Bergenfield, New Jersey
Encyclopedia
Bergenfield is a borough
in Bergen County
, New Jersey
, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,764.
Bergenfield was formed on the basis of a referendum held on June 25, 1894, from portions of Englewood Township
and Palisades Township
at the height of the "boroughitis
" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County.
New Jersey Monthly
magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 211st best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. The magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 231st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live".
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the borough has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), all of it land.
Bergenfield has been called the "Little Manila
" of Bergen County. Of the 14,224 Filipino
population in the county as a whole enumerated in the 2000 Census, 3,133 (22% of the county total) lived in Bergenfield.
As of the census
of 2000, there were 26,247 people, 8,981 households, and 6,753 families residing in the borough. The population density
was 9,065.4 people per square mile (3,494.5/km2). There were 9,147 housing units at an average density of 3,159.3 per square mile (1,217.8/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 62.90% White, 6.90% African American, 0.24% Native American, 20.41% Asian (5,357 Asian), 0.02% Pacific Islander, 6.47% from other races
, and 3.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.05% of the population.
There were 8,981 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples
living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the borough the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $62,172, and the median income for a family was $71,187. Males had a median income of $42,074 versus $35,137 for females. The per capita income
for the borough was $24,706. About 2.6% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
, the Mayor of Bergenfield is Timothy J. Driscoll (D
, term ends December 31, 2011). Members of the Borough Council are Council President Chris Tully (D, 2012), Barry DollCarlos Aguasvivas (D, 2012), Robert Gilman (D, 2012), Ora C. Kornbluth (D, 2013), Thomas A. Lodato (D, 2012) and Charles K. Steinel (D, 2013).
based on the results of the 2010 Census. The new district will be in effect for the June 2011 primary and the November 2011 general election, with the state senator and assembly members elected taking office in the new district as of January 2012.
, 2,171 (16.7%) were registered as Republicans
and 5,962 (45.9%) were registered as Undeclared
. There were 9 voters registered to other parties.
In the 2008 presidential election
, Democrat Barack Obama
received 57.6% of the vote here, defeating Republican John McCain
, who received 41.3% of the vote, with 82.0% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 election
, Democrat John Kerry
received 55% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush
, who received around 45%.
The force is responsible for all aspects of policing in the borough, including responding to fire and medical emergency calls. Each patrol car is equipped with a first aid
kit, oxygen
tank, and an Automated external defibrillator
.
The corps provides basic life support
, and is staffed by certified Emergency Medical Technician
s. BVAC has three ambulances and one fire-rehabilitation unit. Dispatching is provided by the Bergenfield Police Department's 9-1-1 center.
The primary jurisdiction of the BVAC is the Borough of Bergenfield, but the corps also responds to requests for mutual-aid from the neighboring First Aid Squads of Dumont
, New Milford
, and Teaneck
.
The BVAC is a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council.
which serve a total of nearly 3,800 students. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
) are five elementary schools serving Kindergarten - 5th grade —
Franklin School with 375 students,
Hoover School with 194 students,
Jefferson School with 223 students,
Lincoln School with 417 students, and
Washington School with 264 students —
Roy W. Brown Middle School with 819 students in grades 6 - 8, and
Bergenfield High School
with 1,251 students.
bus service is available from Bergenfield to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
in Midtown Manhattan
on the 166, 167 routes and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on the 186 route; and to other New Jersey communities served on the 753, 756 and 772 routes.
Main roads include Washington Avenue, Main Street and New Bridge Road.
show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
came to Bergenfield to build a home for the Llanes family on New Bridge Road. The episode aired as the pre-season two-hour special originally broadcast on September 17, 2006.
On July 22, 2007, the Team Bergenfield Roller Hockey Club
, won the NARCh
National Roller Hockey Championship defeating the Nor-Cal Patriots 6-5 in Estero, Florida. Team Bergenfield went 6-0-1 in the tournament en route to winning the Men's Silver Championship. The team formed in Bergenfield in 1994 and is currently one of the longest running roller hockey clubs in the United States.
