Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson)[19] is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

[9][10] What is now Woodland Park was formed as a borough, under the name West Paterson, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1914, from portions of Little Falls Township.

[1][2] Slippery Rock Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River that flows north as it drains part of the western flank of First Watchung Mountain.

Traveling south from its confluence with the Passaic River, it passes through the city of Paterson and the borough of Woodland Park.

[30] The borough of East Paterson, located in adjacent Bergen County, changed its name to Elmwood Park in 1972.

The name change has been marred with accusations of racism and discrimination due to the city of Paterson's lower quality of life and diverse minority demographics.

[32] There is an unincorporated area called Woodland Park in the city of Summit, in Union County, adjacent to New Providence.

In July 2015, Solvay S.A. announced its intent to acquire Cytec for a purchase price of US$5.5 billion.

[34] North Jersey Media Group, owned by Gannett, is the parent company of The Record and Herald News newspapers.

The site of Lambert Castle, the park offers views of the New York City skyline, as it rises 500 feet (150 m) above sea level.

[41][42] The Borough of Woodland Park was chartered by the State of New Jersey to function under the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Option Municipal Charter Law) within the Small Municipality form of government (Plan C), implemented by direct petition as of January 1, 1967.

[6] A government reorganization takes place on January 1 of every year, at which time a mayor-elect or newly elected council members are sworn in.

[51] As of 2023[update], the Mayor of Woodland Park is Democrat Keith Kazmark, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023.

[52] Members of the Woodland Park Borough Council are Michael Sica (D, 2025), Vincent Bennett DeCesare (D, 2024), Tina Gatti (D, 2024), Christine Tiseo (D, 2025), Tracy Kallert (D, 2024), and Sam Yodice, Jr. (D, 2025).

[3][53][54][55][56][57] In May 2022, the borough council selected Adam Chaabane from a list of three candidates nominated by the Democratic municipal committee to fill the seat expiring in December 2022 that had been held by Joseph Spinelli who resigned after serving more two decades in office.

[58] In 2012, Borough resident Matthew La Corte was fined for his planting of a political lawn sign.

[61] For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 11th congressional district is represented by Mikie Sherrill (D, Montclair).

[63] For the 2024-2025 session, the 40th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Kristin Corrado (R, Totowa) and in the General Assembly by Al Barlas (R, Cedar Grove) and Christopher DePhillips (R, Wyckoff).

[65] As of 2025[update], Passaic County's Commissioners are: Bruce James (D, Clifton, 2026),[66] Deputy Director Cassandra "Sandi" Lazzara (D, Little Falls, 2027),[67] Director John W. Bartlett (D, Wayne, 2027),[68] Orlando Cruz (D, Paterson, 2026),[69] Terry Duffy (D, West Milford, 2025),[70] Rodney DeVore (D, Paterson, 2027)[71] and Pasquale "Pat" Lepore (D, Woodland Park, 2025).

[82] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 67.1% (vs. 53.2% in Passaic County) were registered to vote, including 83.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.8% countywide).

[109] Interstate 80 runs along the northwest corner of the borough for 1.0 mile (1.6 km), entering from Totowa to the west and continuing east into Paterson, and includes Exit 56 for County Route 636 (Squirrelwood Road), with Exit 56A for Woodland Park and 56B for Paterson.