Editing Fort Lee, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Fort Lee borough had a total area of 2.87 square miles (7.44&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 2.52 square miles (6.52&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.35 square miles (0.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (12.33%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The borough is situated atop the escarpment of the [[Hudson Palisades]] on the [[peninsula]] between the [[Hackensack River|Hackensack]] and [[Hudson River|Hudson]] rivers. The borough is bisected by the confluence of roads at the [[George Washington Bridge Plaza]] leading to the [[George Washington Bridge]].

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Coytesville, Linwood,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/28/archives/housing-colony-in-fort-lee-sold-linwood-park-development-is-bought.html "Housing Colony In Fort Lee Sold; Linwood Park Development is Bought by Investors"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 1964. Accessed January 6, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc957802/m2/1/high_res_d/metadc957802.pdf#page=67 ''Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey No, 118''], [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1894. Accessed January 6, 2024. "Linwood; village in Ridgefield township, Bergen County, on Hudson River."</ref> Palisade and Taylorville.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref><ref>Leahy, Michael. [https://books.google.com/books?id=W2onYcLQja8C&pg=PA392 ''If You're Thinking of Living In...: All About 115 Great Neighborhoods In & Around New York''], p. 392. [[Crown Publishing Group]], 2007. {{ISBN|9780307421074}}. Accessed May 27, 2015.</ref>

The borough borders [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey|Cliffside Park]], [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]], [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]], [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]], [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]], and [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]] in Bergen County, along with the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] neighborhood of [[Upper Manhattan]] in [[New York City]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/837961/touches.html Areas touching Fort Lee], MapIt. Accessed March 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps Bergen County Map of Municipalities], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref> Given its evolving [[cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan]] ambiance<ref name=WSJ2011/> and adjacency to Manhattan across the George Washington Bridge, Fort Lee, one of the [[Hudson Waterfront]] communities of northern New Jersey, has been called a [[sixth borough]] of New York City.<ref name=SixthBorough>Tat, Linh. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130723060351/http://www.northjersey.com/fortlee/Fort_Lee.html "Fort Lee grapples with questions on future development"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 12, 2012. Archived from [http://www.northjersey.com/fortlee/Fort_Lee.html?page=all the original] on July 23, 2013. Accessed December 7, 2013. "Fort Lee - Bedroom community. Sixth borough of New York City. Gateway to Bergen County."</ref><ref>Haller, Vera. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/realestate/fort-lee-nj-living-in-close-to-new-york-city-but-with-a-life-of-its-own.html "Close to the City, but With a Life of Its Own"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 7, 2012. Accessed December 7, 2013. "Fort Lee has the suburban feel of a New Jersey town with the ethnic diversity of a New York City neighborhood. Some residents call it the city's sixth borough."</ref>