Paramus, New Jersey: Difference between revisions

|image_caption = Looking southward along [[New Jersey State Route 17|Route 17]] from the [[overpass]] for the ramp to [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]].; Bothboth are heavily trafficked American [[retail]] corridors and constitute mainstays of thein [[Bergen County, New Jersey#Economy|Bergen County]].
|image_alt economy, together generating approximately $6 billion in annual revenue.|alt=a A wide road with many shops on both sides on a sunny day in Paramus

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|leader_name = Christopher DiPiazza ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term ends December 31, 2026)<ref name=MayorCouncil/><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311072207/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf |date=March 11, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.</ref>

|leader_name1 = Hector Olmo<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/172/Administration Administration], Borough of Paramus. Accessed MarchApril 1521, 20232024.</ref>

|leader_name2 = Annemarie Krusznis<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/173/Boro-Clerk Boro Clerk], Borough of Paramus. Accessed MarchApril 1521, 20232024.</ref>

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|area_rank = 206th of 565 in state<br>2nd of 70 in county<ref name=CensusArea>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321021831/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt |date=March 21, 2021 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 1, 2020.</ref>

|population_rank = 95th of 565 in state<br>8th of 70 in county<ref name=LWD2020Density>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307144148/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx |date=March 7, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>

|population_est = 2635926282

|pop_est_as_of = 20222023

|coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR1">[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |date=August 24, 2019 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>

|postal_code = 07652–07653<ref>[http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=paramus&state=NJ Look Up a ZIP Code for Paramus, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528200026/https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&city=paramus&state=NJ |date=May 28, 2012 }}, [[United States Postal Service]]. Accessed November 24, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm Zip Codes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617122541/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm |date=June 17, 2019 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed August 29, 2013.</ref>

|area_code = [[Area codes 201 and 551|201 and 551]]<ref>[http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Paramus Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for Paramus, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628055458/http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Paramus |date=June 28, 2014 }}, Area-Codes.com. Accessed August 29, 2013.</ref>

|blank_info = 3400355950<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR2">[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218204847/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html |date=December 18, 2014 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119221733/https://census.missouri.edu/geocodes/?state=34 |date=November 19, 2018 }}, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.</ref>

|blank1_info = 0885340<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name="GR3">[http://geonames.usgs.gov US Board on Geographic Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204035720/http://geonames.usgs.gov/ |date=February 4, 2012 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>

'''Paramus''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|r|æ|m|ə|s}} {{respell|pə|RAM|əs}}<ref name=NYT1966>Waggoner, Walter H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1966/02/16/archives/paramus-is-honored-in-cleanup-contest-bergen-town-happy-but-not.html "Paramus Is Honored in Clean-Up Contest; Bergen Town Happy but Not Surprised by National Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016203335/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/02/16/archives/paramus-is-honored-in-cleanup-contest-bergen-town-happy-but-not.html |date=October 16, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for 'land of the turkey'."</ref>) is a [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] in the central portion of [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. A [[suburban]] [[bedroom community]] of [[New York City]], Paramus is located {{convert|15|to|20|mi}} northwest of [[Midtown Manhattan]] and approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of [[Upper Manhattan]]. The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' characterized Paramus as "quintessentially suburban".<ref>Minaya, Ezequiel. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/paramus-the-quintessential-suburb-1461969982 "Paramus, the Quintessential Suburb; Residents say the Bergen County borough has a small-town feel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205005837/https://www.wsj.com/articles/paramus-the-quintessential-suburb-1461969982 |date=February 5, 2018 }}, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', April 29, 2016. Accessed May 30, 2018. "Paramus, in New Jersey’s Bergen County, is quintessentially suburban but without a main street downtown lined with stores and restaurants and maybe a theater."</ref> The borough is also a major commercial hub for [[North Jersey]] (home to [[Garden State Plaza]] and various corporate headquarters).<ref>Lynn, Kathleen.[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/realestate/paramus-nj-low-taxes-shopping-malls.html "Paramus, N.J.: Low Taxes and Lots of Shopping"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504040936/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/realestate/paramus-nj-low-taxes-shopping-malls.html |date=May 4, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 7, 2021. Accessed May 3, 2022.</ref>

As of the [[2020 United States census]], the borough's population was 26,698,<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> an increase of 356 (+1.4%) from the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] count of 26,342,<ref name=Census2010/><ref name=LWD2010/> which in turn reflected an increase of 605 (+2.4%) from the 25,737 counted in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092646/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls |date=June 2, 2022 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref>

Paramus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] on March 2, 1922, and ratified by a [[referendum]] held on April 4, 1922, that passed by a vote of 238 to 10.<ref name=Story/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313235454/http://www.paramusborough.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32&Itemid=91 Paramus History], Borough of Paramus. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> Paramus was created from portions of [[Midland Township, New Jersey|Midland Township]], which now exists as [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]].<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://www.state.nj.usgov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''], Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 84. Accessed JulyMay 1830, 20122024.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Clw4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA81 ''Acts of the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth Legislature of the State of New Jersey''], pp. 81-83. [[New Jersey Secretary of State]], 1922. Accessed October 17, 2015. "An Act to incorporate the borough of Paramus, in the county of Bergen"</ref> The borough's name is thought to have originated from the [[Unami language]] spoken by the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], derived from words meaning "land of the turkeys"<ref name=NYT1966/> or "pleasant stream."<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=250 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=250 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 8, 2015.</ref>

Paramus has some of the most restrictive [[blue law]]s in the United States, dating back to the 17th century, banning nearly all white-collar and retail businesses from opening on Sundays except for gas stations, restaurants and grocery stores, and a limited number of other businesses.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/10/20/you-cant-shop-at-new-jerseys-american-dream-on-sundays-heres-why.html|title = A law from the 1600s will keep retail shops closed on Sundays at the nation's newest shopping mall|website = [[CNBC]]|date = October 20, 2019|access-date = January 28, 2022|archive-date = January 28, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220128074228/https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/10/20/you-cant-shop-at-new-jerseys-american-dream-on-sundays-heres-why.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name=sunday>Tompkins, John. [https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/02/archives/sunday-selling-plaguing-jersey-local-businesses-pushing-fight.html "Sunday Selling Plaguing New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100809/http://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/02/archives/sunday-selling-plaguing-jersey-local-businesses-pushing-fight.html |date=October 24, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 2, 1957. Accessed December 18, 2017. "The battle over whether retailers should be allowed to sell on Sunday is becoming more intense in New Jersey as lobbyists on both sides increase their efforts."</ref> Despite this, the borough is one of the largest shopping destinations in the country, generating over $6 billion in annual retail sales, more than any other [[ZIP Code]] in the United States.<ref name=ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode>Pries, Allison. [https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/03/more-shopping-money-is-spent-in-this-nj-town-than-on-rodeo-drive-take-that-cali.html "Inside the N.J. town where retail spending beats Hollywood and tourism rivals Disney"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030055322/https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/03/more-shopping-money-is-spent-in-this-nj-town-than-on-rodeo-drive-take-that-cali.html |date=October 30, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 10, 2019, updated June 19, 2019. Accessed October 6, 2019. "The former farming community already sees more retail sales than any other ZIP Code in the country.... More than $6 billion in retail sales happen in Paramus each year."</ref>

The area that ultimately became the present-day [[North Jersey]] had been occupied for thousands of years by prehistoric [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous peoples]]. At the time of European encounter, it was settled by the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. The [[Lenape language]] word for the area, ''Peremessing'', which meant that it had an abundant population of [[wild turkey]], was [[anglicisation|anglicized]] to become the word "Paramus".<ref>Citizens Semi-Centennial Assoc., 1919, [https://books.google.com/books?id=QUYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 ''Ridgewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, Past and Present''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142338/https://books.google.com/books?id=QUYVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 3. Accessed October 6, 2019. "The name 'Paramus' is said to be derived from the Indian 'Peremessing', descriptive of the fact that the country abounded in wild turkey. The first white settlers called it 'Peremesse' from which the transition was gradually made to the present form, Paramus."</ref><ref name=Thinking>Cheslow, Jerry. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/15/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-paramus-in-shopping-mecca-houses-sell-well-too.html "If You're Thinking of Living In/Paramus; In Shopping Mecca, Houses Sell Well Too"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424054227/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/15/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-paramus-in-shopping-mecca-houses-sell-well-too.html |date=April 24, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 15, 2001. Accessed May 23, 2012.</ref> A large metal statue of a wild turkey in the [[Paramus Park]] mall commemorates this history.<ref name=Thinking/> Another alternative derivation is that the word means "pleasant stream".<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=25 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=25 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed November 13, 2015.</ref>

Albert Saboroweski ([[Albrycht Zaborowski]]), whose descendants became known by the family name "Zabriskie",<ref>The [[Zabriskie House (Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey)|Zabriskie House]], built in 1796 in nearby [[Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey]], is an area landmark.</ref> immigrated from Poland via the Dutch ship ''Deb Ves''<ref name=Wearimus>[{{Cite web |url=http://stilltitled.com/2011/07/21/paramus-or-land-of-the-wild-turkey/ |title="Paramus, or land of the wild turkey"] |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064553/http://stilltitled.com/2011/07/21/paramus-or-land-of-the-wild-turkey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1662. He settled in the [[Dutch West Indies Company]] town of Ackensack, site of the present-day [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]]. A son, Jacob, was captured by the Lenape and held for 15 years. When he was returned to his family, the Lenape explained to Saboroweski that they had taken the child in order to teach him their language so that he could serve as a translator. They granted Saboroweski approximately {{convert|2,000|acre|km2}} of land which became known as the "Paramus Patent".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA322 ''History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142339/https://books.google.com/books?id=zDEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA322#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, pp. 321–322. Accessed October 6, 2019.</ref>

