[63][66][72] Aspects of the enclave are explored in the 2009 publication The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community. 2635, DEP Guidance for the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act-Highlands Region Counties and Municipalities; Highlands Municipalities, GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County / County Equivalent from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey, Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 8, 2016 General Election Results Bergen County, Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Bergen County, Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Bergen County, 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County, 2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County, Total Number of Registered Voters, Ballots Cast, Ballots Rejected, Percentage of Ballots Cast and the Total Number of Election Districts in New Jersey General Election November 5, 2013, "11 Most Expensive Stadiums In The World", "New Stadium, a Football Palace, Opens Saturday With Lacrosse", "Photos: Aboard the USS Ling, WWII submarine, on the Hackensack River", "N.J. Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro draws fans of all ages to 'open-cockpit weekend", New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, "American Dream opening delayed -- again. [222] The blue law was suspended on November 11 but was back in effect one week later. [153] Macedonian Americans and Albanian Americans have arrived relatively recently in New Jersey[154][155][156][157] but have quickly established Bergen County enclaves, roughly in tandem, in Garfield, Elmwood Park, and Fair Lawn. In 2011, the Democrats had two Freeholders and one Constitutional Officer, a complete shift in control of County government. [202], The Bergen Performing Arts Center (PAC) is based in Englewood, while numerous museums are located throughout the county. Average monthly temperatures at the interchange of Route 17 and MacArthur Boulevard in Mahwah range from 28.5° F in January to 73.8° F in July. PhD dissertation. [31] Soon after the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, British forces realized that they couldn't spread themselves thin across New Jersey. [74], The diverse Hispanic and Latin American population in Bergen is growing in many areas of the county but is especially concentrated in a handful of municipalities, including Fairview (37.1%), Hackensack (25.9%), Ridgefield Park (22.2%), Englewood (21.8%), Bogota (21.3%), Garfield (20.1%), Cliffside Park (18.2%), Lodi (18.0%), and Bergenfield (17.0%). Three incumbent Freeholders, Chairman James Carroll, Freeholder Elizabeth Calabrese, and Freeholder John Hogan were all defeated by Republican challengers Franklin Lakes Mayor Maura DeNicola, former River Edge Councilman John Felice and Cliffside Park resident John Mitchell. Males had a median income of $25,598 versus $19,794 for females. Other weeklies, the River View Observer and El Especialito,[277] also cover local news. [122] The public library in Fair Lawn began a highly attended Hindi language (हिन्दी) storytelling program in October 2013. [8][143][144] The city is one of 30 municipalities (of the 565) statewide that use this form. [25] Union Township, or simply Union,[44][45][47] was formed through the merger of a number of villages, such as Dalleytown, Buck's Corners and Cox's Corners. The relief becomes less pronounced across the middle section of the county, much of it being located in the Hackensack River valley or the Pascack Valley. The legislation was motivated by fears that the two new malls would aggravate the already severe highway congestion caused by local retail businesses along the borough's highways seven days a week and to preserve one day on which the roads were less congested. [270] The city's third historical marker was dedicated on May 22, 2010 to novelist and screenwriter Pietro di Donato, and placed at Bergenline Avenue and 31st Street, where di Donato once lived, and which was named Pietro di Donato Plaza in his honor. [142], The governing body is comprised of a five-member Board of Commissioners, as per the city's Walsh Act form of government, which has been in place since 1930. [129] Likewise, Ukrainian Americans, Georgian Americans, and Uzbek Americans have more recently followed the path of their Russian American predecessors to Bergen County, particularly to Fair Lawn. [25][37] West Hoboken was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1861, from portions of North Bergen Township. [4] As of the 2019 Census estimate, the county's population was 932,202, an increase of 3.0% from the 2010 census,[5][6][7] which in turn represented an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 Census. It is believed that the county is named for one of the earliest settlements, Bergen, in modern-day Hudson County. 