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North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 63,361,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 60,773,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions.<ref name=Story/> Situated on the Hudson Palisades, it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States.<ref>LaMarca, Stephen. "Resident to show unique North Bergen photos; Magician, author has high hopes for exhibit" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, November 3, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2012. "'North Bergen is the second hilliest town in the country,' said Lepore. 'I thought it'd be funny to write a quirky little book about the hills of North Bergen.' Due to the unavailability of statistics on the slopes of hills, Lepore contacted an engineer to determine how he could measure the hills with just a level and a ruler himself."</ref> Like neighboring North Hudson communities, North Bergen is among those places in the nation with the highest population density.

History

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Colonial era

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At the time of European colonization the area was the territory of Hackensack tribe of the Lenape Native Americans,<ref>Wright, Kevin W. The Indigenous Population of Bergen County Template:Webarchive, Bergen County Historical Society. Accessed March 20, 2015.</ref> who maintained a settlement, Espatingh, on the west side of the hills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time</ref> and where a Dutch trading post was established after the Peach War.<ref>Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. "History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, p. 23. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> In 1658, Peter Stuyvesant, then Director-General of New Netherland, repurchased from them the area now encompassed by the municipalities of Hudson County east of the Hackensack River. This is commemorated in a New Deal post off mural entitled Purchase of Territory of North Bergen from the Indians.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1660 Stuyvesant granted permission to establish the semi-autonomous colony of Bergen, with the main village located at today's Bergen Square, considered to be the first chartered municipality in what would become the state of New Jersey.<ref>Bergen Township: Original boundaries included most of present-day Hudson County, East of Newark Bay and the Hackensack River. Template:Webarchive, New Jersey City University. Accessed December 22, 2011. "The village of Bergen, officially begun on September 5, 1661, is regarded as New Jersey's first permanent settlement and the state's first local civil government. It is now part of the City of Jersey City."</ref> 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 of Bergenwood.

After the 1664 surrender of Fort Amsterdam the entire New Netherland colony came into the possession of the British, who established the Province of New Jersey. In 1682, the East Jersey legislature formed the state's first four counties, including Bergen County, which consisted of all the land in the peninsula between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers; that is, the eastern portions of what today is Bergen and Hudson Counties.<ref>Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. History of Bergen and Passaic counties, New Jersey: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, p. 80. Everts & Peck, 1882. Accessed December 22, 2011 "IN December, 1682, the Assembly of East Jersey passed an act dividing the province into four counties, viz.: Bergen, Essex, Middlesex, and Monmouth. Bergen included all of the settlements between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers, and extended to the northern boundary of the province."</ref> In 1693, Bergen County was divided into two townships: Hackensack Township in the north, and Bergen Township, encompassing the Bergen Neck peninsula, in the south. The border between the two townships is the current Hudson-Bergen county line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

While settlement was sparse, communities developed along the Bergen Turnpike at the Three Pigeons and Maisland, later New Durham. French botanist André Michaux developed his gardens nearby. On the Hudson River, Bulls Ferry became an important landing for crossings to Manhattan. While ostensibly under British control during the American Revolutionary War, the area was patrolled by the Americans on foraging, espionage, and raiding expeditions,<ref name=jc>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name = Menssouls>Template:Cite book</ref> most notably the Battle of Bull's Ferry.

Toponymy, secession, and urbanization

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On February 22, 1838, Jersey City was incorporated as a separate municipality,<ref>Winfield, Charles Hardenburg. "History of the county of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement", p. 289. Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co., 1874. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref> and in 1840 Hudson County, comprising the city and Bergen Township, was created from the southern portion of Bergen County.<ref name="jc"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> North Bergen was incorporated as a township on April 10, 1843, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, from the northern portion of Bergen Township.<ref name=Story/> At the time, the town included everything east of the Hackensack River and north of and including what is now Jersey City Heights.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The entire region that is now known as North 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 of Hoboken), Hudson Town (April 12, 1852, later part of Hudson City), Hudson City (April 11, 1855, later merged with 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).<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 145. Accessed May 30,2024.</ref> During this era many of Hudson County's cemeteries were developed along the town's western slope of the Hudson Palisades.

