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Leonia, New Jersey

January 26, 2023

"Leonia" redirects here. For other uses, see Leonia (disambiguation).

Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 8,937,[18][19][20] reflecting an increase of 23 (+0.3%) from the 8,914 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 549 (+6.6%) from the 8,365 counted in the 1990 Census.[21] It is a suburb of New York City located near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge.

Leonia, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Leonia
Vreeland House
Map highlighting Leonia's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Leonia, New Jersey
Interactive map of Leonia, New Jersey
Leonia
Location in Bergen County
Leonia
Location in New Jersey
Leonia
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°51′48″N 73°59′18″W / 40.863391°N 73.988466°W / 40.863391; -73.988466Coordinates: 40°51′48″N 73°59′18″W / 40.863391°N 73.988466°W / 40.863391; -73.988466[1][2]
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyBergen
IncorporatedDecember 5, 1894
Government
[7]
 • TypeBorough
 • BodyBorough Council
 • MayorJudah Zeigler (D, term ends December 31, 2023)[3][4]
 • AdministratorAndrea Wardrop[5]
 • Municipal clerkTrina Lindsey[6]
Area
[8]
 • Total1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2)
 • Land1.52 sq mi (3.94 km2)
 • Water0.11 sq mi (0.27 km2)  6.50%
 • Rank435th of 565 in state
56th of 70 in county[1]
Elevation
[9]
85 ft (26 m)
Population
 (2020)[10]
 • Total9,304
 • Rank257th of 566 in state
41st of 70 in county[11]
 • Density6,109.00/sq mi (2,358.50/km2)
  • Rank89th of 566 in state
25th of 70 in county[11]
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code
07605[12][13]
Area code(s)201[14]
FIPS code3400340020[1][15][16]
GNIS feature ID0885276[1][17]
Websitewww.leonianj.gov

Leonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed on December 5, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township.[22] The borough was formed during the "boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone.[23] Portions of Leonia were taken on February 19, 1895, to form the Township of Teaneck.[22][24]

New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Leonia as its 31st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.[25]

History

The original inhabitants of Leonia were the Hackensack tribe (Ashkineshacky) of Native Americans. The population was about 1,000 before the Europeans settled in the area. At the time of the American Revolutionary War, Leonia was known as part of the English Neighborhood, a name that survives in neighboring Englewood. It was settled in 1668 mainly by Dutch and English farmers, making it one of the oldest communities in the state and county.[26] A third of the population was African slaves. It was located on the western slope of the Palisades, and started as a quiet farming community. Leonia's proximity to New York City and its major universities, theaters and performing venues contributed to Leonia's place in the world of art and academics, with many artists and leading thinkers finding a home there in the twentieth century.

The local economy that had been focused on agriculture underwent economic and cultural growth during the late nineteenth century, marked by the introduction of train service and was originally called West Fort Lee. J. Vreeland Moore and other town leaders chose the name "Leonia" in 1865 in honor of American Revolutionary War General Charles Lee, for whom Fort Lee was named.[27][28]

After traveling through Leonia upon arriving in New Jersey by ferry at Edgewater in 1899, advertising executive Artemus Ward purchased a large piece of land and established the Leonia Heights Land Company to develop and market housing in the community. His advertising attracted many academics and artists who were drawn to Leonia's small size, culture, and location, earning the town's nickname of the "Athens of New Jersey".[29]

In 1915, the Leonia School of Illustration was established by Harvey Dunn, fostering the artists' colony that subsequently emerged over the next decade.[30] By the 1930s, it had the highest number of residents, per capita, in Who's Who in America and 80% of its residents were college graduates. Transportation through the borough was enhanced with access to ferries and trolley systems and Leonia became a refuge for many of America's most creative thinkers which included five Nobel Prize winners.[31]

For 200 years, one of the two major avenues that run north-to-south through Leonia, Grand Avenue (the other one is Broad Avenue) was called the English Neighborhood Road. In colonial times, this road served as the main inland route between Paulus Hook, Bergen, and the English Neighborhood. Leonia was a crossroads of the American Revolution and a training ground for American Civil War soldiers.

Historic places in the town include the Civil War Drill Hall and Armory and the Cole-Allaire House, constructed around 1765, making it the oldest dwelling in the borough, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[32] The Vreeland House, constructed in 1786 by Dirck Vreeland and expanded in 1815, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[33]

Leonia celebrates "Leonia Day" annually on the third Sunday in May.[34]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.63 square miles (4.22 km2), including 1.52 square miles (3.94 km2) of land and 0.11 square miles (0.27 km2) of water (6.50%).[1][2]

While the borough center's elevation is 115 feet (35 m), the western part of the borough can reach 5 feet (1.5 m) and the eastern part of Leonia reaches 318 feet (97 m).[35]

The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Englewood, Fort Lee, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park and Teaneck.[36][37][38]

Leonia is designated as a Tree City USA, receiving its 21st annual recognition in 2010 from the National Arbor Day Foundation.[39]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900804—
19101,48684.8%
19202,979100.5%
19305,35079.6%
19405,7637.7%
19507,37828.0%
19608,38413.6%
19708,8475.5%
19808,027−9.3%
19908,3654.2%
20008,9146.6%
20108,9370.3%
20209,3044.1%
Population sources:
1900–1920[40] 1900–1910[41]
1910–1930[42] 1900–2010[43][44][45]
2000[46][47] 2010[18][19][20]
2020[10]

Census 2010

The 2010 United States census counted 8,937 people, 3,284 households, and 2,519 families in the borough. The population density was 5,819.5 per square mile (2,246.9/km2). There were 3,428 housing units at an average density of 2,232.2 per square mile (861.9/km2). The racial makeup was 55.22% (4,935) White, 2.34% (209) Black or African American, 0.16% (14) Native American, 35.12% (3,139) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander, 3.71% (332) from other races, and 3.44% (307) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.66% (1,489) of the population.[18] Korean Americans accounted for 26.5% of the population.[18]

Of the 3,284 households, 34.8% had children under the age of 18; 61.2% were married couples living together; 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.3% were non-families. Of all households, 20.0% were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.13.[18]

22.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88.9 males.[18]

Same-sex couples headed 35 households in 2010, more than double the 17 counted in 2000.[48]

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $66,271 (with a margin of error of +/− $9,365) and the median family income was $91,129 (+/− $16,890). Males had a median income of $54,754 (+/− $8,175) versus $60,057 (+/− $8,680) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $40,030 (+/− $4,132). About 5.8% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.[49]

Census 2000

As of the 2000 United States census[15] there were 8,914 people, 3,271 households, and 2,436 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,921.3 people per square mile (2,279.3/km2). There were 3,343 housing units at an average density of 2,220.6 per square mile (854.8/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 65.74% White, 2.27% African American, 0.09% Native American, 26.06% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.20% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.73% of the population.[46][47]

There were 3,271 households, out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.20.[46][47]

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.[46][47]

The median income for a household in the borough was $72,440, and the median income for a family was $84,591. Males had a median income of $55,156 versus $38,125 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $35,352. About 5.0% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.[46][47]

As of the 2000 Census, 17.24% of Leonia's residents identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry, which was the fourth-highest in the United States and second highest of any municipality in New Jersey—behind neighboring Palisades Park (36.38%)—for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[50] Additionally, 3.07% of Leonia's residents identified themselves as being of Japanese ancestry, which was the fourth highest of any municipality in New Jersey — behind Fort Lee (6.09%), Demarest (3.72%) and Edgewater (3.22%)—for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[51]

Arts and culture

Leonia is home to the Players Guild of Leonia, which operates as the oldest continuing theatre troupe in the state of New Jersey, and is one of the oldest community theatre groups in the state with continuous performances since 1919.[31] Performances have included comedies, tragedies, classics, and musicals. The Guild's production of One Mad Night in 1940 was the first three-act play performed on television, when it was broadcast on WPTZ, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1963, the Children's Show was instituted and continues each spring. Between 1968 and 1998, the Guild produced Theatre in the Park. Since 2002, the Players' Guild of Leonia has produced a Playwright's Showcase featuring original scripts. The Guild operates out of the historic Civil War Drill Hall Theatre on Grand Avenue which is leased from the borough. Recent productions include Lovers and Other Strangers, The Glass Menagerie, Love, Loss, and What I Wore and Hair. Upcoming productions include a fall production of Guys and Dolls.[52]

Since 2000, Leonia has also been home to Summerstage at Leonia, which produces a Broadway-style family musical each summer in the last two weeks of July. Originally, Summerstage performances were held in the Leonia High School Little Theater, but now take place at the Civil War Drill Hall Theater. Auditions are held in May and open to all in the NY metro area. Past shows have included The Wizard of Oz, Carousel, The Sound of Music, Annie, Oliver, Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.[53]

The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, founded in 1973, is made up of professional musicians who reside in Leonia, has been performing classical music concerts four times a year at various venues in the borough.[54]

Sculpture for Leonia aims to build the art and cultural environment in Leonia through the display of outdoor sculpture throughout the community and in the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden, which is located on the grounds of the Leonia Borough Annex.[55] This group sponsors an annual Taste of Leonia fundraiser. Leonia Arts provides a calendar of all arts events in Leonia.[56]

Parks and recreation

Leonia has five public recreational areas, of which only the Leonia Swim Club requires a membership fee. The recreation areas include Wood Park, located on the corner of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road; Sylvan Park and the Leonia Swim Club, both on Grand Avenue near Sylvan Avenue; and the Recreational Center on Broad Avenue which has an indoor basketball court.[31]

Field Station: Dinosaurs is a popular Dinosaur-themed park located just south of I-95.

