Bergenfield, New Jersey
Bergenfield, New Jersey | |
|---|---|
Borough | |
| Borough of Bergenfield | |
 Cooper's Pond | |
 Map highlighting Bergenfield's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey | |
 Census Bureau map of Bergenfield, New Jersey | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′20″N 73°59′53″W / 40.922334°N 73.998001°W / 40.922334; -73.998001Coordinates: 40°55′20″N 73°59′53″W / 40.922334°N 73.998001°W / 40.922334; -73.998001[1][2] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | June 25, 1894 |
| Government [7] | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| • Mayor | Norman Schmelz (R, term ends December 31, 2019)[3][4] |
| • Administrator | Corey Gallo[5] |
| • Municipal clerk | Marie Quinones[6] |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 2.885 sq mi (7.473 km2) |
| • Land | 2.876 sq mi (7.448 km2) |
| • Water | 0.009 sq mi (0.024 km2) 0.33% |
| Area rank | 344th of 566 in state 30th of 70 in county[1] |
| Elevation [8] | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2010 Census)[9][10][11] | |
| • Total | 26,764 |
| • Estimate (2016)[12] | 27,647 |
| • Rank | 89th of 566 in state 7th of 70 in county[13] |
| • Density | 9,306.5/sq mi (3,593.3/km2) |
| • Density rank | 39th of 566 in state 11th of 70 in county[13] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code | 07621[14][15] |
| Area code(s) | 201[16] |
| FIPS code | 3400305170[1][17][18] |
GNIS feature ID | 0885157[1][19] |
| Website | www.bergenfield.com |
Bergenfield's main road, Washington Avenue
Bergenfield is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 26,764,[9][10][11] reflecting an increase of 517 (+2.0%) from the 26,247 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,789 (+7.3%) from the 24,458 counted in the 1990 Census.[20]
Bergenfield was formed on the basis of a referendum held on June 25, 1894, from portions of Englewood Township and Palisades Township.[21][22][23] The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.[24] The borough was named for its location in Bergen County.[25]
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 211th best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[26] The magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 231st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live".[27]
NeighborhoodScout named Bergenfield as the safest municipality in the nation in 2012 with more than 25,000 residents[28] and in both 2013 and 2014 they named it as the 2nd safest town in the USA only behind Franklin, Massachusetts.[29][30]
Contents
1 Geography
2 Demographics
2.1 Census 2010
2.2 Census 2000
3 Government
3.1 Local government
3.2 Federal, state and county representation
3.3 Politics
4 Emergency services
4.1 Police
4.2 Fire
4.3 Ambulance
5 Education
6 Transportation
6.1 Roads and highways
6.2 Public transportation
7 Community
8 Mayors
9 Notable people
10 Corporate residents
11 In popular culture
12 References
13 Sources
14 External links
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.885 square miles (7.473 km2), including 2.876 square miles (7.448 km2) of land and 0.009 square miles (0.024 km2) of water (0.33%).[1][2]
The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Cresskill, Dumont, Englewood, New Milford, Teaneck and Tenafly.[31]
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 729 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,991 | 173.1% | |
| 1920 | 3,667 | 84.2% | |
| 1930 | 8,816 | 140.4% | |
| 1940 | 10,275 | 16.5% | |
| 1950 | 17,647 | 71.7% | |
| 1960 | 27,203 | 54.2% | |
| 1970 | 29,000 | 6.6% | |
| 1980 | 25,568 | −11.8% | |
| 1990 | 24,458 | −4.3% | |
| 2000 | 26,247 | 7.3% | |
| 2010 | 26,764 | 2.0% | |
| Est. 2016 | 27,647 | [12][32] | 3.3% |
| Population sources: 1900-1920[33] 1900-1910[34] 1910-1930[35] 1900-2010[36][37][38] 2000[39][40] 2010[9][10][11] | |||
Bergenfield has been called the Little Manila of Bergen County.[41][42] 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.[43][44] By the 2010 Census, 4,569 Bergenfield residents (17.1% of the population) listed themselves as being of Filipino ancestry,[9] and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.[45]
Census 2010
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 26,764 people, 8,852 households, and 6,816.040 families residing in the borough. The population density was 9,306.5 per square mile (3,593.3/km2). There were 9,200 housing units at an average density of 3,199.1 per square mile (1,235.2/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 52.42% (14,029) White, 7.70% (2,060) Black or African American, 0.31% (84) Native American, 25.60% (6,851) Asian, 0.05% (13) Pacific Islander, 10.12% (2,709) from other races, and 3.80% (1,018) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.52% (7,097) of the population.[9]
There were 8,852 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 19.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.46.[9]
In the borough, the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.8 males.[9]
The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $82,546 (with a margin of error of +/- $6,568) and the median family income was $99,963 (+/- $5,602). Males had a median income of $52,891 (+/- $2,058) versus $50,443 (+/- $2,598) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $35,034 (+/- $2,133). About 3.9% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.2% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.[46]
Same-sex couples headed 62 households in 2010, an increase from the 51 counted in 2000.[47]
Census 2000
As of the 2000 United States Census[17] 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.[39][40]
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.[39][40]
