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North Bergen, New Jersey
Map highlighting North Bergen within Hudson County. Inset: Location of Hudson County in New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of North Bergen, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°47′41″N 74°1′11″W / 40.79472°N 74.01972°W / 40.79472; -74.01972
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hudson
Incorporated	April 10, 1843
Government ^[1]
- Type	Walsh Act (New Jersey)
- Mayor	Nicholas Sacco
Area
- Total	5.6 sq mi (14.5 km²)
- Land	5.2 sq mi (13.5 km²)
- Water	0.4 sq mi (1.1 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	210 ft (64 m)
Population (2007)^[3]
- Total	56,146
- Density	11,179.6/sq mi (4,316.5/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	07047
Area code(s)	201
FIPS code	34-52470^[4]^[5]
GNIS feature ID	0882223^[6]
Website	http://www.northbergen.org

North Bergen is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 58,092.

North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature, from Bergen Township. Portions of the township have been taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City of Hoboken), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), Hudson City (April 11, 1855, later annexed by Jersey City), Guttenberg (formed within the township on March 9, 1859, and set off as an independent municipality on April 1, 1878), Weehawken (March 15, 1859), Union Township and West Hoboken Township (both created on February 28, 1861), Union Hill town (March 29, 1864) and Secaucus (March 12, 1900).^[7]

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Commerce
4 Government
- 4.1 Local government
- 4.2 Federal, state and county representation
5 Education
- 5.1 Public Schools
- 5.2 Private Schools
6 Transportation
7 Emergency services
- 7.1 Fire
8 Noteworthy residents
9 In media
10 See also
11 Sources
12 References
13 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.6 km²), of which, 5.2 square miles (13.5 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (7.47%) is water. North Bergen meets with Union City and Jersey City at a single point.

Shaped like an inverted "L", North Bergen has a large section stretching from north to south, and a smaller section stretching from east to west. North Bergen also has a diverse amount of geological features. For example, a rock formation in western North Bergen (located at 40°48′27″N 74°01′05″W / 40.8075°N 74.01806°W / 40.8075; -74.01806) is composed of unusual serpentine rock and made up of small rock cliffs. Because of this, it is one of the few undeveloped parts of North Bergen. The cuesta, or slope, on the west side of area makes North Bergen the city with the second most hills per square mile in the United States after San Francisco.^[8], some of which are extremely steep.

The unusual shape and diverse topography of North Bergen have create a diverse historical and contemporary neighborhoods.

Bergenline runs to Nungessers at the Fairview border near North Hudson Park
Racetrack-between Bergenline and Kennedy Boulevard on the plateau overlooking its namesake in the Meadowlands
Bergenwood, on the steep slopes of the west side of the Palisades
New Durham^[9] site of colonial American Three Pigeons near the Bergen Turnpike and Tonnelle Avenue
Meadowview, behind the the Municipal Building between the many cemeteries:
- Flower Hill Cemetery, Hoboken Cemetery, and Weehawken Cemetery
Roc Harbor^[10]on the Hudson Waterfront, near the Palisades Medical Center and site the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway
Babitt, near the Meadowslands, a part of which is a wetlands preserve known as the Eastern Brackish Marsh.

Woodcliff on the Hudson Palisades around North Hudson Park
Transfer Station near the single point border Union City and Jersey City near Paterson Plank Road, Kennedy Boulevard, and Secaucus Road.
Schuetzen Park/Columbia Park Kennedy Boulevard where Hackensack Plank Road becomes the Bergen Turnpike

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1930	40,714		—
1940	39,714		−2.5%
1950	41,560		4.6%
1960	42,387		2.0%
1970	47,751		12.7%
1980	47,019		−1.5%
1990	48,414		3.0%
2000	58,092		20.0%
Est. 2007	56,146	^[3]	−3.3%
Population 1930 - 1990.^[11]

As of the census^[4] of 2000, there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. The population density was 11,179.6 people per square mile (4,313.4/km²). There were 22,009 housing units at an average density of 1, 634.2/km² (4,235.5/sq mi). The racial makeup of the township was 67.36% White, 2.72% African American, 0.40% Native American, 6.47% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 15.53% from other races, and 7.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 57.25% of the population.

There were 21,236 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the township the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $40,844, and the median income for a family was $46,172. Males had a median income of $35,626 versus $29,067 for females. The per capita income for the township was $20,058. About 9.6% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.0% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

The township is a suburb of New York City, where about 21% of the township's employed residents work.

