[21] Glen Rock was voted one of the best places to live in New Jersey for its low crime rate, good schools, close proximity to New York City and its high property values, including in 2018, when Niche ranked it the 19th best place to live in New Jersey.

This crash in part hastened the demise of this transportation mode which ran from Elmwood Park, New Jersey, to Suffern, New York, and competed with the Erie Railroad.

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

[49] Corporate residents of Glen Rock include Genovese & Maddalene, an architectural firm that specialized in designing churches.

[51] In October 2005, many scenes of prominent locations in town were shot for the film World Trade Center, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Oliver Stone, with Glen Rock having had 11 residents who were killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

[56] As of 2024[update], the mayor of Glen Rock is Democrat Kristine Morieko, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027.

[3][57][58]>[59][60][61] In January 2020, the borough council chose Caroline Unzaga from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2021 that had been held by Kristine Morieko until she stepped down to take office as mayor.

[62] In July 2019, the borough council selected Michelle Torpey from a list of three names nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2019 that was vacated by Bill J. Leonard Jr. after he resigned from office and announced that he was moving out of the borough.

[63] Bruce Packer won the mayoral seat in the 2015 general election over incumbent John van Keuren, who had been seeking a fourth term.

The event raised the funds to pay for two Roundabout PlayPump water systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

[66][67] On April 10, 2019, the borough council passed an ordinance outlawing single-use plastic bags in retail establishments.

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

[73] For the 2024-2025 session, the 38th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus) and in the General Assembly by Lisa Swain (D, Fair Lawn) and Chris Tully (D, Bergenfield).

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, 69.9% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 99.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).

[113] Gurbir Grewal, a member of Glen Rock's Indian American and Sikh communities, was nominated by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to the position of Bergen County prosecutor in September 2013.

[114] Grewal was sworn as an assistant attorney general and acting Bergen County prosecutor on January 4, 2016.

[134] Glen Rock is served by Route 208, which runs southeast to northwest from Fair Lawn to Oakland.

[139][140] The Hendrick Hopper House is a historic building located on the corner of Ackerman and Hillman Avenues.

[142] As much as 90% of the borough's Indian American constituency was estimated by one member in 2014 to have moved to Glen Rock within the preceding two-year period alone.

[143] In February 2015, the Glen Rock Board of Education voted to designate the Hindu holy day Diwali as an annual school holiday, making it the county's first district to do so.