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.[39][40]
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.[39][40]
Government
Local government
Bergenfield is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The governing body consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. 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 in a three-year cycle.[7] The Borough form of government used by Bergenfield, the most common system used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.[48][49]
As of 2019[update], the mayor of Bergenfield is Republican Norman Schmelz, who took office as the mayor in November 2013. Mayor Schmelz was reelected in 2015 to a full four-year term expiring on December 31, 2019.[50] Schmelz was first elected to fill the seat of Timothy Driscoll, who had died in office in March 2013, defeating Carlos Aguasvivas who had filled the seat on an interim basis since being appointed by the council in April of that year to fill the seat.[51][52] Members of the Borough Council are Council President Arvin Amatorio (D, 2017), Salvador S. "Buddy" Deauna (D, 2019), Ora C. Kornbluth (D, 2019), Thomas A. Lodato (D, 2018), Rafael Marte (D, 2017; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Hernando Rivera (D, 2018).[3][52][53][54][55][56][57]
In January 2017, the borough council selected Rafael Marte to fill the seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Chris Tully until he resigned from office earlier that month.[58]
Federal, state and county representation
Bergenfield is located in the 5th Congressional District[59] and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.[10][60][61] Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Bergenfield had been in the 37th state legislative district.[62]
For the 116th United States Congress, New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff).[63][64] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2021)[65] and Bob Menendez (Paramus, term ends 2025).[66][67]
For the 2018–2019 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 38th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus) and in the General Assembly by Lisa Swain (D, Fair Lawn) and Chris Tully (D, Bergenfield).[68][69] In May 2018, Lagana took the Senate seat after Robert M. Gordon left office, while Swain and Tully took the seats vacated by Tim Eustace and Lagana.[70] The Governor of New Jersey is Phil Murphy (D, Middletown Township).[71] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Sheila Oliver (D, East Orange).[72]
Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. The freeholders are elected at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year; a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held each January.[73][74]
As of 2018[update], the County Executive is Democratic James J. Tedesco III of Paramus, whose term of office ends December 31, 2018.[75] Bergen County's Freeholders are
Freeholder Chairman Thomas J. Sullivan Jr., (D, Montvale, term as freeholder ends 2019; term as freeholder chairman ends 2018),[76]
Freeholder Vice-Chairwoman Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, term as freeholder ends 2019; term as freeholder vice-chairwoman ends 2018),[77]
Freeholder Chairman Pro-Tempore Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, term as freeholder ends 2019; term as freeholder chairman pro-tempore ends 2018),[78]
David L. Ganz (D, Fair Lawn, 2020),[79]
Steve Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2018),[80]Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2020)[81] and
Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, 2018),[82][83][84][73] Bergen County's constitutional officials are
County Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2021),[85][86]
Sheriff Michael Saudino (D, Emerson, 2019)[87][88] and
Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2021).[89][90][73][91]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 14,083 registered voters in Bergenfield, of which 5,139 (36.5% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,151 (15.3% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 6,782 (48.2% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 11 voters registered to other parties.[92] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 52.6% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 69.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[92][93]
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
2016[94] | 32.5% 3,745 | 64.2% 7,395 | 3.3% 380 |
2012[95] | 32.7% 3,149 | 65.7% 6,314 | 1.6% 155 |
2008[96] | 41.1% 4,561 | 57.8% 6,410 | 1.1% 118 |
2004[97] | 44.4% 4,657 | 55.0% 5,768 | 0.5% 57 |
2000[98] | 36.8% 3,534 | 60.3% 5,804 | 2.8% 273 |
1996[98] | 33.7% 3,348 | 56.6% 5,623 | 9.7% 968 |
1992[98] | 40.6% 4,499 | 45.0% 4,981 | 14.4% 1,599 |
1988[98] | 55.6% 6,256 | 44.0% 4,954 | 0.4% 44 |
1984[98] | 63.7% 7,863 | 36.1% 4,453 | 0.3% 36 |
1980[98] | 55.8% 6,759 | 33.2% 4.027 | 11.0% 1,333 |
1976[98] | 56.3% 7,006 | 42.0% 5,222 | 1.7% 213 |
1972[98] | 68.3% 9,136 | 30.8% 4,115 | 0.9% 118 |
1968[98] | 56.0% 7,310 | 38.2% 4,976 | 5.8% 758 |
1964[98] | 40.5% 5,363 | 59.3% 7,853 | 0.2% 21 |
1960[98] | 61.2% 8,160 | 38.7% 5,158 | 0.1% 18 |
