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Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is one of Bergen County's most complete urban-suburban communities: a walkable downtown, major regional hospital, performing-arts center, diverse neighborhoods, strong restaurant scene, nature preserve and direct bus connections toward Manhattan all fit within a city of under five square miles.
Palisade Avenue and Engle Street form the commercial and civic core, while Route 4, Grand Avenue, Knickerbocker Road and the city's residential neighborhoods connect Englewood with Fort Lee, Teaneck, Tenafly and the wider New York metropolitan area.
Englewood at a glance
Englewood is unusually diverse in both population and land use. Downtown retail and restaurants sit minutes from major healthcare facilities, quiet residential streets and protected woodland.
Palisade Avenue, Engle Street, Dean Street and Van Brunt Street support restaurants, boutiques, services, arts and civic activity.
Englewood Health's flagship hospital makes healthcare a defining institution and employment sector.
Bergen Performing Arts Center brings concerts, comedy, family shows and arts education to the downtown.
Flat Rock Brook provides 150 acres of preserve land and 3.6 miles of self-guided trails only a few miles from the George Washington Bridge.
Historic Englewood
Development accelerated with the extension of the Northern Railroad; J. Wyman Jones and associates mapped streets and registered the Englewood settlement.
The community became part of the larger Englewood Township created during Bergen County's municipal reorganization.
Englewood Cliffs became a separate municipality, reinforcing the distinct identities of the two neighboring communities.
Englewood completed its incorporation as a city in March 1899.
Housing, schools, healthcare, downtown commerce and transportation steadily expanded Englewood's regional role.
Englewood remains a major Bergen County destination for dining, shopping, medicine, arts and community services.
Downtown Englewood
The city's signature commercial street, lined with restaurants, boutiques, pharmacies, cafés, professional services and community destinations.
Connects the library, restaurants, retail and residential neighborhoods near the center of the city.
30 North Van Brunt Street · nonprofit regional performing-arts center and anchor for evening activity downtown.
Metered street parking, municipal lots and the South Dean Street public garage serve the central business district.
Nature, parks & recreation
443 Van Nostrand Avenue · 150-acre preserve with 3.6 miles of trails through forest, wetlands, pond, meadows and a cascading stream.
130 West Englewood Avenue · 28.6-acre municipal park and home base of Englewood Parks & Recreation.
Seasonal skating and recreation at the Mackay Park complex.
School-district/community athletic facility reopened as a community space for daily use from dawn to dusk under current district rules.
Englewood Public School District
Early-childhood school within Englewood Public School District.
District elementary school.
District elementary school and home of current dual-language and special-education programs.
District middle school.
274 Knickerbocker Road · Englewood's public high school.
School-choice program at Dwight Morrow with specialized academies in Biomedicine, Finance, Information Systems, Law & Public Safety and Pre-Engineering.
Englewood Public Library
Distinctive circular public library at the edge of downtown.
Library collections, public computers, programs, meetings and community services.
The City's master plan describes the library as Englewood's closest facility to a community center and notes its role as a heating/cooling center during extreme weather.
Bus transportation & regional access
Current New York-oriented service through Englewood, including downtown stops near Dean Street and Engle Street.
Current service connects Englewood with the George Washington Bridge Bus Station and nearby Bergen communities.
Local/regional connections include Englewood Cliffs, Teaneck and Englewood Hospital-area stops.
Major east-west corridor providing fast access toward Fort Lee, Paramus and regional highways.
The city maintains metered spaces, surface lots and a public parking garage at 24 South Dean Street.
The Census reports a 30.9-minute mean travel time to work for 2020–2024.
City government & official resources
Englewood City Hall is at 2-10 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631. Michael Wildes serves as mayor in 2026.
Nearby communities
Separate borough immediately east, known for Palisades geography and major corporate headquarters.
Residential borough directly north with downtown shopping and recreation.
Large township to the west with retail, universities, parks and major bus connections.
Residential borough southeast of Englewood near Fort Lee and Route 4.
High-rise, retail, dining and George Washington Bridge community nearby.
Large residential and commercial borough northwest of Englewood.
Explore Englewood on NJTGO
Use the full seven-page guide for downtown businesses, restaurants, real estate, visitor planning, community classifieds and employment.
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