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. Accessed December 22, 2022. The area was officially named New Barbadoes Township until 1921, but has informally been known as Hackensack since at least the 18th century. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 46,030, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 3,020 (+7.0%) from the 2010 census count of 43,010, which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+0.8%) from the 42,677 counted in the 2000 census. An

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, Hackensack is located approximately northwest of

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and about from the

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. From a number of locations, including portions of Prospect Avenue, the

skyline can be seen.Rondinaro, Gene
"If You're Thinking Of Living In: Hackensack"
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'', March 18, 1984. Accessed December 13, 2011. "There are other signs of renewed health. New high-rise residential buildings with exceptional views of the Manhattan skyline have sprung up along Prospect Avenue in the ''Heights'' area to the west." The Metropolitan Campus of

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straddles the

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in both Hackensack and

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. Hackensack is also the home of the former

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and the

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'' USS Ling''. Astronaut

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is perhaps Hackensack's most famous

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. The city has diverse neighborhoods and land uses located close to one another. Within its borders are the

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, a residential high-rise district about a mile long (along Prospect Avenue between Beech Street and Passaic Street), suburban neighborhoods of single-family houses, stately older homes on acre-plus lots, older two-family neighborhoods, large garden apartment complexes, industrial areas, the Bergen County Jail, a

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, Hackensack River County Park, Borg's Woods Nature Preserve, various city parks, large office buildings, a major college campus, the

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, a vibrant small-city

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district, and various small neighborhood business districts.

History

The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the

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, an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along a river they called ''Achinigeu-hach'', or "''Ackingsah-sack''", which translates to stony ground—today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the

.' A representation of Chief

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of the Achkinhenhcky appears on the Hackensack municipal seal. The most common explanation is that the city was named for the Native American tribe, though other sources attribute it to a Native American word variously translated as meaning "hook mouth", "stream that unites with another on low ground", "on low ground" or "land of the big snake", while another version described as "more colorful than probable" attributes the name to an inn called the "Hock and Sack". Settlement by the

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on the west banks of the

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across from

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(present-day

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) began in the 1630s at Pavonia, eventually leading to the establishment of

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(at today's

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) in 1660. Oratam,

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of the Lenni Lenape, deeded the land along mid-

to the Dutch in 1665. The area was soon taken by the English in 1667, but kept its Dutch name. Philip Cartaret, governor of what became the

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granted land to Captain John Berry in the area of Achter Kol and soon after took up residence and called it " New Barbadoes," after having resided on the island of

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. In 1666, a deed was confirmed for the tract that had been given earlier by Oratem to Sarah Kiersted in gratitude for her work as emissary and interpreter. Other grants were given at the

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. In 1675, the

Legislature established the administrative districts

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, and

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. In 1683, Bergen (along with the three other counties) was officially recognized as an independent county by the Provincial Assembly. The seal of Bergen County bearing this date includes an image of an agreement between the European settlers and the Native Americans. New Barbadoes Township, together with Acquackanonk Township, were formed by

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on October 31, 1693.Snyder, John P
''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''
Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 78-79 re Hackensack, p. 82 re New Barbadoes. Accessed September 10, 2012 In 1700, the village of Hackensack was little more than the area around Main Street from the Courthouse to around Anderson Street. New Barbadoes Township included what is now Maywood, Rochelle Park,

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and

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, along with those portions of Oradell that are west of the Hackensack River. These areas were all sparsely populated and consisted of farm fields, woods and swamplands. The few roads that existed then included the streets now known as Kinderkamack Road, Paramus Road/Passaic Street and Essex Street. The southernmost portions of what is now Hackensack were not part of New Barbadoes Township at that time and were acquired in the late 1800s. The neighborhood that came to be known as the

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of Hackensack (today the area encompassing Bergen County's municipal buildings in Hackensack) was a part of Essex County until 1710, when Bergen County, by

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, was enlarged and the Township of New Barbadoes was removed from Essex County and added to Bergen County. In 1710, the village of Hackensack (in the newly formed Township of New Barbadoes) was designated as being more centrally located and more easily reached by the majority of the Bergen County's inhabitants and, hence, was chosen as the

of Bergen County, as it remains today. The earliest records of the Bergen County

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date back to 1715, at which time agreement was made to build a courthouse and jail complex, which was completed in 1716. During the

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headquartered in the village of Hackensack in November 1776 during the retreat from Fort Lee via

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and camped on 'The Green' across from the First Dutch Reformed Church on November 20, 1776. A raid by British forces against Hackensack on March 23, 1780, resulted in the destruction by fire of the original courthouse structure. The Hackensack Improvement Commission was incorporated by an Act of the state legislature approved on April 1, 1868, within New Barbadoes township and including the village of Hackensack, with authority to develop sewers and other improvements in Hackensack. The

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passed the Township School Act in 1894, under which each village, borough, town, or city in New Jersey was delegated responsibility for its own public schools through the office of the county superintendent. Hackensack established a local board of education in 1894, as required by the new law, which took over operation of schools located in the township and established

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. The 1894 act allowed local residents, by petition, to change municipal boundaries at will, setting off fearsome political battles statewide. Portions of the township had been taken to form Harrington Township (June 22, 1775), Lodi Township (March 1, 1826), Midland Township (March 7, 1871) and Little Ferry (September 20, 1894). After these departures, secessions, and de-annexations, all that was left of New Barbadoes Township was the

of Hackensack and its surrounding neighborhoods of Fairmount, Red Hill and Cherry Hill. In 1896, New Barbadoes acquired a portion of Lodi Township covering an area south of Essex Street from the bend of Essex Street to the Maywood border. That same year the Hackensack Improvement commission was abolished and the City of Hackensack and New Barbadoes Township became coterminous. The final parcel lost by New Barbadoes Township was the northeastern corner of what is now Little Ferry, which was incorporated in September 1894. An act of the State Legislature incorporated the Fairmount section of New Barbadoes with the Hackensack Improvement Commission, and eliminated New Barbadoes Township as a political entity. On November 21, 1921, based on the results of a referendum held on November 8, 1921, New Barbadoes Township received its charter to incorporate as a city and ''officially'' took on its name "Hackensack," a name derived from its original inhabitants, the Lenni Lenape, who named it "''Ackingsah-sack''". In 1933, Hackensack adopted the Manager form of government under the terms of the

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, with five Council persons all elected at-large and a mayor selected by the council from among its members. The

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location on Main Street, which opened on October 27, 1932, and was the last freestanding Sears in the state of New Jersey, closed on September 12, 2020.Albrizio, Lianna
"Hackensack Sears Poised To Be Next in New Jersey To Shutter"
TAPinto Hackensack, July 2, 2020. Accessed December 27, 2020. "When Sears first opened in Hackensack on October 27, 1932 at 436 Main Street, what had become the city's landmark department store decades later was the largest of its kind in all of Bergen County, according to the county's historic site survey, and its population was almost half of what it is today."

Geography

According to the

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, the city had a total area of 4.35 square miles (11.27 km²), including 4.19 square miles (10.86 km²) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km²) of water (3.63%). The city is bordered by the Bergen County municipalities of Bogota, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Lodi, Maywood,

, Ridgefield Park,

, South Hackensack,

and Teterboro. There are many houses of historic value, and some of these were identified in the 1990 Master Plan. The city does not have any registered historic districts, or any restrictions on preserving the historic facade in any portions of the city. Areas considered suburban single-family residential neighborhoods account for about one-third of the city's area, mostly along its western side.

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, localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include Fairmount and North Hackensack.

Demographics

Ethnic diversity

As the initial destination for many immigrants to Bergen County from around the globe, Hackensack's ethnic composition has become exceptionally diverse. As of 2013, approximately 38.9% of the population were foreign-born. In addition, 2.5% were born in the U.S. territory of

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or abroad to American parents. Over half, 51.7%, of the population over the age of five speak only English in their household, while 32.5% of the population speak

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at home. The

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n populations have increased most rapidly in Hackensack since 2000, with nearly 2,000

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s, over 1,000

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s, and over 600

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s represented in the 2010 United States Census.Hackensack city, New Jersey QuickLinks
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. Accessed June 1, 2015 Hackensack's

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population has also risen rapidly, to over 15,000 in 2010; Ecuadoreans,

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, and

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have become the top Hispanic groups in northern Hackensack. The Black population dropped as a percentage, although minimally in absolute numbers between 2000 and 2010. The city lost approximately 10% of its

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population between 2000 and 2010, which has stabilized and resumed growth since 2010 and has remained substantial, at over 20,000 in 2010. The city has also witnessed greatly increasing diversity in its

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segment, with large numbers of

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ns,

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immigrants offsetting the loss in Hackensack's earlier established

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, and

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populations.

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 43,010 people, 18,142 households, and 9,706 families in the city. The

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was . There were 19,375 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 46.67% (20,072)

, 24.44% (10,511) Black or African American, 0.56% (241) Native American, 10.30% (4,432) Asian, 0.02% (10)

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, 13.59% (5,844) from other races, and 4.42% (1,900) from two or more races.

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of any race were 35.31% (15,186) of the population. Of the 18,142 households, 23.2% had children under the age of 18; 34.1% were married couples living together; 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 46.5% were non-families. Of all households, 39.3% were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.11. 18.7% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.0 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.4 males. The Census Bureau's 2006–2010

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showed that (in 2010

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dollars)

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was $57,676 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,577) and the median family income was $66,911 (+/− $5,433). Males had a median income of $45,880 (+/− $4,012) versus $42,059 (+/− $1,681) for females. The

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for the city was $32,036 (+/− $1,809). About 8.9% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the

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, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

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headed 145 households in 2010, an increase from the 112 counted in 2000.

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States census, there were 42,677 people, 18,113 households, and 9,545 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 18,945 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 52.61%

, 24.65%

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, 0.45% Native American, 7.45% Asian, 0.05%

, 9.71% from other races, and 5.08% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 25.92% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Hackensack city, New Jersey
,

. Accessed September 10, 2012.,

. Accessed September 10, 2012. There were 18,113 households, out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.8% were

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living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 39.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 3.08. In the city, the population was spread out, with 18.2% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $49,316, and the median income for a family was $56,953. Males had a median income of $39,636 versus $32,911 for females. The

for the city was $26,856. About 6.8% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the

, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

Parks and recreation

Borg's Woods Nature Preserve is a wooded municipal park covering . Efforts to create the park date back to a 1979 study that showed that the city had less parkland available to residents than specified by benchmarks.

Government

Local government

Hackensack operates under the

form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of seven municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected to four-year terms on a concurrent basis in a

non-partisan Nonpartisanship, also known as nonpartisanism, is a lack of affiliation with a political party and a lack of political bias. While an ''Oxford English Dictionary'' definition of ''partisan'' includes adherents of a party, cause, person, etc., ...

election held every four years in May.''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'',

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University (The Bloustein School) serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning, public policy and public health/health administration scholarship. The sc ...

