Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
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Englewood Cliffs is a borough
Borough (New Jersey)
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 in Bergen County
Bergen County, New Jersey
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, New Jersey
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 5,281. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC
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 and the American headquarters of Unilever
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, and is home to both Ferrari
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 and Maserati
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 North America.

Englewood Cliffs was formed as a borough on May 10, 1895, from portions of Englewood Township and Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.

Geography

Englewood Cliffs is located at 40.882622°N 73.952498°W (40.882622, -73.952498).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the borough has a total area of 3.38 square miles (8.8 km²), of which 2.09 square miles (5.4 km²) is land and 1.29 square miles (3.3 km²), or 38.17%, is water.

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, Englewood Cliffs had a population of 5,281. The median age was 47.2. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 56.4% White, 2.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 38.5% Asian, 0.8% some other race and 2.2% reporting two or more races. 6.0% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 5,322 people, 1,818 households, and 1,559 families residing in the borough. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,544.3 people per square mile (983.2/km2). There were 1,889 housing units at an average density of 903.1 per square mile (349.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 66.84% White, 1.37% African American, 0.04% Native American, 29.69% Asian, 0.71% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.89% of the population.

As of the 2000 census, 11.76% of Englewood Cliffs' residents identified themselves as being of Korea
Korea
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n ancestry, which was the tenth highest in the United States and eighth highest of any municipality in New Jersey, for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry. The 2000 census found that 3.4% of Englewood Cliffs residents identified themselves as being of Armenian-American
Armenian-American
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 ancestry, the eighth highest percentage of Armenian American people in any place in the United States. In the 2000 census, 8.42% of Englewood Cliffs' residents identified themselves as being of Chinese
Han Chinese
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 ancestry. This was the third highest percentage of people with Chinese ancestry in any place in New Jersey with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry. In this same census, 2.91% of Englewood Cliffs' residents identified themselves as being of Japan
Japan
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ese ancestry, which was the fifth highest of any municipality in New Jersey — behind Fort Lee
Fort Lee, New Jersey
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 (6.09%), Demarest
Demarest, New Jersey
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 (3.72%), Edgewater
Edgewater, New Jersey
Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 census, the borough had a population of 11,513...

 (3.22%) and Leonia
Leonia, New Jersey
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 (3.07%) — for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.

There were 1,818 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.2% were non-families. 12.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the borough the population was spread out with 20.7% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $106,478, and the median income for a family was $113,187 in 2000. In 2008, the estimated median income had risen to $134,419. Males had a median income of $79,501 versus $42,019 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the borough was $57,399. About 1.4% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.

In 2006, Englewood Cliffs was ranked 78th on the list of most expensive zip codes in the USA by Forbes, with a median house price of $1,112,500.

Government

Local government

Englewood Cliffs is governed under the Borough
Borough (New Jersey)
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 form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office and only votes to break a tie. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey is Joseph Parisi, Jr. (D
Democratic Party (United States)
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, term ends December 31, 2011), who succeeded his father, Joseph Parisi Sr., 79, who was mayor for 29 years, and was halfway through a four-year term when he died on November 15, 2005. Members of the Englewood Cliffs Borough Council are Council President Robert Agresta (R, 2011), Martin Asatrian (R, 2012), Carrol McMorrow (R, 2012), Eric Petrone (R, 2011), Ilan Plawker (D, 2013) and Melanie Simon (D, 2013).

Federal, state and county representation

Englewood Cliffs is in the 9th Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district. The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission
New Jersey Apportionment Commission
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 based on the results of the 2010 Census.




Politics

As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 3,378 registered voters. Of registered voters, 1,100 (32.6% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats
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, 743 (22.0%) were registered as Republicans
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 and 1,533 (45.4%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were two voters registered to other parties.

In the 2008 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
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, Republican John McCain
John McCain
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 received 52.4% of the vote here (1,300 ballots received), outpolling Democrat Barack Obama
Barack Obama
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, who received 46.4% of the vote (1,152 ballots cast), with 73.9% of registered voters participating. In the 2004 election
United States presidential election, 2004
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, Republican George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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 received 52.1% of the vote here (1,457 ballots cast), outpolling Democrat John F. Kerry, who received 47.0% of the vote (1,316 ballots), with 2,799 of the 3,598 registered voters participating (for turnout of 77.9%).

On the local level, Englewood Cliffs has predominantly elected Democratic candidates for the past 30 years. Historically a number of notable local Republicans have consistently challenged the Democrats. Included among these are Robert Agresta, Eric Petrone, Diane Sank and Angelo Mungioli.

