We are a community outreach center servicing all the Bergen County Technical Schools,Special Services as well as the residents of Bergen County.
We are located on the Bergen Academies Campus in Hackensack,NJ Bergen County Makerspaces’ mission is to develop, grow, and maintain a community in Bergen County dedicated to hands-on learning of all kinds. Bergen County Makerspaces will strive to be a haven for those interested in any form of creating or “making”. Our spaces are where people come together to learn from and inspire one another. It
02/04/2026
Maker Camp located on the Bergen Academies campus in Hackensack, NJ.
Sign Up link can be found in the comment section.
Ages 9-12
Maker Camp is a fun hands-on STEM Camp where kids design, build, and create. Perfect for curious minds who love to tinker and explore.
Space is limited so sign up now of interested !
🎸 Build Your Own Guitar Pedal Workshop – Kicks Off Tuesday, May 27! 🎛️
Ready to take your sound to the next level? Join us at Bergen Makerspace for a hands-on Guitar Pedal Workshop starting Tuesday, May 27!
This is a 3-session workshop included in the $150 price. Dates: 5/27, 6/3, and 6/10.
You’ll learn to build and customize your very own guitar pedal from scratch— The iconic Tone Bender clone -perfect for musicians, DIY enthusiasts, and makers of all experience levels.
Spots are limited, so don’t miss your chance to create something truly one-of-a-kind with a customized laser engraved enclosure!
👉 Sign up now: https://bergenmakerspace.bergen.org/build-your-own-guitar-pedal
04/12/2025
Women of the Workshop 🔩⚙️
strength and skill—one project at a time.
From sawdust to sparks, they’re here to build, create, and inspire. 💪✨
04/10/2025
Our student interns are hard at work creating rustic farmhouse signs to help us prepare for an upcoming workshop! This workshop will be open to the community and will teach you how to make your own sign using real pallets and laser cutters. Stay tuned for more details coming within the next few weeks!
Our interns are successfully pushing the limits of the X Tool P2 conveyor pass-through system by engraving an 8-foot backlit acrylic mirror sign for our new Coral Lab entrance! This sign will be mounted above the display screen on the blue wall.
Watch to see how they started with a small mock-up and how the sign will look when illuminated by multi-hue lightbulbs from behind. Next up: building the custom enclosure for it to fit in. Stay tuned for more updates!
03/16/2025
Here are some shots from our latest Build Your Own Guitar Pedal workshop! ⚡️🎸 This time, we built a Tone Bender Fuzz Clone—classic fuzz tones in the making!
03/13/2025
10 students have bern hard at work in the Makerspace, building a rocket to compete in the American Rocketry Challenge! Their design will be put to the test in three trials, judged by the National Association of Rocketry. The first round was scheduled for this past weekend but was canceled due to high winds—giving them extra time to fine-tune their rocket.
Wishing them the best of luck as they prepare for launch! 🚀✨
03/09/2025
If anyone is still looking for something for their child to do this summer, the Bergen Makerspace is hosting a Maker Camp for kids ages 9 to 12. The cost is only $200 per week. Please share this with any parents you think might be interested in sending their kids.
You need to see this! 🎬🔥 Stop what you’re doing, turn up the volume, and check out this incredible prop made by one of our students for her prop class elective here at the makerspace . The creativity and craftsmanship are next level! 👏🎨
Night two of building your own guitar foot pedals! Tonight, we are wiring up all the components we soldered to the PCB last class.
03/02/2025
One of our community members found this keyboard on the side of the road during junk night. When they took it home and plugged it in, everything worked—except for a couple of keys. So, they brought it to the Makerspace, and with the help of a few community members, the problem was quickly fixed, saving this keyboard from the landfill!
Curious about what the Makerspace is all about?
We’re open to the public most Wednesday evenings from 5–8 PM, September through June—no membership required! Wednesday nights are for ages 16 and up (those 16 and 17 need a guardian’s signed permission slip).
Stop by to check out the space, bring a project to work on, or see what others are creating. Have something that needs fixing? A community member might be able to help!
03/01/2025
A huge shoutout to these three for fine-tuning our new screen printing station! They don’t know it yet, but more equipment is on the way—so keep up the great work! We truly appreciate it.
This setup will be a game-changer for our Maker Camp this summer!
Maker Camp is open to kids ages 9-12—reach out if you’re interested!