Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Fair Lawn

Motto: "A great place to visit and a better place to live."

Map highlighting Fair Lawn's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey

Census Bureau map of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°56′09″N 74°07′03″W / 40.935833°N 74.117504°W / 40.935833; -74.117504Coordinates: 40°56′09″N 74°07′03″W / 40.935833°N 74.117504°W / 40.935833; -74.117504[1][2]
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Bergen
Incorporated March 6, 1924
Named for David Acker's estate, Fairlawn
Government[3]
 • Type Faulkner Act (Council-Manager)
 • Body Borough Council
 • Mayor John Cosgrove (term ends December 31, 2017)[4]
 • Manager Jim Van Kruiningen[5]
 • Clerk Joanne M. Kwasniewski[6]
Area[1][7]
 • Total 5.201 sq mi (13.472 km2)
 • Land 5.139 sq mi (13.311 km2)
 • Water 0.062 sq mi (0.161 km2)  1.20%
Area rank 270th of 566 in state
11th of 70 in county[1]
Elevation[8] 69 ft (21 m)
Population (2010 Census)[9][10][11]
 • Total 32,457
 • Estimate (2014)[12] 33,549
 • Rank 69th of 566 in state
4th of 70 in county[13]
 • Density 6,315.4/sq mi (2,438.4/km2)
 • Density rank 77th of 566 in state
22nd of 70 in county[13]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07410[14][15]
Area code(s) 201 exchanges: 398, 475, 703, 791, 794, 796, 797[16]
FIPS code 3400322470[1][17][18]
GNIS feature ID 0885214[1][19]
Website www.fairlawn.org

Fair Lawn is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, and a suburban municipality in the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 32,457,[9][10][11][20] reflecting an increase of 820 (+2.6%) from the 31,637 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,089 (+3.6%) from the 30,548 counted in the 1990 Census.[21]

Fair Lawn was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, as "Fairlawn," from portions of Saddle River Township.[22] The name was taken from Fairlawn, David Acker's estate home, that was built in 1865 and later became the Fair Lawn Municipal Building.[23][24] In 1933, the official spelling of the borough's name was split into its present two-word form as "Fair Lawn" Borough.[22]

Radburn, one of the first planned communities in the United States, is an unincorporated community located within Fair Lawn and was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age."[25] Fair Lawn is home to a large number of commuters to New York City, to which it is connected by train from two railroad stations on New Jersey Transit's Bergen County Line, the Radburn and Broadway stations.

Fair Lawn's motto is "A great place to visit and a better place to live."[26] Fair Lawn has been rated as one of the top 10 best places to live in New Jersey.[27] According to Nerdwallet, Fair Lawn witnessed a 5.3% increase in its working-age population between 2009 and 2011.[26]

History and historical significance

The first settlers of Fair Lawn were members of the Lenni Lenape tribe, a peaceful group of hunter gatherers who eventually sold their land to incoming Dutch and Irish Settlers and migrated to Pennsylvania. The new colonists turned the region, which was at that point considered to be a part of the New Barbadoes township, into five large farm lots, conjoined by two main roads - Paramus and Saddle River - and named it "slooterdam" (after a V-shaped fishing contraption built in the Passaic by the Lenni Lenape). The name stuck until 1791. In the 1800s, these five lots became nine smaller lots, and three new roads - Fair Lawn Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, and Prospect Street - were constructed to encourage mobility between them. Eighty houses were built by 1861, and the renamed Small Lots, now a part of the Saddle River Township and home to multiple vegetable and fruit farms and dairies, became a clear agricultural community. Berdan Avenue, a new road located near five Berdan family farms, was soon added and Victorian homes were built alongside it and in nearby areas. The grandest of the estates, perched atop a hill by Small Lots Road was David Acker’s estate "Fairlawn," from which the township gets its name (Images of America, Page 7).

Rapid suburban development of the town was spurred by the need to house workers from the neighboring town of Paterson in the late 1800s, and small home construction continued through the 20th century, occurring in three sections: the River Road-Fair Lawn Avenue area, the area at Lincoln Avenue and Wagaraw Road known as "Columbus Heights", and the area east of the railroad and south of Broadway, known as Warren Point. The development of this section was catalyzed by the "establishment of a post office, a railroad station, and a trolley to the Hudson River" (Images of America, Page 8).

In the 1900s, Fair Lawn residents were bitter about the schooling situation as part of Saddle River Township; the schools were either dilapidated or too far away for Fair Lawn residents, and citizens felt that they were not getting schools comparable to the tax money they were paying. As such, a movement to separate from Saddle River Township was born. Fair Lawn residents petitioned to the state, asking to incorporate as an independent borough, and in April 1924, the borough of Fair Lawn was voted into existence.

Fair Lawn, recognized for its rich history today, is home to the following eight sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

Other sites, in addition to those listed above, are also considered historic by the Historic Sites Survey Committee of the Bergen County Historic Sites Advisory Board, including:

(Source: Bergen County Historic Sites Survey, Borough of Fair Lawn)

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 5.201 square miles (13.472 km2), including 5.139 square miles (13.311 km2) of land and 0.062 square miles (0.161 km2) of water (1.20%).[1][2]

The borough borders Paterson (in Passaic County, across the Passaic River) to the West; Hawthorne across Lincoln Avenue to the West; Glen Rock across Harristown Road, Maple Avenue, the Northern border of the former Nabisco plant and its extension north of Garwood Road and Naugle Drive to the North; Ridgewood across the Saddle River to the Northeast; Paramus across the Saddle River to the East; Rochelle Park across another point in the Saddle River to the Southeast; with Saddle Brook across the two longer portions of South Broadway and their extensions through Rosario Court to the South; and Elmwood Park across the Bergen County Line, New Jersey Route 4 (Broadway), Cyril Avenue, and Willow Street to the South.[28]

The hills of Wyckoff are visible from much of the northern portion of Fair Lawn.

Neighborhoods

Fair Lawn is an incorporated collection of diverse neighborhoods, each with its own distinct character and vibe. Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include:[29]

There also exist more intricate micro-neighborhoods within macro-neighborhoods throughout the borough, such as "Fair Lawn Commons" (The Commons) off Route 208, located within the Radburn Historical District, yet which has a separate, more affluent feel and modern look and subculture; Radburn's El Dorado Village, which is known for its Eastern European immigrant residents; and just to its west, the "Chandler Houses". Fair Lawn's newest neighborhood is Fair Lawn Promenade (The Promenade), a highly engaged mixed-use development extending northward from The Commons along Highway 208 North, consisting of apartments, shops, offices, and restaurants, with the motto to be able to "live, shop, work, and play" in one locale.

These distinct communities are located throughout the borough, and each has its own flair, making Fair Lawn not just ethnically, racially, and religiously diverse, but also an experientially diverse borough notable even amidst Bergen County's diversity on a larger scale.

Ethnic diversity

Fair Lawn has a longstanding tradition of ethnic diversity and tolerance for people of different ethnicities and religious faiths. Continuing steady immigration from Eurasia, Asia, Europe, and Latin America has transformed Fair Lawn into an international melting pot, and over 50 languages and dialects are spoken in the borough.

History of ethnic diversity

Fair Lawn has been a noted center for Jewish culture over a period spanning several decades. Since the early 2000s, the Orthodox Jewish population has been increasing significantly and has replaced the earlier decreases in members of the non-Orthodox Jewish sects. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian Jews began to migrate to Fair Lawn.[30] Fair Lawn's Jewish American population has therefore maintained an at least one-third presence overall for several decades. Russian Jews were then followed by Russian Orthodox Christians. Over 10% of the borough's population is of Russian descent, the highest of any community in New Jersey, and increasing with continued migration of Russian Americans from Brooklyn. The size of Fair Lawn's Russian American presence prompted an April Fool's satire titled, "Putin Moves Against Fair Lawn".[31] Fair Lawn also has the largest Israeli American community in Bergen County.[32] On November 22, 2015, the Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey celebrated the grand opening of a permanent home at 17-10 River Road in Fair Lawn, after being housed at various locations, mostly in neighboring Paterson, for decades.[33]

Fair Lawn has historically also had a large Italian American population, 19.7% in 2000,[34] but this number is decreasing[35] as the descendants of the original Italian immigrants are being displaced by immigrants from around the globe.

