Published on January 24, 2020

As Teaneck nears its 125^th birthday, a local writer has produced a lovely present for those who want to learn more about the Township’s rich and diverse past.

On Jan. 27, Arcadia Publishing Company will release the newest in its series of local history books chronicling, in words and rarely seen pictures, the story of Teaneck - starting from its original Lenni-Lenape Indian inhabitants through a century and a quarter’s worth of events, people, and decisions that have shaped the Teaneck of today.

The book, “Images of America: TEANECK, was written by local author Jay Levin and sponsored by the Teaneck Historical Society in cooperation with the Teaneck Public Library. 

The Teaneck Historical Society will host a book sale and signing with Levin from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 in the Teaneck Public Library.

Levin writes that Teaneck is a “community of myriad distinctions; exemplar of successful municipal management, ‘model town’ deemed worthy of emulation, college town, and in the 1960’s the first majority-white community in the United States to voluntary integrate its school system.” 

The 128-page book will be available for sale locally at the Township Clerk’s office in the Municipal Building, the Teaneck Public Library, as well as at Brier Rose Books, at a special discounted Teaneck price of $20.00.  Profits from those local sales of the book will go to the Teaneck Historical Society.

For more details about the book, click here