Bergen Square, at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street in
Jersey City, is in the southwestern part of the much larger
Journal Square district. A commercial residential area, it contains an eclectic array of architectural styles including 19th-century row houses,
Art Deco retail and office buildings, and is the site of the longest continually-used school site in the United States. Nearby are the
Van Wagenen House (sometimes called the Apple Tree House) and
Old Bergen Church, two structures from the colonial period.
St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church founded by early Egyptian immigrants was one of the original Coptic congregations in New Jersey.