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Clifton, New Jersey

October 03, 2023

Clifton is a city in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Criss-crossed by several major highways, the city is a regional commercial hub for North Jersey and is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area.[22] As of the 2020 United States Census, the city retained its position as the state's 11th-most-populous municipality, just behind 2020 #10 Trenton, and well ahead of 2020 #12 Cherry Hill,[23] with a population of 90,296,[11][12] reflecting an overall increase of 6,160 (+7.3%) from the 2010 census count of 84,136,[24][25] which in turn reflected an overall increase of 5,464 (+6.9%) from the 78,672 counted in the 2000 census.[26][27] The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 88,709 in 2022,[11] reflecting an overall decrease of 1,587 (1.8%) from the 90,296 counted in the 2020 census and ranking the city the 388th-most-populous in the country.[13]

Clifton, New Jersey
City
Clifton viewed from above. The Garden State Parkway is visible on the left, with the Passaic River in the upper right and New Jersey Route 3 near the bottom
Seal
Nickname: 
"The City that Cares"[1]
Map of Clifton in Passaic County. Inset: location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
Census Bureau map of Clifton, New Jersey
Interactive map of Clifton, New Jersey
Clifton
Location in Passaic County
Clifton
Location in New Jersey
Clifton
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°51′44″N 74°09′37″W / 40.862137°N 74.160393°W / 40.862137; -74.160393[2][3]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyPassaic
IncorporatedApril 26, 1917
Government
[8]
 • Type1923 Municipal Manager Law
 • BodyCity Council
 • MayorRaymond Grabowski (term ends December 31, 2026)[4][5]
 • ManagerDominick Villano[6]
 • Municipal clerkNancy Ferrigno[7]
Area
[9]
 • Total11.43 sq mi (29.60 km2)
 • Land11.28 sq mi (29.20 km2)
 • Water0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)  1.37%
 • Rank197th of 565 in state
4th of 16 in county[2]
Elevation
[10]
131 ft (40 m)
Population
 (2020)[11][12]
 • Total90,296
 • Estimate 
(2022)[11][13][14]
88,709
 • Rank388th in country (as of 2021)[13]
11th of 565 in state
2nd of 16 in county[15]
 • Density8,008.5/sq mi (3,092.1/km2)
  • Rank51st of 565 in state
4th of 16 in county[15]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Codes
07011–07015[16][17]
Area code(s)973[18]
FIPS code3403113690[2][19][20]
GNIS feature ID0885188[2][21]
Websitewww.cliftonnj.org

Clifton was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 26, 1917, replacing Acquackanonk Township, based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier.[28] Clifton is listed under five different ZIP codes. 07011, 07012, 07013, 07014, and 07015.[29] Clifton has been named as one the best cities to live in the United States.[30]

History Edit

The city of Clifton turned 100 years old in April 2017, but documented European settlements in the area date back to 1679, when a leader of the Lenape Native Americans gave a deed for 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) along the shores of the Passaic River to Hans Frederick.[31] The modern name of "Clifton" was derived from the cliffs of Garrett Mountain, which borders the Albion Place neighborhood in the western part of the city.[31] Clifton was once an agricultural hub, and home to the U.S. Animal Quarantine Station, which was operated in Clifton by the United States Department of Agriculture, starting in 1903. It was served by the Newark Branch of the Erie–Lackawanna Railroad. It was the primary location on the East Coast where animals from poultry, horses, and cattle, to zoo animals, were held in quarantine after being brought into the United States, to ensure that the animals were not infected with diseases that could be spread in the U.S. The federal station operated in Clifton until the late 1970s, when the facility was relocated to Stewart International Airport.[32]

Although Clifton has long converted from farmlands to suburban neighborhoods, given its close proximity to Manhattan, the city still has three small working farms that sell fresh and organic vegetables in-season:

  • Ploch's Farm is a family-run 15-acre (6.1 ha) farm since 1867. The farm is still in operation as Clifton's last remaining farm. Ploch's Farm is open seasonally selling fruits and vegetables during the months of August and September.[33]
  • City Green Farm Eco Center is an organic farm and 501(c)3 non-profit focused on promoting urban farming and education since 2011. The 5-acre (2.0 ha) property, which was the site of the Schultheis Farm, was acquired by the city in 2005 for permanent preservation as open space.[34]
  • Richfield Farms is a family-run 5-acre (2.0 ha) farm and garden center since 1917, which had escaped redevelopment efforts in 2018.[35]

Geography Edit

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 11.43 square miles (29.60 km2), including 11.27 square miles (29.19 km2) of land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) of water (1.37%).[2][3]

The Passaic River provides part of the boundary of Clifton at its northeastern edge. Weasel Brook is a tributary of the Passaic, which links from Plog Brook, passing through its namesake Weasel Brook Park, before turning south and joining the Passaic River close to Route 21.

Unincorporated communities, localities, and place names, located partially or completely within the city, include:[36]

  • Albion Place – mostly residential, and adjacent to Garret Mountain Reservation in the northwestern corner of the city;
  • Allwood – the other main "business district" in the city, along its main highway, State Route 3;
  • Athenia – one of the more centrally located neighborhoods in the city, as well as home to one of the city's two train stations, and adjacent to the 3rd Ward Park neighborhood in Passaic;
  • Botany Village – the northernmost neighborhood in the city, historically containing European ethnic groups, but mostly populated by Hispanic/Latino immigrants in recent years;
  • Delawanna – home to one of the two train stations locally, in the southeastern corner of the city, and adjacent to Nutley/the 3rd Ward Park neighborhood in Passaic;
  • Dutch Hill – mostly residential, and largely situated near downtown and one of the two local train stations;
  • Lakeview – shares its name with the adjacent neighborhood in Paterson, along the western edge of the city, and mostly populated by Arabic and Hispanic/Latino residents;
  • Main Mall – largely considered the main "downtown" section of the city;
  • Montclair Heights – one of the wealthiest neighborhoods locally, adjacent to both Montclair State University, as well as Upper Montclair, in the southwestern corner of the city;
  • Richfield – another of the more centrally located neighborhoods in the city, along with Athenia;
  • Rosemawr – largely residential and wealthier, falling partially within Allwood, and home to an Orthodox Jewish community associated with a neighboring one in the city of Passaic, with which it shares the Passaic/Clifton Eruv[37]
  • Styertowne – home to the main namesake shopping plaza in the city;
  • Yanticaw Pond – adjacent to the neighboring municipalities of Bloomfield, Nutley, and Montclair

Clifton is located off both Route 3 and Route 46, and is situated 15 miles (24 km) west of Midtown Manhattan, which is accessible via the Lincoln Tunnel.[22] The city is also served by the Garden State Parkway, Route 19 and Route 21; all of those highways pass either around or through parts of the city.

The city borders the municipalities of Little Falls, Passaic, Paterson, and Woodland Park in Passaic County; Elmwood Park, Garfield, Lyndhurst, and Rutherford in Bergen County, and Bloomfield, Montclair, and Nutley in Essex County.[38][39][40]

Demographics Edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
191011,869—
192026,470123.0%
193046,87577.1%
194048,8274.2%
195064,51132.1%
196082,08427.2%
197082,4370.4%
198074,388−9.8%
199071,742−3.6%
200078,6729.7%
201084,1366.9%
202090,2967.3%
2022 (est.)88,709[11][13][14]−1.8%
Population sources:
1910–1920[41] 1910–1930[42]
1940–2000[43] 2000[26][44]
2010[24][25] 2020[11][12]

2010 census Edit

The 2010 United States census counted 84,136 people, 30,661 households, and 21,125 families in the city. The population density was 7,472.0 per square mile (2,885.0/km2). There were 31,946 housing units at an average density of 2,837.1 per square mile (1,095.4/km2). The racial makeup was 69.63% (58,588) White, 4.92% (4,137) Black or African American, 0.50% (419) Native American, 8.90% (7,488) Asian, 0.03% (22) Pacific Islander, 12.44% (10,464) from other races, and 3.59% (3,018) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.92% (26,854) of the population.[24]

Of the 30,661 households, 30.3% had children under the age of 18; 50.3% were married couples living together; 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.1% were non-families. Of all households, 26.0% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.33.[24]

22.0% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.4 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90.4 males.[24]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $62,271 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,208) and the median family income was $76,070 (+/− $2,883). Males had a median income of $49,780 (+/− $2,391) versus $40,149 (+/− $2,057) for females. The per capita income for the city was $29,812 (+/− $1,255). About 7.2% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.5% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.[45]

Same-sex couples headed 243 households in 2010.[46]

2000 census Edit

As of the 2000 United States census[19] there were 78,672 people, 30,244 households, and 20,354 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,965.2 inhabitants per square mile (2,689.3/km2). There were 31,060 housing units at an average density of 2,749.9 per square mile (1,061.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 66.22% White, 2.89% African American, 0.24% Native American, 6.44% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 9.60% from other races, and 4.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 19.84% of the population.[26][44]

There were 30,244 households, out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.20.[26][44]

In the city the population was 21.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males.[26][44]

The median income for a household in the city was $50,619, and the median income for a family was $60,688. Males had a median income of $40,143 versus $32,090 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,638. About 4.3% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.[26][44]

The most common ancestry groups in Clifton as of 2000 were Italian American (17%), Polish American (13%), Irish American (9%) and German American (8%).[47] Many Turkish, Albanian, and Ukrainian immigrants also live in Clifton. There are significant populations of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Arabs, Filipinos, Chinese, and Indians as well.

Economy Edit

 
Rutt's Hut, in Clifton, was opened in 1928.

Clifton is a diverse suburb of New York City, just over 10 miles to the West of the city. It boasts numerous national and local shopping options and countless specialty grocers and retailers. Notable local businesses in Clifton include:

  • The world headquarters of Comodo, a leading cybersecurity company, is in Clifton.
  • Rutt's Hut, a hot dog restaurant, is located at the east end of Delawana Avenue. Established in 1928, it was described by Peter Applebome of The New York Times as being "on the long shortlist of the state's esteemed hot dog palaces".[48]
  • Clifton Commons, a shopping center located near Route 3, features numerous stores, restaurants and a 16-screen AMC movie theater, with a gross leasable area of 448,848 square feet (41,699.3 m2).[49]
  • Promenade Shops at Clifton is an upscale mall located on Route 3 West.
  • Many low-rise office buildings, containing professional tenants such as law and accounting firms and medical practices, are found on the stretch of Clifton Avenue between City Hall (at Van Houten) and Allwood Road.[citation needed]
  • The now defunct Linens 'n Things, a bedding and home furnishings retailer, was headquartered in Clifton before its 2009 bankruptcy.[50]

Parks and recreation Edit

 
The Vanderhoef–Westervelt House in Weasel Brook Park

Government Edit

Local government Edit

The city of Clifton is governed under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law. The city is one of seven municipalities (of the 564) statewide governed under this form.[53] The governing body is the City Council, which is comprised of seven council members, with all positions elected at-large on a non-partisan basis to concurrent four-terms of office as part of the November general election. The mayor is chosen by the City Council, with the position traditionally given to the top vote getter in the previous election.[8][54] Clifton's municipal elections had been held in May, as required for municipalities conducting non-partisan elections. Following the passage of a state law in 2010 allowing non-partisan elections to be shifted to November, Clifton voters were overwhelmingly in favor of the move in a non-binding referendum held in November 2013. On December 13, 2013, the Clifton City Council voted 6–0, with one abstention, to make the move to November local elections binding, which had the effect of extending the terms of all sitting council members by six months, from June 30 to December 31. Officials cited increased voter participation and reduced costs as the justifications behind supporting the shift.[55]

As of 2023, Clifton's mayor is Raymond Grabowski, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. He replaced James Anzaldi, who had been one of the members of the City Council since 1978, and was first selected to be mayor in 1990, succeeding two-term mayor Gloria Kolodziej. Anzaldi was the first mayor in Clifton's history to be elected to six terms.[56] The other current members of the City Council are William "Bill" Gibson, Antonio Latona, Joseph Kolodziej, Lauren E. Murphy, Rosemary Pino, and Mary Sadrakula, all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end on December 31, 2026.[4][57][58][59][60]

Grabowski's election and Council nomination as mayor ended up being considered the most contentious local political event since 1966, when the then-top vote getter, Bill Bate, the only Democrat on the Council at that time, ended up getting passed over in favor of Joseph Vanecek, as, this time around, Grabowski would only get four of the seven possible votes on the Council, as opposed to Anzaldi, who won most, if not all, of those votes unanimously, in each of his terms, with the other three votes going to newcomer Antonio Latona (Grabowski/Kolodziej/Murphy/Sadrakula voting for Grabowski; Gibson/Latona/Pino, surprisingly, voting for Latona, all despite Gibson reportedly privately considering taking enough of those votes away from Grabowski to become mayor himself as of January 2023, even though Grabowski won at the polls in November 2022 by the final margin of roughly 9,400–8,200).[61]

Vacancies Edit

If at any time a seat becomes vacant on the council, it is filled by special election unless the vacancy occurs during a council election year. In the interim, the council is allowed to appoint an interim councilperson to fill the seat until the election can take place (again, except when the entire council is up for election); common practice is to nominate the eighth-place candidate from the previous election.

