Emerson is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, a suburb in the New York City metropolitan area.

[23] What is now Emerson was originally formed on April 8, 1903, from portions of Washington Township as the Borough of Etna, the name of a railroad station in the community.

[1][2] Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the borough include Old Hook.

[29] The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Closter, Harrington Park, Haworth, Oradell, Paramus, River Vale, Washington Township and Westwood.

This was the 20th highest percentage of Armenian American people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.

The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council.

[54][55][56] As of 2024[update], the mayor of Emerson Borough is Republican Danielle DiPaola, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.

[62][63] In January 2020, the borough council selected Patricia L. Dinallo to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that had been held by Christopher Knoller until he resigned from office late in 2019; with Dinallo taking office and Nicole Argenzia and Jill McGuire sworn in to full terms, Emerson's governing body had a female majority for the first time since the borough was established.

[68][69][70] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff).

As of 2025[update], the county executive is James J. Tedesco III (D, Paramus), whose four-year term of office ends December 31, 2026.

[75] Bergen County's Commissioners are: Thomas J. Sullivan Jr. (D, Montvale, 2025),[76] Chair Germaine M. Ortiz (D, Emerson, 2025),[77] Joan Voss (D, Fort Lee, 2026),[78] Vice Chair Mary J. Amoroso (D, Mahwah, 2025),[79] Rafael Marte (D, Bergenfield, 2026),[80] Steven A. Tanelli (D, North Arlington, 2027)[81] and Tracy Silna Zur (D, Franklin Lakes, 2027).

[82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89] Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),[90][91] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2027)[92][93] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).

[97] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 63.4% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 83.3% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).

[122][123] Assumption Academy, which had operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, closed its elementary school program for grades 1–8 in June 2012 due to declining enrollment, which it had been struggling to keep up for several years prior.

The Emerson station, located at the intersection of Linwood Avenue and Kinderkamack Road,[126] provides service on NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line.

This line runs north–south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to NJ Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to ten other NJ Transit rail lines.

Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other NJ Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.

[131] All three Emerson Schools were immediately evacuated by a fire drill around 11:00, and neither students nor teachers were allowed to collect any of their belongings, including backpacks, cell phones, and purses.

Members of the Bergen County bomb squad were sent to Emerson on Wednesday morning; however, a search of the district's schools revealed nothing dangerous or extraordinary.

Thirteen districts closed their schools for September 20, 2007, including Emerson, Westwood, Washington Township, Oradell, River Edge, Closter, River Vale, Demarest, Haworth, Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan.