Bloomfield, New Jersey

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bloomfield, New Jersey
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Map of Bloomfield Township in Essex County. Inset: Location of Essex County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.


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map_caption1 = Census Bureau map of Bloomfield, New Jersey

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = New Jersey
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Essex
government_footnotes =
government_type = Special Charter (New Jersey)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Raymond McCarthy
leader_title1 = Administrator
leader_name1 = Louise M. Palagano
established_title = Incorporated
established_date = March 23, 1812

unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 13.8
area_land_km2 = 13.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 5.3
area_land_sq_mi = 5.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2006
population_footnotes =
population_total = 45372
population_density_km2 = 3460.1
population_density_sq_mi = 8961.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = [Gnis|1729714|Township of Bloomfield, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 4, 2008.]
elevation_m = 44
elevation_ft = 144
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longd = 74 |longm = 11 |longs = 20 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 07003
area_code = 973
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 34-06260GR|2 [ [http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/webrepts/commoncodes/ccc_nj.html A Cure for the Common Codes: New Jersey] , Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed July 14, 2008.]
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website = http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com
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Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 47,683.

History

Bloomfield was incorporated as a township from portions of Newark Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 23, 1812."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 126.] The new township took its name from the Presbyterian parish, which had been named for Governor of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield. [ [http://www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org/blmhist.htm Bloomfield, New Jersey - A Brief History] , First Baptist Church of Bloomfield, NJ. Accessed August 21, 2007.]

At the time it was incorporated, the township covered 20.52 square miles (compared to its current 5.4 square miles) and included several villages which left Bloomfield during the course of the nineteenth century. Their names and dates of separation are:

*Belleville – April 8, 1839
*Montclair – April 15, 1868
*Woodside – March 24, 1869
*Glen Ridge – February 13, 1895. [ [http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/briefhistory.html A Brief History of Bloomfield] , accessed June 16, 2006.]

Bloomfield was incorporated as a town on February 26, 1900. In July 1981, residents voted to adopt the township form. [ [http://www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org/blmhist.htm Bloomfield, New Jersey - A Brief History] , First Baptist Church of Bloomfield. Accessed July 6, 2007. "In July of 1981, by a special election, it changed its designation to 'Township' again."]

Geography

Bloomfield is located at coor dms|40|48|11|N|74|11|20|W|city (40.803000, -74.188959)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.8 km²), of which, 5.3 square miles (13.8 km²) of it is land and 0.19% is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 47,683 people, 19,017 households, and 12,075 families residing in the township. The population density was 8,961.5 people per square mile (3,460.6/km²). There were 19,508 housing units at an average density of 3,666.3/sq mi (1,415.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 70.09% White, 11.69% African American, 0.19% Native American, 8.38% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 6.42% from other races, and 3.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.47% of the population.

USCensusPop
1850= 3289
1860= 4697
1870= 4580
1880= 5748
1890= 7708
1900= 9668
1910= 15070
1920= 22019
1930= 38077
1940= 41623
1950= 49307
1960= 51867
1970= 52029
1980= 47792
1990= 45061
2000= 47683
estimate=45372
estyear=2006
estref= [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=06000US3401306260&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34013%7C06000US3401304695&_street=&_county=bloomfield&_cityTown=bloomfield&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=population_0&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= Census data for Bloomfield township] , United States Census Bureau. Accessed March 1, 2007.]
footnote=Population 1930 - 1990. [ [http://www.wnjpin.net/OneStopCareerCenter/LaborMarketInformation/lmi01/poptrd6.htm New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1930 – 1990] , Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network. Accessed March 1, 2007.] There were 19,017 households out of which 28.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the township the population was spread out with 21.1% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $53,289, and the median income for a family was $64,945. Males had a median income of $43,498 versus $36,104 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,049. About 4.4% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

Bloomfield operates under a Special Charter granted under an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The township is governed by a mayor and a six member Township Council. The mayor and three councilmembers are elected at large, and three members are elected from each of three wards, with all positions chosen in partisan elections. Councilmembers are elected to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one at-large and one ward seat coming up for election each year."2005 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book", Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, April 2005, p. 128.] Bloomfield's charter retains most of the characteristics of the Town form, with additional powers delegated to an administrator. [ [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/MFMG/MFMGCH5.PDF Chapter V: Special Charters] , New Jersey State Library. Accessed August 7, 2008.]