Mayors

  • Joseph Parisi, Jr. 2008 to 2011.
  • Joseph Parisi, Sr. 1976 to 2005.
  • Thomas E. Stagnitti (1923-2006) 1963 to 1976.
  • William Outis Allison
    William Outis Allison
    William Outis Allison was the first Mayor of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey after it split from Englewood, New Jersey in 1895.-Biography:...

     (1849-1924) 1895 to ?. He was the first Mayor of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Economy

CNBC
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, LG USA, and Unilever
Unilever
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 North America are headquartered in Englewood Cliffs.

Education

The Englewood Cliffs Public Schools
Englewood Cliffs Public Schools
The Englewood Cliffs Public Schools is a community public school district that serves children in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Englewood Cliffs, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States....

 serve children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are
North Cliff School with 182 students in grades K–2 and
Upper School with 263 students in grades 3–8.

The school district has a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
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 with the Englewood Public School District
Englewood Public School District
The Englewood Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Englewood, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Its headquarters is in the District Administration Building at the Russell C...

 that enables students to attend public high school at Dwight Morrow High School
Dwight Morrow High School
Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Englewood, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Englewood Public School District. The school also serves students from Englewood Cliffs, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship...

 in Englewood
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city located in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 27,147.Englewood was incorporated as a city by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of...

.

Since 1975, Englewood Cliffs has been home to a campus of Saint Peter's College, where evening and weekend classes are offered for Associate's degree
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s, Bachelor's degree
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s, and graduate degrees. The college's nursing program for registered nurse
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s is also located at the campus. Previously, the campus had been home to Englewood Cliffs College
Englewood Cliffs College
Englewood Cliffs College was a women's college for Roman Catholic nuns and laypersons in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Newark and primarily designed to be a sisters' college, the college closed in 1974....

, which closed in 1974.

Transportation

New Jersey Transit
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 bus route 156 serves the Port Authority Bus Terminal
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 in Midtown Manhattan
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 and the 186 terminates at the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal
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.

U.S. Route 9W
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, the Palisades Parkway, and County Route 505
County Route 505 (New Jersey)
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 travels through Englewood Cliffs. Motorists can also take a scenic drive along Henry Hudson Drive at the Palisades Interstate Park.

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Englewood Cliffs include:
  • Liz Claman
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     (born 1963), Fox Business News anchor
  • Patrick Ewing
    Patrick Ewing
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     (born 1962), former professional and Hall of Fame
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     basketball player for the New York Knicks
    New York Knicks
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  • Jordan Farmar
    Jordan Farmar
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     (born 1986), basketball player who has played for the New Jersey Nets
    New Jersey Nets
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  • Mario Jascalevich
    Mario Jascalevich
    The "Dr. X" killings were a series of suspicious deaths, by curare poisoning, in 1966 at a Bergen County, New Jersey hospital. A newspaper investigation during the mid-1960s led to the indictment of an Argentina-born physician, Mario Enrique Jascalevich , in 1976...

     (1927–84), physician tried and acquitted for the murder of five of his patients with curare
    Curare
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    , in a case often referred to as the “Dr X” killings
  • Christina McHale
    Christina McHale
    Christina McHale is a professional American tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 45, and in doubles it is No. 171. McHale has beaten numerous top WTA tour players, including current world no...

     (born 1992), professional tennis player
  • Alan Mruvka
    Alan Mruvka
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     (born 1958), film producer and entrepreneur
  • Anne Nichols
    Anne Nichols
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     (1891–1966), playwright who created Abie's Irish Rose
    Abie's Irish Rose
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  • Jill Oakes
    Jill Oakes
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     (born 1984), professional soccer player
  • Q-Tip
    Q-Tip (rapper)
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     (born 1970), hip-hop MC and producer
  • Arnold Squitieri
    Arnold Squitieri
    Arnold "Squiggy" Ezekiel Squitieri of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey is a convicted drug dealer and former acting boss and current Underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is also known as "Zeke", "Bozey", and "Squitty".-Murder charge:...

     (born 1936), Underboss of the Gambino crime family
    Gambino crime family
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  • Louis Teicher
    Louis Teicher
    Louis Milton Teicher was an American piano player, half of the duo Ferrante & Teicher.Teicher died of heart failure at his summer home. He was 83....

     (1924–2008), piano player and half of the duo Ferrante & Teicher
    Ferrante & Teicher
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  • Rudy Van Gelder
    Rudy Van Gelder
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     (born 1924), jazz recording engineer
  • Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

     (1924–90), jazz singer

Sources

  • "History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858–1942
  • "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

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