Palisades Park

Palisades Park is like no other community in Bergen County — or in the United States. The one-square-mile borough of 20,000 people, incorporated in 1899, is the only Korean-majority municipality in America and the community with the highest density of ethnic Koreans in the Western Hemisphere. Until the 1980s it was a blue-collar Italian, Croatian, German, and Greek community with vacant storefronts and modest homes along Broad Avenue and Bergen Boulevard. In the 1990s, Korean immigrant families arrived in a continuous wave, drawn by safety, affordable homes, proximity to the George Washington Bridge, and community. By 2022, Koreans comprised 53.7% of the borough's population. Today, Broad Avenue is the heart of Koreatown on the Hudson — Korean BBQ open until midnight, karaoke bars, Korean bakeries, hanbok shops, Korean supermarkets, and a commercial energy that rivals Manhattan's Koreatown on 32nd Street. The Palisades Amusement Park (1898–1971) that once defined the borough's entertainment identity is gone; the Korean commercial corridor that replaced the vacant storefronts is among the most vital and authentic ethnic commercial districts on the East Coast.

For buyers, Palisades Park delivers a specific and compelling package: the George Washington Bridge 3 miles away, NJ Transit bus direct to Port Authority, a 2.201% general tax rate (one of Bergen's lowest), a 2024 average tax bill of $11,143, a median SFH in the $850K–$1.1M range, and a community character that is entirely its own. Niche rates Palisades Park as one of the best places to live in New Jersey — "urban suburban mix," "lot of restaurants and coffee shops," "many young professionals," ranked #2 in Bergen County for walk score. For buyers who want Bergen County's most unique cultural address at a practical price point with the best highway-to-Manhattan access in the county — Palisades Park is the answer.

Palisades Park is like no other community in Bergen County — or in the United States. The one-square-mile borough of 20,000 people, incorporated in 1899, is the only Korean-majority municipality in America and the community with the highest density of ethnic Koreans in the Western Hemisphere. Until the 1980s it was a blue-collar Italian, Croatian, German, and Greek community with vacant storefronts and modest homes along Broad Avenue and Bergen Boulevard. In the 1990s, Korean immigrant families arrived in a continuous wave, drawn by safety, affordable homes, proximity to the George Washington Bridge, and community. By 2022, Koreans comprised 53.7% of the borough's population. Today, Broad Avenue is the heart of Koreatown on the Hudson — Korean BBQ open until midnight, karaoke bars, Korean bakeries, hanbok shops, Korean supermarkets, and a commercial energy that rivals Manhattan's Koreatown on 32nd Street. The Palisades Amusement Park (1898–1971) that once defined the borough's entertainment identity is gone; the Korean commercial corridor that replaced the vacant storefronts is among the most vital and authentic ethnic commercial districts on the East Coast.

For buyers, Palisades Park delivers a specific and compelling package: the George Washington Bridge 3 miles away, NJ Transit bus direct to Port Authority, a 2.201% general tax rate (one of Bergen's lowest), a 2024 average tax bill of $11,143, a median SFH in the $850K–$1.1M range, and a community character that is entirely its own. Niche rates Palisades Park as one of the best places to live in New Jersey — "urban suburban mix," "lot of restaurants and coffee shops," "many young professionals," ranked #2 in Bergen County for walk score. For buyers who want Bergen County's most unique cultural address at a practical price point with the best highway-to-Manhattan access in the county — Palisades Park is the answer.