The city has done this four times since 1990:

  • In 1992, Councilman George Bayeux died in office. That fall, Richard Stockinger was elected to take his place.[62]
  • Stockinger became the next council member to die in office, succumbing to lung cancer in March 1996. The special election to fill his seat was won by Edward Welsh.[63]
  • In 2006, after the new council was elected, Antonio Latona was disqualified from taking his newly elected office, as it was determined he was involved in a conflict of interest, due to his employment by the city fire department. City policy dictates that the next highest vote getter in the prior election be appointed to fill the vacancy, and thus the seat was filled by former Councilman Matthew Ward, as the candidate with the eighth highest total.[64] The special election to fill that vacancy was held in November 2007, with Ward retaining his seat.[65]
  • In February 2015, just after he was sworn into office for his second term, Councilman Matt Grabowski died from cancer. The council appointed Joseph Cupoli, the highest vote-getter among the previous losing candidates, to fill the seat until the November election. Raymond Grabowski, the councilman's brother, won the special election to serve out the remainder of the term.[66][67][68]

Federal, state and county representation Edit

Clifton is located in the 9th Congressional District,[69] and is part of New Jersey's 27th state legislative district.[70]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 9th congressional district is represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson).[71][72] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[73] and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025).[74][75]

For the 2022–2023 session, the 27th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey (D, Roseland) and in the General Assembly by Mila Jasey (D, South Orange) and John F. McKeon (D, West Orange).[76]

As of the state legislative elections in November 2023, Clifton will be part of the 27th Legislative District, with both Clifton and Montclair leaving the 34th, and joining Livingston, Millburn, Roseland, and West Orange in Essex County, in that Legislative District;[77] that reapportionment decision represented compromise between state legislators in both parties - the initial Democratic plan would have kept the existing 34th District entirely intact, while the initial Republican plan would have added it to the 40th Legislative District, placing it with some of the longtime Republican-leaning municipalities in that district.[78]

Passaic County is governed by Board of County Commissioners, comprised of seven members, who are elected at-large, to staggered three-year terms in office, on a partisan basis, with two or three seats being voted on each year as part of the November general election in three-year cycles. At a reorganization meeting held each January, the board selects a Director and Deputy Director from among its members, to serve for a one-year term.[79] As of 2023, Passaic County's Commissioners are: Bruce James (D, Clifton, 2023),[80] Cassandra "Sandi" Lazzara (D, Little Falls, 2024),[81] Deputy Director John W. Bartlett (D, Wayne, term as commissioner ends 2024; term as deputy director ends 2023),[82] Orlando Cruz (D, Paterson, 2023; appointed to serve the remainder of an unexpired term),[83] Terry Duffy (D, West Milford, 2025),[84] Nicolino Gallo (R, Totowa, 2024),[85] and Director Pasquale "Pat" Lepore (D, Woodland Park, term as commissioner ends 2025; term as director ends 2023).[86][79][87][88][89][90][91] Constitutional officers, elected countywide, are: County Clerk Danielle Ireland-Imhof (D, Hawthorne, 2023),[92][93] Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik (D, Clifton, 2025),[94][95] and Surrogate Zoila S. Cassanova (D, Wayne, 2026).[96][97][88]

Politics Edit

As of January 2021, there were a total of 53,555 registered voters in Clifton, of which 22,940 (42.8% vs. 31.0% countywide) were registered Democrats, 9,562 (18% vs. 18.7%) were registered Republicans, and 20,150 (37.5% vs. 50.3%) were registered Unaffiliated. There were 19 voters registered to other parties.[98] Among the city's 2020 Census population, 52.9% (vs. 53.2% in Passaic County) were registered to vote, including 67.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.8% countywide).[98][99]

In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden received 59% of the vote (23,930 cast), ahead of the then-President, Republican Donald Trump, with 39.7% of the vote (16,128 cast), and all other candidates with 1.3% of the vote (565 cast), among the 40,623 ballots cast by the city's 57,785 registered voters (70.3%); almost all ballots statewide in the 2020 presidential election were cast via vote-by-mail, however, due to the ongoing pandemic.[100] In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 60% of the vote (20,425 votes cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 37% (12,620 votes cast), and all other candidates with their combined 3% (973 votes).[101] In the 2012 presidential election, the then-President, Democrat Barack Obama, received 62.6% of the vote (18,761 cast), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 36.3% (10,885 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (305 votes), among the 30,261 ballots cast by the city's 47,933 registered voters (310 ballots were spoiled), for turnout of 63.1%.[102][103] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 18,260 votes (56.5% vs. 58.8% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 12,848 votes (39.8% vs. 37.7%) and other candidates with 334 votes (1.0% vs. 0.8%), among the 32,317 ballots cast by the city's 44,903 registered voters, for turnout of 72.0% (vs. 70.4% in Passaic County).[104] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 15,597 votes (52.0% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of the then-President, Republican George W. Bush, with 13,120 votes (43.8% vs. 42.7%), and other candidates with 228 votes (0.8% vs. 0.7%), among the 29,971 ballots cast by the city's 41,220 registered voters, for turnout of 72.7% (vs. 69.3% in the whole county).[105]

In the 2021 gubernatorial election, the-then Governor, Democrat Phil Murphy, received 10,240 votes cast (54%), ahead of Republican Jack Ciattarelli with 8,485 votes cast (45%), and all other candidates with 200 combined votes (1%), among the 18,925 ballots cast by the city's 53,555 registered voters (35.3%);[106] despite Murphy winning by noticeably closer margins both locally and statewide compared to 2017, there were many more in-person votes cast once again, in contrast with 2020.[107] In the 2017 gubernatorial election, Democrat Phil Murphy received 9,465 votes cast (61.3%), ahead of Republican Kim Guadagno with 5,655 votes cast (36.7%), and all other candidates with 315 combined votes (2%), among the 15,435 ballots cast by the city's 52,065 registered voters (30%).[108] In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 56.0% of the vote (9,300 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 42.8% (7,100 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (200 votes), among the 16,600 ballots cast by the city's 49,230 registered voters (361 ballots were spoiled), for turnout of 34.5%.[109][110] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 9,080 ballots cast (49.1% vs. 50.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 8,220 votes (44.5% vs. 43.2%), Independent Chris Daggett with 787 votes (4.3% vs. 3.8%), and other candidates with 243 votes (1.3% vs. 0.9%), among the 18,330 ballots cast by the city's 43,800 registered voters, yielding 42.2% turnout (vs. 42.7% in the county).[111] In the 2005 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 9,925 votes cast (56.5%), ahead of Republican Doug Forrester with 7,038 votes cast (40%), and all other candidates with 625 votes cast (3.5%), among the 17,588 ballots cast by the city's 39,878 registered voters (46%). In the 2001 gubernatorial election, Jim McGreevey, the unsuccessful Democratic nominee in 1997, received 10,015 votes cast (55.5%), ahead of Republican Bret Schundler with 7,850 votes cast (43.5%), and all other candidates with 175 combined votes (1.5%), among the 18,040 total votes cast locally in said election.

Education Edit

The Clifton Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[112] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 18 schools, had an enrollment of 10,514 students and 870.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[113] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[114]) are Clifton Early Learner Academy[115] (377 students; in grades Pre-K), School One[116] (245; K–5), School Two[117] (385; K–5), School Three[118] (282; K–5), School Four[119] (141; K–5), School Five[120] (373; K–5), School Eight[121] (169; Pre-K–5), School Nine[122] (285; K–5), School Eleven[123] (415; K–5), School Twelve[124] (616; Pre-K–5), School Thirteen[125] (447; K–5), School Fourteen[126] (356; K–5), School Fifteen[127] (310; Pre-K–5), School Sixteen[128] (195; K–5), School Seventeen[129] (476; Pre-K–5), Christopher Columbus Middle School[130] (1,172; 6–8), Woodrow Wilson Middle School[131] (1,276; 6–8) and Clifton High School[132] (2,891; 9–12).[133][134][135]

With more than 3,300 students enrolled in 2006, Clifton High School was the largest single-facility high school in New Jersey; Elizabeth High School had more students, but they were spread over multiple campuses before the school was split into separate academies.[136] An additional overflow site, the Clifton High School Annex, was constructed at a cost of $17 million and opened in September 2009 to accommodate 540 of the school year's 850 incoming ninth graders to alleviate overcrowding.[137]

Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton, a charter school founded in 1998[138] for Clifton residents that provides an education based on the classics to students in sixth through eighth grades, was recognized in 2008 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.[139]

Private schools in Clifton include Saint Philip Preparatory School, a K–8 elementary school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson.[140] St. Andrew the Apostle School was closed after the 2017–2018 school year due to financial challenges and a decline in the number of students registering for the new school year.[141] St. Brendan Catholic School, which opened in 1946, was closed after the 2018–2019 school year and merged with the Academy of St. James in Totowa, with the merged school to be called The Academy of St. James and St. Brendan.[142]

Emergency services Edit

The Clifton Police Department is a full-service department, and employs 159 sworn officers, 20 public safety telecommunicators, 12 civilian officers, and 25 part-time special officers.[143] The department is led by Chief Thomas Rinaldi, who was named to the position in February 2020, and made full-time June 1, 2020.[144]

The Clifton Fire Department has 143 full-time firefighters. The department operates a fleet of five engines, two ladders, and three basic life support ambulances 24/7, along with three marine rescue boats, a foam pumper and tender, light rescue truck, and haz-mat unit, which are cross staffed. The department is led by Chief Frank S. Prezioso.[145]

Hatzolah of Passaic/Clifton EMS is a volunteer service that primarily covers the Passaic Park neighborhood of Passaic, and parts of Clifton. Hatzolah operates two ambulances strategically parked throughout the community, with a third on standby, available to assist neighboring chapters such as Union City and Elizabeth.[146]

Transportation Edit

Roads and highways Edit

 
The Garden State Parkway southbound in Clifton

As of May 2010, the city had a total of 199.94 miles (321.77 km) of roadways, of which 145.43 miles (234.05 km) were maintained by the municipality, 35.95 miles (57.86 km) by Passaic County, 14.06 miles (22.63 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 4.50 miles (7.24 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[147]

Major roadways in the city include Route 3 (which crosses from east to west along the southern portion of the city), Route 21 (along the Passaic River), Route 19 in the city's northwest and U.S. Route 46. The Garden State Parkway crosses the city, connecting Bloomfield in Essex County to the south to Elmwood Park in Bergen County in the north.[148] Parkway interchanges 153 (signed for Route 3 and Route 46 West) / 153A (for Route 3 East) / 153B (for Route 3 and Route 46 West), 154 (for Route 46), 155 (for Clifton) / 155P (for Passaic) and 156 (to Route 46).[149]

Public transportation Edit

NJ Transit trains at the Clifton station[150] and Delawanna station[151] follow the NJ Transit Main Line to Suffern and Hoboken Terminal.[152] Until 1966, the Newark Branch of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad served several stations in the town, Athenia (Colfax Avenue) and Allwood.[153] The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only, operated by Norfolk Southern.[154]

NJ Transit provides bus service on the 190, 191, 192 and 195 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, to Newark on the 13, 27 and 72 routes, and local service on the 74, 702, 703, 705, 707, 709, 744 routes.[155][156]

DeCamp Bus Lines provided service on the 33 and 66 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, until discontinuing its commuter routes in April 2023.[157]

In popular culture Edit

  • The character of Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorsese's film The King of Comedy comes from Clifton.
  • The movie Donnie Brasco, which starred Johnny Depp and Al Pacino, was filmed partially in Clifton in 1996.[158]
  • Many scenes from The Sopranos were filmed in the town, including the Main Memorial Park and Clifton High School. The golf scenes were filmed at the Upper Montclair Country Club.[citation needed]
  • New York Yankee Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto owned a bowling alley in Clifton called "Rizzuto-Berra Bowling Lanes."[159] The alley, later known as Astro Bowl, was located in the Styertowne Shopping Center in the Allwood section of town and remained open until 1999.
  • The Upper Montclair Country Club was home to the NFL Golf Classic and the Thunderbird Classic. The Sybase Classic golf tournament was held there annually until 2009.[160]
  • Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner played his last two seasons (1896–1897) of minor league baseball for the Paterson Silk Sox.[161] While the team was named Paterson, the team played their games at Doherty Field, located off of Main Avenue behind the Doherty Silk Mill.
  • Clifton has an old sewerage system, accessible to intrepid urban explorers and evidently not actively maintained by any municipal authority or utility, known to some as the "Gates Of Hell." The walls are full of graffiti. The Clifton "Gates of Hell" are featured in the 2003 book Weird N.J.: Your Travel Guide to New Jersey's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, published by Weird New Jersey.[162]

