[22] As the site of Holy Cross Cemetery, which has interred almost 290,000 individuals since its establishment in 1915, and with another Jewish cemetery including several thousand more burials, North Arlington has almost 20 times more dead people than living, with more burials than the living population of Newark, the state's largest city.

[23][24] North Arlington was ranked eighth by Money magazine on its list of "Best Places to Live 2017", which cited the borough's healthy economy, affordable homes and a high quality of life.

[28] The Newcomen steam engine was imported from England by John Schuyler to pump water out of his copper mine.

[32] On November 18, 2015, North Arlington approved plans for FedEx to build a 139,000-square-foot (12,900 m2) freight distribution facility on a former steel dumping ground on Porete Avenue.

FedEx pledged to build a new access road to Porete Avenue from Belleville Turnpike, complete with a signalized traffic light, as part of construction.

The 2011 total crime rate per thousand residents was 17.1 (vs. 13.0 in 2010), compared to 13.6 in Bergen County and 24.7 statewide.

[46] Companies based in North Arlington include Pizza Land, located at 260 Belleville Turnpike, which was featured in the opening credits of The Sopranos.

[47][48] Additionally, in Law & Order episode 10.6, "Marathon" (1999), a pizza box from the restaurant was used by a suspect to transport and conceal firearms.

This program includes cooperation from neighboring towns, and consists of Spring baseball and soccer.

[7] The borough form of government used by North Arlington is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

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

[54][55] As of 2023[update], the mayor of North Arlington is Republican Daniel H. Pronti, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026.

[56] Pronti, who won the 2018 mayoral election, replaced Joseph P. Bianchi on the ballot, following Biaanchi's death on October 10, 2018; Bianchi, a volunteer firefighter in the borough, who responded to Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks, died of cancer he initially contracted at the site.

[3][58][59][60][61][62] In January 2019, Kirk DelRusso was unanimously selected from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2020 that became vacant when Daniel H. Pronti was sworn in to the mayor's position.

[63] In January 2015, the borough council selected Brian Fitzhenry from a list of three candidates nominated by the Republican municipal committee to fill the council seat that was vacated by Joseph Bianchi when he took office as mayor; Fitzhenry would serve on an interim basis until the November 2015 election.

[64] Republicans swept the November 2015 general election, giving the party full control of municipal government.

[68][69][70] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 9th congressional district is represented by Nellie Pou (D, North Haledon)[71] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Moorestown, term ends 2031).

[72] For the 2024-2025 session, the 36th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Paul Sarlo (D, Wood-Ridge) and in the General Assembly by Clinton Calabrese (D, Cliffside Park) and Gary Schaer (D, Passaic).

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

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

[81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88] Bergen County's constitutional officials are: Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale, 2026),[89][90] Sheriff Anthony Cureton (D, Englewood, 2027)[91][92] and Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill, 2026).

[102] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 55.8% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 67.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).

[112] Students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade are educated by the North Arlington School District.

[124][125] Queen of Peace, a Roman Catholic parish, operates a parochial school, Queen of Peace Elementary School, which was founded in 1923 and serves Pre-K to 8th grade, under the auspices of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

NAVES has a youth squad and a growing auxiliary which assist in non-riding functions such as fundraising and administrative duties.

The bridge was formally renamed on July 4, 2013, as the "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge" in memory of a United States Marine Corps infantryman from North Arlington who was killed in February 2012 while serving in Afghanistan.