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Bloomfield, New Jersey

March 17, 2024

Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,105,[9][10] an increase of 5,790 (+12.2%) from the 2010 census count of 47,315,[19][20] which in turn reflected a decline of 368 (-0.8%) from the 47,683 counted in the 2000 census.[21] It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District.

Bloomfield, New Jersey
Township
Frank M. Leo Associates Building in downtown Bloomfield
Seal
Interactive map of Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Location in Essex County
Bloomfield
Location in New Jersey
Bloomfield
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°48′33″N 74°11′14″W / 40.809128°N 74.187155°W / 40.809128; -74.187155[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyEssex
IncorporatedMarch 23, 1812
Named forJoseph Bloomfield
Government
[7]
 • TypeSpecial charter
 • BodyTownship Council
 • MayorTed Gamble (D, appointed to term ending December 31, 2025)[3][4]
 • AdministratorAnthony G. DeZenzo (acting)[5]
 • Municipal clerkLouise M. Palagano[6]
Area
[1]
 • Total5.36 sq mi (13.88 km2)
 • Land5.34 sq mi (13.82 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)  0.45%
 • Rank268th of 565 in state
7th of 22 in county[1]
Elevation
[8]
174 ft (53 m)
Population
 (2020)[9][10]
 • Total53,105
 • Estimate 
(2022)[9][11]
52,948
 • Rank36th of 565 in state
4th of 22 in county[12]
 • Density9,950.3/sq mi (3,841.8/km2)
  • Rank38th of 565 in state
6th of 22 in county[12]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
07003[13][14]
Area code(s)862/973[15]
FIPS code3401306260[1][16][17]
GNIS feature ID1729714[1][18]
Websitewww.bloomfieldtwpnj.com

History edit

The earliest settlers of the area were the Lenape Native Americans. The initial patent for European settlement of the land that would become Bloomfield Township was granted to the English Puritan colonists of Newark, and the area assigned to Essex County in 1675, and Newark Township in 1693. From the 1690s to about the 1720s, much of the northern and eastern land was sold to descendants of New Netherland colonists who had settled Acquackanonk, and the remainder mostly to English families. Speertown (now Upper Montclair), Stone House Plains (now Brookdale), and Second River (now Belleville and Nutley) were essentially Dutch and Jersey Dutch-speaking, while Cranetown, Watsessing, and the Morris Neighborhood (now North Center) were predominantly English. Starting in the mid-18th century, the English and Dutch neighborhoods gradually integrated, with Thomas Cadmus being among the first Dutchmen to settle in an English neighborhood.

Numerous residents served in the Revolutionary War.[22] No significant engagements occurred in Bloomfield, although the locale was on the Continental Army's retreat route after the Battle of Long Island; British and American troops conducted foraging operations; and General George Washington is believed to have visited at least two residences.[23] The Green was set aside to commemorate the use of that space for drilling of militia.[24]

 
Presbyterian Church, for which the township was named

The Presbyterian Society of Bloomfield (now the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green) was formed in 1794 and named in honor of then-brigadier Joseph Bloomfield, commander of New Jersey troops in the Whiskey Rebellion.[25] About the same time, the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone House Plains (now Brookdale Reformed Church) was established.[26] The two churches became integral institutions of southern and northern Bloomfield, respectively.

Bloomfield was incorporated as a township from portions of Newark Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1812.[27] At the time, the Presbyterian parish's namesake was governor of New Jersey and had recently been appointed brigadier general for service in the looming War of 1812.[28][29][30]

At the time it was incorporated, the township covered 20.52 square miles (53.1 km2) (almost four times its current area of 5.3 square miles (14 km2)) and included several municipalities which were formed from portions of Bloomfield during the course of the nineteenth century, including Belleville (created on April 8, 1839), Montclair (April 15, 1868), Woodside Township (March 24, 1869) and Glen Ridge (February 13, 1895).[27][31] The Stone House Plains neighborhood was renamed as Brookdale in 1873.[26]

 
Bloomfield Station in 1908

In the township's first century, Brookdale farms thrived while southern Bloomfield industrialized, and the township's infrastructure, civil framework and social institutions developed. Several miles of the Morris Canal passed through Bloomfield.[32] The Oakes woollen mill thrived as a major supplier to the Union Army.[33]

Bloomfield was incorporated as a town on February 26, 1900.[27] In 1904, The city of Newark failed in its attempts to reannex Bloomfield as part of the "Greater Newark" movement.[34] In 1981, the town was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township, joining four municipalities that had already made the change, of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis.[35][36][37][38][39]

In the 20th century, GE, Westinghouse and Schering built major facilities, and among others, the Charms Candy Company was started and grew.[28] After World War I, Brookdale's farms were developed into residential neighborhoods and supporting services. Substantial population growth continued into the 1950s. During World War II, while many Bloomfield men served in the armed forces, Bloomfield's farms and factories, largely staffed by women, supported the war effort. In the decades after the war, the township's industrial base steadily shut down with stricter environmental regulations, rising labor costs, and growing competition. These influences, as well as construction of the Garden State Parkway, further drove urban decay and related population turnover and stagnation through the latter part of the 20th century.

In the early 21st century, redevelopment of blighted and underutilized properties has further shifted Bloomfield towards being a primarily residential municipality.[40]

Geography edit

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 5.36 square miles (13.88 km2), including 5.34 square miles (13.82 km2) of land and 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2) of water (0.45%).[1][2]

Silver Lake (2010 total population of 4,243[41]) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) defined by the United States Census Bureau as of the 2010 Census that is split between Belleville (with 3,769 of the CDP's residents) and Bloomfield (474 of the total).[42] Brookdale (2010 population of 9,239[43]) is a CDP located entirely within Bloomfield.[42] Watsessing and Ampere North are CDPs in the southern part of the township that were first listed prior to the 2020 census.

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Halycon.[44] Bloomfield is in the New York metropolitan area.

The township borders the municipalities of Belleville, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Montclair, Newark and Nutley in Essex County; and Clifton in Passaic County.[45][46][47]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18203,085—
18304,30939.7%
18402,528*−41.3%
18503,38533.9%
18604,79041.5%
18704,580*−4.4%
18805,74825.5%
18907,70834.1%
19009,668*25.4%
191015,07055.9%
192022,01946.1%
193038,07772.9%
194041,6239.3%
195049,30718.5%
196051,8675.2%
197052,0290.3%
198047,792−8.1%
199045,061−5.7%
200047,6835.8%
201047,315−0.8%
202053,10512.2%
2022 (est.)52,948[9][11]−0.3%
Population sources:
1820–1920[48] 1820–1910[49]
1840[50] 1850–1870[51] 1850[52]
1870[53] 1870–1890[54] 1880–1890[55]
1890–1910[56] 1900–1930[57]
1940–2000[58] 2000[59][60]
2010[19][20] 2020[9][10]

In 2014, the cost of living in Bloomfield was an average 20% higher than the U.S. average.[61]

According to a 2007 report from CNNMoney.com, the quality of life in Bloomfield in terms of crime are 3 incidents per 1,000 people as compared to the "best places to live average" of 1.3 incidents per 1,000. There were 35 property crime incidents per 1,000 people in Bloomfield as compared to the "best places to live average" of 20.6.[62]

2020 census edit

Bloomfield township, Essex County, New Jersey – Racial and Ethnic Composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[63] Pop 2020[64] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 22,291 19,668 47.06% 37.02%
Black or African American alone (NH) 8,092 9,941 17.12% 18.72%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 102 84 0.22% 0.16%
Asian alone (NH) 3,846 4,495 8.13% 8.47%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 14 4 0.03% 0.01%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 407 713 0.86% 1.34%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 957 2,003 2.02% 3.77%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,606 16,197 24.55% 30.52%
Total 47,315 53,105 100.00% 100.00%

2010 census edit

The 2010 United States census counted 47,315 people, 18,387 households, and 11,768 families in the township. The population density was 8,920.5 per square mile (3,444.2/km2). There were 19,470 housing units at an average density of 3,670.7 per square mile (1,417.3/km2). The racial makeup was 59.61% (28,205) White, 18.51% (8,757) Black or African American, 0.41% (193) Native American, 8.22% (3,891) Asian, 0.04% (21) Pacific Islander, 9.35% (4,423) from other races, and 3.86% (1,825) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.53% (11,606) of the population.[19]

Of the 18,387 households, 28.3% had children under the age of 18; 44.2% were married couples living together; 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.0% were non-families. Of all households, 29.5% were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.20.[19]

21.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86.4 males.[19]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $62,831 (with a margin of error of +/− $2,641) and the median family income was $77,936 (+/− $4,120). Males had a median income of $51,498 (+/− $1,805) versus $44,735 (+/− $2,867) for females. The per capita income for the township was $30,421 (+/− $1,122). About 5.8% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.[65]

2000 census edit

As of the 2000 United States census[16] there were 47,683 people, 19,017 households, and 12,075 families residing in the township. The population density was 8,961.5 inhabitants per square mile (3,460.1/km2). There were 19,508 housing units at an average density of 3,666.3 per square mile (1,415.6/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 70.09% White, 11.69% Black, 0.19% Native American, 8.38% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 6.42% from other races, and 3.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.47% of the population.[59][60]

There were 19,017 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.16.[59][60]

In the township, 21.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.[59][60]

The median income for a household in the township was $53,289, and the median income for a family was $64,945. Males had a median income of $43,498 versus $36,104 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,049. About 4.4% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.[59][60]

Parks and recreation edit

Brookdale Park, established in 1928, covers over 121 acres (49 ha) in Bloomfield and Montclair, making it the third-largest park in Essex County, of which 77 acres (31 ha) are in Bloomfield.[66] Watsessing Park, which is the county's fourth-largest park, covers 69.67 acres (28.19 ha) split between Bloomfield and East Orange (60 acres (24 ha) in Bloomfield), and features sections of the Second River and Toney's Brook flowing through the park.[67] Both parks are administered by the Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs.

The Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Department administers eight parks covering 55.23 acres (22.35 ha).[68]

Government edit

 
Rotunda of Town Hall

Local government edit

Further information: Mayor of Bloomfield, New Jersey

Bloomfield operates under a special charter granted by an act of the New Jersey Legislature. The township is one of 11 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that operate under a special charter.[69] The township's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the six-member Township Council. The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at-large, and one member is elected from each of three wards, with all positions chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. Councilmembers are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with the three at-large seats (and the mayoral seat) up for election together and the three ward seats coming up for election two years later and no election in the middle year of the three-year cycle.[7][70] Bloomfield's charter retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator.[71]

As of 2024, the Mayor of Bloomfield is Democrat Ted Gamble, who was appointed to fill a term of office ending December 31, 2025. Members of the Bloomfield Township Council are Sarah Cruz (D, 2026; Third Ward), Wartyna "Nina" Davis (D, 2025; at-large), Nicholas Joanow (D, 2026; Second Ward), Jenny Mundell (D, 2026; First Ward) and Richard Rockwell (D, 2025; at-large); one at-large seat is vacant.[3][72][73][74][75]

The Township Council appointed Ted Gamble to served as mayor in January 2024 to fill the seat vacated by Michael Venezia when he took office in the New Jersey General Assembly; Gamble will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 general election, when voters will choose a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office.[76] In February 2024, Monica Charris Tabares was chosen to fill the at-large seat expiring in December 2025 that had been held by Ted Gamble; she will be sworn into office on February 24 and will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 election.[77]

In January 2018, the Township Council selected Richard Rockwell from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the at-large seat expiring in December 2019 that had been vacated the previous month by Carlos Pomares who resigned from office to serve on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[78] Rockwell served on an interim basis until the November 2018 general election, when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office.[79]

The Township Council selected Jenny Mundell to fill the vacant First Ward seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Elias N. Chalet until he resigned from office after being charged with accepting $15,000 in bribes in exchange for making sure that the township would proceed with the acquisition of a commercial property. After pleading guilty, Chalet was forced to resign from office and could be sentenced to five years in prison.[80]

Emergency services edit

The township maintains its own police department.[81]

The town is protected by a fire department consisting of 78 active professional firefighters who operate out of four stations, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is also a squad of volunteers. In 2009, the department received international accreditation.[82] The Fire Prevention Bureau established in 1953 and described as the first of its kind in the state, is operated by the department. It consists of one fire inspector, one fire official and a small support staff of civilians and fire personnel.[83] The department apparatus consist of four engines (one is a rescue pumper), one Truck/Ladder, a rescue and three reserve apparatus. Engine 1 located at the fire headquarters frequently closes due to lack of manpower.[84]