Notable people Edit

See also: Category:People from Clifton, New Jersey

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

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  142. ^ Fagan, Matt. "St. Brendan Catholic School in Clifton to close, merge with St. James in Totowa" September 13, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, June 5, 2019. Accessed February 3, 2020. "Clifton — St. Brendan Catholic School in Clifton, which first opened its doors in 1946, will close them for good at the end of the academic year. The Paterson Diocese announced the school closing in a merger with the Academy of St. James in Totowa beginning in the fall. The closing school's students – 182 this year – will have the opportunity to join the 192 who attend St. James, which will be renamed The Academy of St. James and St. Brendan, said Mary Baier, superintendent of the diocese schools."
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  165. ^ "Icon FC Will Host Stal Mielec of Poland This Saturday In Clifton, NJ" September 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The Post-Eagle, June 13, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2018. "Bajek is a Clifton High School graduate who earned all-state honors for the Mustangs, and was a three-time All-American at Kean University before launching a long professional career in Poland and the U.S. 'Clifton will always be home. I was raised here, learned to play soccer here and now very proud to return with a professional team and the opportunity to showcase world-class soccer matches at Clifton High School Stadium.'"
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  167. ^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane. "Jersey Girl has starring role in Project Almanac" October 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Asbury Park Press, January 27, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2018. "Clifton's Sofia Black D'Elia stars in sci-fi thriller Project Almanac.... A graduate of Clifton High School, D'Elia might be recognizable to soap opera fans through her breakthrough role as Bailey Wells on All My Children."
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  173. ^ Barry, Dan. "Defying Time and Space; At 42, and 100 pounds heavier than when he began pitching in the major leagues 213 wins ago, Bartolo Colón continues to confound." April 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 9, 2015. Accessed July 9, 2015. "With game time just minutes away, Colon throws his last warm-up pitch.... He is an American now, a naturalized citizen who lives with his wife, Rosanna, and their four sons in a brick house in Clifton, N.J."
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  175. ^ "Lew Erber, coach, player, dies at 55" February 15, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, February 8, 1990. Accessed February 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Clifton native and Montclair State graduate Lew Erber, who served as offensive backfield coach for the Super Bowl XI and Super Bowl XV champion Oakland Raiders, died Tuesday in El Cajon, Calif., after a long illness."
  176. ^ "New on DVD this week" August 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, January 13, 2012. Accessed March 30, 2012. "Clifton native and former Irvington resident Vera Farmiga makes an astonishingly assured directorial debut with this engrossing study of Corinne (first played by Vera's sister Taissa Farmiga, and then by Vera), a woman who turns to Christianity after she and her family nearly die in a car accident."
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  179. ^ Woolis, Chris. "Clifton's Garrett leads Kean football to Division III postseason" July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Clifton Journal, November 25, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2015. "Kean University head coach Dan Garrett is a 1992 graduate of Clifton High School.... 'I felt much more comfortable at linebacker than on the line,' said Garrett who grew up in Clifton's Athenia Section and attended School #13."
  180. ^ Greatorex, Susan."Clifton's Geld makes beautiful music on Broadway" October 9, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Herald News, May 29, 1975. Accessed October 8, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Broadway owes Clifton High School a note of thanks. On second thought, make that two notes and musical ones, please.... Geld left Clifton High School to study business administration at college."
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  186. ^ Hague, Jim. Wojtek Krakowiak - 2009-10 Profile of the Week September 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers-Newark Scarlet Raiders. Accessed September 30, 2018. "But the family decided to leave Poland and seek a better life in the United States, setting their sights on Clifton, where other family members already resided."
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  188. ^ 2016 Men's Soccer Coaching Staff - Stan Lemryk September 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers University–Newark. Accessed September 6, 2017. "A Clifton, N.J. native, Lembryk assisted RU men's soccer in scouting and recruiting."
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  192. ^ "The Whale's Own Jersey Girls" January 26, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Cetacean Nation. Accessed December 29, 2020. "The Whale currently have two of them, winger Kayla Meneghin from Clifton, and center/defender Hanna Beattie from Whitehouse Station."
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  194. ^ Adam Najem February 25, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Akron Zips men's soccer. Accessed February 24, 2022. "Hometown: Clifton, N.J.; High School: Paramus Catholic"
  195. ^ "New York Red Bulls II Sign David Najem" November 25, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, New York Red Bulls, May 19, 2016. Accessed May 20, 2016. "Najem, a native of Clifton, N.J., joins the club after spending two seasons in Regionalliga Bayern, Germany's Fourth Division, with FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010."
  196. ^ Chris Opperman: Present-Day Composer September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Oppymusic.com 4.2. Accessed July 23, 2007. "Pianist/composer Chris Opperman grew up in Clifton, New Jersey and attended Berklee."
  197. ^ Farrell, Sean. "DePaul girls soccer repeats as Passaic County champion" October 1, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, The Record, October 26, 2019. Accessed February 15, 2020. "The senior made a pact with close friend and fellow Clifton native Jazlyn Oviedo to build the Spartans into a winner. DePaul had never gone past the semifinal round until last season."
  198. ^ Honan, William H. "Morris Pashman, 87, Champion of Free Speech on New Jersey's Highest Court" July 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, October 10, 1999. Accessed October 8, 2013. "Former Justice Morris Pashman of the New Jersey Supreme Court, whose opinions touched on areas from freedom of the press to the rights of the mentally handicapped, died on Oct. 3 at a hospital in New York City. He was 87 and lived in Clifton, N.J."
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  201. ^ Bernstein, Adam for The Washington Post. "Michael J. Pollard, scene-stealing actor in 'Bonnie and Clyde,' dies at 80" November 27, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Frederick News-Post, November 23, 2019. Accessed November 24, 2019. "The son of a bar manager, Michael John Pollack Jr. was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on May 30, 1939, and grew up in Garfield and Clifton, New Jersey. He changed his last name to Pollard."
  202. ^ Lubasch, Arnold H. "Provenzano Is Convicted in Hotel‐Loan Kickback Case; Another Indictment Still Pending; Kickback or Interest Rate?; Jury Sequestered Throughout" January 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, March 26, 1978. Accessed January 13, 2020. "Mr. Provenzano served a prison Sentence and was barred from union office for five years because of a 1963 conviction for extortion. He lives in Clifton. N.J., and Hallandale, Fla."
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  206. ^ Gold, David. "Female Latin Pop Star To Frum Star – Miriam Sandler Left It All To Find It All" August 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Vos Iz Neias?, June 29, 2009. Accessed August 19, 2016. "In 2001, the next major change occurred in Miriam's life when she met her husband and became Miriam Sandler, Jewish wife, homemaker and eventually, mother of three. The Sandlers settled down in Clifton, New Jersey, part of greater Passaic's Orthodox community, and Miriam threw herself into full-time Jewish life. Music was simply less important."
  207. ^ Richardson, Kara L. "NJ actor eager to share WWII hero's story" July 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Daily Record, September 18, 2007. Accessed February 4, 2011. "Seda, who grew up in Clifton and now lives in the Los Angeles area with his family, is on a break from filming The Pacific, a 10-hour HBO miniseries.
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  210. ^ Blouse, Michael. "'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka could be coming to a wrestling match near you?" June 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, The Express-Times, January 23, 2010. Accessed May 31, 2014. "The premise: Snuka, 66 years old and a resident of Clifton, N.J., will be working random jobs with the cameras rolling and the footage will be made into a reality show. Got it, Brotha!?!?"
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Clifton is a city in Passaic County in the U S state of New Jersey Criss crossed by several major highways the city is a regional commercial hub for North Jersey and is a bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York Metropolitan Area 22 As of the 2020 United States Census the city retained its position as the state s 11th most populous municipality just behind 2020 10 Trenton and well ahead of 2020 12 Cherry Hill 23 with a population of 90 296 11 12 reflecting an overall increase of 6 160 7 3 from the 2010 census count of 84 136 24 25 which in turn reflected an overall increase of 5 464 6 9 from the 78 672 counted in the 2000 census 26 27 The Census Bureau s Population Estimates Program calculated that the city s population was 88 709 in 2022 11 reflecting an overall decrease of 1 587 1 8 from the 90 296 counted in the 2020 census and ranking the city the 388th most populous in the country 13 Clifton New JerseyCityClifton viewed from above The Garden State Parkway is visible on the left with the Passaic River in the upper right and New Jersey Route 3 near the bottomSealNickname The City that Cares 1 Map of Clifton in Passaic County Inset location of Passaic County highlighted in the State of New Jersey Census Bureau map of Clifton New Jersey Interactive map of Clifton New JerseyCliftonLocation in Passaic CountyShow map of Passaic County New JerseyCliftonLocation in New JerseyShow map of New JerseyCliftonLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 51 44 N 74 09 37 W 40 862137 N 74 160393 W 40 862137 74 160393 2 3 Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyPassaicIncorporatedApril 26 1917Government 8 Type1923 Municipal Manager Law BodyCity Council MayorRaymond Grabowski term ends December 31 2026 4 5 ManagerDominick Villano 6 Municipal clerkNancy Ferrigno 7 Area 9 Total11 43 sq mi 29 60 km2 Land11 28 sq mi 29 20 km2 Water0 15 sq mi 0 40 km2 1 37 Rank197th of 565 in state4th of 16 in county 2 Elevation 10 131 ft 40 m Population 2020 11 12 Total90 296 Estimate 2022 11 13 14 88 709 Rank388th in country as of 2021 13 11th of 565 in state2nd of 16 in county 15 Density8 008 5 sq mi 3 092 1 km2 Rank51st of 565 in state4th of 16 in county 15 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Codes07011 07015 16 17 Area code s 973 18 FIPS code3403113690 2 19 20 GNIS feature ID0885188 2 21 Websitewww wbr cliftonnj wbr orgClifton was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 26 1917 replacing Acquackanonk Township based on the results of a referendum held two days earlier 28 Clifton is listed under five different ZIP codes 07011 07012 07013 07014 and 07015 29 Clifton has been named as one the best cities to live in the United States 30 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 3 1 2010 census 3 2 2000 census 4 Economy 5 Parks and recreation 6 Government 6 1 Local government 6 2 Vacancies 6 3 Federal state and county representation 6 4 Politics 7 Education 8 Emergency services 9 Transportation 9 1 Roads and highways 9 2 Public transportation 10 In popular culture 11 Notable people 12 References 13 External linksHistory EditThe city of Clifton turned 100 years old in April 2017 but documented European settlements in the area date back to 1679 when a leader of the Lenape Native Americans gave a deed for 11 000 acres 4 500 ha along the shores of the Passaic River to Hans Frederick 31 The modern name of Clifton was derived from the cliffs of Garrett Mountain which borders the Albion Place neighborhood in the western part of the city 31 Clifton was once an agricultural hub and home to the U S Animal Quarantine Station which was operated in Clifton by the United States Department of Agriculture starting in 1903 It was served by the Newark Branch of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad It was the primary location on the East Coast where animals from poultry horses and cattle to zoo animals were held in quarantine after being brought into the United States to ensure that the animals were not infected with diseases that could be spread in the U S The federal station operated in Clifton until the late 1970s when the facility was relocated to Stewart International Airport 32 Although Clifton has long converted from farmlands to suburban neighborhoods given its close proximity to Manhattan the city still has three small working farms that sell fresh and organic vegetables in season Ploch s Farm is a family run 15 acre 6 1 ha farm since 1867 The farm is still in operation as Clifton s last remaining farm Ploch s Farm is open seasonally selling fruits and vegetables during the months of August and September 33 City Green Farm Eco Center is an organic farm and 501 c 3 non profit focused on promoting urban farming and education since 2011 The 5 acre 2 0 ha property which was the site of the Schultheis Farm was acquired by the city in 2005 for permanent preservation as open space 34 Richfield Farms is a family run 5 acre 2 0 ha farm and garden center since 1917 which had escaped redevelopment efforts in 2018 35 Geography EditAccording to the United States Census Bureau the city had a total area of 11 43 square miles 29 60 km2 including 11 27 square miles 29 19 km2 of land and 0 16 square miles 0 41 km2 of water 1 37 2 3 The Passaic River provides part of the boundary of Clifton at its northeastern edge Weasel Brook is a tributary of the Passaic which links from Plog Brook passing through its namesake Weasel Brook Park before turning south and joining the Passaic River close to Route 21 Unincorporated communities localities and place names located partially or completely within the city include 36 Albion Place mostly residential and adjacent to Garret Mountain Reservation in the northwestern corner of the city Allwood the other main business district in the city along its main highway State Route 3 Athenia one of the more centrally located neighborhoods in the city as well as home to one of the city s two train stations and adjacent to the 3rd Ward Park neighborhood in Passaic Botany Village the northernmost neighborhood in the city historically containing European ethnic groups but mostly populated by Hispanic Latino immigrants in recent years Delawanna home to one of the two train stations locally in the southeastern corner of the city and adjacent to Nutley the 3rd Ward Park neighborhood in Passaic Dutch Hill mostly residential and largely situated near downtown and one of the two local train stations Lakeview shares its name with the adjacent neighborhood in Paterson along the western edge