Editing Fair Lawn, New Jersey (section)

===Neighborhoods===
Fair Lawn is an incorporated collection of diverse neighborhoods, each with its own distinct character and vibe. [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include:<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

*'''Berdan Grove''', a residential neighborhood of single-family homes behind Thomas Jefferson Middle School, surrounding Berdan Grove Park on Berdan Avenue. This neighborhood is home to the borough's highest concentration of [[Asian American]]s and includes Milnes Elementary School.
*'''Broadway District''' contains the major commercial thoroughfare of Broadway and houses the Broadway District commuter stop for NJ Transit's Bergen County Line train. Roughly located around the Warren Point and Lyncrest areas, the district also extends as far as Morlot Avenue along the tracks, roughly around or a little after Glen Rock Lumber, housing many industries on Banta Place. The Broadway District is mainly a shopping district as it contains many stores, eateries, hobby centers, salons, and other businesses. Not only is it the largest stretch of stores within Fair Lawn, it also houses one of the highest densities of nail and beauty salons in the United States. The Broadway District stretches from the Route 4 split with Route 208 and continues all through Fair Lawn and includes a few blocks of [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]]. Broadway also hosts the route of local Paterson-New York [[Spanish Transportation]] minibuses, known locally as [[guagua (minibus)|guaguas]], as a cheaper alternative for commuters to and from New York. It is one of only a handful of Bergen-Passaic-Hudson districts that even offers this service.
*'''Central Fair Lawn''' is bounded by Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues on the south and north, respectively, by River Road on the west, and Route 208 on the east and northeast. The borough's Municipal Complex, which houses its administrative, legal, financial, and police divisions, is located in this neighborhood, as are the Fair Lawn Public Library, [[Fair Lawn High School]], and John A. Forrest Elementary School.
* '''Dunkerhook''', the Dark Corner (Donckerhoek in old Dutch), is on both sides of a former bridge over the Saddle River, in Fair Lawn and Paramus, near Fair Lawn Avenue. The Vanderbeck and Naugle houses there are both from the 18th century.
* '''The Heights''', more precisely known as "Columbia Heights", is located near Hawthorne's industrial section along the Passaic River on Wagaraw Road and Hawthorne's residential area at Lincoln Avenue as well as bordering Bunker Hill in Paterson. This well-maintained neighborhood houses some local industry outside of the McBride Industrial District that borders Glen Rock and is known by some of its residents as the "Bunker Hill Extension" or the "Walsh Area".
*'''Hendersonville''', also referred to as "Riverside East". This diverse neighborhood, located between Columbia Heights and the Municipal Complex within the "Westmoreland District", as well as sharing [[Route 208 (New Jersey)|Route 208]] with the neighboring borough of Glen Rock, is a mostly residential community of two-family Cape Cod-style houses located down the stretch of Henderson Boulevard curving around to 11th Street. Distinct to this neighborhood in comparison with other two-family districts and sections is that each Cape Cod has two doors in the front so each residing family has its own entrance into its respective quarters, a blueprint that was abandoned shortly after being built in favor of a "one door, two entrances" model. Westmoreland Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
* '''Lyncrest''' neighborhood, located south of Morlot Avenue, in alignment with Paterson's 33rd Street split into that city's Upper Eastside and Eastside neighborhoods, is an extension of the Eastside and notable for its older, stone houses in the footsteps of homes once owned by Paterson's former silk barons. This community is also diverse, with immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, as well as various parts of the [[Americas]]. It is home to many [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]], [[Indian American]], and [[Russian American]] families, among other ethnic and religious groups. Lyncrest streets "1st-6th" are also known by the name of "Rivercrest" by locals, due to the split level and [[Cape Cod-style architecture]] of housing located in the "River Dip" adjacent to Memorial Park. Lyncrest Elementary School is located in this neighborhood.
* '''McBride Industrial District''' is the area incorporating the McBride Industrial Park located between Fair Lawn Borough's border with Glen Rock and the Chandler Houses and Fair Lawn Commons communities. It currently houses the former [[Nabisco]] cookie factory, which has played a major role in not only Fair Lawn's identity itself, but also Glen Rock, Ridgewood, Paterson, Prospect Park, Haledon, Hawthorne, and Western Paramus near the Dunkerhook and Saddle River Areas, causing those venturing throughout these areas to coin the nickname "Cookie-City" as a general area term, describing the fragrance of freshly baked cookies that filled these areas on baking days. In the past, the McBride Industrial District took up both sides of [[Route 208]], stretching from Fair Lawn Avenue to the intersection at Maple Avenue and Harristown Road, running up to the Bergen County Line train tracks via the Radburn District, and housing companies such as Nabisco, [[Kodak]], [[Maxell]], and others. More recently the district has been in the process of [[deindustrialization]] and corporate [[gentrification]], as older companies fold or move out, replacing industrial properties with residential-commercial "mini-cities", as well as the headquarters of New Jersey's Columbia Savings Bank.