Commerce

North Bergen is in a state-established "Urban Enterprise Zone," which was implemented through a program designed to assist businesses in communities across New Jersey. Businesses within the zone are eligible for a variety of incentives, including a sales tax reduction to customers of 3½% (from the mandated 7% statewide sales tax), with no tax on clothing or on purchases made by merchants related to running their businesses. Revenue generated from the reduced sales tax is maintained in a special fund dedicated for use within the zone for specific economic development and physical improvement projects.^[12] The zone was established in February 1995 through the efforts of Senator Sacco, one of the sponsors of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone legislation.^[13]

Government

Local government

North Bergen is governed under the Walsh Act form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of five commissioners elected at large to the Township Committee in non-partisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. After each election, the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor and each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions.^[1] North Bergen has been governed under the Walsh Act by a five-member commission since 1931.^[14]

Members of the North Bergen Township Committee are^[15]:

Nicholas Sacco - Mayor and Commissioner of Public Affairs (Sacco also represents North Bergen, and the entire 32nd District, in the New Jersey Senate)
Hugo D. Cabrera - Commissioner of Revenue and Finance
Theresa V. Ferraro - Commissioner of Public Safety
Frank J. Gargiulo - Commissioner of Public Works
Allen Pascual - Commissioner of Parks and Public Property

Federal, state and county representation

North Bergen is split between the Ninth and Thirteenth Congressional Districts and is part of New Jersey's 32nd Legislative District.^[16]

Education

Public Schools

The North Bergen School District serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[17]) are six elementary schools — Robert Fulton School (K-8; 1,157), Franklin School (1-8; 660 students), John F. Kennedy School (K-8; 547), Lincoln School (PreK-8; 1,195), Horace Mann School (K-8; 1,048) and McKinley School (K-8; 461) — and North Bergen High School for grades 9-12 (2,399). Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.^[18]

Private Schools

A Step Ahead Preschool

Transportation

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) service is available at the Tonnelle Avenue station. HBLR is a light rail system, owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by the 21st Century Rail Corporation, that connects the Hudson County communities of Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen. Service is available to Hoboken Terminal and two stations at West Side Avenue in Jersey City and 22nd Street in Bayonne.

Route 495, Route 3 and U.S. Route 1/9 are major highways within the township's borders, and the New Jersey Turnpike is easily accessible.

New Jersey Transit bus service is available to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 121, 125, 127, 128, 154, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 168, 320 routes. The George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal is served by the 181 and 188. Jersey City is accessible via the 22, 23, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 and 89 routes. Local routes are served by the 751.^[19]

The closest airport in New Jersey with scheduled passenger service is Newark Liberty International Airport, located 13.7 miles away straddling the border between Newark and Elizabeth. New York City's LaGuardia Airport is 16.0 miles away in Flushing, Queens, via the George Washington Bridge.

Emergency services

Fire

Main article: North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue

Noteworthy residents

James J. Braddock (1905-1974), heavyweight boxing champion from 1935 to 1937.^[20]
James L. Brooks (born 1940), Television and movie director.^[21]^[22]
Edd Cartier (1914-2008), pulp magazine illustrator.^[23]
Henry Escalante, pop musician, and one of the 15 finalists from the 2007 season of the MTV reality show Making Menudo.^[24]
Lionel Loueke Notable African Jazz Guitarist and sideman to Herbie Hancock.^[25]
Steve Mocco (born 1981), Olympic wrestler.^[26]
Ed Murawinski (born 1951), award-winning cartoonist for the New York Daily News.^[27]
Bill Raisch (1905-1984), actor, "one-armed man" on the TV show The Fugitive.^[28]
John Scarne (1903-1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks.^[29]
Hal Turner, white supremacist shortwave/Internet radio host.^[30]
Ice T (born 1958), rap music pioneer and actor.^[31]

In media

Oak Hil, a low-budget film starring Sally Kirkland, and directed by former Guttenberg mayor Peter Lavilla, about three former entertainers whose depression and addiction has led to their living in a homeless shelter, was filmed in both Union City's PERC homeless shelter, and a synagogue in North Bergen. In 2008, it was entered into the Sundance, Tribeca, and Hoboken Film Festivals.^[32]

