Maywood, New Jersey

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Maywood is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 10,080,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 525 (+5.5%) from the 2010 census count of 9,555,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 32 (+0.3%) from the 9,523 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>

Maywood was incorporated as a borough on June 29, 1894, from portions of Midland Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day.<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. 81. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref> The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.<ref>Harvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey, p. 11, New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed September 1, 2013. "For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act few boroughs were organized in the State, only three of them being in Bergen County.... As it was twenty-six boroughs were created in the county from January 23, 1894, to December 18, of the same year."</ref> The borough's name came from the name of a station established in the area by the New Jersey Midland Railroad.<ref>The History of Maywood, Maywood Historical Committee. Accessed September 5, 2015. "In 1871 the New Jersey Midland Railroad, now known as the New York Susquehanna and Western, was constructed and through the help of property owners, a railroad station was erected at a country road crossing and given the name 'Maywood.'"</ref>

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.29 square miles (3.34 km²), including 1.29 square miles (3.33 km²) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01 km²) of water (0.16%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Hackensack, Lodi, Paramus and Rochelle Park.<ref>Areas touching Maywood, MapIt. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>Bergen County Map of Municipalities, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>New Jersey Municipal Boundaries, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 9,555 people, 3,649 households, and 2,591 families in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,769 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup was 74.78% (7,145) White, 5.34% (510) Black or African American, 0.18% (17) Native American, 10.98% (1,049) Asian, 0.02% (2) Pacific Islander, 6.16% (589) from other races, and 2.54% (243) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 18.68% (1,785) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

Of the 3,649 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18; 55.4% were married couples living together; 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.0% were non-families. Of all households, 24.0% were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.14.<ref name=Census2010/>

21.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.6 males.<ref name=Census2010/>

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $82,792 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,759) and the median family income was $97,776 (+/− $5,312). Males had a median income of $62,450 (+/− $4,738) versus $54,471 (+/− $7,2865) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $36,461 (+/− $2,475). About 3.4% of families and 4.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref>DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Maywood borough, Bergen County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed January 22, 2012.</ref>

Same-sex couples headed 32 households in 2010, an increase from the 24 counted in 2000.<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples", The Record, August 14, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 3, 2013. Accessed September 3, 2014.</ref>

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census<ref name="GR2" /> there were 9,523 people, 3,710 households, and 2,626 families residing in the borough. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 3,777 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the borough was 84.57% White, 2.79% African American, 0.07% Native American, 7.16% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.31% from other races, and 2.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.71% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Maywood borough, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 16, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 - Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Maywood borough, Bergen County, New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 16, 2012.</ref>

There were 3,710 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.09.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

In the borough the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

The median income for a household in the borough was $62,113, and the median income for a family was $73,419. Males had a median income of $49,566 versus $38,193 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $28,117. About 2.5% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Economy

The central business district of the borough is located on West Pleasant Avenue from the intersection of Maywood Avenue to Lincoln Avenue, and is where most of the local restaurants and shops reside. The business district of Maywood was renovated through a "Streetscapes" grant used to fix up the sidewalks, streets and lighting.<ref>Clark, Susan Joy. "Maywood Council looks to do work on retail district", Community News, November 20, 2014. "Maywood has $150,000 in grant money to use toward a streetscapes project for the retail district on the south side of Maywood."</ref>

Bergen Town Center, formerly known as the Bergen Mall, is primarily located in Paramus, with portions of the mall in Maywood.<ref>Clark, Susan Joy. "Richards out as administrator in Maywood", Community News, January 12, 2012. Accessed December 5, 2014. "Richards looked back at the time that Bergen Town Center was being developed.... When Vornado took over, I went over several times and convinced them to develop the Maywood side of the mall. When you drive past it now, you see there are new buildings going up now."</ref>

