [[New Jersey Route 208]], which links Fair Lawn to the New York City bypass highway [[Interstate 287]].
Fair Lawn has several main roads crossing through it forming a rough 3x3 grid. Running north-south are Saddle River Road, Plaza Road, and River Road ([[County Route 507 (New Jersey)|County Route 507]])<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000507__-.pdf County Route 507 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], October 2006. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> while Broadway, Morlot Avenue, and Fair Lawn Avenue run east-west, and [[New Jersey Route 208|Route 208]] runs northwest-southeast. Running east-west between and parallel to Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues is Berdan Avenue, a residential thoroughfare which is bisected by Route 208 into two discontinuous segments, the western one of which contains Fair Lawn High School.
Broadway becomes [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] in [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]] to the west and eventually Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]]. To the East, it becomes Route 4 heading into [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]] and is less than {{convert|10|mi}} from the George Washington Bridge.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000004__-.pdf Route 4 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn Avenue is considered the borough's main street, containing its Borough Hall, Police Station, and Public Library. The road goes west over the [[Passaic River]] into Paterson, and on the east, Fair Lawn Avenue ends at Saddle River Road and becomes Century Road, which heads into Paramus. The intersection of Fair Lawn Avenue and Plaza Road form what could be considered a "town center", with several shopping plazas and the Radburn train station all within walking distance. Other commercial areas include Broadway and River Road.
Route 208 has its southern terminus in Fair Lawn and bisects the borough from the northwest to the southeast, where it eventually merges with Broadway to become Route 4 not far from Paramus. Taken the other direction, Route 208 flows northwest to [[Interstate 287]] in [[Oakland, New Jersey|Oakland]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000208__-.pdf Route 208 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref> Numerous commercial establishments and office buildings line Route 208 along the northwestern half of this [[limited access highway]]'s trajectory through Fair Lawn.
South of Route 4, Saddle River Road goes through the eastern side of Fair Lawn and into [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]], where it provides a link to both the [[Garden State Parkway]] and [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]]. North of Route 4, Saddle River Road provides a link to [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]].
On the opposite side of the Passaic River, separating Fair Lawn from Paterson, [[New Jersey Route 20|Route 20]] southbound becomes [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]].
Fair Lawn uses a street address numbering system in which most Fair Lawn addresses are given hyphenated numbers, such as 10-13 Some Street. This numbering system is also used in [[Queens]], New York City. Exceptions to this numbering system generally exist on the Glen Rock, [[Hawthorne, New Jersey|Hawthorne]], and [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] sides of Fair Lawn and within the Radburn development. The first numbers (before the dash) correspond to block-distances from Broadway (on streets that run North-South) and to the numbered streets in the borough (example: 2nd Street, 17th Street, etc.) on the streets that run East-West; with the highest numbers being in the low 40s, and the lowest numbers being 0-30, etc.
===Public transportation===
Fair Lawn is served by the [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=126 Radburn station], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> and [[Broadway (NJT station)|Broadway]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=25 Broadway station], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> train stations on the [[New Jersey Transit]] [[Bergen County Line]], which offers service to [[Lower Manhattan]] via the [[Hoboken Terminal]], and connections at [[Secaucus Junction]] to [[Pennsylvania Station (New York City)|Penn Station]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and to most other New Jersey Transit train lines.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LineDetailsTo&selLine=MNBN Main/Bergen-Port Jervis Line], [[New Jersey Transit]]. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
New Jersey Transit buses include the [[144 (New Jersey bus)|144]], [[145 (New Jersey bus)|145]], [[148 (New Jersey bus)|148]], [[160 (New Jersey bus)|160]], [[164 (New Jersey bus)|164]] and [[196 (New Jersey bus)|196]] routes to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in Midtown Manhattan; the [[171 (New Jersey bus)|171]] and [[175 (New Jersey bus)|175]] to the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal]]; and the [[746 (New Jersey bus)|746]], [[758 (New Jersey bus)|758]] and [[770 (New Jersey bus)|770]] lines, offering local service.<ref>{{Wayback |date=20090522212317 |url=http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesBergenCountyTo |title=Routes by County: Bergen County }}, [[New Jersey Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2011.</ref>
===Aviation===
Fair Lawn lies {{convert|20|mi}} north of [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], approaches to which are directly over Fair Lawn, and {{convert|8|mi}} northwest of [[Teterboro Airport]].
