Bergen Avenue is located in Camden’s Cramer Hill section, east of North 32nd Street. It runs north from Cleveland Avenue, crossing Hayes Avenue, River Road, and Harrison Avenue toward the Delaware River, and ends at Farragut Avenue.
Bergen Avenue is likely named after either Martin V. Bergen or Christopher A. Bergen, both prominent figures in Camden’s legal and civic circles in the late 1800s. The C.A. Bergen School in South Camden was named after Christopher Bergen.
Many single-family homes were built on Bergen Avenue before 1924. In the late 1940s or early 1950s, a significant number of brick row houses were constructed on the 900, 1000, and 1100 blocks.
The 900 block of Bergen Avenue has experienced several tragedies. In the 1950s, young Eddie Marren drowned in a boating accident. In 1963, his sister and three other young people were killed in a car accident. In 2005, three small children died after accidentally locking themselves in the trunk of a car parked in the yard of 957 Bergen Avenue.
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Bergen Avenue
Bergen Avenue is located in Camden’s Cramer Hill section, east of North 32nd Street. It runs north from Cleveland Avenue, crossing Hayes Avenue, River Road, and Harrison Avenue toward the Delaware River, and ends at Farragut Avenue. Bergen Avenue is likely named after either Martin V. Bergen or Christopher A. Bergen, both prominent figures in…
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I just reviewed the Bergen Avenue site again. Ok, so my parents bought 1021 Bergen from the Kennedy family in 1953. My parents lived in the white house, one house from Engles Lot. There was a red house that is gone between my parents house and that lot. My dad passed away in 1982 and…
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We moved to Bergen “Avenue” in 1953. We lived at 1021 Bergen Avenue which is still there. There used to be a red house [1017 Bergen Avenue — ed.] next to the lot which was Engle’s Bar. The lot belonged to the bar. My mom and dad bought this, their first house after renting the…
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