Fort Lee, New Jersey

Borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey
—  Borough (New Jersey)  —
Map highlighting Fort Lee's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Fort Lee, New Jersey
Coordinates:
Country United States
State New Jersey
County Bergen
Incorporated March 29, 1904
Government[1]
 • Type Borough (New Jersey)
 • Mayor Mark Sokolich (D, term ends 2011)[2]
 • Administrator Peggy E. Thomas[3]
Area[4]
 • Total 2.888 sq mi (7.478 km2)
 • Land 2.541 sq mi (6.581 km2)
 • Water 0.347 sq mi (0.898 km2)  12.00%
Elevation[5] 289 ft (88 m)
Population (2010 Census)[6][7]
 • Total 35,345
 • Density 12,238.6/sq mi (4,726.5/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 07024[8]
Area code(s) 201/551
FIPS code 34-24420[9][10]
GNIS feature ID 0876418[11]
Website http://www.fortleenj.org/

Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 35,345.[6][7] Located atop the Hudson Palisades, the borough is the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge. Named for the site of an early American Revolution military encampment, it later became the birthplace of the American film industry.

Contents

Geography

Fort Lee is located at (40.85064,-73.971007). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.888 square miles (7.478 km2), of which, 2.541 square miles (6.581 km2) of it is land and 0.347 square miles (0.898 km2) of it (12.00%) is water.[12][4]

It is west and north of Edgewater, New Jersey, on the peninsula between the Hackensack River and the Hudson River, and atop the escarpment known as the Palisade Cliffs. The borough is bisected by the confluence of roads at GWB Plaza leading to the George Washington Bridge, and lies opposite from the Washington Heights neighborhood in uptown Manhattan.

History

Fort Lee was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 29, 1904, from the remaining portions of Ridgefield Township.[13][14] With the creation of Fort Lee, Ridgefield Township became defunct and was dissolved as of March 29, 1904.[15] The Fort Lee Police Department was formed under borough ordinance on August 9, 1904, and originally consisted of six marshals.[16]

Fort Lee is named for General Charles Lee after George Washington and his troops had camped at Mount Constitution overlooking Burdett's Landing, in defense of New York City.[17] It was during Washington's retreat in November 1776 (beginning along a road which is now Main Street) that Thomas Paine composed his pamphlet, The American Crisis, which began with the recognized phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls". These events are recalled at Monument Park and Fort Lee Historic Park.

At the turn of the 21st century, Fort Lee saw a large Korean migration which has converted much of the town into a large Koreatown,[18] in that many traditional Korean stores and restaurants may be seen in Fort Lee, and the hangul letters of the Korean alphabet are as common as signs in English in parts of the downtown area. This Koreatown is centered in the adjacent town of Palisade Park.

The rapid increase of the Korean population has seen the decline of many other immigrant communities once centered in Fort Lee, notably the Greek and Italian communities, once quite large but now all but extinct. A sizable Russian immigrant community has also sprung up in recent years, also attracted by the urban setting of Fort Lee.

America's first motion picture industry

The history of cinema in the United States can trace its roots to the East Coast where, at one time, Fort Lee was the motion picture capital of America. The industry got its start at the end of the 19th century with the construction of Thomas Edison's "Black Maria", the first motion picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey. New Jersey offered land at costs considerably less than New York City, and the cities and towns on the North River (Hudson River) and Hudson Palisades benefited greatly as a result of the phenomenal growth of the film industry at the turn of the 20th century.[19][20]

Film-making began attracting both capital and an innovative workforce, and when the Kalem Company began using Fort Lee in 1907 as a location for filming in the area, other filmmakers quickly followed. In 1909, a forerunner of Universal Studios, the Champion Film Company, built the first studio.[21] They were quickly followed by others who either built new studios or who leased facilities in Fort Lee. In the 1910s and 1920s, film companies such as the Independent Moving Pictures Company, Peerless Studios, The Solax Company, Éclair Studios, Goldwyn Picture Corporation, American Méliès (Star Films), World Pictures, Biograph Studios, Fox Film Corporation, Pathé Frères, Metro Pictures Corporation, Victor Film Company, and Selznick Pictures Corporation were all making pictures in Fort Lee. Such notables as Mary Pickford and Miles Remy got their start at Biograph Studios.[22][23][24]