, March 2013, p. 157. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the mayor and city council) from the execution of policy (the work of the city manager). This maintains professional management and a Citywide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at-large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Mayor and Council, concentration of policy making power in one body: a five-person Mayor and Council. In the several decades in which the City has used the Municipal Manager form of government, Hackensack has had only nine City Managers. , the

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

of the City of Hackensack is John P. Labrosse Jr., whose term of office as mayor ends June 30, 2025, along with those of all other councilmembers. The other members of the Hackensack City Council are

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Deputy Mayor Kathleen Canestrino, Leonardo "Leo" Battaglia, Gerard Carroll and Stephanie Von Rudenborg.Mayor and City Council
City of Hackensack. Accessed June 4, 2024. "The City operates under the New Jersey Municipal Manager Law of 1923. This form of government separates policy making (the work of the Mayor and City Council) from the execution of policy (the work of the City Manager). This maintains professional management and a City-wide perspective through: nonpartisan election, at large representation, concentration of executive responsibility in the hands of a professional manager accountable to the Mayor and Council, concentration of policy making power in one body - a five-person Mayor and Council."''2024 County and Municipal Directory''

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,

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Federal, state and county representation

Hackensack is located in the 5th Congressional District Plan Components Report

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, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District

. Accessed February 1, 2020.''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''
New Jersey

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. Accessed October 30, 2019.

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 19,123 registered voters in Hackensack, of which 8,630 (45.1% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,993 (10.4% vs. 21.1%) were registered as

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and 8,492 (44.4% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 8 voters registered as either

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or Greens.Voter Registration Summary – Bergen

Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2013. Among the city's 2010 Census population, 44.5% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 54.7% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide). In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat

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received 59.7% of the vote (4,268 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 39.0% (2,790 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (89 votes), among the 7,327 ballots cast by the city's 19,506 registered voters (180 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 37.6%. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat

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received 6,247 ballots cast (70.9% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 2,194 votes (24.9% vs. 45.8%), Independent

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with 288 votes (3.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 31 votes (0.4% vs. 0.5%), among the 8,812 ballots cast by the city's 19,819 registered voters, yielding a 44.5% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county). In the

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, Democrat

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received 12,015 votes (76.0% vs. 54.2% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,345 votes (21.2% vs. 41.1%) and other candidates with 380 votes (2.4% vs. 4.6%), among the 15,913 ballots cast by the city's 22,926 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.4% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County). In the

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, Democrat

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received 11,335 votes (78.6% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 2,835 votes (19.6% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 113 votes (0.8% vs. 0.9%), among the 14,428 ballots cast by the city's 20,971 registered voters, for a turnout of 68.8% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County). In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 11,711 votes (75.7% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,498 votes (22.6% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 102 votes (0.7% vs. 0.8%), among the 15,461 ballots cast by the city's 20,616 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.0% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County

, December 23, 2008. Accessed August 30, 2017. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat

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received 9,815 votes (71.0% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican

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with 3,870 votes (28.0% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 88 votes (0.6% vs. 0.7%), among the 13,818 ballots cast by the city's 19,013 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.7% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).

Education

Public schools

The Hackensack Public Schools serve students in

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through

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 5,483 students and 415.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

student–teacher ratio The student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio refers to the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers or staff in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that ...

of 13.2:1.District information for Hackensack School District

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. Schools in the district, with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

, are Early Childhood Development Center for preschool, Fairmount Elementary School with 598 students in grades PreK-4, Fanny Meyer Hillers School with 473 students in grades PreK-4, Jackson Avenue School with 435 students in grades PreK-4, Nellie K. Parker School with 527 students in grades PreK-4, Hackensack Middle School with 1,447 students in grades 5-8 and

with 1,852 students in grades 9-12. Hackensack High School serves high school students living in neighboring communities as part of

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s with the respective districts, including about 250 from Maywood, 120 from Rochelle Park and 250 from South Hackensack as of 2012. Teterboro residents had been able to choose between Hackensack High School and Hasbrouck Heights School District's

Hasbrouck Heights High School Hasbrouck Heights High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hasbrouck Heights and Teterboro in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone high ...

. In March 2020, the Maywood Public Schools received approval from the

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to end the relationship it had established with Hackensack in 1969 and begin transitioning incoming ninth graders to Henry P. Becton Regional High School beginning in the 2020–2021 school year. Bergen Arts and Science Charter School serves public school students from Hackensack, as well as those from

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and Lodi. 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 Bergen County Technical Schools (BCTS) is a county technical school district that serves as the vocational / technical education arm of all the school districts within the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The ...

, which include the

Bergen County Academies Bergen County Academies (BCA) is a tuition-free public magnet high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, that serves students in the ninth through twelfth grades from all of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school was fo ...

in Hackensack and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or

. 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.

Private schools

The First Baptist Church operates Bergen County Christian Academy, a K–12 school that was established in 1972 and is located at Union Street and Conklin Place. The YCS George Washington School is a nonprofit private school for classified students ages 5–14 in grades K–8 who are experiencing behavioral and/or emotional difficulties. Its population consists of students who reside at the YCS Holley Child Care and Development Center in Hackensack and students within the surrounding communities whose needs cannot be adequately met in special education programs within their districts. Padre Pio Academy is a defunct K–8 school that operated under the auspices of the

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until its closure at the end of the 2012–2013 school year in the wake of declining enrollment and a deficit approaching $350,000. The school had been formed in 2009 by the diocese through the merger of St. Francis of Assisi School with Holy Trinity.

Colleges and universities

The Metropolitan Campus of

straddles the Hackensack River in both Hackensack and

Bergen Community College Bergen Community College is a Public university, public community college in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was founded in 1965 and opened in 1968. , it is the largest community college in the state, with sites in Paramus, New Jersey, Paramus, Ha ...

has a location in Hackensack. The Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, is located at 355 Main Street at the corner of Passaic Street. Eastwick College is located at 250 Moore Street.