The Mayor of Bloomfield is Raymond McCarthy. [ [http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/biography.htm Mayor Raymond J. McCarthy] , Bloomfield Township. Accessed March 13, 2007.] Members of the Bloomfield Township Council are: [http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/administration.html List of Township Officials] , Township of Bloomfield. Accessed April 9, 2008.]
*First-Ward Councilwoman - Janice Maly
*Second-Ward Councilman - Ray Tamborini
*Third-Ward Councilwoman - Patricia Ritchings
*Councilwoman-At-Large - Patricia Spychala
*Councilwoman-At-Large - Pat Barker
*Councilman-At-Large - Bernard Hamilton

Federal, state, and county representation

Bloomfield is in the Eighth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 28th Legislative District. [ [http://www.lwvnj.org/pubs/CG06.pdf 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government] , New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 55. Accessed August 30, 2006.]

Politics

On the national level, Bloomfield leans toward the Democratic Party. In 2004, Democrat John Kerry received 57% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received 42%.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

The Bloomfield Public Schools serve students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401830 Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 9, 2008.] ) are eight elementary schools serving kindergarten through sixth grade — [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Berkeley/index.html Berkeley] (506 students) [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Brookdale/index.html Brookdale] (291), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Carteret/index.html Carteret] (454), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Demarest/index.html Demarest] (415), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Fairview/index.html Fairview] (479), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Franklin/index.html Franklin] (335), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Oak_View/INDEx.HTMl Oak View] (347), [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Watsessing/index.html Watsessing] (326) — [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Middleschool/BMS.html Bloomfield Middle School] for grades 7 and 8 (939), and
Bloomfield High School for grades 9-12 (1,889). [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Forest_Glen/Main%20Page.htm Forest Glen School] provides individualized programs and services to special needs students in grades 7-12 (29 students).

Both the middle school and high school have police assigned to school.

Bloomfield Tech High School is a regional public high school that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools

Colleges and universities

Bloomfield College, a liberal arts college founded in 1868, is located in downtown Bloomfield near the town green. The college has approximately 2000 students.

Transportation

The major New Jersey highway artery that serves Bloomfield is the Garden State Parkway. Its Essex toll plaza is located in the city, as well as two service areas.

Bloomfield is served by the New Jersey Transit Montclair-Boonton Line to Hoboken Terminal or on Midtown Direct trains (about 55%) to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Secaucus Junction. The Bloomfield train station is located off of Bloomfield Avenue in the downtown area. The Watsessing Avenue rail station sits at the corner of Watsessing Avenue and Orange Street, and is located below ground.

The Grove Street station on the Newark City Subway provides service to Newark Penn Station.

New Jersey Transit bus service is available to Newark on the 11, 27, 28, 29, 34, 72, 90, 92, 93 and 94 routes, with local service on the 705 and 709 bus lines. [ [http://www.njtransit.com/sf_tp_rc_essex.shtml Essex County Bus/Rail Connections] , New Jersey Transit. Accessed July 6, 2007.]

Bloomfield is 12.37 miles from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark / Elizabeth, and 28.8 miles from LaGuardia Airport in Flushing, Queens.

Points of interest

*Glendale Cemetery
*Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery (filming location of the final episode of "The Sopranos").
*The Oakeside Mansion