In 2018, the Insurance Services Office once again listed the fire department as a class 2 agency, recognizing it in the top five percent of the nation's fire departments, a ranking it had held for the ten previous years. As of 2020, the department is again working toward achieving accreditation status.[85]

The Fire Chief is Louis Venezia. He is the brother of former mayor, Michael Venezia.[86]

Federal, state, and county representation edit

Bloomfield is in the 11th Congressional district[87] and is part of New Jersey's 34th state legislative district.[88]

Before the redistricting that followed the 2020 census, the township had been split between the 10th and 11th Congressional districts[89] In the redistricting that went into effect in 2013, 24,480 residents in the northern portion of the township were placed in the 10th District, while 22,835 in the southern section were placed in the 11th District.[89][90] Prior to the 2010 Census, Bloomfield had been part of the 8th 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.[91]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 11th congressional district is represented by Mikie Sherrill (D, Montclair).[92] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[93] and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025).[94][95]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 34th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Britnee Timberlake (D, East Orange) and in the General Assembly by Carmen Morales (D, Belleville) and Michael Venezia (D, Bloomfield).[96]

Essex County is governed by a directly elected county executive, with legislative functions performed by the Board of County Commissioners. As of 2024, the County Executive is Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. (D, Roseland), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.[97] The county's Board of County Commissioners is comprised of nine members, five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at-large basis. They are elected for three-year concurrent terms and may be re-elected to successive terms at the annual election in November.[98] Essex County's Commissioners are:

Robert Mercado (D, District 1 – Newark's North and East Wards, parts of Central and West Wards; Newark, 2026),[99] A'Dorian Murray-Thomas (D, District 2 – Irvington, Maplewood and parts of Newark's South and West Wards; Newark, 2026),[100] Vice President Tyshammie L. Cooper (D, District 3 - Newark: West and Central Wards; East Orange, Orange and South Orange; East Orange, 2026),[101] Leonard M. Luciano (D, District 4 – Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Livingston, Millburn, North Caldwell, Roseland, Verona, West Caldwell and West Orange; West Caldwell, 2026),[102] President Carlos M. Pomares (D, District 5 – Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Nutley; Bloomfield, 2026),[103] Brendan W. Gill (D, at large; Montclair, 2026),[104] Romaine Graham (D, at large; Irvington, 2026),[105] Wayne Richardson (D, at large; Newark, 2026),[106] Patricia Sebold (D, at-large; Livingston, 2026).[107][108][109][110][111]

Constitutional officers elected countywide are: Clerk Christopher J. Durkin (D, West Caldwell, 2025),[112][113] Register of Deeds Juan M. Rivera Jr. (D, Newark, 2025),[114][115] Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura (D, Fairfield, 2024),[116][117] and Surrogate Alturrick Kenney (D, Newark, 2028).[118][119]

Politics edit

As of March 2011, there were a total of 28,398 registered voters in Bloomfield, of which 11,925 (42.0%) were registered as Democrats, 4,393 (15.5%) were registered as Republicans and 12,061 (42.5%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 19 voters registered as either Libertarians or Greens.[120]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 69.9% of the vote (13,361 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 28.8% (5,501 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (245 votes), among the 19,242 ballots cast by the township's 29,923 registered voters (135 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 64.3%.[121][122] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 62.9% of the vote here (12,735 cast), ahead of Republican John McCain with 35.3% (7,154 votes) and other candidates with 0.9% (186 votes), among the 20,251 ballots cast by the township's 27,981 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.4%.[123] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 57.0% of the vote here (10,829 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush with 41.5% (7,891 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (208 votes), among the 19,012 ballots cast by the township's 27,995 registered voters, for a turnout percentage of 67.9.[124]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 53.1% of the vote (5,808 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 45.6% (4,984 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (141 votes), among the 11,118 ballots cast by the township's 30,606 registered voters (185 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 36.3%.[125][126] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 53.8% of the vote here (6,241 ballots cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 37.6% (4,359 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.6% (761 votes) and other candidates with 1.3% (147 votes), among the 11,599 ballots cast by the township's 27,929 registered voters, yielding a 41.5% turnout.[127]

Education edit

Primary and secondary schools edit

Public schools edit

The Bloomfield Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[128] As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of 11 schools, had an enrollment of 6,191 students and 538.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[129] Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[130]) are Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen[131] (165 students; in grade PreK), Berkeley Elementary School[132] (446; K-6), Brookdale Elementary School[133] (320; K-6), Carteret Elementary School[134] (375; K-6), Demarest Elementary School[135] (480; K-6), Fairview Elementary School[136] (452; PreK-6), Franklin Elementary School[137] (343; K-6), Oak View Elementary School[138] (314; PreK-6), Watsessing Elementary School[139] (270; K-6), Bloomfield Middle School[140] (971; 7-8) and Bloomfield High School / Bridges Academy[141] (1,986; 9-12).[142][143][144]

As of the 2012–13 school year, the Bloomfield Public Schools had an actual Budgetary Per Pupil Cost of $11,848 (which is 16.4% below the statewide group average was $14,173), while Total Spending Per Pupil for the district was $15,848 (which is 16.0% below the $18,867 statewide).[145][146]

Bloomfield Tech High School is a regional, countywide magnet public high school that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.[147]

Catholic schools edit

Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish School, which serves grades K–8, is operated under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[148][149]

Colleges and universities edit

Bloomfield College, a liberal arts college founded in 1868, is in downtown Bloomfield near the town green. The college has approximately 2,000 students and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.[150]

Transportation edit

Roads and highways edit

 
View north along the Garden State Parkway in Bloomfield

As of May 2010, the township had a total of 95.39 miles (153.52 km) of roadways, of which 77.39 miles (124.55 km) were maintained by the municipality, 13.77 miles (22.16 km) by Essex County and 4.23 miles (6.81 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[151]

The major New Jersey highway artery that serves Bloomfield is the Garden State Parkway, the longest road in the state.[152] It has four interchanges in the township. Interchanges 148 in the south of Bloomfield and 151 in the north are complete interchanges, while 149 and 150 are partials. The Parkway's Essex toll plaza is southbound just south of interchange 150 in the township. There are two service areas on the Parkway in Bloomfield, one for northbound and one southbound.[153] Troop D of the New Jersey State Police, which patrols the full length of the Garden State Parkway, has a station in Bloomfield at northbound milepost 153.[154]

County Road 506,[155] 506 Spur[156] and 509[157] also serve Bloomfield.[158]

Commuter rail edit

South Bloomfield is served by two stations of the NJ Transit Montclair-Boonton Line to Hoboken Terminal or to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Secaucus Junction.[159] About 55% of the weekday trains terminate in Penn Station via Midtown Direct. On weekends the line terminates in Hoboken. The Bloomfield train station is located off of Bloomfield Avenue in the downtown area.[160] The Watsessing Avenue station is at the corner of Watsessing Avenue and Orange Street, and is located below ground.[161][162]

Bloomfield used to be served by other passenger rail lines. The Rowe Street station was served by the Boonton Line until September 2002, when it was closed as part of the addition of Midtown Direct service to the township.[163] The Walnut Street station, on the same line, was closed in 1953 when the Garden State Parkway was built through it.

Light rail edit

The Grove Street station on the Newark City Subway line of the Newark Light Rail at the south end of Bloomfield provides service to Newark Penn Station, created as part of an extension to Belleville and Bloomfield that opened in 2002.[164] This station was part of the Orange Branch of the New York & Greenwood Lake Line of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad with service to Jersey City which last saw passenger service in 1965. Freight service was discontinued in 2010 by Norfolk Southern with the loss of the last remaining shipper Hartz Mountain.

Buses edit

NJ Transit bus service is available to and from Newark on the 11, 27, 28, 29, 34, 72, 90, 92, 93 and 94 routes, with local service on the 709 bus line.[165] In October 2009, the Go Bus 28 route was introduced, offering service nearly all day from Bloomfield Train Station to Newark Liberty International Airport.[166][167]

Airports edit

Bloomfield is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark / Elizabeth, and 28.8 miles (46.3 km) from LaGuardia Airport in Flushing, Queens.

Points of interest edit

Notable events edit

In 1942, the Westinghouse Lamp Plant in Bloomfield produced the majority of uranium metal used in the Chicago Pile-1, the world's first self-sustaining chain reaction which was a critical early phase of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb.[170]

On January 29, 2023, at 3 a.m. a person in a ski mask threw a lit Molotov cocktail at Temple Ner Tamid, in an apparent attempt to burn down the synagogue that was unsuccessful, with no damage done to the building.[171] On February 1, a 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with one federal count of "attempted use of fire to damage a building", which could result in 20 years in jail and a fine of up to $250,000 if he is convicted of the crime.[172]

