Editing Teaneck, New Jersey (section)

==Parks and recreation==
Teaneck has 24 municipal parks, of which 14 are developed.<ref>[https://www.teanecknj.gov/parks-map Parks Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008161218/https://www.teanecknj.gov/parks-map |date=October 8, 2019 }}, Township of Teaneck. Accessed October 8, 2019.</ref> Votee Park, the township's largest, covers {{convert|40.51|acre}}, surrounded by Queen Anne Road, Palisade Avenue, Court Street and Colonial Court. Including baseball fields, soccer fields, playgrounds and the township's inground swimming facility, the park was renamed in honor of former mayor Milton Votee in 1958.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010423095028/http://teaneck.org/virtualvillage/parks/votee/index.html Milton Votee Park], Teaneck Public Library. Accessed February 4, 2014.</ref> A Sportsplex was opened at the southern end of Votee Park in 2014, which includes two synthetic turf full-size soccer fields, one of which is also lined for use for football.<ref>[http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=22332&typeID=271 "Township to Dedicate Votee Park Sportsplex"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910190002/http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=22332&typeID=271 |date=2015-09-10 }}, Township of Teaneck, June 13, 2014. Accessed December 16, 2014.</ref>

The Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway Through Teaneck work to preserve and develop the {{convert|3.5|mi}} greenway along the Hackensack River from Terhune Park at the Bogota border in the south north to Brett Park on the [[New Milford, New Jersey|New Milford]] border, encouraging the growth of native plants and providing a verdant area along the river for residents and visitors.<ref>[http://www.teaneckgreenway.org/id17.htm Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209055256/http://www.teaneckgreenway.org/id17.htm |date=2013-12-09 }}, Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway through Teaneck. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref> A series of 16 laminated signs were created by Teaneck artist Richard Mills along the Greenway, depicting details of history and the flora and fauna of the river in a series called "Hackensack River Stories" that was installed in 2000.<ref>Nash, Margo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/nyregion/art-with-his-art-one-can-find-a-river-s-history-on-a-sign.html "ART; With His Art, One Can Find A River's History on a Sign"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 10, 2000. Accessed December 18, 2013. "WHEN Richard Mills, a Teaneck artist and environmentalist, takes children on tours of the Hackensack River, he likes to ask them to draw pictures of what paradise looks like.... He did research, talked to old-timers and local historians, and created a series of 16 signs he calls ''Hackensack River Stories.''The vinyl laminated signs will be posted this week near the river in Teaneck along the Greenway, which runs from Bogota to New Milford."</ref> The Greenway in Teaneck became the fourth [[National Recreation Trail]] in the state when it received the designation by the [[United States Department of the Interior]] at ceremonies held in Brett Park in June 2009.<ref>Prosnitz, Howard. [http://www.northjersey.com/towns/US_names_Greenway_as_National_Recreation_Trail_.html "U.S. names Greenway as National Recreation Trail"], ''Teaneck Suburbanite'', July 1, 2009. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref>

Established in 2001 in conjunction with the Puffin Foundation, the Teaneck Creek Conservancy has restored a plot of degraded land east of Teaneck Road near the intersection of Interstates 80 and 95, removing decades of debris and creating a network of {{convert|1.3|mi}} of trails.<ref>[http://www.teaneckcreek.org/ Home Page], Teaneck Creek Conservancy. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref>[[File:Bridge at Overpeck County Park.jpg|thumb|left|
Overpeck features a pedestrian bridge.]]

[[Overpeck County Park]], along the shores of Overpeck Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River, is more than {{convert|800|acre|km2}} in size, of which about 500 were donated by Teaneck, and which is also in portions of Englewood, Leonia, Ridgefield Park and [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]].<ref>[http://www.teterboro-online.com/park/index.shtml Overpeck Park Background]. Accessed February 4, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/index.aspx?NID=841 Overpeck County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217084541/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/index.aspx?NID=841 |date=December 17, 2013 }}, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed February 4, 2014. "More than 50 years ago, five Bergen County municipalities- Englewood, Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck- donated hundreds of acres of land surrounding Overpeck Creek to the county for the creation of a park. Land that once contained brownfields and landfills has been transformed into a multi-use recreational venue."</ref>