At their foot in the Meadowlands, the Erie, the New York, Susquehanna and Western and the West Shore railroads ran right-of-ways to their terminals on the Hudson, the last building its tunnel through Bergen Hill at North Bergen.<ref>"Design And Construction Of The Weehawken Tunnel And Bergenline Avenue Station For The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System" Template:Webarchive, Transportation Research Board, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref> The area was important destination during peak German immigration to the United States and is recalled today in Schuetzen Park, founded in 1874. Further north, Nungesser's Guttenberg Racetrack became a notable and notorious destination which, after its closing, became a proving ground for new technologies: the automobile and the airplane.<ref name=Racetrack>Ractrack "Winter Racing at New Jersey's Guttenberg Race Track, 1885–1893" Template:Webarchive, Colin's Ghost: Thoroughbred Racing History, Jan 28, 2010.</ref><ref>Ryall, G. F. T. "The Race Track" Template:Webarchive, The New Yorker, December 14, 1957. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>"Fire Ends Old Guttenburg.; Blaze Seen from Manhattan Destroys the Clubhouse, Latterly on Inn" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, January 16, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>"Three Planes Fall; One Beheads A Boy; Former Army Pilots Arrested After Their Propeller Kills Jersey Lad at Play. Biplane Engine Goes Dead Lieut. Stinson Lands in Flatbush Lettuce Patch—A Coney Island Mishap" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, July 8, 1921. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>"Morok's Aeroplane Interrupts Toilet; Trans-Hudson Flyer's Machine Comes to Grief in a Young Woman's Window " Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, December 27, 1910. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>"Bandit Robs a Train" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, December 26, 1910. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref>

20th century

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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".<ref>"Short Runs Near Town Pleasant Now" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, March 23, 1913. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> The roadway is now known by its two sections: Kennedy Boulevard and Boulevard East.

Residential districts along and between the two boulevards were developed.<ref>"The Hudson Boulevard; The old and the New – The Opposition and the Proposed Route" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 12, 1873. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref><ref>"Opening the Boulevard; Wheelmen Parade Along Hudson County's New Driveway" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, November 29, 1895. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> Bergenline Avenue, a broad street which accommodated the North Hudson County Railway streetcars<ref>"New Developments Beyond the Palisades" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, June 20, 1909. Accessed July 4, 2018.</ref> to Nungesser'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.

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James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park and the Stonehenge

Soon after the opening of the Lincoln Tunnel Approach, the Susquehanna Transfer was opened in August 1939 to accommodate passengers who wished to transfer to buses through the tunnel to the Port Authority Bus Terminal.<ref>Staff. "Bus-Rail Service Draws Commuters; The Susquehanna Encouraged by Experiment as Business Improves on 2d Day Travel Time Is Reduced Company Will Connect With More Terminals in City Should Trend Continue" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 3, 1939. Accessed July 4, 2018. "Seventy-seven passengers crossed the platform of a new station known as Susquehanna Transfer, near Bergen, N. J., to Manhattan-bound buses yesterday, the second day of the operation of the new service ... The new station is under the elevated highway leading from the Lincoln Tunnel over the Jersey marshes."</ref> It closed in 1966.<ref>"Commuter rail line's revival pushed" Template:Webarchive, The Record, December 30, 1986. Accessed March 1, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The second possibility would be to run the trains through Paterson on Susquehanna tracks to WeehawkenTemplate: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."</ref>

At the time of its construction in 1949, the Template:Convert WOR TV Tower, in the midst of the residential Woodcliff Section,<ref>Staff. "WOR Television Tower To Be in North Bergen" Template:Webarchive, copy of article from The Jersey Journal, June 8, 1948. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref> was the tenth-tallest man-made structure in the world.<ref>WOR-TV and FM Transmitter in North Bergen, NJ Template:Webarchive, accessed January 25, 2011</ref><ref>"Bombs Strike Two Cars; Two Babies Among the Injured in Attack on West Shore Train. Panic Spreads Quickly Engineer Keeps On Until Emergency Cord Is Pulled After Second Attack. Darkness Adds to Terror Third Missile Explodes as TrainIs Brought to a Halt NearTrestle at Granton, N.J." Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 14, 1922. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>"Science: First Flight" Template:Webarchive, Time, April 14, 1961. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The tower was dismantled in 1956 but in 1967, about half a mile (2500 m) to the east, the 34-story, Template:Convert Stonehenge apartment building was constructed on the tip of the Palisades.<ref name="The Stonehenge on the Palisades">.Template:Cite web</ref>