During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the county included both [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]] and [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]], with Patriots "greatly outnumbering" Tories.<ref>''Ridgewood Past and Present,'' p. 4</ref> Although no major battles were fought in Bergen County, Paramus was part of the military activity, as colonial troops were stationed in Ramapo under the command of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>Hamilton, Alexander. ''The Papers of Alexander Hamilton,'' Columbia University Press, 1977, p. 296. While stationed in Ramapo, Burr met the woman he later married. The 1782 ceremony was held in Paramus.</ref> In 1777, the British raided the Hackensack area and Burr marched troops to Paramus, where he attacked the British, forcing them to withdraw.<ref>''Ridgewood Past and Present,'' p. 7.</ref> General [[George Washington]] was in Paramus several times during the War: December 1778; July 1780; and, December 1780.<ref>''Ridgewood Past and Present'', p. 6</ref> Following the [[Battle of Monmouth]], Washington established his headquarters in Paramus in July 1778.<ref>Bake, William Spohn. ''Itinerary of General Washington from June 15, 1775, to December 23, 1783'', [[J. B. Lippincott & Co.|J. B. Lippincott Company]], 1892, p. 137</ref> Over the advice of his staff, Washington moved his headquarters to [[Westchester County, New York]].<ref>Leiby, Adrian Coulter. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gRPUUwPFmNgC&pg=PA158 ''The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142339/https://books.google.com/books?id=gRPUUwPFmNgC&pg=PA158#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 158. [[Rutgers University Press]], 1980. {{ISBN|9780813508986}}. Accessed October 6, 2019.</ref>

A section of Paramus known as ''Dunkerhook'', (meaning ''dark corner'' in [[Dutch) language|Dutch]], was a free African-American community dating to the early 18th century. Although historical markers on the current site and local oral tradition maintain that this was a slave community, contemporary records document that it was a community of [[free people of color|free blacks]], not slaves.<ref>[http://www.lutins.org/dunkerh.html Dunkerhook: Slave Community?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927081728/http://www.lutins.org/dunkerh.html |date=September 27, 2006 }}, accessed November 11, 2006.</ref> A group of houses built on Dunkerhook Road by the Zabriskies in the late 18th to early 19th centuries was the center of a community of black farmers, who had been slaves held by the Zabriskie family.<ref>Cardwell, Diane. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/nyregion/zabriskie-tenant-house-in-paramus-may-soon-come-down.html "For House Telling Paramus's History, End May Be Near"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123024030/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/nyregion/zabriskie-tenant-house-in-paramus-may-soon-come-down.html |date=November 23, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 27, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2011. "The two houses, at 273 and 263 Dunkerhook, and a third one down the road and just over the line in Fair Lawn, were originally built, historians say, by one of the founding families of Bergen County, the Zabriskies. (The house at 273 Dunkerhook dates to around 1790,; the one at 263 Dunkerhook dates to 1803.) As the Paramus houses passed from the Zabriskies to black farmers believed to be former Zabriskie slaves, they helped seed a thriving black settlement of several houses and a church that lasted into the 1930s."</ref>

During the 1950s and 1960s, Paramus, lacking any master plan until 1969, was redeveloped into two shopping corridors when its farmers and outside developers saw that shopping malls were more lucrative than produce farming.<ref name="Going Shopping p. 257"/> "It was a developer's dream: flat cleared land adjacent to major arterials and accessible to a growing suburban population and the country's largest city – with no planning restrictions".<ref name="Going Shopping p. 257"/> New York had a state sales tax, but New Jersey had none, so with the opening of Manhattan department stores in the [[Bergen Town Center|Bergen Mall]] (1957), the [[Garden State Plaza]] (1957) and [[Alexander's]] (1961), Paramus became the "first stop outside New York City for shopping".<ref name="Going Shopping p. 257">Going Shopping, p. 257</ref> From 1948 to 1958, the population of Paramus nearly quadrupled, from 6,000 to 23,000, while the number of retail establishments tripled from 111 to 319, and annual retail sales increased twenty-fold in nominal dollars, from $5.5 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|5.5|1948|fmt=c|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) to $112 million (equal to ${{Inflation|US|.112|1958|fmt=c|r=1}}&nbsp;billion in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name="Going Shopping p. 257"/> By the 1980s, when the population had increased slightly over 1960s levels, retail sales had climbed to $1 billion.<ref name="Going Shopping p. 257"/>

Paramus was the scene of one of the worst [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S.]] when an outbreak at the New Jersey Veterans Home resulted in 74 deaths, all former soldiers through May 2020, with some 60% of the home's 314 residents being infected.<ref>Tully, Tracey. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/nyregion/new-jersey-military-veterans-home.html "‘The Whole Place Is Sick Now’: 74 Deaths at a Home for U.S. Veterans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523175438/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/nyregion/new-jersey-military-veterans-home.html |date=May 23, 2022 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 10, 2020, updated September 25, 2020. Accessed May 25, 2022. "But nowhere has the devastation been starker than at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus, a state-run home for former members of the U.S. military, where on Tuesday 74 deaths had been linked to virus.... The virus has swept through the facility, which in late March had 314 residents, infecting 60 percent of its patients."</ref>

The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of [[Emerson, New Jersey|Emerson]], [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]], [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], [[Maywood, New Jersey|Maywood]], [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]], [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]], [[River Edge, New Jersey|River Edge]], [[Rochelle Park, New Jersey|Rochelle Park]], [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] and [[Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey|Washington Township]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/670851/touches.html Areas touching Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065323/http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/670851/touches.html |date=May 14, 2018 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 2, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps Bergen County Map of Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202102250/https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/visitors-guide/county-maps |date=December 2, 2020 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 2, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

Named neighborhoods within the borough include Arcola, Bergen Place, Dunkerhook, Fairway Oaks, and Spring Valley.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

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| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-20222023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2022EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 20222023], [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 20232024. Accessed May 1816, 20232024.</ref>

|footnote=Population sources:<small><br>1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States : 1930 – Population Volume I''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727063520/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA714 |date=July 27, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 714. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> 1900–1900–2020<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref name=BergenCensus>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/Departments__Services/Planning__Engineering/Census_Data/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf Historical Population Trends in Bergen County 1900-2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528015505/https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/Departments__Services/Planning__Engineering/Census_Data/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf |date=May 28, 2023 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Department of Planning and Engineering, 2022. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><br>2000<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/> 2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400355950 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Paramus borough, Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212113525/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400355950 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/paramus1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Paramus borough] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006153356/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ber/paramus1.pdf |date=October 6, 2011 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/paramusboroughnewjersey QuickFacts Paramus borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019213127/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/paramusboroughnewjersey |date=October 19, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 20, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref></small>

The [[2010 United States census]] counted 26,342 people, 8,630 households, and 6,939 families in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2516.0|/sqmi}}. There were 8,915 housing units at an average density of {{convert|851.5|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 72.29% (19,042) [[White (U.S. census)|White]], 1.42% (374) [[Black (U.S. census)|Black or African American]], 0.11% (28) [[Native American (U.S. census)|Native American]], 22.28% (5,869) [[Asian (U.S. census)|Asian]], 0.05% (13) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.39% (366) from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census#Race|other races]], and 2.47% (650) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. census)|Hispanic or Latino]] residents of any race were 7.26% (1,913) of the population.<ref name=Census2010/> 6.9% of residents self-identified as being [[Korean American]], which makes it the largest ethnic minority group in the borough.<ref name=Census2010/>

As of the [[2000 United States census]]<ref name="GR2" /> there were 25,737 people, 8,082 households, and 6,780 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|2,457.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,209 housing units at an average density of {{convert|783.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 79.19% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.13% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.05% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 17.23% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.89% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 4.87% of the population.<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603455950.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Paramus borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201034231/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603455950.pdf |date=February 1, 2015 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 16, 2012.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400355950 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Paramus borough, Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212084323/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3400355950 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 16, 2012.</ref>

In the borough 23.2% of the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% was from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who werewas 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.<ref name=Census2000/><ref name=Census2000SF1/>