Coca-Cola uses a coca leaf extract prepared by a Stepan Company plant in Maywood as in ingredient.<ref>Benson, Drew. "Coca kick in drinks spurs export fears", The Washington Times, April 20, 2004. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Coke dropped cocaine from its recipe around 1900, but the secret formula still calls for a cocaine-free coca extract produced at a Stepan Co. factory in Maywood, N.J. Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru's state-owned National Coca Co."</ref> The facility, which had been known as the Maywood Chemical Works (and is also a known Superfund site<ref>FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site, Accessed November 12, 2009.</ref>), was purchased by Stepan in 1959.<ref>History, Stepan Company. Accessed June 14, 2007.</ref> The plant is the only commercial entity in the country authorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration to import coca leaves, which come primarily from Peru. The non-narcotic extract is sold to Coke, while the active ingredient is sold to a pharmaceutical firm for medicinal purposes.<ref>May, Clifford D. "How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca", The New York Times, July 1, 1988. Accessed January 22, 2012. "A Stepan laboratory in Maywood, N.J., is the nation's only legal commercial importer of coca leaves, which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agent for Coca-Cola, Stepan extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to Mallinckrodt Inc., a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the only company in the United States licensed to purify the product for medicinal use."</ref>

Fake Chapter Records is an independent record label that was founded by Michael Gilligan in 1996.<ref>Holman, Tonya. "Record company has been going strong for 15 years", Community News, June 30, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2014. "Fake Chapter Records of Maywood will be marking its 15 anniversary on Nov. 11.... The president of Fake Chapter Records goes by the name Gilligan, and said he started the company when he was 18."</ref>

Myron Corp, a manufacturer of personalized business gifts, is headquartered in Maywood.<ref>Careers at Myron, Myron Corp. Accessed December 5, 2014. "We are headquartered in Maywood, NJ, convenient to routes 17, 80 & 4, the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike and just 20 minutes from Manhattan. 205 Maywood Avenue, Maywood, NJ 07607"</ref>

Parks and recreation

Maywood's Memorial Park is across the street from Memorial School on Grant Avenue and is open to the public. The park includes multiple baseball fields and a vast open field for soccer, football, running, etc. Further back is a multi-hoop concrete basketball court; a small, fenced in dog park; and two jungle gyms with swings. Around the circumference of the park is a 1/2-mile long bike path.<ref>Maywood Memorial Park, Maywood NJ, NJ Playgrounds. Accessed December 5, 2014.</ref>

Government

Local government

Maywood 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 a mayor and a 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. 157.</ref> The borough form of government used by Maywood 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" Template:Webarchive, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Accessed November 30, 2014.</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 Maywood is Democrat Richard Bolan, serving a term of office ending December 31, 2023. Members of the Borough Council are Council President Jacqueline S. DeMuro (D, 2025), Danyel Cicarelli (R, 2024), Samuel Conoscenti (R, 2024), Jacqueline Flynn (D, 2025), Louis D. Roer (D, 2023) and Ryan P. Ullman (D, 2023).<ref name=MayorCouncil>Mayor and Council, Borough of Maywood. Accessed March 14, 2023.</ref><ref>2022 Municipal Data Sheet, Borough of Maywood. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>2024 County and Municipal Directory, Bergen County, New Jersey, April 2024. Accessed April 15, 2024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022>Bergen County November 8, 2022 General Election Statement of Vote, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=Bergen2021>Bergen County Statement of Vote November 2, 2021 Official results, Bergen County, New Jersey, updated November 17, 2021. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Bergen2020>Precinct Summary Results Report - Combined 2020 Bergen County General Election - November 3, 2020 Official Results, Bergen County, New Jersey, December 3, 2020. Accessed January 1, 2021.</ref><ref name=Bergen2019>Bergen County November 5, 2019 General Election Statement of Vote, Bergen County, New Jersey Clerk, updated December 10, 2019. Accessed January 1, 2020.</ref>

In January 2020, Douglas Herrick was appointed to fill an unexpired term ending in December 2021 that had been held by Richard Bolan until he resigned from his council seat to assume the mayoralty.<ref>Douglas Herrick, Borough of Maywood. Accessed February 12, 2020. "Add Date: 1-28-20 Filling Unexpired Term; Term Expires: 12-31-20"</ref> Louis Roer was also appointed to fill an unexpired term ending in December 2020.