In the early 1960s two notable paleontological finds of fossils from the Newark Basin were made near the foot of the cliffs at one of several former quarries, the Granton, of which today's avenue is a namesake.<ref>Tirella, Tricia. "NB fossil has NJ homecoming; Former resident remembers Granton Quarry" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref> The former quarry remained an archeological site until at least 1980.<ref>Staff. "For Geologists, Finding Fossils Makes Jersey Outing Worth the Trip; A Painted Memory 'A Funny Science' 'A Great Sound'" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, October 13, 1980. Accessed July 4, 2018. "The fish fossil was found on a field trip to the Granton quarry in North Bergen, N.J., one of many conducted as part of this year's annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association."</ref>

North Hudson Park was renamed the James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park. In 1935, while living in North Bergen, local hero James J. Braddock won the world heavyweight championship in one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.<ref>Template:Usurped, nynjctbotany.org. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref>

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 of Spanish language speakers which had begun in the 1960s with Cuban émigrés, leading to the nickname, Havana on the Hudson.<ref>Trillin, Calvin. "US Journal: Observation While Eating Carne Asada on Bergenline Avenue" Template:Webarchive, The New Yorker, June 30, 1975. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref><ref name="Harbinger">Gray, Jerry. "Hudson County a Harbinger of a New Hispanic Influence" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, February 23, 1991. Accessed January 1, 2015.</ref>

Geography

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Woodcliff Treatment Plant at the foot of the Palisades. In the distance, off to the right, is the Stonehenge Building rising from the Palisades.
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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".<ref name =Master1987>Template:Citation</ref> Its northern section stretches east–west and is south of the Bergen County communities of Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview and Ridgefield. To the east, the Hudson River creates the shared border with the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It shares a border with Carlstadt in the Hackensack River. Its north–south section lies between Secaucus to the west and to the east Guttenberg, West New York and Union City, with which it meets Jersey City at a single point at its southern end.<ref>Areas touching North Bergen Template:Webarchive, MapIt. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref><ref>Hudson County Map Template:Webarchive, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> According to the United 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%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

North Bergen has diverse geological features. Partially situated on the Hudson River, the Hudson Palisades rise from the waterfront, while the northern part of the town sits atop the plateau. The cuesta, or slope, on its west side makes North Bergen the city with the second-most hills per square mile in the United States after San Francisco,<ref>"Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, September 5, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> some of which are extremely steep. A rock formation along the slope (located at Template:Coord) is made up of unusual serpentinite 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 the New Jersey Meadowlands. The unusual shape and diverse topography of North Bergen have created diverse historical and contemporary neighborhoods:

Other historical unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Homestead,<ref>Staff. "$250,000 Fire Loss In Schuetzen Park; Main Pavilion of Famous Union Hill (N.J.) Pleasure Resort Is Totally Destroyed." Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, May 11, 1910. Accessed September 18, 2016. "The sparks filtering down over the meadows landed on the housetops of the little village of Homestead, over which the hill-surmounting pavilion stood."</ref><ref>"The Forgotten Officer Down of West Hoboken" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref> Granton, Hudson Heights, New Durham, Shadyside, Three PigeonsTemplate:Citation needed and Tyler Park.<ref>Locality Search Template:Webarchive, State of New Jersey. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The town has seven cemeteries, more than any other town in the county, including some, such as Weehawken Cemetery and Hoboken 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 are Flower Hill Cemetery and Grove Church Cemetery.<ref name=UCReporter10.19.14>Passantino, Joseph. "Time of year for reflection; Weehawken cemetery actually lies in North Bergen" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, October 19, 2014. Accessed November 13, 2019. "Other North Bergen resting places are the Grove Reformed Church cemetery, Flower Hill Cemetery, Hoboken Cemetery, Machpelah Cemetery, Bergen Crest Mausoleum, and Garden State Crematory."</ref>

Demographics

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2020 census

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North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
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Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 1990<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>Template:Cite web</ref> Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Partial<ref name=2020CensusP2>Template:Cite web</ref> % 1990 % 2000 % 2010 Template:Partial
White alone (NH) 25,536 18,427 13,370 11,235 52.75% 31.72% 22.00% 17.73%
Black or African American alone (NH) 505 900 1,065 1,403 1.04% 1.55% 1.75% 2.21%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 56 68 62 70 0.12% 0.12% 0.10% 0.11%
Asian alone (NH) 2,191 3,711 3,835 4,269 4.53% 6.39% 6.31% 6.74%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) N/A 11 18 14 N/A 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 189 244 231 612 0.39% 0.42% 0.38% 0.97%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) N/A 1,471 623 858 N/A 2.53% 1.03% 1.35%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,937 33,260 41,569 44,900 41.18% 57.25% 68.40% 70.86%
Total 48,414 58,092 60,773 63,361 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census

