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Ridgefield Park, New Jersey

A compact Bergen County village with a traditional Main Street, strong civic identity, Overpeck County Park access, Turnpike/Route 46 connectivity and a diverse restaurant and small-business base.

This full flagship guide connects history, schools, parks, business geography, transportation and community resources.

Ridgefield Park at a glance

Village offices: 234 Main Street · Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660.

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History

1892Village incorporated

Ridgefield Park was incorporated as a village, a municipal form it still uses today.

Rail/industrial eraRegional connections grow

Road, rail and river geography made the village an important transportation-oriented community.

20th centuryMain Street civic core

The village’s small-business district and municipal center remained concentrated along Main Street.

TodayVillage identity endures

Ridgefield Park retains one of Bergen County’s most distinctive civic identities and annual traditions.

Business geography

Main Street

village hall, library, local retail, restaurants, medical/dental and services

Teaneck Road

neighborhood businesses and regional connections

Route 46 / Challenger Road

office, hotel, highway and commercial employment

Parks & recreation

Overpeck County Park

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Ridgefield Park Municipal Pool

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

village playgrounds and athletic fields

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Fellowship and McGowan community gardens

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Schools

Grant Elementary School

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Lincoln Elementary School

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Roosevelt Elementary School

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Ridgefield Park Junior/Senior High School

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Ridgefield Park Public Library

107 Cedar Street · Public library and community resource.

Transportation

NJ TRANSIT bus connections toward New York City and Hackensack

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Route 46, I-80 and New Jersey Turnpike access are immediately available

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

No current passenger rail station operates within the village

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Places of worship, cemetery & funeral resources

Places of worship

St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

First Reformed Church and Protestant congregations

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

additional multicultural congregations serving the village

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Cemetery / memorial context

No major municipal cemetery was confirmed within the village; funeral homes coordinate with cemeteries throughout Bergen County and the region.

Funeral homes serving Ridgefield Park

Vorhees-Ingwersen Funeral Home — 59 Main Street, Ridgefield Park

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Village government

Official websiteDepartments, meetings, forms, taxes and notices.2026 calendarVerify meetings, recreation and events.Resident servicesBuilding, clerk, tax, recreation and public safety.

Nearby communities

Teaneck

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Hackensack

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Little Ferry

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Bogota

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

Ridgefield

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

South Hackensack

Current Ridgefield Park resource; verify time-sensitive details directly.

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