Newer immigrants

A magnet for immigrants

Fair Lawn's reputable school district, safe and well-policed neighborhoods, and the borough's convenient access to commercial centers and hospitals, a complex network of highways, transit lines, New York City, and Newark Liberty International Airport, have all made Fair Lawn a magnet for new immigrants from several regions around the world. The 2012 American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau showed a significant increase in the Asian American population, including the Asian Indian, Filipino American, Chinese American, Korean American, and Vietnamese American populations,[36] and the Polish American population is also growing. The public library in Fair Lawn holds storytelling programs in Hindi and Hebrew languages,[37] while Mandarin Chinese has been taught in the school district since the 2007-08 school year.[38]

A number of places for congregation cater to different nationalities in Fair Lawn, including three Korean churches, one Taiwanese church, Young Israel of Fair Lawn, Saint Leon Armenian Church, and the (Italian American) Cosmos Club of Fair Lawn. Several Filipino organizations are based in Fair Lawn.[39][40][41]

Immigrants from former Soviet Union

Given the established presence of Russian Americans in the borough, immigrant nationalities native to other republics of the Former Soviet Union,[42] including Ukrainian Americans, Georgian Americans, Armenian Americans,[43][44] and Uzbek Americans have also established an increasing presence in Fair Lawn.

Influence of Paterson

The international ethnic melange that describes Paterson, Fair Lawn's western neighbor, has now permeated Fair Lawn itself. Muslim immigrants, including Albanian Americans and Macedonian Americans, as well as Latino Americans, including Peruvian Americans and Puerto Rican Americans, have settled in Fair Lawn's western flank, in the Memorial Park neighborhood between the River Road Improvement District and the Passaic River, where there is also a small but stable African American minority.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900756—
19101,17855.8%
19202,02672.0%
19305,990195.7%
19409,10752.0%
195023,885162.3%
196036,42152.5%
197037,9754.3%
198032,229−15.1%
199030,548−5.2%
200031,6373.6%
201032,4572.6%
Est. 201433,549[12][45]3.4%
Population sources:
1930[46] 1900-2010[47][48][49]
2000[34][50] 2010[9][10][11]

2010 Census

At the 2010 United States Census, there were 32,457 people, 11,930 households, and 8,971 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6,315.4 per square mile (2,438.4/km2). There were 12,266 housing units at an average density of 2,386.7 per square mile (921.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 84.36% (27,380) White, 1.75% (567) Black or African American, 0.06% (20) Native American, 9.72% (3,154) Asian, 0.00% (1) Pacific Islander, 2.35% (762) from other races, and 1.77% (573) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 10.15% (3,296) of the population.[9]

There were 11,930 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 21.3% of all households 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 2.70 and the average family size was 3.17.[9]

In the borough, 22.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 30.8% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.1 years. For every 100 females there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.[9]

The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $92,727 (with a margin of error of +/- $4,701) and the median family income was $112,650 (+/- $5,760). Males had a median income of $70,990 (+/- $3,246) versus $54,358 (+/- $2,815) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $40,146 (+/- $1,700). About 2.1% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.3% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.[36]

Same-sex couples headed 64 households in 2010, an increase from the 49 counted in 2000.[51]

2000 Census

As of the 2000 United States Census[17] there were 31,637 people, 11,806 households, and 8,901 families residing in the borough. The population density was 6,121.0 people per square mile (2,362.7/km2). There were 12,006 housing units at an average density of 2,322.9 per square mile (896.6/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 91.54% Caucasian, 4.92% Asian, 0.74% Black or African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.37% from other races, and 1.38% reporting two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.51% of the population.[34][50]

There were 11,806 households out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% 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 3.12.[34][50]

In the borough the population was spread out with 22.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.[34][50]

The median income for a household in the borough was $72,127, and the median income for a family was $81,220. Males had a median income of $56,798 versus $41,300 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,273. About 2.6% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.[34][50]

Economy

Businesses headquartered or located in Fair Lawn include:

A major cookie/bakery/office operation of Nabisco/Mondelēz International, the borough's largest employer and taxpayer, is located along Route 208 North in Fair Lawn,[52] just adjacent to the border with Glen Rock.

