At the time of European colonization the area was the territory ofHackensack tribe of theLenapeNative Americans,[21] who maintained a settlement, Espatingh, on the west side of the hills[22][23][24] and where a Dutchtrading post was established after thePeach War.[25] In 1658,Peter Stuyvesant, thenDirector-General of New Netherland, repurchased from them the area now encompassed by the municipalities of Hudson County east of theHackensack River. This is commemorated in aNew Dealpost off mural entitledPurchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians.[26][27] In 1660 Stuyvesant granted permission to establish the semi-autonomous colony ofBergen, with the main village located at today'sBergen Square, considered to be the first chartered municipality in what would become the state of New Jersey.[28] At the time, the area of North Bergen was heavily forested, traversed by paths used by the indigenous and colonizing population and became known as Bergen Woods, a name recalled in today's neighborhood ofBergenwood.
After the 1664 surrender ofFort Amsterdam the entireNew Netherland colony came into the possession of the British, who established theProvince of New Jersey. In 1682, theEast Jersey legislature formed the state's first four counties, including Bergen County, which consisted of all the land in the peninsula between theHackensack andHudson Rivers; that is, the eastern portions of what today isBergen andHudson Counties.[29] In 1693, Bergen County was divided into two townships:Hackensack Township in the north, andBergen Township, encompassing theBergen Neck peninsula, in the south. The border between the two townships is the current Hudson-Bergen county line.[30][31]
On February 22, 1838,Jersey City was incorporated as a separate municipality,[34] and in 1840 Hudson County, comprising the city andBergen Township, was created from the southern portion of Bergen County.[32][35] North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of theNew Jersey Legislature, from the northern portion of Bergen Township.[3] At the time, the town included everything east of the Hackensack River and north of and including what is nowJersey City Heights.[36][37]
The entire region that is now known asNorth Hudson experienced massive immigration and urbanization during the latter half of the 19th century, and led to the creation of various new towns. Portions of the North Bergen were taken to form Hoboken Township (April 9, 1849, now the City ofHoboken), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City),Hudson City (April 11, 1855, later merged withJersey 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 andWest Hoboken Township (both created on February 28, 1861),Union Hill town (March 29, 1864) andSecaucus (March 12, 1900).[3] During this era many ofHudson County's cemeteries were developed along the town's western slope of theHudson Palisades.
The development of Hudson County Boulevard, which skirts around the west, north and east of North Bergen, was completed in the early 20th century. By 1913 it was considered to be fine for "motoring".[45] The roadway is now known by its two sections:Kennedy Boulevard andBoulevard East.
Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.[46][47]Bergenline Avenue, a broad street which accommodated theNorth Hudson County Railwaystreetcars[48] toNungesser's became (and remains) an important commercial and transit corridor. The two boulevard sections met at Bergenline Avenue, at the northwest corner of North Hudson/Braddock Park.
