Fort Lee

 

Otherwise known as "Hollywood on the Hudson" for its history of filmmaking, Fort Lee is 2.50 square miles, bordered on the north by Englewood Cliffs, on the south by Cliffside Park, on the west by Englewood and Palisades Park, and on the east by the Hudson River with its panoramic views of New York City. Despite its rapid commercial and population growth, Fort Lee still retains the charm one expects to find in a small town.

 

The town has a combination of attractive features. Moreover, Fort Lee's Ethnic & Cultural Heritage has been greatly diversified, and arrivals from all nations are settling in the borough. Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century, it became the birthplace of the American film industry.

 

In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Fort Lee's population and housing density increased considerably during the 1960s and 1970s with the construction of high-rise apartment buildings.

 

Private schools in the area include Christ the Teacher (PK–8, 314 students), First Step Day Care Center (PK, 101 students), Fort Lee Education Center (7–12, 78 students), Fort Lee Montessori Pre-School (PK, 49 students), Fort Lee Youth Center Playgroup (PK, 30 students), Futures Best Nursery Academy (PK, 98 students), Green House Preschool and Kindergarten (PK–K, 125 students), Happy Kids Pre-School (PK, 75 students), Hooks Lane School (PK, 54 students), Itsy Bitsy Early Learning Center (PK, 60 students), Genesis Preschool & Academy (PK, K-6, 83 students), Palisades Pre-School (PK, 108 students), Rainbow School DC (PK, 88 students), and Small World Montessori School (PK, 51 students). Christ the Teacher Interparochial School operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.