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Through approval of varied construction projects to address the needs of residents of different incomes, improved rent control laws and community input on such issues,[79] this "Hobokenization" resulted in positive comparisons with the redeveloped Hoboken of the mid-to-late 1990s, with new restaurants, bars, and art galleries cited as evidence of renewal. [82] The largest Israeli American communities in Bergen County were in Fair Lawn (2.5%), Closter (1.4%), and Tenafly (1.3%) in 2000, representing three of the four largest in the state. In the decades that followed, nearly all major U.S. diner manufacturers, including Jerry O'Mahoney Inc., started in New Jersey. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it shares a … [231][232], Other schools in Union City include two Islamic schools, Miftaahul Uloom Academy[233][234] and Rising Star Academy,[235] a Jewish school, Mesivta Sanz,[236][237] and Union City Daycare Program School.[238]. [61], The 2010 United States Census counted 905,116 people, 335,730 households, and 238,704 families in the county. (Some gave themselves raises for 2018)", "Follow the $$: Who makes the most running each of N.J.'s 21 counties? The racial makeup of the county was 78.41% non-Hispanic white, 10.67% Asian, 5.27% black, 0.15% Native American, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.22% from other races, and 2.26% non-Hispanic reporting two or more races. [175], Bergen County has a well-developed road network, including the northern termini of the New Jersey Turnpike (a portion of Interstate 95) and the Garden State Parkway, the eastern terminus of Interstate 80, and a portion of Interstate 287. [284] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 207,666 votes here (51.7%), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 189,833 votes (47.2%) and other candidates with 2,745 votes (0.7%), among the 401,845 ballots cast by the county's 522,750 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.9%. All of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010 were located in Bergen County,[57] including Palisades Park, Leonia, Ridgefield, Fort Lee, Closter, Englewood Cliffs, Norwood, Edgewater, Cresskill, and Demarest, closely followed by Old Tappan. A former colonial road and previous border between the merged municipalities takes three names as it diagonally crosses the city's urban grid: Hackensack Plank Road, 32nd Street, and Bergen Turnpike. The mayor of Union City also serves as a commissioner. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.05% (145,281) of the population. [1] Some sources say that the name is derived from one of the earliest settlers of New Amsterdam (now New York City), Hans Hansen Bergen, a native of Norway, who arrived in New Netherland in 1633. The Colombian airline Avianca operates a private bus service from to Union City and Elizabeth for passengers on Avianca flights departing from and arriving to JFK. [46][50] Currently the longest commercial avenue in the state,[132] boasting over 300 retail stores and restaurants, Bergenline runs through not only the entire length of Union City from north to south, but also through West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen, making it the main commercial strip for Northern Hudson County. [53][66][67] The city, as well as neighboring towns such as West New York, experienced a profound cultural impact as a result of this, as seen in such aspects of local culture as its cuisine,[68] fashion, music, entertainment and cigar-making. The five commissioners and their departmental assignments are The median age was 32 years. Robert Waters Elementary School[212] (1,084; PreK - 6), Despite incentive offers from the State of New Jersey to remain in Bergen County, Mercedes-Benz cited proximity to its Alabama manufacturing facility and a growing customer base in the southeastern United States, in addition to as much as $50 million in tax incentives from Georgia governmental agencies, in explaining its decision to move. A typical residential property was a six-bedroom, three-family house in need of updating, listed at $568,000. Southeastern Bergen County lies at the edge of the humid subtropical climate zone (Cfa) according to the Köppen climate classification because its coldest month (January) averages above 26.6 °F / -3 °C. [24][115], The 2010 United States Census counted 66,455 people, 22,814 households, and 15,514 families in the city. [3][4] Part of the New York metropolitan area,[88] it is one of the municipalities which comprise North Hudson. [77] Since 2000, an increasing number of immigrants from other countries have entered the region, including people from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Chile, as well as from the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. If you’re searching for a fun place to go in Bergen County that is open and operating with carefully considered COVID safety precautions, you should consider visiting this wild and wonderful attraction. [90], The Bergenline Avenue station of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is located at 49th Street near the city line with West New York and North Bergen. For every 100 females, the population had 100.4 males. [157][158] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2021)[159] and Bob Menendez (Paramus, term ends 2025). 