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The 2010 United States census counted 60,773 people, 22,062 households, and 14,539 families in the township. The population 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) from other 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.<ref name=Census2010/>

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.<ref name=Census2010/>

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.<ref name=Census2010/>

2000 census

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As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 58,092 people, 21,236 households, and 14,249 families residing in the township. The population density was Template:Convert. 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.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for North Bergen township, New JerseyTemplate:Dead link, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for North Bergen township, Hudson County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed November 12, 2012.</ref>

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.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

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.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

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.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Economy

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North Bergen has several retail districts, along Bergenline Avenue, Tonnelle Avenue, and near Transfer Station. Portions of the city are part of an Urban 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.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The legislation was amended in 1996 to include seven additional zones. They were all predetermined and include East Orange, Guttenberg, Hillside, Irvington, North Bergen, Pemberton and West New York."</ref> 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 the Template:Frac% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zone Program Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in April 1995, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in April 2026.<ref>Urban Enterprise Zones Effective and Expiration Dates Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref> 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.<ref>District 32 Profile Template:Webarchive, 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".</ref>

Hudson News and Liz Claiborne are large employers.<ref>Major Employer's List 2019 Template:Webarchive, Hudson County Economic Development Corporation. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway operates five intermodal freight transport facilities within the township.<ref>NYSW in North Bergen Template:Webarchive, New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway. Accessed September 18, 2016.</ref>

Government

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North Bergen Town Hall

Local government

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North Bergen has been governed under the Walsh Act form of New Jersey municipal government since 1931.<ref>"The Commission Form of Municipal Government" Template:Webarchive, p. 53. Accessed June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey" Template:Webarchive, p. 8. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The township is one of 30 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use the form of government.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Template:Webarchive, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised 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, each individual is assigned to head one of the five commissions and the commissioners select one of their members to serve as mayor.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 142.</ref>

Template:As of, members of the North Bergen Township Committee are Mayor Nicholas Sacco (Commissioner of Public Affairs<ref>Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco Template:Webarchive, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), Hugo D. Cabrera (Commissioner of Parks and Public Property<ref>Hugo D. Cabrera Template:Webarchive, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), Frank Gargiulo (Commissioner of Public Works<ref>Commissioner Frank Gargiulo Template:Webarchive, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), Julio Marenco (Commissioner of Revenue and Finance<ref>Commissioner Julio Marenco Template:Webarchive, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), and Allen Pascual (Commissioner of Public Safety<ref>Allen Pascual Template:Webarchive, North Bergen. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref>), all serving concurrent terms of office ending in May 2027.<ref name=Officials>Directory Template:Webarchive, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref>2022 Municipal User Friendly Budget Template:Webarchive, North Bergen Township. Accessed June 26, 2022.</ref><ref name=HudsonDirectory>Elected Officials Template:Webarchive, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed May 6, 2023.</ref><ref name=Hudson2019Municipal>2019 May Municipal Election North Bergen - West New York Unofficial Results Template:Webarchive, Hudson County, New Jersey Clerk, updated May 17, 2019. Accessed November 14, 2019.</ref><ref>McDonald, Corey W. "With election victory, North Bergen mayor continues his 28-year run" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref>

Corruption

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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.<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. "New Jersey Closes Dump a Bit Too Late" Template:Webarchive, The New York Times, August 9, 1989. Accessed June 2, 2015. "Another man convicted was Joseph Mocco, a former North Bergen Township Clerk and longtime political leader, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison."</ref> 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.<ref>2004 Annual Report Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State Parole Board. Accessed June 2, 2015.</ref>

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.<ref>Hague, Jim. "Perez gets six months in jail Former Parks and Recreation commissioner ordered to repay $26K to town, pays $5K fine" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, February 6, 2004. Accessed July 4, 2018</ref>

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.<ref>Gartland, Michael. "45 charged in Mob-run gambling and drug ring", The Record, March 27, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 29, 2008. Accessed April 15, 2014.</ref>

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.<ref>Conte, Michelangelo. "Ex-North Bergen DPW chief: I was 'ordered' to send crews to campaign in Jersey City, Bayonne and more" Template:Webarchive, NJ.com, September 11, 2012.</ref> 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.<ref>Akin, Stephanie. "Two North Bergen DPW supervisors sentenced to prison for misconduct" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref>