==Government==
===Local government===
Fair Lawn operates within the [[Faulkner Act]] (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the [[Faulkner Act (Council-Manager)|Council-Manager]] plan E form of New Jersey municipal government by a five-member Borough Council, as implemented as of January 1, 1986, based on direct petition.<ref>[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"], [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]], July 2007. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref> Members of the Borough Council serve four-year terms in office and are elected in partisan elections in odd-numbered years on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election every other year as part of the November general election. All policy making power is concentrated in the council. At an annual reorganization meeting held after each election, the council selects a Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, and a deputy mayor for Community Affairs from among its members. The mayor presides over its meetings with no separate policy-making power. The manager is appointed by the council to serve as the municipal chief executive and administrative official.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 160.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/default.aspx Government Type], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed November 5, 2013. "The Borough of Fair Lawn operates under the Council-Manager form of government as provided in New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law commonly referred to as the Faulkner Act. There shall be a Council elected in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40: 69A-81 et seq., which shall be {{sic|hide=y|comprised| of}} five members, elected at large, one of whom shall be elected by the Council as Mayor, as provided by law."</ref>
{{As of|2014}}, the members of the Borough Council are [[Mayor]] John Cosgrove ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term on council ends December 31, 2015), Deputy Mayor Amy Lefkowitz (R, 2017), Deputy Mayor of Community Affairs Daniel Dunay (R, 2017), Kurt Peluso ([[Democrat (United States)|D]], 2015) and Lisa Swain (D, 2015).<ref name=Council>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/269/default.aspx Borough Council - 2014], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/filestorage/355/1694/2014_Adopted_Budget.pdf 2014 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/2828 ''Bergen County Directory 2013 - 2014''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 16, 2014.</ref><ref name=Bergen2011>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/web_content/pdf/elections/2011-general-election-results.pdf#page=80 Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election 2011], Bergen County Clerk, November 17, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Bergen2009>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/web_content/pdf/elections/2009-general-election-results.pdf#page=69 Bergen County Statement of Vote General Election 2009], Bergen County Clerk, November 10, 2010. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/filestorage/265/702/716/1868/MC-130103-reorg-minutes.pdf Minutes of the Reorganization Meeting of January 3, 2013], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed July 10, 2013. "Upon motion by Mayor Cosgrove and a second by Councilmember Trawinski, Councilmember Baratta was elected Deputy Mayor with Councilmembers Peluso and Swain dissenting.... Upon motion by Deputy Mayor Baratta and a second by Mayor Cosgrove, Councilmember Trawinski was elected Deputy Mayor of Community Affairs with Councilmembers Peluso and Swain dissenting."</ref>
Standard Borough Council meetings, [[Government-access television]] (GATV), are televised on local [[cable TV]] when held in the Council chambers in the Fair Lawn Municipal Building. Work sessions, where laws are discussed and prepared for adoption, are not usually televised.
===Boards and commissions===
Fair Lawn's government extends beyond the Council and departments in the form of the following boards and commissions, which are generally staffed by volunteers appointed by the Mayor and Council:<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/default.aspx Boards & Commissions], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/205/289/412/default.aspx Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*American with Disabilities Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/520.aspx American with Disabilities Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Arts Council<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/3423.aspx Arts Council], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Broadway Special Improvement District<ref>[http://www.broadwaysid.com/index.asp Home page], Broadway Special Improvement District. *Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Cadmus House Museum<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/521.aspx Cadmus House Museum], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Environmental Commission<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/529.aspx Environmental Commission], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Garden Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/530.aspx Garden Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Green Team Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/531.aspx Green Team Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Historic Preservation Commission<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/537.aspx Historic Preservation Commission], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Open Space Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/538.aspx Open Space Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed January 2, 2014.</ref>
*Planning Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/538.aspx Planning Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Property Maintenance<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/557.aspx Property Maintenance], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Rent Leveling Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/540.aspx Rent Leveling Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*River Road Improvement Corporation<ref>[http://www.fairlawnriverroad.com/ River Road Improvement Corporation], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Shade Tree Advisory Committee<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/541.aspx Shade Tree Advisory Committee], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
*Zoning Board<ref>[http://www.fairlawn.org/content/203/267/555.aspx Zoning Board], Borough of Fair Lawn. Accessed August 15, 2013.</ref>
===Federal, state and county representation===
Fair Lawn is located in the 5th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>[http://www.njelections.org/2011-legislative-districts/towns-district.pdf#page=15 Municipalities Grouped by 2011-2020 Legislative Districts], [[New Jersey Department of State]], p. 15. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref name=LWV2012>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/CG/2012_CG.pdf#page=57 ''2012 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], p. 57, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#38 Districts by Number for 2011-2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref> Prior to the 2010 Census, Fair Lawn had been part of the {{ushr|NJ|9|9th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=57 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], p. 57, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>
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===Politics===
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 20,302 registered voters in Fair Lawn, of which 7,150 (35.2% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 3,613 (17.8% vs. 21.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 9,528 (46.9% vs. 47.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 11 voters registered to other parties.<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary - Bergen], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 62.6% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 80.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
In the [[United States presidential election, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 8,374 votes here (54.1% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 6,815 votes (44.0% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 188 votes (1.2% vs. 0.9%), among the 15,473 ballots cast by the borough's 21,563 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.8% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-bergen.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-bergen.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 8,834 votes here (53.2% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] with 7,464 votes (45.0% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 147 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 16,595 ballots cast by the borough's 21,378 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.6% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-bergen.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref><ref name=Results2008>[http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/smaps/2008/electionresults2008/att/North_Jersey_election_results_40.html 2008 General Election Results for Fair Lawn], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]''. Accessed August 31, 2011.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 presidential election]], Democrat [[John Kerry]] received 8,745 votes here (54.3% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican [[George W. Bush]] with 7,177 votes (44.6% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 118 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 16,102 ballots cast by the borough's 20,372 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.0% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_bergen_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 5,503 ballots cast (51.1% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 4,590 votes (42.6% vs. 45.8%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 521 votes (4.8% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 71 votes (0.7% vs. 0.5%), among the 10,763 ballots cast by the borough's 20,714 registered voters, yielding a 52.0% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf 2009 Governor: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 5, 2013.</ref>
==Sports==
Fair Lawn has one of the original organized [[street hockey]]/DekHockey programs in the state. The Fair Lawn Flyers competed in the first national street hockey championships in 1976 in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]].<ref>Cook, Joan. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B10F73F5F167493C0A9178FD85F428785F9 "Flyers Take Aim at Street Hockey Title"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 2, 1976. Accessed September 9, 2008.</ref>
==Popular culture==
* In the 1976 film ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', when Travis Bickle ([[Robert De Niro]]) is talking to a Secret Service agent, he provides a false name (Henry Krinkle), and a false address (154 Hopper Avenue, Fair Lawn, New Jersey). There is a Hopper Avenue in Fair Lawn, but 154 Hopper Avenue does not exist, and the ZIP code he provides is also incorrect (61045, which is actually in Kings, Illinois).<ref>Ginsberg, leonard. [http://books.google.com/books?id=4LxFAYHILkIC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205 ''Rhapsody on a Film by Kurosawa''], p. 205. [[Trafford Publishing]], 2008. ISBN 9781425174378. Accessed November 5, 2013. "First, a psychopathic hero is not a novelty. 'My name is Hnery Krinkle. K-R-I-N-K-L-E. 154 Hopper Avenue.... You know, like a rabbit, hip, hop. Ha, ha. Fair Lawn, New Jersey.' Travis Bickle falsely identifies himself."</ref>
* In the 1996 Mel Gibson movie ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'', Fair Lawn is seen when Gibson is told to turn from Route 4 onto [[County Route 77 (Bergen County, New Jersey)|Saddle River Road]] (Fair Lawn) and into the rock quarry (which is actually located in [[Haledon, New Jersey]]).<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117438/locations], Internet Movie Database. Accessed December 17, 2011.</ref>
* In the 2004 movie ''[[Taxi (2004 film)|Taxi]]'', Fair Lawn can be seen on the map that Detective Washburn ([[Jimmy Fallon]]) is reading. The map is fake, since it shows a fictional uncompleted highway off the [[Garden State Parkway]] in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]].
* At the beginning of the [[Pine Barrens (The Sopranos)|"Pine Barrens"]] episode of the television series ''[[The Sopranos]],'' Mob boss Tony Soprano tells [[Paulie Walnuts]] and protege [[Christopher Moltisanti]] to visit a Russian mobster, Valery, in Fair Lawn. However, this scene was shot in Paterson.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} A scene in the episode "[[The Happy Wanderer (The Sopranos)|The Happy Wanderer]]" was filmed in front of the historic Radburn Building.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
* Fair Lawn was featured in the movie ''[[The Other Guys]]'' starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. The two main characters travel to Fair Lawn, New Jersey to get accounting files.<ref>Faerman, Zlata. "Q&A: ‘The Other Guys’ director Adam McKay", ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'', August 23, 2010. "If you had to point to Fair Lawn on a map of New Jersey, could you do it? McKay: I would look around Mount Clair{{sic}}? Is that close? I grew up in Philly so I have some limited Jersey knowledge."</ref>
==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Fair Lawn, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Fair Lawn include:
* [[Matt Ahearn]], former member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] who represented the [[38th Legislative District (New Jersey)|38th Legislative District]] from 2002 to 2004.<ref>Chen, David W. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/nyregion/25ferriero.html "A County Leader at the Core of a Pay-to-Play Fight"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 25, 2006. Accessed November 5, 2013. "'The empire-building is getting your feet in town, helping the minority win control, and then controlling the appointments and no-bid contracts,' said Matt Ahearn, a former Democratic assemblyman from Fair Lawn who had a falling-out with Mr. Ferriero."</ref>
* [[Ian Axel]] (born 1985), singer-songwriter and pianist.<ref>[[Tris McCall|McCall, Tris]]. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2011/05/ian_axels_new_year_is_an_impre.html "Ian Axel's 'New Year' is an impressive debut"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', May 20, 2011. Accessed July 21, 2011. "Axel, who grew up in Bergen County and graduated from Fair Lawn High School, isn’t a showy pianist. He doesn’t take lengthy solos or call attention to his considerable technique.... Ian Axel, who grew up in Fair Lawn, makes his Bowery Ballroom debut on Tuesday."</ref>
* [[Steve Bornstein]] (born 1952), current head of the [[NFL Network]].<ref>Ostrowski, Jeff. [http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/1998/12/19981221/No-Topic-Name/In-Any-Currency-ESPN-A-Cash-Machine.aspx "In any currency, ESPN a cash machine"], Sports Business Daily, December 21, 1998. Accessed January 2, 2014. "Bornstein, a native of Fair Lawn, N.J., graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 with a film degree. His early career included stints at a Milwaukee TV station and lugging equipment as a free-lance cameraman for the Milwaukee Brewers."</ref>
* [[Donald Fagen]] (born 1948), singer-songwriter who is the co-founder and lead singer of [[Steely Dan]].<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/102043318_Fagen_returns_to_his_Jersey_roots.html "Donald Fagen joins forces for a tribute to early R&B"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', September 2, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Geographically, he can trace his roots to Passaic, where he was born, to Fair Lawn, where he was raised, and to Kendall Park, then a muddy no-man's-land between New Brunswick and Princeton that he couldn't wait to get out of."</ref>
* [[Nicholas Felice]] (born 1927), served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and was mayor of Fair Lawn.<ref>{{Wayback |date=19980225004249 |url=www.njleg.state.nj.us/html98/felice.htm |title=Assemblyman Nicholas R. Felice}}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed June 2, 2010.</ref>
* [[Jim Finn]] (born 1976), football player with the [[New York Giants]].<ref>Zinser, Lynn. [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/06/sports/pro-football-for-giants-finn-there-s-no-place-like-home.html "PRO FOOTBALL; For Giants' Finn, There's No Place Like Home"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 6, 2003. Accessed January 2, 2014. "When he signed with the Giants in March, they wondered if he would beat out the incumbent fullback, Charles Stackhouse, and fretted about whether he could handle playing in the spotlight of New York, just miles from where he grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J."</ref>
* [[David L. Ganz]] (born 1951), attorney, author and politician who was mayor of Fair Lawn from 1999 to 2006 and has served on the Bergen County [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] since 2003.<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/announcements/105805893_Ganz_presents_his_latest_book_to_the_library.html "Ganz presents latest book to the library"], ''Community News (Fair Lawn)'', October 26, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn — Former mayor David L. Ganz has published his 25th book and presented a copy to the library.David L. Ganz presents Tim Murphy, director of the Fair Lawn Public Library, with a copy of his new book about coin investing.PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID L. GANZDavid L. Ganz presents Tim Murphy, director of the Fair Lawn Public Library, with a copy of his new book about coin investing.Ganz, who is currently a third-term member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, presented his latest book, ''Rare Coin Investing: An Affordable Way to Build Your Portfolio'' to the Fair Lawn Public Library."</ref>
* [[David Gewirtz]], CNN columnist, cyberterrorism adviser and presidential scholar.<ref>Gewirtz, David. [http://us1newspaper.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=09-10-2008+Interchange&more=1&action=comment "The Coming Cyberwar: A Matter of When, Not If"], ''U.S. 1 Newspaper'', September 10, 2008. Accessed February 7, 2011. "A native of Fair Lawn, Gewirtz earned his bachelor’s in computer science at Worcester Polytechnic in Massachusetts in 1982."</ref>
* [[Robert M. Gordon]] (born 1950), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] since 2008, he served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2004 to 2008 and was mayor of Fair Lawn from 1988 to 1991.<ref>Nobile, Tom. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/229910071_Governor_makes_campaign_stop_in_Fair_Lawn.html "Governor makes campaign stop in Fair Lawn"], ''Community News (Fair Lawn)'', October 30, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "He also threw endorsements behind local state senate and assembly candidates, including Republican State Senate candidate Fernando Alonso, who is running against Democratic Sen. Robert Gordon of Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Boris Gulko]] (born 1947), [[International Grandmaster]] and former winner of the [[U.S. Chess Championship]].<ref>Byrne, Robert. [http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/15/arts/chess-832790.html "Chess"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 15, 1994. Accessed June 30, 2012. "In winning the United States Championship in Key West, Fla., in late October, Boris Gulko performed in close accord with every grandmaster's daydreams. The 47-year-old former Soviet champion, who lives in Fair Lawn, N.J., won with captivating combinations, trenchant tactics, precise positional play and excellently executed endgames."</ref>
* [[Šaćir Hot]] (born 1991), soccer player for the [[New York Red Bulls]], the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States U-20 team]], and [[Boston College]]; attended [[Fair Lawn High School]].<ref>Vasquez, Andy. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/other_sports/114992739_Red_Bulls_sign_Fair_Lawn_s_Hot.html "Red Bulls sign Fair Lawn's Sacir Hot"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 1, 2011. Accessed March 29, 2011. "On Monday, the Red Bulls announced the signing of Hot, a 19-year-old defender who played soccer and football at Fair Lawn.... Hot recently returned from Europe and soon after was offered a contract. The decision to stay close to home — Hot still lives in Fair Lawn — was not a difficult one."</ref>
* [[Steve Malzberg]], radio host.<ref>Jennings, Rob. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/doc/440157177.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep%208,%202009&author=ROB%20JENNING&pub=Daily%20Record&edition=&startpage=&desc=Thousands%20attend%20Labor%20Day%20tea%20party "Thousands attend Labor Day tea party"], ''[[Daily Record (Morristown)]]'', September 8, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2013. "'How do you give back until you get,' said Malzberg, who lives in Fair Lawn and did not name the school declining to show the speech."</ref>
* [[Lee Meredith]] (born 1947 as Judi-Lee Sauls), actress who appeared in ''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]'', ''[[Hello Down There]]'' and ''[[The Sunshine Boys (film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-45507368.html "Once a Bombshell..."], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', July 1, 2001. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Meredith -- so convincing as the Swedish tease -- was born and raised Judi-Lee Sauls in Fair Lawn, and adopted her stage name right before ''The Producers''."</ref>