With the offshoot businesses that sprang up to service the film studios, for nearly two decades Fort Lee experienced unrivaled prosperity. However, just as the development of Fort Lee production facilities was gaining strength, Nestor Studios of Bayonne, New Jersey, built the first studio in Hollywood in 1911.[25] Nestor Studios, owned by David and William Horsley, later merged with Universal Studios; and William Horsley's other company, Hollywood Film Laboratory, is now the oldest existing company in Hollywood, now called the Hollywood Digital Laboratory. California's more hospitable and cost-effective climate led to the eventual shift of virtually all filmmaking to the West Coast by the 1930s. Another reason for this shift was the distance of Southern California from New Jersey, which made it more difficult for Thomas Edison to enforce his motion picture patents. At the time, Edison owned almost all the patents relevant to motion picture production and, in the East, movie producers acting independently of Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company were often sued or enjoined by Edison and his agents. But movie makers working on the West Coast could work independently of Edison's control. Some companies, such as American Méliès, moved to San Antonio, Texas, and others moved to Jacksonville, Florida.

Television and film in New Jersey remains an important industry. Since 2000, the Fort Lee Film Commission, has been charged with celebrating the history of film in Fort Lee, as well as attracting film and television production companies to the borough.[26]

Birthplace of subliminal advertising

In 1957, market researcher James Vicary claimed that quickly flashing messages on a movie screen, in Fort Lee, had influenced people to purchase more food and drinks. Vicary coined the term subliminal advertising and formed the Subliminal Projection Company based on a six-week test. Vicary claimed that during the presentation of the movie Picnic he used a tachistoscope to project the words "Drink Coca-Cola" and "Hungry? Eat popcorn" for 1/3000 of a second at five-second intervals. Vicary asserted that during the test, sales of popcorn and Coke in that New Jersey theater increased 57.8 percent and 18.1 percent respectively.[27][28]

However, in 1962 Vicary admitted to lying about the experiment and falsifying the results, the story itself being a marketing ploy.[29][30] An identical experiment conducted by Henry Link showed no increase in cola or popcorn sales.[28] The claim that the small cinema handled 45,699 visitors in 6 weeks has led people to believe that Vicary actually did not conduct his experiment at all.[28]

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1900 2,612
—
1910 4,472 71.2%
1920 5,761 28.8%
1930 8,759 52.0%
1940 9,468 8.1%
1950 11,648 23.0%
1960 21,815 87.3%
1970 30,631 40.4%
1980 32,449 5.9%
1990 31,997 −1.4%
2000 35,461 10.8%
2010 35,345 −0.3%
Population sources:1910-1930[31]
1900-1990[32][33] 2000[34] 2010[6][7][35]

The 2010 United States Census reported that there were 35,345 people, 16,371 households and 9,366 families residing in the borough. The racial makeup of Fort Lee was 53.5% (18,905) White, 2.8% (973) African American, 0.1% (50) Native American, 38.4% (13,587) Asian, 0.0% (7) Pacific Islander, 3.1 (1,090) from other races, and 2.1% (733) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.0% (3,877).[6][35]

As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 35,461 people, 16,544 households, and 9,396 families residing in the borough. The population density was 14,001.7 people per square mile (5,411.7/km2). There were 17,446 housing units at an average density of 6,888.5 per square mile (2,662.4/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 62.75% White, 1.73% African American, 0.07% Native American, 31.43% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.69% from other races, and 2.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.87% of the population.[34]

There were 16,544 households out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.2% were non-families. 39.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.88.[34]

In the borough the population was spread out with 17.5% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.[34]

The median income for a household in the borough was $58,161, and the median income for a family was $72,140 (these figures had risen to $67,500 and $83,503 respectively as of a 2007 estimate).[36] Males had a median income of $54,730 versus $41,783 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $37,899. About 5.7% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.[34]

As of the 2000 census, 17.18% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry, which was the fifth highest in the United States and third highest of any municipality in New Jersey; behind neighboring Palisades Park (36.38%) and Leonia (17.24%) — for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[37] In the same census, 5.56% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of Chinese ancestry,[38] and 6.09% of Fort Lee's residents identified themselves as being of Japanese ancestry, the highest of any municipality in New Jersey for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.[39] In the 2010 Census, 23.5% of residents (8,318 individuals) identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry, 7.5% (2,653) as Chinese and 3.7% (1,302) as Japanese.[6]

There were 1,119 Fort Lee residents who filed claims to recover lost money from the Madoff investment scandal, the most from any ZIP code.[40]

Government

Local government

Fort Lee is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office, and only votes to break a tie. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.[1]

As of 2011, the Mayor of Fort Lee is Mark J. Sokolich (D, term ends December 31, 2011).[41] Members of the Borough Council are Council President Armand Pohan (2011), Joseph L. Cervieri, Jr. (2012), Jan Goldberg (2013), Ila Kasofsky (2013), Michael Sargenti (2011) and Harvey Sohmer (2012).[42]

Federal, state and county representation

Fort Lee is in the Ninth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.[43] The borough was relocated to the 37th state legislative district by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission based on the results of the 2010 Census.[7] The new district was in effect for the June 2011 primary and will be for the November 2011 general election, with the state senator and assembly members elected taking office in the new district as of January 2012.[43]

New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is represented by Steve Rothman (D, Fair Lawn). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Frank Lautenberg (D, Cliffside Park) and Bob Menendez (D, Hoboken).

