Bergenwood, North Bergen

Bergenwood is a long narrow district of North Bergen, New Jersey in the northern central part of the township between Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnelle Avenue,[1] characterized by the steep slopes on the west side of the Hudson Palisades as they descend to the New Jersey Meadowlands.

[2] Bergenwood is the North Bergen district in which the township's distinction of being the U.S. municipality with the second-most hills, behind only San Francisco,[3] is most evident.

The north-south streets in Bergenwood (and on much of the western slope of North Bergen) keep their names (Newkirk, Durham, Liberty, Columbia, and Grand among them) but often do not run contiguously.

Bergenwood is a dense residential area of mostly two-family homes built in the 20th century dotted with small local parks and playgrounds.

There are small clusters of highrises overlooking the Meadowlands while on Tonnelle Avenue there are strip malls, motels, and other commercial activity.