U.S. Technologies, a high-precision electronics corporation, is headquartered in Fair Lawn.[53]

Columbia Bank (New Jersey), the fourth largest mutual financial institution in the United States, and the largest mutual bank domiciled within the State of New Jersey, is also headquartered in Fair Lawn.[54]

Thermal energy storage company CALMAC of Fair Lawn had performed about 4,000 commercial air-cooling installations in 37 countries by 2014.[55]

Danbee Investigations, a global detective agency, is based in Fair Lawn.[56]

A. Zerega's Sons Inc., founded in 1848 in Brooklyn and currently based in Fair Lawn, describes itself as the fifth-largest pasta maker in the United States, producing 100 million pounds of pasta annually.[57][58]

The Filipino American Festival, Inc., a non-profit corporation describing its mission to include educating Filipino Americans to engage in community partnership, is headquartered in Fair Lawn. The company presents the annual Filipino-American Festival in Bergenfield in eastern Bergen County.[41]

Kuiken Brothers, a major supplier of residential and commercial building materials in the New York City metropolitan area, is headquartered in Fair Lawn.[59]

Fair Lawn Promenade is a mixed-use retail / residential / business complex that opened on April 1, 2014. It has shops, restaurants, condominium rooms, and offices.[60] Businesses there include the first East Coast location of The Habit Burger Grill as well as the first Noodles & Company in New Jersey. TKL, an international clinical research company, is also located there.[61]

Sports

Fair Lawn has one of the original organized street hockey/DekHockey programs in the state. The Fair Lawn Flyers competed in the first national street hockey championships in 1976 in Leominster, Massachusetts.[62]

Fair Lawn Lanes includes 32 bowling lanes, an arcade, and a lounge.[63]

Parks and recreation

Dietch's Kiddie Zoo is a former children's zoo that opened in 1951. It also included kiddie rides and a train ride. The zoo closed in 1967.[64]

Government

Local government

Fair Lawn operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Council-Manager plan E form of New Jersey municipal government, as implemented as of January 1, 1986, based on direct petition.[65] The governing body is a five-member Borough Council. Members of the Borough Council serve four-year terms in office and are elected at-large in partisan elections in odd-numbered years on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election every other year as part of the November general election. All policy making power is concentrated in the council. At an annual reorganization meeting held after each election, the council selects a Mayor, a Deputy Mayor, and a deputy mayor for Community Affairs from among its members. The mayor presides over its meetings with no separate policy-making power. A borough manager is appointed by the council to serve as the municipal chief executive and administrative official.[3][66]

As of 2016, the members of the Borough Council are Mayor John J. Cosgrove (R, term as mayor ends December 31, 2017; term on council ends 2019), Deputy Mayor Amy Lefkowitz (R, 2017), Deputy Mayor of Community Affairs Daniel Dunay (R, 2017), Kurt Peluso (D, 2019) and Lisa Swain (D, 2019).[67][68][69][70][71][72]

Standard Borough Council meetings, Government-access television (GATV), are televised on local cable TV when held in the Council chambers in the Fair Lawn Municipal Building. Work sessions, where laws are discussed and prepared for adoption, are not usually televised.

Boards and commissions

Fair Lawn's government extends beyond the Council and departments in the form of the following boards and commissions, which are generally staffed by volunteers appointed by the Mayor and Council:[73]

Federal, state and county representation

Fair Lawn is located in the 5th Congressional District[90] and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.[10][91][92] Prior to the 2010 Census, Fair Lawn had been part of the 9th Congressional District, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.[93]

New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Scott Garrett (R, Wantage Township).[94] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021)[95] and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019).[96][97]

For the 2016–2017 session (Senate, General Assembly), the 38th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Robert M. Gordon (D, Fair Lawn) and in the General Assembly by Tim Eustace (D, Maywood) and Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus).[98] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township).[99] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[100]

Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders.[101] As of 2015, the County Executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus; term ends December 31, 2018).[102] The seven freeholders are elected at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year, with a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore selected from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each January.[103] Bergen County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairwoman Joan Voss (D, 2017; Fort Lee),[104] Vice Chairman Steve Tanelli (D, 2015; North Arlington)[105] Chairman Pro Tempore John A. Felice (R, 2016; River Edge),[106] David L. Ganz (D, 2017; Fair Lawn),[107] Maura R. DeNicola (R, 2016; Franklin Lakes)[108] Thomas J. Sullivan Jr., (D, Montvale, 2015; serving the unexpired term of office that had been occupied by James Tedesco before he was sworn in as County Executive)[109][110] and Tracy Silna Zur (D, 2015; Franklin Lakes).[111][112] Countywide constitutional officials are County Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale),[113] Sheriff Michael Saudino (R)[114] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill).[115][116][101]