* [[Millie Perkins]] (born 1938), actress, who played the title role in her first film as the star of ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank]]''.<ref>[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,892451-1,00.html "New Picture"], ''[[Time (magazine)]]'', March 30, 1959. Accessed January 2, 2014. "His choice was an 18-year-old model from Fair Lawn, N.J. named Millie Perkins."</ref>
* [[Ron Perranoski]] (born 1936), Major League Baseball pitcher from 1961-1973.<ref>Finch, Frank. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/168603116.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun%207,%201964&author=&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Sluggers%20Benched,%20So%20Dodgers%20Jar%20Mets,%209-2 "Sluggers Benched, So Dodgers Jar Mets 9-2"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 7, 1964. Accessed January 2, 2014. "Several thousand fans from Fair Lawn, NJ, were on hand to honor their most celebrated citizen, Ron Perranoski."</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/baseballdecades.html Baseball All-Century Teams of the Decades], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', accessed February 27, 2007.</ref>
* [[Billy Price (singer)|Billy Price]] (born 1949), soul singer.<ref>Thompson, Toby. [http://www.billyprice.com/Price_of_Soul.php "Billy Price: East Coast Blue-Eyed Soul Man"], copy of article from ''The Penn Stater'' at billyprice.com, January / February 2000. Accessed April 23, 2008. "Forget Billy Price from Pittsburgh's rock cauldron. Meet William Pollak '71, '79, Liberal Arts, from Fair Lawn."</ref>
* [[Maurice Purtill]] (1916–1994), drummer in the Big Band era, most notably the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]].<ref>Deffaa, Chip. [http://books.google.com/books?id=f4kYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Maurice+Purtill%22+%22fair+lawn%22 ''Swing Legacy''], p. 118. Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 9780810822825. Accessed October 11, 2013. "But at his apartment in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Maurice ('Moe') Purtill recalls: 'You could have shot deer in the Glen Island Casino that first night. Nobody was there.'"</ref>
* [[Steve Rothman]] (born 1952), Congressman who had represented [[New Jersey's 9th congressional district]] from 1997 to 2013.<ref>[[Amy Argetsinger|Argetsinger, Amy]]; and [[Roxanne Roberts|Roberts, Roxanne]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082901481.html "'Leaner and Meaner' Rove Has Less Weight to Throw Around"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', August 30, 2006. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Matched: Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), 53, who got teased when gossip columns and his hometown paper discovered his online personal ad two years ago (brown-eyed Libra, enjoys swimming, wine and jazz), had the last laugh Aug. 18 when he married Jennifer Anne Beckenstein , 48 -- a food bank publicist whom he met through Jdate.com -- in Nyack, N.Y. The two will honeymoon later in the year, his office said; for now, they're busy combining their five teens into one household in Fair Lawn, N.J."</ref>
* [[Charlie Schlatter]] (born 1966), actor.<ref>Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/84204597_Actor_gets_kick_out_of_series.html "Fair Lawn's Charlie Schlatter on his new TV project"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', February 12, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2011.</ref>
* [[Dave Sime]] (born 1936), sprinter who won a silver medal in the 100m dash at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PgxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HukFAAAAIBAJ&dq=dave%20sime%20fair%20lawn&pg=4104%2C2259165 "Sime Has Great Day, Breaks World Record"], ''[[The Miami News]]'', May 6, 1956. Accessed August 31, 2011. "The 190-pound Fair Lawn, N.J., sophomore, a hot prospect for the U.S. Olympic team, won the 100-yard dash in 9.4, his sixth such performance this year."</ref>
* [[Regina Spektor]] (born 1980), singer.<ref>Bloom, Nate. "Noshes: Worth Checking Out", ''[[The Jewish Standard]]'', June 29, 2007. "Spektor, 27, is far better known... She went to middle school yeshiva in New York and, for her first two years in high school, she went to the Frisch School in Paramus. She graduated from Fair Lawn High School."</ref>
* [[Brendan Suhr]] (born 1951), Director of Program Development for the [[UCF Knights men's basketball]] team and former NBA scout and assistant coach.<ref>[http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/brendan_suhr_714216.html Brendan Suhr], [[UCF Knights men's basketball]]. Accessed November 5, 2013. "A native of Fair Lawn, N.J., Suhr began his coaching career on the college level as an assistant at Detroit, before moving to Fairfield."</ref>
