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Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Roosevelt is a borough in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 808,<ref name=LWD2020/> a decrease of 74 (−8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 882,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected a decline of 51 (−5.5%) from the 933 counted in the 2000 census.<ref>Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>
Located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the south and the Raritan Valley region to the north in the center of the state, the borough was established as Jersey Homesteads by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 29, 1937, from portions of Millstone Township. The name was changed to Roosevelt as of November 9, 1945, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier, in honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died on April 12, 1945.<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. 184 re Roosevelt, p. 180 re Jersey Homesteads. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Roosevelt as its 12th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.<ref>"Best Places To Live - The Complete Top Towns List 1-100" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Monthly, February 21, 2008. Accessed February 24, 2008.</ref>
History
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Roosevelt was originally called Jersey Homesteads, and was created during the Great Depression as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal, its main purpose being to resettle Jewish garment workers. The town was conceived as an integrated cooperative project, with farming, manufacturing, and retail all on a cooperative basis.<ref name=":0">Perdita Buchan, When Louis Kahn and Roosevelt Created a New Jersey Utopia dated December 4, 2014, at curbed.com, accessed January 14, 2016</ref> The project fell under the discretion of the Resettlement Administration, but was conceived and largely planned out by Benjamin Brown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Farmland in Central Jersey was purchased by Jersey Homesteads, Inc., a corporation owned by the federal government but under control of a board of directors selected by Brown. Construction started around 1936. Soon after there were 200 homes and various public facilities in place. The economy of the town consisted of a garment factory and a farm.<ref name="History">History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey, Rutgers University Library, accessed April 11, 2007.</ref> Objectives of the community were to help residents escape poverty, to show that cooperative management can work, and as an experiment in government intervention.
Albert Einstein gave the town his political and moral support. Artist Ben Shahn lived in the town and painted a fresco mural viewable in the current Roosevelt Public School. The three panels show the history of the Jersey Homesteads, starting with the eastern European origins of its Jewish residents, their passage through Ellis Island and making plans for the community in Roosevelt.<ref name=History2>Roosevelt Mural, Roosevelt Arts Project website, accessed December 13, 2009.</ref><ref>Jonas, Gerald; Meehan, Thomas; and Whiteside, Thomas. "In Homage", The New Yorker, September 29, 1962. Accessed July 31, 2012.</ref>
David Dubinsky and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union opposed the project, arguing that the factory town would cause unions to lose their power over wages. Political opposition came from those who thought too much money was being spent on the project, as well as those opposed to the New Deal in general.
The Jersey Homesteads cooperative didn't last through World War II. It failed for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons for its failure is because of delays in housing construction and resulted of shortage in workers in the garment factory. They ended up going on strike against themselves and the Farm Security Administration declared it a failure in 1939 and tried to auction off the assets. By early 1940, having failed to auction the factory fixtures, negotiations with Kartiganer and Co. succeeded and the company began operations at the Jersey Homesteads factory. Proving to be no more economically successful than the factory, the settlement's agricultural cooperative ceased operations in 1940. Although the clothing store failed with the factory, the borough's cooperative grocery and meat market endured into the 1940s. According to town expert Michael Hiltzik another reason it failed is "It was very, very expensive, and the agricultural progress that New Dealers thought they'd make, and certainly the industrial gains they thought they would see, never really materialized" <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Roosevelt is a historic landmark and is the subject of the 1983 documentary, Roosevelt, New Jersey: Visions of Utopia. The Jersey Homesteads Historic District was added to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, including "all that area within the corporate boundaries of the Borough of Roosevelt".<ref>New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated March 30, 2023. Accessed April 30, 2023.</ref>
Geography
[edit]According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.95 square miles (5.05 km2), including 1.94 square miles (5.02 km2) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2) of water (0.46%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />
The borough borders the Monmouth County municipalities of Millstone Township on the north and east and Upper Freehold Township on the southwest.<ref>Areas touching Roosevelt, MapIt. Accessed March 4, 2020.</ref><ref>Regional Location Map, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed March 4, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
Demographics
[edit]2010 census
[edit]The 2010 United States census counted 882 people, 314 households, and 241 families in the borough. The population density was 461.8 per square mile (178.3/km2). There were 327 housing units at an average density of 171.2 per square mile (66.1/km2). The racial makeup was 92.52% (816) White, 0.91% (8) Black or African American, 0.00% (0) Native American, 3.17% (28) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 1.93% (17) from other races, and 1.47% (13) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.90% (52) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>