James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park and theStonehenge
At the time of its construction in 1949, the 760-foot (230 m)WOR TV Tower, in the midst of the residentialWoodcliff Section,[51] was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.[52][53][54] The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500 m) to the east, the 34-story, 369-foot (112 m)Stonehenge apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.[55]
In contrast to other Hudson County communities during the latter half of the century, North Bergen grew significantly in population. Many residents are part of the wave ofSpanish language speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cubanémigrés, leading to the nickname,Havana on the Hudson.[59][60]
Woodcliff Treatment Plant at the foot of the Palisades. In the distance, off to the right, is the Stonehenge Building rising from the Palisades.On the western slope overlooking the Meadowlands
In 1850, the township was roughly rectangular. When the municipalities along the Hudson River (what are now Guttenberg, West New York, Union City and Weehawken) broke away, it left North Bergen roughly an inverted "L", or "axe-shaped".[61] Its northern section stretches east–west and is south of theBergen County communities ofCliffside Park,Edgewater,Fairview andRidgefield. To the east, theHudson River creates the shared border with the borough ofManhattan inNew York City. It shares a border withCarlstadt in theHackensack River. Its north–south section lies betweenSecaucus to the west and to the eastGuttenberg,West New York andUnion City, with which it meetsJersey City at a single point at its southern end.[62][63][64] According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 5.57 square miles (14.43 km2), including 5.14 square miles (13.30 km2) of land and 0.44 square miles (1.13 km2) of water (7.83%).[1][2]
North Bergen has diverse geological features. Partially situated on theHudson River, theHudson Palisades rise from thewaterfront, while the northern part of the town sits atop the plateau. Thecuesta, or slope, on its west side makes North Bergen the city with the second-most hills per square mile in the United States afterSan Francisco,[65] some of which are extremely steep. A rock formation along the slope (located at40°48′27″N74°01′05″W / 40.80750°N 74.01806°W /40.80750; -74.01806 (Rock formation in North Bergen)) is made up of unusualserpentinite rock and made up of small rock cliffs. Because of this, it is one of the few undeveloped parts of North Bergen. Low-lying areas along the west side are part of theNew Jersey Meadowlands. The unusual shape and diverse topography of North Bergen have created diverse historical and contemporaryneighborhoods:
Bergenline Avenue runs toNungessers at theFairview border near North Hudson Park. It has been described as the longest commercial avenue in the state, with over 300 retail stores and restaurants.[66][67][68]
The town has seven cemeteries, more than any other town in the county, including some, such asWeehawken Cemetery andHoboken Cemetery, that were at one time designated for other towns. This may be due to the layout of the county in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with North Bergen having more land than its more densely populated neighbors, which had to bury their dead outside of town. It may also date back to the Civil War era. Among these cemeteries areFlower Hill Cemetery andGrove Church Cemetery.[76]
North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
The2010 United States census counted 60,773 people, 22,062 households, and 14,539 families in the township. Thepopulation density was 11,838.0 per square mile (4,570.7/km2). There were 23,912 housing units at an average density of 4,657.8 per square mile (1,798.4/km2). The racial makeup was 66.98% (40,705)White, 4.04% (2,456)Black or African American, 0.88% (535)Native American, 6.55% (3,979)Asian, 0.08% (49)Pacific Islander, 16.63% (10,107) fromother races, and 4.84% (2,942) from two or more races.Hispanic or Latino of any race were 68.40% (41,569) of the population.[17]
Of the 22,062 households, 30.3% had children under the age of 18; 42.7% were married couples living together; 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 34.1% were non-families. Of all households, 28.4% were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.35.[17]
21.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 91.3 males.[17]
As of the2000 United States census[14] there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. The population density was 11,179.6 inhabitants per square mile (4,316.5/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% fromother races, and 7.47% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 57.25% of the population.[85][86]
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.[85][86]
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.[85][86]
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.[85][86]
North Bergen has several retail districts, alongBergenline Avenue,Tonnelle Avenue, and nearTransfer Station. Portions of the city are part of anUrban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Union City was selected in 1996 as one of a group of seven zones added to participate in the program.[91] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125%sales tax rate (half of the6+5⁄8% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.[92] Established in April 1995, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in April 2026.[93] The zone was established based on legislation passed in February 1995 through the efforts of Senator Sacco, one of the sponsors of legislation creating the zones.[94]