Healthcare

, part of

Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is an American network of healthcare providers in New Jersey, based out of Edison. Members include academic centers, acute care facilities, and research hospitals. Hackensack Meridian Health aims to create one ...

, is the primary health care provider and hospital for the city. Its main hospital campus, which includes a children's hospital, an all women's hospital, and Heart and Vascular Hospital, is located on 30 Prospect Avenue. The hospital's John Theurer Cancer Center is located on 2nd Street. Hackensack University Medical Center has two medical offices located on Russell Place and Essex Center.

Transportation

Roads and highways

, the city had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Bergen County and by the

New Jersey Department of Transportation The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey, including maintaining and operating the state's highway and public road system, planning and developing transport ...

Interstate 80 Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the ori ...

, Route 17, Route 4, and County Route 503 are among the many main roads serving Hackensack. Several bridges, including the Court Street Bridge, the Midtown Bridge and the Anderson Street Bridge span the Hackensack River.

Public transportation

The city is served by three train stations on

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Pascack Valley Line The Pascack Valley Line is a commuter rail line operated by the Hoboken Division of New Jersey Transit, in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. The line runs north from Hoboken Terminal, through Hudson and Bergen counties in New Jerse ...

, two of them in Hackensack, providing service to

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, with connecting service to Penn Station New York and other NJ Transit service at

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Anderson Street station Anderson Street is a New Jersey Transit rail station on the Pascack Valley Line. The station is one of two rail stations in Hackensack, New Jersey, Hackensack (the other being Essex Street (NJT station), Essex Street) and located at Anderson S ...

serves central Hackensack while Essex Street station serves southern portions of the city. The New Bridge Landing station, located adjacent to the city line in

also serves the northernmost parts of Hackensack, including

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. NJ Transit buses include lines

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157 Year 157 ( CLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 157 for this ye ...

, 162,

163 Year 163 ( CLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laelianus and Pastor (or, less frequently, year 916 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 163 for this y ...

164 Year 164 ( CLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macrinus and Celsus (or, less frequently, year 917 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 164 for this yea ...

165 Year 165 ( CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Orfitus and Pudens (or, less frequently, year 918 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 165 for this year ...

and

168 Year 168 ( CLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 921 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 168 for thi ...

serving the

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; the

171 Year 171 ( CLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Herennianus (or, less frequently, year 924 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 171 ...

, 175,

178 Year 178 ( CLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 931 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 178 for this ...

and

182 Year 182 ( CLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sura and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 935 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 182 for this year ...

to the

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; the 76 to Newark; the 83 route to

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; and local service on the

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712 __NOTOC__ Year 712 ( DCCXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 712th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 712th year of the 1st millennium, the 12th year of the 8th century, and the 3r ...

751 Year 751 ( DCCLI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 751 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming ...

752 __NOTOC__ Year 752 ( DCCLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 752nd year of Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 752nd year of the 1st millennium, the 52nd year of 8th century, and the 3rd year ...

753 __NOTOC__ Year 753 ( DCCLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 753 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europ ...

, 755,

756 __NOTOC__ Year 756 ( DCCLVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 756th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 756th year of the 1st millennium, the 56th year of the 8th century, and the ...

762 __NOTOC__ Year 762 ( DCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 762nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 762nd year of the 1st millennium, the 62nd year of the 8th century, and the ...

770 __NOTOC__ Year 770 ( DCCLXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 770 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...

772 __NOTOC__ Year 772 (Roman numerals, DCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 772 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent ...

and

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lines. Many of the bus routes stop, originate and terminate at the

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, a regional transit hub. Route 1X jitney of Fordham Transit originates/terminates at the bus terminal with service

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via Fort Lee Road. Spanish Transportation and several other operators provide frequent jitney service along Route 4 between

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Emergency services

Fire department

The City of Hackensack is protected by a force of 100 paid, professional firefighters of the city of Hackensack Fire Department (HFD). The Hackensack Fire Department was first established on April 1, 1871, as Bergen Hook & Ladder Co. 1. In 1911, the full-time fire department was organized. The Hackensack Fire Department responds to approximately 7,500 emergency calls annually. The Hackensack Ford dealership fire on July 1, 1988, resulted in the deaths of five firefighters after a bowstring truss roof collapsed. A message issued a minute before the collapse ordering firefighters out was never received due to defective communications equipment and two firefighters who survived the initial collapse could not be rescued as their calls for help were not received. Ten firefighters from Hackensack have died in the line of duty. The Hackensack Fire Department currently operates out of four fire stations located throughout the city, under the command of a Deputy Chief / Tour Commander for each shift. The Hackensack Fire Department operates a fire apparatus fleet of four engines, one ladder, two rescues (Rescue 2 is part of the Metro USAR Collapse Rescue Strike Team), one Metro USAR (

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) Collapse Rescue Shoring Unit, one Special Operations (flood rescue) Unit, one Air Cascade Unit, one fire alarm maintenance bucket truck, two spare engines, and one spare ladder, as well as several special and support units. The department is part of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which consists of nine North Jersey fire departments and other emergency services divisions working to address major emergency rescue situations. ;Fire station locations and apparatusHistory of the Hackensack Fire Department
, City of Hackensack. Accessed May 13, 2016.

Ambulance

The Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps provides emergency medical services to Hackensack and other nearby towns through mutual aid agreements. The Corps operates nightly from 6 pm to 6 am, and 24 hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Daytime EMS is provided seven days a week by the

's ambulance service, overlapping volunteer coverage on weekends. Both the Hackensack University Medical Center and Hackensack Volunteer Ambulance Corps are dispatched by MICCOM, the Northern New Jersey Mobile Intensive Care Communications Network. MICCOM provides dispatch and emergency medical call taking with pre-arrival instructions and updates.

