[3] Additionally, the borough of Hawthorne now maintains a series of small trails in the 8-Acre Woods at the southern end of the park.

[4] Hawthorne High School maintains a substantial recreational complex adjacent to Goffle Brook Park that includes a football stadium, running track, baseball fields, hockey rink, and tennis courts.

[5] In 2012, Passaic County awarded funds to begin a multi-year project to beautify Goffle Brook Park, stabilize Goffle Brook, and reconstruct road bridges over the brook at Warburton Avenue and Rea Avenue[6] As of 2014, stream bank stabilization had been completed throughout the park, the Warburton Ave bridge had been rebuilt, and hundreds of invasive, sickly, and hazardous plants and trees (primarily Norway Maple and Sumac[7]) had been removed.

[8] The area of Goffle Brook Park played a significant part in the American Revolutionary War.

Lafayette's headquarters were at the Ryerson House, the former location of which is marked atop a small hill in the southern section of the park.

The southern section of the park also features an enclosed dog run, various ball fields, two playgrounds, a picnic area, and wooded walking trails.