EDITOR’S NOTE

{ EDITOR’S NOTE } A County Counts Its Blessings

It’s a traveler’s truism: We tend to scour guidebooks for all the spots worth checking out in every destination—except home. Thus some Bergenites can tell you about every trattoria in Florence, but don’t know that there’s a pizza place just across town that would change their lives if they took time to discover it.

Discovery, in essence, is the mission of BERGEN’s annual Guide issue. Listing 19 categories of locales and shops and services, this one, like its predecessors, offers readers the chance to find new favorite spots and rediscover places they’ve loved but lost the habit of visiting. That enchanting bookstore, that soothing spa, that mouthwatering bakery—in our listings you’ll find these gems and many, many more. (And if a deserving favorite is missing from our pages, please let us know, so that we can clue readers in about it in next year’s edition!)

Whether you’re new to the county or have lived here your entire life, the lists in this guide will serve as a resource for ideas on where to go and what to do. And Bergen has so much to offer: five-star dining, fabulous shopping, indoor and outdoor entertainment. The Guide has the arts covered too. Check out our listings of museums, theaters and concert halls.

There’s more. You can find fun facts about Bergen County on page 12, then head to page 16 to read about our historic, picturesque train stations. Finally, see if you recognize the landmark pictured on page 72.

If you were visiting much-blessed Bergen County, there’d be innumerable places for you to discover. But you get to live here. Let this Guide remind you just how lucky you are.

Rita Guarna

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Did you know Bergen New Bridge Medical Center...

• Is the largest hospital in the state? And the fourth largest in the country? The Medical Center is a safety-net hospital providing care to the residents of Bergen County and beyond, whether they have insurance, are underinsured or are uninsured.

• Was awarded an A Grade and named a Top Hospital and Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group because of achievements in patient safety and quality. This is the second year in a row the Medical Center has been recognized with the top rating.

• Is a Veterans Administration Community Care Provider? The Medical Center not only proudly employs many veterans who have served our country, but also provides quality healthcare to veterans in Bergen County.

• Has a new state-of-the art Ambulatory Surgery Center? Or that its Eating Disorders & Body Positivity Center is the only one of its kind in the Northern part of the state? Or that the Bergen New Bridge LGBTQIA+ Health & Wellness Center is the only one of its kind in Bergen County?

• Is a leader in behavioral healthcare? The Medical Center provides both in-patient and outpatient behavioral healthcare for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. Bergen New Bridge also offers a robust treatment program for both inpatient and outpatient for substance abuse disorders.

• The Long-Term Care Division at the Medical Center is the largest licensed nursing home in New Jersey?

Bergen New Bridge’s Long-Term Care was recognized by Newsweek as one of the best nursing homes in the country in 2022.

• Is right in your communities? The recently opened CareRite Now center in the ShopRite of Wallington is the first of several clinics that will be bringing you convenient healthcare in your neighborhood supermarkets throughout Bergen County.

All The Care You Need. When And Where You Need It. NewBridgeHealth.org