Points of interest

The city historian is Albert Dib. Walking tours are conducted of historic markers in downtown Hackensack, in and around The Green and lower Main Street, and a virtual historic walking tour is available as far north as the

crossing at Main Street. The First Dutch Reformed Church ("Church on The Green") was built in 1696. In 1696 Major Berry donated land for the First Dutch Reformed Church, erected in that same year, which still stands in Hackensack today as the oldest church in Bergen County and the second oldest church in New Jersey. The following is list of notable people buried in the Church's adjoining cemetery: *

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, one of

's officers. *

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, former mayor of the city of New York and former

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. Bergen County's largest newspaper, ''

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'', a publication of the

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, had been headquartered in Hackensack until moving to Woodland Park. Its campus is largely abandoned and has been sold to be redeveloped for a mixed-use commercial project that would include 500 residential apartments and a hotel, in association with the river walkway project. The

is home to the

, a , and several smaller water vessels and artifacts. The museum was open select weekdays for group tours. In July and August 2018, several individuals broke in to the submarine attempting to steal artifacts and caused extensive flooding that severely damaged the vessel. The Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, located at 39 Broadway, is the city's leading

theater arts Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

institution and houses many local arts groups such as the Teaneck Theater Company and the Hackensack Theater Company. The facility also serves as the summer indoor location for the Hudson Shakespeare Company in case of rain. Otherwise, the group performs outdoors at Staib Park, with two "Shakespeare Wednesdays" per month for each month of the summer.

(formerly known as Riverside Square Mall), is an upscale shopping center located at the intersection of Route 4 and Hackensack Avenue at the northern edge of the city along the

near its border with

to the north and with

across the river. The mall, which has undergone a significant expansion, is anchored by a number of high-end department stores and restaurants, including

Bloomingdale's Bloomingdale's Inc. is an American luxury department store chain founded in 1861 by Joseph Bloomingdale and Lyman Bloomingdale. It was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1930, which purchased the Macy's department store chain in 1994, ...

, Tiffany & Co.,

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and

Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. The company operates approximately 600 retail stores across the United States. Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its B ...

, offering a

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of . The mall also added an

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dine-in movie theater on September 13, 2017, which replaced the former Saks Fifth Avenue store that opened in 1977 and closed down in 2014. The mall is known for its marble floors and attracts a great many upper-income shoppers from Manhattan and Northern Bergen County. Hackensack's Main Street is devoted to shopping and includes some of the city's iconic landmarks, including the

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headquarters building and the former Woolworth site that is now a housewares store. The only remaining major store on Hackensack's Main Street had been

Sears Roebuck and Co. Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwal ...

, which was located on the corner of Main and Anderson Streets. In July 2020, Sears announced that it would close its store in Hackensack. The site is close to the Anderson Street train station, and has been open since the 1930s.

Bergen County Jail Bergen County Jail is a facility operated by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office located at 160 South River Street in Hackensack, New Jersey. The jail provides a detention for both sentenced and unsentenced prisoners from minimum to maximum security ...

is a detention center for both sentenced and unsentenced prisoners. It is located on South River Street. The County is in the process of moving the County Police from the northern end of the city to a new site across from the Jail. The former site will be redeveloped as a "transit village" complex associated with the New Bridge Landing station in adjoining River Edge. The city's Johnson Public Library at 274 Main Street is a member of the

Bergen County Cooperative Library System The Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS, pronounced "buckles") is a consortium of public libraries in the four northeastern New Jersey Gateway Region counties of Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, and Essex. Founded on October 1, 1979, the o ...

. The library opened in 1901 with a gift from State Senator William M. Johnson. Ice House is a complex with four full-sized skating rinks that opened in 1996. It is home to the New Jersey Avalanche mainstreamed and special needs hockey teams and several high school hockey teams, in addition to being the home rink of gold medalists

Sarah Hughes Sarah Elizabeth Hughes (born May 2, 1985) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2002 Olympic Champion and the 2001 World bronze medalist in ladies' singles. Personal life Hughes was born in Great Neck, New York, a subu ...

Elena Bereznaia Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (, , born 11 October 1977) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion. Berezhnaya first compet ...

and

Anton Sikharulidze Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze (Georgian: ანტონ ტარიელის ძე სიხარულიძე; , born 25 October 1976) is a Georgian-Russian former pair skater. With Elena Berezhnaya, he is the 1998 and 1999 World ...

. At the

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, there were 11 Olympic figure skaters—from Israel, Switzerland, Slovakia, Canada, and Australia—who trained at the Ice House for the ladies' singles, men's singles, pairs and ice dance competitions. Other points of interest within the city include the

, Hackensack River County Park, Bowler City Bowling Lanes, Borg's Woods Nature Preserve, the

and the Bergen Museum of Art & Science.

Local media

Radio station

WNYM WNYM (970 AM) – branded "AM 970 The Answer" – is a commercial radio station licensed to Hackensack, New Jersey, and serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by Salem Media Group and programs a conservative talk radio f ...

at 970 AM, is licensed to Hackensack and has its transmitter in the city. The station is currently owned by

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with a

conservative talk radio Conservative talk radio is a talk radio format in the United States and other countries devoted to expressing conservative viewpoints of issues, as opposed to progressive talk radio. The definition of conservative talk is generally broad enough ...

format. After five years as a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

station, the station switched its call letters to WWDJ and started playing a

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...

radio format A radio format or programming format (not to be confused with broadcast programming) describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. The radio format emerged mainly in the United States in the 1950s, at a time when Radio broadcasting, ...

starting in July 1971, competing with Top 40 powerhouse 77 WABC. The station, then the county's only commercial radio station, switched to

religious broadcasting Religious broadcasting, sometimes referred to as faith-based broadcasts, is the dissemination of television and/or radio content that intentionally has religious ideas, religious experience, or religious practice as its core focus. In some coun ...

in April 1974.

