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Ramsey
Ramsey - Prosperous Community Offers Diverse Mix of Architectural Styles
The borough of Ramsey boasts a three-century history as a prosperous community in Bergen County. Mixing one-family homes, condominiums and apartment buildings, the architectural styles are just as varied. Although many of the borough’s original fieldstone structures still exist, they are now interspersed with Colonials, Cape Cods, Victorians and ranches. The downtown district features shops, restaurants and a robust nightlife.
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Major attractions include the Ramsey Golf and Country Club on Lakeside Drive and Finch Park with its athletic fields and playground.
Homebuyers looking for Ramsey real estate will find both public and private schools. Ramsey Public Schools includes Mary A. Hubbard School and Wesley D. Tisdale School for grades preK-3, John Y. Dater School for grades 4-5, Eric S. Smith Middle School for grades 6-8, and Ramsey High School for grades 9-12. Ramsey is home to the Academy of St. Paul, a K-8 Catholic school recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, and the prestigious Don Bosco Prep High School.
For homebuyers looking for commuter options, Ramsey has two NJ Transit train stations with service on the NJ Transit Main Line and Bergen County Line to Hoboken Terminal with connections to Penn Station in midtown Manhattan. Short Line provides the borough with bus service through Route 17, going all the way to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in midtown Manhattan.
JUST THE FACTS
Ramsey is bordered by the Bergen County municipalities of Allendale on the southeast, Mahwah on the north, west, and southwest and by Saddle River and Upper Saddle River on the east. It was established in 1908. Ramsey is named after Peter J. Ramsey, a 19th-century landowner who died circa 1854, who had sold the land that became the site of a railroad station called “Ramsey’s” in 1848.
POPULATION: 14,963 MEDIAN AGE: 46
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $144,606
MEDIAN PROPERTY VALUE: $587,200
HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE: 86.9% COMMUTING TIME: 30.5 minutes Sources: Data USA and Wikipedia
