Belleville, New Jersey Totally Explained

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Belleville is a Township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 35,928.
Belleville was originally incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Bloomfield. Portions of the township were taken to create Woodside Township (March 24, 1869, now defunct) and Franklin Township (February 18, 1874, now known as Nutley). The independent municipality of Belleville city was created within the township on March 27, 1874, and was dissolved on February 22, 1876. On November 16, 1910, Belleville was reincorporated as a town, based on the results of a referendum held eight days earlier.

Geography

Belleville is located at (40.793500, -74.161448).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.8 km²), of which, 3.3 square miles (8.7 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (2.05%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 35,928 people, 13,731 households, and 9,089 families residing in the township. The population density was 10,744.3 people per square mile (4,153.3/km²). There were 14,144 housing units at an average density of 4,229.8/sq mi (1,635.0/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 69.44% White, 5.36% African American, 0.17% Native American, 11.31% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 9.83% from other races, and 3.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.68% of the population.
   As of the 2000 Census, the most common ancestries listed were Italian (30.9%), Irish (9.4%), German (6.9%), Polish (4.5%), United States (2.6%) and English (2.2%).
   There were 13,731 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.0% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.23.
   In the township the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.
   The median income for a household in the township was $48,576, and the median income for a family was $55,212. Males had a median income of $38,074 versus $31,729 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,093. About 6.3% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Local government

The members of the Belleville Township Council are Mayor Ray Kimble

, Deputy Mayor John Notari

, Marie Strumolo Burke

, Kevin G. Kennedy

, Michael Nicosia

, George Ritacco

and Steven Rovell

Federal, state and county representation

Belleville is in the Eighth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 28th Legislative District.

Politics

On the national level, Belleville leans toward the Democratic Party. In 2004, Democrat John Kerry received 52% of the vote here, defeating Republican George W. Bush, who received around 47%.

Education

The Belleville School District serves public school students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are seven K-6 elementary schools — School 3

(313 students), School 4

(323 students), School 5

(353 students) School 7

(443 students), School 8

(474 students), School 9

(139 students) and School 10

(147 students) — Belleville Middle School

for grades 7&8 (686 students), and Belleville High School for grades 9-12 (1,581 students).

Transportation

Route 7 and New Jersey Route 21 as well as County Route 506 all pass through Belleville.
The Silver Lake station on the Newark City Subway provides service to Newark Penn Station. New Jersey Transit bus service is available to Newark on the 13, 27, 72, 74, 90, 92, 93 and 94 bus lines.

Places of Interest

Clara Maass Medical Center
Branch Brook Park
Belleville locations in The Sopranos
Episode 3 (Denial, Anger, Acceptance): Christopher Moltisanti's "mock execution" is on the pier in the Passaic River used by Belleville High School's crew team (technically, perhaps, in Kearny).
Episode 28 (Proshai, Livushka): Livia Soprano's funeral is held at the Irvine-Cozzarelli Memorial Home, across the street from Belleville Middle School on Washington Avenue. Also take a Cab from the Belleville Taxi Service Season 4- Even though Furio Guinta's house stated it was in Nutley, the actual location of the house is in Belleville on Essex Street.

1996 Torch Relay

On June 18, 1996, the Olympic Torch Relay came through the township of Belleville. The relay entered Belleville from Rutgers, made a left onto Washington Avenue, passing the Belleville Town Hall, a right onto Belleville Avenue and stayed on Belleville into the township of Bloomfield. The torch relay ended at Atlanta, GA for the 1996 Summer Games.

Trivia

Originally known as "Second River," the inhabitants renamed the settlement "Belleville" in 1797. Today, the Second River forms much of the border between Belleville and Newark as it runs through Branch Brook Park, home to an annual Cherry Blossom Festival

The township of Belleville has given itself the nickname the Cherry Blossom Capital of America.

Belleville is mentioned several times in the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys.

Notable residents

Russell Baker (1925-), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Growing Up.

Moe Berg (1902-1972), Major League Baseball catcher who also served briefly as a spy for the United States.

Dennis Diken (former Smithereens drummer)

Tommy DeVito (1936-), musician and singer.

Nick Massi (1935-2000), early member of the the Four Seasons.

Joe Pesci (1943-), actor.

Diane Ruggiero (That's Life series creator and Veronica Mars writer)

Ray Toro (1977-), lead guitarist for the band My Chemical Romance

Frankie Valli (1934-), lead singer of The Four Seasons.

Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), jazz singer.

Gerard Way (1977-), lead vocalist for the band My Chemical Romance.

Mikey Way (1980-), bassist for the band My Chemical Romance and younger brother of lead vocalist Gerard Way.

The Delicates, Denise Ferri, Arleen Lanzotti and Peggy Santiglia- 60's girl group.}

Belleville characters in The Sopranos

Furio Giunta

Junior Soprano

Vito SpataforeFurther Information

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