page_title: Edgewater, New Jersey
section_title: Parks and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Edgewater, New Jersey / Parks and recreation
caption_attribution_description: English: Edgewater Free Library
context_page_description: Edgewater is a borough located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough had a population of 11,513, reflecting an increase of 3,836 from the 7,677 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,676 from the 5,001 counted in the 1990 Census.
  The borough's history has featured the founding of the first colony in Bergen County, contribution to the Revolutionary War, a period as a "sleepy, pastoral little town" with resort hotels in the 19th century, industrialization in the early 20th century, and a transition to a rapidly growing residential community in the late 20th century.
  Edgewater was incorporated as a municipality on December 7, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield Township as the Borough of Undercliff, based on the results of a referendum that passed two days earlier. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The borough's name was changed to Edgewater on November 8, 1899. The borough was named for its location on the Hudson River.
context_section_description: 22-acre (89,000 m²) Veterans' Field offers residents recreational opportunities and provides space for a Community Center and American Legion Post 116.  Veterans' Field is located on River Road (County Route 505) in the north section of Edgewater, lying along the Hudson River.  It has indoor and outdoor basketball courts, three softball fields, a 1/3 mile-long track which accommodates runners, walkers and skaters; tennis courts, a Little League field and a playground.  It is also the site of a large American flag which can easily be seen from across the river in Manhattan. A plaque commemorating the New Netherland plantation of David Pietersen de Vries, Vriessendael, is located at the entrance to the field on the west.  Although the field extends well to the east, it did not exist in de Vries's day.  In 1922, landfill was dumped into the Hudson River from the construction site of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, which gives Veteran's Field its current dimensions. As of 16 September 2011, Veteran's Field was closed due to soil contamination in the fill brought to the site.
caption: Edgewater Free Library
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