of the city and mostly populated by Arabic and Hispanic Latino residents Main Mall largely considered the main downtown section of the city Montclair Heights one of the wealthiest neighborhoods locally adjacent to both Montclair State University as well as Upper Montclair in the southwestern corner of the city Richfield another of the more centrally located neighborhoods in the city along with Athenia Rosemawr largely residential and wealthier falling partially within Allwood and home to an Orthodox Jewish community associated with a neighboring one in the city of Passaic with which it shares the Passaic Clifton Eruv 37 Styertowne home to the main namesake shopping plaza in the city Yanticaw Pond adjacent to the neighboring municipalities of Bloomfield Nutley and MontclairClifton is located off both Route 3 and Route 46 and is situated 15 miles 24 km west of Midtown Manhattan which is accessible via the Lincoln Tunnel 22 The city is also served by the Garden State Parkway Route 19 and Route 21 all of those highways pass either around or through parts of the city The city borders the municipalities of Little Falls Passaic Paterson and Woodland Park in Passaic County Elmwood Park Garfield Lyndhurst and Rutherford in Bergen County and Bloomfield Montclair and Nutley in Essex County 38 39 40 Demographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 191011 869 192026 470123 0 193046 87577 1 194048 8274 2 195064 51132 1 196082 08427 2 197082 4370 4 198074 388 9 8 199071 742 3 6 200078 6729 7 201084 1366 9 202090 2967 3 2022 est 88 709 11 13 14 1 8 Population sources 1910 1920 41 1910 1930 42 1940 2000 43 2000 26 44 2010 24 25 2020 11 12 2010 census Edit The 2010 United States census counted 84 136 people 30 661 households and 21 125 families in the city The population density was 7 472 0 per square mile 2 885 0 km2 There were 31 946 housing units at an average density of 2 837 1 per square mile 1 095 4 km2 The racial makeup was 69 63 58 588 White 4 92 4 137 Black or African American 0 50 419 Native American 8 90 7 488 Asian 0 03 22 Pacific Islander 12 44 10 464 from other races and 3 59 3 018 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31 92 26 854 of the population 24 Of the 30 661 households 30 3 had children under the age of 18 50 3 were married couples living together 13 0 had a female householder with no husband present and 31 1 were non families Of all households 26 0 were made up of individuals and 11 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 74 and the average family size was 3 33 24 22 0 of the population were under the age of 18 8 8 from 18 to 24 28 3 from 25 to 44 27 0 from 45 to 64 and 13 9 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 38 4 years For every 100 females the population had 93 2 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 90 4 males 24 The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 62 271 with a margin of error of 3 208 and the median family income was 76 070 2 883 Males had a median income of 49 780 2 391 versus 40 149 2 057 for females The per capita income for the city was 29 812 1 255 About 7 2 of families and 9 3 of the population were below the poverty line including 15 5 of those under age 18 and 9 3 of those age 65 or over 45 Same sex couples headed 243 households in 2010 46 2000 census Edit As of the 2000 United States census 19 there were 78 672 people 30 244 households and 20 354 families residing in the city The population density was 6 965 2 inhabitants per square mile 2 689 3 km2 There were 31 060 housing units at an average density of 2 749 9 per square mile 1 061 7 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 66 22 White 2 89 African American 0 24 Native American 6 44 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 9 60 from other races and 4 57 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 19 84 of the population 26 44 There were 30 244 households out of which 28 9 had children under the age of 18 living with them 51 3 were married couples living together 11 5 had a female householder with no husband present and 32 7 were non families 27 9 of all households were made up of individuals and 13 7 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 59 and the average family size was 3 20 26 44 In the city the population was 21 6 under the age of 18 7 7 from 18 to 24 30 7 from 25 to 44 22 5 from 45 to 64 and 17 6 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 39 years For every 100 females there were 91 4 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88 1 males 26 44 The median income for a household in the city was 50 619 and the median income for a family was 60 688 Males had a median income of 40 143 versus 32 090 for females The per capita income for the city was 23 638 About 4 3 of families and 6 3 of the population were below the poverty line including 8 6 of those under age 18 and 5 2 of those age 65 or over 26 44 The most common ancestry groups in Clifton as of 2000 were Italian American 17 Polish American 13 Irish American 9 and German American 8 47 Many Turkish Albanian and Ukrainian immigrants also live in Clifton There are significant populations of Puerto Ricans Dominicans Arabs Filipinos Chinese and Indians as well Economy Edit nbsp Rutt s Hut in Clifton was opened in 1928 Clifton is a diverse suburb of New York City just over 10 miles to the West of the city It boasts numerous national and local shopping options and countless specialty grocers and retailers Notable local businesses in Clifton include The world headquarters of Comodo a leading cybersecurity company is in Clifton Rutt s Hut a hot dog restaurant is located at the east end of Delawana Avenue Established in 1928 it was described by Peter Applebome of The New York Times as being on the long shortlist of the state s esteemed hot dog palaces 48 Clifton Commons a shopping center located near Route 3 features numerous stores restaurants and a 16 screen AMC movie theater with a gross leasable area of 448 848 square feet 41 699 3 m2 49 Promenade Shops at Clifton is an upscale mall located on Route 3 West Many low rise office buildings containing professional tenants such as law and accounting firms and medical practices are found on the stretch of Clifton Avenue between City Hall at Van Houten and Allwood Road citation needed The now defunct Linens n Things a bedding and home furnishings retailer was headquartered in Clifton before its 2009 bankruptcy 50 Parks and recreation Edit nbsp The Vanderhoef Westervelt House in Weasel Brook ParkWeasel Brook Park a 19 acres 7 7 ha county park located along the Weasel Brook was designed by Olmsted Brothers landscaping firm It features the Vanderhoef Westervelt House listed on the National Register of Historic Places 51 Morris Canal Park and Jack W Kuepfer Sr Nature Preserve features a small water filled portion of the historic Morris Canal 52 Government EditLocal government Edit The city of Clifton is governed under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law The city is one of seven municipalities of the 564 statewide governed under this form 53 The governing body is the City Council which is comprised of seven council members with all positions elected at large on a non partisan basis to concurrent four terms of office as part of the November general election The mayor is chosen by the City Council with the position traditionally given to the top vote getter in the previous election 8 54 Clifton s municipal elections had been held in May as required for municipalities conducting non partisan elections Following the passage of a state law in 2010 allowing non partisan elections to be shifted to November Clifton voters were overwhelmingly in favor of the move in a non binding referendum held in November 2013 On December 13 2013 the Clifton City Council voted 6 0 with one abstention to make the move to November local elections binding which had the effect of extending the terms of all sitting council members by six months from June 30 to December 31 Officials cited increased voter participation and reduced costs as the justifications behind supporting the shift 55 As of 2023 Clifton s mayor is Raymond Grabowski whose term of office ends December 31 2026 He replaced James Anzaldi who had been one of the members of the City Council since 1978 and was first selected to be mayor in 1990 succeeding two term mayor Gloria Kolodziej Anzaldi was the first mayor in Clifton s history to be elected to six terms 56 The other current members of the City Council are William Bill Gibson Antonio Latona Joseph Kolodziej Lauren E Murphy Rosemary Pino and Mary Sadrakula all of whom are serving concurrent terms of office that end on December 31 2026 4 57 58 59 60 Grabowski s election and Council nomination as mayor ended up being considered the most contentious local political event since 1966 when the then top vote getter Bill Bate the only Democrat on the Council at that time ended up getting passed over in favor of Joseph Vanecek as this time around Grabowski would only get four of the seven possible votes on the Council as opposed to Anzaldi who won most if not all of those votes unanimously in each of his terms with the other three votes going to newcomer Antonio Latona Grabowski Kolodziej Murphy Sadrakula voting for Grabowski Gibson Latona Pino surprisingly voting for Latona all despite Gibson reportedly privately considering taking enough of those votes away from Grabowski to become mayor himself as of January 2023 even though Grabowski won at the polls in November 2022 by the final margin of roughly 9 400 8 200 61 Vacancies Edit If at any time a seat becomes vacant on the council it is filled by special election unless the vacancy occurs during a council election year In the interim the council is allowed to appoint an interim councilperson to fill the seat until the election can take place again except when the entire council is up for election common practice is to nominate the eighth place candidate from the previous election The city has done this four times since 1990 In 1992 Councilman George Bayeux died in office That fall Richard Stockinger was elected to take his place 62 Stockinger became the next council member to die in office succumbing to lung cancer in March 1996 The special election to fill his seat was won by Edward Welsh 63 In 2006 after the new council was elected Antonio Latona was disqualified from taking his newly elected office as it was determined he was involved in a conflict of interest due to his employment by the city fire department City policy dictates that the next highest vote getter in the prior election be appointed to fill the vacancy and thus the seat was filled by former Councilman Matthew Ward as the candidate with the eighth highest total 64 The special election to fill that vacancy was held in November 2007 with Ward retaining his seat 65 In February 2015 just after he was sworn into office for his second term Councilman Matt Grabowski died from cancer The council appointed Joseph Cupoli the highest vote getter among the previous losing candidates to fill the seat until the November election Raymond Grabowski the councilman s brother won the special election to serve out the remainder of the term 66 67 68 Federal state and county representation Edit Clifton is located in the 9th Congressional District 69 and is part of New Jersey s 27th state legislative district 70 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s 9th congressional district is represented by Bill Pascrell D Paterson 71 72 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 73 and Bob Menendez Englewood Cliffs term ends 2025 74 75 For the 2022 2023 session the 27th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Richard Codey D Roseland and in the General Assembly by Mila Jasey D South Orange and John F McKeon D West Orange 76 As of the state legislative elections in November 2023 Clifton will be part of the 27th Legislative District with both Clifton and Montclair leaving the 34th and joining Livingston Millburn Roseland and West Orange in Essex County in that Legislative District 77 that reapportionment decision represented compromise between state legislators in both parties the initial Democratic plan would have kept the existing 34th District entirely intact while the initial Republican plan would have added it to the 40th Legislative District placing it with some of the longtime Republican leaning municipalities in that district 78 Passaic County is governed by Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at large to staggered three year terms in office on a partisan basis with two or three seats being voted on each year as part of the November general election in three year cycles At a reorganization meeting held each January the board selects a Director and Deputy Director from among its members to serve for a one year term 79 As of 2023 Passaic County s Commissioners are Bruce James D Clifton 2023 80 Cassandra Sandi Lazzara D Little Falls 2024 81 Deputy Director John W Bartlett D Wayne term as commissioner ends 2024 term as deputy director ends 2023 82 Orlando Cruz D Paterson 2023 appointed to serve the remainder of an unexpired term 83 Terry Duffy D West Milford 2025 84 Nicolino Gallo R Totowa 2024 85 and Director Pasquale Pat Lepore D Woodland Park term as commissioner ends 2025 term as director ends 2023 86 79 87 88 89 90 91 Constitutional officers elected countywide are County Clerk Danielle Ireland Imhof D Hawthorne 2023 92 93 Sheriff Richard H Berdnik D Clifton 2025 94 95 and Surrogate Zoila S Cassanova D Wayne 2026 96 97 88 Politics Edit As of January 2021 there were a total of 53 555 registered voters in Clifton of which 22 940 42 8 vs 31 0 countywide were registered Democrats 9 562 18 vs 18 7 were registered Republicans and 20 150 37 5 vs 50 3 were registered Unaffiliated There were 19 voters registered to other parties 98 Among the city s 2020 Census population 52 9 vs 53 2 in Passaic County were registered to vote including 67 9 of those ages 18 and over vs 70 8 countywide 98 99 In the 2020 presidential election Democrat Joe Biden received 59 of the vote 23 930 cast ahead of the then President Republican Donald Trump with 39 7 of the vote 16 128 cast and all other candidates with 1 3 of the vote 565 cast among the 40 623 ballots cast by the city s 57 785 registered voters 70 3 almost all ballots statewide in the 2020 presidential election were cast via vote by mail however due to the ongoing pandemic 100 In the 2016 presidential election Democrat Hillary Clinton received 60 of the vote 20 425 votes cast ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 37 12 620 votes cast and all other candidates with their combined 3 973 votes 101 In the 2012 presidential election the then President Democrat Barack Obama received 62 6 of the vote 18 761 cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 36 3 10 885 votes and other candidates with 1 0 305 votes among the 30 261 ballots cast by the city s 47 933 registered voters 310 ballots were spoiled for turnout of 63 1 102 103 In the 2008 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 18 260 votes 56 5 vs 58 8 countywide ahead of Republican John McCain with 12 848 votes 39 8 vs 37 7 and other candidates with 334 votes 1 0 vs 0 8 among the 32 317 ballots cast by the city s 44 903 registered voters for turnout of 72 0 vs 70 4 in Passaic County 104 In the 2004 presidential election Democrat John Kerry received 15 597 votes 52 0 vs 53 9 countywide ahead of the then President Republican George W Bush with 13 120 votes 43 8 vs 42 7 and other candidates with 228 votes 0 8 vs 0 7 among the 29 971 ballots cast by the city s 41 220 registered voters for turnout of 72 7 vs 69 3 in the whole county 105 In the 2021 gubernatorial election the then Governor Democrat Phil Murphy received 10 240 votes cast 54 ahead of Republican Jack Ciattarelli with 8 485 votes cast 45 and all other candidates with 200 combined votes 1 among the 18 925 ballots cast by the city s 53 555 registered voters 35 3 106 despite Murphy winning by noticeably closer margins both locally and statewide compared to 2017 there were many more in person votes cast once again in contrast with 2020 107 In the 2017 gubernatorial election Democrat Phil Murphy received 9 465 votes