Paramus was home to the America regional headquarters of [[Hanjin Shipping]], located on the eastbound side of Route 4 before it declared bankruptcy in 2017.<ref>[https://www.hanjin.com/hanjin/CUP_HOM_1600.do?sessLocale=en Office Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810202657/http://hanjin.com/hanjin/CUP_HOM_1600.do?sessLocale=en |date=August 10, 2015 }}, [[Hanjin Shipping]]. Accessed August 11, 2015.</ref> [[Hudson City Bancorp]] had its headquarters located at West 80 Century Road until its acquisition by [[M&T Bank]], which was completed in 2015.<ref>[http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/InstitutionProfile.aspx?parID_Rssd=2367556&parDT_END=20151031 Institution History for Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (2367556)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072143/http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/InstitutionProfile.aspx?parID_Rssd=2367556&parDT_END=20151031 |date=December 8, 2015 }}, National Information Center. Accessed December 2, 2015.</ref><ref>Ensign, Rachel Louise. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-t-bank-completes-acquisition-of-hudson-city-after-3-year-delay-1446470410 "M&T Bank Completes Acquisition of Hudson City After 3-Year Delay; Delay stalled deal making in the banking sector as M&T worked to improve controls"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033310/https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-t-bank-completes-acquisition-of-hudson-city-after-3-year-delay-1446470410 |date=March 12, 2017 }}, ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'', November 2, 2015. Accessed January 7, 2017. "M&T Bank Corp. completed its acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp Inc. on Sunday after a three-year delay that chilled appetite for deal making in the banking sector."</ref> [[Movado|Movado Group Inc.]] is a watchmaker with its headquarters on From Road.<ref>[http://www.corporateoffice.com/Movado-Group-Inc.html Movado Group, Inc Corporate Office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415042322/http://www.corporateoffice.com/Movado-Group-Inc.html |date=April 15, 2016 }}, CorporateOffice.com. Accessed June 19, 2016.</ref> Suez North America, founded as Hackensack Water Company in 1869 and later named United Water, is an American water service company headquartered in Paramus.<ref>Moss, Linda. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/united-water-moving-to-paramus-from-harrington-park-1.1055822 "United Water moving to Paramus from Harrington Park "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513010115/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/united-water-moving-to-paramus-from-harrington-park-1.1055822 |date=May 13, 2016 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 23, 2014. Accessed April 13, 2016. "United Water Inc. is moving its headquarters from Harrington Park to Paramus, signing a 20-year lease for 116,360 square feet at a Mack-Cali Realty Corp. office building."</ref> [[Coach USA]] is a large tour operator with its headquarters in Paramus, at the offices of its [[Community Coach]] subsidiary.<ref>[https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Coach-USA-EI_IE5926.11,20.htm Working at Coach USA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425210257/https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Coach-USA-EI_IE5926.11,20.htm |date=April 25, 2016 }}, Glassdoor. Accessed April 13, 2016.</ref> [[Kristian Regale]] is a non-alcoholic beverage company based in Paramus.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://kristianregale.com/ |title=Kristian Regale] |access-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706130554/https://kristianregale.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Paramus was the former headquarters location for [[Toys "R" Us]] before the company relocated to [[Wayne, New Jersey]], in 2002 and went bankrupt.<ref>DeMasters, Karen. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/nyregion/briefing-business-toys-r-us-layoffs.html "Briefing: Business; Toys 'R' Us Layoffs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531122141/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/03/nyregion/briefing-business-toys-r-us-layoffs.html |date=May 31, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 3, 2002. Accessed August 10, 2015. "Toys ''R'' Us will move its corporate headquarters from Paramus to Wayne, close 64 stores nationwide and lay off 1,900 employees, the company announced last week."</ref> Paramus was also the headquarters of [[Magic Solutions]], a defunct computer software company that specialized in help desk automation and asset management software.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8160938 "Company Overview of Magic Solutions International, Inc."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307174956/http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8160938 |date=March 7, 2016 }}, [[Bloomberg.com]]. Accessed April 13, 2016. "The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Paramus, New Jersey."</ref>

Paramus is known for its multitude of stores and malls. It has five major indoor shopping centers, serving residents in the areas of Bergen County and [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]] in New Jersey and [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]. New Jersey does not levy a [[sales tax]] on clothes and shoes, which makes it an attractive shopping destination for people even further away in [[New York City]], who pay sales tax on clothing items above $110 in price, in addition to the lower standard rate of 6.625% in New Jersey, compared to 8.875% in New York City.<ref>City of New York. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/business/nys_sales_tax.shtml "New York Sales and Use Tax"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105050342/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/business/nys_sales_tax.shtml |date=November 5, 2013 }}. Accessed November 4, 2013. "The City Sales Tax rate is 4.5%, NY State Sales and Use Tax is 4% and the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District surcharge of 0.375% for a total Sales and Use Tax of 8.875 percent"</ref><ref>Belson, Ken; and Schweber, Nate. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/nyregion/18jersey.html "Sales Tax Cut in City May Dim Allure of Stores Across Hudson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514071031/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/nyregion/18jersey.html |date=May 14, 2018 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. January 18, 2007. Accessed August 22, 2011. "For years, shoppers from New York City have played a game of retail arbitrage, traveling to the many malls in northern New Jersey, a state where there is no tax on clothing and shoes. Even accounting for tolls, gas and time, shoppers could save money by visiting the Westfield Garden State Plaza and other malls here, escaping the 8.375 percent sales tax they must pay in New York City on clothing and shoes that cost more than $110 per item."</ref> The borough is one of the largest shopping destinations in the country, generating over $6 billion in annual retail sales, more than any other [[ZIP Code]] in the United States despite the county's blue laws.<ref name=ParamusNumberOneRetailZipCode/>

At the intersection of Routes 4 and 17 is [[Garden State Plaza]], the largest and best-known mall in the borough. Westfield Garden State Plaza is the largest mall in the [[Westfield Group]]'s global portfolio and the largest in New Jersey, with a [[gross leasable area]] of {{convert|2128402|sqft|m2|sigfig=2}}.<ref>[http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/gardenstateplaza.html Westfield Garden State Plaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224215115/http://www.westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/gardenstateplaza.html |date=February 24, 2012 }}, [[Westfield Group]]. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Total retail space: 2,128,402ft2 or 197,728m2 (approx)"</ref> On Route 4, are [[Bergen Town Center]] (known as the Bergen Mall until 2006), Paramus Place and The Shoppes on IV. On Route 17, are [[Paramus Park]], Paramus Towne Square, Paramus Design Center, and the [[Fashion Center (Paramus, New Jersey)|Fashion Center]].

Many national chain stores have at least one location in Paramus. [[Nordstrom]]'s Paramus location was its first New York area store when it opened in September 1990, with strong sales volume.<ref>Barmash, Isadore. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/09/business/sales-strong-for-jersey-nordstrom-s.html "Sales Strong for Jersey Nordstrom's"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702230815/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/09/business/sales-strong-for-jersey-nordstrom-s.html |date=July 2, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 9, 1990. Accessed August 11, 2015. "Nordstrom Inc.'s store here, its first in the New York metropolitan area, appears to be off to a strong start in its first month, industry analysts and company executives say. Nordstrom executives refused to give details on the store's sales but said it had had the best initial sales volume of any of the company's three East Coast stores."</ref> There are 25 retailers that occupy multiple stores in Paramus, including [[Macy's]], which had outlets in three malls for a period of time. Some retail analysts view Paramus as being two distinct markets, centered on the two major highways. [[Lord & Taylor]] had locations at both Westfield Garden State Plaza and Fashion Center, giving Paramus the distinction of being the only town with more than one Lord & Taylor location. However, by 2021, both locations closed, due to the company's bankruptcy from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]]. [[Toys "R" Us]] had two locations: at the Fashion Center, and at a location on the eastbound side of [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] near Forest Avenue. Paramus also housed a [[Babies "R" Us]] on the northbound side of [[New Jersey Route 17|Route 17]], but it closed in 2018. Later that year, the [[Fashion Center]] and Route 4 Toys "R" Us locations both closed due to the company's bankruptcy. In 1983, Paramus was the location of one of the first [[Kids "R" Us]] stores.<ref>[http://www.toysrusinc.com/about-us/history/ Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418142247/https://www.toysrusinc.com/about-us/history |date=April 18, 2019 }}, [[Toys "R" Us]]. Accessed August 11, 2015. "In 1983, the company branched out into children's clothing when it opened its first Kids 'R' Us® stores in Paramus, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York."</ref> When Toys "R" Us was revived in 2019 after emerging from bankruptcy, the first new Toys "R" Us store opened at [[Garden State Plaza]] on November 27, 2019. However, it closed again on January 26, 2021, as a result of financial losses caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2019/11/27/toys-r-us-opens-countrys-first-new-store-paramus-nj/4307012002/ "Toys R Us opens 'new' kind of store, with its first US location in Garden State Plaza"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128040628/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2019/11/27/toys-r-us-opens-countrys-first-new-store-paramus-nj/4307012002/ |date=November 28, 2019 }} ''NorthJersey.com''. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://abc7ny.com/society/toys-r-us-retrenches-again-shutters-its-last-2-us-stores/10138677/ "Toys R Us retrenches again, shutters its last 2 US stores"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130032350/https://abc7ny.com/society/toys-r-us-retrenches-again-shutters-its-last-2-us-stores/10138677/ |date=January 30, 2021 }} "ABC7NY.com" Accessed January 29, 2021.</ref> [[H&M]] has two locations in Paramus: Westfield Garden State Plaza, and The Outlets at Bergen Town Center.<ref>[https://www2.hm.com/en_us/customer-service/shopping-at-hm/store-locator Store Locator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401032439/https://www2.hm.com/en_us/customer-service/shopping-at-hm/store-locator |date=April 1, 2023 }}, [[H&M]]. Accessed March 31, 2023.</ref>