Of the 314 households, 31.8% had children under the age of 18; 65.9% were married couples living together; 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.2% were non-families. Of all households, 17.5% were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.22.<ref name=Census2010/>
23.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 17.5% from 25 to 44, 37.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 93.9 males.<ref name=Census2010/>
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $81,000 (with a margin of error of +/− $13,354) and the median family income was $86,406 (+/− $11,892). Males had a median income of $48,571 (+/− $11,433) versus $40,909 (+/− $17,307) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $33,863 (+/− $6,772). About 4.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Roosevelt borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 21, 2012.</ref>
2000 census
[edit]As of the 2000 United States Census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 933 people, 337 households, and 258 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 351 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 88.96% White, 2.57% African American, 2.04% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 2.25% from other races, and 4.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.50% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Roosevelt borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 31, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Roosevelt borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 31, 2012.</ref>
There were 337 households, out of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.1% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.17.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
The median income for a household in the borough was $61,979, and the median income for a family was $67,019. Males had a median income of $50,417 versus $38,229 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $24,892. About 3.9% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>
Government
[edit]Local government
[edit]Roosevelt is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 135.</ref> The borough form of government used by Roosevelt is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, March 2007. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref>"Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey", p. 6. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>
Template:As of, the mayor of Roosevelt is Democrat Peggy Malkin, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.<ref name=Mayor>Mayor, Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.</ref> The members of the Roosevelt Borough Council are Council President Joseph E. Trammell (D, 2026), Robert Atwood (D, 2024), Louis Esakoff (D, 2026), Danelle Feigenbaum (D, 2025; appointed to serve an unexpired term), Constance Herrstrom (D, 2025), Kristine Kaufman-Marut (D, 2027) and Ralph Warnick (D, 2027).<ref name=MayorCouncil>Mayor and Council, Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.</ref><ref>2024 Municipal Data Sheet, Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed February 3, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2024>November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results, Monmouth County, New Jersey, updated December 16, 2024. Accessed January 1, 2025.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2023>November 8, 2023 General Election Official Results, Monmouth County, New Jersey, updated January 18, 2024. Accessed January 22, 2024.</ref><ref name=Monmouth2022>General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results, Monmouth County, New Jersey Clerk, updated December 27, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref>
In June 2021, the borough council selected Constance Herrstrom from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Luke D. Dermody until he resigned from office.<ref>Borough Council Meeting Minutes for June 21, 2021, Borough of Roosevelt. Accessed May 12, 2022. "Mayor Malkin read a letter from the Roosevelt Democratic Municipal Committee, dated June 17, 2021, submitting the following three nominees to fill the vacancy left by Councilman Luke Dermody: Constance J. Herrstrom, Jean S. Shahn, Jacquelin A. Carpenter.... Oath of Office to be administered at the next Borough Council meeting."</ref> Herrstrom served on an interim basis until the November 2021 general election when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.<ref name=Monmouth2021>November 2, 2021 General Election Official Results, Monmouth County, New Jersey, December 13, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>
In August 2017, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck (whose term was to expire in December 2019), Council President Stacey Bonna (in 2017) and Councilwoman Jill Lipoti (2018) all resigned, citing conflicts between factions of the Democratic Party in the borough.<ref>Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting", Asbury Park Press, August 16, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."</ref> Councilmember Michael L. Ticktin, who had been elected to serve an unexpired term of office expiring in 2018, presented his resignation as Councilmember on August 19, leaving the three remaining councilmembers without the quorum needed to conduct official business. As in all such cases where there is an insufficient number of elected officials, Governor Chris Christie will have 30 days to appoint replacements to fill the vacancies.<ref>Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement", Asbury Park Press, August 21, 2017. Accessed August 31, 2017. "Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a 'different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum.... It is up to the Office of Gov. Chris Christie to appoint replacements within 30 days, according to state law."</ref>
