North Bergen, New Jersey left North Bergen roughly shaped as an inverted "L". Its northern section stretches east-west and is south of the Bergen County communities Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Fairview and Ridgefield. To the east, the Hudson River creates the shared border with the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It shares a border with Carlstadt in the Hackensack River. Its north-south section lies between Secaucus to the west and to the east Guttenberg, West New York and Union City, with which it meets Jersey City at a single point at its southern end. With the separation of Secaucus in 1900, North Bergen
Black River, New York Census Bureau, it has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.88%, are water. The Black River flows through the center of the village and forms the border between the towns of Le Ray and Rutland. New York State Route 3 (Rutland Street) passes through the south side of the village and intersects New York State Route 342 west of the village. NY-3 leads west (downriver) to the center of Watertown and east (upriver) to Carthage. NY 342 leads northwest to Interstate 81 north of Watertown. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,285