Notable people edit

See also: Category:People from Bloomfield, New Jersey

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

References edit

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  181. ^ Nimura, Janice P. (2021). The doctors Blackwell : how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine (First ed.). New York, N.Y. pp. 231–232. ISBN 978-0-393-63554-6. OCLC 1155067347.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) “The sisters turned their attention to the project of building a small cottage on a wooded ridge in Bloomfield, New Jersey…Once the Bloomfield house was ready, Elizabeth spent every weekend there”
  182. ^ Goldstein, Richard. "Hank Borowy, 88, Top Pitcher With Yankees and Cubs in 40's", The New York Times, August 26, 2004. Accessed April 19, 2012. "Borowy, a native of Bloomfield, N.J., who pitched for Fordham University, was 15-4 as a rookie on the Yankees' 1942 pennant winners."
  183. ^ Fox, Richard Wrightman. "Apostle of Personality", The New York Times, January 13, 1985. Accessed June 5, 2011. "Bourne, who was born and raised in Bloomfield, N.J., went to Columbia College on full scholarship at the age of 23 and was on his way to major distinction as a critic of culture and politics when he was suddenly silenced nine years later by the flu epidemic of 1918, which killed half a million Americans."
  184. ^ Endorsement Letter from Mayor Michael Venezia, Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green, July 22, 2014. Accessed October 31, 2017. "Historic figures associated with the church include; William Batchelder Bradbury, a Bloomfield resident and composer of hundreds of hymns and children's songs including 'Jesus Loves Me'."
  185. ^ Doug Brien 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, databasefootball.com. Accessed December 22, 2014.
  186. ^ Burke, Don. "Burkhardt's hard work took him from afterthought to Fox Sports", New York Post, May 17, 2014. Accessed December 22, 2014. "'There is always some trepidation. This is all we've ever known — Jersey,' said Burkhardt, who was raised in Bloomfield and now makes his home at the Jersey shore."
  187. ^ Revolutionary War Sites in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed October 31, 2017. "Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Cadmus (1736-1821)... After the war, Cadmus was a prominent local citizen."
  188. ^ Barmakian, Ed. "Marco Capozzoli foots the bill for Montclair State", The Star-Ledger, October 29, 2009. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Against CNJ, the Bloomfield resident became the first at MSU to kick three field goals in a game beyond 40 yards when he hit from 42, 47 and 44 yards as Montclair (6-1, 6-0 NJAC) won its sixth straight, 16-13."
  189. ^ "Louis Carter", Glen Ridge Voice, October 6, 2005. Accessed July 19,2023, via Newspapers.com. "A Mass for Louis Carter, 87, of Bloomfield was offered Sept. 28 in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Bloomfield, after the funeral from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley.... Born in Newark, he lived in Bloomfield for 41 years."
  190. ^ Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, p. 670. Accessed May 18, 2022. "William F. Conger (Rep.), of Prairie du Sac, was born March 5, 1844, at Bloomfield, New Jersey, and received his education in the public schools of Bloomfield and of New York City."
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  198. ^ Staff. "Charles W. Eaton, Painter, Is Dead; Won Many Awards for His Landscapes--Succumbs in Glen Ridge at 81; Dusk Scenes A Specialty; Received Philadelphia Art Club Medal in 1903--Honored in Paris Three Years Later", The New York Times, September 12, 1937. Accessed August 3, 2011. "Mr. Eaton, who was 81 years old, had lived in Bloomfield for fifty years.... Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery. "
  199. ^ Studio Tour with Todd Edwards, Scion Audio/Visual. Accessed November 4, 2012. "House music honcho Todd Edwards shows off his recording studio in Bloomfield, NJ."
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  203. ^ Stewart, Phil. "Running Times' 1979 Boston Marathon Coverage" May 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Running Times, July 1979. Accessed December 22, 2014. "The frontrunner this year (as last year) was twice-runnerup Tom Fleming of Bloomfield, NJ, whose race strategy was simple: "I just figured to run as fast as I could for as long as I could, and see if they could catch me." For the first half of the race, nobody even tried."
  204. ^ Esterow, Milton. "Connie Francis at Copacabana; Queen of the Young 'Singers a 'Natural' -- Dion in Debut", The New York Times, May 20, 1961. Accessed January 14, 2009. "The queen, of course, is Connie Francis, 22 years old, 5 feet 1, dark-haired, formerly of Brooklyn and now of Bloomfield, N. J."
  205. ^ Bill Geyer, NFL.com. Accessed December 22, 2014.
  206. ^ Litsky, Frank. "Johnny Gibson, 101, Track Coach With a Long Legacy, Is Dead", The New York Times, January 1, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2008. "Gibson was 5 when his father died, and he attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and then Fordham at night, working days running messages on Wall Street (he actually ran from building to building)."
  207. ^ "Michael A. Giuliano Tribute" in New Jersey Legislature Journal, p. 233. Accessed April 22, 2020. "Whereas, Michael A. Giuliano of the Town of Bloomfield, Essex county, a former member of this House, died Wednesday, April 21, 1976"
  208. ^ Owen, Seth. "Saving local music", copy of article from The Enterprise, April 11, 2002. Accessed May 2, 2021. "He grew up in Bloomfield, NJ, and started writing rock songs as an amateur in high school and later became a lyricist, writing the words to a rock 'n' roll song of the era called, 'Sleep Walk.'".
  209. ^ Ernie Hambacher, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed July 27, 2020. "Born: December 12, 1906 in Bloomfield, NJ... High School: Bloomfield (NJ)"
  210. ^ Frankel, Jeff. "A Bloomfield 'bright spot'", Bloomfield Life, October 20, 2011. Accessed December 22, 2014. "'Our philosophy is to give back where ever we are,' said Hanks, the wife of former San Francisco 49er Merton Hanks. 'We believe in participating in public school.' Unlike the Hanks' who came from other parts of the county before choosing to settle down in Essex County, the BEF 'has a lot of members come through the Bloomfield school system or had kids comes through the school system,' said Sceurman."
  211. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Larry Hesterfer", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019. "Lawrence Hesterfer was born in Newark on June 8, 1878, the youngest of the three children surviving to adulthood born to German Catholic immigrant Joseph Hesterfer (1844-1910) and his New Jersey-native wife, the former Margaret Keck (1849-1915). Around 1889 Joe Hesterfer, a carpenter and sandlot baseball player, moved the family to the adjoining town of Bloomfield, the place where son Larry would reside for the remainder of his life."
  212. ^ Lamb, Yvonne Shinhoster. "Journalist Benjamin F. Holman, 76; Advised Nixon, Ford on Racial Issues", The Washington Post, January 27, 2007. Accessed February 15, 2023. "Mr. Holman, who went by Ben, was born in Columbia, S.C. At age 4, his father died, and his mother moved with him and his sister to Bloomfield, N.J."
  213. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Jim Kelly", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019. "The ballplayer known as Jim Kelly was born Robert John Taggert in Bloomfield, New Jersey, on February 1, 1884."
  214. ^ "Kinsey, Charles, (1773 - 1849)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 11, 2019. "Kinsey, Charles, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Baltimore, Md., in 1773; attended the common schools; in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper; moved to Bloomfield Township, Essex County, N.J., and continued the industry"
  215. ^ "New York Red Bulls II Sign Midfielder Michael Knapp", New York Red Bulls press release dated April 23, 2021. "The Bloomfield, New Jersey native played for Red Bulls Academy during the 2017-2018 season. He made 22 appearances and recorded one goal."
  216. ^ Mike Kochel, Pro-Football-Reference.com.Accessed November 3, 2019. "Born: March 6, 1916 in Bloomfield, NJ"
  217. ^ Georgetown Basketball History: The Top 100 - 25. Andy Kostecka October 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball. Accessed September 11, 2019. "Kostecka was a tough-minded forward who played basketball in Bloomfield, NJ and was later named to the Newark Star-Ledger's all-decade team."
  218. ^ Lomax, John Nova. "Gang of New Jersey: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists mingle rampant Europhilia with American Girl" June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Village Voice, April 16, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Bloomfield, Leo's hometown, is just west of New York City and just north of Newark."
  219. ^ Orr, Conor. "Bloomfield native Bob Ley will be the face of the World Cup for ESPN", The Star-Ledger, June 9, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2011. "Unfortunately for Bob Ley, he was the first of the two team managers to show up at Bloomfield High's soccer practice on that fall afternoon in 1971. His best friend and co-manager Bob Longo disagrees on the circumstances, but remembers vividly the sight of the future ESPN anchor in a compromising position after the team's players stuffed Ley into the wire equipment cart and rolled him straight into the pond near the field."
  220. ^ Beckerman, Jim. "New Yorker cartoonist without peer", The Record, April 26, 2016. Accessed September 11, 2019. "'It occurred to me that he hadn't been given his due,' says Maslin, originally from Bloomfield, who made his first contribution to The New Yorker in 1977 (his wife, Liza Donnelly, is also a New Yorker cartoonist)."
  221. ^ Clayton, Skip. Philadelphia's Big Five: Celebrating the City of Brotherly Love's Basketball Tradition, p. 74. Skyhorse Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9781613218532. Accessed November 7, 2017. "McDonald, who came from Bloomfield, New Jersey, graduated from Seton Hall High School in 1974."
  222. ^ The Benefactors: Edward Page Mitchell - 1852-1927, Glen Ridge Historical Society. Accessed September 11, 2019. "A country boy by birth and inclination, he moved his young family from a house on Madison Avenue in New York to the farms and orchards of the Glen Ridge section of Bloomfield."
  223. ^ LaGorce, Tammy. "In Person; Independently Unwealthy", The New York Times, February 13, 2005. Accessed August 26, 2018. "'People tell me I'm shooting myself in the foot, releasing so much -- I've heard that for years,' Mr. Moore said in a confessional tone over a cheeseburger at a downtown tavern here in Bloomfield, where he lives."
  224. ^ Staff. Capt. Charles A. Morris", The New York Times, March 10, 1914. Accessed September 16, 2013. "Capt. Charles A. Morris of Bloomfield, N. J., consulting engineer of the Haywood Construction Company of New York, died Sunday in Los Gatos, Cal., in the sixty-second year of his age."
  225. ^ Mike Olla, Montclair State University. Accessed July 21, 2020. "Hometown: Bloomfield, NJ; High School: St. Benedict's Prep"
  226. ^ Clayton Parros, USA Track & Field. Accessed July 21, 2020. "Hometown: Bloomfield, NJ; High School: Seton Hall Prep"
  227. ^ "Pascal: businessman turned politician", The Capital, November 1, 1974. Accessed August 16, 2020. "Pascal was born in Glen Ridge, N.J., and raised in Bloomfield, where his father was a teacher, coach and administrator in the local school system."
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  229. ^ Gross, Jane. "Puleo Part Of Mets; 1982 Plans", The New York Times, February 27, 1982. Accessed September 11, 2019. "In the last week of the 1981 season, when Charlie Puleo made his first major league start after having been called up from the Mets' Triple A team in Tidewater, about 100 of Puleo's relatives and friends from his hometown of Bloomfield, N.J., called him to ask for tickets."
  230. ^ "'N.Y.' Saber Team A Cut Above", New York Daily News, July 27, 1984. Accessed September 30, 2020. "Westbrook and Reilly, both 32, fenced together on the great scholastic teams at Essex Catholic High School in Newark. Reilly, a Bloomfield, N.J., product, fences at the N.Y. Athletic Club and was a member of the world championship U.S. teams in 1978, '81 and '82 and the '79 and '83 Pan Am teams."
  231. ^ "Andrew J. Robinson Dead", p. 661, Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide, Volume 110. Accessed October 14, 2018. "Andrew J. Robinson president of building firm of Andrew J. Robinson Company at 15-17 West street, and for more than fifty years one of the prominent builders in New York, died last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George J Kennedy of Prospect Park, White Plains. He was born seventy-nine years ago at Bloomfield, N.J."
  232. ^ Nowlin, Bill. "Jack Robinson", Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 11, 2019 "Jack, the nickname he reported on his player questionnaire for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, attended the Demarest and Park Grammar Schools, then Bloomfield High School (graduating in 1939), and then spent a year at the Bordentown Military Institute."
  233. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Don Savage, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed May 2, 2021. "Donald Anthony Savage was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, on March 5, 1919.... Don Savage first came to attention on the gridiron, playing halfback for Bloomfield High School, a New Jersey schoolboy powerhouse in the 1930s."
  234. ^ Frankel, Jeff. "Bloomfield Bicentennial: Notable people", Bloomfield Life, October 26, 2012. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Sceurman has been in the publishing industry most of his life as a graphic designer, writer and behind the scenes in New Jersey music front, according to his biography. He still lives in Bloomfield with his wife Shirley and their daughter."
  235. ^ Gould, Brandon. "Bloomfield native to lead play-by-play call of NCAA lacrosse final for ESPN", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 19, 2017. Accessed November 8, 2018. "After graduating from Bloomfield High School in 2000, Shroff decided that he wanted to become a broadcaster and follow in the footsteps of Bob Costas, Ian Eagle, Marv Albert and Len Berman."
  236. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 2001, p. 259. E. J. Mullin, 2001. "Thomas S. Smith, Rep., Asbury Park - Assemblyman Smith was born Dec. 14, 1917, in Bloomfield."
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  240. ^ Staff. "Sports People: Basketball; Tripucka Is a Net, Sort Of", The New York Times, June 20, 1992. Accessed January 23, 2012. "Playing for the Nets would be a double homecoming of sorts for Tripucka, who grew up in Bloomfield, N.J., and played four seasons under the new Nets coach, Chuck Daly, when both were with the Detroit Pistons."
  241. ^ "'The other brother' tries hard at Lafayette", Herald News, February 14, 1974. Accessed July 21, 2020. "When you grow up in a family such as the Frank Tripuckas, even in a large community such as Bloomfield, N.J., you've got to watch your step. It seems everyone knows you. Todd Tripucka's late grandmother was a council woman In Bloomfield."