Citing infighting on the council, Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, and councimembers Stacey Bonna and Jill Lipoti resigned in August 2017<ref>Solis, Steph. Roosevelt mayor, council members resign over infighting", Asbury Park Press, August 16, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "The borough's mayor, deputy clerk and two council members resigned during Monday night's council meeting, saying they're sick of infighting. Mayor Jeff Ellentuck, deputy borough clerk Kelly Tyers and council members Jill Lipoti and Stacey Bonna announced their resignation in a joint statement, citing an increasing divisiveness over the past two years."</ref> and when councilmember Michael Ticktin resigned less than a week later, the governing body was left without a quorum.<ref>Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt needs state intervention after councilman resigns, citing 'improper' code enforcement", Asbury Park Press, August 21, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. "State intervention is necessary after a week in which two council members and the mayor resigned over in-fighting and a third council member stepped down complaining of 'improper' code enforcement.Michael Ticktin said in his resignation letter Friday morning that he felt compelled to leave the council after the three remaining members demonstrated a "different philosophy of code enforcement.'... Peggy Malkin, Mike Hamilton and Joe Trammell remain on the council, but there are too many vacancies for the legislative body to hold a quorum."</ref> As specified by state law in such circumstances, Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie selected registered Democrats Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott to fill the vacant seats, from applications submitted by borough residents.<ref>Solis, Steph. "Roosevelt: 3 new council members mean town has government again", Asbury Park Press, September 13, 2017. Accessed December 7, 2017. ""Weeks after the mayor and three council members resigned citing infighting and improper code enforcement, Gov. Chris Christie appointed three new council members. Robin Middleman Filepp, Nicholas Murray and Maureen S. Parrott will join the Roosevelt Borough Council.All three appointees are registered Democrats living in the borough."</ref> In the November 2017 general election, Peggy Malkin was elected to serve the two years remaining on the mayoral term and Robin Filepp and Deirdre Sheean were elected to one-year vacancies on the borough council.<ref>General Election Results November 7, 2017 Official Results, Monmouth County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 17, 2017.</ref>
In February 2015, the borough council selected Jill Lipoti to fill the vacant seat expiring in December 2017 of Michelle Hermelee, who had resigned earlier that month due to work demands.<ref>Ticktin, Michael. "Borough Council News: Citing Business Obligations, Michelle Hermelee Resigns from the Council; Jill Lipoti Elected by the Council to Replace Her Until November; Utility Repairs Proceed", The Roosevelt Borough Bulletin, March 215, Volume 38 Number 6. Accessed July 22, 2015. "On February 3, Councilwoman Michelle Hermelee, citing difficulty in balancing devoting sufficient time to the Council and running her business, submitted her resignation. At the February 23 meeting, the Council unanimously elected Jill Lipoti to fill the vacancy until the seat is filled for the unexpired term in November."</ref>
In 2006, more than 80% of Roosevelt voters supported the recall of Neil Marko, the borough's mayor, by a vote of 282–68, in an effort initiated by the Committee to Recall Marko. Voters chose Beth Battel, then the borough council's president, to replace Marko as mayor.<ref>Meggitt, Jane. "Recall voters give Marko the boot; New mayor, Beth Battel, says she will focus on water system, parking and school" Template:Webarchive, Examiner, February 16, 2006. Accessed May 1, 2013. "An overwhelming majority of voters recalled Mayor Neil Marko in a special election held on Feb. 7. During the recall election, 282 residents voted to remove Marko from office, while 68 residents wanted him to stay."</ref> The recall election was part of a larger controversy regarding a local yeshiva, a school for Jewish boys, that had been permitted to operate in a local synagogue by Mayor Marko, who was also the congregation's president. While supporters of the yeshiva, including Mayor Marko, described the opposition as "thinly veiled prejudice", a local historian described the recall as reflecting "not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings".<ref>Smothers, Ronald. "Built as a Refuge With a Dash of Utopia, It Faces Change and Resists It", The New York Times, September 20, 2005. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Neil Marko, who was president of the synagogue board and is now mayor of Roosevelt, accepted an offer to rent space for a yeshiva in the synagogue, serving 12 ninth graders at first but eventually 150 students.... Further, critics object to the way the synagogue's board of directors and the mayor have acted in bringing in the yeshiva. Critics have accused Mr. Marko of neglecting his duty as mayor for failing to consider the eventual effect of 150 students on the town's water, sewer and road infrastructure and taxes.... Mr. Marko and other supporters of the yeshiva said they suspected that what was really driving the resistance to the yeshiva was not safety concerns but a thinly veiled prejudice.... But Arthur Shapiro, the town historian who also grew up in Roosevelt, said he sensed that it was not so much anti-Semitism as anti-Orthodox feelings."</ref>
Federal, state, and county representation
[edit]Roosevelt is located in the 3rd Congressional District<ref name=PCR2022>2022 Redistricting Plan, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 12th state legislative district.<ref name=Districts2011>Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>Districts by Number for 2011-2020, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>
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Politics
[edit]As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 608 registered voters in Roosevelt, of which 351 (57.7%) were registered as Democrats, 60 (9.9%) were registered as Republicans and 195 (32.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref>Voter Registration Summary - Monmouth, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 6, 2012.</ref>
Roosevelt is a historically Democratic jurisdiction in the state of New Jersey. Since the first presidential election after its incorporation as Jersey Homesteads, all 21 Democratic party nominees for president have carried the borough by a margin of 25 points or greater, even in the nationwide Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984 that saw New Jersey vote Republican by over 20 points, and Monmouth County vote Republican by over 30 points.
