Tenafly Community Information

Tenafly Community information – Bergen County, NJ Homes

In this article you will find the following useful information: The Tenafly Welcome Committee has created the Welcome Book for Tenafly’s new residents. It contains information which will help new residents settle into their new homes. Please click on the links below for various parts of the packet.

Tenafly Nurseries & Day Care
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Tenafly Cultural Life & Recreation
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Tenafly Transportation & Parking
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Tenafly Houses of Worship
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Tenafly Utility Companies & other services
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Tenafly Health Services

Tenafly Veterinary Services
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Banking in Tenafly
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Tenafly Car Dealers
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Tenafly Restaurants & Eateries
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Tenafly Famous Residents
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Tenafly Schools & Education

Tenafly sold report

Nurseries & Day Care

Lubavitch on palisades 201-871-1152
Temple Sinai 201-568-6867
Temple Sinai Early childhood center 201-568-3035
Future Kids of Tenafly 201-871-7272
The Montessori House 201-816-8343

Growing Gardens 201-816-3886
Childrens Corner Pre School & Day Care 201-894-0555
Jcc 201-569-7900
Presbyterian Nursery School 201-816-9471
All About Me 201-569-9112

Cultural Life & Recreation

Tenafly Nature Center

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

Tenafly Public Library is a community 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.The library is a member of the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS)

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

Tenafly Youth Center is a safe, fun and enjoyable place to spend time after school and on weekends and holidays. The Youth Center is open to all Tenafly middle school and Tenafly high school students.

Tenafly has two other neighborhood swimming clubs opened during summers, and a local movie theatre.

Korean Community Center (KCC) In Tenafly is located at 100 Grove St. KCC’s mission is to promote healthy and independent living for all community members and to integrate the Korean population into the greater community through culture & education, outreach, health & social services, and civic advocacy.

Transportation

Bus lines
– Red & Tan 20, 20T & 14E run to Port Authority in Manhattan averaging 35-40 minutes
– Red & Tan 84 & 84L goes across the George Washington Bridge averaging 25-30 minutes.
– New Jersey Transit 166 runs to Port Authority in Manhattan averaging 35-40 minutes.

Train
There is no train service between Tenafly & Manhattan although there are plans under discussion for a light rail service.

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

Ferry
The nearest Ferry is locatedÂin Edgewater on River Road. Ferries run every 30 minutes to 39th Street in Manhattan. The ride is 15 minutes long.
Click Here for a Schedule

Click Here For the Tenafly Parking Map

Houses of Worship

To serve its eclectic community Tenafly offers a wide choice of places of worship.

Churches:

St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Church

St. Thomas Armenian Church

Bergen County Society of African Missions

Tenafly Methodist Church and Trinity Lutheran Church

Church of Atonement

Episcopal Grace Chapel

Our Lady of Angels Franciscan Sisters

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Church

The Presbyterian church of Tenafly.

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. 201-871-1152