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The Bendix Diner, a landmark on Route 17
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Bergen
Incorporated	August 2, 1894
Named for	J. D. Hasbrouck
Government
• Type	Borough
• Body	Borough Council
Area
• Total	1.53 sq mi (3.95 km2)
• Land	1.52 sq mi (3.95 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)  0.20%
Area rank	449th of 565 in state 58th of 70 in county
Elevation	112 ft (34 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,125
• Estimate  (2023)	12,030
• Rank	209th of 565 in state 29th of 70 in county
• Density	7,961.3/sq mi (3,073.9/km2)
• Density rank	52nd of 565 in state 15th of 70 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07604
Area code(s)	201 exchanges: 288, 393, 462, 727
FIPS code	3400330420
GNIS feature ID	0885247
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Hasbrouck Heights (pronounced HAZ-brook /ˈhæz.bɹʊk/) 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 12,125, an increase of 283 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 11,842, which in turn reflected an increase of 180 (+1.5%) from the 11,662 counted in the 2000 census. An inner-ring suburb of New York City, Hasbrouck Heights is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and 8 miles (13 km) west of Upper Manhattan.

The borough was listed as the third-safest place in New Jersey as well as the eighth-safest municipality in the nation according to a 2022 crime statistic compilation from Safewise.com.

History

The area that would become the borough had been known as Corona from the mid-1800s and grew up around the two local railroad stations. The name "Hasbrouck" was chosen in 1889 to honor Jacob Dillon Hasbrouck (1842–1918), general manager of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. In the face of local opposition, the name change was promoted as improving the community's public perception and avoiding confusion with the Corona, Queens neighborhood, while "Heights" was added to avoid confusion with a similarly named community in upstate New York.

Hasbrouck Heights was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on August 2, 1894, based on the passage of a referendum on July 31, 1894, and was created from portions of Lodi Township at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County. A part of the borough was annexed to Lodi in 1901.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.53 square miles (3.95 km²), including 1.52 square miles (3.95 km²) of land and <0.01 square miles (0.01 km²) of water (0.20%).

The borough borders Hackensack, Lodi, Moonachie, Teterboro and Wood-Ridge.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 11,842 people, 4,433 households, and 3,187 families in the borough. The population density was 7,865.4 per square mile (3,036.8/km²). There were 4,627 housing units at an average density of 3,073.2 per square mile (1,186.6/km²). The racial makeup was 81.34% (9,632) White, 2.86% (339) Black or African American, 0.08% (9) Native American, 9.99% (1,183) Asian, 0.02% (2) Pacific Islander, 3.68% (436) from other races, and 2.04% (241) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.86% (1,760) of the population.

Of the 4,433 households, 31.5% had children under the age of 18; 57.4% were married couples living together; 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.1% were non-families. Of all households, 24.5% were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.22. Same-sex couples headed 9 households in 2010, less than half of the 19 counted in 2000.

22.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.4 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $88,375 (with a margin of error of +/− $7,467) and the median family income was $100,264 (+/− $9,917). Males had a median income of $60,618 (+/− $5,446) versus $47,385 (+/− $6,455) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $37,428 (+/− $3,231). About 3.6% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.6% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Hasbrouck Heights High School

The Hasbrouck Heights School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district also serves students from Teterboro, a non-operating district that was merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District following its dissolution on July 1, 2010. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,745 students and 145.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Euclid Elementary School with 338 students in grades Pre-K–5, Lincoln Elementary School with 386 students in grades Pre-K–5, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School with 426 students in grades 6–8 and Hasbrouck Heights High School with 558 students in grades 9–12.

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.

Corpus Christi School is a Catholic elementary school that serves children in preschool through eighth grade. The school belongs to the Corpus Christi Parish, and has two main buildings: the early childhood learning center, for ages three to five, and the main building for ages five to thirteen. The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Transportation

View east along U.S. Route 46 in Hasbrouck Heights

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 36.64 miles (58.97 km) of roadways, of which 29.29 miles (47.14 km) were maintained by the municipality, 4.78 miles (7.69 km) by Bergen County and 2.57 miles (4.14 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

Route 17 and U.S. Route 46 pass through Hasbrouck Heights.

Public transportation

NJ Transit bus routes 161, 163 and 164 provide service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; the 76 line serves Newark and Hackensack; and local service is offered on the 709 and 780 routes.