The highest percentage of the vote won by a Democratic presidential candidate is the 94.68% of the vote won by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1944. Roosevelt in 1940, as well as Lyndon Johnson in 1964 also won over 90% of the vote for the Democrats. The highest percentage of the vote won by a Republican presidential candidate is the 36.11% of the vote won by Ronald Reagan in 1984.
Similarly, all 23 Democratic party nominees for governor of New Jersey since 1937 have carried Roosevelt with three campaigns, Robert B. Meyner in 1953 and 1957, and Brendan Byrne in 1973 each breaking 90% of the vote for the party. Meyner's 1957 campaign which garnered 93.52% being the largest total won by any gubernatorial candidate in Roosevelt since the borough's incorporation. The best showing by a Republican gubernatorial nominee was the 46.13% received by Thomas Kean in 1985. In that election, Roosevelt was one of only three municipalities (along with Audubon Park, and Chesilhurst) in the entire state of New Jersey that supported Peter Shapiro.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Education
[edit]The Roosevelt Public School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade at Roosevelt Public School.<ref>Roosevelt Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Roosevelt Public School District. Accessed October 21, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through six in the Roosevelt School District. Composition: The Roosevelt School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Roosevelt."</ref><ref>Frequently Asked Questions, Roosevelt Public School District. Accessed June 23, 2020. "What grade levels are taught in Roosevelt Public School? Roosevelt Public School is a Pre-K through fifth-grade school, with a four-hour Pre-K and a full-day Kindergarten."</ref><ref>County School List N-R, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed June 23, 2020.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Roosevelt Borough Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 21, 2023.</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 84 students and 8.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Roosevelt Borough Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> In the 2016–17 school year, Roosevelt had the 6th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 88 students.<ref>Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 6. Roosevelt Borough; Enrollment: 88; Grades: Pre-K-6; County: Monmouth; Town population: 882"</ref>
For sixth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the East Windsor Regional School District, which serves students from East Windsor and Hightstown, with students from Roosevelt attending as part of a sending/receiving relationship.<ref>East Windsor Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The East Windsor Regional School District, located in central New Jersey at New Jersey Turnpike Exit 8, is a stable K-12 public school district serving the communities of the East Windsor Township and the Borough of Hightstown as well as Roosevelt Borough students grades 7 through 12."</ref> Schools in the East Windsor district attended by Roosevelt students (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for the East Windsor Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are Melvin H. Kreps Middle School<ref>Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, East Windsor Regional School District. Accessed October 21, 2023.</ref> with 1,194 students in grades 6–8 and Hightstown High School<ref>Hightstown High School, East Windsor Regional School District. Accessed October 21, 2023.</ref> with 1,621 students in grades 9–12.<ref>New Jersey School Directory for the East Windsor Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>
From 2005 to 2010, a Jewish secondary and post-secondary religious school, Yeshiva Me'on Hatorah, was located in a local synagogue, Congregation Anshei Roosevelt. Due to unresolvable zoning issues for its dormitory and dining facilities, and local opposition to its presence, the yeshiva relocated to Monsey, New York, after the yeshiva brought and lost several actions against the borough and certain individual borough officials in state and Federal courts.<ref>Schneider, Yossi. Yeshiva Me'on Hatorah Forced Out of Roosevelt, Matzav.com, February 2, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2013.</ref>
Transportation
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Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality and Template:Convert by Monmouth County.<ref>Monmouth County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed November 4, 2013.</ref>
The only major road that passes through is County Route 571, which traverses the center of the borough.<ref>County Route 511 Straight Line Diagram, New Jersey Department of Transportation, July 2006. Accessed November 4, 2013.</ref>
Interstate 195 is accessible in both of its neighboring towns. Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike) and Route 33 are also nearby.