In 1954, several scenes for the Harlem Globetrotter movie, Go, Man, Go!
were filmed at Franklin School, and along nearby Prospect Ave. The actors Dane Clark
(Abe Saperstein
) and Patricia Breslin
(Sylvia Saperstein) were involved. Many of the school's 5th grade boys were used as extras.
Borough (New Jersey)
A borough in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government....
in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 26,764.
Bergenfield was formed on the basis of a referendum held on June 25, 1894, from portions of Englewood Township
Englewood Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)
Englewood Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was established on March 22, 1871, when Hackensack Township was subdivided into three new townships...
and Palisades Township
Palisades Township, Bergen County, New Jersey (Historical)
Palisades Township was a township that existed in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The township was in existence from 1871 to 1922.On March 22, 1871, Hackensack Township was divided into three parts that were incorporated as townships by the New Jersey Legislature, each stretching from the...
at the height of the "boroughitis
Boroughitis
Boroughitis was a political phenomenon that spread throughout the U.S. state of New Jersey in the late 19th century, which led groups of residents to unite to form boroughs from within and among the many townships that were the prevalent form of local government at the time. This phenomenon was...
" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County.
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 211st best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. The magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 231st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live".
Geography
Bergenfield is located at 40.923748°N 73.998795°W (40.923748, -73.998795).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the borough has a total area of 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the 2010 Census, Bergenfield had a population of 26,764. The median age was 39.0. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 52.4% White, 7.7% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 25.6% Asian, 10.1% some other race and 3.8% reporting two or more races. 26.5% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.Bergenfield has been called the "Little Manila
Little Manila
Little Manila is term that refers to a community with a large Filipino immigrant and descendant population.- California :...
" of Bergen County. Of the 14,224 Filipino
Filipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
population in the county as a whole enumerated in the 2000 Census, 3,133 (22% of the county total) lived in Bergenfield.
As of the census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 26,247 people, 8,981 households, and 6,753 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 9,065.4 people per square mile (3,494.5/km2). There were 9,147 housing units at an average density of 3,159.3 per square mile (1,217.8/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 62.90% White, 6.90% African American, 0.24% Native American, 20.41% Asian (5,357 Asian), 0.02% Pacific Islander, 6.47% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 3.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.05% of the population.
There were 8,981 households out of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the borough the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $62,172, and the median income for a family was $71,187. Males had a median income of $42,074 versus $35,137 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the borough was $24,706. About 2.6% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
Local government
Bergenfield is governed under the BoroughBorough (New Jersey)
A borough in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government....
form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.
, the Mayor of Bergenfield is Timothy J. Driscoll (D
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, term ends December 31, 2011). Members of the Borough Council are Council President Chris Tully (D, 2012), Barry DollCarlos Aguasvivas (D, 2012), Robert Gilman (D, 2012), Ora C. Kornbluth (D, 2013), Thomas A. Lodato (D, 2012) and Charles K. Steinel (D, 2013).
Federal, state and county representation
Bergenfield is in the 5th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district. The borough was relocated to the 38th state legislative district by the New Jersey Apportionment CommissionNew Jersey Apportionment Commission
The New Jersey Apportionment Commission is a constitutionally-created ten-member commission responsible for apportioning the forty districts of the New Jersey Legislature. The commission is convened after each decennial U.S. Census, and the districts are to be in use for the legislative elections...
based on the results of the 2010 Census. The new district will be in effect for the June 2011 primary and the November 2011 general election, with the state senator and assembly members elected taking office in the new district as of January 2012.
Politics
As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 12,988 registered voters. Of registered voters, 4,846 (37.3% of all registered voters) were registered as DemocratsDemocratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, 2,171 (16.7%) were registered as Republicans
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
and 5,962 (45.9%) were registered as Undeclared
Undeclared (New Jersey)
Unaffiliated is a status for registered voters in New Jersey. Those voters who do not specify a political party affiliation when they register to vote are listed as unaffiliated....