North Bergen has been governed under theWalsh Act form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.[97][98] The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use theform of government.[99] The governing body is comprised of five commissioners electedat-large to the Township Committee innon-partisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis. After each election, each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.[6]
As of 2023[update], members of the North Bergen Township Committee are MayorNicholas Sacco (Commissioner of Public Affairs[100]), Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property[101]), Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works[102]), Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance[103]), and Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety[104]), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May 2027.[4][105][106][107][108]
After serving as Township Clerk from 1971 to 1979, Joseph Mocco was arrested on August 7, 1986, on charges of illegally dumping tons of construction material within North Bergen and other nearby communities.[109] Mocco was convicted and began serving a prison sentence in July 1995. Mocco was paroled in 1999, with several special conditions imposed on him upon his release by the New Jersey State Parole Board designed to prohibit him from working or participating in local elections.[110]
In February 2004, Peter Perez, former commissioner in charge of Parks and Recreation, was sentenced to serve six months in a federal prison for accepting kickbacks and bribes from a contractor who had several business contracts with the township. He received a reduced sentence in light of his cooperation with authorities.[111]
On March 27, 2008, North Bergen Athletic Director Jerry Maietta and Guidance Counselor Ralph Marino were among 45 men swept up in a Bergen County raid. Bergen County prosecutors described the two as lower level operatives in an expansive network of bookies, package holders, drug dealers and drug distributors. Other transactions included knock-off women's purses and human organs.[112]
On September 11, 2012, North Bergen's Superintendent of the Department of Public Works James Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of second degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. Wiley was convicted for using the town's resources to participate in political campaigns.[113] In November 2015, two DPW supervisors were sentenced to five years in prison following their convictions on charges that they had directed department workers to work on political campaigns and perform work on behalf of supervisors and other officials.[114]
A 2013 report issued by the office of theNew Jersey State Comptroller stated that an attorney had been hired by the township between 1988 and 1990 for ano-show job for which he had been paid an annual salary of $18,800 plus benefits. While an employee of the township, the attorney said that he had been pressured to contribute to the mayor and other individuals affiliated with the mayor. His employment was terminated in 2006 after a disagreement with his political patrons.[115][116]
Hudson County's constitutional officers are County Clerk E. Junior Maldonado (D, Jersey City, 2027),[145][146]Register Jeffrey Dublin (D, Jersey City, 2026)[147][148][149]Sheriff Frank X. Schillari (R, Jersey City, 2025)[150][151] and Surrogate Tilo E. Rivas (D, Jersey City, 2029)[152][153][154]
As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,595 registered voters in North Bergen, of which 18,816 (61.5%) were registered asDemocrats, 2,462 (8.0%) were registered asRepublicans and 9,301 (30.4%) were registered asUnaffiliated. There were 16 voters registered to other parties.[155]
United States Gubernatorial election results for North Bergen[156]
In the2012 presidential election, DemocratBarack Obama received 78.1% of the vote (15,600 cast), ahead of RepublicanMitt Romney with 21.1% (4,209 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (164 votes), among the 20,134 ballots cast by the township's 32,627 registered voters (161 ballots werespoiled), for a turnout of 61.7%.[157][158] In the2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 69.6% of the vote here (14,791 cast), ahead of RepublicanJohn McCain with 28.7% (6,100 votes) and other candidates with 0.8% (169 votes), among the 21,254 ballots cast by the town's 34,402 registered voters, for a turnout of 61.8%.[159] In the2004 presidential election, DemocratJohn Kerry received 65.4% of the vote here (12,783 ballots cast), outpolling RepublicanGeorge W. Bush with 33.5% (6,541 votes) and other candidates with 0.4% (118 votes), among the 19,540 ballots cast by the town's 30,540 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 64.0.[160]