cast 61 3 ahead of Republican Kim Guadagno with 5 655 votes cast 36 7 and all other candidates with 315 combined votes 2 among the 15 435 ballots cast by the city s 52 065 registered voters 30 108 In the 2013 gubernatorial election Republican Chris Christie received 56 0 of the vote 9 300 cast ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 42 8 7 100 votes and other candidates with 1 2 200 votes among the 16 600 ballots cast by the city s 49 230 registered voters 361 ballots were spoiled for turnout of 34 5 109 110 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 9 080 ballots cast 49 1 vs 50 8 countywide ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 8 220 votes 44 5 vs 43 2 Independent Chris Daggett with 787 votes 4 3 vs 3 8 and other candidates with 243 votes 1 3 vs 0 9 among the 18 330 ballots cast by the city s 43 800 registered voters yielding 42 2 turnout vs 42 7 in the county 111 In the 2005 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 9 925 votes cast 56 5 ahead of Republican Doug Forrester with 7 038 votes cast 40 and all other candidates with 625 votes cast 3 5 among the 17 588 ballots cast by the city s 39 878 registered voters 46 In the 2001 gubernatorial election Jim McGreevey the unsuccessful Democratic nominee in 1997 received 10 015 votes cast 55 5 ahead of Republican Bret Schundler with 7 850 votes cast 43 5 and all other candidates with 175 combined votes 1 5 among the 18 040 total votes cast locally in said election Education EditThe Clifton Public Schools serve students in pre kindergarten through twelfth grade 112 As of the 2020 21 school year the district comprised of 18 schools had an enrollment of 10 514 students and 870 5 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 12 1 1 113 Schools in the district with 2020 21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 114 are Clifton Early Learner Academy 115 377 students in grades Pre K School One 116 245 K 5 School Two 117 385 K 5 School Three 118 282 K 5 School Four 119 141 K 5 School Five 120 373 K 5 School Eight 121 169 Pre K 5 School Nine 122 285 K 5 School Eleven 123 415 K 5 School Twelve 124 616 Pre K 5 School Thirteen 125 447 K 5 School Fourteen 126 356 K 5 School Fifteen 127 310 Pre K 5 School Sixteen 128 195 K 5 School Seventeen 129 476 Pre K 5 Christopher Columbus Middle School 130 1 172 6 8 Woodrow Wilson Middle School 131 1 276 6 8 and Clifton High School 132 2 891 9 12 133 134 135 With more than 3 300 students enrolled in 2006 Clifton High School was the largest single facility high school in New Jersey Elizabeth High School had more students but they were spread over multiple campuses before the school was split into separate academies 136 An additional overflow site the Clifton High School Annex was constructed at a cost of 17 million and opened in September 2009 to accommodate 540 of the school year s 850 incoming ninth graders to alleviate overcrowding 137 Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton a charter school founded in 1998 138 for Clifton residents that provides an education based on the classics to students in sixth through eighth grades was recognized in 2008 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program 139 Private schools in Clifton include Saint Philip Preparatory School a K 8 elementary school that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson 140 St Andrew the Apostle School was closed after the 2017 2018 school year due to financial challenges and a decline in the number of students registering for the new school year 141 St Brendan Catholic School which opened in 1946 was closed after the 2018 2019 school year and merged with the Academy of St James in Totowa with the merged school to be called The Academy of St James and St Brendan 142 Emergency services EditThe Clifton Police Department is a full service department and employs 159 sworn officers 20 public safety telecommunicators 12 civilian officers and 25 part time special officers 143 The department is led by Chief Thomas Rinaldi who was named to the position in February 2020 and made full time June 1 2020 144 The Clifton Fire Department has 143 full time firefighters The department operates a fleet of five engines two ladders and three basic life support ambulances 24 7 along with three marine rescue boats a foam pumper and tender light rescue truck and haz mat unit which are cross staffed The department is led by Chief Frank S Prezioso 145 Hatzolah of Passaic Clifton EMS is a volunteer service that primarily covers the Passaic Park neighborhood of Passaic and parts of Clifton Hatzolah operates two ambulances strategically parked throughout the community with a third on standby available to assist neighboring chapters such as Union City and Elizabeth 146 Transportation EditRoads and highways Edit nbsp The Garden State Parkway southbound in CliftonAs of May 2010 update the city had a total of 199 94 miles 321 77 km of roadways of which 145 43 miles 234 05 km were maintained by the municipality 35 95 miles 57 86 km by Passaic County 14 06 miles 22 63 km by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 4 50 miles 7 24 km by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority 147 Major roadways in the city include Route 3 which crosses from east to west along the southern portion of the city Route 21 along the Passaic River Route 19 in the city s northwest and U S Route 46 The Garden State Parkway crosses the city connecting Bloomfield in Essex County to the south to Elmwood Park in Bergen County in the north 148 Parkway interchanges 153 signed for Route 3 and Route 46 West 153A for Route 3 East 153B for Route 3 and Route 46 West 154 for Route 46 155 for Clifton 155P for Passaic and 156 to Route 46 149 Public transportation Edit NJ Transit trains at the Clifton station 150 and Delawanna station 151 follow the NJ Transit Main Line to Suffern and Hoboken Terminal 152 Until 1966 the Newark Branch of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad served several stations in the town Athenia Colfax Avenue and Allwood 153 The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only operated by Norfolk Southern 154 NJ Transit provides bus service on the 190 191 192 and 195 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan to Newark on the 13 27 and 72 routes and local service on the 74 702 703 705 707 709 744 routes 155 156 DeCamp Bus Lines provided service on the 33 and 66 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan until discontinuing its commuter routes in April 2023 157 In popular culture EditThe character of Rupert Pupkin in Martin Scorsese s film The King of Comedy comes from Clifton The movie Donnie Brasco which starred Johnny Depp and Al Pacino was filmed partially in Clifton in 1996 158 Many scenes from The Sopranos were filmed in the town including the Main Memorial Park and Clifton High School The golf scenes were filmed at the Upper Montclair Country Club citation needed New York Yankee Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto owned a bowling alley in Clifton called Rizzuto Berra Bowling Lanes 159 The alley later known as Astro Bowl was located in the Styertowne Shopping Center in the Allwood section of town and remained open until 1999 The Upper Montclair Country Club was home to the NFL Golf Classic and the Thunderbird Classic The Sybase Classic golf tournament was held there annually until 2009 160 Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner played his last two seasons 1896 1897 of minor league baseball for the Paterson Silk Sox 161 While the team was named Paterson the team played their games at Doherty Field located off of Main Avenue behind the Doherty Silk Mill Clifton has an old sewerage system accessible to intrepid urban explorers and evidently not actively maintained by any municipal authority or utility known to some as the Gates Of Hell The walls are full of graffiti The Clifton Gates of Hell are featured in the 2003 book Weird N J Your Travel Guide to New Jersey s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets published by Weird New Jersey 162 Notable people EditSee also Category People from Clifton New Jersey People who were born in residents of or otherwise closely associated with Clifton include Jay Alford born 1983 defensive lineman and long snapper for the Super Bowl XLII champion New York Giants 163 Nina Arianda born 1984 film and theatrical actress 164 Greg Bajek born 1968 retired soccer player coach and team owner who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League and owned a franchise in the USL Premier Development League 165 William J Bate 1934 2011 politician who served as a state senator assemblyman and judge 166 Sofia Black D Elia born 1991 actress played Tea Marvelli in Skins Sage Spence in Gossip Girl and Andrea Cornish in The Night Of 167 Jonathan Borrajo born 1987 soccer wingback defensive midfielder who played for the New York Red Bulls and the Norwegian team Mjondalen IF 168 Todd Brewster author journalist former Senior Editorial Producer for ABC News 169 Russ Carroccio 1931 1994 football offensive lineman who played in the NFL for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles 170 Rubin Carter 1937 2014 professional boxer author motivational speaker and activist the subject of the Bob Dylan song Hurricane 171 David Chase born 1945 creator of The Sopranos 172 Bartolo Colon born 1973 pitcher for the New York Mets 173 Dow H Drukker 1872 1963 represented New Jersey s 6th congressional district 1914 1919 174 Lew Erber 1934 1990 American football coach who was Offensive Coordinator for the New England Patriots and won two Super Bowls with the Oakland Raiders 175 Vera Farmiga born 1973 actress and director 176 John Feikens 1917 2011 United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan 177 Hector Fonseca born 1980 DJ and music producer 178 Dan Garrett head football coach for Kean University Cougars football team 179 Gary Geld born 1935 composer known for his work creating musicals and popular songs with his lyricist partner Peter Udell 180 Richard Godwin 1922 2005 the first Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics 181 Bob Holly born 1960 former quarterback in the NFL for the Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons 182 Tommy James born 1947 musician singer songwriter and record producer best known as leader of the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 183 Father Mychal F Judge 1933 2001 FDNY Chaplain first official death of the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center 184 Karin Korb retired wheelchair tennis player who twice competed at the Summer Paralympics 185 Stephen Kovacs 1972 2022 saber fencer and fencing coach charged with sexual assault died in prison Wojtek Krakowiak born 1976 retired Polish American soccer midfielder who was the head coach of the Montana State University Billings women s soccer team after playing professionally in Major League Soccer 186 Garret Kramer author and performance coach 187 Stan Lembryk born 1969 retired professional soccer player 188 Sue Macy born 1954 author whose 2019 book The Book Rescuer won the Sydney Taylor Book Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries 189 Ernest Mario born 1938 pharmaceutical executive 190 Ronald F Maxwell born 1949 movie director 191 Kayla Meneghin born 1994 ice hockey forward for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women s Hockey League 192 Matt Miazga born 1995 defender for Chelsea F C in Premier League 193 Adam Najem born 1995 professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Edmonton and the Afghanistan national team 194 David Najem born 1992 soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the New York Red Bulls II in the USL 195 Chris Opperman born 1978 modern composer performed on Steve Vai s Grammy nominated composition Lotus Feet grew up in Clifton and attended CHS 196 Jazlyn Oviedo born 2002 footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Dominican Republic women s national team 197 Morris Pashman 1912 1999 New Jersey Supreme Court Justice 198 Angelo Paternoster 1919 2012 offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins went on to practice dentistry in Clifton 199 Nikki Phillips born 1987 American born Polish soccer defender and midfielder who has played with FC Kansas City in the National Women s Soccer League and for the Poland national team 200 Michael J Pollard 1939 2019 character actor and comedian widely known for his role as C W Moss in the film Bonnie and Clyde 1967 for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination 201 Anthony Provenzano 1917 1988 International Brotherhood of Teamsters official and mobster who was allegedly associated with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa 202 Pamela Radcliff born 1956 historian and professor at the University of California at San Diego an authority on the history of modern Spain 203 Norman M Robertson born 1951 politician who served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders and later in the New Jersey State Senate 1997 2001 204 Giuseppe Rossi born 1987 Italian American soccer player 205 Miriam Sandler singer and dancer prolific backup singer during the 1990s for Latin pop artists such as Jon Secada and Gloria Estefan 206 Jon Seda born 1970 actor best known for his roles in NBC s Homicide Life on the Street and the movie Selena 207 James P Shenton 1925 2003 historian of nineteenth and twentieth century America and professor at Columbia University 208 Steve Smith born 1985 wide receiver for the New York Football Giants 209 Jimmy Snuka 1943 2017 professional wrestler 210 William Staub 1915 2012 inventor of the home treadmill 211 Gloria Struck born 1925 Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee 212 Walt Szot 1920 1981 football tackle who played five seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers 213 Dave Szott born 1967 former NFL offensive lineman who played for the New York Jets 214 215 Patricia Travers 1927 2010 classical violinist 216 217 Paul L Troast 1894 1972 building contractor chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority during its construction and one time failed gubernatorial candidate in 1953 218 Joe Lynn Turner born 1951 singer 219 Lawrence Tynes born 1978 former NFL kicker who played for the New York Giants 220 Dave White born 1979 Derringer Award winning mystery author and educator 221 Ivan Wilzig born 1956 techno musician 222 Gerald H Zecker born 1942 member of the New Jersey General Assembly mayor of Clifton 1978 1982 223 Rachel Zegler born 2001 actress starring in Stephen Spielberg s film adaptation of West Side Story 224 References Edit nbsp New Jersey portal Kuperinsky Amy The Jewel of the Meadowlands N J s best worst and weirdest town slogans Archived November 20 2017 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com January 22 2015 Accessed July 12 2016 Clifton in Passaic County is The City That Cares The first version of the slogan was A City That Cares says Mayor Jim Anzaldi but why not go for gold a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places Archived March 21 2021 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 Archived August 24 2019 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 a b City Council Archived December 24 2019 at the Wayback Machine City of Clifton Accessed April 10 2022 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory Archived March 11 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Community Affairs updated February 8 2023 Accessed February 10 2023 City Manager Archived December 20 2019 at the Wayback Machine City of Clifton Accessed April 10 2022 City Clerk Archived December 25 2019 at the Wayback Machine City of Clifton Accessed April 10 2022 a b 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book Rutgers University Edward J Bloustein School of 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Woodbridge all of which have larger populations are excluded from these rankings a b Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey April 1 2020 to July 1 2022 Archived May 21 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau released May 2023 Accessed May 18 2023 a b Population Density by County and Municipality New Jersey 2020 and 2021 Archived March 