Overpeck County Park, a Bergen County park that is located in Leonia, Ridgefield Park, and Teaneck, is home of the county's World Trade Center Memorial.[57]

Government

Local government

 
The Borough Hall of Leonia

Leonia is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, one of 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form, the most common form of government in New Jersey.[58] The governing body is comprised of a Mayor and a Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council is comprised of six members who are elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.[7] The Borough form of government used by Leonia is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.[59][60]

As of 2022, the Mayor of Leonia is Democrat Judah Zeigler, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.[3] The members of the Leonia Borough Council are Council President Bernadette Flaim (D, 2022), Pasquale A. "Pat" Fusco (D, 2023), Maureen E. Davis (D, 2023), Louis Grandelis (D, 2024), Joanne Choi Terrell (D, 2024).[61][62][63][64][65][66]

Joanne Choi Terrell was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Benjamin Choi until he resigned from office in July 2019 to accept a position as a judge in Hoboken, New Jersey.[67]

Peter Knott was appointed to fill the seat vacated by John DeSimone when he took office as mayor and won election to serve the balance of the term through December 2013.[68]

Pat Fusco was appointed in August 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Ik-Seong "I.S." Pak, who had resigned earlier that month citing personal issues.[69] Mark Minichiello was elected in November 2013 to serve the balance of the term.

Federal, state, and county representation

Leonia is located in the 5th Congressional District[70] and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district.[19][71][72]

In redistricting following the 2010 census, the borough was in the 9th congressional district, which was in effect from 2013 to 2022.[73][74]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff).[75][76] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[77] and Bob Menendez (Harrison, term ends 2025).[78][79]

For the 2022–2023 session, the 37th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Gordon M. Johnson (D, Englewood) and in the General Assembly by Shama Haider (D, Tenafly) and Ellen Park (D, Englewood Cliffs).[80]

Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each November; a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January. Other Bergen County Constitutional Offices are the County Clerk and County Surrogate (both elected for five-year terms of office) and the County Sheriff (elected for a three-year term).[81] As of 2022, the county executive is Democratic James J. Tedesco III of Paramus, whose term of office ends December 31, 2022.[82] Bergen County's Commissioners are Chairwoman Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, term as commissioner ends December 31, 2024; term as chairwoman ends 2022),[83] Vice Chairman Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale, 2022),[84] Chair Pro Tempore Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2023),[85] Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, 2022),[86] Ramon M. Hache Sr. (D, Ridgewood, 2023),[87] Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, 2022)[88] and Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2024).[89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96] Bergen County's constitutional officials are County Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),[97][98] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2022)[99][100] Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).[101][102][92][103]

Politics

As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 4,713 registered voters in Leonia, of which 2,493 (52.9% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 598 (12.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 1,619 (34.4% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens.[104] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 52.7% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 67.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).[104][105]

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,451 votes (66.8% vs. 54.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,135 votes (30.9% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with 47 votes (1.3% vs. 0.9%), among the 3,668 ballots cast by the borough's 5,065 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.4% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).[106][107] In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,604 votes (65.9% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,273 votes (32.2% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 30 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 3,953 ballots cast by the borough's 5,050 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.3% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).[108][109] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 2,468 votes (64.4% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 1,327 votes (34.6% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 25 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 3,835 ballots cast by the borough's 4,878 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.6% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).[110]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 50.8% of the vote (1,078 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 47.9% (1,015 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (27 votes), among the 2,205 ballots cast by the borough's 4,826 registered voters (85 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.7%.[111][112] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 1,682 ballots cast (60.7% vs. 48.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 901 votes (32.5% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 120 votes (4.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 7 votes (0.3% vs. 0.5%), among the 2,773 ballots cast by the borough's 4,880 registered voters, yielding a 56.8% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).[113]

Education

 
Once Leonia High School, now Leonia Middle School

Leonia is served by its public system and by a number of private schools.[114]

The Leonia Public Schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade.[115] As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,952 students and 170.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[116] Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[117]) are Anna C. Scott Elementary School[118] with 663 students in grades Pre-K–5, Leonia Middle School[119] with 533 students in grades 6–8 and Leonia High School[120] with 740 students in grades 9–12.[121][122] Students from Edgewater attend the district's schools for grades 7–12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools.[123][124]

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.[125][126]

St. John the Evangelist School was a Catholic school for students in grades Pre-K–8, operating under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. After 72 years and generations of graduates, it was closed in June 2013.[127]

Transportation

 
I-95 northbound in Leonia

Roads and highways

As of May 2010, the borough had a total of 23.02 miles (37.05 km) of roadways, of which 19.53 miles (31.43 km) were maintained by the municipality, 1.12 miles (1.80 km) by Bergen County, 1.56 miles (2.51 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.81 miles (1.30 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.[128]

Route 93 (Grand Avenue) runs north-south for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) through the center of the borough, connecting Palisades Park and Englewood.[129] Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike) curves along the borough's northern border[130] while U.S. Route 1/9 and U.S. Route 46 briefly enter along the western border with Fort Lee.[131][132]

Effective January 22, 2018, Leonia officials banned nonresidents from using residential streets (defined as all streets except Fort Lee Road, Grand Avenue, and Broad Avenue) during rush hours.[133] However, due to complaints from business owners citing decreased revenues, Leonia officials are reconsidering.[134]

Public transportation

NJ Transit bus route 166 provides local and express service from Broad Avenue to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, and route 182 serves the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal, with local service offered on the 751, 755 and 756 routes.[135][136]

Rockland Coaches provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on the 11T/11AT, 14ET, 20T and 21T routes.[137]

The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposal to extend the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail to restore passenger train service on the CSX tracks, which offered passenger service decades before and is now used for occasional freight service. NJ Transit's plan would include a station in Leonia.[138]

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Leonia, New Jersey
 
The Arlene & Alan Alda Children's Room at the Leonia Public Library

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

 
Toomas Hendrik Ilves giving a commencement address at Leonia High School's graduation in 1972

In popular culture

Leonia briefly served as the home of Scarlet Witch and Vision in several Marvel Comics storylines from the 1980s, mainly in The Vision and the Scarlet Witch series, the second of which was drawn by Leonia resident Richard Howell. This domestic storyline was later loosely adapted in the 2021 TV series WandaVision, although the location was changed to the fictional town of Westview, New Jersey.[221]