In the2013 gubernatorial election, DemocratBarbara Buono received 60.5% of the vote (6,802 cast), ahead of RepublicanChris Christie with 38.2% (4,296 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (147 votes), among the 11,704 ballots cast by the township's 33,134 registered voters (459 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 35.3%.[167][168] In the2009 gubernatorial election, DemocratJon Corzine received 73.9% of the vote here (9,680 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 22.3% (2,922 votes), IndependentChris Daggett with 1.5% (200 votes) and other candidates with 1.2% (151 votes), among the 13,106 ballots cast by the town's 28,555 registered voters, yielding a 45.9% turnout.[169]
United States Senate election results for North Bergen1[170]
The North Bergen Police Force was founded in 1923, replacing the peace force known as "roundsmen", who began patrolling the township at night in 1907.[172] The North Bergen Police Department attracted negative publicity in 2025 after a series of alleged "pranks" by its police chief, which included defecating on the floor, spiking a coffee pot with prescription drugs, and inserting a hypodermic needle into an officer's penis. The chief and his predecessors also allegedly pressured officers into writing more parking tickets in order to raise money for the township.[173]
NHRFR and North Bergen Emergency Medical Services (headquartered at 63rd Street and Granton Avenue) were among the many Hudson County agencies that responded to the January 2009 crash ofFlight 1549, as didPalisades Medical Center, where 57 of the survivors were treated for injuries.[177][178]
North Bergen had been the location ofHigh Tech High School, a countymagnet school forninth throughtwelfth grades. TheHudson County Schools of Technology constructed a new site for the school inSecaucus at a cost of $160 million, which opened for the 2018–19 school year. The former High Tech High School campus was acquired by the North Bergen district, which plans to construct a new junior high school for grades 7–9 on the site.[194][195]
A Step Ahead Preschool is a private pre-K through kindergarten school established in 1993.[196][197]
Westbound Route 495 at the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in North Bergen
As of May 2010[update], the township had a total of 64.74 miles (104.19 km) of roadways, of which 50.00 miles (80.47 km) were maintained by the municipality, 7.85 miles (12.63 km) by Hudson County, 5.49 miles (8.84 km) by theNew Jersey Department of Transportation and 1.40 miles (2.25 km) by theNew Jersey Turnpike Authority.[198]
In the late 2000s, North Bergen,Weehawken,Union City, Guttenberg, andWest New York came to be dubbed collectively as "NoHu", aNorth Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants fromLatin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such asHoboken,Jersey City andManhattan.[217]
Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988), painter known for his realistic and precisely drawnstill lifes,landscapes, andportraits. Lucioni's family emigrated fromMalnate, Italy in 1911 to New York City, and then subsequently lived for a time in North Bergen[250]
John Scarne (1903–1985), author, expert on gambling, card games and magic tricks[262]
Herbert H. Shaw (1930–2016), independent politician and perennial candidate who has run for office more than 75 times over five decades under the "Politicians Are Crooks" banner[263]
Oak Hill, a low-budget film starringSally Kirkland, and directed by formerGuttenberg mayor Peter Lavilla, about three former entertainers whose depression and addiction has led them to a homeless shelter, was filmed in bothUnion City's PERC homeless shelter, and a synagogue in North Bergen. In 2008, it was entered into theSundance,Tribeca, andHoboken Film Festivals.[274]
North Bergen was the production base for theNBC dramaLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, with scenes set in the police station and courtroom filmed on a stage at NBC's Central Archives building on West Side Avenue.[276]
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^"Commuter rail line's revival pushed"Archived March 1, 2023, at theWayback Machine,The Record, December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, viaNewspapers.com. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to Weehawken [sic], where passengers would switch to buses for the ride through the Lincoln Tunnel to the Port Authority terminal. A similar bus service, known as the Susquehanna Transfer, operated between 1939 and 1966."
^Tirella, Tricia."NB fossil has NJ homecoming; Former resident remembers Granton Quarry"Archived May 31, 2019, at theWayback Machine,The Hudson Reporter, April 29, 2010. Accessed November 13, 2019. "It may be difficult to imagine North Bergen as a place to collect fossils, but it once was. According to the American Museum of Natural History, Granton Quarry resided on the back slope of the Palisades Cliffs, between railroad lines and Tonnelle Avenue. Nowadays, a Lowes Home Building Center and Tonnelle Plaza sit on the site."
^abLasky, Julie."North Bergen, N.J.: Reasonably Priced and Minutes From Manhattan"Archived August 17, 2022, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, July 29, 2020.Accessed August 18, 2022. "In addition to the high- and low-rise condos and apartment buildings near the waterfront, there is the Racetrack district, between Bergenline Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, named for a notorious 19th-century gambling attraction that evolved into an amusement park.... Bergenwood lies between John F. Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue and has especially steep grades."