7 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed March 1 2023 Look Up a ZIP Code for Clifton NJ Archived September 24 2021 at the Wayback Machine United States Postal Service Accessed December 18 2011 Zip Codes Archived June 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine State of New Jersey Accessed October 8 2013 Area Code Lookup NPA NXX for Clifton NJ Archived February 22 2014 at the Wayback Machine Area Codes com Accessed October 8 2013 a b U S Census website Archived July 9 2021 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Archived November 19 2018 at the Wayback Machine Missouri Census Data Center Accessed April 1 2022 US Board on Geographic Names Archived February 4 2012 at the Wayback Machine United States Geological Survey Accessed September 4 2014 a b Levin Jay Living in Clifton N J Where a Lot of Little Worlds Commingle Archived June 20 2022 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 14 2018 Accessed May 24 2023 There are multiple ways to commute to their jobs in Manhattan some 15 miles away Buses provide Clifton transit commuters the most direct way to Manhattan From Route 3 it is a straight shot to the Lincoln Tunnel Table1 New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships 2020 and 2010 Censuses Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed December 1 2022 a b c d e DP 1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 for Clifton city Passaic County New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed December 18 2011 a b Table DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2010 for Clifton city Archived May 6 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Accessed December 18 2011 a b c d e f Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic Social Economic Housing Characteristics for Clifton city Archived May 29 2012 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau Accessed December 18 2011 Table 7 Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey 1990 2000 and 2010 Archived June 2 2022 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development February 2011 Accessed May 1 2023 Snyder John P The Story of New Jersey s Civil Boundaries 1606 1968 Archived March 14 2022 at the Wayback Machine Bureau of Geology and Topography Trenton New Jersey 1969 p 209 Accessed March 16 2012 Zip Codes Archived June 17 2019 at the Wayback Machine State of New Jersey Accessed November 18 2016 Overmyer Steve June 22 2023 Clifton New Jersey in the top 15 on list of the most livable cities in the nation CBS New York Archived from the original on August 12 2023 Retrieved August 12 2023 a b Gicas Tony Clifton celebrates 100 years of history change Archived October 17 2020 at the Wayback Machine The Record April 26 2017 Accessed December 27 2022 City historical documents show that a community has lived on land comprising present day Clifton since 1679 when an Indian sachem named Captahem gifted Hans Frederick a deed for 11 000 acres on the shores of the Passaic River Inspired by the Native American word Haquequenunk the area was known as Acquackanonk Township from 1693 until 1917 During its early days portions of what is now Paterson Woodland Park Little Falls and the entirety of Passaic fell within Acquackanonk borders Prial Frank J U S Animal Center to Move From Clifton Archived September 24 2021 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times August 9 1975 Accessed September 16 2019 The United States Department of Agriculture s quarantine station for imported animals in Clifton N J since 1903 will be relocated at Stewart Airport near Newburgh The center scheduled to be completed in 1978 will occupy a 74 acre site and will be equipped to handle 1 800 head of cattle 800 horses 300 lions and tigers and other zoo animals and 4 000 chickens and other poultry Fagan Matt What s going there In Clifton former Ploch s Garden Center is becoming a storage center Archived March 24 2023 at the Wayback Machine The Record November 22 2020 Accessed May 24 2023 The former Ploch s Garden Center which for decades sold items such as garden soil and fresh eggs is growing girder by girder into a multistory storage facility The plan to replace the garden center with a 5 496 square foot mini mart and eight pump gas station was denied because city zoning doesn t allow more than one use on any property In the summer of 2018 the city s zoning board approved the new plan for the self storage facility The Farm Eco Center Clifton NJ Archived May 24 2023 at the Wayback Machine City Green Accessed May 4 2023 The City Green Farm Eco Center is a five acre site located on Grove Street in Clifton New Jersey In 2005 with the additional support of Passaic County Open Space funding and New Jersey Green Acres funding the city of Clifton permanently preserved this land formerly known as Schultheis Farm to remain as green open space forever City Green leased the property in 2011 and has since transformed it into a hub of agricultural and environmental education and recreation Fagan Matt Clifton s Richfield Farms developer withdraws plan Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine The Record June 11 2018 Accessed May 24 2023 Fans and neighbors of Richfield Farms can breathe a sigh of relief as the beloved 100 plus year old farm stand and garden center appears to be keeping its farm intact at least for now Richfield Mews the developer that applied to subdivide roughly half the 4 75 acre Richfield Farms site for town homes has pulled the application before the city zoning board The family s local history began in 1917 when Leenhardt Van Breeman emigrated from Holland He opened a farm stand and sold produce and for decades family members grew lettuce corn and tomatoes to sell in Newark and New York s Hunts Point Market Locality Search Archived July 9 2016 at the Wayback Machine State of New Jersey Accessed May 21 2015 Allora Michael Understanding the Relationship Between the Clifton Fire Archived October 23 2020 at the Wayback Machine Homeland Security Digital Library Accessed June 1 2023 There is a large Orthodox Jewish community that borders the Cities of Clifton and Passaic NJ The Orthodox Jewish community in Clifton is concentrated in the Rosemawr Section The Orthodox Jewish community is concentrated within an area surrounded by the Passaic Clifton Eruv See Appendix A Areas touching Clifton Archived March 26 2020 at the Wayback Machine MapIt Accessed March 26 2020 Passaic County Map Archived March 2 2020 at the Wayback Machine Coalition for a Healthy NJ Accessed March 26 2020 New Jersey Municipal Boundaries Archived December 4 2003 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed November 15 2019 Compendium of censuses 1726 1905 together with the tabulated returns of 1905 Archived February 26 2021 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State 1906 Accessed October 8 2013 Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930 Population Volume I Archived July 14 2023 at the Wayback Machine United States Census Bureau p 718 Accessed December 18 2011 Table 6 New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality 1940 2000 Archived October 5 2022 at the Wayback Machine Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network August 2001 Accessed May 1 2023 a b c d e DP 1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics 2000 Census 2000 Summary File 1 SF 1 100 Percent Data for Clifton city New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed July 13 2012 DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates for Clifton city Passaic County New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed March 16 2012 Lipman Harvy and Sheingold Dave North Jersey sees 30 growth in same sex couples The Record August 14 2011 backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 3 2013 Accessed August 21 2014 Clifton NJ Ancestry amp Family History Archived February 21 2014 at the Wayback Machine EPodunk Accessed April 21 2007 Applebome Peter Does Mutt s Infringe on Rutt s Hot Dog Status Is at Stake Archived April 19 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 30 2011 Accessed June 14 2012 Rutt s Hut as most New Jersey gourmands know is on the long shortlist of the state s esteemed hot dog palaces It dates from 1928 Clifton Commons Archived February 22 2014 at the Wayback Machine Malls and Outlets Accessed October 8 2013 Tangel Andrew Old Linens n Things HQ sold Paramus group pays 6M in cash Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Record August 21 2010 Accessed June 14 2012 A real estate investment fund that has been snapping up distressed commercial properties at steep discounts has made another purchase the former Clifton headquarters of bankrupt housewares company Linens n Things Weasel Brook Park See Passaic County New Jersey Archived from the original on April 5 2023 Retrieved June 7 2023 Morris Canal in Passaic County PDF Morris Canal Greenway Archived PDF from the original on June 7 2023 Retrieved June 7 2023 Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Archived June 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine Rutgers University Center for Government Studies July 1 2011 Accessed June 1 2023 Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey Archived June 4 2023 at the Wayback Machine p 9 Rutgers University Center for Government Studies Accessed June 1 2023 Gicas Tony Clifton elections officially changed to November Clifton Journal December 13 2013 Accessed February 10 2014 After months of passionate debate and an overwhelming vote of confidence from City voters on a non binding referendum last month the municipal council officially moved its election date from May to November After months of passionate debate and an overwhelming vote of confidence from City voters on a non binding referendum last month the municipal council officially moved its election date from May to November Greenberg Adam Anzaldi wins historic sixth term as mayor in Clifton Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Record May 11 2010 Accessed January 13 2013 James Anzaldi the city s longest serving mayor finished strong in Tuesday s election taking both a ninth City Council term and an unprecedented sixth term as mayor as the election s top vote getter 2022 Municipal Data Sheet Archived November 21 2022 at the Wayback Machine City of Clifton Accessed November 20 2022 Passaic County 2021 Directory Archived March 9 2022 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey April 2021 Accessed April 10 2022 November 6 2018 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results Archived December 21 2019 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey updated November 12 2015 Accessed September 15 2019 Clifton City Council sticks with tradition in naming its first new mayor in 32 years North Jersey Media Group Archived from the original on January 4 2023 Retrieved January 5 2023 Surprising Twist to Clifton s Mayoral Selection as Some Leave Tradition Behind The Clifton Times thecliftontimes com January 3 2023 Archived from the original on January 5 2023 Retrieved January 5 2023 Tedeschi Bruno Richard Stockinger Longtime Clifton Gop Stalwart The Record March 25 1996 Accessed August 21 2014 Mr Stockinger won his City Council seat in a special election in November 1992 after the death of Councilman George Bayeaux McGrath Mary Municipal Elections At A Glance The Record November 6 1996 Accessed August 21 2014 Democrat Edward Welsh vice chairman of the Planning Board won a landslide victory Tuesday in the race for the City Council seat left vacant after the death of Richard Stockinger in March Kindergan Ashley Clifton Council fills vacant seat The Record November 14 2006 Accessed August 21 2014 The City Council tapped Matthew Ward the runner up in May s municipal elections to fill a vacant seat on Monday night Keller Karen Clifton Election 2007 Municipal Results The Record November 7 2007 Accessed August 21 2014 Incumbent Matthew Ward won a special election Tuesday to complete an unexpired term on the City Council beating three challengers Gicas Tony Joe Cupoli appointed to Clifton Council Archived July 7 2015 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal March 27 2015 Accessed August 13 2015 The City s municipal government unanimously voted to return a former Council member to the dais and fill the empty seat left after last month s death of Councilman Matt Grabowski On Saturday during a public budget meeting officials voted 6 0 to appoint former Councilman Joe Cupoli who finished eighth in last November s general election to the Council In the event of a Clifton Council member s death the empty seat is traditionally filled by the eighth place finisher of the previous election November 3 2015 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results Archived 2016 07 21 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey updated November 12 2015 Accessed July 28 2016 Green Jeff New Clifton council member carries on for his late brother Archived April 16 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Record November 13 2015 Accessed March 29 2016 Newly elected Ray Grabowski was sworn into office after a decisive victory in last week s municipal election carrying on in that seat in the wake of his brother Matt s death early this year Grabowski takes over for Joe Cupoli who was appointed to the seat in March following the former councilman s death Plan Components Report Archived February 19 2020 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 Municipalities Sorted by 2023 2031 Legislative District Archived September 30 2023 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Accessed September 1 2023 Directory of Representatives New Jersey United States House of Representatives Accessed January 3 2019 Biography Congressman Bill Pascrell Accessed January 3 2019 A native son of Paterson N J Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr has built a life of public service upon the principles he learned while growing up on the south side of the Silk City 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 27 New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 11 2022 District Map Archived from the original on October 1 2023 Retrieved March 28 2023 Wildstein David February 7 2022 Here are the two first submissions for legislative redistricting New Jersey Globe Archived from the original on April 3 2023 Retrieved April 3 2023 a b Board of County Commissioners Archived October 19 2022 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 Passaic County is governed by a seven member Board of County Commissioners Each County Commissioner is elected at large for a three year term The board is headed by a director who is selected for a one year term at the board s annual reorganization meeting at the first meeting of the year in January Bruce James Archived October 20 2022 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Accessed April 29 2022 2021 General Election November 2 2021 Official Results Archived December 7 2021 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey updated November 18 2021 Accessed January 1 2022 November 3 2020 Summary Report Official Results Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey updated November 20 2020 Accessed January 1 2021 2019 General Election November 5 2019 Summary Report Passaic County Official Results Archived October 31 2020 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey updated November 18 2019 Accessed January 1 2020 County Clerk Archived September 27 2022 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 Clerks Archived November 19 2022 at the Wayback Machine Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 Sheriff Richard H Berdnik Archived February 13 2023 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County Sheriff s Office Accessed June 21 2022 Sheriffs Archived September 17 2021 at the Wayback Machine Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 Our Surrogate Archived October 15 2022 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 Surrogates Archived September 17 2021 at the Wayback Machine Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey Accessed June 21 2022 a b Voter Registration Summary Passaic Archived August 11 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections March 23 2011 Accessed January 16 2013 GCT P7 Selected Age Groups 2010 State County Subdivision 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Archived February 12 2020 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed January 16 2013 Passaic County presidential election results 2020 Archived from the original on March 15 2023 Retrieved March 15 2023 2016 Presidential Election Results Passaic County NJ PDF Archived PDF from the original on February 27 2023 Retrieved February 27 2023 Presidential General Election Results November 6 2012 Passaic 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 Passaic County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections March 15 2013 Archived PDF from the original on December 26 2014 Retrieved December 24 2014 2008 Presidential General Election Results Passaic County Archived August 11 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 23 2008 Accessed January 16 2013 2004 Presidential Election Passaic County Archived August 11 2013 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 13 2004 Accessed January 16 2013 Passaic County gubernatorial results 2021 PDF Archived PDF from the original on March 15 2023 Retrieved March 15 2023 Majority of voters plan on voting in person on Election Day Archived from the original on March 15 2023 Retrieved March 15 2023 2017 Gubernatorial Election Results Passaic County NJ PDF Archived PDF from the original on February 27 2023 Retrieved February 27 2023 Governor Passaic County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 29 2014 Archived PDF from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved December 24 2014 Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 5 2013 General Election Results Passaic County PDF New Jersey Department of Elections January 29 2014 Archived PDF from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved December 24 2014 2009 Governor Passaic County Archived August 22 2012 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections December 31 2009 Accessed January 16 2013 Clifton Board of Education District Policy 0110 Identification Archived April 4 2023 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 Purpose The Clifton 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 Clifton Public Schools Composition The Clifton Public Schools is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Clifton District information for Clifton Public School District Archived January 14 2020 at the Wayback Machine National Center for Education Statistics Accessed February 15 2022 School Data for the Clifton Public Schools Archived April 2 2019 at the Wayback Machine National Center for Education Statistics Accessed February 15 2022 Clifton Early Learner Academy Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School One Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Two Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Three Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Four Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Five Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Eight Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Nine Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Eleven Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Twelve Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Thirteen Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Fourteen Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Fifteen Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Sixteen Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 School Seventeen Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 Christopher Columbus Middle School Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 Woodrow Wilson Middle School Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 Clifton High School Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Public Schools Accessed October 6 2022 Passaic County 2021 22 Public School Directory Archived October 7 2022 at the Wayback Machine Passaic County New Jersey Accessed October 6 2022 School Performance Reports for the Clifton School District New Jersey Department of Education Accessed October 6 2022 New Jersey School Directory for the Clifton Public Schools Archived December 30 2016 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Education Accessed December 29 2016 Alex Patricia Clifton High s mosh pit Thousands of teens converge in hallway gridlock The Record December 6 2006 Accessed March 29 2016 Clifton High School circa 1962 is the largest single high school in the state Only Elizabeth High School has more students but they are spread out over five campuses Gicas Tony Clifton High annex nearly ready The Record July 14 2009 Accessed August 21 2014 The Clifton High School annex building a lightning rod for controversy since its approval in 2004 is complete and almost ready to be occupied The 17 million school at 290 Brighton Road in the renovated former Mayer Textile building will hold about 540 of the total 850 freshmen expected to be enrolled for classes in September About Classical Academy Charter School Archived from the original on October 29 2020 Retrieved October 26 2020 Staff Classical Academy makes mathematics count Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal March 18 2011 Accessed July 13 2012 Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton a 2008 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence participated for the first time in the Mathcounts regional school competition Passaic County Schools Archived August 5 2015 at the Wayback Machine Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson Catholic Schools Office Accessed February 3 2020 Fagan Matt Clifton s St Andrew School s closing is a betrayal parents say Archived August 15 2020 at the Wayback Machine The Record May 2 2018 Accessed February 3 2020 Clifton St Andrew school parents are angry Back in March they say the Diocese of Paterson told them they had a year to get the school s enrollment up Then on Monday they were told via text message and email that the school would close its doors in June for good On Monday afternoon the bad news officially came in the form of a text and an email It said in part After careful review of the financials of the church and school as well as the low number of registrations we cannot sustain the school Fagan Matt St Brendan Catholic School in Clifton to close merge with St James in Totowa Archived September 13 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Record June 5 2019 Accessed February 3 2020 Clifton St Brendan Catholic School in Clifton which first opened its doors in 1946 will close them for good at the end of the academic year The Paterson Diocese announced the school closing in a merger with the Academy of St James in Totowa beginning in the fall The closing school s students 182 this year will have the opportunity to join the 192 who attend St James which will be renamed The Academy of St James and St Brendan said Mary Baier superintendent of the diocese schools Home Page Archived February 4 2017 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Police Department Accessed March 14 2017 Trial by fire Clifton s new police chief takes over amid pandemic nationwide protests Archived from the original on April 8 2023 Retrieved September 12 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Fire Department Archived April 8 2023 at the Wayback Machine City of Clifton Accessed April 8 2023 About Archived January 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine Hatzolah of Passaic Clifton EMS Accessed December 3 2015 Passaic County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction Archived August 25 2014 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation May 2010 Accessed July 24 2014 Garden State Parkway Straight Line Diagram Archived July 18 2014 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Department of Transportation January 1997 Accessed August 21 2014 Travel Resources Interchanges Service Areas amp Commuter Lots Archived December 13 2007 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Turnpike Authority Accessed August 21 2014 Clifton station Archived October 11 2014 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed August 21 2014 Delawanna station Archived December 6 2014 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed August 21 2014 Main Bergen Port Jervis Line Archived February 20 2014 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed August 21 2014 Newark Branch Timetable Archived February 21 2014 at the Wayback Machine Erie Lackawanna Railroad October 11 1962 via KearneyAlumni com Accessed October 8 2013 Master Plan for the Township of Nutley Essex County NJ Archived December 22 2019 at the Wayback Machine Township of Nutley December 19 2012 Accessed August 26 2018 Freight rail service is provided along the former Erie Lackawanna Newark Branch passenger line The line is currently owned by and operated by the Norfolk Southern Corporation Passaic County Bus Rail Connections Archived from the original on July 26 2010 Retrieved July 26 2010 NJ Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26 2010 Accessed July 13 2012 Passaic County System Map Archived June 19 2015 at the Wayback Machine NJ Transit Accessed August 13 2015 Katzban Nicholas Public officials scramble to fill gaps in bus service left by DeCamp s impending departure Archived March 27 2023 at the Wayback Machine The Record March 22 2023 Accessed April 8 2023 Elected officials are scurrying following the announcement from DeCamp Bus Lines that the company will permanently halt its longtime commuter service into New York City on April 7 ending a faltering but still advantageous alternative for riders in remote neighborhoods underserved by NJ Transit Meanwhile many more commuters in Clifton Verona the Caldwells Roseland Kearny West Orange Rutherford Lyndhurst Roseland North Arlington and Harrison all of which are served by one state run train stop or none at all could find themselves in newly abandoned transit deserts with long schleps to bus rail or PATH stations Beckerman Jim All The World s A Set Movie Mania Hits N J The Record May 18 1996 Accessed December 10 2008 Pezzano Chuck Rizzuto enjoyed a big role in bowling Sport attractive to baseball figures The Record August 20 2007 Rizzuto Berra Bowling Lanes in Clifton originally owned by Rizzuto and fellow icon Yogi Berra was a favorite bowling spot for more than 40 years before giving way to a bank of shopping center stores Gicas Tony Sybase golf classic is back on it just won t be in Clifton Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal January 28 2010 Accessed December 18 2011 The Sybase Classic the premier women s professional golf tournament in the metropolitan area will return in time for the LPGA s 2010 season after it was pulled from the schedule in November but not to Clifton where it was held the past three years On Tuesday Octagon and Sybase Inc announced the Sybase Match Play Championship will be held at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone from May 20 to 23 Model Eric Paterson enjoys a rich baseball history Archived January 29 2013 at archive today NewJerseyNewsroom com May 25 2011 Accessed June 14 2012 In fact baseball great Honus Wagner is said to have started his pro baseball career in Paterson before reaching big leagues Proof can be found in a place no less significant than the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown where a Honus Wagner Paterson uniform is on display Spadora Brian Reporting from the Gates of Hell ghostly claim to fame called bunk Archived June 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Record October 23 2017 Accessed May 24 2023 It is not clear how old the tunnels are or how long they have been a destination for daring or bored teens said Rowan But he said mischievous activity picked up around the Gates of Hell after a recent book recounted some of the lore surrounding the site The book Weird N J Your Travel Guide to New Jersey s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets was published in 2003 by the creators of a magazine of the same name Bank Irving A Orange embraces Alford its NY Giant Archived June 5 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger February 10 2008 Accessed February 4 2011 Hope now takes the form of turkey sandwiches and strawberry frosted doughnuts and whenever Alford makes the quick drive down the Parkway from his home in Clifton for some of his grandmother s home cooking Blank Matthew Playbill com s Cue amp A Born Yesterday Tony Nominee Nina Arianda Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine Playbill June 7 2011 Accessed November 14 2012 Name Nina Arianda Where you were born where you were raised Born in Manhattan Raised in Clifton NJ and Heidelberg Germany Icon FC Will Host Stal Mielec of Poland This Saturday In Clifton NJ Archived September 18 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Post Eagle June 13 2016 Accessed September 17 2018 Bajek is a Clifton High School graduate who earned all state honors for the Mustangs and was a three time All American at Kean University before launching a long professional career in Poland and the U S Clifton will always be home I was raised here learned to play soccer here and now very proud to return with a professional team and the opportunity to showcase world class soccer matches at Clifton High School Stadium Cowen Richard Judge William Bate dies Archived January 12 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Record January 30 2011 Accessed September 16 2015 Mr Bate a lifelong Clifton resident who previously served in the state Legislature and on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders was in the midst of his fifth term as surrogate Cotter Kelly Jane Jersey Girl has starring role in Project Almanac Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine Asbury Park Press January 27 2015 Accessed September 17 2018 Clifton s Sofia Black D Elia stars in sci fi thriller Project Almanac A graduate of Clifton High School D Elia might be recognizable to soap opera fans through her breakthrough role as Bailey Wells on All My Children Americans Playing Abroad Archived October 30 2013 at the Wayback Machine Soccer Times as of September 15 2013 Accessed November 1 2013 Jonathan Borrajo defender midfielder Mjondalen IF Clifton N J Jablow Paul Course on Press and the Presidency Perfectly Timed Temple University February 22 2017 backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 5 2017 Accessed January 5 2023 A native of Clifton N J Brewster grew up in Indiana and graduated from Indiana University Russ Carroccio Stats Archived March 15 2018 at the Wayback Machine Pro Football Reference com Accessed March 14 2018 Raab Selwyn Hurricane Carter Fearsome Boxer Wrongly Convicted of Murder Dies at 76 Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times April 20 2014 Accessed April 20 2014 Rubin Carter was born on May 6 1937 in Clifton N J and grew up nearby in Passaic and Paterson DeCaro Frank No Longer the Punch Line State Lauryn Hill the Sopranos and others are unapologetic New Jerseyans Archived July 29 2018 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times April 4 1999 Accessed March 16 2012 Growing up in Clifton and North Caldwell Mr Chase said New Jersey seemed very exciting and very mysterious not dull and predictable as many New Yorkers like to believe Barry Dan Defying Time and Space At 42 and 100 pounds heavier than when he began pitching in the major leagues 213 wins ago Bartolo Colon continues to confound Archived April 7 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times July 9 2015 Accessed July 9 2015 With game time just minutes away Colon throws his last warm up pitch He is an American now a naturalized citizen who lives with his wife Rosanna and their four sons in a brick house in Clifton N J Dow Henry Drukker Archived April 5 2012 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Accessed July 16 2007 Lew Erber coach player dies at 55 Archived February 15 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Record February 8 1990 Accessed February 9 2021 via Newspapers com Clifton native and Montclair State graduate Lew Erber who served as