In popular culture

Hackensack has been mentioned in the lyrics of songs by several musical artists, many of whom have lived in New Jersey or New York City. The town was home to the original Van Gelder recording studio at 25 Prospect Avenue where the jazz musicians

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American retired jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, Rollins recorded over sixt ...

and

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...

recorded some of their landmark work. Monk recorded a tribute to

Rudy Van Gelder Rudolph Van Gelder (November 2, 1924 – August 25, 2016) was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz. Over more than half a century, he recorded several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Mil ...

entitled "Hackensack". Other notable examples of Hackensack in songs include: * The 1929 Billy Murray/Walter Scanlan recording of "Shut the Door" has the lines, "I live out in Hackensack in a place down by the sea. (Oh, you live out in Hackensack. Well, don't blame that on me!)" despite the fact that Hackensack is a dozen miles from the sea, and on the other side of the Hudson. * " I Happen to Like New York" by

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

, written in 1930 for the musical ''

The New Yorkers ''The New Yorkers'' is a musical with score by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields that satirizes New York City types during Prohibition, from high society matrons to con men, bootleggers, thieves, and prostitutes. The musical premiered on ...

''. * "Back In Hackensack, New Jersey" which was written in 1924. * "Roller Derby Queen" by

Jim Croce James Joseph Croce (; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American Folk music, folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of o ...

, describes the tough titular character in the song as "She's my big blonde bomber, my heavy handed Hackensack mama." * "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" by

Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen cho ...

from their 1975 album ''

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'' includes the rhyme "Driving like a fool out to Hackensack/Drinking his dinner from a paper sack". *

Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne is an American Rock music, rock band that formed in New York City in 1995. The band included founding members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter, and Brian Young (drummer), Brian Young. They released six album ...

, "Hackensack" (''

Welcome Interstate Managers ''Welcome Interstate Managers'' is the third studio album by the American rock band Fountains of Wayne. It was released by S-Curve Records on June 10, 2003. The album contains the power pop single " Stacy's Mom," which reached number 21 on the ...

'', 2003) which was also covered by

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, 2009. *

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. ...

, "

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" ('' Unchained'') a 1996 cover of a number 1 hit in Country Music in November 1962 in the United States by

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. *

Peter Schickele Peter Schickele (; July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hoste ...

(under the pseudonym

P. D. Q. Bach P. D. Q. Bach is a fictional composer created by the American composer and musical satirist Peter Schickele for a five-decade career performing the "discovered" works of the "only forgotten son" of the Bach family. Schickele's music combines Par ...

), "O Little Town of Hackensack", a parody of the traditional carol "

O Little Town of Bethlehem "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a Christmas carol. Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks, the carol is popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but to different tunes: in the United States and Canada, to "St. Louis" by Brooks' collabora ...

". * "

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" by

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includes the lines "Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?" * "Lost In Hollywood" by System of a Down includes the lyrics, "The lines in the letter said, 'We have gone to Hackensack'". *

Tom Rush Tom Rush (born February 8, 1941) is an American folk and blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose success helped launch the careers of other singer-songwriters in the 1960s and who has continued his own singing career for 60 years. Life ...

's 2018 song "If I Never Get Back to Hackensack" pokes gentle fun at the town and mentions various other places in New Jersey. Hackensack also appears in movies, video games, books and television. * In the 2001 film ''

Zoolander ''Zoolander'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by and starring Ben Stiller. The film contains elements from a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Stiller for the '' VH1 Fashion Awards'' televisi ...

'', Mugatu is threatened by someone saying "Perhaps you'd like to go back to turning out novelty neck ties in Hackensack." * In the 1978 film '' Superman: The Movie'', Hackensack was to have been

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for a nuclear missile launched by

Lex Luthor Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor () is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the character first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #23 (published on February 22, 1940, with a cover d ...

(

Gene Hackman Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – ) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama ''Lilith (film), Lilith'' (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for ...

), as

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(

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, activist, director, and author. He amassed Christopher Reeve on stage and screen, several stage and screen credits in his 34-year career, including playin ...

) is slowly dying from exposure to

kryptonite Kryptonite is a fictional material that appears primarily in Superman stories published by DC Comics. In its best-known form, it is a green, crystalline material originating from Superman's home world of Krypton (comics), Krypton that emits a u ...

. This however prompts Luthor's secretary, Eve Teschmacher, to save Superman's life, after making him promise to save her mother, a Hackensack resident. * In the 1954 film ''

Rear Window ''Rear Window'' is a 1954 American mystery film, mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "After-Dinner Story, It Had to Be Murder". Originally released ...

'' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, L.B. Jefferies' (Jimmy Stewart) maid, Stella (Thelma Ritter), muses that she had handled enough rhodium tri-eckonol pills to "put everybody in Hackensack to sleep for the winter." She makes the statement while she and Jefferies spy on his neighbors, one of which was laying out on a table a set of pills in an apparent contemplation of suicide. * The 1985 film ''Brewster's Millions (1985 film), Brewster's Millions'' starred Richard Pryor, who played a pitcher for the Hackensack Bulls, a fictional minor-league baseball team that plays in a stadium where a railroad track runs across the outfield. *The 1997 game ''Grand Theft Auto (video game), Grand Theft Auto'' features the district of Hackenslash, based on Hackensack. * In the 1998 film ''Bride of Chucky'', Chucky's human body is said to be buried in a fictional Hackensack cemetery. *The 2013 film ''Don Jon'' starring and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt was filmed in Hackensack. The Church of St. Anthony of Padua, located on S. Main Street, can be seen in the movie. *In the 1997 film adaptation ''Private Parts (1997 film), Private Parts'', when Howard Stern leaves WCCC for WWWW, he is speaking to DJ Fred Norris from a vehicle parked in front of 299 Main Street. The camera pans out and stores are seen in the backdrop as Howard Stern drives off. *The 2021 horror television series ''Chucky (TV series), Chucky'' uses Hackensack as the main plot location and the home of protagonists Jake Wheeler, Devon Evans and Lexy Cross. It was also revealed to be the hometown of the main antagonist of the series, Chucky (character), Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray, in which he grew up. and the place of his burial, in Bride of Chucky.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hackensack include: * Enzo Amore (born 1986 as Eric Arndt), former professional wrestler; worked for WWE * Phil Arnold (1909–1968), actor * Carol Arthur (1935–2020), actress who played a number of supporting roles in films by Mel Brooks * Pete Athas (1946–2015), cornerback who played for the New York Giants during his six NFL seasons * Barton Lidice Beneš (1942–2012), artist * Ellsworth P. Bertholf (1866–1921), Commandant of the Coast Guard from 1915 to 1919 * Hubert Birkenmeier (born 1949), soccer player, coach, and businessman * James Black (blacksmith), James Black (1800–1872), blacksmith who is credited with creating the Bowie knife * David Boll (born 1953), cyclist who competed in the Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, individual road race event at the 1976 Summer Olympics * Debby Boone (born 1956), singer * Warren Boroson (1935–2023), author and journalist * Adam Boyd (New Jersey), Adam Boyd (1746–1835), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813 * Glenn Britt (1949–2014), CEO of Time Warner Cable from 2001 to December 2013 * David Brock (born 1962), Neoliberalism, Neo-Liberal political operative, author and commentator who founded the media watchdog group Media Matters for America * Hector Luis Bustamante (born 1972), Colombian-American actor * Oleksii Bychenko (born 1988), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skater who competed at the

* Cody Calafiore (born 1990), reality television personality who was runner up on ''Big Brother 16 (U.S.), Big Brother 16'' * Frank Capsouras (born 1947), Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter who represented the United States in the Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg, men's heavyweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics * Philip Carey (1925–2009), actor who starred in ''One Life to Live'' * George Cassedy (1783–1842), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey who served from 1821 to 1827 * Brian Cina, politician who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives * Vinny Ciurciu (born 1980), linebacker who has played in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions * Austen Crehore (1893–1962), World War I aviator, pilot in the French Air Force, Armée de l'Air and the recipient of the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with two palms * Dave Davis (bowler), Dave Davis (1942–2022), professional Ten-pin bowling, ten-pin bowler; 1967 Professional Bowlers Association, PBA Player of the Year and PBA Hall of Famer * Christopher Dell (born 1956), diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Angola and Zimbabwe * Anthony DiCosmo (born 1977), gridiron football player * Harold Dow (1947–2010), correspondent on ''48 Hours (TV series), 48 Hours'' * Peter Dykstra (1957–2024), Greenpeace activist and a CNN Media coverage of climate change, environment correspondent * John Fenn (chemist), John Fenn (1917–2010), chemist who was a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for his work in mass spectrometry * F. Scott Fitzgerald, went to the prep school, the Newman School, in Hackensack in 1911 * Jim Finn (born 1976), New York Giants fullback * Dave Fiore (born 1974), offensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins * Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876–1950), author of many popular children's books * Silvia Fontana (born 1976), Figure skating, figure skater who represented Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin * Chet Forte (1935–1996), television director and sports radio talk show host * Donald Frankos (1938–2011), contract killer and mob associate of the Lucchese crime family * Bob Franks (1951–2010), represented from 1993–2001 * Mike Fratello (born 1947), NBA coach and TV commentator * Dean Gallo (1935–1994), represented from 1985 until his death * Elene Gedevanishvili (born 1990), Figure skating, figure skater who represented the nation of Georgia (country), Georgia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver * Norm Gigon (1938–2013), utility player who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1967 * Doug Glanville (born 1970), Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers; writer and broadcaster * Junior Glymph (born 1980), linebacker who played in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys * Navarro Gray (born 1979), lawyer best known for his accomplishments in the entertainment industry, including representing Fetty Wap * David Grisman (born 1945), mandolin player * John Groninga (born 1945), politician who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from the 20th district from 1983 to 1993 * Bill Hands (1940–2017), former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs during his 11-year career * Chet Hanulak (1933–2021), former NFL running back who played for four seasons for the Cleveland Browns * Harry Harper (1895–1963), Major League Baseball pitcher from 1913 to 1923 * Archibald C. Hart (1873–1935), represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district from 1912 to 1913 and from 1913 to 1917 * Matt Herr (born 1976), ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward who played for parts of four NHL seasons * Henry Kent Hewitt (1887–1972), United States Navy commander of amphibious operations in North Africa and southern Europe throughout

