Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 5134
Land area (2000): 1.731234 sq. miles (4.483875 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.192162 sq. miles (0.497697 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.923396 sq. miles (4.981572 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62940
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.857119 N, 74.024272 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07660
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Ridgefield Park
Wikipedia
Ridgefield Park Station, also known as West Shore Station, was railroad station in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey at the foot of Mount Vernon Street served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYSW) and the West Shore Railroad, a division of New York Central (NYCRR) The New York, Ontario and Western Railway (NYO&W) had running rights along the West Shore and sometimes stopped at Ridgefield Park. First opened in 1883 it was one of three passenger stations in the village, the others being the Little Ferry Station to the south and Westview Station to the north. The station house, built at a cost $100,000 opened in 1927. Southbound service crossed Overpeck Creek and continued to terminals on the Hudson River waterfront where there was connecting ferry service across the Hudson River to Manhattan. Northbound near Bogota the parallel NYSW and West Shore lines diverge and continue into northern New Jersey, Pennsylviania, and upstate New York. Passenger service ended in 1966.