Demarest, New Jersey

==Transportation==
[[File:2018-07-22 15 09 09 View south along Bergen County Route 501 (County Road) just south of Bergen County Route S33 (Anderson Street) in Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] southbound in Demarest]]

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010|5}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|27.27|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|21.56|mi}} were maintained by the municipality and {{convert|5.71|mi}} by Bergen County.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed December 4, 2013.</ref>

[[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] and [[County Route 505]] travels through Demarest. While Demarest is a small community, there are often traffic jams at around 8:00 am and 3:00 pm when all three grammar schools let out for the day. These small traffic jams usually occur at the intersection of County Road and Hardenburgh Avenue, and sometimes require the local police to direct traffic.

===Public transportation===
Demarest is served by [[Rockland Coaches]] routes 14ET and 20/20T, with a stop by the Duck Pond on [[County Route 501]] which provides service to and from the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and the [[Palisades Center]] in [[West Nyack, New York]], a common shopping destination for many residents.<ref>[https://web.coachusa.com/rockland/ss.listing.asp?action=Lookup&c1=Demarest&s1=NJ&c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=2017&order=&dayFilter=&scheduleChoice=&sitePageName=&nt=%2Frockland%2Findex%2Easp&cbid=318463319679 Services operating from Demarest, NJ to New York, NY], [[Rockland Coaches]]. Accessed August 12, 2017.</ref>

Saddle River Tours / Ameribus offers rush hour service on the 20 / 84 route to the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station]].<ref>[https://www.srtbus.com/_content/commuter_schedules/Route%2020-84%20Service%20Effective%2010-22-18.pdf New 20/84 Schedule], Saddle River Tours, effective October 22, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2024.</ref>

Demarest was served by the [[Demarest (Erie Railroad station)|Demarest Railroad Depot]] until passenger traffic stopped in 1966. After the borough purchased the site in 1978, the station was restored and has been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] since 2004.<ref>Staff. [http://co.bergen.nj.us/documentcenter/view/427 "'Last Stop' on the Demarest Railroad Depot Restoration Project"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135254/http://co.bergen.nj.us/documentcenter/view/427 |date=2017-09-13 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] ''Open Space Momentum'', Fall 2010. Accessed September 12, 2017. "Passenger service for the station ended in 1966. The rail line is still used for freight transport as part of the CSX Northern Branch. The borough of Demarest purchased the depot in 1978. It was added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2004."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/BERGEN.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places: Bergen County], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated March 30, 2023. Accessed April 30, 2023.</ref>