* John Huyler (1808–1870), represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1859 * Mark Ingram II (born 1989), anchor for Fox Sports who was a Heisman Trophy winning running back and played for 12 years in the NFL * Connor Jaeger (born 1991), competition swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle swimming, freestyle events * Howie Janotta (1924–2010), professional basketball player who played for the Baltimore Bullets (1944–54), Baltimore Bullets in 9 games during the 1949–50 NBA season * Al Jochim (1902–1980), Gymnastics, gymnast who won two silver medals in gymnastics at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles * Eric Karros (born 1967), Major League Baseball player and TV commentator * Lena Kleinschmidt (1835–after 1886), German-born New York criminal who was a prominent jewel thief during the late 19th century * Hailey Kops (born 2002), Israeli pair skater * Louis F. Kosco (born 1932), politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate * Harvey M. Krueger (1929–2017), investment banker who was CEO and President of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. * Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor * Lauren Lake (born 1969), lawyer and presiding judge of ''Lauren Lake's Paternity Court'' * Rich LeFurgy (born ), advertising consultant and investor * Coi Leray (born 1997), rapper and songwriter * William Alexander Linn (1846–1917), journalist and historian * John Maessner (born 1969), soccer player and coach who played six seasons in Major League Soccer * Roger Mandle (1941–2020), art historian, curator and academic administrator, who was president of the Rhode Island School of Design * Hugh McCracken (1942–2013), rock guitarist and session musician * James McEachin (born 1930), actor and author * Earl Schenck Miers (1910–1972), historian who wrote extensively about the American Civil War * E. Frederic Morrow (–1994), the first African American to hold an executive position at the White House, when he served President Dwight Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961 * John H. Morrow (1910–2000), diplomat, who was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1959 as the first Ambassador to independent Guinea * Don Nelson (screenwriter), Don Nelson (1927–2013), screenwriter, film producer and jazz musician, best known for his work on the sitcom ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' * Richard Cooper Newick (1926–2013), multihull sailboat designer * Donald Nichols (spy), Donald Nichols (1923–1992), United States Air Force officer who worked in military intelligence * Dan Oates (born 1955), police chief of Miami Beach, Florida * Frederick Albion Ober (1849–1913), naturalist and writer * Danny Oquendo (born 1987), wide receiver who played for the Maryland Terrapins football team * Deborah Oropallo (born 1954), artist who is best known for her digital montages * William A. Pailes (born 1952), United States Air Force astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s whi served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J ''Space Shuttle Atlantis, Atlantis'' (October 3–7, 1985) * John B. Paolella (born 1949), politician who represented the New Jersey's 38th legislative district, 38th Legislative District in both houses of the

* Nellie Morrow Parker (1902–1998), first African American school teacher in

Bergen County, New Jersey Bergen County is the List of counties in New Jersey, most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Wally Schirra Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( ; March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator (United States), naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the Mercury Seven, original seven astronauts chosen for Pro ...

(1923–2007), NASA astronaut, one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury * Walter G. Schroeder (1927–2021), politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993 * Dave Scott (American football), Dave Scott (born 1953), offensive lineman who played for the Atlanta Falcons * Chris Smalls (born 1988), labor organizer known for his role in leading Amazon worker organization in the

boroughs of New York City, borough of Staten Island * Robert Stiles (born 1959), field hockey player who competed in the Field hockey at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics * Adel Tankova (born 2000), Ukrainian-born Israeli Olympic figure skater who competed at the

Adel TANKOVA / Ronald ZILBERBERG
International Skating Union. Accessed February 17, 2018. * Warren Terhune (1869–1920), United States Navy Commander (United States)#Naval rank, Commander and the 13th Governor of American Samoa * Russell Thacher (1919–1990), author and film producer who co-produced the films ''Soylent Green'' and ''The Last Hard Men (film), The Last Hard Men'' together with Walter Seltzer * Joe Lynn Turner (born 1951), singer *

(1924–2016), recording engineer who taped many jazz albums for Blue Note Records in his Hackensack recording studio in the 1950s *

(1753–1831), lawyer and politician * Charles H. Voorhis (1833–1896), lawyer and judge from New Jersey who served one term representing New Jersey's 5th congressional district * Douglas Watt (critic), Douglas Watt (1914–2009), theater critic for the ''New York Daily News'' * Teresa Weatherspoon (born 1965), professional basketball player, formerly with WNBA's New York Liberty * Leslie West (1945–2020), rock music, rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter who is best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Mountain (band), Mountain * William B. Widnall (1906–1983), member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing New Jersey's 7th congressional district * Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954), physician who worked as a bacteriologist at the first U.S. municipal diagnostic laboratory, helped develop the diphtheria antitoxin and was the first woman to be elected chair of the laboratory section of the American Public Health Association * Bill Willoughby (born 1957), basketball player who, along with Darryl Dawkins, were the first high school players drafted by the National Basketball Association, NBA after they graduated in 1975 * Chris Wragge (born 1970), News presenter, news anchor for WCBS-TV * Ronald Zilberberg (born 1996), Israeli Olympic figure skater who competed at the

* Ken Zisa (born 1954), politician who served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1994 to 2002, where he represented the New Jersey's 37th legislative district, 37th Legislative District"Assembly tos the ballot"
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'', November 5, 1995. Accessed July 24, 2020. "Charles "Ken" Zisa - Address: Hackensack; Age: 41; Education: Hackensack High School; Bergen County Police Academy"

References

Sources

* ''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. * Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, Nelson
''History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men.''
Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882. * Harvey, Cornelius Burnham (ed.)
''Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey.''
New York: New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Co., 1900. * Lark, Terry (editor), , The Hackensack Bicentennial Committee, The City of Hackensack, 1976 * Van Valen, James M
''History of Bergen County, New Jersey.''
New York: New Jersey Publishing and Engraving Co., 1900. * Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858–1942
''History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630–1923''
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1923.

External links

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