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 20,302 registered voters in Fair Lawn, of which 7,150 (35.2% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 3,613 (17.8% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 9,528 (46.9% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 11 voters registered to other parties.[117] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 62.6% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 80.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[117][118]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 8,374 votes (54.1% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 6,815 votes (44.0% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 188 votes (1.2% vs. 0.9%), among the 15,473 ballots cast by the borough's 21,563 registered voters, for a turnout of 71.8% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[119][120] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 8,834 votes (53.2% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 7,464 votes (45.0% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 147 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 16,595 ballots cast by the borough's 21,378 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.6% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[121][122] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 8,745 votes (54.3% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 7,177 votes (44.6% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 118 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 16,102 ballots cast by the borough's 20,372 registered voters, for a turnout of 79.0% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).[123]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 57.1% of the vote (5,377 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 41.8% (3,932 votes), and other candidates with 1.1% (100 votes), among the 9,642 ballots cast by the borough's 20,718 registered voters (233 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.5%.[124][125] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 5,503 ballots cast (51.1% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 4,590 votes (42.6% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 521 votes (4.8% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 71 votes (0.7% vs. 0.5%), among the 10,763 ballots cast by the borough's 20,714 registered voters, yielding a 52.0% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[126]

Education

The Fair Lawn Public Schools serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 4,586 students and 368.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.44:1.[127] Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[128]) are six K-5 elementary schools — John A. Forrest Elementary School[129] (278 students), Lyncrest Elementary School[130] (221), Henry B. Milnes Elementary School[131] (377), Radburn Elementary School[132] (349), Warren Point Elementary School[133] (430) and Westmoreland Elementary School[134] (264) — both Memorial Middle School[135] (469) and Thomas Jefferson Middle School[136] (676) for grades 6-8, along with Fair Lawn High School[137] (1,522) for grades 9-12.[138][139]

In December 2014, Fair Lawn voters approved by a greater than 2-to-1 margin a $12.8 million expansion and capital improvement referendum to be implemented by the Fair Lawn Public Schools. The referendum funds the initiation within two years of a full-day kindergarten in the district, a program offered by most districts countywide, as well as a roof replacement program at six schools. The expenditures will include $2.2 million in state aid, with the remaining $10.6 million covered by bonds issued by the school system.[140] The full-day Kindergarten program is slated to begin in September 2016.[141]

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.[142][143]

St. Anne School is a Catholic elementary school that operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[144]

Emergency services

Fair Lawn has an all-volunteer fire department.[145] The department has four stations—Company 1 on George Street,[146] Company 2 at Route 208 South (before Maple Avenue Bridge), Company 3 located at the corner of Plaza Road and Rosalie Street[147] and Company 4 on Radburn Road.[148] Fair Lawn residents are served by the all volunteer Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance, Inc., which provides 24/7 emergency medical services. This service is equipped with four state of the art ambulances stocked with all necessary supplies to handle any medical emergencies.[149] Fair Lawn is also served by the all-volunteer Fair Lawn Rescue Squad. The squad provides heavy rescue and hazardous materials (HAZMAT) services to the residents and businesses of the borough.[150]

Fair Lawn also has a police department that was founded in 1930. In 2014, the department responded to over 400 calls.[151]

Transportation

Roads

Route 208 northbound approaching Morlot Avenue in Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn is interwoven by a robust network of roads. As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 99.60 miles (160.29 km) of roadways, of which 84.00 miles (135.18 km) were maintained by the municipality, 11.13 miles (17.91 km) by Bergen County and 4.47 miles (7.19 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[152]

Fair Lawn is traversed by two state highways, New Jersey Route 4, which connects Fair Lawn to New York City via the George Washington Bridge, and New Jersey Route 208, which links Fair Lawn to the New York City bypass highway Interstate 287.

Fair Lawn has several main roads crossing through it forming a rough 3x3 grid. Running north-south are Saddle River Road, Plaza Road, and River Road (County Route 507)[153] while Broadway, Morlot Avenue, and Fair Lawn Avenue run east-west, and Route 208 runs northwest-southeast. Running east-west between and parallel to Morlot and Fair Lawn Avenues is Berdan Avenue, a residential thoroughfare which is bisected by Route 208 into two discontinuous segments, the western one of which contains Fair Lawn High School.

