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​A brief history of Hasbrouck Heights

Hasbrouck Heights is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan and 8 miles (13 km) west of Upper Manhattan. The area that would become the borough had been known as Corona from the mid-1800s and grew up around the two local railroad stations. The name "Hasbrouck" was chosen in 1889 to honor J. Dillon Hasbrouck, general manager of the New Jersey and New York Railroad. In the face of local opposition, the name change was promoted as improving the community's public perception and avoiding confusion with the Corona, Queens neighborhood, while "Heights" was added to avoid confusion with a similarly named community in upstate New York. 
Hasbrouck Heights was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on August 2, 1894, based on the passage of a referendum on July 31, 1894, and was created from portions of Lodi Township at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County. A part of the borough was annexed to Lodi in 1901.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.510 square miles (3.910 km2), including 1.506 square miles (3.899 km2) of land and 0.004 square miles (0.010 km2) of water (0.26%) was water. The borough borders Hackensack, Lodi, Moonachie, Teterboro and Wood-Ridge
Education​
The Hasbrouck Heights School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district also serves students from Teterboro, a non-operating district that was merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District following its dissolution on July 1, 2010. As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,832 students and 140.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) include Euclid Elementary School[96] with 343 students in grades PreK-5, Lincoln Elementary School with 402 students in grades PreK-5, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School with 490 students in grades 6-8 and Hasbrouck Heights High School with 565 students in grades 9-12.

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.

Corpus Christi School is a Catholic elementary school that serves children in preschool through eighth grade. The school belongs to the Corpus Christi Parish, and has two main buildings: the early childhood learning center, for ages three to five, and the main building for ages five to thirteen. The school operates under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Hasbrouck Heights  Restaurants
The Stony Hill Inn possesses a rich history dating back to 1694, when the land for this estate was conveyed to Hendrick Hopper. In 1818, his grandson John I. Hopper chose a site on high ground commanding an unobstructed panorama of the countryside and, together with his wife Maria, built the house that stands today as home to one of the finest restaurants Bergen County NJ has to offer. The result of our unique history is a dining experience in the quiet elegance of a bygone era and the ambiance of one of the best restaurants in Bergen County New Jersey.
2018 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Home value data includes all types of owner-occupied housing.