^"The Forgotten Officer Down of West Hoboken"Archived September 21, 2016, at theWayback Machine, Never Enough History, January 29, 2014. Accessed September 18, 2016. "Rettich was also tried for the murder of a man in Homestead, NJ (which is now in North Bergen, it would be the area between Schuetzen Park and the Five Points) but was acquitted."
^District 32 ProfileArchived April 15, 2007, at theWayback Machine, 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".
^McDonald, Corey W."With election victory, North Bergen mayor continues his 28-year run"Archived July 7, 2019, at theWayback Machine,The Jersey Journal, May 15, 2019. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Sacco and incumbent commissioners Frank J. Gargiulo, Hugo D. Cabrera, Allen Pascual, and Julio A. Marenco cruised to reelection, each racking up more than 8,000 votes. Sacco was the top vote-getter with over 8,700 — more than double Wainstein's 4,026 votes."
^Akin, Stephanie."Two North Bergen DPW supervisors sentenced to prison for misconduct"Archived November 14, 2015, at theWayback Machine,The Record, November 12, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Two former supervisors with the township Department of Public Works were sentenced to state prison Thursday for assigning their subordinates to work on election campaigns or do personal chores for them or their boss, law enforcement officials said. Troy Bunero, 49, of North Bergen and Francis 'Frank' Longo, 50, of Ridgefield Park were each sentenced to five years in state prison with no possibility of parole, according to an Attorney General's Office news release."
^Baxter, Chris."North Bergen officials paid attorney to do nothing, NJ Comptroller says in new report", NJ Advance Media forNJ.com, June 25, 2013. Accessed May 5, 2024. "An attorney for North Bergen made $18,800 a year plus health benefits, but township officials had no idea what he was doing, or whether he was even at work, according to a report issued today by the state Office of the Comptroller."
^Annual Report: Fiscal Year 2013,New Jersey State Comptroller. Accessed May 5, 2024. "One township, North Bergen, paid an attorney a salary over a period of years and yet was unable to identify any services the attorney actually provided. After our staff requested additional information, the attorney in question resigned from his position. That case has been referred to the Division of Criminal Justice."
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^AboutArchived March 21, 2020, at theWayback Machine,North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue. Accessed March 31, 2020. "In 1999, North Bergen, Union City, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg combined their fire departments into an award-winning and nationally recognized fire-protection unit called North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue."
^Strunsky, Steve."Road And Rail; Fewer Firefighters But Lots of Chiefs"Archived September 18, 2017, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, January 10, 1999. Accessed January 1, 2015. "When the newly formed North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue -- made up of departments from Union City, North Bergen, West New York, Weehawken and Guttenberg -- swore in its leaders last Monday, it had an unusual and somewhat unexpected command structure: two chiefs and two executive directors."
^Shortell, Tom."3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor",The Jersey Journal, November 2, 2008. Accessed April 30, 2025. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."
^North Bergen High School 2024-2025 Profile, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025. "The Communities - North Bergen & Guttenberg: The urban townships of North Bergen and Guttenberg are located in Hudson County directly between the George Washington Bridge and the Lincoln Tunnel."
^Sulivan, Al."New High Tech High draws students from Bayonne Countywide school provides a cutting-edge education"Archived April 7, 2020, at theWayback Machine,The Hudson Reporter, December 6, 2018. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Frank Gargiulo, superintendent of Hudson County Schools of Technology — the group of countywide public schools in Hudson County — walked for the first time through the front doors of the new High Tech High School campus in Secaucus last month. The new complex was named for Gargiulo, who looked a little embarrassed standing in front of the foot-high letters, emblazoned with his name. The new high school opened its doors this fall after moving its campus from North Bergen."
^Reiss, Aaron."New York's Shadow Transit"Archived May 22, 2016, at theWayback Machine,The New Yorker. Accessed May 22, 2016. "The ridership on New Jersey minibuses is diverse, but most lines cater to the large Latino immigrant populations in townships like North Bergen and West New York."