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[lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/industry/incpov/highcnty.xls 250 Highest Per Capita Personal Incomes available for 3113 counties in the United States: 2015]. [173], Construction of the first of two 47-story glass-sheathed luxury skyscrapers commenced in 2013 in Fort Lee, a borough where high-rise residential complexes are a prominent feature and one of Northern New Jersey's Hudson Waterfront communities that has been called New York City's Sixth Borough;[174] these upscale apartment towers, located near the gateway to the George Washington Bridge leading to Manhattan, represented the tallest buildings to be built to date in Bergen County. [248][253] The Musto Center hosts a number of events, including various concerts and theatrical performances. [258] Election results showed Tedesco with 54.2% of the vote (107,958), ahead of Donovan with 45.8% (91,299),[259] in a race in which Tedesco's campaign spending nearly $1 million, outspending Donovan by a 2–1 margin. [218] Despite these strict blue laws, Paramus (07652) has become the top retail ZIP Code in the United States, with the municipality generating over US$6 billion in annual retail sales. Kirp, who spent a year in Union City examining its schools, notes that while in the late 1970s, Union City schools faced the threat of state takeover, they now boast achievement scores that approximate the statewide average. Thomas A. Edison Elementary School[203] (1,019; PreK - 6), [23][24], Union City was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on June 1, 1925, with the merger of Union Hill and West Hoboken Township. [81] Teaneck and Hackensack have emerged as the two most significant Muslim enclaves in the county, with the American Muslim Union's 18th annual brunch gathering held in Teaneck in 2016. 8% Transportation, [28] During World War II, the area was a 24-hour hotspot for U.S. servicemen, who patronized the dozens of nightclubs located there. [192], Historically, Union City schools have ranked among the highest in Hudson County in reported incidents of violence compared to the size of the student population more than once, most recently in a November 2009 report by the New Jersey Department of Education, which annually records incidents of violence, vandalism, weapons and substance abuse or possession. [76][77][78] Union City has historically been a family-oriented city predominantly made up of brownstones, two-family homes and locally owned businesses. The neighborhood was also the site, in 1912, of the first lunch wagon built by Jerry and Daniel O'Mahoney and John Hanf, which was bought for $800 and operated by restaurant entrepreneur Michael Griffin, who chose the location for its copious foot traffic. [257], In 2014, Freeholder James Tedesco challenged incumbent Kathleen Donovan on a platform that highlighted his own plan to merge the county police department with the sheriff's office, as well as Donovan's connections to recent scandals in the New Jersey state government, including the nationally reported "Bridgegate" scandal and alleged campaign finance abuse among her staff. The following is a partial list of former municipalities, ordered by year of incorporation. [254] The Latin American Kiwanis Club refurbished the park in early June 2006, replacing the mural with a backlit photograph of Cruz. [171], In the Forbes magazine 2012 ranking of the Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United States, Alpine was ranked as the second most expensive in the country, with a median home sale price of $5,745,038. The city is notable for being the location where Mallomars were first sold and the site of the first lunch wagon built by Jerry and Daniel O'Mahoney and John Hanf, which helped spark New Jersey's golden age of diner manufacturing, for which the state is colloquially referred to by author Richard J.S. [192], University of California, Berkeley Professor David L. Kirp, in his 2011 book, Kids First, and his 2013 book, Improbable Scholars, praised Union City's education system for bringing poor, mostly immigrant kids (three quarters of whom live in homes where only Spanish is spoken and a quarter of which are thought to be undocumented and fearful of deportation) into the educational mainstream. [63][65], Given its location as a suburban extension of Manhattan across the George Washington Bridge,[66] Bergen County has evolved a globally cosmopolitan ambience of its own, demonstrating a robust and growing demographic and cultural diversity with respect to metrics including nationality, religion, race, and domiciliary partnership. In Genesee County there are 18 new positive cases of Covid-19 for a total of 4,110 positive cases since last March. Read top local stories, watch video, and see pictures from all around Nassau and Suffolk counties. 