In addition to the state [[blue law]]s that apply to all of Bergen County,<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/mack-paramus-co-v-mayor-and-council ''Mack Paramus Co. v. Mayor and Council''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130231136/https://casetext.com/case/mack-paramus-co-v-mayor-and-council/ |date=November 30, 2022 }}, Casetext. Accessed November 30, 2022. "The State's statutory Sunday blue law, as incorporated in the Code, restricts the sale on Sunday of only five categories of goods. N.J.S.A. 2A:171-5.18. The provisions of the State law are not operative unless the voters of a county adopt the State law by referendum, upon which the statutory prohibition will be applicable on a county-wide basis. N.J.S.A. 2A:171-5.12. The voters in Bergen County, in which Midland Park and Paramus are located, have adopted the State Sunday blue law."</ref><ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/153 The Sunday Closing Law] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207041338/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/153 |date=February 7, 2018 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed January 28, 2018. "Bergen County has by referendum become the last county in New Jersey to retain the Sunday Closing Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:171-5.8 et seq. As a result, the sale of certain items is still prohibited and the law should still be enforced."</ref><ref>Brennan, John. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/06/23/11-things-you-might-not-know-bergen-countys-blue-laws/420512001/ "11 things you might not know about Bergen County's blue laws"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209231749/http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/06/23/11-things-you-might-not-know-bergen-countys-blue-laws/420512001/ |date=December 9, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 23, 2017. Accessed January 28, 2018. "A key moment in time was the 1959 vote to allow each of New Jersey's 21 counties to make individual decisions on blue laws. Ten counties preferred the status quo — at first. Hudson County voters decided in 1985 to become the 20th of 21 counties to repeal the state's blue laws."</ref> Paramus has even stricter restrictions, preventing stores selling non-food items from opening at all on Sundays.<ref name=BoroughCode>[https://ecode360.com/8544550 Paramus Borough Code: Chapter 391: Sunday Activities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425142446/https://ecode360.com/8544550 |date=April 25, 2023 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed April 25, 2023. "391-2. Sunday activities restricted. No worldly employment or business, except works of necessity and charity, shall be performed or practiced by any person within the Borough on the first day of the week, commonly called and hereinafter designated as 'Sunday.'"</ref><ref>Brennan, John. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/06/23/11-things-you-might-not-know-bergen-countys-blue-laws/420512001/ "11 things you might not know about Bergen County's blue laws"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209231749/http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/06/23/11-things-you-might-not-know-bergen-countys-blue-laws/420512001/ |date=December 9, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 23, 2017. Accessed December 18, 2017. "In Jan. 1986, Gov. Tom Kean signed a bill into law that allowed Bergen municipalities to have their own blue laws, even if the county at some point removed its bans. The state Supreme Court upheld that option six months later. That decision allowed Paramus to maintain even stricter blue laws than in the rest of the county."</ref> These laws were enacted shortly after Garden State Plaza opened, out of fear that the mall would cause high levels of [[Traffic congestion|congestion]] in the borough.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/02/archives/sunday-selling-plaguing-jersey-local-businesses-pushing-fight.html "Sunday Selling Plaguing Jersey; Local Businesses Pushing Fight Against Activities of Stores on Highways"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100809/http://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/02/archives/sunday-selling-plaguing-jersey-local-businesses-pushing-fight.html |date=October 24, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 2, 1957. Accessed January 28, 2018.</ref> It is one of the last places in the United States to have such an extensive blue law. This law was called into question when a [[BJ's Wholesale Club]] opened at the junction between Routes 4/17. BJ's was allowed to open on Sundays, but is only allowed to sell food and basic necessities. The store has been structured to restrict access to items that cannot be purchased on Sunday.

More than 63% of Bergen County voters rejected a referendum on the ballot in 1993 that would have repealed the county's blue laws, though the Paramus restrictions would have remained in place.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/04/nyregion/1993-elections-ballots-measures-new-brooms-sweep-power-recall-term-limits-well.html "The 1993 Elections: Ballots Measures; New Brooms Sweep In Power of Recall and Term Limits as Well as Candidates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307074517/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/04/nyregion/1993-elections-ballots-measures-new-brooms-sweep-power-recall-term-limits-well.html |date=March 7, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 4, 1993. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Residents of Bergen County decided that they wanted to keep the state's only countywide blue laws, which prohibit most shopping on Sunday. Voters rejected the effort to repeal the laws by 63 percent to 37 percent, with 99 percent of the county's precincts reporting."</ref> An unsuccessful 2010 proposal by [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Chris Christie]] would have ended the state's blue laws, (now only enforced in Bergen County), with the governor citing industry estimates that the $1.1 billion in added retail revenue on Sundays would generate an additional $65 million in sales taxes for the state.<ref>Gartland, Michael. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/031710_Christies_blue_law_repeal_proposal_criticized.html&page=all "Christie's blue law repeal proposal criticized"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 17, 2010. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Macy's declined to comment, referring questions to the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, which supports lifting the blue laws. The association said that Sunday hours would generate $1.1 billion a year in extra business for Bergen County retailers, along with $65 million in state sales tax revenues."</ref>

In November 2012, Governor [[Chris Christie]] issued an executive order temporarily suspending the blue laws in both Bergen County and Paramus due to the effects of [[Hurricane Sandy]], a decision that was upheld despite a court challenge by the Borough of Paramus.<ref>Verdon, Joan. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/178121571_Judge_sides_with_govenor__county_over_blue_laws.html "Judge sides with county executive over Bergen blue laws"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214146/http://www.northjersey.com/news/178121571_Judge_sides_with_govenor__county_over_blue_laws.html |date=October 4, 2013 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 9, 2012. Accessed November 19, 2012. "Paramus must set aside its blue laws this Sunday due to the unprecedented damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, a Bergen County Superior Court Judge ruled today."</ref> The blue law suspension was in effect on Sunday, November 11, but was back in effect the following Sunday.<ref>Sullivan, S.P. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/11/bergen_county_execs_office_makes_clear_blue_laws_back_this_weekend.html "Bergen County exec makes clear: Blue laws are back this weekend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120034052/http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/11/bergen_county_execs_office_makes_clear_blue_laws_back_this_weekend.html |date=November 20, 2012 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 16, 2012. Accessed November 19, 2012.</ref>

* 1963 – Paramus Place was built on the north side of Route 4 across from Bergen Mall.<ref>[http://mallsdb.com/nj/paramus-place Paramus Place in Paramus, NJ - (shopping mall)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701102202/http://mallsdb.com/nj/paramus-place |date=July 1, 2015 }}, MallsDb.com. Accessed June 28, 2015.</ref>

* 1967 – The Fashion Center was built on a {{convert|33|acre|adj=on}} site of old celery farms, aimed at quality-oriented shoppers by developer [[Associated Dry Goods]], with a {{convert|135000|sqft|adj=on}} [[Lord & Taylor]] and a {{convert|176000|sqft|adj=on}} [[B. Altman]] as anchors and 25 other retailers sandwiched in between<ref>Barmash, Isadore. [https://www.nytimes.com/1967/02/15/archives/stores-for-the-qualityminded-rise-on-site-of-former-celery-farms.html "Stores for the Quality-Minded Rise on Site of Former Celery Farms; Shopping Center Opens In Paramus Lord & Taylor and Altman Lead Quality Complex"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095905/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/02/15/archives/stores-for-the-qualityminded-rise-on-site-of-former-celery-farms.html |date=July 22, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 15, 1967. Accessed October 30, 2013. "Paramus, N.J., Feb. 14 A new shopping center for the quality minded, The Fashion Center, will open here to the public tomorrow in a 33-acre hollow scooped out of former celery farms on Route 17 at Ridgewood Avenue."</ref> The owners originally referred to its location as being in Ridgewood/Paramus to appeal to the Ridgewood population.

* 1972 – The 35 Plaza Shopping Center is built on Route 4, just located 2 minutes away from Paramus Place.<ref>[http://patch.com/new-jersey/paramus/35-plaza-to-celebrate-alvin-and-susan-sauer "Plaza to Celebrate Alvin and Susan Sauer on Friday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070226/http://patch.com/new-jersey/paramus/35-plaza-to-celebrate-alvin-and-susan-sauer |date=March 4, 2016 }}, Paramus Patch. Accessed June 29, 2015.</ref>

* 1974 – Paramus Park was built by the Rouse Company, offering a [[gross leasable area]] of {{convert|755000|sqft}}. The most recent of the large centers was built on {{convert|66|acre|m2}} in the middle of an area where the old farms were located.<ref>McQuaid, Kevin L. [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-08-30/business/1995242132_1_paramus-park-rouse-park-mall "Rouse Co. buys out partner in Paramus Park mall in N.J."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101205308/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-08-30/business/1995242132_1_paramus-park-rouse-park-mall |date=November 1, 2013 }}, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', August 30, 1995. Accessed October 30, 2013. "The stake in the Paramus Park Mall from Rodamco N.V., a Dutch investment firm, marks the fourth time this year that Rouse has solidified its ownership of a retail property. With the purchase, a Rouse subsidiary will control the entire 755,000-square-foot mall.... Paramus Park, completed in 1974 and anchored by Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Macy's, is typically one of the best performers in Rouse's 75-property retail portfolio."</ref>

* 1986 – The Shoppes on IV opened up and was built on {{convert|236|acre}} in the westbound area of Route 4.<ref>[http://mallsdb.com/nj/shoppes-at-iv Shoppes at IV in Paramus, NJ - (shopping mall)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623231653/http://mallsdb.com/nj/shoppes-at-iv |date=June 23, 2015 }}, MallsDb.com. Accessed October 9, 2015.</ref>

* 1998 – The Paramus Towne Square opened up and was built on the north side of Route 17.<ref>[http://mallsdb.com/nj/paramus-towne-square Paramus Towne Square in Paramus, NJ - (shopping mall)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701113001/http://mallsdb.com/nj/paramus-towne-square |date=July 1, 2015 }}, MallsDb.com. Accessed October 9, 2015.</ref>