See also

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  189. ^ Levin, Jay. , The Record, January 1, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 19, 2008. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Dick Kryhoski, 82, on April 10. The only Leonia native to make it to the big leagues, Kryhoski played first base for the world champion '49 Yankees."
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  191. ^ Philip Maneval 2008-06-17 at the Wayback Machine, Theodore Presser Company. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Born in Leonia, in northern New Jersey, Mr. Maneval received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied composition with Richard Wernick, George Crumb and George Rochberg."
  192. ^ Gray, Michael. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, p. 449. Continuum, 2006. ISBN 0-8264-6933-7. Accessed February 16, 2012. "Mansfield, David [c. 1956 –] David Mansfield is very coy about his birth date but he was born around 1956 in Leonia, New Jersey, where he grew up to be a multi-instrumentalist, playing mostly violin, mandolin and guitar."
  193. ^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Markoe, Karen; and Markoe, Arnie. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 1994-1996, p. 352. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000. ISBN 0-684-80644-4. Accessed September 19, 2011. "She attended Leonia High School in New Jersey for one year, then entered the Metropolitan Opera School of Ballet in New York City."
  194. ^ Staff. "John M'cloy Won Two Honor Medals; Retired Naval Hero Dies in Jersey--Cited for Deeds in China, at Vera Cruz Served on U.S.S. Newark In North Sea Patrol", The New York Times, May 26, 1945. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Leonia, N.J., May 25--Lieut. Comdr. John McCloy, USN, retired, one of the few men to win two Congressional Medals of Honor, and a holder also of the Navy Cross, was found dead in bed today by his housekeeper at his home here."
  195. ^ Morley, Hugh R. , The Record, January 10, 2000. Accessed March 31, 2011. "Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died Friday, his family said. He was 76."
  196. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Boris G. Moishezon, Columbia Professor Of Math, Dies at 55", The New York Times, August 27, 1993. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Boris G. Moishezon, a mathematics professor at Columbia University who defected from the Soviet Union in 1972 and came to the United States five years later, died Wednesday. He was 55 and lived in Leonia, N.J. Dr. Moishezon had a heart attack while jogging and was pronounced dead in Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J., said his wife, Natalia."
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  199. ^ Pearce, Jeremy. "Norman Newell, 96, Scientist Who Studied Dying Species, Has Died", The New York Times, April 23, 2005. Accessed May 10, 2012. "Dr. Norman D. Newell, an influential paleontologist who challenged opponents of evolutionary theory and helped shape theories explaining the mass extinctions of species, died on Monday at his home in Leonia, N.J., his family said. He was 96."
  200. ^ Staff. "James Noble: A Relaxed and Clever Actor", The Daily Union Democrat, February 27, 1980. Accessed May 12, 2016. "But the family still is in the process of becoming accustomed to living in California after moving from their permanent home in Leonia, N.J., which they've rented out."
  201. ^ Filichia, Peter. "N.J. Stage; Actress singing for joy at the Paper Mill.", The Star-Ledger, April 14, 2000. p. 23. "For Christiane Noll, performing in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of 'The Student Prince' is a homecoming beyond the usual definition. Growing up in Bergen County, she played Mrs. Barnum in a Leonia Middle School production of Barnum and was a Jet girl in a Leonia High School staging of West Side Story."
  202. ^ Spelling, Ian. "Not Afraid of the Stage: Christiane Noll, former Leonia resident, is the Consummate Professional" 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, (201) magazine, May 1, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011. "'Leonia was a wonderful little town. They always call it a bedroom community; lots of professionals, artists, teachers and musicians. A lot of the people work in New York City, but want a small-town atmosphere and a house with a yard and trees.'"
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  205. ^ Via Associated Press. "Howard Post, comic strip artist from Leonia, dies at 83", The Record, May 25, 2010. Accessed August 4, 2022. "She said he drew much of his inspiration from things that happened around their house in Leonia, which was frequented by artists and musicians."
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Leonia redirects here For other uses see Leonia disambiguation Leonia is a borough in Bergen County New Jersey United States As of the 2010 United States census the borough s population was 8 937 18 19 20 reflecting an increase of 23 0 3 from the 8 914 counted in the 2000 Census which had in turn increased by 549 6 6 from the 8 365 counted in the 1990 Census 21 It is a suburb of New York City located near the western approach to the George Washington Bridge Leonia New JerseyBoroughBorough of LeoniaVreeland HouseMap highlighting Leonia s location within Bergen County Inset Bergen County s location within New JerseyCensus Bureau map of Leonia New Jersey Interactive map of Leonia New JerseyLeoniaLocation in Bergen CountyShow map of Bergen County New JerseyLeoniaLocation in New JerseyShow map of New JerseyLeoniaLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 51 48 N 73 59 18 W 40 863391 N 73 988466 W 40 863391 73 988466 Coordinates 40 51 48 N 73 59 18 W 40 863391 N 73 988466 W 40 863391 73 988466 1 2 Country United StatesState New JerseyCountyBergenIncorporatedDecember 5 1894Government 7 TypeBorough BodyBorough Council MayorJudah Zeigler D term ends December 31 2023 3 4 AdministratorAndrea Wardrop 5 Municipal clerkTrina Lindsey 6 Area 8 Total1 63 sq mi 4 22 km2 Land1 52 sq mi 3 94 km2 Water0 11 sq mi 0 27 km2 6 50 Rank435th of 565 in state56th of 70 in county 1 Elevation 9 85 ft 26 m Population 2020 10 Total9 304 Rank257th of 566 in state41st of 70 in county 11 Density6 109 00 sq mi 2 358 50 km2 Rank89th of 566 in state25th of 70 in county 11 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT ZIP Code07605 12 13 Area code s 201 14 FIPS code3400340020 1 15 16 GNIS feature ID0885276 1 17 Websitewww wbr leonianj wbr govLeonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed on December 5 1894 from portions of Ridgefield Township 22 The borough was formed during the boroughitis phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone 23 Portions of Leonia were taken on February 19 1895 to form the Township of Teaneck 22 24 New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Leonia as its 31st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the Best Places To Live in New Jersey 25 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 3 1 Census 2010 3 2 Census 2000 4 Arts and culture 5 Parks and recreation 6 Government 6 1 Local government 6 2 Federal state and county representation 6 3 Politics 7 Education 8 Transportation 8 1 Roads and highways 8 2 Public transportation 9 Notable people 10 In popular culture 11 See also 12 References 13 Sources 14 External linksHistory EditThe original inhabitants of Leonia were the Hackensack tribe Ashkineshacky of Native Americans The population was about 1 000 before the Europeans settled in the area At the time of the American Revolutionary War Leonia was known as part of the English Neighborhood a name that survives in neighboring Englewood It was settled in 1668 mainly by Dutch and English farmers making it one of the oldest communities in the state and county 26 A third of the population was African slaves It was located on the western slope of the Palisades and started as a quiet farming community Leonia s proximity to New York City and its major universities theaters and performing venues contributed to Leonia s place in the world of art and academics with many artists and leading thinkers finding a home there in the twentieth century The local economy that had been focused on agriculture underwent economic and cultural growth during the late nineteenth century marked by the introduction of train service and was originally called West Fort Lee J Vreeland Moore and other town leaders chose the name Leonia in 1865 in honor of American Revolutionary War General Charles Lee for whom Fort Lee was named 27 28 After traveling through Leonia upon arriving in New Jersey by ferry at Edgewater in 1899 advertising executive Artemus Ward purchased a large piece of land and established the Leonia Heights Land Company to develop and market housing in the community His advertising attracted many academics and artists who were drawn to Leonia s small size culture and location earning the town s nickname of the Athens of New Jersey 29 In 1915 the Leonia School of Illustration was established by Harvey Dunn fostering the artists colony that subsequently emerged over the next decade 30 By the 1930s it had the highest number of residents per capita in Who s Who in America and 80 of its residents were college graduates Transportation through the borough was enhanced with access to ferries and trolley systems and Leonia became a refuge for many of America s most creative thinkers which included five Nobel Prize winners 31 For 200 years one of the two major avenues that run north to south through Leonia Grand Avenue the other one is Broad Avenue was called the English Neighborhood Road In colonial times this road served as the main inland route between Paulus Hook Bergen and the English Neighborhood Leonia was a crossroads of the American Revolution and a training ground for American Civil War soldiers Historic places in the town include the Civil War Drill Hall and Armory and the Cole Allaire House constructed around 1765 making it the oldest dwelling in the borough and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 32 The Vreeland House constructed in 1786 by Dirck Vreeland and expanded in 1815 was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 33 Leonia celebrates Leonia Day annually on the third Sunday in May 34 Geography EditAccording to the United States Census Bureau the borough had a total area of 1 63 square miles 4 22 km2 including 1 52 square miles 3 94 km2 of land and 0 11 square miles 0 27 km2 of water 6 50 1 2 While the borough center s elevation is 115 feet 35 m the western part of the borough can reach 5 feet 1 5 m and the eastern part of Leonia reaches 318 feet 97 m 35 The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Englewood Fort Lee Palisades Park Ridgefield Park and Teaneck 36 37 38 Leonia is designated as a Tree City USA receiving its 21st annual recognition in 2010 from the National Arbor Day Foundation 39 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 1900804 19101 48684 8 19202 979100 5 19305 35079 6 19405 7637 7 19507 37828 0 19608 38413 6 19708 8475 5 19808 027 9 3 19908 3654 2 20008 9146 6 20108 9370 3 20209 3044 1 Population sources 1900 1920 40 1900 1910 41 1910 1930 42 1900 2010 43 44 45 2000 46 47 2010 18 19 20 2020 10 Census 2010 Edit The 2010 United States census counted 8 937 people 3 284 households and 2 519 families in the borough The population density was 5 819 5 per square mile 2 246 9 km2 There were 3 428 housing units at an average density of 2 232 2 per square mile 861 9 km2 The racial makeup was 55 22 4 935 White 2 34 209 Black or African American 0 16 14 Native American 35 12 3 139 Asian 0 01 1 Pacific Islander 3 71 332 from other races and 3 44 307 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16 66 1 489 of the population 18 Korean Americans accounted for 26 5 of the population 18 Of the 3 284 households 34 8 had children under the age of 18 61 2 were married couples living together 11 3 had a female householder with no husband present and 23 3 were non families Of all households 20 0 were made up of individuals and 9 7 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 72 and the average family size was 3 13 18 22 3 of the population were under the age of 18 6 8 from 18 to 24 23 9 from 25 to 44 31 8 from 45 to 64 and 15 1 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 43 0 years For every 100 females the population had 92 9 males For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 88 9 males 18 Same sex couples headed 35 households in 2010 more than double the 17 counted in 2000 48 The Census Bureau s 2006 2010 American Community Survey showed that in 2010 inflation adjusted dollars median household income was 66 271 with a margin of error of 9 365 and the median family income was 91 129 16 890 Males had a median income of 54 754 8 175 versus 60 057 8 680 for females The per capita income for the borough was 40 030 4 132 About 5 8 of families and 9 1 of the population were below the poverty line including 12 2 of those under age 18 and 8 9 of those age 65 or over 49 Census 2000 Edit As of the 2000 United States census 15 there were 8 914 people 3 271 households and 2 436 families residing in the borough The population density was 5 921 3 people per square mile 2 279 3 km2 There were 3 343 housing units at an average density of 2 220 6 per square mile 854 8 km2 The racial makeup of the borough was 65 74 White 2 27 African American 0 09 Native American 26 06 Asian 0 01 Pacific Islander 3 20 from other races and 2 64 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12 73 of the population 46 47 There were 3 271 households out of which 36 7 had children under the age of 18 living with them 61 5 were married couples living together 9 5 had a female householder with no husband present and 25 5 were non families 22 1 of all households were made up of individuals and 10 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 72 and the average family size was 3 20 46 47 In the borough the population was spread out with 24 6 under the age of 18 5 9 from 18 to 24 29 0 from 25 to 44 26 9 from 45 to 64 and 13 7 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 40 years For every 100 females there were 92 7 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87 7 males 46 47 The median income for a household in the borough was 72 440 and the median income for a family was 84 591 Males had a median income of 55 156 versus 38 125 for females The per capita income for the borough was 35 352 About 5 0 of families and 6 5 of the population were below the poverty line including 9 0 of those under age 18 and 1 8 of those age 65 or over 46 47 As of the 2000 Census 17 24 of Leonia s residents identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry which was the fourth highest in the United States and second highest of any municipality in New Jersey behind neighboring Palisades Park 36 38 for all places with 1 000 or more residents identifying their ancestry 50 Additionally 3 07 of Leonia s residents identified themselves as being of Japanese ancestry which was the fourth highest of any municipality in New Jersey behind Fort Lee 6 09 Demarest 3 72 and Edgewater 3 22 for all places with 1 000 or more residents identifying their ancestry 51 Arts and culture EditLeonia is home to the Players Guild of Leonia which operates as the oldest continuing theatre troupe in the state of New Jersey and is one of the oldest community theatre groups in the state with continuous performances since 1919 31 Performances have included comedies tragedies classics and musicals The Guild s production of One Mad Night in 1940 was the first three act play performed on television when it was broadcast on WPTZ in Philadelphia Pennsylvania In 1963 the Children s Show was instituted and continues each spring Between 1968 and 1998 the Guild produced Theatre in the Park Since 2002 the Players Guild of Leonia has produced a Playwright s Showcase featuring original scripts The Guild operates out of the historic Civil War Drill Hall Theatre on Grand Avenue which is leased from the borough Recent productions include Lovers and Other Strangers The Glass Menagerie Love Loss and What I Wore and Hair Upcoming productions include a fall production of Guys and Dolls 52 Since 2000 Leonia has also been home to Summerstage at Leonia which produces a Broadway style family musical each summer in the last two weeks of July Originally Summerstage performances were held in the Leonia High School Little Theater but now take place at the Civil War Drill Hall Theater Auditions are held in May and open to all in the NY metro area Past shows have included The Wizard of Oz Carousel The Sound of Music Annie Oliver Les Miserables My Fair Lady and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying 53 The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society founded in 1973 is made up of professional musicians who reside in Leonia has been performing classical music concerts four times a year at various venues in the borough 54 Sculpture for Leonia aims to build the art and cultural environment in Leonia through the display of outdoor sculpture throughout the community and in the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden which is located on the grounds of the Leonia Borough Annex 55 This group sponsors an annual Taste of Leonia fundraiser Leonia Arts provides a calendar of all arts events in Leonia 56 Parks and recreation EditLeonia has five public recreational areas of which only the Leonia Swim Club requires a membership fee The recreation areas include Wood Park located on the corner of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road Sylvan Park and the Leonia Swim Club both on Grand Avenue near Sylvan Avenue and the Recreational Center on Broad Avenue which has an indoor basketball court 31 Field Station Dinosaurs is a popular Dinosaur themed park located just south of I 95 Overpeck County Park a Bergen County park that is located in Leonia Ridgefield Park and Teaneck is home of the county s World Trade Center Memorial 57 Government EditLocal government Edit The Borough Hall of Leonia Leonia is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government one of 218 municipalities of the 564 statewide that use this form the most common form of government in New Jersey 58 The governing body is comprised of a Mayor and a Borough Council with all positions elected at large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four year term of office The Borough Council is comprised of six members who are elected to serve three year terms on a staggered basis with two seats coming up for election each year in a three year cycle 7 The Borough form of government used by Leonia is a weak mayor strong council government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two thirds majority vote of the council The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council 59 60 As of 2022 update the Mayor of Leonia is Democrat Judah Zeigler whose term of office ends December 31 2023 3 The members of the Leonia Borough Council are Council President Bernadette Flaim D 2022 Pasquale A Pat Fusco D 2023 Maureen E Davis D 2023 Louis Grandelis D 2024 Joanne Choi Terrell D 2024 61 62 63 64 65 66 Joanne Choi Terrell was appointed to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Benjamin Choi until he resigned from office in July 2019 to accept a position as a judge in Hoboken New Jersey 67 Peter Knott was appointed to fill the seat vacated by John DeSimone when he took office as mayor and won election to serve the balance of the term through December 2013 68 Pat Fusco was appointed in August 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Ik Seong I S Pak who had resigned earlier that month citing personal issues 69 Mark Minichiello was elected in November 2013 to serve the balance of the term Federal state and county representation Edit Leonia is located in the 5th Congressional District 70 and is part of New Jersey s 37th state legislative district 19 71 72 In redistricting following the 2010 census the borough was in the 9th congressional district which was in effect from 2013 to 2022 73 74 For the 118th United States Congress New Jersey s Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer D Wyckoff 75 76 New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker Newark term ends 2027 77 and Bob Menendez Harrison term ends 2025 78 79 For the 2022 2023 session the 37th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Gordon M Johnson D Englewood and in the General Assembly by Shama Haider D Tenafly and Ellen Park D Englewood Cliffs 80 Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive with legislative functions performed by a Board of County Commissioners comprised of seven members who are elected at large in partisan elections on a staggered basis with two or three seats coming up for election each November a Chairman Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore are selected from among its seven members at a reorganization meeting held every January Other Bergen County Constitutional Offices are the County Clerk and County Surrogate both elected for five year terms of office and the County Sheriff elected for a three year term 81 As of 2022 update the county executive is Democratic James J Tedesco III of Paramus whose term of office ends December 31 2022 82 Bergen County s Commissioners are Chairwoman Tracy Silna Zur D Franklin Lakes term as commissioner ends December 31 2024 term as chairwoman ends 2022 83 Vice Chairman Thomas J Sullivan Jr D Montvale 2022 84 Chair Pro Tempore Joan Voss D Fort Lee 2023 85 Mary J Amoroso D Mahwah 2022 86 Ramon M Hache Sr D Ridgewood 2023 87 Germaine M Ortiz D Emerson 2022 88 and Steven A Tanelli D North Arlington 2024 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Bergen County s constitutional officials are County Clerk John S Hogan D Northvale 2026 97 98 Sheriff Anthony Cureton D Englewood 2022 99 100 Surrogate Michael R Dressler D Cresskill 2026 101 102 92 103 Politics Edit As of March 23 2011 there were a total of 4 713 registered voters in Leonia of which 2 493 52 9 vs 31 7 countywide were registered as Democrats 598 12 7 vs 21 1 were registered as Republicans and 1 619 34 4 vs 47 1 were registered as Unaffiliated There were 3 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens 104 Among the borough s 2010 Census population 52 7 vs 57 1 in Bergen County were registered to vote including 67 9 of those ages 18 and over vs 73 7 countywide 104 105 In the 2012 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 2 451 votes 66 8 vs 54 8 countywide ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1 135 votes 30 9 vs 43 5 and other candidates with 47 votes 1 3 vs 0 9 among the 3 668 ballots cast by the borough s 5 065 registered voters for a turnout of 72 4 vs 70 4 in Bergen County 106 107 In the 2008 presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received 2 604 votes 65 9 vs 53 9 countywide ahead of Republican John McCain with 1 273 votes 32 2 vs 44 5 and other candidates with 30 votes 0 8 vs 0 8 among the 3 953 ballots cast by the borough s 5 050 registered voters for a turnout of 78 3 vs 76 8 in Bergen County 108 109 In the 2004 presidential election Democrat John Kerry received 2 468 votes 64 4 vs 51 7 countywide ahead of Republican George W Bush with 1 327 votes 34 6 vs 47 2 and other candidates with 25 votes 0 7 vs 0 7 among the 3 835 ballots cast by the borough s 4 878 registered voters for a turnout of 78 6 vs 76 9 in the whole county 110 In the 2013 gubernatorial election Democrat Barbara Buono received 50 8 of the vote 1 078 cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 47 9 1 015 votes and other candidates with 1 3 27 votes among the 2 205 ballots cast by the borough s 4 826 registered voters 85 ballots were spoiled for a turnout of 45 7 111 112 In the 2009 gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received 1 682 ballots cast 60 7 vs 48 0 countywide ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 901 votes 32 5 vs 45 8 Independent Chris Daggett with 120 votes 4 3 vs 4 7 and other candidates with 7 votes 0 3 vs 0 5 among the 2 773 ballots cast by the borough s 4 880 registered voters yielding a 56 8 turnout vs 50 0 in the county 113 Education Edit Once Leonia High School now Leonia Middle School Leonia is served by its public system and by a number of private schools 114 The Leonia Public Schools serve students from pre kindergarten through twelfth grade 115 As of the 2018 19 school year the district comprised of three schools had an enrollment of 1 952 students and 170 6 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 11 4 1 116 Schools in the district with 2018 19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics 117 are Anna C Scott Elementary School 118 with 663 students in grades Pre K 5 Leonia Middle School 119 with 533 students in grades 6 8 and Leonia High School 120 with 740 students in grades 9 12 121 122 Students from Edgewater attend the district s schools for grades 7 12 as part of a sending receiving relationship with the Edgewater Public Schools 123 124 Public school students from the borough and all of Bergen County are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus The district offers programs on a shared time or full time basis with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student s home school district 125 126 St John the Evangelist School was a Catholic school for students in grades Pre K 8 operating under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark After 72 years and generations of graduates it was closed in June 2013 127 Transportation Edit I 95 northbound in Leonia Roads and highways Edit As of May 2010 update the borough had a total of 23 02 miles 37 05 km of roadways of which 19 53 miles 31 43 km were maintained by the municipality 1 12 miles 1 80 km by Bergen County 1 56 miles 2 51 km by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0 81 miles 1 30 km by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority 128 Route 93 Grand Avenue runs north south for 1 5 miles 2 4 km through the center of the borough connecting Palisades Park and Englewood 129 Interstate 95 the New Jersey Turnpike curves along the borough s northern border 130 while U S Route 1 9 and U S Route 46 briefly enter along the western border with Fort Lee 131 132 Effective January 22 2018 Leonia officials banned nonresidents from using residential streets defined as all streets except Fort Lee Road Grand Avenue and Broad Avenue during rush hours 133 However due to complaints from business owners citing decreased revenues Leonia officials are reconsidering 134 Public transportation Edit NJ Transit bus route 166 provides local and express service from Broad Avenue to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and route 182 serves the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal with local service offered on the 751 755 and 756 routes 135 136 Rockland Coaches provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on the 11T 11AT 14ET 20T and 21T routes 137 The Northern Branch Corridor Project is a proposal to extend the Hudson Bergen Light Rail to restore passenger train service on the CSX tracks which offered passenger service decades before and is now used for occasional freight service NJ Transit s plan would include a station in Leonia 138 Notable people EditSee also Category People from Leonia New Jersey The Arlene amp Alan Alda Children s Room at the Leonia Public Library People who were born in residents of or otherwise closely associated with Leonia include Alan Alda born 1936 actor 139 Arlene Alda born 1933 photographer and author 140 Robert J Alexander 1918 2010 political activist who studied the trade union movement in Latin America and dissident communist political parties 141 Elizabeth Baranger 1927 2019 physicist and academic administrator at the University of Pittsburgh whose research concerned shell model calculations in nuclear physics 142 Freddie Bartholomew 1924 1992 child actor 27 143 Jeff Bell 1943 2018 Republican nominee for U S Senate from New Jersey in 2014 144 Robert Birmelin born 1933 figurative painter printmaker and draughtsman 145 Pat Boone born 1934 singer 27 139 146 Anthony Bourdain 1956 2018 chef author and television personality 147 Rutherford Boyd 1884 1951 artist 148 149 Verona Burkhard 1910 2004 artist known for her murals painted for the U S Treasury Department 150 Carolee Carmello born 1962 actress 151 Charles Shepard Chapman 1879 1962 painter best remembered for his landscape of the Grand Canyon at the American Museum of Natural History 152 Kathleen Clark playwright 153 Edwin H Colbert 1905 2001 paleontologist and author 154 155 Dan Colen born 1979 artist 156 157 Paul Collins born 1956 rock musician and author best known for his work in the power pop groups The Nerves and The Beat 158 Robin Cook born 1940 physician and novelist 159 Sam Coppola 1932 2012 actor who played hardware store owner Dan Fusco in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever 160 Alexander Dallin 1924 2000 historian political scientist and international relations scholar at Columbia University 161 John Darrow 1907 1980 actor of the late silent and early talking film eras 162 Sammy Davis Jr 1925 1990 entertainer 139 Wm Theodore de Bary 1919 2017 Sinologist and East Asian literary scholar who was a professor and administrator at Columbia University for nearly 70 years 163 Priscilla Dean 1896 1987 actress popular in silent film as well as in theatre with a career spanning two decades 164 Dorothy Dinnerstein 1923 1992 feminist activist author and academic 165 Acheson J Duncan 1904 1995 statistician and authority in quality control 166 Harvey Dunn 1884 1952 illustrator 30 Gregg Edelman born 1958 actor 167 Emme born 1963 plus size supermodel 168 169 Enrico Fermi 1901 1954 Nobel Prize winning physicist 139 170 171 Morton Fried 1923 1986 professor of anthropology at Columbia University 172 Ralph Fuller 1890 1963 cartoonist best known for his long running comic strip Oaky Doaks 173 Maria Goeppert Mayer 1906 1972 Nobel Prize winning physicist 174 Buddy Hackett 1924 2003 comedian 27 175 Marvin Harris 1927 2001 anthropologist 176 Toomas Hendrik Ilves giving a commencement address at Leonia High School s graduation in 1972 Richard Howell born 1955 a freelance comics artist who drew the second series of Marvel Comics The Vision and the Scarlet Witch which was primarily set in Leonia 177 Toomas Hendrik Ilves born 1953 President of Estonia 178 Phil Jackson born 1945 basketball coach 179 Leland Jacobs 1907 1992 professor emeritus of education who was known for his education in the field of prose and poetry 180 Sid Jacobson 1929 2022 American comic books writer He was managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Comics 181 Albert Journeay 1890 1972 football player who was captain of the Penn Quakers football team in 1914 182 Marshall Kay 1904 1975 geologist and professor at Columbia University 183 Marvin Kitman born 1929 television critic humorist and author 184 Bob Klapisch sportswriter 185 David Klass screenwriter and novelist 186 Perri Klass pediatrician and writer who has published extensively about her medical training and pediatric practice 187 Dick Kryhoski 1925 2007 first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for five different teams between 1949 and 1955 188 189 Willard Libby 1908 1980 Nobel Prize winning scientist who played a lead role in the development of radiocarbon dating 139 171 Robert Ludlum 1927 2001 author 27 139 190 Philip Maneval born 1956 composer 191 David Mansfield born 1956 stringed instrument musician and composer 192 Vera Maxwell 1901 1995 fashion designer 193 John C McCloy 1876 1945 sailor twice awarded the Medal of Honor 194 Bob McFadden 1923 2000 voiceover actor 195 Boris Moishezon 1937 1993 mathematician 196 J Vreeland Moore 1824 1903 brigadier general of the 1st New Jersey Regiment who played a major role in the borough s formation 197 Robert F Murphy 1924 1990 anthropologist 198 Norman D Newell 1909 2005 professor of geology at Columbia University and chairman and curator of invertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History 199 James Noble 1922 2016 actor 200 Christiane Noll born 1968 singer and actress known for her work in musicals and on the concert stage 201 202 Frank C Osmers Jr 1907 1977 represented New Jersey s 9th congressional district from 1939 1943 and 1951 1965 203 Clara Elsene Peck 1883 1968 illustrator and painter known for her illustrations of women and children in the early 20th century 173 Mary Beth Peil born 1940 actress 204 Howard Post 1926 2010 animator cartoonist and comic strip and comic book writer artist known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip The Dropouts 205 Carmel Quinn 1925 2021 singer 27 206 Lucinda Rosenfeld born 1969 novelist 207 Ben Ryan 1892 1968 songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics to the popular song The Gang that Sang Heart of My Heart 208 Giorgio Santelli 1897 1985 fencer and fencing master who was part of the Italian team that won the gold medal in Men s team sabre at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was the largest mid 20th century influence in raising the quality and popularity of fencing in the United States 209 Warner R Schilling 1925 2013 political scientist and international relations scholar at Columbia University 210 211 Gene Shalit born 1926 longtime film critic on network television 212 213 Willa Shalit born 1955 artist theatrical and television producer photographer author editor and social conscious entrepreneur 213 Arshavir Shirakian 1900 1973 Armenian writer who was noted for his assassination of Said Halim Pasha and Cemal Azmi as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian genocide 214 Ivory Sully born 1957 NFL football player for Los Angeles Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers 215 216 Al B Sure born 1968 singer songwriter and producer 217 David Syrett 1939 2004 Professor of History at Queens College and researcher and documentary editor on eighteenth century British naval history and the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II 218 Harold Urey 1893 1981 Nobel Prize winning chemist 171 Henry S Walbridge 1801 1869 member of the United States House of Representatives from New York who served from 1851 to 1852 219 Lyndon Woodside 1935 2005 10th conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York 220 In popular culture EditLeonia briefly served as the home of Scarlet Witch and Vision in several Marvel Comics storylines from the 1980s mainly in The Vision and the Scarlet Witch series the second of which was drawn by Leonia resident Richard Howell This domestic storyline was later loosely adapted in the 2021 TV series WandaVision although the location was changed to the fictional town of Westview New Jersey 221 See also EditList of U S cities with significant Korean American populationsReferences Edit a b c d e 2019 Census Gazetteer Files New Jersey Places United States Census Bureau Accessed July 1 2020 a b US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States Census Bureau Accessed September 4 2014 a b About the Mayor Judah Zeigler Borough of Leonia Accessed May 7 2022 2022 New Jersey Mayors Directory New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Accessed March 1 2022 Borough Administrator Borough of Leonia Accessed May 7 2022 Borough Clerk Borough of Leonia Accessed May 7 2022 a b 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book Rutgers University Edward J Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy March 2013 p 157 ArcGIS REST Services Directory United States Census Bureau Retrieved October 11 2022 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Borough of Leonia Geographic Names Information System Accessed March 7 2013 a b Census Population API United States Census Bureau Retrieved October 11 2022 a b GCT PH1 Population Housing Units Area and Density 2010 State County Subdivision from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey Archived 2020 02 12 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed March 7 2013 Look Up a ZIP Code for Leonia NJ United States Postal Service Accessed November 29 2011 Zip Codes State of New Jersey Accessed August 28 2013 Area 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February 2011 Accessed July 10 2012 a b Snyder John P The Story of New Jersey s Civil Boundaries 1606 1968 Bureau of Geology and Topography Trenton New Jersey 1969 p 80 Accessed May 9 2012 Harvey Cornelius Burnham Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties New Jersey p 11 New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company 1900 Accessed September 15 2013 For a period of sixteen years following the passage of this act few boroughs were organized in the State only three of them being in Bergen County As it was twenty six boroughs were created in the county from January 23 1894 to December 18 of the same year History of Bergen County New Jersey 1630 1923 p 371 Best Places To Live The Complete Top Towns List 1 100 Archived 2008 02 28 at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Monthly February 21 2008 Accessed February 24 2008 Friendly Jonathan Leonia Offers Films of Old The New York Times September 21 1975 Accessed July 10 2012 The borough dates its original settlement to 1668 and seven years ago it celebrated its Tricentennial a b c d e f Karels Carol Leonia p 127 Arcadia Publishing 2002 ISBN 9780738509730 Accessed October 21 2015 By the 1970s Leonia was home to may professional musicians writers and entertainers Many such as Alan Alda an actor and director Carmel Quinn a singer Freddie Bartholomew a child star And Robert Ludlum an actor producer and author contributed to the cultural life of the community Others such as singer Pat Boone comic Buddy Hackett and singer Sammy Davis Jr lived here because of its proximity to New York City Hutchinson Viola L The Origin of New Jersey Place Names New Jersey Public Library Commission May 1945 Accessed September 2 2015 Llorente Elizabeth If You re Thinking of Living in Leonia The New York Times February 10 1985 Accessed July 13 2011 In 1899 his Leonia Heights Land Company set out to create a community that was to be unique an idea sparked by a trip to Leonia on the Edgewater Ferry that year Ward the head of a New York advertising concern envisioned a white collar community whose residents would enjoy open space and an upper class residential environment with an emphasis on education and culture a b Falkenstein Michelle Jersey Footlights The New York Times July 31 2005 Accessed November 7 2018 Dunn settled in Leonia in 1914 to be near the New York market for illustration and enjoyed a successful career a b c Cheslow Jerry Well Read Well Shaded and Well Placed The New York Times June 15 1997 Accessed July 13 2011 Among the other widely used facilities is the Civil War Drill Hall a cavernous building constructed by the New Jersey Blues Infantry regiment as a training center in 1859 The hall is now home to the Players Guild of Leonia established in 1919 and the oldest community theater group in New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites in Leonia New Jersey Revolutionary War New Jersey Accessed December 11 2014 Cole Allaire Boyd House oldest dwelling in Leonia circa 1765 Home of noted loyalist Sam Cole prior to and during part of the Revolution Rutt Walter E Vreeland House Historic American Buildings Survey July 1938 Accessed December 11 2014 Annual Events Archived 2006 09 30 at the Wayback Machine Borough of Leonia Accessed May 19 2008 Leonia New Jersey Geographic Names Information System Accessed July 13 2011 Areas touching Leonia MapIt Accessed February 25 2020 Bergen County Map of Municipalities Bergen County New Jersey Accessed February 25 2020 New Jersey Municipal Boundaries New Jersey Department of Transportation Accessed November 15 2019 Staff Leonia named Tree City USA Leonia Life May 14 2010 Accessed July 13 2011 Compendium of censuses 1726 1905 together with the tabulated returns of 1905 New Jersey Department of State 1906 Accessed October 18 2013 Thirteenth Census of the United States 1910 Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions 1910 1900 1890 United States Census Bureau p 335 Accessed May 9 2012 Fifteenth Census of the United States 1930 Population Volume I United States Census Bureau p 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by the Internet Archive as of February 3 2013 Accessed December 1 2014 DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006 2010 American Community Survey 5 Year Estimates for Leonia borough Bergen County New Jersey Archived 2020 02 12 at archive today United States Census Bureau Accessed May 9 2012 Korean Communities Archived 2007 12 06 at the Wayback Machine EPodunk Accessed June 28 2006 Japanese Communities Archived 2006 11 10 at the Wayback Machine EPodunk Accessed June 28 2006 Home page Players Guild of Leonia Accessed October 18 2013 About Summerstage at Leonia Accessed October 18 2013 About Leonia Chamber Musicians Society Accessed October 18 2013 About Archived 2013 10 19 at the Wayback Machine Sculpture for Leonia Accessed October 18 2013 Home page Leonia Arts Accessed October 18 2013 Overpeck County Park Bergen County New Jersey Department of Parks Accessed June 1 2015 Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey Rutgers University Center for Government Studies 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County November 5 2019 General Election Statement of Vote Bergen County New Jersey Clerk updated December 10 2019 Accessed January 1 2020 Council Resignation Results in Vacancy on Leonia Borough Council Borough of Leonia Accessed October 2 2019 Effective July 16 2019 Councilman Ben Choi has resigned from the Leonia Borough Council in order to accept an appointment as the Municipal Court Judge for the City of Hoboken New Jersey Kwon Grace Leonia s uncontested election yields no surprises Leonia Life November 6 2012 Accessed September 15 2013 Council candidates Greg Makroulakis Peter Knott and I S Pak secured the three open seats on the council in an uncontested race during the Nov 6 election A resident of Leonia since 1983 incumbent Knott said he looks forward to finishing the one year unexpired term that resulted when John DeSimone was elected mayor Baker Rebecca Leonia councilman looking to resolve borough s feud with fire department The Record August 29 2013 Accessed September 15 2013 Pasquale Pat Fusco knew he would be stepping into the center of a controversy when he accepted an appointment to fill a newly vacant Borough Council seat this month Fusco agreed to replace Ik Seong I S Pak who stepped down from the board in July citing a dire personal situation in his resignation letter 2022 Redistricting Plan New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 8 2022 2019 New Jersey Citizen s Guide to Government New Jersey League of Women Voters Accessed October 30 2019 Districts by Number for 2011 2020 New Jersey Legislature Accessed January 6 2013 Plan Components Report New Jersey Redistricting Commission December 23 2011 Accessed February 1 2020 Salant Jonathan D Big change N J 1 4M shifting to another congressional district Use our tracker before voting NJ Advance Media for NJ com October 31 2022 Accessed December 8 2022 But now more than 1 4 million residents are moving due to new district lines drawn by New Jersey s independent redistricting commission to reflect population shifts under the 2020 census Redistricting will shift 106 municipalities nearly one in five into new congressional districts Moving from the 9th Congressional District currently represented by Democratic Rep Bill Pascrell Jr to the 5th Congressional District represented by Democratic Rep Josh Gottheimer Directory of Representatives New Jersey United States House of Representatives Accessed January 3 2019 Biography Congressman Josh Gottheimer Accessed January 3 2019 Josh now lives in Wyckoff New Jersey with Marla his wife who was a federal prosecutor and their two young children Ellie and Ben 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 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July 13 2011 Leonia Board of Education District Policy 0110 Identification Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 6 2020 Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre Kindergarten through twelve in the Leonia School District Composition The Leonia School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Leonia District information for Leonia Public School District National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 2020 School Data for the Leonia Public Schools National Center for Education Statistics Accessed April 1 2020 Anna C Scott Elementary School Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 6 2020 Leonia Middle School Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 6 2020 Leonia High School Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 6 2020 District Schools Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 16 2017 New Jersey School Directory for the Leonia Public Schools New Jersey Department of Education Accessed December 29 2016 Leonia Public Schools 2016 School Report Card Narrative New Jersey Department of Education Accessed May 16 2017 The high school continues to increase in numbers as now approximately 725 students from both Edgewater and Leonia are enrolled in grades 9 12 at Leonia High School Leonia Schools at a glance Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Leonia Public Schools Accessed May 29 2016 Enrollment is 1835 Of this 380 are Edgewater students in grades 7 12 About Us Bergen County Technical Schools Accessed December 9 2013 Admissions Bergen County Technical Schools Accessed December 29 2016 Saint John the Evangelist Church Leonia School Building Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark Accessed November 19 2015 Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction New Jersey Department of Transportation May 2010 Accessed November 8 2013 Route 93 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation April 2008 Accessed November 9 2013 Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation October 2001 Accessed November 9 2013 U S Route 1 Straight Line Diagram New Jersey Department of Transportation April 2010 Accessed November 9 2013 Enlarged View 2 Leonia Borough Fort Lee Borough and Englewood Cliffs Borough Bergen County New Jersey Department of Transportation June 2009 Accessed November 9 2013 New Jersey town closes streets to non residents during rush hour January 22 2018 Town walks back rush hour ban on nonresident drivers February 15 2018 Routes by County Bergen County NJ Transit backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 22 2009 Accessed July 13 2011 Bergen County System Map NJ Transit Accessed September 14 2016 Available Schedules from Leonia NJ to New York NY Rockland Coaches Accessed December 13 2013 Staff Attend town hall meetings with the mayor Leonia Life November 27 2009 Accessed July 13 2011 The focus of this first forum will be the New Jersey Transit Northern Branch Corridor Project This initiative would return passenger rail service to Leonia and as proposed the line would originate in Tenafly and end at the North Bergen Junction a b c d e f Cheslow Jerry Well Read Well Shaded and Well Placed The New York Times June 15 1997 Accessed October 18 2013 Much later its residents included five Nobel Prize winners among them Enrico Fermi one of the developers of the atomic bomb and Willard Libby who discovered radiocarbon dating Sammy Davis Jr Pat Boone and Alan Alda the entertainers and Robert Ludlum the author Kuperinsky Amy Alan Alda longtime N J resident announces Parkinson s diagnosis NJ Advance Media for NJ com July 31 2018 Alan Alda lived with his wife photographer clarinetist and writer Arlene Alda in Leonia for 38 years from 1963 to 2001 Perrone Fernanda Inventory to the Papers of Robert Jackson Alexander Rutgers University Libraries April 2000 Accessed November 9 2013 Robert Jackson Alexander was born on November 26 1918 in Canton Ohio He was the son of Ralph S Alexander an instructor and graduate student in economics and Ruth Jackson Alexander In 1922 the family moved to Leonia New Jersey five miles from New York City where R S Alexander had attained a teaching position at Columbia Carpenter Mackenzie Newsmaker Elizabeth Baranger Pioneering woman professor at Pitt shuns spotlight Pittsburgh Post Gazette May 31 2004 Accessed January 6 2021 Baranger the daughter of Nobel Prize winning physicist Harold Urey spent much of her childhood in Leonia N J watching members of the secretive Manhattan Project the developers of the nuclear bomb come and go at her house Nuccio Sal Advertising Role for Freddie Bartholomew The New York Times November 6 1964 Accessed March 30 2011 He lives in Leonia N J with his wife and three children in an old house we are all inordinately fond of Friedmann Matt Jeff Bell Republican U S Senate candidate from 1978 wants to challenge Booker The Star Ledger February 4 2014 Accessed August 13 2014 Bell a 70 year old conservative policy wonk who has lived in northern Virginia for the last 31 years rented a home in Leonia today and said he plans to seek the state s Republican nomination to challenge U S Sen Cory Booker D N J in November DiFulco Pasquale Colorful mural by Robert Birmelin recalls Paterson s rich history Herald News January 12 1992 Accessed May 1 2021 via Newspapers com But long before the Leonia resident was garnering grants and fellowships he painted mini portraits on cardboard Staff Kings for A Day The Boston Globe June 16 1958 Accessed March 30 2011 Singer Pat Boone and family leave Leonia NJ home for church Front Cherry 3 1 2 Debbie 1 1 2 and Linda 2 1 2 Mack Patricia The Cook The Thief The Record October 25 2000 Accessed March 30 2011 Anthony Bourdain the Leonia native with the French sounding name took a leave from his job as executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York City Almenas Maxim Saying goodbye to David Boyd The Record March 4 2010 Accessed January 3 2012 The tours usually ended at 112 Prospect St not just because it was Boyd s home but because it s the oldest standing house in the entire Borough built in 1760 Many Leonians have ventured to see the home which is on the National Register of Historic Sites His dad Rutherford Boyd a prominent artist was attracted to the area because of the network of artists that congregated here said son in law Bill Ziegler referring to a time when Leonia was a thriving artist colony He saw the property as he was walking through town one day and decided right then and there to buy it in 1916 Rutherford John Rutherford Boyd 1884 1951 AskArt com Accessed January 3 2012 Rutherford was born in Philadelphia and lived during his career in New York City New Orleans where he was a sketch artist and Leonia New Jersey Kovinick Phil and Yoshiki Kovinick Marian An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West p 35 University of Texas Press 1998 Accessed May 11 2017 Later during the depression of the 1930s and after while living in Leonia NJ c 1930 c 1936 Tenafly NJ c 1936 c 1938 and New York c 1938 1949 she made great strides as an artist Beckerman Jim Playing Strong Willed Women The Record March 31 2002 Accessed May 27 2008 After starring in such New York shows as Kiss Me Kate 1776 Parade and City of Angels Leonia resident Carolee Carmello wanted to do something closer to home Staff Charles S Chapman 83 Prize Winning Artist Dies The New York Times December 17 1962 Accessed October 21 2015 Leonia N Y sic Dec 16 Charles Shepard Chapman an artist teacher and academician of the American Academy of Design died yesterday at his home on 156 Sylvan Avenue where he had lived and worked for 50 years Aranda Melinda Dean and Karels Carol Leonia Lives Kathleen Clark s world is on the stage Archived 2017 03 23 at the Wayback Machine Leonia Life July 17 2015 Accessed March 22 2017 Kathleen Kate Clark is a playwright whose plays have been produced in New York off Broadway and all over the U S She and her theater producer husband Richard Frankel have lived in Leonia for 21 years We moved here in 1994 during Leonia s Centennial Staff A New Species of Small Dinosaur Reported Found by Yale Curator The New York Times December 4 1964 Accessed November 10 2012 Dr Edwin H Colbert chairman of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American of Natural History said tonight at his home in Leonia N J that Dr Ostrom s report was a very good one Elliot Ann Brimacombe Charming the Bones A Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert Kent State University Press 2000 ISBN 0873386485 pp 68 71 Ned started to house hunt in Leonia It took him several visits but eventually he found a three bedroom house on High Street for which the landlord was asking a monthly rent of fifty dollars Haramis Nick Everything amp Nothing Dan Colen Reveals There Are Two Sides to Every Story Archived 2010 12 23 at the Wayback Machine BlackBook October 1 2010 Accessed March 31 2011 The 31 year old artist was born in Leonia New Jersey where as a teenager he befriended photographer Ryan McGinley at their local skate park Whitney Biennial 2006 Artists Whitney Museum of Art Accessed March 31 2011 Born 1979 Leonia New Jersey lives in New York New York Coyote Ginger Paul Collins He s Got The Beat Punk Globe Accessed March 25 2021 Punk Globe Tell us a bit about your musical background Paul Collins I had a band in Leonia the town I lived in before I moved into NY it was my first band and we played original songs the band was called Home Grown and the only song I remember was I Lost My Body Fabrikant Geraldine Talking Money With Dr Robin Cook Prescription Real Estate And Lots of It The New York Times January 21 1996 Accessed November 10 2012 Dr Cook s fascination with real estate goes back to his childhood He grew up in Queens the son of an art director at an advertising agency who bought a photostat business Money was usually tight he said though by the time he was 8 years old the family had nudged its way into the middle class and moved to Leonia N J Levin Jay Sam Coppola actor in films TV theater The Record February 7 2012 Accessed November 9 2013 Character actor Sam Coppola of Leonia who gave John Travolta sage but salty advice in the 1977 film classic Saturday Night Fever died Sunday Who s Who in America 1966 1967 34th edition Marquis Who s Who Chicago 1966 p 490 Home Park Av Leonia N J Phillips Brent Charles Walters The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance p 28 University Press of Kentucky 2014 ISBN 9780813147239 Accessed May 16 2016 A former movie actor Darrow was an imposing presence Seven years Chuck s senior he was born Henry L Simpson on July 14 1904 in Leonia New Jersey Martin Douglas Wm Theodore de Bary Renowned Columbia Sinologist Dies at 97 The New York Times July 17 2017 Accessed July 17 2017 He grew up in Leonia N J a town directly across the Hudson River from the university campus that was a favorite place of residence for many Columbia faculty members and employees Staff Priscilla Dean Screen Actress of Silent Films Los Angeles Times February 6 1988 Accessed May 16 2016 Priscilla Dean considered one of the best of the silent screen actresses has died at her home in Leonia a small New Jersey town she retired to more than 50 years ago Staff Dorothy Dinnerstein Feminist Writer Was 69 The New York Times December 19 1992 Accessed November 7 2018 Dr Dorothy Dinnerstein a feminist author and professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University Newark died on Thursday in Englewood N J She was 69 and lived in Leonia Duncan Acheson J 1904 1994 Papers 1936 1985 Archived 2011 09 29 at the Wayback Machine Milton S Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University Accessed November 9 2013 Acheson J Duncan was born September 24 1904 in Leonia New Jersey Feldberg Robert My oh my oh he s come a ways The Record November 23 2003 Accessed March 31 2011 When it was announced Gregg Edelman would be in the cast of the Broadway production of Wonderful Town which opens tonight at the Al Hirschfeld Theater it hardly registered as a surprise That s because Edelman who lives with his family in Leonia is a hardy perennial on Broadway High School Girls Get The Big Picture On Modeling The Record September 12 1997 Emme the world s leading full figured model and a resident of Leonia was the star Staff Emme People May 9 1994 Accessed February 7 2018 Emme sometimes lectures at high schools near her Leonia N J home Her message Don t kill yourself trying to change your body Change the way you think about your body Strauss Robert Somebody Big Slept Here The New York Times March 28 2004 Accessed March 30 2011 From 1940 to 1946 the nuclear physics pioneer Enrico Fermi and winner of a Nobel Prize lived at 382 Summit Avenue in Leonia For the past 24 years George and Jean Flynn who both teach at Columbia University as did Fermi have lived in the house Though they have lived there four times longer than the Fermis they are still comfortable with it being called the Fermi House in the neighborhood a b c Staff 3 Nobel Winners for Town The New York Times November 4 1960 Accessed March 30 2011 Staff Dr Morton Fried 63 Anthropology Teacher The New York Times December 20 1986 Accessed May 16 2016 Dr Morton H Fried a professor of anthropology at Columbia University died of cardiac arrest Thursday night at his home in Leonia N J a b Mattingly Paul H Suburban Landscapes Culture and Politics in a New York Metropolitan Community p 228 Johns Hopkins University Press 2001 ISBN 9780801866807 Accessed May 16 2016 Ralph Fuller one of the mainstays of the Leonia artist colony during the interwar years was the creator of the highly successful nationally syndicated comic strip Oaky Doaks McGrayne Sharon Bertsch 1998 Nobel Prize Women in Science Their Lives Struggles and Momentous Discoveries Second ed Washington DC Joseph Henry Press pp 190 193 Excerpt can also be seen as this attachment to a Report to the Historical Resources Board of the City of San Diego August 18 2016 Soon after the invasion of Poland in the winter of 1939 1940 the Mayers moved to a modest clapboard house in Leonia New Jersey twenty minutes from Columbia There they formed a little colony of past and future Nobel Prize winners including the Fermis the Ureys and a few years later the Willard Libbys Staff Comedian Buys Home Buddy Hackett New Owner of Anastasia House in Fort Lee The New York Times August 30 1958 Accessed March 30 2011 Mr Hackett lives at 581 Nordhoff Drive Leonia Marvin Harris Archived 2006 12 07 at the Wayback Machine Cultural Materialism Accessed May 27 2008 Throughout the 1960s and 1970s Harris and his family lived in Leonia New Jersey which borders Fort Lee right across the Hudson River from upper Manhattan Karels Carol July 11 2014 Richard Howell Comic Book Artist Leonia Lives Retrieved February 9 2021 Jackson Herb From Estonia to Leonia Archived 2011 05 14 at the Wayback Machine The Record April 23 2008 Accessed March 30 2011 Copy of article at the official website of the President of Estonia Leonia High School helped make the Baltic Sea nation of Estonia one of the most Internet reliant in the world Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves says How By including Ilves who grew up in Leonia in an experimental four year math program that featured computer programming Adamek Steve and Iannazzone Al Lakers Notebook The Record June 5 2002 Accessed March 30 2011 Phil Jackson s memories of New Jersey are fond and forgetful He finished his playing career with the Nets when they played their home games at Rutgers about an hour trip from where he lived in Leonia Saxon Wolfgang Dr Leland Jacobs 85 Educator And Columbia Professor Emeritus The New York Times April 7 1992 Accessed May 16 2016 Dr Leland B Jacobs a professor of education emeritus at Teachers College Columbia University who was known nationally for his concepts of teaching literature to the very young died on Saturday at Englewood N J Hospital He was 85 years old and lived in Leonia N J SIDNEY JACOBSON OBITUARY legacy com July 25 2022 Retrieved August 1 2022 Playing