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[175], Union City's Chief of Police is Nichelle Luster, the city's first female Police Chief, who replaced former Chief Richard Molinari. There were 13 voters registered to other parties. A large part of the reason for maintaining the laws has been a desire by many Bergen County residents for relative peace and quiet, with less traffic, on one day of the week. [107] One of Hudson County's three homeless shelters, Palisades Emergency Residence Corp. (PERC), is located in Union City. The oldest municipal building in North Hudson, it was built in the 1890s as the town hall for Union Hill. [285], In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 136,178 ballots cast (60.2%), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 87,376 votes (38.7%) and other candidates with 2,515 votes (1.1%), among the 226,069 ballots cast for governor by the county's 527,491 registered voters, yielding a 42.9% turnout. [8] Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey and its Gateway Region, Bergen County is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, to which it is connected by the George Washington Bridge. Cruz's star has expanded into Union City's "Walk of Fame",[255] as new marble stars are added each spring to honor Latin entertainment and media personalities. Germans began to settle what would become Union Hill in 1851,[37] and some descendants of the immigrants of this period live in the city today. In September 2014, the Englewood-based Northern New Jersey Community Foundation announced an initiative known as ArtsBergen, a centralizing body with the goal of connecting artists and arts organizations with one another in Bergen County. [117], Spanish is spoken at home by more than half of the residents of Union City, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released in 2017. [123] The affluent municipalities of northern Bergen County are witnessing significant growth in their Indian American communities, including Glen Rock, into which up to 90% of this constituency was estimated by one member in 2014 to have moved within the preceding two-year period alone. [57], The town was famous for being the home of the rowdy Hudson Burlesque. Tirella, Tricia. [2][69][70][71][72], Amid a redevelopment boom in the early 1960s, The Troy Towers, a 22-story twin tower luxury apartment complex, was completed in 1966 on the edge of the Palisades cliffs[73] on Mountain Road[74] at 19th Street, at the former site of the Abbey Inn, just north of where a motorized vehicle elevator and a staircase called the Lossburg Steps were located. [119] Glen Rock resident Gurbir Grewal, a member of Bergen County's growing Indian American Sikh community, was sworn into the position of county prosecutor in 2016,[120] and an architecturally notable Sikh gurudwara resides in Glen Rock,[121] while a similarly prominent Hindu mandir has been built in Mahwah. The per capita income for the city was $18,506 (+/− $719). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 1.29 square miles (3.33 km2), all of which was land. The Baylor Massacre took place in 1778 in River Vale, resulting in severe losses for the Continentals. Reservoir Park, located around Hackensack Reservoir on Palisade Avenue between 20th and 22nd Streets, opened on September 25, 2015. 15% Retail, In sharp contrast, African Americans comprise less than 2% of the total in most of Bergen's other municipalities. [44][45] The county's lowest point is sea level, along the Hudson River, which in this region is a tidal estuary. Bergen County is the most populous county in New Jersey, with an estimated population of 948,406 in 2017,[7] 105,608 higher than Middlesex County, the second-ranked county. George Washington Elementary School[211] (796; PreK - 6), [40], In 1955, the United States Army created a Nike Missile station at Campgaw Mountain (in the west of the county) for the defense of the New York Metropolitan Area from strategic bombers. [108] The PERC facility, which includes a soup kitchen, food pantry and 40-bed shelter on 37th Street, lost $100,000 in federal funding in 2011, and in January and August 2012, aided a record-breaking number of guests.
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