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Bloomfield is a township in Essex County in the U S state of New Jersey As of the 2020 United States census the township s population was 53 105 9 10 an increase of 5 790 12 2 from the 2010 census count of 47 315 19 20 which in turn reflected a decline of 368 0 8 from the 47 683 counted in the 2000 census 21 It surrounds the Bloomfield Green Historic District Bloomfield New JerseyTownshipFrank M Leo Associates Building in downtown BloomfieldSealInteractive map of BloomfieldBloomfieldLocation in Essex CountyShow map of Essex County New JerseyBloomfieldLocation in New JerseyShow map of New JerseyBloomfieldLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 48 33 N 74 11 14 W 40 809128 N 74 187155 W 40 809128 74 187155 1 2 Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyEssexIncorporatedMarch 23 1812Named forJoseph BloomfieldGovernment 7 TypeSpecial charter BodyTownship Council MayorTed Gamble D appointed to term ending December 31 2025 3 4 AdministratorAnthony G DeZenzo acting 5 Municipal clerkLouise M Palagano 6 Area 1 Total5 36 sq mi 13 88 km2 Land5 34 sq mi 13 82 km2 Water0 02 sq mi 0 06 km2 0 45 Rank268th of 565 in state7th of 22 in county 1 Elevation 8 174 ft 53 m Population 2020 9 10 Total53 105 Estimate 2022 9 11 52 948 Rank36th of 565 in state4th of 22 in county 12 Density9 950 3 sq mi 3 841 8 km2 Rank38th of 565 in state6th of 22 in county 12 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Code07003 13 14 Area code s 862 973 15 FIPS code3401306260 1 16 17 GNIS feature ID1729714 1 18 Websitewww wbr bloomfieldtwpnj wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 census 3 2 2010 census 3 3 2000 census 4 Parks and recreation 5 Government 5 1 Local government 5 1 1 Emergency services 5 2 Federal state and county representation 5 3 Politics 6 Education 6 1 Primary and secondary schools 6 1 1 Public schools 6 1 2 Catholic schools 6 2 Colleges and universities 7 Transportation 7 1 Roads and highways 7 2 Commuter rail 7 3 Light rail 7 4 Buses 7 5 Airports 8 Points of interest 9 Notable events 10 Notable people 11 References 12 External linksHistory editThe earliest settlers of the area were the Lenape Native Americans The initial patent for European settlement of the land that would become Bloomfield Township was granted to the English Puritan colonists of Newark and the area assigned to Essex County in 1675 and Newark Township in 1693 From the 1690s to about the 1720s much of the northern and eastern land was sold to descendants of New Netherland colonists who had settled Acquackanonk and the remainder mostly to English families Speertown now Upper Montclair Stone House Plains now Brookdale and Second River now Belleville and Nutley were essentially Dutch and Jersey Dutch speaking while Cranetown Watsessing and the Morris Neighborhood now North Center were predominantly English Starting in the mid 18th century the English and Dutch neighborhoods gradually integrated with Thomas Cadmus being among the first Dutchmen to settle in an English neighborhood Numerous residents served in the Revolutionary War 22 No significant engagements occurred in Bloomfield although the locale was on the Continental Army s retreat route after the Battle of Long Island British and American troops conducted foraging operations and General George Washington is believed to have visited at least two residences 23 The Green was set aside to commemorate the use of that space for drilling of militia 24 nbsp Presbyterian Church for which the township was namedThe Presbyterian Society of Bloomfield now the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green was formed in 1794 and named in honor of then brigadier Joseph Bloomfield commander of New Jersey troops in the Whiskey Rebellion 25 About the same time the Dutch Reformed Church of Stone House Plains now Brookdale Reformed Church was established 26 The two churches became integral institutions of southern and northern Bloomfield respectively Bloomfield was incorporated as a township from portions of Newark Township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23 1812 27 At the time the Presbyterian parish s namesake was governor of New Jersey and had recently been appointed brigadier general for service in the looming War of 1812 28 29 30 At the time it was incorporated the township covered 20 52 square miles 53 1 km2 almost four times its current area of 5 3 square miles 14 km2 and included several municipalities which were formed from portions of Bloomfield during the course of the nineteenth century including Belleville created on April 8 1839 Montclair April 15 1868 Woodside Township March 24 1869 and Glen Ridge February 13 1895 27 31 The Stone House Plains neighborhood was renamed as Brookdale in 1873 26 nbsp Bloomfield Station in 1908In the township s first century Brookdale farms thrived while southern Bloomfield industrialized and the township s infrastructure civil framework and social institutions developed Several miles of the Morris Canal passed through Bloomfield 32 The Oakes woollen mill thrived as a major supplier to the Union Army 33 Bloomfield was incorporated as a town on February 26 1900 27 In 1904 The city of Newark failed in its attempts to reannex Bloomfield as part of the Greater Newark movement 34 In 1981 the town was one of seven Essex County municipalities to pass a referendum to become a township joining four municipalities that had already made the change of what would ultimately be more than a dozen Essex County municipalities to reclassify themselves as townships in order to take advantage of federal revenue sharing policies that allocated townships a greater share of government aid to municipalities on a per capita basis 35 36 37 38 39 In the 20th century GE Westinghouse and Schering built major facilities and among others the Charms Candy Company was started and grew 28 After World War I Brookdale s farms were developed into residential neighborhoods and supporting services Substantial population growth continued into the 1950s During World War II while many Bloomfield men served in the armed forces Bloomfield s farms and factories largely staffed by women supported the war effort In the decades after the war the township s industrial base steadily shut down with stricter environmental regulations rising labor costs and growing competition These influences as well as construction of the Garden State Parkway further drove urban decay and related population turnover and stagnation through the latter part of the 20th century In the early 21st century redevelopment of blighted and underutilized properties has further shifted Bloomfield towards being a primarily residential municipality 40 Geography editAccording to the United States Census Bureau the township had a total area of 5 36 square miles 13 88 km2 including 5 34 square miles 13 82 km2 of land and 0 02 square miles 0 06 km2 of water 0 45 1 2 Silver Lake 2010 total population of 4 243 41 is an unincorporated community and census designated place CDP defined by the United States Census Bureau as of the 2010 Census that is split between Belleville with 3 769 of the CDP s residents and Bloomfield 474 of the total 42 Brookdale 2010 population of 9 239 43 is a CDP located entirely within Bloomfield 42 Watsessing and Ampere North are CDPs in the southern part of the township that were first listed prior to the 2020 census Unincorporated communities localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Halycon 44 Bloomfield is in the New York metropolitan area The township borders the municipalities of Belleville East Orange Glen Ridge Montclair Newark and Nutley in Essex County and Clifton in Passaic County 45 46 47 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 18203 085 18304 30939 7 18402 528 41 3 18503 38533 9 18604 79041 5 18704 580 4 4 18805 74825 5 18907 70834 1 19009 668 25 4 191015 07055 9 192022 01946 1 193038 07772 9 194041 6239 3 195049 30718 5 196051 8675 2 197052 0290 3 198047 792 8 1 199045 061 5 7 200047 6835 8 201047 315 0 8 202053 10512 2 2022 est 52 948 9 11 0 3 Population sources 1820 1920 48 1820 1910 49 1840 50 1850 1870 51 1850 52 1870 53 1870 1890 54 1880 1890 55 1890 1910 56 1900 1930 57 1940 2000 58 2000 59 60 2010 19 20 2020 9 10 In 2014 the cost of living in Bloomfield was an average 20 higher than the U S average 61 According to a 2007 report from CNNMoney com the quality of life in Bloomfield in terms of crime are 3 incidents per 1 000 people as compared to the best places to live average of 1 3 incidents per 1 000 There were 35 property crime incidents per 1 000 people in Bloomfield as compared to the best places to live average of 20 6 62 2020 census edit Bloomfield township Essex County New Jersey Racial and Ethnic Composition NH Non Hispanic Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos may be of any race Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 63 Pop 2020 64 2010 2020White alone NH 22 291 19 668 47 06 37 02 Black or African American alone NH 8 092 9 941 17 12 18 72 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 102 84 0 22 0 16 Asian alone NH 3 846 4 495 8 13 8 47 Pacific Islander alone NH 14 4 0 03 0 01 Some Other Race alone NH 407 713 0 86 1 34 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 957 2 003 2 02 3 77 Hispanic or Latino any race 11 606 16 197 24 55 30 52 Total 47 315 53 105 100 00 100 00 2010 census edit The 2010 United States census counted 47 315 people 18 387 households and 11 768 families in the township The population density was 8 920 5 per square mile 3 444 2 km2 There were 19 470 housing units at an average density of 3 670 7 per square mile 1 417 3 km2 The racial makeup was 59 61 28 205 White 18 51 8 757 Black or African American 0 41 193 Native American 8 22 3 891 Asian 0 04 21 Pacific Islander 9 35 4 423 from other races and 3 86 1 825 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24 53 11 606 of the population 19 Of the 18 387 households 28 3 had children under the age of 18 44 2 were married couples living together 14 9 had a female householder with no husband present and 36 0 were non families Of all households 29 5 were made up of individuals and 9 1 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 54 and the average family size was 3 20 19 21 2 of the population were under the age of 18 9 1 from 18 to 24 30 9 from 25 to 44 26 8 from 45 to 64 and 12 0 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 37 7 years For every 100 females the population had 89 6 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 86 4 males 19 The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 62 831 with a margin of error of 2 641 and the median family income was 77 936 4 120 Males had a median income of 51 498 1 805 versus 44 735 2 867 for females The per capita income for the township was 30 421 1 122 About 5 8 of families and 7 4 of the population were below the poverty line including 7 9 of those under age 18 and 7 9 of those age 65 or over 65 2000 census edit As of the 2000 United States census 16 there were 47 683 people 19 017 households and 12 075 families residing in the township The population density was 8 961 5 inhabitants per square mile 3 460 1 km2 There were 19 508 housing units at an average density of 3 666 3 per square mile 1 415 6 km2 The racial makeup of the township was 70 09 White 11 69 Black 0 19 Native American 8 38 Asian 0 07 Pacific Islander 6 42 from other races and 3 16 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14 47 of the population 59 60 There were 19 017 households out of which 28 2 had children under the age of 18 living with them 46 7 were married couples living together 12 4 had a female householder with no husband present and 36 5 were non families 30 4 of all households were made up of individuals and 10 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 49 and the average family size was 3 16 59 60 In the township 21 1 of the population was under the age of 18 8 4 from 18 to 24 34 0 from 25 to 44 22 3 from 45 to 64 and 14 3 were 65 years of age or older The median age was 37 years For every 100 females there were 90 8 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87 1 males 59 60 The median income for a household in the township was 53 289 and the median income for a family was 64 945 Males had a median income of 43 498 versus 36 104 for females The per capita income for the township was 26 049 About 4 4 of families and 5 9 of the population were below the poverty line including 6 3 of those under age 18 and 8 2 of those age 65 or over 59 60 Parks and recreation editBrookdale Park established in 1928 covers over 121 acres 49 ha in Bloomfield and Montclair making it the third largest park in Essex County of which 77 acres 31 ha are in Bloomfield 66 Watsessing Park which is the county s fourth largest park covers 69 67 acres 28 19 ha split between Bloomfield and East Orange 60 acres 24 ha in Bloomfield and features sections of the Second River and Toney s Brook flowing through the park 67 Both parks are administered by the Essex County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs The Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Department administers eight parks covering 55 23 acres 22 35 ha 68 Government edit nbsp Rotunda of Town HallLocal government edit Further information Mayor of Bloomfield New Jersey Bloomfield operates under a special charter granted by an act of the New Jersey Legislature The township is one of 11 municipalities of the 564 statewide that operate under a special charter 69 The township s governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the six member Township Council The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at large and one member is elected from each of three wards with all positions chosen on a partisan basis as part of the November general election Councilmembers are elected to three year terms of office on a staggered basis with the three at large seats and the mayoral seat up for election together and the three ward seats coming up for election two years later and no election in the middle year of the three year cycle 7 70 Bloomfield s charter retains most of the characteristics of the Town form with additional powers delegated to an administrator 71 As of 2024 update the Mayor of Bloomfield is Democrat Ted Gamble who was appointed to fill a term of office ending December 31 2025 Members of the Bloomfield Township Council are Sarah Cruz D 2026 Third Ward Wartyna Nina Davis D 2025 at large Nicholas Joanow D 2026 Second Ward Jenny Mundell D 2026 First Ward and Richard Rockwell D 2025 at large one at large seat is vacant 3 72 73 74 75 The Township Council appointed Ted Gamble to served as mayor in January 2024 to fill the seat vacated by Michael Venezia when he took office in the New Jersey General Assembly Gamble will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 general election when voters will choose a candidate to serve the balance of the term of office 76 In February 2024 Monica Charris Tabares was chosen to fill the at large seat expiring in December 2025 that had been held by Ted Gamble she will be sworn into office on February 24 and will serve on an interim basis until the November 2024 election 77 In January 2018 the Township Council selected Richard Rockwell from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the