Scenes from Around the Garden State

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Franklin Avenue, Ridgewood

Franklin Avenue is a key thoroughfare in downtown Ridgewood. It hosts more automobile oriented businesses with parking lots and drive-thru windows, compared to the pedestrian oriented Ridgewood Avenue. Some former auto dealerships have been retrofitted as the street gentrifies.

TD Bank

Former Ken Smith Ford Dealership

Former Fairway Dodge Dealership

Former Fairway Dodge Used Car Dealership

Atlantic Stewardship Bank Drive Thru

Former Ken Smith Ford Dealership

Christ Episcopal Church

Ben & Jerry's

Stop 'N Shop Supermarket

Valley National Bank

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Ridgewood: Junior High Schools

Ridgewood has two "Middle" schools: George Washington Middle School, and Benjamin Franklin Middle School, known affectionately as "GW" and "BF" respectively.

Located on South Monroe Street, GW serves the western neighborhoods of the village.Students from Orchard, Ridge, and Willard elementary schools head to GW.

BF is located off Pleasant Avenue, and serves the central and eastern sections of the village. BF takes students from Glen, Hawes, Somerville, and Travell elementary schools.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Graydon Park, Ridgewood

Graydon Park covers 7 acres on the edge of downtown Ridgewood. The park's gem is Graydon Pool, established in 1929. It's an all-natural swimming experience in the middle of the suburbs, featuring a sandy beach, fieldstone walls, and a sand bottom swimming hole. Considered a landmark by many, attempts to replace the sandy pool with a concrete one have been thwarted by preservationists.