Ridgefield Park Village Hall is located at 234 Main Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660.
Phone: 201‑641‑4950.
Beginnings [1]
On June 17, 1685, Hendrick Brinkerhoff bought land on the Hackensack River from Epke Bante. The land purchased by Brinkerhoff extended from the Hackensack River on the west to the Overpeck Creek on the east. The exact northern and southern boundaries are unknown, but judging from later settlement and land sales, we think the Brinkerhoff land extended from today's Hobart Street up to an area near Preston Street. By this purchase 300 years ago, Brinkerhoff became the first non-Indian to live in Ridgefield Park and the settlement of the Village began.
When Brinkerhoff settled here, Bergen County was just three years old and encompassed all the land between the Hackensack and Hudson Rivers The first road in the area was the Queen Anne Road, probably built before Brinkerhoff died in 1710.
Ridgefield Park as described in 1939 [2]
Ridgefield Park is a commuters' borough. Frame houses pack Winant Avenue, through which the highway runs. Like nearby communities the borough is keyed to real estate development: whitewashed blackboard signs advertise visitors to "Snap Up this Buy at $60 a month."
Nearby Towns: Bergenfield Boro • Bogota Boro • Carlstadt Boro • Dumont Boro • East Rutherford Boro • Edgewater Borough • Englewood City • Fairview Borough • Hackensack City • Maywood Boro • New Milford Boro • Paramus Boro • River Edge Boro • Rutherford Boro • Tenafly Boro • Wallington Boro • Weehawken Twp • West New York Town •