
July 24,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Saddle River County Park is a 577-acre linear park that meanders with the Saddle River and its tributary brooks. It consists of five park areas that are linked by a multi-use path, including circular paths around some ponds.
Multi-use pathway/Bicycle-Pedestrian Path: This bike and pedestrian path travels from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park and is approximately 6 miles in length. This continuous path runs through Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Saddle Brook and Rochelle Park and under Route 4. This path also follows the Saddle River and Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and passes by the Historic Easton Tower at Route 4. The path features a scenic waterfall at Dunkerhook Park, and there are three ponds, tree shaded picnic areas, pavilions, playgrounds, tennis courts and athletic fields accessible along the path.
Readers have often commented on the poor shape of some of the recreation areas as well as the actual duck pond it self .
One read asks ,”So why does the Duck Pond look like such sh$t! It is the first thing you see when you come into Ridgewood and it looks horrible. When are they going to fix it once and for all!
Another reader commented , the “Water flow at duck pond should be fixed ..the active Brook river water flows and curves through the south side of the park..creativity please
Save the Pond from its stagnant phases create a conduit into and out of the Brook with Storm shut off valves to protect the ADJOINING properties on the north side of the Pond..storm water discharges into the pond in heavy rail..but not enough through volumes to keep the pond alive.”
County Executive
Physical Address:
One Bergen County Plaza
Floor 5 Rm. 580
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone:
201-336 – 7300
Staff
Name Title Email Phone
DiIorgi , Michele Chief of Staff Email 201-336-7300
Tedesco, III, James Bergen County Executive Email 201-336-7300
Novelli, Dr. Dominic County Administrator 201-336-7300
Jim Tedesco, the county executive, lives in Paramus. Ask him.
The Duck Pond is a Bergen County park. They take excellent care of the bike path – maybe you should call the County Parks Dept and raise the issue of the pond itself.
Reportedly the pond is in its current dilapidated condition because of a chronic unrepaired leak. Consequently, the pond can’t be refilled, even if that were to be tried. A shame, because there has obviously been no shortage of rainwater filling the banks of the Saddle Brook.
Instead of posting on a blog they should take their concerns to the county. People love to complain from their keyboard.
I run and walk at the duck pond, it is a great asset.
As a Bergen County facility, it needs county attention. Perhaps a Ridgewood council member could ask the county to do something. Since it is indeed the first thing you see when heading west into Ridgewood, it looks bad for us. That place has had countless problems over the years. The soil is like rock–to get grass to grow would probably require digging it up and loosening it so some oxygen and nitrogen could penetrate. Not that I have any idea what I’m talking about. But a little grass seed is unlikely to help. Flooding issues also prevent grass from thriving there.
It went down hill rapidly in the last year ESP when the pond shrank to half if size due lack of water inflows and it became a tepid stagnant swamp,Adding water to that unhealthy base doesn’t fix the main problems
Lets fill it in and build a Ginormous Garage or perhaps some Low Income Housing.
Don’t be a luddite
Don’t impede progress.
Lol 4:34 good rant!
What about a cement pool?
I vote for super low income housing. Let’s build 200 apartments and bring in people of all colors, genders, ages etc. so they can have a chance at the super high quality of life in the heaven of Ridgewood. Sharing is caring.
Thanks Bruce ….you people are worried about a pond reflecting poorly on your sheltered egos and you have assholes like the above in your circles. its pond scum like Bruce that you need to worry about not the pond scum in the park.
I grew up with the Duck Pond being partially raised in the village and I have never seen the condition of the park, specifically the pond, look worse than I have seen it now. It looks as if the county and or the town or whoever takes care of the Duck Pond has lost interest and doesn’t really care. The accumulation of algae this year is horrible to the point where I believe it could be toxic with the odor alone. Signs are posted at the Glen Rock park and pond location in Glen Rock, also run by the county, which warn of a toxic algae accumulation in their pond, which looks mild by comparison to the Duck Pond situation, where the smell is putrid to the point where it almost made me vomit. Don’t believe me, go to the Duck Pond as of August 25, 2018. Doesn’t anybody give a shit?
I grew up with the Duck Pond being partially raised in the village and I have never seen the condition of the park, specifically the pond, look worse than I have seen it now. It looks as if the county and or the town or whoever takes care of the Duck Pond has lost interest and doesn’t really care. The accumulation of algae this year is horrible to the point where I believe it could be toxic with the odor alone. Signs are posted at the Glen Rock park and pond location in Glen Rock, also run by the county, which warn of a toxic algae accumulation in their pond, which looks mild by comparison to the Duck Pond situation, where the smell is putrid to the point where it almost made me vomit. Don’t believe me, go to the Duck Pond as of August 25, 2018. Doesn’t anybody give a shit?