* 2003 – [[IKEA]] opens a {{convert|370000|sqft|adj=on}} store, its second-largest location in North America, at the intersection of Routes 4 and 17 on the site of the old [[Alexander's]] department store.<ref>Sloan, Carole. [http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/21728-Ikea_adds_breathing_space_in_Paramus.php "Ikea adds breathing space in Paramus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102092513/http://www.furnituretoday.com/article/21728-Ikea_adds_breathing_space_in_Paramus.php |date=November 2, 2013 }}, ''Furniture Today'', August 10, 2003. Accessed October 30, 2013. "More lifestyle vignettes, fewer rigid product displays, and more places for shoppers to relax are key elements in the furniture presentation at the just-opened Ikea store in Paramus, N.J., said Ian Wrling, U.S. deputy manager, North America. The store, at 370,000-square-feet, is the second-largest of Ikea's North American units, and 'offers us the opportunity to give customers breathing space in what had been a very rigid furniture presentation,' he said."</ref> It was joined the next year by three other retailers, [[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.|Bed Bath and Beyond]], [[Christmas Tree Shops]], and [[Sports Authority]] to form a shopping center with a combined [[gross leasable area]] of {{convert|719,226|sqft}}. However, when Sports Authority went out of business in 2016, the store was closed.<ref>[http://www.mallsandoutlets.com/malls/paramus-ikea-shopping-center-paramus-nj-mall/ Paramus-IKEA Shopping Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095523/http://www.mallsandoutlets.com/malls/paramus-ikea-shopping-center-paramus-nj-mall/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}, Malls and Outlets. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref>

* 2015 – The Paramus Design Center opens up on the northbound side of Route 17.<ref>[http://www.paramusdesigncenter.com/ Paramus Design Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111192916/http://paramusdesigncenter.com/ |date=January 11, 2016 }} Accessed January 6, 2016.</ref>

* 2018 – The Paramus Crossroads shopping center, located on the southbound side of Route 17, officially opened in summer 2018.<ref>Hubbard, Daniel. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/paramus/new-shopping-dining-center-approved-route-17-paramus "New Shopping, Dining Center Approved For Route 17 In Paramus; Breaking: Paramus Crossroads will be located very near the Westfield Garden State Plaza."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917225526/https://patch.com/new-jersey/paramus/new-shopping-dining-center-approved-route-17-paramus |date=September 17, 2017 }}, Paramus Patch. Accessed May 8, 2017. Accessed December 18, 2017. "Paramus Crossroads, a new 40,000-square-foot retail and dining center on Route 17, is slated to open in summer 2018."</ref>

Due to the stricter version of the blue laws in Paramus, malls (and almost all retail establishments) in the borough are closed on Sunday except for restaurants and other exempted establishments. Stores may not open before 7:00 AM&nbsp;am or remain open after 11:00 PM&nbsp;pm.<ref>[http://www.ecode360.com/8544550 Paramus Borough Code: Chapter 191: BUSINESSES – Article II: Retail Business Closing Hours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102030905/http://www.ecode360.com/8544550 |date=November 2, 2013 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed October 30, 2013. "Every retail business within the Borough of Paramus shall be closed to the public and business with the public therein shall be and is hereby prohibited after the hour of 11:00 p.m. and before the hour of 7:00 a.m. of any day."</ref>

Currently, Paramus' lone movie theater complex is a 16-screen [[AMC Theatres]] located in an area of new construction at Westfield Garden State Plaza. Prior to the opening of the AMC complex, a number of theatres were closed in the borough, including the Route 4 Tenplex and the Cineplex Odeon Route 17 Triplex, once located next to Westfield Garden State Plaza on Route 17. The Triplex and Tenplex theatres was opened on October 12, 1965, by Century Theatres and was closed on May 24, 2007, by [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment]].<ref>[http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_new_york_rte_4.htm 70mm Equipped Theatre Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304132416/http://www.fromscripttodvd.com/70mm_in_new_york_rte_4.htm |date=March 4, 2020 }}, From Script to DVD. Accessed November 4, 2017. "Stanley-Warner Route Four opened on October 12, 1965."</ref> On May 25, 2007, the new AMC Theatres opened at Westfield Garden State Plaza.<ref>Gartland, Michael. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172946/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-139681395.html "Epic theater soon to play its final reel"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 19, 2007. Accessed August 2, 2015. "The AMC Paramus Route 4 10 — known affectionately to locals simply as the Tenplex — will run its projectors for the last time Thursday, just one day before a bigger, more advanced cineplex opens down the road at the Garden State Plaza."</ref> The Paramus Picture Show, known as Cinema 35 until 1997,<ref>Brody, Leslie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175751/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22401735.html "No Need To Go Into Manhattan -- Paramus Gets Art Cinema"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 25, 1997. Accessed August 2, 2015. "The Paramus Picture Show will be in the spot known for 20 years as Cinema 35, a discount movie house that sold tickets for $3."</ref> closed in December 2004 in the wake of declining attendance.<ref>Spelling, Ian. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172044/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-103078771.html "Theater closing down with a hunger benefit"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 3, 2004. Accessed August 2, 2015. "Unfortunately, too few people turned out to see such shows, and Paramus Picture Show will close Dec. 13."</ref> A 12-screen [[Regal Entertainment Group|Regal Cinemas]] was planned to open at [[Paramus Park]] as part of renovations that would have replaced the Sears store with a [[Stew Leonard's]] location.<ref>[http://www.regmovies.com/Theatres/Grand-Openings Grand Openings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011154400/http://www.regmovies.com/Theatres/Grand-Openings |date=October 11, 2016 }}, [[Regal Entertainment Group]]. Accessed September 24, 2016.</ref><ref>Verdon, Joan. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/mall-awaits-its-renaissance-1.1507599 "Paramus Park awaits its renaissance"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009060312/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/mall-awaits-its-renaissance-1.1507599 |date=October 9, 2016 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 7, 2016. Accessed February 26, 2016. "In 2014, before the Sears deal was struck, Paramus Park received approval from the borough of Paramus for an expansion project that included a 13-screen movie theater and several restaurants."</ref><ref>Sullivan, S.P. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/05/paramus_park_mall_moving_forward_with_13-screen_movie_theater_addition_plan.html "Paramus Park Mall moving forward with 13-screen movie theater addition plan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917030159/http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/05/paramus_park_mall_moving_forward_with_13-screen_movie_theater_addition_plan.html |date=September 17, 2016 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], May 24, 2013. Accessed September 26, 2016. "The Paramus Park Mall will move forward with plans to add a 13-screen movie theater to its stable of retails stores after a unanimous vote from the local zoning board Thursday, Paramus Patch reported."</ref><ref>Verdon, Joan. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2017/10/13/stew-leonards-to-replace-paramus-sears/761311001/ "Stew Leonard's to replace Paramus Sears"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014022928/http://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2017/10/13/stew-leonards-to-replace-paramus-sears/761311001/ |date=October 14, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 13, 2017. Accessed October 16, 2017. "The Sears department store that has been an anchor of the Paramus Park mall since it opened in 1974 will be replaced by a Stew Leonard’s farm-style supermarket and a 12-screen movie theater under a plan submitted to Paramus zoning officials Thursday."</ref> However, the plans were cancelled after [[Stew Leonard's]] took up more space than expected.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/12/we-have-the-internet-and-american-dream-but-nj-malls-are-upping-their-game.html|title=These 8 N.J. malls are all upping their game. See the new plans.|last=NJ.com|first=Allison Pries {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|date=December 29, 2019 |website=nj|language=en|access-date=November 20, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229192947/https://www.nj.com/bergen/2019/12/we-have-the-internet-and-american-dream-but-nj-malls-are-upping-their-game.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Bergen Town Center]] had a performing arts theater called "Playhouse on the Mall". It had a seating capacity of 635 seats and was opened in 1960. From 1960 to 1970, author [[Robert Ludlum]] was the manager of the theater. The theater closed in 1982 due to rising costs and low attendance and was converted into retail space in 1986.<ref>Garvie, Glenn. [http://www.bergencounty.com/history-and-trivia/remembering-playhouse-on-the-mall-in-bergen-county-nj-1.1293172 "Remembering Playhouse on the Mall"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721032409/http://www.bergencounty.com/history-and-trivia/remembering-playhouse-on-the-mall-in-bergen-county-nj-1.1293172 |date=July 21, 2015 }}, ''(201) magazine''. Accessed August 2, 2015.</ref>

In 2016, the [[Garden State Plaza]] added a [[Bergen Performing Arts Center]] performance area for shows and performances located near [[Macy's]], which took up the former space of the Venetian carousel. There was also a Bergen PAC ticket center located near the performance area. The Bergen PAC performance area, however, was short lived as it was replaced by a video game theater, then it became a lounge area in 2017.<ref>[http://www.northjersey.com/news/garden-state-plaza-carousel-stops-spinning-1.1504302 Garden State Plaza carousel stops spinning. "NorthJersey.com"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204090742/http://www.northjersey.com/news/garden-state-plaza-carousel-stops-spinning-1.1504302 |date=February 4, 2016 }}. Accessed February 2, 2016.</ref>

