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Local Resources in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Englewood Cliffs, formed in March 1895 from portions of Englewood Township and Palisades Township, is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,322. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC and the American headquarters of Unilever. Until the early 1980's it had also been the home of Volkswagen of America. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.4 mi².
Englewood Cliffs official website
Englewood Cliffs Public Library website
History
The first Mayor, William O. Allison, is to be credited with the founding of the Borough, for he was the prime supporter of our secession from Englewood in 1895. The Borough was incorporated on May 10, 1895 with $1,000 of borrowed money, which was supposed to last for at least a year, but all but $47.01 was spent by November.
When the Borough was incorporated there were no schools located within its confines, and children in the northern area hiked to the “swamp” school in Englewood, on Palisade Avenue, where the soldiers’ Monument now stands. Children from the southern end of the Borough went to a little Coytesville schoolhouse on Myrtle Avenue and Second Street. The first school to be built in what was to become Englewood Cliffs was the Undercliff School, located in the Fisherman’s Village at the foot of the Palisades, slightly north of the old Dyckman Street Ferry Road and Henry Hudson Drive.
In 1905 a school was built on a 1 1⁄2 acre plot donated by Allison, where our present municipal complex is located. By 1919, with the greater population in the southern end of the Borough, it became feasible to open a one-story school on Bayview Avenue built at a cost of $12,806.
One of the greatest challenges to the development of Englewood Cliffs was the effect the George Washington Bridge would have on a small town. The resultant real estate boom, as expected was colossal. In 1931 opening of the bridge coincided with the adoption of the Borough’s first building and zoning code, some of the wisest regulations ever to be set down on paper. These were the early blocks that made a community of one-family houses without high-rise apartments able to coexist with business and industry on what was to be later labeled the “Trillion Dollar Mile” of business and international corporation offices on Sylvan Avenue.
Parks and Recreation
Little League & Minor League Baseball, Babe Ruth League, Summer Camp, Basketball, Ponytail Softball, Soccer, etc.
The recreation program is in operation all year. There are 5 tennis courts, 2 playgrounds, and an Athletic Field.
Utilities and Services
Water: United Water Company, website
Gas & Electric: P.S.E. & G. website
Health: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, 350 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631 201-894-3000, website
Sanitation: There are no sewerage charges or garbage pickup charges. The borough pays these charges through taxes collected. If private service is your desire, you would have to contract and pay for it yourself. Garbage is collected twice weekly.
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