offensive backfield coach for the Super Bowl XI and Super Bowl XV champion Oakland Raiders died Tuesday in El Cajon Calif after a long illness New on DVD this week Archived August 18 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Record January 13 2012 Accessed March 30 2012 Clifton native and former Irvington resident Vera Farmiga makes an astonishingly assured directorial debut with this engrossing study of Corinne first played by Vera s sister Taissa Farmiga and then by Vera a woman who turns to Christianity after she and her family nearly die in a car accident Detroit U S District Judge John Feikens dies at 93 The News Herald May 21 2011 updated November 3 2016 Accessed August 22 2020 U S District Judge John Feikens who championed the cause of clean water Downriver died last Sunday He was 93 A native of Clifton N J Feikens graduated from Calvin College with a bachelor s degree Kearnan Scott DJ Profiles Hector Fonseca Archived July 2 2014 at the Wayback Machine Noizemag Accessed March 16 2012 Well before he became one of the hottest musically and physically members of the global club scene Fonseca grew up just eight miles west of New York City He could see the Empire State Building from his window while growing up Clifton N J may be just across the Hudson River but it s a world away from the Big City Woolis Chris Clifton s Garrett leads Kean football to Division III postseason Archived July 13 2015 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal November 25 2011 Accessed July 9 2015 Kean University head coach Dan Garrett is a 1992 graduate of Clifton High School I felt much more comfortable at linebacker than on the line said Garrett who grew up in Clifton s Athenia Section and attended School 13 Greatorex Susan Clifton s Geld makes beautiful music on Broadway Archived October 9 2022 at the Wayback Machine Herald News May 29 1975 Accessed October 8 2022 via Newspapers com Broadway owes Clifton High School a note of thanks On second thought make that two notes and musical ones please Geld left Clifton High School to study business administration at college Lehmann Haupt Christopher Richard Godwin Leader in Bid to Alter Military Buying Dies at 82 Archived September 5 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 12 2005 Accessed September 6 2017 Richard Philip Godwin was born on March 21 1922 in Clifton N J to Paul and Leila Godwin and was reared in New Britain Conn Bob Holly Stats Archived May 26 2019 at the Wayback Machine Pro Football Reference com Accessed March 14 2018 Lustig Jay Tommy James tells all The glorious highs and little known dark side of a hit filled career Archived October 14 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Star Ledger September 5 2010 Accessed October 2 2016 James was born in Dayton Ohio and grew up in South Bend Ind Monroe Wis and Niles Mich He moved to New York in 66 and New Jersey in 1973 He has been in Cedar Grove for about 10 years having previously lived in Clifton Johnson Mark September 16 2001 Goodby and thank you Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Wisconsin p 01A Washburn Lindy Invincible Karin battles the odds Archived July 13 2020 at the Wayback Machine The Record November 4 1984 Accessed July 12 2020 This year s Clifton High School homecoming queen a 17 year old senior named Karin Korb seems to have everything going for her everything that is except use of her legs Miss Korb lives with her parents Hedwig and Robert and her older sister Simone on Caroline Drive Hague Jim Wojtek Krakowiak 2009 10 Profile of the Week Archived September 18 2018 at the Wayback Machine Rutgers Newark Scarlet Raiders Accessed September 30 2018 But the family decided to leave Poland and seek a better life in the United States setting their sights on Clifton where other family members already resided The Path of No Resistance with Garret Kramer Archived December 4 2017 at the Wayback Machine DrKevinPecca com October 30 2017 Accessed December 3 2017 Q Garret where are you from A I was born in Paterson New Jersey I grew up in Clifton New Jersey I was into playing hockey pretty much that s what I was into 2016 Men s Soccer Coaching Staff Stan Lemryk Archived September 7 2017 at the Wayback Machine Rutgers University Newark Accessed September 6 2017 A Clifton N J native Lembryk assisted RU men s soccer in scouting and recruiting Daidone Angela Bringing women s stories to life Archived December 1 2020 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal October 23 2009 Accessed May 24 2020 Nellie Bly was a gutsy woman who did not want to be stuck in a traditional woman s role of writing about the flower show for the society pages said Macy a Clifton native who now lives in Englewood Ratish Robert Pharmacy Graduate Pledges 5m Shot In Arm For Rutgers School To Be Renamed For Former Clifton Man The Record December 16 2001 Accessed May 13 2007 Spiewak Anna Convenience location make Clifton the right spot Archived January 9 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Record January 6 2008 Accessed May 28 2008 Several personalities also hail from Clifton including psychologist and author of numerous works on cognitive behavior therapy Michael Adams Italian American soccer player Giuseppe Rossi former New York Jets lineman Dave Szott movie director Ronald F Maxwell and David Chase creator of The Sopranos The Whale s Own Jersey Girls Archived January 26 2022 at the Wayback Machine Cetacean Nation Accessed December 29 2020 The Whale currently have two of them winger Kayla Meneghin from Clifton and center defender Hanna Beattie from Whitehouse Station Stanmyre Matthew NJ s Matt Miazga Red Bulls rookie living dream from mom and dad s at 19 Archived April 2 2015 at the Wayback Machine NJ Advance Media for NJ com August 28 2014 Accessed March 23 2015 Miazga 19 is half teenager half pro athlete He lives at home in Clifton with his parents surrounded by lifelong friends who are starting college and he also juggles a budding pro career with the Red Bulls one heaped with enormous responsibilities for the 6 3 185 pound defensive back Adam Najem Archived February 25 2022 at the Wayback Machine Akron Zips men s soccer Accessed February 24 2022 Hometown Clifton N J High School Paramus Catholic New York Red Bulls II Sign David Najem Archived November 25 2020 at the Wayback Machine New York Red Bulls May 19 2016 Accessed May 20 2016 Najem a native of Clifton N J joins the club after spending two seasons in Regionalliga Bayern Germany s Fourth Division with FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 Chris Opperman Present Day Composer Archived September 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine Oppymusic com 4 2 Accessed July 23 2007 Pianist composer Chris Opperman grew up in Clifton New Jersey and attended Berklee Farrell Sean DePaul girls soccer repeats as Passaic County champion Archived October 1 2023 at the Wayback Machine The Record October 26 2019 Accessed February 15 2020 The senior made a pact with close friend and fellow Clifton native Jazlyn Oviedo to build the Spartans into a winner DePaul had never gone past the semifinal round until last season Honan William H Morris Pashman 87 Champion of Free Speech on New Jersey s Highest Court Archived July 8 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times October 10 1999 Accessed October 8 2013 Former Justice Morris Pashman of the New Jersey Supreme Court whose opinions touched on areas from freedom of the press to the rights of the mentally handicapped died on Oct 3 at a hospital in New York City He was 87 and lived in Clifton N J Georgetown Football 1940 Roster Archived March 31 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Georgetown Football History Project Accessed March 16 2012 Nikki Krzysik Archived November 17 2017 at the Wayback Machine Virginia Cavaliers Accessed November 17 2017 Hometown Clifton N J High School Clifton Bernstein Adam for The Washington Post Michael J Pollard scene stealing actor in Bonnie and Clyde dies at 80 Archived November 27 2019 at the Wayback Machine Frederick News Post November 23 2019 Accessed November 24 2019 The son of a bar manager Michael John Pollack Jr was born in Passaic New Jersey on May 30 1939 and grew up in Garfield and Clifton New Jersey He changed his last name to Pollard Lubasch Arnold H Provenzano Is Convicted in Hotel Loan Kickback Case Another Indictment Still Pending Kickback or Interest Rate Jury Sequestered Throughout Archived January 13 2020 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 26 1978 Accessed January 13 2020 Mr Provenzano served a prison Sentence and was barred from union office for five years because of a 1963 conviction for extortion He lives in Clifton N J and Hallandale Fla Radcliff Pamela Interpreting the 20th Century The Struggle Over Democracy Archived October 19 2017 at the Wayback Machine The Great Courses The Teaching Company 2004 Accessed October 18 2017 Pamela Radcliff Ph D Associate Professor Department of History University of California San Diego Pamela Radcliff was born in Passaic New Jersey and grew up in Clifton New Jersey and Escondido California Norman M Robertson Archived from the original on February 25 1998 Retrieved April 13 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link New Jersey Legislature backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 22 1998 Accessed May 29 2010 My Country Tis of Thee Archived October 17 2007 at the Wayback Machine ESPN November 30 2005 Flying under the radar of most is 18 year old Giuseppe Rossi a striker born in New Jersey whose parents are from Italy Rossi was brought up in the soccer hotbed of Clifton N J where his father coached soccer Gold David Female Latin Pop Star To Frum Star Miriam Sandler Left It All To Find It All Archived August 20 2016 at the Wayback Machine Vos Iz Neias June 29 2009 Accessed August 19 2016 In 2001 the next major change occurred in Miriam s life when she met her husband and became Miriam Sandler Jewish wife homemaker and eventually mother of three The Sandlers settled down in Clifton New Jersey part of greater Passaic s Orthodox community and Miriam threw herself into full time Jewish life Music was simply less important Richardson Kara L NJ actor eager to share WWII hero s story Archived July 24 2012 at the Wayback Machine Daily Record September 18 2007 Accessed February 4 2011 Seda who grew up in Clifton and now lives in the Los Angeles area with his family is on a break from filming The Pacific a 10 hour HBO miniseries James P Shenton historical scholar at Columbia at 78 Advised N J in Ellis Island case Archived April 10 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Record July 28 2003 Accessed April 10 2022 via Newspapers com Mr Shenton who was born in Clifton and lived in Passaic for many years joined Columbia University s history department in 1951 Martino Andy Police Driver isn t gunman in Giants Steve Smith robbery Archived December 27 2010 at the Wayback Machine New York Daily News December 3 2008 Accessed February 4 2011 At about 4 a m on Nov 25 Smith was returning to his home in Clifton N J when a man accosted him in front of his house according to Detective Captain Robert Rowan of the Clifton Police Department Blouse Michael Superfly Jimmy Snuka could be coming to a wrestling match near you Archived June 2 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Express Times January 23 2010 Accessed May 31 2014 The premise Snuka 66 years old and a resident of Clifton N J will be working random jobs with the cameras rolling and the footage will be made into a reality show Got it Brotha Yardley William William Staub Engineer Who Built an Affordable Treadmill Dies at 96 Archived May 15 2018 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times July 28 2012 Accessed August 21 2014 Mr Staub died on July 19 at his home in Clifton He was 96 His sons say he was walking on one of his treadmills as recently as two months ago Jacobs Julie Harley birthday 89 year old N J woman still easy riding Archived January 19 2018 at the Wayback Machine Inside Jersey March 16 2015 Accessed January 18 2018 Struck stands just 5 feet tall her long silver gray hair in a ponytail and on this Wednesday afternoon at her home in Clifton she is bright eyed and energetic dressed comfortably in jeans and a light blue Motor Maids T shirt Walt Szot Archived November 24 2015 at the Wayback Machine profootballarchives com Accessed March 4 2016 Szott tears ACL in non contact drill Archived December 10 2006 at the Wayback Machine New York Jets press release dated May 29 2002 15 Year NFL Veteran Dave Szott Joins Local Advisory Board Archived November 8 2005 at the Wayback Machine press release dated October 8 2004 Fox Margalit Patricia Travers Violinist Who Vanished Dies at 82 Archived May 17 2023 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times March 6 2010 Accessed March 4 2016 Ms Travers disappeared by hiding in plain sight living quietly with her parents in the house in Clifton N J in which she had grown up She remained there till well past middle age through the death of her father in the 1980s and her mother in 1995 Levin Jay For former Clifton child prodigy her humble world mattered most Archived March 10 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Record February 21 2010 Accessed March 4 2016 Carnegie Hall was atwitter as Patricia Travers a 12 year old from Clifton with brown curls and an angel s face ascended the stage Paul Troast Led Jersey Turnpike Archived December 28 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times July 23 1972 Accessed December 28 2017 Clifton N J July 22 Paul L Troast the first chairman of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and Republican candidate for Governor in 1953 died yesterday in his home 324 Dwasline Road after an illness of three months He was 77 years old Aberback Brian Hackensack native Joe Lynn Turner credits Bergen upbringing for his international music career Archived August 8 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Record February 24 2016 Accessed May 17 2016 Hackensack native Joe Lynn Turner says his prolific career as a solo artist singer with the legendary English rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow and backing vocalist on albums by high profile artists like Billy Joel can be traced to his Bergen County upbringing was drawn to rock and roll by melody by the Beatles and Elvis Presley said Turner who now lives in Clifton Pedulla Tom Tynes never lost confidence in his kicking or his family Archived July 3 2012 at the Wayback Machine USA Today January 29 2008 Accessed February 7 2008 Tynes wife watching by herself at their Clifton N J home after putting the twins to bed held a muted celebration Gambuti Steve Award Winning Author is a North Jersey Teacher Archived September 20 2014 at the Wayback Machine North Jersey Teacher August 4 2014 Accessed August 21 2014 Q Were you educated in the Clifton school system A Indeed I grew up in Clifton and am happy to still be teaching in district Andrew Jacobs A Caped Crusader For Peace and Fun Rich and Famous for His Fame He s Shooting for Techno Stardom Archived August 26 2018 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times October 9 2004 Accessed August 26 2018 As a child growing up in Clifton N J Ivan was often encouraged by both parents to sing impromptu renditions of Moon River in hotel lobbies Pertkiewicz T Julian Clifton s mayors speak Archived September 17 2016 at the Wayback Machine Clifton Journal June 19 2015 Accessed July 28 2016 The mayors are Gerald H Zecker 1978 1982 Gloria Kolodziej 1982 1990 and current Mayor James Anzaldi whose term of office ends Dec 31 2018 Mayor Zecker you became mayor of Clifton at the age of 36 what were your goals at that time Kramer Peter D Steven Spielberg s West Side Story Maria on stage in Lodi this weekend Archived August 9 2019 at the Wayback Machine The Record April 11 2019 Accessed July 18 2019 Friday was big for Clifton s Rachel Zegler External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clifton New Jersey City of Clifton website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clifton New Jersey amp oldid 1178086153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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