^AECOM Technical Services, Inc.Hudson County Jitney StudyArchived January 22, 2021, at theWayback Machine, July 2011. North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The most frequent jitney route in Hudson County with service operating in each direction nearly once per minute, the Bergenline Avenue route operates along the spine of the Hudson County/Bergen County palisades, connecting the Newport Mall in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, with select trips (primarily those operated by New Service, Inc., Airport Service Corp. and Spanish Transportation Corp., collectively 'Spanish Transportation') continuing on to the GWBBS in New York City."
^Economopoulos, Aristide."070 Shake performs for her fans in North Bergen"Archived July 5, 2018, at theWayback Machine, NJ Advance Media forNJ.com, June 19, 2018. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Rising rapper and singer 070 Shake, who hails from North Bergen, is hosting 070 Day in North Bergen as she performs at Bruins Stadium in North Hudson Park."
^Staff."Popper: North Bergen native Kyle Anderson has summer to remember"Archived October 20, 2021, at theWayback Machine,The Record, July 20, 2015. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Kyle Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Summer League, averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals in six games heading into the San Antonio Spurs' championship win Monday. Anderson, who grew up in North Bergen before heading off to Paterson Catholic and on to St. Anthony and UCLA, knows that these honors mean little."
^ab"Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude"Archived December 2, 2006, at theWayback Machine.MSNBC. November 3, 2006. Accessed November 12, 2012. "North Bergen, N.J. — U.S. rapper Ice-T once gained fame talking about killing cops. Now the controversy over his latest album has led him to compare himself to a peace-loving John Lennon."
^"New Champion",Time, 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 December 22, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2013. "Like Many Writers Who make people laugh, Mr. Brooks did not have a particularly hilarious childhood. Born in North Bergen, N.J., he was raised by his mother and saw little of his father, a salesman who left for good when Jim was 12."
^Knuth, Don."Oral History of Edward Feigenbaum"Archived January 12, 2016, at theWayback Machine,Computer History Museum, 2007. Accessed October 23, 2015. "I was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, which is a town on the Palisades opposite New York. In fact, it's the place where the Lincoln Tunnel dives under the water and comes up in New York. Then my parents moved up the Palisades four miles to a town called North Bergen, and there I lived until I was 16 and went off to Carnegie Tech."
^David, Mark."Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey"Archived January 19, 2017, at theWayback Machine,Variety, October 30, 2012. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In September 2005 they found their real estate nirvana and shelled out, according to property records we peeped, $1,500,000 for a 2,161 square foot duplex penthouse atop a boxy and glassy contemporary building in someplace called North Bergen, NJ, between the Hudson River side communities of Edgewater and Guttenberg, the proud home of the insanely amazing Mitsuwa Marketplace."
^Slotnik, Daniel E."Dan Kurzman, Military Historian, Is Dead at 88"Archived January 26, 2021, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, December 24, 2010. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Dan Kurzman, who wrote military histories that illuminated little-known incidents in World War II and an exhaustively reported account of the first Arab-Israeli war, died Dec 12 in Manhattan. He was 88 and lived in North Bergen, N.J.
^"Orlofsky Captures Olympic Gym Trial"Archived October 20, 2021, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, May 2, 1960. Accessed October 20, 2021. "Fred Orlofsky, a. 23-year-old Southern Illinois freshman from North Bergen, N. J., took top honors in the Olympic gymnastic team trials tonight that cut the men's squad to twelve and the women's to ten."
^Whitty, Stephen."Family Viewing: 'Lonely Are the Brave'"Archived June 14, 2013, at theWayback Machine,NJ.com, May 18, 2013. Accessed November 13, 2015. "Fun trivia: That one-armed man who takes on Douglas in the bar fight? Bill Raisch from North Bergen, the same actor David Janssen was always searching for onThe Fugitive."
