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Vibrant Ridgewood Keeps Buzzing Along
By MELANIE LEFKOWITZ
The village of Ridgewood, in New Jersey’s Bergen County, was an agricultural community before the mid-19th century arrival of the railroad began drawing wealthy New Yorkers to its bucolic fields. The area quickly grew into a vibrant suburb, and today many of its historic streets, buildings and landmarks can trace their history back a century or more.
Easy access to New York City remains central to the appeal of Ridgewood, a village of about 25,000 people that is also prized for its large stock of architecturally varied prewar homes on spacious lots, well-regarded public school system and bustling and picturesque downtown.
“Ridgewood just has a buzz—there’s a very active volunteer community, and people really are what makes it go,” says Roy Tarvin, of Tarvin Realtors, who grew up in Ridgewood and whose five grown children have all bought homes in the village. “It’s a great family town.”
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