The [[glam metal]] band, [[Trixter]], formed in Paramus.<ref>Jaeger, Barbara. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021130015/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22641559.html "Paramus Band Feels At Home In The Studio"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 17, 1992. Accessed October 15, 2007. "For all those Trixter fans who've been wondering when the Paramus-based band will be releasing a new album, guitarist Steve Brown has these encouraging words..."</ref> The hardcore/punk rock band [[The Escape Engine]] formed in the borough from 2002 to 2006.<ref>Pryor, Terrance. [http://fakewalls.com/blog/2012/3/21/the-escape-engine-announce-new-album-reunion-show.html "The Escape Engine announce new album & reunion show"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024231045/http://fakewalls.com/blog/2012/3/21/the-escape-engine-announce-new-album-reunion-show.html |date=October 24, 2014 }}, FakeWalls.com, March 21, 2012. Accessed October 24, 2014. "Paramus rock group The Escape Engine have announced the release of their sophomore album: ''When You Dance With The Devil.''"</ref>

[[File:Bergen County Zoo.JPG|thumb|right|Bergen County Zoo at [[Van Saun County Park]]]]

Paramus is the home to two county parks. On the eastern side of the borough is [[Van Saun County Park]], a {{convert|146|acres|adj=on}} park that features Bergen County's only [[zoo]], home to a wide variety of wild and domestic animals living in recreated habitats natural to each species.<ref>[http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/?nid=852 Van Saun County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509081122/http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/?nid=852 |date=May 9, 2015 }}, Bergen County Parks. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> Van Saun Park also has a playground, train ride, carousel, athletic fields, and pony rides. The Washington Spring site in the park takes its name from reports that General Washington drank water from the spring here while his troops were encamped nearby, west of the Hackensack River.<ref>[http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/paramus_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm Revolutionary War Sites in Paramus, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324095734/http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/paramus_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm |date=March 24, 2016 }}, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed June 19, 2016.</ref> The Continental Army is reported to have utilized the old spring at the base of these slopes during the September encampment west of the Hackensack River.

On the western side of the borough is [[Saddle River County Park]] which features a {{convert|6|mi|km|adj=on}} bike path reaching from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park.<ref>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/saddle-river-county-park Saddle River County Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007041559/https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/parks-recreation-areas/saddle-river-county-park |date=October 7, 2019 }}, Bergen County Parks. Accessed July 6, 2022. "Multi-use pathway/Bicycle-Pedestrian Path: This bike and pedestrian path travels from Ridgewood to Rochelle Park and is approximately 6 miles in length. This continuous path runs through Ridgewood, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, Paramus, Saddle Brook and Rochelle Park and under Route 4."</ref>

The borough has four golf courses. Two are open to the public, with the Paramus Golf Course operated by the borough<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110313235429/http://www.paramusborough.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=12 Golf Course], Borough of Paramus. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> and Orchard Hills County Golf Course operated by the county.<ref>[http://golfbergencounty.com/orchard_hills_course/ Orchard Hills Golf Course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607231611/http://golfbergencounty.com/orchard_hills_course/ |date=June 7, 2015 }}, [[Bergen County, New Jersey]]. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref> The two private golf course located in Paramus are the [[Ridgewood Country Club]] and Arcola Country Club. Ridgewood Country Club was ranked as the #6 Center Ranked Among Top 500 Holes in the World Golf Magazine – 2000 and Ranked # 84 on the list of Most Prestigious Clubs in America Golf Connoisseur – 2006.

In 2008, the Paramus Golf Course opened a [[miniature golf]] course that is themed after the borough of Paramus as well as the state of New Jersey. Turkey statues are scattered around the course to celebrate Paramus as the "land of the wild turkeys."<ref>[https://www.paramusminigolf.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707015655/https://www.paramusminigolf.com/ |date=July 7, 2022 }}, Paramus Mini Golf, Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 6, 2022.</ref>

Paramus has an outdoor municipal swimming pool complex on Van Binsberger Boulevard. It has three pools: a main pool, a pool for younger swimmers, and a baby pool.<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/259/Pool Pool] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723105325/https://www.paramusborough.org/259/Pool |date=July 23, 2022 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed July 6, 2022.</ref> Paramus Little League were the 2011 New Jersey State [[Little League Baseball]] Champions.<ref>[http://www.unpage.org/newjersey/nj-2011.htm New Jersey State Tournament Major Baseball Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120447/http://www.unpage.org/newjersey/nj-2011.htm |date=September 25, 2015 }}, Unpage. Accessed September 24, 2015.</ref>

[[File:4th_of_July_Parade_Paramus.jpg|thumb|150px|The Paramus Fire Department in the Paramus [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]] Paradeparade, {{circa|2017}}]]

During the week of the 4th of July, Paramus holds its own Independence Day celebration. First, there is the performance of the Paramus Community Orchestra at the Paramus Bandshell which takes place on July 2. Next, on the 3rd, there is a softball game between the Paramus Fire Department and the Paramus Police Department, held annually since 2011. On the 4th, there is a parade. The parade route starts at the intersection of Century Road and Farview Avenue and ends at Memorial Elementary School. On the 5th, there is a fireworks display at the Cliff Gennarelli Paramus Sportsplex.<ref>[http://www.paramus4thofjuly.com Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705193802/http://www.paramus4thofjuly.com/ |date=July 5, 2015 }}, Paramus 4th of July Celebration. Accessed July 4, 2015.</ref>

Paramus also holds its own Memorial Day parade every year.<ref>Fabrikant, Mel. [http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20150526190846608 "Paramus Memorial Day, A Ceremony To Remember"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705091052/http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20150526190846608 |date=July 5, 2015 }}, ''The Paramus Post'', May 26, 2015. Accessed August 2, 2015.</ref>

The Paramus Rescue Squad and Fire Department Companies 2 & 3 host a Halloween party every October called, "Safe Halloween" to ensure every child has a safe and fun Halloween.<ref>[http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20141102174801151 "Safe Halloween in Paramus, The Town Cares"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015734/http://www.paramuspost.com/article.php/20141102174801151 |date=November 17, 2015 }}, ''The Paramus Post'', November 2, 2014. Accessed November 15, 2015.</ref>

Paramus is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of a mayor and a borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council is comprised ofincludes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 160.</ref> The borough form of government used by Paramus 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 [[veto override|override]] by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=September 24, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

{{As of|20232024}}, the mayor is [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Christopher DiPiazza, whose term of office ends December 31, 2026. Borough Council members are CouncilAce President Jeanne TA. WeberAntonio ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], 20252024), AceRobert A. AntonioKaiser (R, 2024), MariaAlfredo ElenaU. BellingerNadera (DR, 20232026), RobertJorge KaiserE. Quintana (R, 20242025), AlMary NaderaEllen Rizzo (R, 2023; appointed to serve an unexpired term2026) and JorgeJeanne ET. QuintanaWeber (R, 2025).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.paramusborough.org/292/Mayor-Council Mayor & Council], Borough of Paramus. Accessed FebruaryApril 321, 20232024.</ref><ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/393448 20222023 Municipal Data Sheet], Borough of Paramus. Accessed FebruaryApril 321, 20232024.</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDirectory>[https://www.co.bergen.nj.us/images/About_Bergen_County/20232024-county-and-municipal-directory.pdf#page=56 ''20232024 County and Municipal Directory''], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], MarchApril 20232024. Accessed JuneApril 115, 20232024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2022Bergen2023>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.orggov/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/CertifiedDistrict%20Statement20Canvass%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-21-2220NEW.pdf BergenOfficial CountyStatement Novemberof 8,Vote 20222023 General Election Statement- ofNovember Vote7, 2023 Official Results], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 2127, 20222023. Accessed January 1, 20232024.</ref><ref name=Bergen2021Bergen2022>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/StatementCertified%20Statement%20of%20Vote%20Book%2011-1721-21(1)22.pdf Bergen County StatementNovember of8, Vote2022 NovemberGeneral 2,Election 2021Statement Officialof resultsVote], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated November 1721, 20212022. Accessed January 1, 20222023.</ref><ref name=Bergen2020Bergen2021>[https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/ElectionResult/NOV_2020_General_Precinct_SummaryStatement%20of%20Vote%2011-17-21(1).pdf Precinct Summary Results Report - Combined 2020 Bergen County GeneralStatement Electionof -Vote November 32, 20202021 Official Resultsresults], [[Bergen County, New Jersey]], Decemberupdated 3November 17, 20202021. Accessed January 1, 20212022.</ref>

Paramus is located in the [[New Jersey's 5th congressional district|5th Congressional District]]<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's [[New Jersey's 38th legislative district|38th state legislative district]].<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120165412/https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf |date=November 20, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105221009/https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf |date=November 5, 2019 }}, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#38 Districts by Number for 2011–2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328/https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#38 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref>

