Editing Bergenfield, New Jersey (section)

==Arts and culture==
The infamous [[group suicide]] of the "Bergenfield Four" took place in March 1987 and received worldwide attention.<ref>Hanley, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/12/nyregion/4-jersey-teen-agers-kill-themselves-in-death-pact.html "Four Jersey Teen-agers Kill Themselves in Death Pact"], ''The New York Times'', March 12, 1987. Accessed July 14, 2014. "All four, Mr. McClure said at a news conference, were ''very troubled.'' The older three had dropped out of Bergenfield High School before graduation, and Lisa Burress had recently been suspended from classes."</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Suicide: Closing the Exits |last=Clarke |first=Ronald V. |author2=Lester, David |year=2013 |publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]] |location=Piscataway, NJ |isbn=9781412851114 |pages=87ff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qR__AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 }}</ref> The victims were four local high schoolers, ages sixteen to nineteen, and their mutual deaths by carbon monoxide were followed by a rash of copycat attempts.<ref>Streitfeld, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611054520/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1324381.html "The Aftermath of Suicides;Attention Must Be Paid, but How Much and at What Price?"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 25, 1987. Accessed July 14, 2014. "The widely publicized joint suicide of four Bergenfield, N.J., youths in March seems to have had a strong impact on other teen-agers-there were at least 35 similar cases in the next few weeks, according to one researcher." via [[HighBeam Research]]</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Copycat Effect |title-link=The Copycat Effect |last=Coleman |first=Loren |author-link=Loren Coleman |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |isbn=978-1416505549 |pages=131ff }}</ref> The suicides are examined in sociological perspective in [[Donna Gaines]]' ''Teenage Wasteland'' (1998).<ref>Ervolino, Bill. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181855/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-74642707.html "Growing introspective -- Author of the Bergenfield-inspired ''Teenage Wasteland'' issues ''A Misfit's Manifesto''"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 15, 2003, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 14, 2015. Accessed September 6, 2017.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids |last=Gaines |first=Donna |author-link=Donna Gaines |year=1998 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=9780226278728 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/teenagewasteland00gain }}</ref> References in the arts include the [[Tom Russell]] song "Bergenfield" (1989),<ref>Schoemer, Karen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/24/arts/sounds-around-town-680492.html "Sounds Around Town"], ''The New York Times'', July 24, 1992. Accessed May 16, 2012. "''Bergenfield,'' from his album ''Poor Man's Dream"''(Philo/ Rounder), is a look at suburban teen-age suicide."</ref> and the [[Alice Donut]] song "[[Donut Comes Alive|New Jersey Exit]]" (1988).

[[The Royal Teens]] were a 1950s rock and roll band from the borough that was best known as one-hit wonders for their song "[[Short Shorts]]".<ref>Lustig, Jay. [http://www.njarts.net/350-jersey-songs/lies-the-knickerbockers/ "'Lies,' The Knickerbockers"], ''[[Institute for Nonprofit News]]'', December 15, 2014. Accessed April 4, 2016. "In 1958, Randell (then still known by his birth name, Billy Crandall) played sax for the Bergenfield-based Royal Teens on their novelty hit, 'Short Shorts.'"</ref> [[The Knickerbockers]] were a 1960s band that took their name from Knickerbocker Road in nearby Tenafly.<ref>Staff. [http://results.factiva.com/index/index.aspx?ref=NSL0000020050613e16d0002m "Land of a thousand laments - So far, 1119 letters and e-mails"]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 13, 2005. Accessed October 25, 2009. "The Liverpool sound by way of Bergenfield, NJ, the home of the one-hit wonders the Knickerbockers."</ref> [[Mucky Pup]] was a [[Hardcore punk|hardcore]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band from Bergenfield.<ref>[http://www.last.fm/music/Mucky+Pup Mucky Pup], [[last.fm]]. Accessed October 25, 2009. "Mucky Pup was a hardcore band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA in 1985."</ref>

Several scenes for the [[Harlem Globetrotter]] 1954 film ''[[Go, Man, Go!]]'' were filmed at Franklin School, and along nearby Prospect Avenue. Those scenes included actors [[Dane Clark]] (portraying [[Abe Saperstein]]) and [[Patricia Breslin]] (playing Sylvia Saperstein). Many of the school's 5th grade boys were used as extras.<ref>[[Howard Thompson (film critic)|Thompson, Howard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1953/05/17/archives/saperstein-and-howe-set-shot-on-a-basketball-impresarios-biography.html "Saperstein and Howe; Set Shot on a Basketball Impresario's Biography and its Director's Debut"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 17, 1953. Accessed September 6, 2017. "We've been working for two weeks, with two more to go, on a modest budget entirely in the East - here for all our interiors, in Boston, in Bergenfield, N.&nbsp;J., and, of course, all over the Garden across town."</ref>

On May 4, 2006, the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] show ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]'' came to Bergenfield to build a home for the Llanes family on New Bridge Road. The episode aired as the pre-season two-hour special originally broadcast on September 17, 2006.<ref>Lipowsky, Josh. [http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/extreme-makeover-with-a-jewish-touch/ "''Extreme Makeover'' with a Jewish touch""], ''[[The Jewish Standard]]'', May 11, 2006. Accessed July 8, 2022.</ref> The Llanes sold their home in 2012 and went to live with relatives because their taxes increased beyond their ability to pay, having risen from under $6,500 in 2007 to more than $15,000 five years later due to the increased assessed value of the home following the renovation.<ref>O'Brien, Rebecca. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160816101535/http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/bergenfield-family-s-extreme-makeover-dream-come-true-turns-into-a-burden-1.1224345 "Bergenfield family's 'Extreme Makeover' dream come true turns into a burden"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 28, 2012, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 16, 2016. Accessed September 6, 2017. "In 2002, 141 New Bridge was assessed at $117,300. Last year, it was assessed at $443,800 — well above Bergenfield's average home value. Today, the home is listed for $449,000. The family paid $6,488 in taxes in 2007 and over $13,000 in 2011, records show. The real estate listing puts 2012 taxes at more than $15,000."</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawkins|first=Mary|title=Parenting, Baby Names, Celebrities, and Royal News {{!}} CafeMom.com|url=https://cafemom.com/lifestyle/144224-extreme_makeover_home_edition_turns|access-date=2020-12-03|website=cafemom.com|date=September 28, 2012 }}</ref>