. There were 9 voters registered to other parties.
In the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
, Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
received 57.6% of the vote here, defeating Republican John McCain
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
, who received 41.3% of the vote, with 82.0% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 election
United States presidential election, 2004
The United States presidential election of 2004 was the United States' 55th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior U.S. Senator...
, Democrat John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
received 55% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
, who received around 45%.
Police
The Bergenfield Police Department provides police services to the Borough of Bergenfield. As of 2010, there are a total of 46 sworn officers in the department, 8 civilian telecommunicators, and 3 civilian Records Bureau employees.The force is responsible for all aspects of policing in the borough, including responding to fire and medical emergency calls. Each patrol car is equipped with a first aid
First aid
First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
kit, oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...
tank, and an Automated external defibrillator
Automated external defibrillator
An automated external defibrillator or AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in a patient, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of...
.
Fire
Started in 1905, the Bergenfield Fire Department (BFD) has three independent fire companies and a career staff.Ambulance
The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (BVAC) was formed in 1941 as the "Bergenfield Volunteer Firemen's Ambulance Corps." Renamed the "Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc." and established as an organization independent of the Bergenfield Fire Department in 1981, BVAC is located at 1 Froelich Street in Bergenfield. The BVAC is a volunteer independent public emergency medical service. As such, they do not bill for services. BVAC is funded by donations from the public as well as limited funding from the borough.The corps provides basic life support
Basic life support
Basic life support is the level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and by...
, and is staffed by certified Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency medical technician
Emergency Medical Technician or Ambulance Technician are terms used in some countries to denote a healthcare provider of emergency medical services...
s. BVAC has three ambulances and one fire-rehabilitation unit. Dispatching is provided by the Bergenfield Police Department's 9-1-1 center.
The primary jurisdiction of the BVAC is the Borough of Bergenfield, but the corps also responds to requests for mutual-aid from the neighboring First Aid Squads of Dumont
Dumont, New Jersey
Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 17,479 at the 2010 Census.Dumont was formed on July 20, 1894, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping...
, New Milford
New Milford, New Jersey
New Milford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 16,341.New Milford was incorporated as a borough on March 11, 1922, from what remained of Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 18,...
, and Teaneck
Teaneck, New Jersey
Teaneck is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and a suburb in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 39,776, making it the second-most populous among the 70 municipalities in Bergen County....
.
The BVAC is a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council.
Education
Students in grades Kindergarten through 12 are educated by the Bergenfield Public SchoolsBergenfield Public Schools
The Bergenfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district in Bergenfield in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade....
which serve a total of nearly 3,800 students. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are five elementary schools serving Kindergarten - 5th grade —
Franklin School with 375 students,
Hoover School with 194 students,
Jefferson School with 223 students,
Lincoln School with 417 students, and
Washington School with 264 students —
Roy W. Brown Middle School with 819 students in grades 6 - 8, and
Bergenfield High School
Bergenfield High School
Bergenfield High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school serving students from Bergenfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Bergenfield Public Schools...
with 1,251 students.
Transportation
New Jersey TransitNew Jersey Transit
The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...
bus service is available from Bergenfield to the Port Authority Bus Terminal
Port Authority Bus Terminal
The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City...
in Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, is an area of Manhattan, New York City home to world-famous commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square...
on the 166, 167 routes and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on the 186 route; and to other New Jersey communities served on the 753, 756 and 772 routes.
Main roads include Washington Avenue, Main Street and New Bridge Road.
Community
On May 4, 2006, the ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...
came to Bergenfield to build a home for the Llanes family on New Bridge Road. The episode aired as the pre-season two-hour special originally broadcast on September 17, 2006.
On July 22, 2007, the Team Bergenfield Roller Hockey Club
Team Bergenfield Roller Hockey Club
Team Bergenfield Roller Hockey Club is the official name of Team Bergenfield, the 2007 NARCh National Champion men's roller hockey team based in Bergenfield, New Jersey. Team Bergenfield went 6-0-1 in the Finals en route to winning the Men's Silver Championship. The team was formed in 1994 and is...