catch in front of the house in Leonia Dad taught me how to throw a curve Famous Football Captains of 1914 Baseball Magazine December 1914 archived by LA84 Foundation Accessed May 16 2016 Mr Journeay was born at Piermont N Y and resides at Leonia N J He is 22 years old six feet tall and weighs 182 pounds When he graduates he expects to enter the manufacturing business Distinguished Alumni Awards Dr G Marshall Kay 24BS 25MS University of Iowa Alumni Association Accessed May 16 2016 G Marshall Kay of Leonia New Jersey Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University was educated in Iowa City receiving his BS degree in 1924 and the MS degree in 1925 Klapisch Bob Leonia s Marvin Kitman recalls his days as a media critic The Record November 11 2013 Even though Kitman has been a Leonia resident since 1961 Bob Klapisch profile The Record Accessed July 14 2007 Robert Salvador Klapisch was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia He is a graduate of Leonia H S where he played baseball and Columbia University where he earned a bachelor s degree in political science Gallo Donald R Ultimate Sports p 298 Random House Children s Books 2009 ISBN 9780307568434 Accessed May 16 2016 As a teenager David Klass played baseball and soccer at Leonia Public High School and went on to do the same at Yale University from which he graduated Neuhaus Cable A Touch of Klass Is All It Takes to Be a Successful Author Mom and Med Student at the Same Time People November 18 1985 Accessed May 16 2016 Klass childhood in Leonia N J prepared her well for her dual career Levin Jay Dick Kryhoski 82 Leonia s man in Yankee pinstripes The Record April 19 2007 Accessed March 30 2011 Exactly 16 477 men have played major league baseball as of this week according to Baseball Reference com Just one of them Dick Kryhoski came from Leonia Levin Jay Their lives made ours a little richer The Record January 1 2008 backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 19 2008 Accessed March 30 2011 Dick Kryhoski 82 on April 10 The only Leonia native to make it to the big leagues Kryhoski played first base for the world champion 49 Yankees Klemsrud Judy Behind the Best Sellers Robert Ludlum The New York Times July 10 1977 Accessed March 30 2011 He writes for six or seven hours in an office in his house in Leonia Philip Maneval Archived 2008 06 17 at the Wayback Machine Theodore Presser Company Accessed March 30 2011 Born in Leonia in northern New Jersey Mr Maneval received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied composition with Richard Wernick George Crumb and George Rochberg Gray Michael The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia p 449 Continuum 2006 ISBN 0 8264 6933 7 Accessed February 16 2012 Mansfield David c 1956 David Mansfield is very coy about his birth date but he was born around 1956 in Leonia New Jersey where he grew up to be a multi instrumentalist playing mostly violin mandolin and guitar Jackson Kenneth T Markoe Karen and Markoe Arnie The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives 1994 1996 p 352 Charles Scribner s Sons 2000 ISBN 0 684 80644 4 Accessed September 19 2011 She attended Leonia High School in New Jersey for one year then entered the Metropolitan Opera School of Ballet in New York City Staff John M cloy Won Two Honor Medals Retired Naval Hero Dies in Jersey Cited for Deeds in China at Vera Cruz Served on U S S Newark In North Sea Patrol The New York Times May 26 1945 Accessed March 30 2011 Leonia N J May 25 Lieut Comdr John McCloy USN retired one of the few men to win two Congressional Medals of Honor and a holder also of the Navy Cross was found dead in bed today by his housekeeper at his home here Morley Hugh R Robert Bob Mcfadden Voice Of Tv Commercials The Record January 10 2000 Accessed March 31 2011 Robert Bob McFadden a former Leonia resident and show business stalwart who made his name doing radio and television voice overs and impressions of famous people died Friday his family said He was 76 Saxon Wolfgang Boris G Moishezon Columbia Professor Of Math Dies at 55 The New York Times August 27 1993 Accessed September 13 2011 Boris G Moishezon a mathematics professor at Columbia University who defected from the Soviet Union in 1972 and came to the United States five years later died Wednesday He was 55 and lived in Leonia N J Dr Moishezon had a heart attack while jogging and was pronounced dead in Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck N J said his wife Natalia Staff Gen J Vreeland Moore Dead First Colonel of the Old Second New Jersey Regiment Long in the National Guard The New York Times July 9 1903 Accessed November 9 2013 J Vreeland Moore died yesterday at Leonia in his seventy ninth year He had been ill about three weeks Narvaez Alfonso A Robert F Murphy 66 Professor Of Anthropology and an Author The New York Times October 11 1990 Accessed May 9 2012 Robert Francis Murphy a professor of anthropology at Columbia University died on Monday at his home in Leonia N J Pearce Jeremy Norman Newell 96 Scientist Who Studied Dying Species Has Died The New York Times April 23 2005 Accessed May 10 2012 Dr Norman D Newell an influential paleontologist who challenged opponents of evolutionary theory and helped shape theories explaining the mass extinctions of species died on Monday at his home in Leonia N J his family said He was 96 Staff James Noble A Relaxed and Clever Actor The Daily Union Democrat February 27 1980 Accessed May 12 2016 But the family still is in the process of becoming accustomed to living in California after moving from their permanent home in Leonia N J which they ve rented out Filichia Peter N J Stage Actress singing for joy at the Paper Mill The Star Ledger April 14 2000 p 23 For Christiane Noll performing in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of The Student Prince is a homecoming beyond the usual definition Growing up in Bergen County she played Mrs Barnum in a Leonia Middle School production of Barnum and was a Jet girl in a Leonia High School staging of West Side Story Spelling Ian Not Afraid of the Stage Christiane Noll former Leonia resident is the Consummate Professional Archived 2010 12 22 at the Wayback Machine 201 magazine May 1 2010 Accessed March 30 2011 Leonia was a wonderful little town They always call it a bedroom community lots of professionals artists teachers and musicians A lot of the people work in New York City but want a small town atmosphere and a house with a yard and trees Frank Charles Osmers Jr Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Accessed June 24 2007 Kaufman Joanne An Actress at Home on the Upper West Side The New York Times December 2 2016 Accessed August 4 2022 The minute she was divorced the actress Mary Beth Peil high tailed it out of Leonia N J where she had raised her two children and hit the reset button first renting a one bedroom apartment on the ground floor of a carriage house in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan then a year later in 1994 buying a similar unit on the fourth floor Via Associated Press Howard Post comic strip artist from Leonia dies at 83 The Record May 25 2010 Accessed August 4 2022 She said he drew much of his inspiration from things that happened around their house in Leonia which was frequented by artists and musicians Roura Phil Carmel Quinn Hits The Eire Notes New York Daily News March 15 1998 Accessed March 30 2011 Separated from her husband for the last 23 years Quinn lives quietly in her suburban Leonia home The first and only house I ve lived in since coming to America Connor Erinn Leonia native explores the delicate relationship between three sisters in The Pretty One The Record February 4 2013 Accessed February 4 2013 Q What was it like growing up in Leonia A I had a pretty happy childhood based on my memories via Associated Press Ben Ryan Noted Song Writer Dies In Jersey The Indianapolis Star July 7 1968 Accessed May 16 2016 Leonia N J AP Song writer and vaudeville performer Ben Ryan who wrote Inka Dinka Doo for Jimmy Durante died Friday at his home here after a long illness Staff Giorgio Santelli 87 Ex Fencing Coach Of U S Olympians The New York Times October 11 1985 Accessed February 7 2018 Giorgio Santelli a former United States Olympic fencing team coach and one of the most respected fencing masters in the world died Tuesday in Teaneck N J He was 87 years old Mr Santelli who lived in Leonia N J is survived by his wife Betty two daughters Donatella Czekus of Sao Paulo Brazil and Andrea of Massachusetts a son John of Englewood and one grandchild Leonia man wins chair at Columbia The Record November 9 1973 p C2 Warner R Schilling of Park Ave has been named James T Shotwell Professor of International Relations at Columbia University Obituary Werner R Schilling The New York Times October 25 2013 Accessed February 7 2018 Schilling Warner R died October 20 2013 at age 88 at Englewood Hospital Englewood NJ A long time resident of Leonia NJ he grew up in the greater St Louis area The Publishers Weekly Volume 184 p 117 Accessed December 28 2017 Gene Shalit who reviews books for children in the December issue of McCall s will write a similar roundup for a spring issue covering books issued Dec 1 1963 June 15 1964 Review copies galleys illustrations jackets should be sent to him at 139 Longview Ave Leonia N J not later than Jan 17 a b Kahn Toby Gene Shalit s Daughter Willa Has Casts of Characters Ranging from Brooke Shields to President Reagan People February 10 1986 Accessed December 28 2017 Even as a young girl growing up in Leonia N J Willa was fascinated with faces Shiragian 73 Dies An Armenian Hero The New York Times April 16 1973 Accessed October 17 2020 Leonia N J April 15 Arshavir Shiragian a retired dealer in Oriental rugs who as a young man killed three prominent Turks in reprisal for the massacre of Armenians in World War I died Thursday ill Englewood Hospital He was 73 years old and lived at 530 Grandview Terrace Staff Pro football The Record September 14 2003 Accessed May 16 2016 DB Ivory Sully Defensive back from Leonia and Delaware played for the Rams from 1979 84 after making the team as a free agent Staff UD Announces Star Studded Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Class WBOC TV October 1 2009 Accessed January 3 2012 An elusive running back for head coach Tubby Raymond s powerhouse Blue Hen football teams in 1976 78 Ivory Sully followed a spectacular college career at UD with a solid nine year tenure in the National Football League that included playing in Super Bowl XIX A native of Leonia N J Ivory was a three year standout in the UD backfield Holden Stephen The Pop Life The New York Times October 31 1990 Accessed January 3 2012 The singer who lives in northern New Jersey was born in Boston lived in Leonia N J for several years then moved to Goshen N Y and went to high school in Mount Vernon N Y David Syrett Obituary The Record October 22 2004 Accessed May 16 2016 Walbridge Henry Sanford 1801 1869 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Accessed November 9 2013 Kozinn Allan Lyndon Woodside 70 Leader Of Oratorio Society Is Dead The New York Times August 26 2005 Accessed November 7 2018 Lyndon Woodside a choral conductor who for more than three decades led one of New York City s oldest and largest choruses the Oratorio Society of New York died on Tuesday in Englewood N J He was 70 and lived in Leonia N J Ayala Nicolas January 18 2021 WandaVision Scarlet Witch s New Home Explained And Why She s So Scared ScreenRant Retrieved February 9 2021 Sources EditMunicipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey according to Counties prepared by the Division of Local Government Department of the Treasury New Jersey December 1 1958 Clayton W Woodford and Nelson William History of Bergen and Passaic Counties New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men Philadelphia Everts and Peck 1882 Harvey Cornelius Burnham ed Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties New Jersey New York New Jersey Genealogical 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