Views: 805 1930s: Bernards Plateau and the 60-acre Bernards Commons & Decker’s Park Community Project The Bernards Plateau was named for the broad upland just west of the Basking Ridge village center, located just across Route 287 today, an area once filled with corn fields, pastures, and orchards that drew early farm families with good … Continue reading Bernards Plateau and the Bernards Commons Community – Every Home Faces a Shared Park