A 2013 report issued by the office of the New Jersey State Comptroller stated that an attorney had been hired by the township between 1988 and 1990 for a no-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.<ref>Baxter, Chris. "North Bergen officials paid attorney to do nothing, NJ Comptroller says in new report", NJ Advance Media for NJ.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."</ref><ref>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."</ref>

Federal, state and county representation

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North Bergen is located in the 8th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>Plan Components Report Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 33rd state legislative district.<ref>Districts by Number for 2023-2031 Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

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Politics

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As of March 2011, there were a total of 30,595 registered voters in North Bergen, of which 18,816 (61.5%) were registered as Democrats, 2,462 (8.0%) were registered as Republicans and 9,301 (30.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 16 voters registered to other parties.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Hudson Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 78.1% of the vote (15,600 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt 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 were spoiled), for a turnout of 61.7%.<ref name=2012Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 69.6% of the vote here (14,791 cast), ahead of Republican John 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%.<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 65.4% of the vote here (12,783 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George 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.<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

Presidential Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2024<ref name="2024Elections">Template:Cite web</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|45.0% 9,402 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|51.4% 10,734 3.6% 690
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020<ref name="2020Elections">Template:Cite web</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|31.8% 7,484 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|65.7% 15,456 2.5% 179
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016<ref name="2016Elections">Template:Cite web</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|24.2% 5,010 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|73.0% 15,140 2.5% 215
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012<ref name=2012Election>Template:Cite web</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|21.1% 4,209 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|78.1% 15,600 0.8% 164
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2008<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Hudson County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 24, 2024.</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|28.7% 6,100 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|69.6% 14,791 0.8% 169
style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|2004<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref> style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Republican|33.5% 6,541 style="text-align:center;" Template:Party shading/Democratic|65.4% 12,783 0.4% 118

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 60.5% of the vote (6,802 cast), ahead of Republican Chris 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%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 73.9% of the vote here (9,680 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 22.3% (2,922 votes), Independent Chris 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.<ref>2009 Governor: Hudson County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2012.</ref>

Public safety

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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.<ref>History Template:Webarchive, North Bergen Police Department. Accessed January 1, 2015. "An organized peace force known as 'roundsmen' existed in North Bergen since 1907. Roundsmen patrolled the township, mostly in the evening hours and helped protect the community against robberies, fires, and disturbances."</ref> 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.<ref name=pranks>Template:Cite web</ref>

North Bergen's fire department merged with those of the neighboring communities of Guttenberg, Union City, West New York and Weehawken in 1999 to form North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue (NHRFR).<ref>About Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref><ref>Strunsky, Steve. "Road And Rail; Fewer Firefighters But Lots of Chiefs" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref> Engine 1, Engine 6, Engine 9 / Battalion 3, Engine 13 and Ladder 5 are all located in North Bergen.<ref>Coverage Template:Webarchive, North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref>

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 of Flight 1549, as did Palisades Medical Center, where 57 of the survivors were treated for injuries.<ref>Staff. "'Miracle on the Hudson' survivors to return to waterfront to thank NJ emergency responders" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, July 26, 2009; Page 4. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref><ref>Tirella, Tricia. "A pat on the back; Flight 1549 survivors thank local first responders" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, August 2, 2009, Pages 5 & 17. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref>

Education

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McKinley School (left) and North Bergen High School (right)

The North Bergen School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 7,165 students and 553.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2023–24 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.</ref>) are Franklin Elementary School<ref>Franklin Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (524 students; in grades 1–8), Robert Fulton Elementary School<ref>Robert Fulton Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (885; K-8), John F. Kennedy Elementary School<ref>John F. Kennedy School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (566; 1–8), Lincoln Elementary School<ref>Lincoln Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (1,209; PreK–8), Horace Mann Elementary School<ref>Horace Mann Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (968; 1–8), McKinley Elementary School<ref>McKinley Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (320; K–8), Polk Street Elementary School<ref>Polk Street Elementary School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (258; K–8) and North Bergen High School<ref>North Bergen High School, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref> (2,384; 9–12).<ref>School Directory, North Bergen School District. Accessed April 30, 2025.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the North Bergen School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the North Bergen School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from Guttenberg attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.<ref>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."</ref><ref>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."</ref>

North Bergen had been the location of High Tech High School, a county magnet school for ninth through twelfth grades. The Hudson County Schools of Technology constructed a new site for the school in Secaucus 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.<ref>Sulivan, Al. "New High Tech High draws students from Bayonne Countywide school provides a cutting-edge education" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref><ref>Israel, Daniel. "North Bergen preschool remains in Braddock Park Still In violation of state regulations" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, December 18, 2019. Accessed April 7, 2020. "Under the new arrangement, a new North Bergen junior high school will be built at the former location of the Hudson County High Tech High School in what is being deemed the new 'West' campus for grades 7-9. North Bergen High School will be renovated for grades 10-12."</ref>

