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HISTORY
Atemus Ward would be pleased by the Leonia of today. In 1899, his Leonia Heights Land company set out to create a community that would be unique; an idea sparked by a trip to Leonia on the Edgewater Ferry that year. Ward, the head of the New York advertising concern, envisioned a white collar community whose residents would enjoy open space and an upper-class residential environment with an emphasis on education & culture. Nature has already graced the farming community with tranquility and plenty of greenery; the tranquility had been interrupted during the Revolutionary War by British Raids on Local farms and General Washington's retreat through the area towards Trenton. Leonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed on December 5, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township.
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. Portions of Leonia were taken on February 19, 1895, to form the Township of Teaneck
Parks and Recreation
Leonia has five public recreational areas, of which only the Leonia Swim Club requires a membership fee. The recreation areas include Wood Park, located on the corner of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road; Sylvan Park and the Leonia Swim Club, both on Grand Avenue near Sylvan Avenue; and the Recreational Center on Broad Avenue which has an indoor basketball court. Overpeck County Park, a Bergen County park that is located in Leonia, Ridgefield Park, and Teaneck, is home of the county's World Trade Center Memorial
Education
Leonia is served by its public system and by a number of private schools. The Leonia Public Schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2015-16 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,844 students and 165.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.Schools in the district (with 2015-16 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Anna C. Scott Elementary Schoo (647 students; in grades PreK-5), Leonia Middle School (511; 6-8) and Leonia High School (688; 9-12). Students from Edgewater attend the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.
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.
St. John the Evangelist School was a Catholic school for students in grades PreK-8, operating under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. After 72 years and generations of graduates, it was closed in June 2013
Transportation
NJ Transit bus route 166 provides local and express service from Broad Avenue to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, and route 182 services the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal, with local service offered on the 751, 755 and 756 routes. Rockland Coaches provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on the 11T/11AT, 14ET, 20T and 21T routes.
The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposal to utilize the already existing Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to restore passenger train service on the CSX tracks, which offered passenger service decades before and is now used for occasional freight service. NJ Transit's plan would include a station in Leonia
GENERAL INFO
Population: 9,072
Distance to NYC: 12 miles
Population Density / Mile: 5,926
Median Age: 45
Number of Households: 3,338
Households with Children:
1,237
Median Household Income: $88,793
City Hall: Leonia Borough Hall
Address: 312 Broad Avenue
Phone Number:
201-592-5752
Town Website: http://www.leonianj.gov/
Library Website:
http://www.bccls.org
Water Service:
Suez
Gas & Electric:
P.S.E.&.G
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