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The former station at Harrington Park, New Jersey along the former West Shore Railroad is visible on the east side of the tracks.
U.S. Census Bureau map of Harrington Park
Harrington Park House, Circa 1820
Photo by Adam Moss
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Harrington Park

New Jersey, United States · North America

About Harrington Park

Harrington Park works well as a base: 5 minutes from Northvale, 17km from Bronx Zoo.

Harrington Park is in New Jersey, United States, with about 4,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Northvale, about 4 km away.

The Harrington Park School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Harrington Park, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 645 students and

Read more 58.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, together with students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan along with students from Rockleigh who attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. It is one of the two schools of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from the neighboring communities of Closter, Demarest and Haworth at the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,002 students and 106.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1. The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of seven such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.

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What is there to see near Harrington Park?

Within an hour or so of Harrington Park: Bronx Zoo (17 km), Central Park (22 km), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (22 km), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (23 km).

Are there any good drives near Harrington Park?

The nearest famous roads are Hawk's Nest (Route 97).

Where is Harrington Park?

Harrington Park is in New Jersey, United States, about 4 km from Northvale.

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Population
4,823
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
New Jersey
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
40.9837, -73.9799

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911
Ambulance
911
Fire
911
Driving side
right

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Worth the detour from Harrington Park

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Bronx Zoo

One of the largest metropolitan zoos in the world spanning 265 acres in New York City with over 6,000 animals.

17 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Central Park

An 843-acre urban oasis in the heart of Manhattan, one of the most visited urban parks in the world with meadows, lakes, and iconic bridges.

22 km · about 25 min drive

museum

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral masterpiece housing an outstanding collection of Impressionist and modern art.

22 km · about 25 min drive

museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

America's largest art museum, with over two million works spanning 5,000 years of world culture.

23 km · about 25 min drive

museum

American Museum of Natural History

A beloved New York institution famous for its dinosaur halls, dioramas, and the Rose Center's spectacular planetarium.

23 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Times Square

Dazzling commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan known for its giant digital billboards and New Year's Eve ball drop.

25 km · about 30 min drive

museum

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The most influential modern art museum in the world, home to Starry Night, Campbell's Soup Cans, and Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

25 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Empire State Building

Legendary 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper that defined the New York City skyline when completed in 1931.

26 km · about 30 min drive

Driving roads near Harrington Park

  • 77 kmHawk's Nest (Route 97)A serpentine stretch of NY Route 97 clinging to cliffs above the Delaware River near Port Jervis. Its stacked stone-walled curves star in countless car commercials.

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