Notable residents

Notable current and former residents of Bloomfield include:
*Alaa Abdelnaby (born 1968), former NBA basketball player. [Bonk, Thomas. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60026703.html?dids=60026703:60026703&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+30%2C+1990&author=THOMAS+BONK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=NCAA+BASKETBALL+TOURNAMENT+Duke's+Abdelnaby+Is+Driven+Blue+Devils%3A+After+three+inconsistent+seasons+and+some+off-court+difficulties%2C+the+center+has+finally+established+himself+heading+into+his+biggest+games.&pqatl=google "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Duke's Abdelnaby Is Driven Blue Devils: After three inconsistent seasons and some off-court difficulties, the center has finally established himself heading into his biggest games."] , "Los Angeles Times", March 30, 1990. Accessed August 11, 2008. "Playing for Coach Paul Palek at Bloomfield High School, [Alaa Abdelnaby] yearned for a chance at the NBA. Palek, now assistant principal at Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey, thought the sky was the limit for Abdelnaby."]
*Arthur H. Bell, Ku Klux Klan leader in New Jersey in the 1920s. [cite book |last=Chalmers |first=David Mark |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan |year=1987 |publisher= |quote=Clad in yellow robes, Arthur H. Bell, the Bloomfield lawyer, who had led the New Jersey Klansmen in the 1920s ...| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CT9HAAAAMAAJ&q |isbn=0822307723 ]
*Hank Borowy (1916–2004), Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers. [Goldstein, Richard. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE3DE133EF935A1575BC0A9629C8B63 "Hank Borowy, 88, Top Pitcher With Yankees and Cubs in 40's"] , "The New York Times", August 26, 2004. Accessed April 1, 2008. "Borowy, a native of Bloomfield, N.J., who pitched for Fordham University, was 15-4 as a rookie on the Yankees' 1942 pennant winners."]
*Roger Cook (born 1930), graphic designer, photographer and artist. [Murphy, Maureen Clare. [http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article3520.shtml "All Boxed In: Interview with Palestinian-American artist Rajie Cook"] , "Electronic Intifada", January 12, 2005. Accessed June 5, 2005.]
*Johnny Gibson (1905–2006), Olympic runner. [Litsky, Frank. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/sports/othersports/01gibson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Johnny Gibson, 101, Track Coach With a Long Legacy, Is Dead"] , "The New York Times", January 1, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2008. "Gibson was 5 when his father died, and he attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and then Fordham at night, working days running messages on Wall Street (he actually ran from building to building)."]
*Ted Leo (born 1970), punk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. [Lomax, John Nova. [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0716,lomax,76378,22.html "Gang of New Jersey: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists mingle rampant Europhilia with "American Girl"] , "The Village Voice", April 16, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Bloomfield, Leo's hometown, is just west of New York City and just north of Newark."]
*R. Stevie Moore (born 1952), acclaimed lo-fi singer/songwriter. [LaGorce, Tammy. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E4DD173AF930A25751C0A9639C8B63 "IN PERSON; Independently Unwealthy"] , "The New York Times", February 13, 2005. Accessed June 29, 2008. "People tell me I'm shooting myself in the foot, releasing so much -- I've heard that for years," Mr. Moore said in a confessional tone over a cheeseburger at a downtown tavern here in Bloomfield, where he lives."]
*Frank Tripucka (born 1927), pro football quarterback. [Chval, Craig. [http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/111805ack.html "Catching Up With ... Frank And Kelly Tripuka"] , CSTV, November 18, 2005. Accessed April 10, 2008. "Among the most prominent and successful was Bloomfield, N.J., native Frank Tripucka, a quarterback on Leahy's legendary teams of the 1940s. Tripucka earned monograms as a backup to Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack on Notre Dame's unbeaten 1946 and 1947 teams before winning the starting role in 1948."]
*Kelly Tripucka (born 1959), pro basketball player for several teams, including the nearby New Jersey Nets, for whom he now broadcasts. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D9103CF933A15755C0A964958260&scp=1&sq=tripucka+bloomfield&st=nyt "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASKETBALL; Tripucka Is a Net, Sort Of"] , "The New York Times", June 20, 1992. Accessed April 10, 2008. "Playing for the Nets would be a double homecoming of sorts for Tripucka, who grew up in Bloomfield, N.J., and played four seasons under the new Nets coach, CHUCK DALY, when both were with the Detroit Pistons."] The Tripuckas are father and son, and both played their sports at the University of Notre Dame.
*Dick Zimmer (1944-), former member of the United States House of Representatives, Republican candidate for United States Senate in 1996 and 2008. [Pulley, Brett. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E5DD1339F933A05753C1A960958260 "Zimmer Has Set Aside Calm for His Political Passions"] , "The New York Times", June 5, 1996.]

Bloomfield Cemetery notable burials

*William Batchelder Bradbury (1816–1868), composer of numerous religious hymns, including "Just As I Am" and "Jesus Loves Me".
*A. J. Davis (1803–1892), architect. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15680118 Alexander Jackson Davis] , Find A Grave. Accessed August 22, 2007.]
*John Franklin Fort (1852–1920), Republican Governor of New Jersey from 1908-1911.
*Franklin W. Fort (1880–1937), represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district from 1925-1931. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000287 Franklin William Fort] , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 22, 2007.]
*Charles Griffes (1884–1920), composer. [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20131 Charles Tomlinson Griffes] , Find A Grave. Accessed August 22, 2007.]
*Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990), jazz singer.Fact|date=June 2008

Notes

External links

* [http://www.bloomfieldtwpnj.com/ Bloomfield Township website]
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/ Bloomfield Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|13|0410|0|Bloomfield Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401830 Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.firstbaptistbloomfield.org/blmhist.htm Brief History of Bloomfield]