As of March 2011, there were a total of 16,874 registered voters in Paramus, of which 4,454 (26.4% vs. 31.7% countywide) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 3,474 (20.6% vs. 21.1%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 8,938 (53.0% vs. 47.1%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 8 voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref name=VoterRegistration>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Bergen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925142003/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-bergen-co-summary-report.pdf |date=September 25, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref> Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 64.1% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including 81.6% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).<ref name=VoterRegistration/><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016 presidential election]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] received 6,565 votes (49.5% vs. 41.1% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] with 6,312 votes (47.6% vs. 54.2%) and other candidates with 389 votes (2.9% vs. 4.6%), among the 13,434 ballots cast by the borough's 18,526 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.5% (vs. 72.5% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/BC-Statement-of-Vote-Book-11-08-2016.pdf Presidential November 8, 2016 General Election Results - Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104015144/https://www.bergencountyclerk.org/_Content/pdf/elections/BC-Statement-of-Vote-Book-11-08-2016.pdf |date=November 4, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, November 8, 2016. Accessed May 24, 2020.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 6,123 votes here (50.0% vs. 43.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 5,907 votes (48.3% vs. 54.8%) and other candidates with 105 votes (0.9% vs. 0.9%), among the 12,234 ballots cast by the borough's 17,617 registered voters, for a turnout of 69.4% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-bergen.pdf Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207211248/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-bergen.pdf |date=December 7, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-bergen.pdf Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207211038/http://njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-bergen.pdf |date=December 7, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2013.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Republican [[John McCain]] received 6,885 votes here (51.1% vs. 44.5% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 6,386 votes (47.4% vs. 53.9%) and other candidates with 106 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 13,470 ballots cast by the borough's 17,747 registered voters, for a turnout of 75.9% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-bergen.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927042803/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-bergen.pdf |date=September 27, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref><ref name=Results2008>[http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/smaps/2008/electionresults2008/att/North_Jersey_election_results_69.html 2008 General Election Results for Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005151807/http://dng.northjersey.com/media_server/tr/smaps/2008/electionresults2008/att/North_Jersey_election_results_69.html |date=October 5, 2011 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]''. Accessed August 22, 2011.</ref> In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Republican [[George W. Bush]] received 6,868 votes here (52.3% vs. 47.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[John Kerry]] with 6,103 votes (46.5% vs. 51.7%) and other candidates with 87 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 13,123 ballots cast by the borough's 17,206 registered voters, for a turnout of 76.3% (vs. 76.9% in the whole county).<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_bergen_co_2004.pdf 2004 Presidential Election: Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927043212/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_bergen_co_2004.pdf |date=September 27, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 64.4% of the vote (4,888 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 34.8% (2,641 votes), and other candidates with 0.8% (60 votes), among the 7,809 ballots cast by the borough's 17,083 registered voters (220 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 45.7%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-bergen.pdf |title=Governor – Bergen County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128123050/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-bergen.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-bergen.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Bergen County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128123019/https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-bergen.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 gubernatorial election]], Republican Chris Christie received 4,298 votes here (49.7% vs. 45.8% countywide), ahead of Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] with 3,857 votes (44.6% vs. 48.0%), Independent [[Chris Daggett]] with 376 votes (4.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 32 votes (0.4% vs. 0.5%), among the 8,656 ballots cast by the borough's 17,354 registered voters, yielding a 49.9% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf 2009 Governor: Bergen County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207010131/http://www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-bergen.pdf |date=December 7, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref>

The [[Paramus Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. As of the 2019–20 school year, the eight-school district had an enrollment of 3,760 students and 332.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.3:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412420&DistrictID=3412420 District information for Paramus Public School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112215942/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412420&DistrictID=3412420 |date=November 12, 2020 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district, with 2019–20 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]],<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412420 School Data for the Paramus Public Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203174256/https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412420 |date=February 3, 2023 }}, [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 7, 2016.</ref> are

Memorial Elementary School<ref>[http://memorial.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Memorial Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095653/http://memorial.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (302 students in grades K–4),

Midland Elementary School<ref>[http://midland.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Midland Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095658/http://midland.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (177 students in grades K–4),

Parkway Elementary School<ref>[http://parkway.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Parkway Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095703/http://parkway.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (314 students in grades Pre-K–4),

Ridge Ranch Elementary School<ref>[http://ridgeranch.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Ridge Ranch Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095708/http://ridgeranch.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (337 students in grades K–4),

Stony Lane Elementary School<ref>[http://stonylane.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Stony Lane Elementary School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095713/http://stonylane.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (186 students in grades K–4),

East Brook Middle School<ref>[http://ebms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Eastbrook Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520141457/http://ebms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 20, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (575 students in grades 5–8),

West Brook Middle School<ref>[http://wbms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Westbrook Middle School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095718/http://wbms.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (577 students in grades 5–8) and

[[Paramus High School]]<ref>[http://phs.paramus.k12.nj.us/ Paramus High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520200732/http://phs.paramus.k12.nj.us/ |date=May 20, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref> (1,253 students in grades 9–12).<ref>[http://www.paramus.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools Our Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504095853/http://www.paramus.k12.nj.us/Our-Schools |date=May 4, 2020 }}, Paramus Public Schools. Accessed May 21, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom5homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school.php?district=/districtid/3930&source=01 New Jersey School Directory for the Paramus Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed DecemberFebruary 291, 20162024.</ref>

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the [[Bergen County Technical Schools]], which include the [[Bergen County Academies]] in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the [[Bergen County Technical High School, Teterboro Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro]] or [[Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus|Bergen Tech campus in Paramus]]. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.<ref>[http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014000910/http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/about-us |date=October 14, 2013 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions Admissions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034226/https://bcts.bergen.org/index.php/admissions |date=March 5, 2017 }}, [[Bergen County Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 29, 2016.</ref>

Paramus is home to many private religious schools. [[Paramus Catholic High School]] is a co-educational [[Roman Catholic]] [[Secondary education in the United States|high school]] founded in 1965 and operated by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark|Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ Bergen County Catholic High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812060714/https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=August 12, 2017 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref> With more than 1,500 students, it has the largest enrollment of any Roman Catholic high school in the state of [[New Jersey]].<ref>Alex, Patricia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021080557/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-107093606.html "Pope held special spot in hearts of youth"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 5, 2005. Accessed August 21, 2008. "Today a memorial Mass will be celebrated at the school – the largest Catholic school in the state, and the rosary will be said in 10 languages..."</ref> It is also the location of Visitation Academy, a Pre-K3–8 [[Catholic school]] also overseen by the Newark Archdiocese.<ref>[http://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ Bergen County Catholic High Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814003212/http://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/bergen-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=August 14, 2015 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed June 1, 2015.</ref>

K–8 co-ed [[Jewish day school]]s in Paramus include [[Yavneh Academy (New Jersey)|Yavneh Academy]];<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927063154/http://www.yavnehacademy.org/about-yavneh/mission-statement Mission Statement], Yavneh Academy. Accessed December 26, 2011.</ref> Yeshivat Noam, founded in 2001;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426072201/http://www.yeshivatnoam.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=352& Capital Campaign], Yeshivat Noam. Accessed December 25, 2011.</ref> and Ben Porat Yosef, which was established in 2001 and relocated to Paramus in 2008.<ref>Lipowsky, Josh. [https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/ben-porat-yosef-headed-for-paramus/ "Ben Porat Yosef headed for Paramus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127211803/https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/ben-porat-yosef-headed-for-paramus/ |date=January 27, 2020 }}, ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', August 22, 2008. Accessed January 27, 2020. "After seven years of renting space in a Leonia synagogue, Yeshiva Ben Porat Yosef is moving into the old Frisch building rather than the Jewish Center of Teaneck as its board had planned.... Ben Porat Yosef had held classes in Sons of Israel since the school was founded in 2001 and needed more space each year as it added grades... When the prospect arose for BPY to move the entire school to Paramus, however, the yeshiva had to take it, said Yehuda Kohn, BPY’s vice president."</ref> [[Frisch School]] is a [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox Jewish]] [[yeshiva]] serving grades 9–12 that describes itself as the nation's second-largest coed yeshiva high school.<ref>[http://www.frischdinner.com/files/The_Frisch_School_Annual_Dinner_Journal_2009.pdf#page=18 Thirty-Fifth Annual Dinner Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326092946/http://www.frischdinner.com/files/The_Frisch_School_Annual_Dinner_Journal_2009.pdf#page=18 |date=March 26, 2012 }}, [[Frisch School]], February 7, 2009, p. 18. Accessed June 29, 2011. "Under his direction, our school has grown to be the second largest coed yeshiva high school in the United States."</ref>

[[Bergen Community College]] is based in Paramus, with other satellite centers located around the county. The bulk of the college's 17,000 students working towards degrees are located at the main campus in Paramus.<ref>[http://www.bergen.edu/aboutbergen About Bergen Community College] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519060455/http://www.bergen.edu/aboutbergen |date=May 19, 2015 }}. [[Bergen Community College]]. Accessed June 1, 2015. Founded in 1965 to satisfy the region's need for a convenient, affordable and comprehensive higher education destination, Bergen Community College now enrolls nearly 17,000 students in its academic degree programs. The College's three sites in Paramus (main campus), Hackensack (Ciarco Learning Center) and Lyndhurst (Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands) serve more than 32,000 students in degree, continuing education and adult education programs."</ref> The Bergen campus of [[Berkeley College]] is located in Paramus.<ref>[http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/paramus.htm Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024222409/http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/paramus.htm |date=October 24, 2014 }}, [[Berkeley College]]. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> There is also a [[DeVry University]] campus located at the 35 Plaza Shopping Center in Paramus.<ref>[http://www.devry.edu/universities/new-jersey/paramus-center.html Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709231218/http://www.devry.edu/universities/new-jersey/paramus-center.html |date=July 9, 2015 }}, [[DeVry University]]. Accessed August 1, 2015.</ref> There is a [[Lincoln Tech]] campus at [[Bergen Town Center]].<ref>[http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/paramus-nj Lincoln Tech | Paramus, NJ Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812053835/http://www.lincolnedu.com/campus/paramus-nj |date=August 12, 2015 }}. Accessed August 14, 2015.</ref>

