Bergen (/ˈbɜːrdʒən/ BUR-jən) is a village in Genesee County, New York, United States.

The Bergen area was opened up in 1801 when a road was hacked through the thick "Northwoods" from LeRoy to Lake Ontario.

A colony of 60 families from Connecticut settled the area along Route 19 from Fort Hill (near Parmalee Road) to Black Creek from 1805 to 1810.

The first frame house in the town was erected by Levi Ward, a pioneer physician.

It was also called "Cork", after the Irish who settled there while and after the building of the railroad, and "Lower Bergen".

The village is near the center of the eastern boundary line, on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.

The Village Board passed an ordinance requiring that all structures in this area should be built of brick, stone, or wrought iron.

The west side of the district south of the railroad is on the National Register[citation needed] as the Lake Street Historic District due to its 1880 wrought-iron storefronts, transom windows and probably, also, because of the famous family who founded "Wardville".

New York State Route 262 leads west 13 miles (21 km) to Elba.

Interstate 490 passes just southeast of Bergen village, with access from exit 2 (NY Route 33A); I-490 leads northeast into Rochester and southwest 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to Interstate 90, the New York State Thruway.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.74 square miles (1.91 km2), all land.

[2] The village area drains north to Black Creek, an eastward-flowing tributary of the Genesee River.