In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 7,395 votes (63.4% vs. 54.2% countywide), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 3,745 votes (32.1% vs. 41.1% countywide) and other candidates with 305 votes (2.6% vs. 3.0% countywide), among the 11,653 ballots cast by the borough's 16,298 registered voters for a turnout of 71.5% (vs. 73% in Bergen County).[99] In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 6,665 votes (62.7% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 3,773 votes (35.5% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 91 votes (0.9% vs. 0.9%), among the 10,624 ballots cast by the borough's 15,285 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.5% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[100][101] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 6,410 votes (57.6% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 4,561 votes (40.9% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 70 votes (0.6% vs. 0.8%), among the 11,138 ballots cast by the borough's 14,721 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.7% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[102][103] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 5,768 votes (54.8% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 4,657 votes (44.3% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 57 votes (0.5% vs. 0.7%), among the 10,523 ballots cast by the borough's 13,954 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.4% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).[104]
In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Democrat Phil Murphy received 66.5% of the vote (3,822 cast), ahead of Republican Kim Guadagno with 32.3% (1,858 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (65 votes), among the 5,891 ballots cast by the borough's 15,631 registered voters (146 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.7%.[105][106] In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 59.2% of the vote (3,576 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 40.0% (2,416 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (47 votes), among the 6,214 ballots cast by the borough's 14,629 registered voters (175 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 42.5%.[107][108] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 3,463 ballots cast (53.9% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2,599 votes (40.5% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 276 votes (4.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 29 votes (0.5% vs. 0.5%), among the 6,420 ballots cast by the borough's 14,488 registered voters, yielding a 44.3% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[109]
Emergency services
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 three civilian Records Bureau employees.[110]
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.
Fire
Started in 1905, the Bergenfield Fire Department (BFD) has three independent fire companies and a career staff.[111]
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, and is staffed by certified Emergency Medical Technicians. 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.[112]
Education
Students in kindergarten through twelfth grade are educated by the Bergenfield Public Schools. As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,506 students and 277.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[113] Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[114]) are
Franklin Elementary School[115] (323 students; in grades K-5),
Hoover Elementary School[116] (214; K-5),
Jefferson Elementary School[117] (254; K-5),
Lincoln Elementary School[118] (401; K-5),
Washington Elementary School[119] (306; K-5),
Roy W. Brown Middle School[120] for (738; 6-8) and
Bergenfield High School[121] (1,207; 9-12).[122]
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, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or 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.[123][124]
Transportation
County Route 39 (Washington Avenue) in Bergenfield
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the borough had a total of 60.50 miles (97.37 km) of roadways, of which 54.75 miles (88.11 km) were maintained by the municipality and 5.75 miles (9.25 km) by Bergen County.[125]
Main roads include Washington Avenue, Main Street and New Bridge Road.
Public transportation
NJ Transit bus service is available to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on the 166, 167 routes and to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on the 186 route; and to other New Jersey communities served on the 753, 756 and 772 routes.[126][127]
Saddle River Tours / Ameribus provides service to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on route 11C.[128]
Until 1959, the New York Central Railroad operated passenger service through the borough on the West Shore Railroad. Service operated north along the Hudson River to Albany, New York and points west; and south to Weehawken Terminal.
Community
Bergenfield is one of a growing number of districts to form a SID (Special Improvement District). Bergenfield's Special Improvement District stretches a mile along Washington Avenue from Teaneck to Dumont has been promoting the local businesses for several years. Its mission is to inform people about Bergenfield's shopping district and its over 50 international restaurants and food stores within one mile.[129]
On May 4, 2006, the ABC 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.[130] The Llanes sold their home in 2012 and went to live with relatives because their taxes increased beyond their ability to pay, having risen from under $6,500 in 2007 to more than $15,000 five years later due to the increased assessed value of the home following the renovation.[131]
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.[132]
Several scenes for the Harlem Globetrotter 1954 film Go, Man, Go! were filmed at Franklin School, and along nearby Prospect Avenue. 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.[133]
Mayors
- Norman Schmelz, 2013-present.[134]
- Timothy J. Driscoll 2008 to 2013.[135]
- Richard J. Bohan 2005.[136]
- Robert C. Rivas 2000 to 2002.[137]
- Charles J. O'Dowd 1987.[138]
- James F. Lodato 1977.