* [[Steve Swallow]] (born 1940), jazz double bassist and bass guitarist.<ref>Hawes, Peter S. via [[Associated Press]]. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5uFNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5586,2819316&dq=steve-swallow+fair-lawn&hl=en "Steve Swallow divided time; Purist turns on electricity"], ''[[The Free Lance-Star]]'', September 17, 1983. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Swallow, 42, grew up in Fair Lawn, N.J. He first took piano lessons when he was six. He later studied the trumpet and started playing bass when he was about 13 in after-school jam sessions."</ref>
* [[Donna Vivino]] (born 1978), stage and screen actress, who has performed the starring role of [[Elphaba]] in the Broadway National Tour production of ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]''.<ref>Belkin, Lisa. [http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PPwxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=donna-vivino%20fair-lawn&pg=5932%2C1011953 "Savvy 7-year-old acts like a real pro"], ''[[Lawrence Journal-World]]'', January 5, 1986. Accessed February 8, 2011. "FAIR LAWN, N.J. - The actress 49 inches tall, 7 years old and missing three teeth - stood in the center of her den and patiently explained the difference between television commercials and real life."</ref>
* [[Benjamin Yudin]] (born 1944), Rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn.<ref>Preis, Nechama. [http://www.ou.org/publications/ja/5758/spring98/closeup3.htm "Close-up: Rabbi Benjamin Yudin; An 'outreach pro' -- who shuns the very term -- finds multiple ways to extend a warm hand of welcome."], ''[[Jewish Action]]'', Spring 5758/1998 Vol. 58 No. 3. Accessed November 5, 2013. "In 1969, when Rabbi Yudin - then newly ordained by Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary -- moved with his wife, Shevi, to Fair Lawn for his first rabbinical position, his congregation had a mere 30 members."</ref>
==Historic sites==
A significant historic site in Fair Lawn is the [[Passaic River]] Fishing Weir, a prominent archaeological feature just north of the Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge. It was constructed by [[Lenape]] tribal members and is the best-preserved of several such weirs on the [[Passaic River]].<ref>Coyne, Kevin. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/nyregion/new-jersey/05colnj.html "Pursuing a Secret of the Passaic"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 3, 2008. Accessed June 30, 2014.</ref>
Fair Lawn is home to the following locations on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref>[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nj/Bergen/state.html New Jersey: Bergen County], [[National Register of Historic Places]]. Accessed November 15, 2011.</ref>
* [[G. V. H. Berdan House]] - 1219 River Road (added 1983)
* [[Richard J. Berdan House]] - 24-07 Fair Lawn Avenue (added 1983)
* [[Cadmus-Folly House]] - 19-21 Fair Lawn Avenue (added 1983)
* [[Peter Garretson House]] - 4-02 River Road (added 1974): With a homestead that dates back to 1719, the sandstone house is one of the oldest surviving structures in Bergen County. The Garretson Forge and Farm Restoration operates the site, owned by the county, as a farm museum.<ref>[http://www.garretsonfarm.org/history.html History], Garretson Forge and Farm. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
* [[Naugle House]] - 42-49 Dunkerhook Road (added 1983): Constructed in 1776, the home was visited by the [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette|Marquis de Lafayette]]. The site was purchased by the borough in 2010 for $1.7 million, and a plan has been formulated to repair the home and preserve the grounds as open space.<ref>Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/217874101_The_Record__Preserving_history.html "The Record: Preserving history"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', August 1, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn bought the 1776 Naugle House three years ago, snatching it from the jaws of a developer with plans to build town homes on the property. Not only was the house saved, but so were the grounds, keeping precious open space open."</ref><ref>Sudol, Karen. [http://www.northjersey.com/fairlawn/217336321_Historic_homes__fate_clearer.html?page=all "Fate of Fair Lawn historic homes becomes clearer"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', July 29, 2013. Accessed November 5, 2013. "Fair Lawn bought the house in 2010 for $1.7 million using municipal and county open space funds. The cost to develop the restoration plan — not the actual work on the house — was $38,500, funded through a county grant matched by the borough.... The house, which dates to 1776 and is listed on the national and state historic place registers, is said to have been the home of a paymaster for the Continental Army and to have once hosted the Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman who fought with the Continental Army."</ref>