^Tirella, Tricia; and Diaz, Lana Rose."'Ground zero mosque' imam is NB resident, UC property owner"Archived September 30, 2023, at theWayback Machine,The Hudson Reporter, September 5, 2010, pp. 3 and 8. Accessed November 13, 2019. "According to The Record, which spawned many spinoff reports quoting the paper, and the Hudson Reporter's own searches of property records, Imam Feisal A. Rauf, a North Bergen resident, owns four properties in Union City, and one in North Bergen."
^Villanova, Patrick."NFL player Evan Rodriguez, of North Bergen, cited in dispute with cops in Florida: report"Archived May 28, 2015, at theWayback Machine,The Jersey Journal, June 13, 2013. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Current NFL football player and former North Bergen High School star Evan Rodriguez was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer in Miami Beach early Thursday morning, an NBC affiliate reported. NBC reported that Rodriguez, 24, formerly of North Bergen, was in a car that got into an accident early Thursday morning at the intersection of 6th Street and Alton Road in Miami Beach."
^Newman, Richard."Community spirit - takeover maestro Ross eyes North Jersey banks",The Record, August 16, 2010, backed up by theInternet Archive as of May 10, 2017. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Ross, who grew up in North Bergen, has earned a reputation as a crafty investor and consolidator of bankrupt companies in struggling industries such as textiles and steel. ... Ross is no stranger to New Jersey. He grew up in North Bergen, the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, and his family spent summers at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake, where his sister and brother-in-law live."
^Hague, Jim."North Bergen's UEZ has a new home Office set up on Broadway, in heart of zone"Archived April 15, 2014, at theWayback Machine,The Hudson Reporter, March 22, 2005. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ever since North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco first introduced legislation 10 years ago, in his role as a state senator, that began the process to have Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) in many of the state's major cities and towns as a way to increase business sales while helping to beautify the community, the North Bergen UEZ has been operating out of Town Hall, but was really without an identity."
^Zane, J. Peder."On The Map; Politics, North Bergen-Style, Through the Eyes of a Gadfly"Archived July 5, 2018, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, May 28, 1995. Accessed January 1, 2015. "In North Bergen, a gritty Hudson County township of 48,400 people, politics is a blood sport, dominated by deep, interconnected feuds that go back decades. For 25 years, Herbert H. Shaw, a resident who is a maintenance worker for the Newark Public Library, has watched it from a singular perspective, partly inside the action and partly outside: he's a gadfly."
^"Rena Sofer"Archived August 27, 2011, at theWayback Machine,Oh, Grow Up,WCHS. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Born in Arcadia, California, Rena moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following her parents' divorce, and later to North Bergen, New Jersey, where she finished high school."
^Lipton, Michael A."Heart Condition: For Rena Sofer, Checking into General Hospital Meant Finding a Healing Love with Costar Wally Kurth"Archived January 18, 2016, at theWayback Machine,People, October 31, 1994. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Neither parent remarried, and today Sofer maintains close relations with both her father, who presides at Temple Beth El in North Bergen, N.J., and her mother, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of North Carolina in Fayetteville. ... She took a drama class during her senior year at North Bergen High School and then, after less than a semester at Montclair State College, took acting lessons in New York."
^Blumenthal, Max."Hannity's Soul-Mate of Hate"Archived May 20, 2007, at theWayback Machine,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."
^"Wach to battle Irish contender at Mohegan Sun"Archived February 3, 2014, at theWayback Machine,The Jersey Journal, June 29, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "Undefeated heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach, of North Bergen, originally from Krakow, Poland, will face his biggest test -- literally -- when he meets Kevin 'The Clones Colossus' McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn."
^Tirella, Tricia. "Movie filmed at U.C. shelter"The Union City Reporter November 25, 2008; Pages 1 & 6.
^Strauss, Robert."Worth Noting; North Bergen, Take a Bow"Archived July 5, 2018, at theWayback Machine,The New York Times, June 5, 2005. Accessed July 4, 2018. "When he lost the heavyweight championship to Joe Louis in 1937, Jim Braddock took a slice of his half-million dollars and bought a house in working-class North Bergen, where he lived until his death in 1974. "
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