It contains a vibrant main street (Penn Avenue) and the large Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

The VF Outlet Village was located in the buildings of the former Berkshire Knitting Mills, which was in operation from 1908 to 1975.

[citation needed] In 2022, Samantha Kaag, West Reading’s first ever female Mayor, was elected and took office.

[citation needed] In 2023, seven people were killed in the 2023 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion.

[5] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land.

The five other members are as follows: Christopher Lincoln, Patrick Kaag, Jennifer Bressler, Denise Drobnick, and Zachary Shaver.

Her primary role is public safety, oversight of the police department, community involvement, and working hand-in-hand with the borough council.

It follows the West Shore Bypass along a northwest-to-southeast alignment across the northeastern portion of the borough.