, won the NARCh
NARCh
NARCh is the premier tournament series for competitive travel roller hockey. It was started in 1994 by Paul Chapey and Jeff Mason. In 2002, Chapey and Mason sold their interest in NARCh to Daryn Goodwin, a NARCh employee...
National Roller Hockey Championship defeating the Nor-Cal Patriots 6-5 in Estero, Florida. Team Bergenfield went 6-0-1 in the tournament en route to winning the Men's Silver Championship. The team formed in Bergenfield in 1994 and is currently one of the longest running roller hockey clubs in the United States.
In 1954, several scenes for the Harlem Globetrotter movie, Go, Man, Go!
Go, Man, Go!
Go, Man, Go! is a 1954 sports film starring Dane Clark, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Patricia Breslin and The Harlem Globetrotters. Clark plays Abe Saperstein, the organizer of the Globetrotters. Poitier's character is Inman Jackson, the team's showboating center...
were filmed at Franklin School, and along nearby Prospect Ave. The actors Dane Clark
Dane Clark
Dane Clark was an American film actor who was known for playing, as he labeled himself, "Joe Average".-Early life:...
(Abe Saperstein
Abe Saperstein
Abraham M. Saperstein was an owner and coach of the Savoy Big Five, which later became the Harlem Globetrotters...
) and Patricia Breslin
Patricia Breslin
Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress known for her guest roles in various television series in the 1950s and 1960s.-Early years:...
(Sylvia Saperstein) were involved. Many of the school's 5th grade boys were used as extras.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Bergenfield include:- Chris BrantleyChris BrantleyChristopher Charles Brantley is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League....
(born 1970), former NFL wide receiver. - Al Di MeolaAl Di MeolaAl Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
(born 1954), a highly technical, jazz fusionJazz fusionJazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
guitarist, attended Bergenfield High School. - Frank EufemiaFrank EufemiaFrank Anthony Eufemia was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played in 39 games for the Minnesota Twins in the season...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
, pitcher. - Thom FitzgeraldThom FitzgeraldThomas "Thom" Fitzgerald is an award winning American-Canadian film director as well live theater director.-Life:Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years old. He moved with his mother and brother, Timothy Jr., to Bergenfield, New Jersey,...
(born 1968), filmmaker, The Hanging GardenThe Hanging GardenThe Hanging Garden is a 1997 British/Canadian movie written and directed by Thom Fitzgerald that is about the duality of life and death and the way seemingly very different choices in life can lead to similar outcomes....
, 3 Needles3 Needles3 Needles is a 2005 Canadian drama film directed by Thom Fitzgerald. The title, refers to the three main characters who make a deal with the Devil in order to survive a global epidemic...
. - George GatelyGeorge GatelyGeorge Gately Gallagher , better known as George Gately, was born in Queens Village, Queens. He is best known as the creator of the popular comic character Heathcliff.-Biography:...
(1928–2001), creator of the HeathcliffHeathcliff (comic strip)Heathcliff is a comic strip created by George Gately in 1973 featuring the title character, a wisecracking cat. Now written and drawn by Gately's nephew, Peter Gallagher, it is distributed to over 1,000 newspapers by Creators Syndicate, who took over the comic from McNaught Syndicate in 1988.The...
comic strip. - Bob GaudioBob GaudioRobert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons.-Early career:...
(born 1942), from the Four SeasonsThe Four Seasons (group)The Four Seasons are an American rock and pop band who became internationally successful in the mid-1960s. The Vocal Group Hall of Fame has stated that the group was the most popular rock band before The Beatles...
. - Bob GuccioneBob GuccioneBob Guccione was the founder and publisher of the adult magazine Penthouse. He resigned from his publisher position in November 2003.-Early life:...
(born 1930), founder and former owner of PenthousePenthouse (magazine)Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
. - The KnickerbockersThe KnickerbockersThe Knickerbockers were an American pop/rock music group, best remembered for their 1965 Beatles sound alike hit single, "Lies."-Formation:The band was formed in 1962 in Bergenfield, New Jersey by brothers Beau Charles and John Charles with fluctuating personnel until 1964, when they met...