Federal, state, and county representation

Maywood is located in the 5th and 9th Congressional Districts<ref name=PCR2022>2022 Redistricting Plan, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 8, 2022.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 38th 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>

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 5,711 registered voters in Maywood, of which 1,872 (32.8% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,066 (18.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 2,767 (48.5% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 6 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.<ref name=VoterRegistration>Voter Registration Summary - Bergen, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 59.8% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 75.7% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 - State -- County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Template:Webarchive, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref>

In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 2,476 votes (53.8% vs. 54.2% countywide), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 1,696 votes (42.8% vs. 41.1%) and other candidates with 157 votes (3.4% vs. 4.6%), among the 4,660 ballots cast by the borough's 6,309 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.4% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County).<ref>Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results - Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, November 8, 2016. Accessed May 24, 2020</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,513 votes (56.3% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,877 votes (42.1% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 47 votes (1.1% vs. 0.9%), among the 4,462 ballots cast by the borough's 6,047 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.8% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).<ref>Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref><ref>Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results - Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref> In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,564 votes (54.0% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 2,087 votes (43.9% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 49 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 4,752 ballots cast by the borough's 5,992 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.3% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).<ref>2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref><ref name=Results2008>"2008 General Election Results for Maywood", The Record. Accessed September 6, 2011.</ref> In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 2,293 votes (50.5% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 2,184 votes (48.1% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 43 votes (0.9% vs. 0.7%), among the 4,540 ballots cast by the borough's 5,752 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.9% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).<ref>2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref>

Presidential elections results

Year	Republican	Democratic
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2024<ref name="2024Elections">Template:Cite web</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|44.8% 2,235	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|52.7% 2,629
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2020<ref name="2020Elections">Template:Cite web</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|39.4% 2,138	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|58.9% 3,193
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2016<ref name="2016Elections">Template:Cite web</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|42.8% 1,696	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|53.8% 2,476
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2012<ref name="2012Elections">Template:Cite web</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|42.1% 1,877	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|56.3% 2,513
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2008<ref name="state.nj.us">2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|43.9% 2,087	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|54.0% 2,564
style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|2004<ref name="Presidential Election 2004">[1], New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed November 21, 2012.</ref>	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Republican|48.1% 2,184	style="text-align:center; Template:Party shading/Democratic|50.5% 2,293

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 61.0% of the vote (1,708 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 37.6% (1,052 votes), and other candidates with 1.4% (39 votes), among the 2,898 ballots cast by the borough's 5,850 registered voters (99 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 49.5%.<ref name=2013Elections>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>Template:Cite web</ref> In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 1,352 ballots cast (46.4% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 1,340 votes (46.0% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 165 votes (5.7% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 26 votes (0.9% vs. 0.5%), among the 2,911 ballots cast by the borough's 5,850 registered voters, yielding a 49.8% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>2009 Governor: Bergen County Template:Webarchive, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref>

Education

The Maywood Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.<ref>Maywood School District Board Approved Policy 0110 - Identification, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through eight in the Maywood School District. Composition: The Maywood School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Maywood."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 934 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.<ref name=NCES>District information for Maywood School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics<ref>School Data for Maywood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are Memorial School<ref>Memorial School, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed April 6, 2020.</ref> with 413 students in grades PreK-3 and Maywood Avenue School<ref>Maywood Avenue School, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed April 6, 2020.</ref> with 515 students in grades 4-8.<ref>Schools, Maywood Public Schools. Accessed March 29, 2023.</ref><ref>School Performance Reports for the Maywood School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.</ref><ref>New Jersey School Directory for the Maywood Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

The district offers a wide variety of after school activities ranging from cheerleading to chess club, and where all students have the opportunity to contribute to their school newspaper, The Hawk (Grades 6–8), and the school's new newspaper, The Mini Hawk (Grades 4 and 5), and eighth graders may assist with their yearbook. For the 1996–1997 school year, Memorial School was formally recognized with the National Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.<ref>Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed September 5, 2015.</ref>