38th District of the New Jersey Legislature, which is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Robert M. Gordon (D, Fair Lawn) and in the New Jersey General Assembly by Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee) and Connie Wagner (D, Paramus).[44] The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham).[45] The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).[46]

Bergen County's County Executive is Kathleen Donovan (R, Rutherford; term ends December 31, 2014).[47] The Board of Chosen Freeholders is the county's legislative body and its seven members are elected at-large on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year.[48] As of 2011, Bergen County's Freeholders are Chairman John Driscoll, Jr. (R, 2012; Paramus),[49] Vice-Chairwoman Maura DeNicola (R, 2013; Franklin Lakes),[50] Chair Pro Tempore John D. Mitchell (R, 2013; Cliffside Park)[51] John A. Felice (R, 2013; River Edge),[52] David L. Ganz (D, 2011; Fair Lawn),[53] Robert G. Hermansen (R, 2012; Mahwah)[54] and Bernadette P. McPherson (D, 2011; Rutherford).[55][56] Other countywide constitutional officials are Sheriff Michael Saudino (R), Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill) and County Clerk Elizabeth Randall (R, Westwood).[57]

Politics

As of Election Day, November 4, 2008, there were 16,838 registered voters. Of registered voters, 7,457 (44.3% of all registered voters) were registered as Democrats, 2,318 (13.8%) were registered as Republicans and 7,056 (41.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were seven voters registered to other parties.[58]

In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 60.9% of the vote here (7,873 ballots received), outpolling Republican John McCain, who received 37.9% of the vote (4,895 ballots cast), with 77.2% of registered voters participating.[58] In the 2004 election, Democrat John F. Kerry received 61.1% of the vote here (8,367 ballots cast), outpolling Republican George W. Bush, who received 37.7% of the vote (5,161 ballots), with 13,692 of the 18,294 registered voters participating (for turnout of 74.8%).[59]

Education

The Fort Lee School District serves public school students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[60]) are four K-6 elementary schools — School 1 (562 students), School 2 (441), School 3 (501) and School 4 (525) — Lewis F. Cole Middle School (483) for grades 7&8 and Fort Lee High School (1,015) for grades 9-12.

During the 2010-11 school year, School #3 was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, one of only ten schools statewide to be honored.[61] The school was one of three in Bergen County honored that year.[62]

Private schools

Private schools in the area include Christ the Teacher (PK-8, 314 students), First Step Day Care Center (PK, 101 students), Fort Lee Education Center (7-12, 78 students), Fort Lee Montessori Pre-School (PK, 49 students), Fort Lee Youth Center Playgroup (PK, 30 students), Futures Best Nursery Academy (PK, 98 students), Green House Preschool and Kindergarten (PK-K, 125 students), Happy Kids Pre-School (PK, 75 students), Hooks Lane School (PK, 54 students), Les Enfants Day Care Center (PK, 60 students), Palisades Pre-School (PK, 108 students), Rainbow School DC (PK, 88 students), and Small World Montessori School (PK, 51 students).[63] Christ the Teacher Interparochial School operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[64]

Transportation

Fort Lee is served by the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Route 4, Route 5, Route 67, Interstate 95 (the northern terminus of the New Jersey Turnpike), U.S. Route 9W, U.S. Route 1-9, U.S. Route 46, and County Route 505. The George Washington Bridge (signed as I-95/US 1-9/US 46) crosses the Hudson River from Fort Lee to the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City and is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge.[66] Many of these roads converge at GWB Plaza, a busy crossroads at the northern end of the borough.

Fort Lee is also served by New Jersey Transit buses 154, 156, 158 and 159 to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan; the 171, 175, 178, 181, 182, 186 and 188 lines to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal; and local service on the 751, 753, 755 and 756.[67]

China Airlines provides private bus service to John F. Kennedy International Airport from the Citibank to feed its flight to Taipei, Taiwan.[68]

In media

Notable residents

See also

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