Notable people
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- Benjamin Appel (1907–1977), crime novelist<ref>Jamieson, Wendell. "CITY LORE; Hard-Boiled Tales, Told by a Gentleman", The New York Times, January 1, 2006. Accessed July 31, 2012. "BENJAMIN APPEL was an author of more than 25 novels from 1934 to 1977, many of them set in New York. He was raised in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan and lived much of his life in Roosevelt, N.J., but after he moved he still came back to New York often."</ref>
- Benjamin Brown (1885–1939), poultry trader who developed Roosevelt<ref name=RutgersHistory/>
- John Stanley Grauel (1917–1986), Methodist minister and Zionist leader<ref>Staff. "Rev. J. S. Grauel, 68, A Supporter of Israel", The New York Times, September 10, 1986. Accessed February 14, 2011. "The Rev. John Stanley Grauel, a Methodist minister who was an activist for the Jewish people and Israel, died Friday at his home in Roosevelt, N.J."</ref>
- Lois Hunt (1925–2009), soprano opera singer who toured for decades with baritone Earl Wrightson<ref name=Thinking>Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Roosevelt, N.J.; A New Deal Enclave Friendly to the Arts", The New York Times, February 3, 2002. Accessed July 28, 2009.</ref>
- Louis Kahn (1901–1974), assistant architect for the Jersey Homesteads, who later designed internationally famous buildings<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Irwin Lachman (born 1930), one of the inventors of the catalytic converter<ref>Staff. "Research Team from Corning Incorporated Earn Nation's Highest Honor for Accomplishments", University of Utah press release, March 14, 2005. Accessed February 14, 2011. "Irwin M. Lachman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930, but raised in Roosevelt, New Jersey. He graduated in 1948 from Upper Freehold Township High School, now called Allentown High School."</ref>
- Jacob Landau (1917–2001), printmaker, painter, and humanist<ref>Jacob Landau (1917-2001) Template:Webarchive, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, Stockton University. Accessed July 31, 2012. "Jacob Landau, a resident of Roosevelt, New Jersey in his later years, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 17, 1917."</ref>
- David Stone Martin (1913–1992), artist best known for his designs for jazz album covers<ref name=RutgersHistory>Staff. "History Of Roosevelt, New Jersey", Rutgers University Libraries. Accessed February 14, 2011.</ref>
- Stefan Martin (1936–1994), printmaker<ref>Staff. "Stefan Martin; Artist, 58", The New York Times, October 19, 1994. Accessed November 21, 2017. "Stefan Martin, an artist noted for his wood engravings, drowned on Oct. 7 in Assunpink Lake in Millstone Township, N.J. He was 58 and lived in Roosevelt, N.J."</ref>
- Gregorio Prestopino (1907–1984), social realist painter of the 1930s<ref>Staff. Gregorio Prestopino (1907-1984) Template:Webarchive, Stockton University. Accessed February 14, 2011. "In 1949 the artist and his family moved to Roosevelt, New Jersey, a town known for its artist-residents."</ref>
- Paul Prestopino (1939–2023), multi-instrumental musician and audio engineer<ref>Smith, Richard D. "Paul Prestopino passes", Bluegrass Today, July 20, 2023. Accessed November 13, 2023. "Paul Prestopino, a renowned multi-instrument sideman and recording engineer, with long experience in bluegrass, old-time, folk, and contra dance musics, passed away peacefully at his home in Roosevelt, NJ, on July 16, 2023."</ref>
- Louise Rosskam (1910–2003), documentary photographer<ref>Staff. "Roosevelt featured in new exhibit" Template:Webarchive, Allentown Examiner, August 27, 2009. Accessed February 14, 2011. "On Oct. 7, photo-historian and Monmouth County Archivist Gary Saretzky will give a lecture on the late Edwin and Louise Rosskam, who lived in Roosevelt for many years."</ref>
- Ben Shahn (1898–1969), Social realist painter<ref>Hyman, Vicki. "Family of storied N.J. artist Ben Shahn to sell home, personal collection", The Star-Ledger, November 13, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2012. "It has been 41 years since the death of celebrated social realist painter Ben Shahn, and six years since his wife, Bernarda, an illustrator and painter, died in her sleep at their longtime home in Roosevelt."</ref>
- Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter and wife of Ben Shahn<ref>Fox, Margalit. "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Painter, Dies at 101", The New York Times, December 16, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2011. "Bernarda Bryson Shahn, the widow of the painter Ben Shahn, who won her own recognition as an artist late in life, died on Sunday at her home in Roosevelt, N.J., her son, Jonathan Shahn, said. She was 101."</ref>
- Jonathan Shahn (1938–2021),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> noted sculptor and son of Ben and Bernarda Shahn<ref>Jonathan Shahn (b. 1938) Template:Webarchive, Art & Architecture of New Jersey, Stockton University. Accessed July 31, 2012. "He lives and works in Roosevelt, New Jersey."</ref>
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