For many years, after graduating from Maywood Avenue School, students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades had attended Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from Rochelle Park and South Hackensack. Before that, they had been a sending district to Bogota High School. In March 2020, the district received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to end the relationship it had established with Hackensack in 1969 and will begin transitioning incoming ninth graders to Henry P. Becton Regional High School, which serves students from Carlstadt and East Rutherford, beginning in the 2020–2021 school year. The transition would be complete after the final group of twelfth graders graduates from Hackensack High School at the end of the 2023–2024 school year.<ref>Stoltz, Marsha A. "Here's why Maywood will send its students to Becton instead of Hackensack High School", The Record, March 9, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Maywood high school students will have four years to phase out of Hackensack High School and into Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford. The process will begin in September, when current Maywood eighth-graders will be the first to attend Becton as freshmen, according to a March 7 joint announcement by the superintendents of the two districts.... The two districts signed a seven-year send/receive contract in 2010 with a per-pupil tuition of $13,125 and a 2% yearly increase. In January 2018, Maywood paid Hackensack's school district $14,781 per student, or $3.7 million for 249 students. It rejected a three-year contract proposed by Hackensack of $15,076 per student the first year and a 5% increase the second.... Maywood eventually agreed to a 10-year contract with Becton at $10,500 per student, with a 2% increase for the fifth contract year and a cap of $11,800 by the 10th year. Becton now has students from East Rutherford and Carlstadt."</ref><ref>Board of Education of the Borough of Maywood, Bergen County, Petitioner, v. Board of Education of the City of Hackensack, Bergen County, Respondent Final Decision, New Jersey Department of Education, March 2, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Accordingly, the Commissioner granted the petitioner’s application for severance, subject to establishment of a sending-receiving relationship with the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District for a minimum duration of five years."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 653 students and 51.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.<ref>School data for Henry P. Becton Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>About Us, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref><ref>Admissions, Bergen County Technical Schools. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

Emergency services

The Maywood Police Department has been serving the community since 1894 and has a force of 22 sworn officers. Maywood Police Communications is staffed by certified EMD Telecommunicators who handle all local 9-1-1 emergency calls and dispatches all emergency services.<ref>Home Page, Maywood Police Department. Accessed May 27, 2015.</ref> Maywood also has sworn Class 1 Special Law Enforcement Officers who assist with traffic control and park patrols.

After the Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad closed in 2017, the borough sought to identify a provider to provide alternate coverage.<ref>Torrejon, Rodrigo. "Maywood to choose contract with Paramus EMS or Hackensack hospital after squad's closure", The Record, March 9, 2018. Accessed October 3, 2019. "The borough will have the choice between two contractors, Hackensack University Medical Center or Paramus EMS, to provide in-town emergency medical services, a gap that was left when the 77-year-old volunteer emergency squad dissolved last year. Less than two months after the Maywood First Aid and Emergency Squad closed shop, and with only one full-time paid EMT in town, Maywood is looking to outsource its emergency medical services."</ref> Residents receive emergency medical services under a contractual agreement with Hackensack University Medical Center.

Maywood has an all-volunteer fire department. There are two fire stations in Maywood. Station 1 (T17-E18) is located on Park Avenue and Station 2 (E19-R23) is located on West Hunter Avenue. Maywood also houses a Fire Police department that was founded in 1926. The Fire Police assist both fire and police departments.<ref>Home Page, Maywood Fire Department. Accessed May 27, 2015.</ref>

Religion

Maywood is home to Our Lady Queen of Peace Roman Catholic Church, First Presbyterian Church, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Zion Lutheran Church, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, and Temple Beth Israel, a Reconstructionist synagogue established in 1928, which moved to its current location in 1931.<ref name=history>Who are we? Template:Webarchive, Synagogue website. Accessed February 23, 2009.</ref>

Transportation

File:2021-07-31 10 15 25 View north along New Jersey State Route 17 from the overpass for Bergen County Route 56 (Essex Street) in Maywood, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg

Route 17 northbound in Maywood

Roads and highways

Template:As of, the borough had a total of Template:Convert of roadways, of which Template:Convert were maintained by the municipality, Template:Convert by Bergen County and Template:Convert by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.<ref>Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed December 1, 2013.</ref>

Route 17 is the most significant highway passing through Maywood. Other main roads in Maywood include Maywood Avenue, Central Avenue, Passaic Street, and Spring Valley Road. The Garden State Parkway, Interstate 80 and Route 4 are all accessible in neighboring municipalities.