Sources

^ ^a ^b 2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 142.
^ USGS GNIS: Township of North Bergen, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 4, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Census data for North Bergen township, United States Census Bureau. Accessed October 25, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 145.
^ Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions, Hudson Reporter, August 27, 2006
^ www.newdurham.org/
^ NY Times 1985
^ New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 - 1990, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.
^ Geographic & Urban Redevelopment Tax Credit Programs: Urban Enterprise Zone Employee Tax Credit, State of New Jersey. Accessed July 28, 2008.
^ District 32 Profile, accessed May 13, 2007. "Senator Nicholas J. Sacco, a Senator since 1994, is chair of the Transportation Committee; he also has been the mayor of North Bergen since 1985.... He was a sponsor of the state's Urban Enterprise Zone legislation..."
^ The Commission Form of Municipal Government, p. 53. Accessed August 11, 2007.
^ Elected Officials, North Bergen Township. Accessed May 22, 2008.
^ 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 61, accessed August 30, 2006.
^ Data for the North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 22, 2008.
^ Staff. "Schools and taxes: Vote on school board, budgets this Tuesday", Hudson Reporter, April 13, 2008. Accessed May 22, 2008. "In tiny Guttenberg, the race is actually more interesting, even though the town only has one school (Anna L. Klein School) and sends its high schoolers to North Bergen High."
^ Hudson County Bus/rail Connections, New Jersey Transit. Accessed July 3, 2007.
^ "New Champion", Time (magazine), June 24, 1935. Accessed May 13, 2007. "Improvident of his earnings when he was a top-flight light heavyweight seven years ago, 29-year-old Jimmy Braddock had, after successive defeats, toppled completely out of the prize ring. He worked briefly as a janitor. He made a pittance as a stevedore on the New Jersey docks opposite Manhattan. Finally he changed his name to No. 2796 on the North Bergen (N. J.) relief rolls last year."
^ Diamond, Jamie. "FILM; Bringing You a Musical . . . With No Music", The New York Times, January 30, 1994. Accessed November 28, 2007.
^ James L. Brooks, Internet Movie Database. Accessed November 29, 2006.
^ Grimes, William. "Edd Cartier, 94, Pulp Illustrator, Dies", The New York Times, January 8, 2009. Accessed January 8, 2009.
^ Hague, Jim; "A teen Latin pop star" Union City Reporter; November 11]], 2007]
^ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=45313742
^ Abbott, Gary. "NYAC beats Russia, 14-11 in freestyle and Romania 14-12 in Greco-Roman in dual meet in New Jersey", United States Olympic Committee, November 16, 2007. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Hometown hero Steve Mocco, who grew up in nearby North Bergen, N.J., stopped Soslan Gagloev of Russia, 1-0, 2-0."
^ Hague, Jim. "He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper: NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons", Hudson Reporter, October 22, 2006. Accessed August 7, 2008.
^ Bill Raisch, Internet Movie Database. Accessed November 29, 2006.
^ Obituary: John Scarne, Gambling Expert, The New York Times, July 9, 1985.
^ Blumenthal, Max. "Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate", The Nation (web-only), June 3, 2005. Accessed May 13, 2007. "This year a man named Hal Turner sat before his computer at his suburban home in North Bergen, New Jersey, posting bomb-making tips on his website, hailing the firebombing of an apartment containing "Savage Negroes" and calling for the murder of immigrants."
^ "Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude", MSNBC, November 3, 2006. Accessed May 13, 2007
^ Tricia Tirella. "Movie filmed at U.C. shelter" The Union City Reporter November 25, 2008; Pages 1 & 6.

References

External links

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Hudson County, New Jersey

County seat: Jersey City

Cities	Bayonne \| Hoboken \| Jersey City \| Union City

Borough	East Newark

Towns	Guttenberg \| Harrison \| Kearny \| Secaucus \| West New York

Townships	North Bergen \| Weehawken

Districts and Neighborhoods	Arlington \| Bergen Square \| Bergenline \| Bergenwood \| Bergen-Lafayette \| Bergen Point \| Boulevard East \| Bulls Ferry\| Castle Point \| Communipaw \| Constable Hook \| Croxton \| Curries Woods \| East Newark \| Exchange Place \| Five Corners \| Downtown Jersey City \| Droyer's Point \| Guttenberg \| Greenville \| Hamilton Park \| Harmon Cove \| Harsimus \| Jersey City Heights \| Journal Square \| Kearny Uplands \| Liberty State Park \| Marion Section \| MOTBY \| New Durham \| Newport \| North Hudson \| Nungessers \| Pavonia \| Paulus Hook \| Port Imperial \| Port Jersey \| Port Liberté \| Powerhouse \| Racetrack Section \| Schuetzen Park \| Secaucus Plaza \| South Kearny \| Snake Hill \| Transfer Station \| Van Vorst Park \| WALDO \| Weehawken Heights \| West Hudson \| West Side, Jersey City \| Western Slope] \| Woodcliff \|

Coordinates: 40°48′15″N 74°00′44″W / 40.80417°N 74.01222°W / 40.80417; -74.01222

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