* [[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]] - Irregular pattern between Radburn Road and Erie RR. tracks (added 1975)<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/nj/Radburn.pdf Radburn - National Historic Landmark Nomination form], [[National Park Service]]. Accessed November 5, 2013.</ref>
* [[Radburn (NJT station)|Radburn Station]] - Pollitt Drive (added 1984)
* [[Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr., House]] - 41-25 Dunkerhook Road (added 1983): Constructed in Dutch stone by Jacob Vanderbeck in the 1750s, the house has had a number of prominent owners, including Fair Lawn mayor and Assemblyman [[Richard Vander Plaat]]. Owned by a developer who has sought to use the site to construct a large-scale assisted-living facility,<ref>Diduch, Mary. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/fate-of-old-fair-lawn-house-rests-with-proposal-for-senior-complex-1.1023786 "Fate of old Fair Lawn house rests with proposal for senior complex"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', May 27, 2014. Accessed September 16, 2014. "The zoning board is poised Thursday to hear an application to build an assisted-living facility on a three-acre parcel where an 18th-century historic structure sits.The preservation of the Jacob Vanderbeck Jr. house on Dunkerhook Road has been an issue in the borough for years, and now the historic commission there is looking to negotiate with the developer to possibly have the home moved so it can be preserved."</ref> the houses has been listed on preservation New Jersey's 2013 list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in New Jersey.<ref>[http://www.preservationnj.org/site/ExpEng/index.php?/ten_most_13/index_detail/Jacob_Vanderbeck_Jr._House 10 Most Endangered Historic Places in New Jersey 2013: Jacob Vanderbeck Jr. House], Preservation New Jersey. Accessed October 11, 2013.</ref>
Fair Lawn also has a close association with two historic areas along the [[Saddle River]] in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]. One is the Easton Tower, a Bergen County historic site that consists of a stone tower and a small dam which mark the site of the colonial-era Jacob Zabriskie mill and the 19th-20th centuries-era Arcola community park. Another is the Dunkerhook community, focused around the New Jersey designated historic road, Dunkerhook Road. The western section of the community includes the Naugle House and the Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr. House, and the eastern section included a slave and free-African American community that consisted of a school, a cemetery, a church, and houses including the now-demolished [[Zabriskie Tenant House]].
==References==
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==Further reading==
* W. Woodford Clayton with William Nelson, [http://archive.org/details/historyofbergen00clay ''History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men.''] Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.
* Cornelius Burnham Harvey (ed.), [http://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00harv ''Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey.''] New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900.
* James M. Van Valen, [http://archive.org/details/historybergenco00valegoog ''History of Bergen County, New Jersey.''] New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900.
* Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942, [http://books.google.com/books?id=As8wAQAAMAAJ ''History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923''], Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923.
==External links==
* [http://www.fairlawn.org/ Fair Lawn official website]
* [http://www.fairlawn.com/ Fair Lawn online guide]
* [http://www.fairlawnschools.org/ Fair Lawn Public Schools]
* {{NJReportCard|03|1450|0|Fair Lawn Public Schools}}
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404980 Data for the Fair Lawn Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]
* [http://www.radburn.org/ Radburn, New Jersey - A Town for the Motor Age]
* [http://www.lutins.org/weir/index.html The Fair Lawn/Paterson Fish Weir]
* [http://www.cardozospeaks.org/ Knights of Pythias - Benjamin N. Cardozo Lodge #163]
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