at large seat expiring in December 2019 that had been vacated the previous month by Carlos Pomares who resigned from office to serve on the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders 78 Rockwell served on an interim basis until the November 2018 general election when he was elected to serve the balance of the term of office 79 The Township Council selected Jenny Mundell to fill the vacant First Ward seat expiring in December 2017 that had been held by Elias N Chalet until he resigned from office after being charged with accepting 15 000 in bribes in exchange for making sure that the township would proceed with the acquisition of a commercial property After pleading guilty Chalet was forced to resign from office and could be sentenced to five years in prison 80 Emergency services edit The township maintains its own police department 81 The town is protected by a fire department consisting of 78 active professional firefighters who operate out of four stations 24 hours a day 7 days a week There is also a squad of volunteers In 2009 the department received international accreditation 82 The Fire Prevention Bureau established in 1953 and described as the first of its kind in the state is operated by the department It consists of one fire inspector one fire official and a small support staff of civilians and fire personnel 83 The department apparatus consist of four engines one is a rescue pumper one Truck Ladder a rescue and three reserve apparatus Engine 1 located at the fire headquarters frequently closes due to lack of manpower 84 In 2018 the Insurance Services Office once again listed the fire department as a class 2 agency recognizing it in the top five percent of the nation s fire departments a ranking it had held for the ten previous years As of 2020 the department is again working toward achieving accreditation status 85 The Fire Chief is Louis Venezia He is the brother of former mayor Michael Venezia 86 Federal state and county representation edit Bloomfield is in the 11th Congressional district 87 and is part of New Jersey s 34th state legislative district 88 Before the redistricting that followed the 2020 census the township had been split between the 10th and 11th Congressional districts 89 In the redistricting that went into effect in 2013 24 480 residents in the northern portion of the township were placed in the 10th District while 22 835 in the southern section were placed in the 11th District 89 90 Prior to the 2010 Census Bloomfield had been part of the 8th 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 91 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s 11th congressional district is represented by Mikie Sherrill D Montclair 92 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 93 and Bob Menendez Englewood Cliffs term ends 2025 94 95 For the 2024 2025 session the 34th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Britnee Timberlake D East Orange and in the General Assembly by Carmen Morales D Belleville and Michael Venezia D Bloomfield 96 Essex County is governed by a directly elected county executive with legislative functions performed by the Board of County Commissioners As of 2024 update the County Executive is Joseph N DiVincenzo Jr D Roseland whose four year term of office ends December 31 2026 97 The county s Board of County Commissioners is comprised of nine members five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected on an at large basis They are elected for three year concurrent terms and may be re elected to successive terms at the annual election in November 98 Essex County s Commissioners are Robert Mercado D District 1 Newark s North and East Wards parts of Central and West Wards Newark 2026 99 A Dorian Murray Thomas D District 2 Irvington Maplewood and parts of Newark s South and West Wards Newark 2026 100 Vice President Tyshammie L Cooper D District 3 Newark West and Central Wards East Orange Orange and South Orange East Orange 2026 101 Leonard M Luciano D District 4 Caldwell Cedar Grove Essex Fells Fairfield Livingston Millburn North Caldwell Roseland Verona West Caldwell and West Orange West Caldwell 2026 102 President Carlos M Pomares D District 5 Belleville Bloomfield Glen Ridge Montclair and Nutley Bloomfield 2026 103 Brendan W Gill D at large Montclair 2026 104 Romaine Graham D at large Irvington 2026 105 Wayne Richardson D at large Newark 2026 106 Patricia Sebold D at large Livingston 2026 107 108 109 110 111 Constitutional officers elected countywide are Clerk Christopher J Durkin D West Caldwell 2025 112 113 Register of Deeds Juan M Rivera Jr D Newark 2025 114 115 Sheriff Armando B Fontoura D Fairfield 2024 116 117 and Surrogate Alturrick Kenney D Newark 2028 118 119 Politics edit As of March 2011 there were a total of 28 398 registered voters in Bloomfield of which 11 925 42 0 were registered as Democrats 4 393 15 5 were registered as Republicans and 12 061 42 5 were registered as Unaffiliated There were 19 voters registered as either Libertarians or Greens 120 In the 2012 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 69 9 of the vote 13 361 cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 28 8 5 501 votes and other candidates with 1 3 245 votes among the 19 242 ballots cast by the township s 29 923 registered voters 135 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 64 3 121 122 In the 2008 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 62 9 of the vote here 12 735 cast ahead of Republican John McCain with 35 3 7 154 votes and other candidates with 0 9 186 votes among the 20 251 ballots cast by the township s 27 981 registered voters for a turnout of 72 4 123 In the 2004 presidential election Democrat John Kerry received 57 0 of the vote here 10 829 ballots cast outpolling Republican George W Bush with 41 5 7 891 votes and other candidates with 0 7 208 votes among the 19 012 ballots cast by the township s 27 995 registered voters for a turnout percentage of 67 9 124 In the 2013 gubernatorial election Democrat Barbara Buono received 53 1 of the vote 5 808 cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 45 6 4 984 votes and other candidates with 1 3 141 votes among the 11 118 ballots cast by the township s 30 606 registered voters 185 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 36 3 125 126 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 53 8 of the vote here 6 241 ballots cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 37 6 4 359 votes Independent Chris Daggett with 6 6 761 votes and other candidates with 1 3 147 votes among the 11 599 ballots cast by the township s 27 929 registered voters yielding a 41 5 turnout 127 Education editPrimary and secondary schools edit Public schools edit The Bloomfield Public Schools serve students in pre kindergarten through twelfth grade 128 As of the 2021 22 school year the district comprised of 11 schools had an enrollment of 6 191 students and 538 5 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 11 5 1 129 Schools in the district with 2021 22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 130 are Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen 131 165 students in grade PreK Berkeley Elementary School 132 446 K 6 Brookdale Elementary School 133 320 K 6 Carteret Elementary School 134 375 K 6 Demarest Elementary School 135 480 K 6 Fairview Elementary School 136 452 PreK 6 Franklin Elementary School 137 343 K 6 Oak View Elementary School 138 314 PreK 6 Watsessing Elementary School 139 270 K 6 Bloomfield Middle School 140 971 7 8 and Bloomfield High School Bridges Academy 141 1 986 9 12 142 143 144 As of the 2012 13 school year the Bloomfield Public Schools had an actual Budgetary Per Pupil Cost of 11 848 which is 16 4 below the statewide group average was 14 173 while Total Spending Per Pupil for the district was 15 848 which is 16 0 below the 18 867 statewide 145 146 Bloomfield Tech High School is a regional countywide magnet public high school that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools 147 Catholic schools edit Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish School which serves grades K 8 is operated under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark 148 149 Colleges and universities edit Bloomfield College a liberal arts college founded in 1868 is in downtown Bloomfield near the town green The college has approximately 2 000 students and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church 150 Transportation editRoads and highways edit nbsp View north along the Garden State Parkway in BloomfieldAs of May 2010 update the township had a total of 95 39 miles 153 52 km of roadways of which 77 39 miles 124 55 km were maintained by the municipality 13 77 miles 22 16 km by Essex County and 4 23 miles 6 81 km by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority 151 The major New Jersey highway artery that serves Bloomfield is the Garden State Parkway the longest road in the state 152 It has four interchanges in the township Interchanges 148 in the south of Bloomfield and 151 in the north are complete interchanges while 149 and 150 are partials The Parkway s Essex toll plaza is southbound just south of interchange 150 in the township There are two service areas on the Parkway in Bloomfield one for northbound and one southbound 153 Troop D of the New Jersey State Police which patrols the full length of the Garden State Parkway has a station in Bloomfield at northbound milepost 153 154 County Road 506 155 506 Spur 156 and 509 157 also serve Bloomfield 158 Commuter rail edit South Bloomfield is served by two stations of the NJ Transit Montclair Boonton Line to Hoboken Terminal or to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Secaucus Junction 159 About 55 of the weekday trains terminate in Penn Station via Midtown Direct On weekends the line terminates in Hoboken The Bloomfield train station is located off of Bloomfield Avenue in the downtown area 160 The Watsessing Avenue station is at the corner of Watsessing Avenue and Orange Street and is located below ground 161 162 Bloomfield used to be served by other passenger rail lines The Rowe Street station was served by the Boonton Line until September 2002 when it was closed as part of the addition of Midtown Direct service to the township 163 The Walnut Street station on the same line was closed in 1953 when the Garden State Parkway was built through it Light rail edit The Grove Street station on the Newark City Subway line of the Newark Light Rail at the south end of Bloomfield provides service to Newark Penn Station created as part of an extension to Belleville and Bloomfield that opened in 2002 164 This station was part of the Orange Branch of the New York amp Greenwood Lake Line of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad with service to Jersey City which last saw passenger service in 1965 Freight service was discontinued in 2010 by Norfolk Southern with the loss of the last remaining shipper Hartz Mountain Buses edit NJ Transit bus service is available to and from Newark on the 11 27 28 29 34 72 90 92 93 and 94 routes with local service on the 709 bus line 165 In October 2009 the Go Bus 28 route was introduced offering service nearly all day from Bloomfield Train Station to Newark Liberty International Airport 166 167 Airports edit Bloomfield is 7 5 miles 12 1 km from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark Elizabeth and 28 8 miles 46 3 km from LaGuardia Airport in Flushing Queens Points of interest editGlendale Cemetery Holsten s Brookdale Confectionery filming location of the final scene in the final episode of The Sopranos 168 The Oakes Estate constructed in 1895 based on a design by Charles Granville Jones was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 169 Notable events editIn 1942 the Westinghouse Lamp Plant in Bloomfield produced the majority of uranium metal used in the Chicago Pile 1 the world s first self sustaining chain reaction which was a critical early phase of the Manhattan Project to create the first atomic bomb 170 On January 29 2023 at 3 a m a person in a ski mask threw a lit Molotov cocktail at Temple Ner Tamid in an apparent attempt to burn down the synagogue that was unsuccessful with no damage done to the building 171 On February 1 a 26 year old man was arrested and charged with one federal count of attempted use of fire to damage a building which could result in 20 years in jail and a fine of up to 250 000 if he is convicted of the crime 172 Notable people editSee also Category People from Bloomfield New Jersey People who were born in residents of or otherwise closely associated with Bloomfield include Alaa Abdelnaby born 1968 former NBA basketball player 173 James Avati 1912 2005 illustrator and paperback cover artist 174 Fallah Bahh born 1985 as Francis Flores professional wrestler signed with Impact Wrestling 175 Caleb Cook Baldwin 1820 1911 one of the first Presbyterian missionaries to Fuzhou then Foochow China 176 Arthur Hornbui Bell 1891 1973 Ku Klux Klan leader in New Jersey in the 1920s 177 Robert Birmelin born 1933 figurative painter printmaker and draughtsman 178 Seth Bingham 1882 1972 organist and prolific composer 179 William D Bishop 1827 1904 member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut s 4th congressional district from 1857 to 1859 180 Elizabeth Blackwell 1821 1910 first woman doctor 181 Hank Borowy 1916 2004 Major League Baseball All Star pitcher who played for the New York Yankees Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers 182 Randolph Bourne 1886 1918 radical writer and opponent of U S involvement in World War I 183 William Batchelder Bradbury 1816 1868 composer of the tune to Jesus Loves Me and many other popular hymns 184 Doug Brien born 1970 placekicker who played for the New York Jets and six other teams in his 12 season NFL career 185 Kevin Burkhardt born 1974 sportscaster who is a play by play voices for the NFL on FOX and a reporter with SportsNet New York who is the field reporter during New York Mets telecasts 186 Thomas Cadmus 1736 1821 businessman Revolutionary War officer and community leader 187 Marco Capozzoli born 1988 placekicker who has played in the Arena Football League for the Jacksonville Sharks 188 Lou Carter 1918 2005 jazz pianist composer and songwriter 189 William F Conger 1844 1918 businessman and politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate 190 Rajie Cook 1930 2021 graphic designer photographer and artist 191 192 Marion Crecco 1930 2015 member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1986 to 2002 193 Tom Cudworth born 1964 screenwriter 194 Peter David born 1956 science fiction and fantasy author known for his work in comic books and Star Trek novels 195 196 Frank Howard Dodd 1844 1916 publisher 197 Charles Warren Eaton 1857 1937 artist best known for his tonalist landscapes who lived in Bloomfield from 1888 until his death in 1937 198 Todd Edwards born 1972 house music and UK Garage producer an early pioneer of the genre of UK Garage 199 Bud Ellor 1905 1932 professional football player who spent one season in the National Football League in 1930 playing with the Newark Tornadoes 200 Bento Estrela born 2006 professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls 201 Alex Ferguson 1897 1976 pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for five different teams between 1918 and 1929 202 Tom Fleming 1951 2017 long distance runner and two time winner of the New York City