Public transportation

NJ Transit bus routes 144, 145, 148, 162, 163 and 164 serve the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; The 175 route serves the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal; and the 712, 751, 752, 753, 755, 758 and 770 provide local service in New Jersey.<ref>Bergen County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, Backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 23, 2010. Accessed December 19, 2011.</ref><ref>Bergen County System Map, NJ Transit. Accessed September 14, 2016.</ref>

The borough provides a shuttle three days a week operating from the senior center.<ref>Shuttle Bus Schedule, Borough of Maywood. Accessed May 17, 2016.</ref>

Historic sites

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Romine-Van Voorhis House

In 2002, the Maywood Railroad Station was refurbished, after a proposal was made by the borough to demolish the building.<ref>History, Maywood Station Historical Committee. Accessed May 17, 2016. "Faced with a pending order of demolition by the Borough of Maywood in early 2002 due to the deteriorating conditions of the station, a volunteer, 501C3 non-profit group named the Maywood Station Historical Committee Division of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society, Inc. was formed on May 29, 2002 with a plan to restore the station and turn it into a museum."</ref> In 2003, the building became listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), as Building No. 03000487.<ref name=SHPO/> The station was restored by the all-volunteer, non-profit Maywood Station Historical Committee, who now operate the building as the Maywood Station Museum.<ref>About Us Template:Webarchive, Maywood Station Museum. Accessed March 11, 2008.</ref>

The Oldis-Brinckerhoff House, located on Maywood Avenue, held historical significance during the 1700s and 1800s. It became listed on the NRHP on January 10, 1983.<ref name=SHPO>New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Historic Preservation Office, updated March 23, 2022. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref><ref>Oldis-Brinckerhoff House, Maywood & Central Avenues, Maywood, Bergen County, NJ, Library of Congress. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref>

With its primary structure dating back to 1780, the Romine-Van Voorhis House, located on Maywood Avenue near the Oldis-Brinckerhoff House, was also listed on the NRHP on January 10, 1983.<ref name=SHPO/><ref>Bergen County Stone House Survey Romine-Van Voorhis House, National Park Service. Accessed July 3, 2022.</ref>

Notable people

Template:Category see also People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Maywood include:

• Beverly Armstrong (born 1934), pitcher who played for the Rockford Peaches of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League<ref>Heaphy, Leslie A.; and May, Mel Anthony. Encyclopedia of women and baseball, p. 276. McFarland & Company, 2006. Template:ISBN. Accessed February 10, 2011.</ref>
• Regina Carter (born 1966), jazz violinist<ref>Steinberg, David. "Jazz and all that", Albuquerque Journal, July 13, 2012. Accessed May 17, 2016. "'Once I became a jazz musician, I wanted to do a world-music record, but the label felt there was no outlet, if you will, for those types of records. But I still wanted to do it,' Carter said in a phone interview from her home in Maywood, N.J."</ref>
• Tim Eustace (born 1956), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 2011 to 2018, who served as mayor of Maywood from 2008 to 2012<ref>Assemblyman Timothy J. Eustace (D), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed December 10, 2013.</ref>
• Barbie Ferreira (born 1996), model and actress who has appeared in HBO's Euphoria<ref>Romano, Evan. "5 Things to Know About Barbie Ferreira, Euphoria's Kat; Teen drama is just the latest endeavor for this rising star.", Men's Health, July 1, 2019. Accessed August 6, 2019. "If it seems like Ferreira has a bit of New York toughness to her, you're probably onto something—she was born in Queens, before relocating to Maywood, a town in Northern New Jersey, and attending Hackensack High School."</ref>
• Alvester Garnett (born 1970), jazz drummer<ref>Varty, Alexander. "Regina Carter digs at the deep roots of her family tree", The Georgia Straight, April 16, 2014. Accessed May 17, 2016. "'I'm 73 percent West African, 13 percent Finnish, and the rest is from other European areas,' she explains, on the line from the Maywood, New Jersey, home she shares with her drummer husband, Alvester Garnett."</ref>
• Edward H. Hynes (born 1946), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly<ref>Lynch, James. "The Cost of Energy: What's The Answer", The New York Times, January 7, 1979. Accessed July 17, 2019. "Born in Teaneck and raised to Maywood, Mr. Hynes attend St. Peter's Prep in Jersey City — 'half the politicians in New Jersey went there, it seems' — riding three buses for the 15-mile trip from his home."</ref>
• Henry Jager (born 1879 – ?), politician who was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Socialist, until he was removed from office based on his being a resident of Maywood<ref>Staff. "Jager Prison Term Is Assembly Issue; Witnesses Swear That Socialist Elected From Brooklyn Lived in Maywood, N.J. Called Wilson 'Murderer' Got Six Months in 1917 for Attack on President--Board to Rule on Fitness.", The New York Times, February 19, 1921. Accessed August 13, 2018.</ref>
• James J. Maher, President of Niagara University<ref>Freedman, Michael. "Father Maher, NU Alumni Attend Mets Game, Meet Terry Collins", NU News, July 30, 2014. Accessed August 7, 2014. "Visitors to Father Maher's office on Monteagle Ridge will discover numerous Mets mementos, commemorating a fandom that has endured since his days growing up in Maywood, N.J."</ref>
• Rick Schmidlin (born 1954), film producer.<ref>"Restoring a Royal: The Queen Reopens as a Repertory Theater", Insite: Brazos Valley Magazine, May 11, 2018. Accessed July 18, 2024. "One of the key players in returning The Queen to its former glory is Rick Schmidlin, who will serve as the house manager and programmer for The Queen. Schmidlin grew up in Maywood, New Jersey, where he often visited the local theater in nearby Hackensack."</ref>
• Walter G. Schroeder (1927–2021), politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993<ref>"Extension Oral History Project - Walt Schroeder – Part 1", Oregon Digital, October 28, 2007. Accessed May 17, 2016. "And at a young age we moved to another little town close to Hackensack called Maywood, or in the Dutch term, Maien Valdt which was a little Dutch settlement pretty much and quite a few Germans and others there. I went to school in Maywood; we did not have a high school in that town of Maywood, so all our tenth grade kids after we graduated from ninth grade went over to Bogota High School and they had about the same size population as we had and so we made a full high school - 120 in my graduating class."</ref>
• William Lee Stoddart (1868–1940), architect<ref>Staff. "Two Letters From His Wife", The Sun, 1909. Accessed September 5, 2015. "Stoddart, who is a member of the National Arts Club, is 41 years old, and his wife is 33. They were married in Georgia in 1893 and Mrs. Stoddart left her husband last July, soon after they had moved to the city from Maywood, N. J., where they had lived for several years."</ref>
• Danny Tamberelli (born 1982), child actor known for his appearances on TV in The Adventures of Pete & Pete and The Magic School Bus, as well as appearing in the films Igby Goes Down and The Mighty Ducks<ref>Staff. "The new Adventures of Pete & Pete To the thrill of aging hipsters everywhere, the entire cast and crew of the '90s Nickelodeon hit The Adventures of Pete & Pete will reunite. Metro spoke with the show’s red headed stars.", Metro New York, February 23, 2012. Accessed August 6, 2019. "Little Pete (Danny Tamberelli): I'm from Maywood, N.J."</ref>
• Justin Trattou (born 1988), defensive end who has played in the NFL for the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings<ref>Salomone, Dan. "Giants vs. Vikings: Making the Connection", New York Giants, October 16, 2013. Accessed December 10, 2013. "DE Justin Trattou - Born in Maywood, N.J., and attended Don Bosco Prep High School."</ref>
• Alex Vincent (born 1981), known for his roles as a child actor in the Child's Play movies<ref>Byrd, Veronica. "Chucking It Away; He Battled Chucky, the Killer Doll in Child's Play, but Alex Vincent Saw No Horror in Leaving Hollywood", People, January 14, 2002. Accessed September 15, 2012. "So instead of pursuing an acting career after starring in Child's Play 2 in 1990, Vincent left L.A. and returned to his Maywood, N.J., home with his family."</ref>
• Ellen Zavian (born 1963), sports agent and attorney who was the National Football League's first female attorney-agent<ref>Johnson, Christina. "New Jersey Q & A: Ellen M. Zavian; A Female Agent for Professional Athletes", The New York Times, December 22, 1991. Accessed July 3, 2022. "Ms. Zavian grew up in Maywood, attended Hackensack High School, graduated from the University of Maryland and received her law degree from the American University Law School in Washington."</ref>

Further reading

• Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties) prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.
• Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men., Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.
• Harvey, Cornelius Burnham (ed.), Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900.
• Kaminski, Edward S. (2010). Maywood – The Borough, The Railroad, and The Station., Arcadia Publishing, Template:ISBN.
• Van Valen, James M. History of Bergen County, New Jersey. New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900.
• Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858–1942, History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630–1923, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923.

External links

• Maywood official website
• Maywood Public Schools
• Template:NJReportCard
• Data for Maywood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Hackensack High School
• Statistical data on Maywood
• FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site
• Maywood First Aid Squad at the World Trade Center 9/11/2001 – 9/12/2001
• Maywood Station Museum