Westwood combines a traditional downtown, commuter rail, independent shops, restaurants, healthcare and neighborhood parks in a compact borough.
Westwood · Bergen County · New Jersey
Westwood, New Jersey
The Hub of the Pascack Valley: a walkable Bergen County downtown with rail service, independent shopping, diverse dining, parks and major healthcare.
Westwood at a glance
Westwood Avenue, Center Avenue, Broadway and Kinderkamack Road form a substantial shopping and dining district around the train station.
Pascack Valley Medical Center at 250 Old Hook Road is a major local institution and employer.
Community institutions
101 Washington Avenue · 201-664-7100
49 Park Avenue · 201-664-0583
Westwood and Washington Township share the regional public-school system.
Core borough emergency-service institutions.
Westwood includes Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and other congregations; houses of worship belong here rather than in Business & Shopping.
Funeral homes and cemeteries are treated as community institutions and are not mixed into the commercial directory.
Parks, history & transportation
Downtown civic park beside the historic train station and bandstand.
Fields, playground, dog park, walking and connections toward Pascack Brook County Park.
Westwood station provides Pascack Valley Line service toward Secaucus and Hoboken.