Marathon 203 Connie Francis born 1937 singer 204 Bill Geyer 1919 2004 halfback who played for three seasons for the Chicago Bears 205 Johnny Gibson 1905 2006 Olympic runner 206 Michael Giuliano 1915 1976 politician who served two terms in the New Jersey Senate 207 Roger Lee Hall born 1942 composer and musicologist 208 Ernie Hambacher 1906 1990 American football fullback who played in the NFL for the Orange Tornadoes 209 Merton Hanks born 1968 former NFL safety who played for the San Francisco 49ers and has been the NFL s Vice President of Operations 210 Larry Hesterfer 1878 1943 pitcher who played a single MLB game in 1901 with the New York Giants in which he became the only player known to have hit into a triple play in his first major league at bat 211 Benjamin Holman 1930 2007 pioneering newspaper and television reporter who was one of the nation s few prominent black journalists 212 Jim Kelly 1884 1961 MLB outfielder 213 Charles Kinsey 1773 1849 U S Representative from New Jersey 214 Michael Knapp born 2000 professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club New York Red Bulls II 215 Mike Kochel 1916 1994 one of the seven blocks of granite at Fordham University he played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals 216 Andy Kostecka 1921 2007 professional basketball player who played for the Indianapolis Jets 217 Ted Leo born 1970 punk rock singer songwriter and guitarist 218 Bob Ley born 1955 ESPN sportscaster 219 Michael Maslin cartoonist for The New Yorker 220 Keven McDonald born 1956 basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at the University of Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1978 with the Penn Quakers men s basketball team 221 Edward Page Mitchell 1852 1927 editorial and short story writer for The Sun 222 R Stevie Moore born 1952 lo fi music singer songwriter 223 Charles A Morris 1853 1914 engineer and dredging inventor 224 Mike Olla born 1994 professional soccer forward 225 Clayton Parros born 1990 track and field sprinter who specializes in the 400 meter dash 226 Robert A Pascal 1934 2021 politician who served as County executive of Anne Arundel County Maryland from 1975 to 1982 227 Marion Post Wolcott 1910 1990 photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Depression 228 Charlie Puleo born 1955 retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1981 to 1989 with the New York Mets Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves 229 Philip Reilly born 1952 fencer who competed in the team sabre event at the 1984 Summer Olympics 230 Andrew J Robinson c 1843 1922 builder in New York City 231 Jack Robinson 1921 2000 professional baseball pitcher whose MLB career consisted of three games played in the Major Leagues for the Boston Red Sox in 1949 232 Don Savage 1919 1961 Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees in 1944 and 1945 233 Mark Sceurman graphic artist who is co creator and publisher of Weird NJ magazine 234 Anish Shroff born 1982 ESPN sportscaster 235 Thomas S Smith 1917 2002 politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 until his death 236 Kristjan Sokoli born 1991 American football defensive end 237 Robert Stempel 1933 2011 Chairman and CEO of General Motors 238 Frank Tripucka 1927 2013 pro football Denver Broncos quarterback Owned Trip Distribution Inc 239 Kelly Tripucka born 1959 pro basketball player for several teams including the New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks 240 The Tripuckas are father and son and both played their sports at the University of Notre Dame Todd Tripucka born 1954 former basketball player 241 Marlene VerPlanck 1933 2018 jazz and pop vocalist whose body of work centered on big band jazz the American songbook and cabaret 242 Michael Venezia politician who had been mayor of Bloomfield before taking office in 2024 in the New Jersey General Assembly 243 E Duke Vincent born 1932 as Edward Ventimiglia television producer and was from 1960 to 1961 a naval aviator who was a member of the famed Blue Angels flying team had a 40 year career in television writing and production involving 2 300 hours of television 244 Alexander Wilson 1766 1813 the Father of American Ornithology lived in Bloomfield for several months in 1801 where he was employed as a schoolteacher 245 Dick Zimmer born 1944 former member of the United States House of Representatives who was the Republican candidate for United States Senate in 1996 and 2008 246 References edit a b c d e f 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States 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Woolen Textile Mill Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center Accessed November 3 2019 Karcher Alan J Multiple Municipal Madness p 168 Rutgers University Press 1998 ISBN 9780813525662 Accessed April 2 2020 Newark set out on three separate occasions to annex regions it had divested in the past Referendums were conducted in 1903 and 1908 to annex Irvington and in 1904 an effort was made to retrieve what still remained of Bloomfield Chapter VI Municipal Names and Municipal Classification p 73 New Jersey State Commission on County and Municipal Government 1992 Accessed September 24 2015 Removing Tiering From The Revenue Sharing Formula Would Eliminate Payment Inequities To Local Governments Government Accountability Office April 15 1982 Accessed September 24 2015 In 1978 South Orange Village was the first municipality to change its name to the township of South Orange Village effective beginning in entitlement period 10 October 1978 to September 1979 The Borough of Fairfield in 1978 changed its designation by a majority vote of the electorate and became the Township of Fairfield effective beginning entitlement period 11 October 1979 to September 1980 However the Revenue Sharing Act was not changed and the actions taken by South Orange and Fairfield prompted the Town of Montclair and West Orange to change their designation by referendum in the November 4 1980 election The municipalities of Belleville Verona Bloomfield Nutley Essex Fells Caldwell and West Caldwell have since changed their classification from municipality to a township Narvaez Alfonso A New Jersey Journal The New York Times December 27 1981 Accessed September 24 2015 Under the Federal system New Jersey s portion of the revenue sharing funds is disbursed among the 21 counties to create three money pools One is for county governments one for places and a third for townships By making the change a community can use the township advantage to get away from the category containing areas with low per capita incomes 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township is five miles long by three wide On its north is Acqackannonck Passaic county Belleville and the city of Newark on the east Orange on the south and Montclair and Orange on the west On the Second and Third rivers there are numerous manufacturing establishments The population in 1850 was 3 385 in 1860 4 790 and in 1870 4 580 The village of the same name extends about three and a half miles in a northwesterly direction including West Bloomfield It was settled in the early part of the colony by New Englanders Debow James Dunwoody Brownson The Seventh Census of the United States 1850 p 138 R Armstrong 1853 Accessed July 25 2013 Staff A compendium of the ninth census 1870 p 259 United States Census Bureau 1872 Accessed July 25 2013 Salisbury Rollin D The Physical Geography of New Jersey Volume IV of the Final Report of the State Geologist p 157 Trenton New Jersey The John L Murphy Publishing Company 1898 Accessed November 4 2012 Porter Robert Percival Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins Volume III 51 to 75 p 97 United States Census Bureau 1890 Accessed July 25 2013 Thirteenth Census of the United States 1910 Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions 1910 1900 1890 United States Census Bureau p 336 Accessed September 29 2012 Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930 Population Volume I United States Census Bureau p 710 Accessed January 28 2012 Table 6 New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality 1940 2000 Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network August 2001 Accessed May 1 2023 a b c d e Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic Social Economic Housing Characteristics for Bloomfield township New Jersey permanent dead link United States Census Bureau Accessed September 29 2012 a b c d e DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2000 Census 2000 Summary File 1 SF 1 100 Percent Data for Bloomfield township Essex County New Jersey United States Census Bureau Accessed September 29 2012 Cost of Living in Bloomfield ZIP 07003 New Jersey Sperling s BestPlaces Accessed December 22 2014 Money Magazine Best places to live 2007 Bloomfield NJ snapshot CNNMoney backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 13 2007 Accessed December 22 2014 P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2010 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Bloomfield township Essex County New Jersey United States Census Bureau P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Bloomfield township Essex County New Jersey United States Census Bureau DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates for Bloomfield township Essex County New Jersey United States Census Bureau Accessed January 28 2012 Brookdale Park Essex County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Accessed November 4 2012 Watsessing Park Essex County Department of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs Accessed November 4 2012 Bloomfield Parks amp Recreation Facilities Archived 2014 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Township of Bloomfield Accessed July 22 2014 Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Rutgers University Center for Government Studies July 1 2011 Accessed June 1 2023 Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey p 15 Rutgers University Center for Government Studies Accessed June 1 2023 Chapter V Special Charters New Jersey State Library Accessed June 25 2015 2023 Municipal Data Sheet Township of Bloomfield Accessed February 17 2024 County Directory Essex County New Jersey Accessed February 17 2024 General Election November 7 2023 Official Results Essex County New Jersey updated November 27 2023 Accessed January 1 2024 November 8 2022 General Election Official Results Essex County New Jersey Clerk updated November 22 2022 Accessed January 1 2023 Connolly John Councilman Ted Gamble named Bloomfield s interim mayor The Record January 22 2024 Accessed February 17 2024 At Large Councilman Ted Gamble was named Bloomfield s interim mayor on Monday night replacing Michael Venezia who was elected to the New Jersey Assembly in November Venezia stepped down as Bloomfield s mayor on Jan 8 a day before he was sworn in as a state assemblyman representing District 34 He had been the mayor of Bloomfield since 2014 Kiefer Eric Bloomfield Town Council Chooses Tabares To Replace Gamble Bloomfield will soon have its first Latina member of the town council Monica Charris Tabares Bloomfield NJ Patch February 15 2024 Accessed February 17 2024 Bloomfield will soon have its first Latina member of the town council Monica Charris Tabares Earlier this week the Bloomfield Town Council unanimously voted for Tabares to fill the vacant at large seat previously occupied by the town s new mayor Ted Gamble Kadosh Matt Bloomfield pride Council appoints its 2nd gay member The Record January 23 2018 Accessed September 12 2019 Richard Rockwell 64 is Bloomfield s second openly gay member of the Township Council The local government approved his appointment to the seat left vacant by Carlos Pomares November 6 2018 General Election Unofficial Results Essex County New Jersey updated November 22 2018 Accessed January 1 2019 Kadosh Matt Former Bloomfield councilman s sentencing moved The Record October 6 2017 Accessed October 31 2017 The sentencing for former councilman Elias N Chalet which was previously set for Friday is now anticipated to be heard in Judge Martin Cronin s court at Superior Court in Newark on Nov 14 Chalet 55 faces five years in prison with the possibility of parole after two years The state Attorney General s Office had accused the former 1st Ward representative of promising a business owner that he would ensure the township continued its planned purchase of the man s commercial property Home Page Bloomfield Police Department Accessed July 1 2016 Accreditation Township of Bloomfield Accessed September 11 2019 On Tuesday March 10 2009 the Bloomfield Fire Department received International Accreditation with the Center for Public Safety Excellence John H Jack Flaherty Fire Prevention Bureau Township of Bloomfield Accessed February 9 2018 In October of 2006 The Bloomfield Fire Department named our Fire Prevention Bureau in honor of former Fire Chief John H Jack Flaherty Listed are but a few of Chief Flaherty s initiatives and accomplishments that are now standards in most fire departments statewide Created Bloomfield Fire Prevention Bureau 1953 1st of its kind in the state Fire Suppression Township of Bloomfield Accessed September 1 2019 Kiefer Eric Bloomfield Fire Department Ranked In Top 5 Of Nation Officials The Bloomfield Fire Department placed well again on the Insurance Service Organization s ratings for municipal fire agencies Bloomfield NJ Patch April 12 2018 Accessed September 11 2019 The ISO rates 46 042 municipalities across the country with only 241 receiving a class 1 distinction and 1 324 receiving a class 2 distinction placing The Township of Bloomfield in the top 5 of all municipal fire departments in the entire country Bloomfield has been assessed a class 2 rating for over a decade Administration Archived 2016 06 27 at the Wayback Machine Township of Bloomfield Accessed March 16 2018 2022 Redistricting Plan New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 8 2022 Districts by Number for 2023 2031 New Jersey Legislature Accessed September 18 2023 a b Plan Components Report New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 New Jersey Congressional Districts 2012 2021 for Bloomfield New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 2011 New Jersey Citizen s Guide to Government Archived 2013 06 04 at the Wayback Machine p 55 New Jersey League of Women Voters Accessed May 22 2015 Directory of Representatives New Jersey United States House of Representatives Accessed January 3 2019 U S Sen Cory Booker cruises past Republican challenger Rik Mehta in New Jersey PhillyVoice Accessed April 30 2021 He now owns a home and lives in Newark s Central Ward community Biography of Bob Menendez United States Senate January 26 2015 Menendez who started his political career in Union City moved in September from Paramus to one of Harrison s new apartment buildings near the town s PATH station Home sweet home Bob Menendez back in Hudson County nj com Accessed April 30 2021 Booker Cory A D NJ Class II Menendez Robert D NJ Class I Legislative Roster for District 34 New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 20 2024 Essex County Executive Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 General Information Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 The County Executive elected from the County at large for a four year term is the chief political and administrative officer of the County The Board of Chosen Freeholders consists of nine members