Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County, NJ real estate, houses for sale As of the 2000 U.S. census, Bergen County had 884,118 people, 330,817 households, and 235,210 families residing in the county. The racial distribution of the county was 78.41% White, 5.27% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 10.67% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.22% from other races, and 2.26% from two or more races. 10.34% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Points of interest

Educational/Cultural

Bergen County educational and cultural points of interests include the New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey, Teterboro Airport, The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus and the Meadowlands Environment Center, Lyndhurst.

Entertainment

In East Rutherford, you get to enjoy watching the local sports teams at the Giants Stadium and Continental Airlines Arena, or horse racing at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Shopping

Shopping places in Paramus include the Garden State Plaza, Paramus Park Mall, Bergen Town Center and the Fashion Center. Hackensack has The Shops at Riverside, and Edgewater has the
Mitsuwa Marketplace, a Japanese shopping plaza and supermarket.

County and State parks

Bergen County parks include the Belmont Hill County Park, Garfield, Campgaw Mountain Reservation, Mahwah, Dahnert's Lake County Park, Garfield, Darlington County Park, Mahwah, McFaul Environmental Center, Wyckoff, Ramapo Mountain Reservation, Mahwah, Overpeck County Park, Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, Riverside County Park, Lyndhurst, North Arlington
Pascack Brook County Park, Westwood, Saddle Ridge Riding Area, Franklin Lakes, Saddle River County Park, Paramus, Glen Rock, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Ridgewood, Samuel Nelkin County Park, Wallington, Van Saun County Park, Paramus, Wood Dale County Park, Woodcliff Lake and the Bergen County Zoological Park, Paramus.

County and State historical sites

Historical sites in Bergen County include th eBaylor Massacre site, River Vale, Camp Merritt, Cresskill, Campbell-Christie House, River Edge, Easton Tower, Paramus, Garretson Farm, Fair Lawn, Gethsemane Cemetery, Little Ferry, Washington Spring Garden, Paramus, Wortendyke Barn, Park Ridge, New Bridge Landing, New Milford, River Edge and Teaneck, The Hermitage, Ho-Ho-Kus and the Steuben House, River Edge.

Health Care

Hospitals

Bergen County Hospitals include Bergen Regional Medical Center L.P. in Paramus, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, Kessler Inst. for Rehabilitation Kessler Saddle Brook in Saddle Brook, Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, Ramapo Ridge Psychiatric Hospital-Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, Select Specialty Hospital-Northeast New Jersey in Rochelle Park and The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

Transportation

Major highways in Bergen County including the northern termini of the New Jersey Turnpike (a portion of Interstate 95) and the Garden State Parkway, the eastern terminus of Interstate 80 and a portion of Interstate 287. US Highways 46, 202, 9, 9W, and New Jersey state Highways 4, 17, 3, 120, 208, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway also serve the region.

Access to New York City is through the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee and the Lincoln Tunnel in Hudson County. Public transportation includes the New Jersey Transit Train service on three lines: the Bergen County Line, the Erie Main Line and the Pascack Valley Line with connections from the Hoboken Terminal PATH train, Secaucus Junction transfer station, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and New York Waterways ferry. Buses are also available from New Jersey Transit and private companies such as Red and Tan Lines and DeCamp Bus Lines, offering transport within Bergen County, elsewhere in New Jersey and to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in New York City.

The only airport in the county is Teterboro Airport in Teterboro. Most commercial air traffic is handled by Newark Liberty International Airport in Essex County.

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