Edward C. Meyer (mayor) 1954 to 1955.[137]
- Henry W. Theis 1946 to 1953.[137]
- Leonard Lindstrom 1931.[139]
- Charles A. Grabowski 1926.[137]
- T. J. Prime 1918 to 1922.[137]
George Breisacher (1865-1934) 1912 to 1913.[137][140]
Walter Cornelius Christie (1863-1941) 1897 to 1891. He was the founder and the second mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey.[141]
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Bergenfield include:
Jack Antonoff (born 1984), singer, songwriter, and record producer, as well as guitarist of Fun.[142]
Harry Basil, stand-up comic, actor in Peggy Sue Got Married and film director.[143]
Chris Brantley (born 1970), former NFL wide receiver.[144]
Walter Christie (1863-1941), founder of Bergenfield who was the borough's second mayor in 1897.[145]
Pierce H. Deamer Jr. (1907-1986), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Senate.[146]
Al Di Meola (born 1954), jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist, composer and record producer.[147]
Frank Eufemia (born 1959), Major League Baseball, pitcher.[148]
Thom Fitzgerald (born 1968), filmmaker, The Hanging Garden, 3 Needles.[149]
George Gately (1928-2001), creator of the Heathcliff comic strip.[150]
Bob Gaudio (born 1942), from the Four Seasons.[151][152]
Bob Guccione (born 1930), founder and former owner of Penthouse.[153][154]
The Knickerbockers, 1960s band took their name from Knickerbocker Road in nearby Tenafly.[155]
Eugene Korn (born 1947), Orthodox rabbi who has focused on Jewish-Christian relations.[156]
David Lat (born 1975), blogger.[157]
Jimmy Lydon (born 1923), who played Henry Aldrich in the movies, honored in the Bergenfield Hall of Fame.[158]
Mucky Pup (1985-1996; 2009-2011), hardcore and heavy metal band.[159]
Produce Pete (born 1945), grocer, chef and celebrity spokesperson.[160][161]
Tom Reilly (born 1959), actor who played Bobby Nelson on CHiPs.[162]
The Royal Teens, 1950s rock and roll band best known as one-hit wonders for their song "Short Shorts".[163]
- Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University.[164]
Floyd James Thompson (1933-2002), America's longest held prisoner of war.[165]
Ron Villone (born 1970), Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the New York Yankees in the 2006 season.[166]
Jacklyn Zeman (born 1953), actress who has played Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital since 1977.[167]
Corporate residents
Prestige Records, 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.[168]
In popular culture
The infamous group suicide of the "Bergenfield Four" took place in March 1987 and received worldwide attention.[169][170] The victims were four local high schoolers, ages sixteen to nineteen, and their mutual deaths by carbon monoxide were followed by a rash of copycat attempts.[171][172] The suicides are examined in sociological perspective in Donna Gaines' Teenage Wasteland (1998).[173][174] References in the arts include the Tom Russell song "Bergenfield" (1989),[175] and the Alice Donut song "New Jersey Exit" (1988).
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^ Streitfeld, David. "The Aftermath of Suicides;Attention Must Be Paid, but How Much and at What Price?", The Washington Post, May 25, 1987. Accessed July 14, 2014. "The widely publicized joint suicide of four Bergenfield, N.J., youths in March seems to have had a strong impact on other teen-agers-there were at least 35 similar cases in the next few weeks, according to one researcher." – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
^ Coleman, Loren (2004). The Copycat Effect. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 131ff. ISBN 9781416505549.
^ Ervolino, Bill. "Growing introspective -- Author of the Bergenfield-inspired Teenage Wasteland issues A Misfit's Manifesto", The Record (Bergen County), June 15, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 14, 2015. Accessed September 6, 2017.
^ Gaines, Donna (1998). Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226278728.
^ Schoemer, Karen. "Sounds Around Town", The New York Times, July 24, 1992. Accessed May 16, 2012. "Bergenfield, from his album Poor Man's Dream"(Philo/ Rounder), is a look at suburban teen-age suicide."
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