* '''Memorial Park''', a working-class neighborhood (sometimes called the "River Dip", "East River Area","Eastside Dip", "Riverside", or the more modern "Yang"; the aerial view of the neighborhood makes a "[[Ying Yang]]" symbol with neighboring East Side Park) within and around the River Road Improvement District with street addresses aligned with the corner of 33rd Street and Martin Luther King Way (Broadway) in neighboring Paterson. The Memorial Park neighborhood borders the Passaic River and contains the park next to Memorial Middle School named Memorial Park which houses a [[World War II]] Memorial commemorating those who fought in the war. The park is the terminus of the annual [[Memorial Day]] parade and the site of the Memorial pool and beach as well as the [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] fireworks show. Residential gentrification is occurring with the leveling of two-family rental housing for more modern single-family housing in this area. 
* '''[[Radburn, New Jersey|Radburn]]''' is a [[planned community]] also housing the landmark ''Radburn Plaza'' building, which was destroyed in a fire in 2002 and subsequently rebuilt. With its safe and easy access to local businesses and schools, and Fair Lawn's largest [[U.S. Postal Service]] branch, this neighborhood also offers commuter trains from [[Radburn station]] to the [[Secaucus Junction]] rail transfer station as well as to the [[Port Authority Trans-Hudson|PATH]] train in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], both of which provide rail connections to [[New York City]]. This neighborhood includes Radburn Elementary School and Daly Field. An annual street fair is held here in June.<ref>Levin, Jay. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/realestate/fair-lawn-nj-an-unpretentious-place-that-smells-like-cookies.html "Fair Lawn, N.J.: An Unpretentious Place That Smells Like Cookies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 26, 2018. Accessed May 5, 2022. "But there is charm to Radburn, created in 1928 as “a town for the motor age.” The community's 680 homes, most single-family, are set amid cul-de-sacs, pedestrian pathways, parkland and gardens. The association fees Radburn homeowners pay on top of municipal, county and school taxes — $2,000 a year is a typical assessment — afford them the use of tennis courts, two swimming pools and summer recreation programs for children."</ref>
* '''Radrock Estates''' is a small neighborhood around two streets, Well Drive and Split Rock Road, with a private park within the block they enclose, reminiscent of nearby Radburn but a separate development built about 1940. The entrance street from Fair Lawn Avenue has an entrance pillar on each side displaying the name. The surrounding area to the north and east, while built after World War II, is considered to be an extended part of Radrock Estates. Although it is a very diverse residential section, this neighborhood shares the conveniences of living in Radburn including dining, retail access, as well as rail access from Radburn Station.
* The '''River Road District''', with an annual street fair in autumn, houses many functional businesses, including numerous banks, ethnic restaurants and supermarkets, small offices, retail [[telecommunications]] outlets, both a [[United Parcel Service]] store and a U.S. Post Office branch, and the landmark Joker's Child comic book store. River Road in this district is also zoned for apartments located above businesses.
* '''Warren Point''', a residential area located near the '''Broadway District'''. Bordering Saddle Brook and Elmwood Park, it has many stores, big and small, and many eateries. The neighborhood also offers commuter trains from [[Broadway station (NJ Transit)|Broadway station]] to Hoboken's PATH and to Secaucus Junction via the [[Bergen County Line]], as well as to the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station]] in [[Washington Heights, Manhattan]] via [[Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area|jitney buses]]. Warren Point Elementary School and the private [[St. Anne School (Fair Lawn, New Jersey)|St. Anne School]] are located in this neighborhood.  Warren Point also is home to a small [[World War One]] monument honoring men from the neighborhood who fought in and died during the war.

Other neighborhoods in the borough include "Fair Lawn Commons" (The Commons) off Route 208, located within the Radburn Historical District, yet which has a separate, more affluent feel and modern look and subculture; Radburn's El Dorado Village, which is known for its [[Eastern European]] immigrant residents; and just to its west, the "Chandler Houses". Fair Lawn's newest neighborhood is Fair Lawn Promenade (The Promenade), a [[mixed-use development]] extending northward from The Commons along Highway 208 North, consisting of apartments, shops, offices, and restaurants, with the motto to be able to "live, shop, work, and play" in one locale.

These distinct communities are located throughout the borough, and each has its own character, making Fair Lawn not just ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse, but also an experientially diverse borough notable even amidst Bergen County's diversity on a larger scale.