five of whom are elected from districts and four of whom are elected at large They are elected for three year concurrent terms and may be re elected to successive terms at the annual election in November There is no limit to the number of terms they may serve Robert Mercado Commissioner District 1 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Wayne L Richardson Commissioner President District 2 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Tyshammie L Cooper Commissioner District 3 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Leonard M Luciano Commissioner District 4 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Carlos M Pomares Commissioner Vice President District 5 Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Brendan W Gill Commissioner At large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Romaine Graham Commissioner At large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Newark Native Elected As County Commissioner A Dorian Murray Thomas Patch Accessed January 10 2024 Patricia Sebold Commissioner At large Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Members of the Essex County Board of County Commissioners Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Breakdown of County Commissioners Districts Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 2021 County Data Sheet Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2022 County Directory Essex County New Jersey Accessed July 20 2022 About The Clerk Essex County Clerk Accessed July 20 2020 Members List Clerks Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 About the Register Essex County Register of Deeds and Mortgages Accessed July 20 2022 Members List Registers Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Armando B Fontura Essex County Sheriff s Office Accessed June 10 2018 Members List Sheriffs Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 The Essex County Surrogate s Office Essex County Surrogate Accessed July 20 2020 Members List Surrogates Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed July 20 2020 Voter Registration Summary Essex New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections March 23 2011 Accessed November 5 2012 Presidential General Election Results November 6 2012 Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Retrieved December 24 2014 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6 2012 General Election Results Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Retrieved December 24 2014 2008 Presidential General Election Results Essex County New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2008 Accessed November 5 2012 2004 Presidential Election Essex County New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 13 2004 Accessed November 5 2012 Governor Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 29 2014 Retrieved December 24 2014 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5 2013 General Election Results Essex County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 29 2014 Retrieved December 24 2014 2009 Governor Essex County Archived 2015 02 02 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 31 2009 Accessed November 5 2012 Bloomfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 Identification Bloomfield Public Schools Accessed February 6 2020 Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Bloomfield School District Composition The Bloomfield School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Bloomfield District information for Bloomfield Township School District National Center for Education Statistics Accessed December 1 2022 School Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools National Center for Education Statistics Accessed December 1 2022 Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Berkeley School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Brookdale Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Carteret Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Demarest Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Fairview Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Franklin Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Oak View Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Watsessing Elementary School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Bloomfield Middle School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Bloomfield High School Bloomfield School District Accessed January 30 2023 Principal Contact Information Bloomfield Public Schools Accessed January 30 2023 School Performance Reports for the Bloomfield Township School District New Jersey Department of Education Accessed January 30 2023 New Jersey School Directory for the Bloomfield Township School District New Jersey Department of Education Accessed December 23 2016 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending 2013 for Bloomfield Twp 0410 New Jersey Department of Education Accessed July 22 2014 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending 2013 for Enrollment Group G K 12 3501 New Jersey Department of Education Accessed July 22 2014 About Us Archived 2017 12 05 at the Wayback Machine Bloomfield Tech High School Accessed November 20 2016 About Us Saint Thomas the Apostle Parish School Accessed July 25 2013 Essex County Catholic Elementary Schools Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark Accessed January 30 2023 About Us Bloomfield College Accessed November 20 2016 Bloomfield College is an independent four year coeducational college affiliated with Presbyterian Church USA founded in 1868 Enrollment About 2 000 students are enrolled at Bloomfield College either full or part time with more than 50 nationalities represented on campus Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction New Jersey Department of Transportation May 2010 Accessed July 18 2014 Garden State Parkway Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated August 2014 Accessed February 15 2023 Travel Resources Interchanges Service Areas amp Commuter Lots New Jersey Turnpike Authority Accessed July 22 2014 Troop D Road Stations New Jersey State Police Accessed November 3 2019 Troop D is comprised of two regions the Parkway Region and the Turnpike Region Troop D has a total of six stations three in the Parkway Region and three in the Turnpike Region The Parkway Region stations include Galloway Holmdel and Bloomfield Station County Route 506 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated June 2012 Accessed February 15 2023 County Route 506 Spur Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated June 2012 Accessed February 15 2023 County Route 509 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation updated July 2012 Accessed February 15 2023 Essex County Highway Map New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed February 15 2023 Montclair Boonton Line Archived December 1 2010 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed July 22 2014 Bloomfield station NJ Transit Accessed July 22 2014 Watsessing Avenue station Archived July 28 2014 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed July 22 2014 Essex County System Map Archived July 28 2014 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed November 2 2019 Rail Shuttle Buses To Transport Commuters Affected By Station Closures NJ Transit Buses and Trains Will Cross Honor September Monthly Train Passes For Rowe Street Customers NJ Transit August 27 2002 Accessed July 22 2014 On Monday September 30 NJ Transit will launch its Midtown Direct Montclair rail service resulting in the closure of Benson Street Rowe Street and Arlington stations on the Boonton Line after the last scheduled trip on Friday September 20 Staff Subway extension to open in summer Newark officials hope that the 207 7 million downtown project will help spur a renaissance The Philadelphia Inquirer February 13 2006 Accessed July 18 2011 The last major expansion of the 4 3 mile subway in 2002 brought the service into the neighboring cities of Belleville and Bloomfield Essex County Bus Rail Connections NJ Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22 2009 Accessed July 18 2011 NJ Transit Unveils New Go Bus 28 Service In Newark and Bloomfield Enhanced bus service begins October 17 linking residents with major employment centers NJ Transit press release dated October 16 2009 Accessed July 18 2011 NJ Transit and local officials today previewed the second phase of Go Bus service an enhanced bus service that will provide a faster more convenient trip between Bloomfield downtown Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport when Go Bus 28 begins operating Saturday October 17 Go Bus 28 Bloomfield Newark Newark Airport Archived March 27 2012 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed July 18 2011 Go bus 28 provides fast convenient service along two of northern New Jersey s busiest corridors between the cities of Bloomfield and Newark Bloomfield Avenue and Broad Street Caldwell Dave Ice Cream Onion Rings and Tony Soprano The New York Times August 26 2007 Accessed November 4 2012 Holsten s is the site of the last scene of the 86th and final episode of The Sopranos Tony Soprano the fictitious mob boss meets his family there for dinner Then as strangers lurk in the background the screen goes black History Oakside Bloomfield Cultural Center Accessed November 20 2016 Walsh John June 19 1981 A Manhattan Project Postscript PDF Science AAAS 212 4501 1369 1371 Bibcode 1981Sci 212 1369W doi 10 1126 science 212 4501 1369 ISSN 0036 8075 PMID 17746246 Retrieved March 6 2014 Tebor Celina Kaufman Geballe Isa and Sottile Zoe Man throws Molotov cocktail at New Jersey synagogue in arson attempt police say CNN January 29 2023 Accessed January 30 2023 A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue in an arson attempt on Sunday morning police and the synagogue said The suspect lit and threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of Temple Ner Tamid around 3 a m and fled the scene Bloomfield police said in a news release The bottle broke but did not cause any damage to the building police said Frehse Rob Suspect in Molotov cocktail attack at New Jersey synagogue is charged with federal crime CNN February 1 2023 Accessed February 5 2023 A New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with one count of attempted use of fire to damage a building after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue Sunday according to court documents Nicholas Malindretos 26 of Clifton will appear in federal court in Newark on Thursday for an initial appearance the US Attorney s Office in the District of New Jersey said in a news release If convicted Malindretos faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of 250 000 according to prosecutors Bonk Thomas NCAA Basketball Tournament Duke s Abdelnaby Is Driven Blue Devils After three inconsistent seasons and some off court difficulties the center has finally established himself heading into his biggest games Los Angeles Times March 30 1990 Accessed August 11 2008 Playing for Coach Paul Palek at Bloomfield High School Alaa Abdelnaby yearned for a chance at the NBA Palek now assistant principal at Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey thought the sky was the limit for Abdelnaby Schwendener Martha Judging a Paperback s Cover by Its Painter The New York Times August 19 2011 Accessed December 22 2014 Born in Bloomfield N J to Italian immigrants Mr Avati 1912 2005 was raised in Little Silver by an aunt who eventually married his father Who Are Fallah Bahh Mario Bokara and Idris Abraham Impact Wrestling March 22 2017 Accessed September 11 2019 Fallah Bahh is a 425 pound professional wrestler from Bloomfield NJ The Princeton Seminary Bulletin Volumes 4 6 p 133 Princeton Theological Seminary 1910 Accessed December 22 2014 Caleb Cook Baldwin D D Son of Eleazar and Jemima Matthews Baldwin was born April 1 1820 in Bloomfield N J David Mark Chalmers 1987 Hooded Americanism The History of the Ku Klux Klan Duke University Press ISBN 0 8223 0772 3 Clad in yellow robes Arthur H Bell the Bloomfield lawyer who had led the New Jersey Klansmen in the 1920s Keyishian Marjorie Mural Honors Paterson s Rich History The New York Times November 17 1991 Accessed May 1 2021 Born in Newark Mr Birmelin grew up in Bloomfield Snyder Matthew Guide To The Seth Bingham Scores 1920 1953 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts September 2004 Accessed December 22 2014 Seth Bingham b Bloomfield NJ 16 April 1882 d New York 21 June 1972 was an organist and composer Bishop William Darius 1827 1904 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Accessed December 22 2014 Bishop William Darius a Representative from Connecticut born in Bloomfield Essex County N J September 14 1827 Nimura Janice P 2021 The doctors Blackwell how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women and women to medicine First ed New York N Y pp 231 232 ISBN 978 0 393 63554 6 OCLC 1155067347 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link The sisters turned their attention to the project of building a small cottage on a wooded ridge in Bloomfield New Jersey Once the Bloomfield house was ready Elizabeth spent every weekend there Goldstein Richard Hank Borowy 88 Top Pitcher With Yankees and Cubs in 40 s The New York Times August 26 2004 Accessed April 19 2012 Borowy a native of Bloomfield N J who pitched for Fordham University was 15 4 as a rookie on the Yankees 1942 pennant winners Fox Richard Wrightman Apostle of Personality The New York Times January 13 1985 Accessed June 5 2011 Bourne who was born and raised in Bloomfield N J went to Columbia College on full scholarship at the age of 23 and was on his way to major distinction as a critic of culture and politics when he was suddenly silenced nine years later by the flu epidemic of 1918 which killed half a million Americans Endorsement Letter from Mayor Michael Venezia Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green July 22 2014 Accessed October 31 2017 Historic figures associated with the church include William Batchelder Bradbury a Bloomfield resident and composer of hundreds of hymns and children s songs including Jesus Loves Me Doug Brien Archived 2014 09 12 at the Wayback Machine databasefootball com Accessed December 22 2014 Burke Don Burkhardt s hard work took him from afterthought to Fox Sports New York Post May 17 2014 Accessed December 22 2014 There is always some trepidation This is all we ve ever known Jersey said Burkhardt who was raised in Bloomfield and now makes his home at the Jersey shore Revolutionary War Sites in Bloomfield New Jersey Revolutionary War New Jersey Accessed October 31 2017 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Cadmus 1736 1821 After the war Cadmus was a prominent local citizen Barmakian Ed Marco Capozzoli foots the bill for Montclair State The Star Ledger October 29 2009 Accessed December 22 2014 Against CNJ the Bloomfield resident became the first at MSU to kick three field goals in a game beyond 40 yards when he hit from 42 47 and 44 yards as Montclair 6 1 6 0 NJAC won its sixth straight 16 13 Louis Carter Glen Ridge Voice October 6 2005 Accessed July 19 2023 via Newspapers com A Mass for Louis Carter 87 of Bloomfield was offered Sept 28 in St Thomas the Apostle Church Bloomfield after the funeral from the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley Born in Newark he lived in Bloomfield for 41 years Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin p 670 Accessed May 18 2022 William F Conger Rep of Prairie du Sac was born March 5 1844 at Bloomfield New Jersey and received his education in the public schools of Bloomfield and of New York City Murphy Maureen Clare All Boxed In Interview with Palestinian American artist Rajie Cook The Electronic Intifada January 12 2005 Accessed September 8 2013 Biography Rajie Cook Accessed September 8 2013 Assemblywoman Marion Crecco New Jersey Legislature backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 25 1998 Accessed June 2 2010 Galant Debra The Avenue From Two Who Lived It The New York Times December 13 1998 Accessed December 22 2014 Mr Cudworth also 34 grew up in Bloomfield closer to Newark than to Essex Fells David Peter But I Digress Comics Buyer s Guide 1251 November 7 1997 Page 90 David Peter September 11 2012 Peter David Agent 008 peterdavid net Originally published in But I Digress Comics Buyer s Guide 1257 December 19 1997 Staff Obituary p 76 The Bookseller Newsdealer and Stationer Volume 44 Accessed December 22 2014 Mr Dodd was born in Bloomfield N J on April 22 1844 and educated at Bloomfield Academy where he prepared to enter Yale University Staff Charles W Eaton Painter Is Dead Won Many Awards for His Landscapes Succumbs in Glen Ridge at 81 Dusk Scenes A Specialty Received Philadelphia Art Club Medal in 1903 Honored in Paris Three Years Later The New York Times September 12 1937 Accessed August 3 2011 Mr Eaton who was 81 years old had lived in Bloomfield for fifty years Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery Studio Tour with Todd Edwards Scion Audio Visual Accessed November 4 2012 House music honcho Todd Edwards shows off his recording studio in Bloomfield NJ Bud Ellor Stats Pro Football Reference com Accessed September 11 2019 Post J J 14 year old midfielder Bento Estrela becomes newest Red Bulls homegrown signing OnceAMetro com February 9 2021 Accessed December 5 2022 On Tuesday morning New York Red Bulls announced the signing of 14 year old Bento Estrela to a homegrown contract making him the youngest player in the club s history The Bloomfield New Jersey native with parents from Portugal has turned heads on the stage of game action both against domestic and international opponents above his age level he s scored at both the under 19 level stateside as well as impressed in the ICC Futures Tournament against top academy teams from across the world Lamb Bill Alex Ferguson Society for American Baseball Research Accessed September 11 2019 James Alexander Alex Ferguson was born in Montclair New Jersey on February 16 1897 the oldest of four known children born to Alexander Ferguson born 1873 a finisher at a hat shop and his wife the former Hannah McNamara born 1876 The Ferguson family resided in the adjoining town of Bloomfield where Alex attended local schools through the tenth grade Stewart Phil Running Times 1979 Boston Marathon Coverage Archived May 29 2012 at the Wayback Machine Running Times July 1979 Accessed December 22 2014 The frontrunner this year as last year was twice runnerup Tom Fleming of Bloomfield NJ whose race strategy was simple I just figured to run as fast as I could for as long as I could and see if they could catch me For the first half of the race nobody even tried Esterow Milton Connie Francis at Copacabana Queen of the Young Singers a Natural Dion in Debut The New York Times May 20 1961 Accessed January 14 2009 The queen of course is Connie Francis 22 years old 5 feet 1 dark haired formerly of Brooklyn and now of Bloomfield N J Bill Geyer NFL com Accessed December 22 2014 Litsky Frank Johnny Gibson 101 Track Coach With a Long Legacy Is Dead The New York Times January 1 2007 Accessed June 5 2008 Gibson was 5 when his father died and he attended Bloomfield N J High School and then Fordham at night working days running messages on Wall Street he actually ran from building to building Michael A Giuliano Tribute in New Jersey Legislature Journal p 233 Accessed April 22 2020 Whereas Michael A Giuliano of the Town of Bloomfield Essex county a former member of this House died Wednesday April 21 1976 Owen Seth Saving local music copy of article from The Enterprise April 11 2002 Accessed May 2 2021 He grew up in Bloomfield NJ and started writing rock songs as an amateur in high school and later became a lyricist writing the words to a rock n roll song of the era called Sleep Walk Ernie Hambacher Pro Football Reference com Accessed July 27 2020 Born December 12 1906 in Bloomfield NJ High School Bloomfield NJ Frankel Jeff A Bloomfield bright spot Bloomfield Life October 20 2011 Accessed December 22 2014 Our philosophy is to give back where ever we are said Hanks the wife of former San Francisco 49er Merton Hanks We believe in participating in public school Unlike the Hanks who came from other parts of the county before choosing to settle down in Essex County the BEF has a lot of members come through the Bloomfield school system or had kids comes through the school system said Sceurman Lamb Bill Larry Hesterfer Society for American Baseball Research Accessed September 11 2019 Lawrence Hesterfer was born in Newark on June 8 1878 the youngest of the three children surviving to adulthood born to German Catholic immigrant Joseph Hesterfer 1844 1910 and his New Jersey native wife the former Margaret Keck 1849 1915 Around 1889 Joe Hesterfer a carpenter and sandlot baseball player moved the family to the adjoining town of Bloomfield the place where son Larry would reside for the remainder of his life Lamb Yvonne Shinhoster Journalist Benjamin F Holman 76 Advised Nixon Ford on Racial Issues The Washington Post January 27 2007 Accessed February 15 2023 Mr Holman who went by Ben was born in Columbia S C At age 4 his father died and his mother moved with him and his sister to Bloomfield N J Lamb Bill Jim Kelly Society for American Baseball Research Accessed September 11 2019 The ballplayer known as Jim Kelly was born Robert John Taggert in Bloomfield New Jersey on February 1 1884 Kinsey Charles 1773 1849 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Accessed September 11 2019 Kinsey Charles a Representative from New Jersey born in Baltimore Md in 1773 attended the common schools in early life engaged in the manufacture of paper moved to Bloomfield Township Essex County N J and continued the industry New York Red Bulls II Sign Midfielder Michael Knapp New York Red Bulls press release dated April 23 2021 The Bloomfield New Jersey native played for Red Bulls Academy during the 2017 2018 season He made 22 appearances and recorded one goal Mike Kochel Pro Football Reference com Accessed November 3 2019 Born March 6 1916 in Bloomfield NJ Georgetown Basketball History The Top 100 25 Andy Kostecka Archived October 5 2018 at the Wayback Machine Georgetown Hoyas men s basketball Accessed September 11 2019 Kostecka was a tough minded forward who played basketball in Bloomfield NJ and was later named to the Newark Star Ledger s all decade team Lomax John Nova Gang of New Jersey Ted Leo and the Pharmacists mingle rampant Europhilia with American Girl Archived June 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Village Voice April 16 2007 Accessed December 25 2007 Bloomfield Leo s hometown is just west of New York City and just north of Newark Orr Conor Bloomfield native Bob Ley will be the face of the World Cup for ESPN The Star Ledger June 9 2010 Accessed July 18 2011 Unfortunately for Bob Ley he was the first of the two team managers to show up at Bloomfield High s soccer practice on that fall afternoon in 1971 His best friend and co manager Bob Longo disagrees on the circumstances but remembers vividly the sight of the future ESPN anchor in a compromising position after the team s players stuffed Ley into the wire equipment cart and rolled him straight into the pond near the field Beckerman Jim New Yorker cartoonist without peer The Record April 26 2016 Accessed September 11 2019 It occurred to me that he hadn t been given his due says Maslin originally from Bloomfield who made his first contribution to The New Yorker in 1977 his wife Liza Donnelly is also a New Yorker cartoonist Clayton Skip Philadelphia s Big Five Celebrating the City of Brotherly Love s Basketball Tradition p 74 Skyhorse Publishing 2016 ISBN 9781613218532 Accessed November 7 2017 McDonald who came from Bloomfield New Jersey graduated from Seton Hall High School in 1974 The Benefactors Edward Page Mitchell 1852 1927 Glen Ridge Historical Society Accessed September 11 2019 A country boy by birth and inclination he moved his young family from a house on Madison Avenue in New York to the farms and orchards of the Glen Ridge section of Bloomfield LaGorce Tammy In Person Independently Unwealthy The New York Times February 13 2005 Accessed August 26 2018 People tell me I m shooting myself in the foot releasing so much I ve heard that for years Mr Moore said in a confessional tone over a cheeseburger at a downtown tavern here in Bloomfield where he lives Staff Capt Charles A Morris The New York Times March 10 1914 Accessed September 16 2013 Capt Charles A Morris of Bloomfield N J consulting engineer of the Haywood Construction Company of New York died Sunday in Los Gatos Cal in the sixty second year of his age Mike Olla Montclair State University Accessed July 21 2020 Hometown Bloomfield NJ High School St Benedict s Prep Clayton Parros USA Track amp Field Accessed July 21 2020 Hometown Bloomfield NJ High School Seton Hall Prep Pascal businessman turned politician The Capital November 1 1974 Accessed August 16 2020 Pascal was born in Glen Ridge N J and raised in Bloomfield where his father was a teacher coach and administrator in the local school system Brannan Beverly W 2012 Marion Post Wolcott Biographical Essay Prints and Photographs Reading Room Library of Congress Retrieved April 28 2022 Gross Jane Puleo Part Of Mets 1982 Plans The New York Times February 27 1982 Accessed September 11 2019 In the last week of the 1981 season when Charlie Puleo made his first major league start after having been called up from the Mets Triple A team in Tidewater about 100 of Puleo s relatives and friends from his hometown of Bloomfield N J called him to ask for tickets N Y Saber Team A Cut Above New York Daily News July 27 1984 Accessed September 30 2020 Westbrook and Reilly both 32 fenced together on the great scholastic teams at Essex Catholic High School in Newark Reilly a Bloomfield N J product fences at the N Y Athletic Club and was a member of the world championship U S teams in 1978 81 and 82 and the 79 and 83 Pan Am teams Andrew J Robinson Dead p 661 Real Estate Record and Builders Guide Volume 110 Accessed October 14 2018 Andrew J Robinson president of building firm of Andrew J Robinson Company at 15 17 West street and for more than fifty years one of the prominent builders in New York died last week at the home of his daughter Mrs George J Kennedy of Prospect Park White Plains He was born seventy nine years ago at Bloomfield N J Nowlin Bill Jack Robinson Society for American Baseball Research Accessed September 11 2019 Jack the nickname he reported on his player questionnaire for the National Baseball Hall of Fame attended the Demarest and Park Grammar Schools then Bloomfield High School graduating in 1939 and then spent a year at the Bordentown Military Institute Lamb Bill Don Savage Society for American Baseball Research Accessed May 2 2021 Donald Anthony Savage was born in Bloomfield New Jersey on March 5 1919 Don Savage first came to attention on the gridiron playing halfback for Bloomfield High School a New Jersey schoolboy powerhouse in the 1930s Frankel Jeff Bloomfield Bicentennial Notable people Bloomfield Life October 26 2012 Accessed December 22 2014 Sceurman has been in the publishing industry most of his life as a graphic designer writer and behind the scenes in New Jersey music front according to his biography He still lives in Bloomfield with his wife Shirley and their daughter Gould Brandon Bloomfield native to lead play by play call of NCAA lacrosse final for ESPN NJ Advance Media for NJ com May 19 2017 Accessed November 8 2018 After graduating from Bloomfield High School in 2000 Shroff decided that he wanted to become a broadcaster and follow in the footsteps of Bob Costas Ian Eagle Marv Albert and Len Berman Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 2001 p 259 E J Mullin 2001 Thomas S Smith Rep Asbury Park Assemblyman Smith was born Dec 14 1917 in Bloomfield Dunleavy Ryan His family escaped Albanian Civil War to N J and now Giants Kristjan Sokoli is living true American Dream NJ Advance Media for NJ com July 24 2018 updated January 30 2019 Accessed July 21 2020 From his new home in Bloomfield a 9 year old Kristjan became a Giants fan and wore a Jeremy Shockey jersey to school Bock Gordon Robert Stempel Man in The Hot Seat Car buff Robert Stempel aims to put a new shine on GM s image Time November 14 1988 Accessed September 11 2019 Coming of age in Bloomfield N J in the early 1950s Stempel toiled during the summer as a garage mechanic Chval Craig Catching Up With Frank And Kelly Tripuka CSTV November 18 2005 Accessed April 10 2008 Among the most prominent and successful was Bloomfield N J native Frank Tripucka a quarterback on Leahy s legendary teams of the 1940s Tripucka earned monograms as a backup to Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack on Notre Dame s unbeaten 1946 and 1947 teams before winning the starting role in 1948 Staff Sports People Basketball Tripucka Is a Net Sort Of The New York Times June 20 1992 Accessed January 23 2012 Playing for the Nets would be a double homecoming of sorts for Tripucka who grew up in Bloomfield N J and played four seasons under the new Nets coach Chuck Daly when both were with the Detroit Pistons The other brother tries hard at Lafayette Herald News February 14 1974 Accessed July 21 2020 When you grow up in a family such as the Frank Tripuckas even in a large community such as Bloomfield N J you ve got to watch your step It seems everyone knows you Todd Tripucka s late grandmother was a council woman In Bloomfield Genzlinger Neil Marlene VerPlanck Singer of Jazz and Jingles Dies at 84 The New York Times January 26 2018 Accessed July 21 2020 Marlene Pampinella was born on Nov 11 1933 in Newark to Anthony Pampinella and the former Pauline Biase After graduating from Bloomfield High School she briefly considered a journalism career Assemblyman Michael Venezia D New Jersey Legislature Accessed February 17 2024 Township of Bloomfield Mayor 2014 2024 Councilman 2011 2013 Vincent E Duke Mafia Summer A Novel p 387 Bloomsbury Publishing USA 2008 ISBN 9781596919273 Accessed May 2 2021 E Duke Vincent a native of New York and Bloomfield New Jersey graduated from Seton Hall University in February 1954 Wright Rick Our Little Town Biodiversity Heritage Library February 7 2013 Accessed December 22 2014 It s almost a year now since we moved to Bloomfield and I m still not over my disappointment at our new New Jersey home s failure to honor its most distinguished citizen Alexander Wilson the Father of American Ornithology served as schoolmaster in our little town for a few months in 1801 Dick Zimmer R The Cook Political Report Accessed January 23 2012 Dick Zimmer was born in Newark and grew up in the New Jersey towns of Hillside Bloomfield and Glen Ridge External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons 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