A Step Ahead Preschool is a private pre-K through kindergarten school established in 1993.<ref>A Step Ahead School Template:Webarchive, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref><ref>A Step Ahead Preschool Template:Webarchive, Private School Review, accessed May 10, 2011.</ref>

Transportation

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Roads and highways

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Westbound Route 495 at the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) in North Bergen

Template:As of, the township had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Hudson County, Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.<ref>Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

Several major roadways traverse North Bergen.<ref>Hudson County Highway Map Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> Route 495 travels between the Lincoln Tunnel and the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95),<ref>Route 495 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated June 2014. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> with interchanges for Route 3<ref>Route 7 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated March 2017. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and U.S. Route 1/9,<ref>U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated May 2018. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> which runs north–south on the western edge side of the township.<ref>Enlarged View 47 (Secaucus Town, North Bergen Township and Union City, Hudson County) Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated March 2019. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> County Route 501 (Kennedy Boulevard)<ref>County Route 501 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated November 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> and County Route 505 (River Road)<ref>County Route 505 Straight Line Diagram Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of Transportation, updated December 2012. Accessed February 28, 2023.</ref> pass through on the eastern side of the township.

Public transportation

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The Tonnelle Avenue Light Rail station

Public transportation in North Bergen is provided by bus and light rail service. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) service is available at the Tonnelle Avenue station<ref>Tonnelle Avenue Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> and Bergenline Avenue station (in Union City)<ref>Bergenline Avenue Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref> to points in Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne.<ref>Hudson-Bergen Light Rail System Map Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

Bus service is provided along busy north–south corridors on Kennedy Boulevard, Bergenline Avenue, and Boulevard East by NJ Transit and privately operated dollar vans within Hudson County, and to Bergen and Manhattan, New York City. Nungessers is a major origination and transfer point. Lines terminating at Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan are the 121, 125, 127, 128, 154, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 168, 320 routes. The 181 and 188 lines terminate at George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Upper Manhattan. Lines 22, 23, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88 and 89 terminate either at Journal Square or Hoboken Terminal. The 751 travels to Edgewater and Hackensack.<ref>Hudson County Bus/rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 27, 2010. Accessed December 22, 2011.</ref><ref>Hudson County System Map Template:Webarchive, NJ Transit. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref><ref>2018 Hudson County Transit Map Template:Webarchive, Hudson Transportation Management Association. Accessed November 12, 2019.</ref>

Jitney commuter buses operate along Bergenline Avenue, providing service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, the Newport Centre and other local destinations. The county's most frequent route for dollar buses, jitneys operate along Bergenline Avenue as frequently as one bus every minute, some operated by Spanish Transportation.<ref>Reiss, Aaron. "New York's Shadow Transit" Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref><ref>AECOM Technical Services, Inc. Hudson County Jitney Study Template:Webarchive, 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."</ref>

Media and culture

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North Bergen is located within the New York media market, with most of its daily papers available for sale or delivery. Local weeklies include the free bilingual paper, Hudson Dispatch Weekly,<ref>Hudson Dispatch Weekly. May 13, 2010</ref> (named for the former daily Hudson Dispatch),<ref>Good, Philip. "Recalling the Glory Days of The Hudson Dispatch" Template:Webarchive The New York Times, October 27, 1991. Accessed March 12, 2025.</ref> North Bergen Reporter (part of The Hudson Reporter group of local weeklies), and the Spanish language El Especialito.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> River View Observer is a monthly newspaper that covers the Hudson Waterfront market. Online news HudsonCountyView.com, HudsonTV.com, and the HudPost.com all cover local North Bergen news. The Jersey Journal was a local daily paper based in Jersey City that ceased publishing in February 2025.

In the late 2000s, North Bergen, Weehawken, Union City, Guttenberg, and West New York came to be dubbed collectively as "NoHu", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.<ref name=NoHu>Paul, Mary; and Matzner, Caren. "Scores of artists find a place in N. Hudson WNY, Union City, Weehawken, and North Bergen becoming 'NoHu'" Template:Webarchive, The Hudson Reporter, May 6, 2008. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The North Hudson artists who know each other have dubbed the area 'NoHu,' and some hope to eventually rival more established art Meccas like SoHo."</ref>

Notable people

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