, 1960s band took their name from Knickerbocker Avenue in Bergenfield. - David LatDavid LatDavid B. Lat is an American blogger and a former federal prosecutor. He is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law, a blog about law firms and the legal profession....
(born 1975), blogger. - Jimmy LydonJimmy LydonJimmy Lydon is an American movie actor and television producer, whose career in the entertainment industry began as a teenage actor in the 1930s....
(born 1923), who played Henry AldrichThe Aldrich FamilyThe Aldrich Family, a popular radio teenage situation comedy , was also presented in films, television and comic books. In the radio series' well-remembered weekly opening exchange, awkward teen Henry's mother called, "Hen-reeeeeeeeeeeee! Hen-ree Al-drich!", and he responded with a breaking...
in the movies, honored in the Bergenfield Hall of Fame. - Mucky PupMucky PupMucky Pup began as an American hardcore and crossover thrash band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1985, when brothers John and Chris Milnes joined up with Dan Nastasi and former Hades member, Scott LePage . The band went through various incarnations and several musical style changes while...
(1985–1996; 2009–2011), hardcoreHardcore punkHardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
and heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band. - Tom Reilly, actor who played Bobby Nelson on CHiPsCHiPsCHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
. - Vincent ScuroVincent ScuroVincent Scuro is an American author, columnist, screenwriter, musician, composer, and artist.Scuro was born to an Italian-American family in Jersey City, New Jersey. He grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey and graduated from Bergenfield High School, where he played trumpet in the band and orchestra;...
(born 1951), award-winning author. - Rabbi Zvi SobolofskyZvi SobolofskyRabbi Zvi Sobolofsky is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University in New York City.Rabbi Sobolofsky studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshiva University; graduating in 1987, he was named valedictorian of the Mazer Yeshiva Program...
, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University. - Floyd James ThompsonFloyd James ThompsonFloyd James "Jim" Thompson was the longest held prisoner of war in United States history, spending nearly nine years in captivity in Vietnam.-Early life:...
(1933–2002), America's longest held Prisoner of WarPrisoner of warA prisoner of war or enemy prisoner of war is a person, whether civilian or combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict...
. - Ron VilloneRon VilloneRonald Thomas Villone Jr. is a Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher who is currently with the Somerset Patriots. He has not been on the same team for more than two years in his major league career and due to his many baseball travels, some of his teammates have affectionately referred...
(born 1970), Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
relief pitcherRelief pitcherA relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness, fatigue, ejection, or for other strategic reasons, such as being substituted by a pinch hitter...
who played for the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
in the 2006 season. - Jacklyn ZemanJacklyn ZemanJacklyn Zeman is an American actress. She is known for her role as Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital. She is sometimes credited as Jackie Zeman.-Personal life:...
(born 1953), actress who has played Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
since 1977.
Corporate residents
- Prestige RecordsPrestige RecordsPrestige Records was a jazz record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The company was located at 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under the names of several...
, a major producer of jazz recordings that was established in 1949, had its offices located here from the mid-1960s until its sale in 1972.
Popular culture
- Singer Tom RussellTom RussellThomas George "Tom" Russell is an American singer-songwriter. Although most strongly identified with the Texas Country music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, Tex-Mex, and the cowboy music of the American West. Many of his songs have been recorded by other artists, including...
wrote a song called Bergenfield, discussing the suicide via carbon monoxide of four teenagers in the borough in 1987. There is also a book written about the teenage suicides called, Teenage Wasteland.
Sources
- "History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by "Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942."
- "Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.
External links
- Bergenfield Borough official website
- Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. website
- Bergenfield Fire Department website
- Bergenfield Public Schools website
- Data for the Bergenfield Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- Bergenfield Fire Department
- Midbergen Communities Website (unofficial)
- Bergenfield Alumni Web site
- Bergenfield community site