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Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,908, reflecting a decline of 91 (-0.8%) from the 10,999 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 553 (+5.3%) from the 10,446 counted in the 1990 Census. Westwood is part of the New York metropolitan area. Many of its residents regularly commute to New York City for work and leisure, many using public transportation.

Westwood was officially incorporated as a borough on May 8, 1894, from portions of Washington Township, early during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. Isaac D. Bogert served as the first mayor of the Borough. In April 1909, Westwood was enlarged through the annexation of the "Old Hook" section of the borough of Emerson, and on September 24, 1957, portions of the borough were exchanged with Emerson.

Education  

Students in public school for grades kindergarten through twelfth grade attend the Westwood Regional School District, a comprehensive regional school district serving both Washington Township. The district is the county's only regional district serving grades K-12. Schools in the district (with 2017–18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Berkeley Avenue Elementary School (292 students; in grades K-5), Brookside Elementary School (419; K-5), Jessie F. George Elementary School (258; K-5), Washington Elementary School (296; K-5), Westwood Regional Middle School (419; 6-7) and Westwood Regional High School (1,111; 8-12).

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Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.

Zion Lutheran School, adjacent the eponymous church founded in 1905, is a private school for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade.

Shopping & Entertainment 

Downtown Westwood is a regional hub that offers many options for shopping and dining. The Westwood Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall that has a Kmart and other stores and restaurants such as Sushi Village, Harmon Discount, Broadway Pizza, and TJ Maxx. Westwood has a movie theater located on Center Avenue that is open seven days a week until midnight. Originally opened in 1928 as the 1,275-seat Pascack Theater, the Westwood Cinema now has nine screens showing first-run movies. The Fritz Deitl Ice Rink, which opened in 1958, is home to Doug Brown Power Skating programs and offers open ice sessions, figure skating lessons, skating school, birthday party rentals, and Stick Time open hockey. Every Saturday, from May through November, there is a Farmer's Market held in the parking lot adjacent to the Police Department. In the summer, there are multiple concerts in the park where anyone can bring chairs or blankets, and watch the movie projected on the back of the train station. Westwood also has a Community Center that is home to the Recreation Department where children and adults can get participate in sports and other activities.