Madonna Park near Forest Avenue and Williams Street became a center of boxing and baseball in New Jersey in the 1920s. Negro League teams often played in the park, including Englewood's own Cubs and world-famous boxers like Jack Dempsey would attend matches. Owned by the Knights of Columbus the Park became the Englewood Arena in 1930 and was operated by the Bergen County Sportsmen Club.
The Norsgaard Nature Center was created in February 1965. The building located at 301 Lydecker Street was used to house naturalist collections. It was named after Campbell Norsgaard.
