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HISTORY
Park Ridge was created as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 15, 1894, from portions of Washington Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. 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. Park Ridge obtained a portion of River Vale (July 15, 1929), exchanged portions with Woodcliff Lake (December 12, 1955), received part of Washington Township (November 26, 1956), exchanged portions with Hillsdale (February 10, 1958) and Woodcliff Lake (June 9, 1958) and received another part of Washington Township (August 11, 1958) The borough's name derives from its location.
Park Ridge's Pascack Historical Society Museum, at 19 Ridge Avenue, houses the world's only wampum drilling machine. This wooden artifact was made in Park Ridge by the Campbell Brothers who invented a way to drill through long pieces of hair pipe shells so that they could be strung and worn as breast plates by the Plains Indians, among others. Needing water for the operation, the industrious brothers leased a woolen mill that stood on the Pascack Brook. When that burned down they built their own mill farther down Pascack Creek on their land and another shop on Pascack Road near their homestead. Both buildings housed drilling machines on their second floors where they were safe from prying eyes, as the two machines had not been patented. In the early 19th century, John Jacob Astor purchased wampum from the Campbells to trade with the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest whose beaver pelts he turned into men's hats.[23] The best years for the wampum business were between 1835 and 1866. The drilling machine can be seen at the Pascack Historical Society Museum on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until noon and Sundays from 1-4 p.m. Admission is free.
Historic Sites
Park Ridge is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places:
John G. Ackerson House - 142 Pascack Road (added 1983)
Isaac Debaun House - 124 Rivervale Road (added 1983)
Park Ridge Station - Hawthorne and Park Avenue (added 1984)
Peter D. Perry House - 107 Rivervale Road (added 1983)
Wortendyke Barn - 13 Pascack Road (added 1973)
Frederick Wortendyke House (Park Ridge) - 12 Pascack Road (added 1983)
Education
The Park Ridge Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2014–15 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,319 students and 125.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are East Brook Elementary School (grades PreK-6; 350 students) West Ridge Elementary School (PreK-6; 338) and Park Ridge High School (7-12; 584). The high school was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey (third-highest in Bergen County) out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 18th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. Athletic programs at the high school include baseball, basketball, football, soccer, softball, track and tennis.
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.
Our Lady of Mercy Academy is a K-8 Catholic school which operates in Park Ridge under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
Transportation
Park Ridge is served by NJ Transit on the Pascack Valley Line at the Park Ridge train station. The station is located at Hawthorne and Park Avenues though is also accessible from Broadway. This line runs north–south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service. Rockland Coaches provides service on the 11T/11AT and the 47 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. Saddle River Tours / Ameribus provides service to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on route 11C.
GENERAL INFO
Population: 8,698
Distance to NYC: 25 miles
Population Density / Mile: 3,361
Median Age: 47
Number of Households: 3,308
Households with Children:
1,156
Median Household Income: $105,559
City Hall: Park Ridge Borough Hall
Address: 455 Park Avenue
Phone Number:
201-573-1800
Town Website: http://www.parkridgeboro.com/
Library Website:
http://www.bccls.org
Water Service: Park Ridge Water Utility
Gas & Electric:
P.S.E.&.G/Park Ridge Electric
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