ALPINE, NEW JERSEY

'Alpine' is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,183. According to Forbes, Alpine was ranked 8th on its list of "Most Expensive ZIP Codes 2005", with a 2004 median home sale price of $1,773,880.^[2]
Alpine was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903 from portions of Harrington Township. The borough gained a portion of Cresskill in 1904."The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 194.^[3]

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Government

Federal, state and county representation

Politics

Education

Transportation

Media

Points of interest

Noted residents

Sources

References

External links

Geography

Alpine is located at (40.954346, -73.930472) less than 9 miles from Manhattan.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 23.8 km² (9.2 mi²). 16.5 km² (6.4 mi²) of it is land and 7.3 km² (2.8 mi²) of it (30.75%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,183 people, 708 households, and 623 families residing in the borough. The population density was 132.5/km² (343.5/mi²). There were 730 housing units at an average density of 44.3/km² (114.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 77.37% White, 1.51% African American, 0.23% Native American, 19.10% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.32% from other races, and 1.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population.
There were 708 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 79.8% were married couples living together, 4.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.0% were non-families. 9.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the borough the population was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 34.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 102.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $130,740, and the median income for a family was $134,068. Males had a median income of $87,544 versus $45,536 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $76,995. About 5.4% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The current mayor of Alpine is Paul H. Tomasko.
On Election Day, November 7, 2006, Democrats swept all three open seats unopposed, with Paul H. Tomasko (443 votes) reelected as Mayor, and Michael Cacouris (412) and Vicki Frankel (399) winning additional terms on the Borough Council.^[4][5]

Federal, state and county representation

Alpine is in the Fifth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 39th Legislative District.^[6]

Politics

As of April 1, 2006, out of a 2004 Census estimated population of 2,340, there were 1,359 registered voters (58.1% of the population, vs. 55.4% in all of Bergen County). Of registered voters, 184 (13.5% vs. 20.7% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 380 (28.0% vs. 19.2% countywide) were registered as Republicans and 794 (58.4% vs. 60.1% countywide) were registered as Undeclared. There was one voter registered to another party.^[7]
On the national level, Alpine leans toward the Republican Party. In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 56% of the vote here, defeating Democrat John Kerry, who received around 43%.^[8]

Education

The Alpine Public School, is a K-8 community school district serving a total of 142 students at the Alpine School. The district's students attend Tenafly High School in Tenafly for grades 9 - 12, as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

Transportation

U.S. Route 9W, the Palisades Interstate Parkway, and County Route 502 all pass through Alpine.

Media

Alpine is home to the tower and laboratory built by Edwin Howard Armstrong after RCA evicted him from the Empire State Building. Armstrong's experimental FM station, W2XMN, broadcast from various locations on the tower, first on 42.8 MHz; later on 44.1 MHz; and finally on 93.1 MHz in the modern FM band. The laboratory building and the tower still stand; the 400-foot (122-m) tower is home to many two-way radio users, one modern FM station (Fairleigh Dickinson University's WFDU), and backup transmitters for several of New York's television stations. The tower served as a primary tower for the stations after September 11th when the World Trade Center was destroyed. There was some local opposition to this scheme, but the move was temporary, as the stations affected moved their primary broadcast facilities to the Empire State Building. The original lab building is home to a static display of historic communications equipment and offices; the USA Network cable channel operated from this building in the late 1970s.

Points of interest

Rio Vista is an upscale neighborhood in the southern section of Alpine. Rio Vista is home to Devil's Tower, a stone clock tower that is claimed to be haunted. The tower was originally built by a wealthy man in order to allow his wife to see New York from the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. However, when his wife saw him with another woman, she committed suicide by jumping off the tower. After becoming upset over his wife's death, the husband ceased all work on the tower.^[9] The Rio Vista estate, where Devil's Tower was located, was later subdivided during the 1970s.

Noted residents

★ Damon Dash, hip-hop entrepreneur.Century, Douglas. Alpine, N.J., Home of Hip-Hop Royalty, ''The New York Times'', February 11, 2007.

★ Chingy, rap artist

★ Patrick Ewing, former center for the New York Knicks.

★ Fabolous, rap artist.

★ Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records.

★ Jay-Z, rap artist.In Pictures: Star-Studded Neighborhoods, ''Forbes'', February 19, 2007. "Celebrity Residents: P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Russell Simmons."

★ Lil' Kim, rap artist, who rapped about her new hometown in her song ''Aunt Dot'' ("Come on Shanice, I'm takin' you to my house in Alpine") Rappers making the move to Bergen County, ''The Record (Bergen County)'', October 10, 2005.

★ Mitchell Modell, CEO of Modell's Sporting Goods

★ P. Diddy, rap artist.

★ Chris Rock, comedian, movie star.

★ Dr. Joseph Dello Russo, LASIK pioneer

★ Gary Sheffield, baseball player.

★ Russell Simmons, hip-hop entrepreneur.

★ Wesley Snipes, actor.

★ Joseph A. Unanue, President of Goya Foods from 1976-2004

★ Brian "Baby" Williams of the Cash Money Millionaires

★ Stevie Wonder, musician.^[10]

★ Barry Weiss, President of Jive Records

Sources

★ "History of Bergen County, New Jersey, 1630-1923;" by "Westervelt, Frances A. (Frances Augusta), 1858-1942."

★ "Municipal Incorporations of the State of New Jersey (according to Counties)" prepared by the Division of Local Government, Department of the Treasury (New Jersey); December 1, 1958.

References

1. , Geographic Names Information System, accessed April 22, 2007.
2. Most Expensive ZIP Codes 2005, accessed September 26, 2006.
3. "History of Bergen County" p. 336 shows April 13, 1903, as date of formation.
4. "Election 2006: Municipal Results", ''The Record (Bergen County)'', November 8, 2006, p. L-2.
5. Bergen County 2006 General Election Results, Bergen County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2007.
6. 2006 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government, New Jersey League of Women Voters, p. 54. Accessed August 30, 2006.
7. "County of Bergen: Voter Statistics by Municipality, Ward & District," [Bergen County, New Jersey, dated April 1, 2006.
8. 2004 Presidential Election results: Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety: Division of Elections, dated December 13, 2004.
9. Riovista Land Corporation certificate, accessed January 30, 2007.
10. "IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN ALPINE", ''The New York Times'', October 27, 1985.

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External links

★ Alpine Elementary School

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Alpine Elementary School

★ Tenafly High School