NJ Transit provides rail service via the Pascack Valley Line's Teterboro – Williams Avenue station, which is located on the eastern boundary with Teterboro, just across the tracks from the Williams Avenue dead end in Hasbrouck Heights. The station is four stops from the line's northern terminus at Hoboken Terminal. Although the rail line's tracks lie entirely within the borders of Hasbrouck Heights, and in fact form the borough's eastern boundary with Teterboro, New Jersey Transit considers the station to be in Teterboro because passenger boarding, passenger shelter, parking lot, and ingress/egress roads are accessed from that municipality.

In January 2013, New Jersey Transit erected a 300-foot (91 m) chain link fence in the vicinity of the Williams Avenue dead end as a safety measure to prevent pedestrians / commuters from crossing over the tracks illegally to gain access to the trains on the Teterboro side. Hasbrouck Heights Mayor Rose Marie Heck, Assemblyman Tim Eustace, and Hasbrouck Heights commuters have tried to work with New Jersey Transit to find alternative solutions, including installation of a pedestrian rail crossing with swing gates and warning lights. New Jersey Transit has indicated there are no immediate alternatives available since funding is not available.

Teterboro Airport is located on the eastern border of Hasbrouck Heights.

Notable events

• 1664 – Settled.
• 1894 – Incorporated.
• 1896 – Volunteer fire department established.
• 1935 – (May 19) Small biplane loses altitude after taking off from Teterboro Airport, and drops directly in front of automobile on Route 2 (now Route 17). Driver of automobile only bruised after crash, pilot and student co-pilot severely injured.
• 1966 – (June 29) Pilot James P. Scott crash-lands his Piper Aztec twin-engine plane on front lawn of Burton Avenue home after losing an engine and skimming the top of a tree, which softened his landing. The plane slid up the driveway and struck the house. The residents were not at home, and the pilot survived.
• 1999 – (December 9) A Beechcraft Baron bound from Virginia for neighboring Teterboro Airport crashed in a backyard. All four people passengers aboard the plane died, no injuries occurred on the ground.
• 1999 – (December 10) The Municipal Building (housing the borough hall, borough court, fire department, police department) catches fire. The cause of the blaze was found to be an electrical problem. A new building was constructed on the Boulevard and Central and dedicated on December 14, 2003.
• 2006 – (June) The public library director Michele Reutty was in the news for not providing information to the borough police when they turned up at the library without a subpoena. This event drew widespread attention via a Slashdot article.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hasbrouck Heights include:

• Bruce Aitken, radio host and author.
• Jason Biggs (born 1978), actor best known for his role in the American Pie film series, attended Hasbrouck Heights High School
• Robert Burns (1926–2016), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 38th Legislative District
• Marian Calabro, author and publisher of history books
• Clarence Chamberlin (1893–1976), aviation pioneer who was the second man to pilot a fixed-wing aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to the European mainland, while carrying the first transatlantic passenger
• Clams Casino (born 1987 as Mike Volpe), hip hop producer
• Vincent J. Dellay (1907–1999), represented New Jersey for one term in the United States House of Representatives
• Arthur Godfrey (1903–1983), entertainer
• Kathy Godfrey (c. 1915–1981), talk show host on radio and television
• Rose Heck (born 1932), former mayor of Hasbrouck Heights who also served in the New Jersey General Assembly
• Victoria Hutson Huntley (1900–1971), artist and printmaker
• Willie Moretti (1894–1951), Mafia gangster who testified before the Anti-Crime Investigation Committee (Kefauver Committee) and was shot dead in a Cliffside Park restaurant
• Tony Orlando (born 1944), show business professional, best known as the lead singer of the 1970s group Tony Orlando and Dawn
• Bill Parcells (born 1941), former Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins and former head coach of the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys
• Luis Alvarez Roure (born 1976), Puerto Rican portrait painter
• Oscar Schwidetzky (1875–1963), philanthropist, inventor of the Ace bandage and the disposable syringe
• Jay Seals (born 1976), actor who has appeared on television in Mad Men and Awake
• Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor
• Scott Slutzker (born 1972), former NFL tight end for the Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, and New York Jets
• Edgar Smith (1934–2017), convicted murderer, who was once on death row for the 1957 murder of 15-year-old honor student and cheerleader Victoria Ann Zielinski

Popular culture

The song "Hasbrook Heights" (note the different spelling to the name of the borough) was composed and recorded by Burt Bacharach in 1971. Hal David wrote the lyrics. The song's best-known version can be found on Dionne Warwick's 1972 album Dionne.

See also

In Spanish: Hasbrouck Heights para niños