Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

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city municipality

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States is a city in Bergen County that serves as the county seat and forms part of the New York City metropolitan area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hackensack, New Jersey	85
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States canonical	8
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T623155 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Context triple: [Ben E. King, placeOfDeath, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States]

A. Newark, New Jersey, United States
Newark, New Jersey, United States is a major city in the New York metropolitan area known for its diverse population, significant transportation hubs, and rich cultural and musical heritage.
B. Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey is a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area known for its retail outlets, transportation hubs, and proximity to Manhattan.
C. Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey is a historic town in northern New Jersey known for its pivotal role as General George Washington’s winter headquarters during the American Revolutionary War and its well-preserved colonial-era sites.
D. Florham Park, New Jersey
Florham Park, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Morris County known for hosting the New York Jets’ headquarters and training facilities.
E. Highland Park, New Jersey
Highland Park, New Jersey is a small borough in Middlesex County known for its diverse, close-knit community and its location just across the Raritan River from New Brunswick.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Target entity description: Hackensack, New Jersey, United States is a city in Bergen County that serves as the county seat and forms part of the New York City metropolitan area.

A. Newark, New Jersey, United States
Newark, New Jersey, United States is a major city in the New York metropolitan area known for its diverse population, significant transportation hubs, and rich cultural and musical heritage.
B. Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus, New Jersey is a suburban town in the New York metropolitan area known for its retail outlets, transportation hubs, and proximity to Manhattan.
C. Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey is a historic town in northern New Jersey known for its pivotal role as General George Washington’s winter headquarters during the American Revolutionary War and its well-preserved colonial-era sites.
D. Florham Park, New Jersey
Florham Park, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Morris County known for hosting the New York Jets’ headquarters and training facilities.
E. Highland Park, New Jersey
Highland Park, New Jersey is a small borough in Middlesex County known for its diverse, close-knit community and its location just across the Raritan River from New Brunswick.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
areaCode	201 ⓘ 551 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
FIPSCode	34-28750 ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	0885202 ⓘ
governmentType	Faulkner Act mayor–council ⓘ
hasAirport	Teterboro Airport vicinity ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Bergen County Courthouse ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Bergen County Academies ⓘ Fairleigh Dickinson University Metropolitan Campus ⓘ
hasHighSchool	Hackensack High School ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Hackensack Main Street Historic District ⓘ
hasHospital	Hackensack University Medical Center ⓘ
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 80 ⓘ New Jersey Route 17 ⓘ New Jersey Route 4 ⓘ U.S. Route 46 ⓘ
hasPark	Borg’s Woods Nature Preserve ⓘ Johnson Park ⓘ
hasRailService	NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line ⓘ linked to: Pascack Valley Line
hasRailStation	Anderson Street station ⓘ Essex Street station ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Bergen County Bulldogs (historical / local) ⓘ
hasTimeZoneDST	Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Eastern Time Zone
isCountySeat	true ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Northeastern United States ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	New York City ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Hackensack River ⓘ
namedAfter	Hackensack River ⓘ
originalName	New Barbadoes Township ⓘ
partOf	Bergen County, New Jersey ⓘ New York metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode	07601 ⓘ 07602 ⓘ
state	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States

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