Broadway becomes Route 4 in Elmwood Park to the west and eventually Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in Paterson. To the East, it becomes Route 4 heading into Paramus and is less than 10 miles (16 km) from the George Washington Bridge.[154]

Fair Lawn Avenue is considered the borough's main street, containing its Borough Hall, Police Station, and Public Library. The road goes west over the Passaic River into Paterson, and on the east, Fair Lawn Avenue ends at Saddle River Road and becomes Century Road, which heads into Paramus. The intersection of Fair Lawn Avenue and Plaza Road form what could be considered a "town center", with several shopping plazas and the Radburn train station all within walking distance. In October 2016, a community meeting was held to discuss a vision for this corridor.[155] Other commercial areas include Broadway and River Road.

Route 208 has its southern terminus in Fair Lawn and bisects the borough from the northwest to the southeast, where it eventually merges with Broadway to become Route 4 just west of Fair Lawn's border with Paramus. Taken the other direction, Route 208 flows northwest to Interstate 287 in Oakland.[156] Numerous commercial establishments and office buildings line Route 208 along the northwestern half of this limited access highway's trajectory through Fair Lawn.

South of Route 4, Saddle River Road goes through the eastern side of Fair Lawn and into Saddle Brook, where it provides a link to both the Garden State Parkway and Interstate 80. North of Route 4, Saddle River Road provides a link to Glen Rock.

On the opposite side of the Passaic River, separating Fair Lawn from Paterson, Route 20 southbound leads to both Route 21 southbound and the Garden State Parkway southbound in Clifton.

Grid-based address system

Fair Lawn uses a street address numbering system in which most Fair Lawn addresses are given hyphenated numbers, such as 10-13 Some Street. Less than 1% of addresses in New Jersey use this kind of numbering system and Fair Lawn's nearly 10,000 hyphenated addresses account for nearly half of them. This numbering system is also used in Queens, New York City. Exceptions to this numbering system generally exist on the Glen Rock, Hawthorne, and Saddle Brook sides of Fair Lawn and within the Radburn development. The system, dating at least as far back as the 1930s, was designed to allow emergency personnel to quickly locate addresses.[157]

The first numbers (before the dash) correspond to block-distances from Broadway (on streets that run North-South) and to the numbered streets in the borough (example: 2nd Street, 17th Street, etc.) on the streets that run East-West; with the highest numbers being in the low 40s, and the lowest numbers being 0-30, etc. Addresses south of Broadway / Route 4 start with a zero and a hyphen, which can cause confusion with those unfamiliar with the grid system. Most GPS systems and online address entry forms do not accept the dash, though addresses entered without the dash are typically handled properly.[157]

Public transportation

Radburn train station in Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn is served by the Radburn[158] and Broadway[159] train stations on the New Jersey Transit Bergen County Line, which offers service to Lower Manhattan via the Hoboken Terminal, and connections at Secaucus Junction to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan and to most other New Jersey Transit train lines.[160]

New Jersey Transit buses include the 144, 145, 148, 160, 164 and 196 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; the 171 and 175 to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal; and the 746, 758 and 770 lines, offering local service.[161]

Aviation

Fair Lawn lies 20 miles (32 km) north of Newark Liberty International Airport, approaches to which are directly over Fair Lawn, and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Teterboro Airport.

Popular culture

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Fair Lawn include:

Historic sites

A significant historic site in Fair Lawn is the Passaic River Fishing Weir, a prominent archaeological feature just north of the Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge. It was constructed by Lenape tribe members and is the best-preserved of several such weirs on the Passaic River.[197]

Fair Lawn is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places:[198]

Fair Lawn also has a close association with two historic areas along the Saddle River in Paramus. One is the Easton Tower, a Bergen County historic site that consists of a stone tower and a small dam which mark the site of the colonial-era Jacob Zabriskie mill and the 19th-20th centuries-era Arcola community park. Another is the Dunkerhook community, focused around the New Jersey designated historic road, Dunkerhook Road. The western section of the community includes the Naugle House and the Jacob Vanderbeck, Jr. House, and the eastern section included a slave and free-African American community that consisted of a school, a cemetery, a church, and houses including the now-demolished Zabriskie Tenant House.

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