Cresskill Community Information

Cresskill Community information – Bergen County, NJ Homes

In this article you will find the following useful information:

Nurseries & Day Care

Cresskill Co-Op Preschool Inc 51 Brookside Ave, Cresskill (201) 567-5865
Mommy’s Little Helper 20 E Madison Ave, Cresskill (201) 503-0313
See also Tenafly page for more nursery options

Cultural Life & Recreation

Cresskill Municipal Pool: 201-568-4444
Tennis Courts (will be located on 3rd Street in the near future)
Summer Recreation Programs
5 Athletic Fields/6 Playgrounds/5 Parks
Various Sports-Soccer, Basketball, Softball, Wrestling, Little League, Baseball & Football.
Town wide July 4th Celebration, Ragamuffin Halloween Parade

Cresskill Public Library is a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) & a center for learning, culture and entertainment. With on-site access to over eighty-thousand books, compact discs, DVD, videos, books on tape and magazine, the Tenafly Library also offers children’s programs, lectures, sideshows, discussion group and art exhibit

Cresskill School of Art 300 Knickerbocker Road Tel: 201-503-0044

The Tenafly Nature Center with hiking trails a natural lake and various botany is open to the public year round.

Tenafly Recreation Tenafly Recreation offers a wide variety of instructional programs for all ages and seasonally themed special events. We offer youth sports programs such as Football, Wrestling, Girls Softball, and Travel Basketball. We also hold seasonal sports clinics for grades K-2 and Start Smart, a nationally acclaimed early childhood sports development program. In addition, we offer a fully licensed, well structured six week summer camp that is filled with fun activities. Our newly built skate park, located at the Roosevelt Common, is open as of Spring 2005! This attraction is open to skateboard and in-line skating enthusiasts of all ages. Throughout the year we also offer special bus trips for: Atlantic City, skiing at Shawnee Mountain, the circus, and much more

The Jewish Community Center one of the largest in the county offers many cultural and sports facilities and events including outdoor and indoor swimming pools. Located at 411 East Clinton Ave, is an agency serving families, senior adults and singles in Bergen County. Members enjoy full use of indoor/outdoor swimming pools, tennis, racquetball and squash courts, gyms, indoor track and state of the art fitness center. Members can also enroll their children in the JCC’s nursery school, kindergarten and after school programming, summer camps and year round sports programs.

The Knickerbockers Country Club features golf, tennis and a swimming pool.

Tenafly Senior Centerwelcomes older adults from Tenafly and other Bergen County towns. The center offers a full weekday program of activities for adults age 55 and older.

Transportation

Bus lines

• Red & Tan 20, 20T & 14E run to Port Authority in Manhattan averaging 35-40 minutes
• Red & Tan 184 goes across the George Washington Bridge averaging 25-30 minutes.
• New Jersey Transit 166 runs to Port Authority in Manhattan averaging 35-40 minutes.

TrainThere is no train service between Cresskill & Manhattan

Airports

Three major airports are within 35-45 minutes by car from Tenafly:
Newark Liberty International, JFK International, La Guardia Airport

Car Rental

Enterprise Rental 65 Piermont Road Tenafly Tel.: (201) 568-3032

Houses of Worship

Churches:

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on 121 Park Ave, Cresskill, (201) 568-8330
Cresskill Congregational Church 85 Union Street Cresskill 201-568-0608
Northern Valley Evangelical Church on 75 Stivers St, Cresskill Tel:201- 569-1403
Saint Therese’s Church 120 Monroe Avenue Tel:201-567-2728
Reformed Church on the Hill 168 Lexington Avenue Tel: 201-568-7836
Good Shepard Korean Church

Synagogues:

Temple Sinai – A reform synagogue located on One Engle Street Tenafly Tel: 201-568-3035
Kesher – an orthodox synagogue located on 509 Engle Street Englewood Tel: 201-227-1117
Chabad House – located on 11 Harold Street Tenafly Tel: 201-871-1152

Utility Companies & Other Services for Cresskill

Health Services

Veterinary Services

Banking

Hudson City Savings Bank Cresskill: 80 Union Ave, Cresskill (201) 568-8777
Pnc Bank: 350 Madison Ave, Cresskill (888) 762-2265
NVE Bank: Cresskill Office 189 County Rd, Cresskill (201) 816-2822

Car Dealers

Cresskill Restaurants & Eateries

Cresskill Famous Residents

• Mary J. Blige (singer, b. 1971)
• Egyptian-born composer Halim El-Dabh (b. 1921) made Cresskill his home in the early 1960s.
• Robert Bruce Merrifield (b. 1921) biochemist and winner of 1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Bobby Hebb (singer, b. 1938; recorded the hit song “Sunny”)
• Sherrill Milnes (operatic baritone, b. 1935)