Paramus is home to fourfive special education schools. New Alliance Academy, located on Midland Ave, provides educational and ancillary therapeutic services for high school teenagers experiencing acute psychological distress.<ref>[https://newallianceacademy.com/about-us/overview Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011505/https://newallianceacademy.com/about-us/overview |date=November 7, 2017 }}, New Alliance Academy. Accessed October 6, 2019.</ref> Bleshman Regional Day School, located on East Ridgewood Avenue, serves students ages three through twenty-one years of age with multiple disabilities.<ref>[https://www.bergen.org/domain/163 Bleshman Regional Day School], [[Bergen County Special Services School District]]. Accessed April 21, 2024.</ref> The EPIC School (Educational Partnership for Instructing Children) is located on North Farview Avenue, next to the Our Lady of Visitation Church.<ref>[http://www.epicschool.org Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506205904/http://www.epicschool.org/ |date=May 6, 2014 }}, EPIC School. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> The Alpine Learning Group is located on [[County Route 62 (Bergen County, New Jersey)|County Route 62]], close to Linwood Avenue,<ref>[http://www.alpinelearninggroup.org/about-us/alpine-learning-group-history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025193530/http://www.alpinelearninggroup.org/about-us/alpine-learning-group-history |date=October 25, 2014 }}, Alpine Learning Group. Accessed October 24, 2014.</ref> and P.R.I.D.E. School, which is a part of the ECLC school, which serves three other locations in New Jersey, has a location on Sette Drive.<ref>[http://www.eclcofnj.org/contact.html Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212128/http://www.eclcofnj.org/contact.html |date=October 31, 2016 }}, ECLC of New Jersey. Accessed October 31, 2016.</ref> The [[Bergen County Special Services School District]], which provides public special education services on a countywide basis, is headquartered in Paramus.<ref>[https://wwwnj02213295.bergenschoolwires.orgnet/sitedomain/Default.aspx?PageID=1152 About UsAdmissions], [[Bergen County Special Services School District]]. Accessed OctoberApril 621, 20192024.</ref>

The borough's public library maintains two locations—the Main Library on Century Road and the Charles E. Reid Branch library on Midland Avenue, which was originally a four-room schoolhouse built in 1876.<ref>[http://paramus.bccls.org/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825214758/http://paramus.bccls.org/ |date=August 25, 2008 }}, Paramus Public Library. Accessed August 24, 2008.</ref>

The borough's original public library, known locally as the Howland House, was originally located at the intersection of Spring Valley Road and Howland Avenue. It was demolished sometime in the late 1990s. A [[September 11 terrorist attack|September 11, 2001]] memorial park now exists at the site known as Howland Memorial Grove.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110314000340/http://www.paramusborough.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=96 Paramus Municipal Parks], Borough of Paramus. Accessed June 29, 2011.</ref>

* New Bridge Medical Center – located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, this medical center is a 1,070-bed hospital that is a clinical affiliate of [[Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences]]. It was founded in 1916 and is the largest hospital and licensed nursing home in the entire state of New Jersey.<ref>[https://www.newbridgehealth.org/ Acute and Ambulatory Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, Behavioral Health, Long Term Care] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714040240/https://www.newbridgehealth.org/ |date=July 14, 2018 }}, New Bridge Health. Accessed August 5, 2018.</ref>

* Oradell Animal Hospital – located on Winters Avenue, across from [[Paramus Park]], this facility provides medical care and treatments for all animals.<ref>[https://www.oradell.com/ Oradell Animal Hospital | Emergency Veterinarian NJ | Animal Hospital Paramus NJ | Veterinarian Paramus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084837/https://www.oradell.com/ |date=August 6, 2018 }}. Oradell Animal Hospital. Accessed August 5, 2018.</ref>

[[File:2021-06-06 14 33 26 View north along New Jersey State Route 444 (Garden State Parkway) from the overpass for Bergen County Route 80 (East Ridgewood Avenue-Oradell Avenue) in Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View north along theThe [[Garden State Parkway]] in Paramus]]

{{As of|2015|7}}, the borough had a total of {{convert|121.92|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|90.93|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|18.86|mi}} by Bergen County, {{convert|7.72|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], and {{convert|4.41|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf Bergen County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717070714/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Bergen.pdf |date=July 17, 2018 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], July 2015. Accessed April 28, 2016.</ref>

[[NJ Transit]] bus routes [[144 (New Jersey bus)|144]], [[145 (New Jersey bus)|145]], [[148 (New Jersey bus)|148]], [[155 (New Jersey bus)|155]], [[157 (New Jersey bus)|157]], [[162 (New Jersey bus)|162]], [[163 (New Jersey bus)|163]], [[164 (New Jersey bus)|164]], [[165 (New Jersey bus)|165]] and [[168 (New Jersey bus)|168]] serve the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]; the [[171 (New Jersey bus)|171]] and [[175 (New Jersey bus)|175]] routes provide service to the [[George Washington Bridge Bus Station]]; and local service is offered on the [[709 (New Jersey bus)|709]], [[722 (New Jersey bus)|722]], [[751 (New Jersey bus)|751]], [[752 (New Jersey bus)|752]], [[753 (New Jersey bus)|753]], [[755 (New Jersey bus)|755]], [[756 (New Jersey bus)|756]], [[758 (New Jersey bus)|758]], [[762 (New Jersey bus)|762]] and [[770 (New Jersey bus)|770]] routes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212317/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesBergenCountyTo Bergen County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 24, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Bergen_County_Map.pdf Bergen County System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806135221/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Bergen_County_Map.pdf |date=August 6, 2019 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed September 14, 2016.</ref> Nine of the 22 NJ Transit buses that serve Paramus do not provide service on Sundays. The [[722 (New Jersey bus)|722]] does not provide services on Saturdays and Sundays.

[[Coach USA]] provides bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal via [[Rockland Coaches]] routesroute 45/45A/45X from [[Pomona, New York]], and via [[Short Line (bus company)|Short Line]] on Route 17.<ref>[http://www.coachusa.com/rockland/ss.listing.asp?action=Lookup&c1=Paramus&s1=NJ&c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=161434&order=&dayFilter=&scheduleChoice=&sitePageName=%2Frockland%2Fss.local.asp&cbid=767956752449 Available Schedules from Paramus, NJ to New York, NY.]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Coach USA]]. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref>

[[Spanish Transportation]] and several other operators provide frequent [[Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area|jitney service]] along Route 4 between [[Paterson, New Jersey]], and the George Washington Bridge Bus Station.<ref>[http://issuu.com/asagai/docs/jitneyroute ''Jitney Transportation Along New Jersey's Route 4 Corridor''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102051106/http://issuu.com/asagai/docs/jitneyroute |date=November 2, 2013 }}, [[Columbia University]] Urban Transportation Policy, December 2006. Accessed September 14, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.jerseyjitneys.info/?page_id=13 Paterson – George Washington Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225082900/http://www.jerseyjitneys.info/?page_id=13 |date=February 25, 2017 }}, Jitney Buses of New Jersey. Accessed September 14, 2016.</ref>

[[File:HARMON VAN DIEN HOUSE, PARAMUS, BERGEN COUNTY, NJ.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Harmon Van Dien House]]]]

Paramus is home to the following locations on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]:<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Bergen.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516164840/http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/bergen.pdf |date=May 16, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated August 17, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017.</ref>

* [[Zabriskie Tenant House]] – 273 Dunkerhook Road (added 1984). The house was demolished in July 2012 by a housing developer who owned the property, after efforts to preserve or relocate the house failed.<ref>Ensslin, John C. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/071312_Demolition_of_historic_Zabriskie_house_in_Paramus_begins.html "Preservation effort falls short as Zabriskie house demolition begins (video)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717004125/http://www.northjersey.com/news/071312_Demolition_of_historic_Zabriskie_house_in_Paramus_begins.html |date=July 17, 2012 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 13, 2012. Accessed July 18, 2012. "An irreplaceable link to Bergen's County's early history, particularly for African-Americans, vanished in a cloud of dust on Friday as a backhoe clawed at the splintered wood and brownstone remains of the Zabriskie Tenant House, a 1780s building that later became home to generations of former slaves and their descendents."</ref>

* Buehler Challenger and Science Center, located on the campus of [[Bergen Community College]], is a space museum where children learn about outer space and missions through simulations. The science center is also available to adults and educators.<ref>[http://www.bcsc.org/ Buehler Challenger & Science Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605174847/http://www.bcsc.org/ |date=June 5, 2016 }}. Accessed May 29, 2016.</ref>

* New Jersey Children's Museum. Opened in 1992, it featured hands-on exhibits for children such as a fire truck, a news studio, a helicopter, and other fun pretend attractions that drew 700,000 visitors per year. It closed in 2014 after Valley Hospital bought the property near its [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] location.<ref>Pries, Allison. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/new-jersey-children-s-museum-to-close-next-month-1.1068234 "New Jersey Children's Museum to close next month"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922171706/http://www.northjersey.com/news/new-jersey-children-s-museum-to-close-next-month-1.1068234 |date=September 22, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 15, 2014. Accessed August 13, 2015. "It was just another familiar, fun moment for young imaginations at the New Jersey Children's Museum, a community touchstone for thousands of North Jersey children, parents and grandparents over the past 22 years.... The site the museum operates out of was sold in February to Valley Health Systems, which will convert it to its needs, Sumers said."</ref>

*Fire Company 3 (Engine 3, HazMat 3 – staffed by HazMat Technicians from all four fire companies, Utility 3, and Foam 3 – which carries AFFF firefighting foam) is located at 198 West Midland Avenue.

Paramus also has a separate volunteer rescue squad (Rescue 7 & Rescue 9) located on West Jockish Square that specializes in motor vehicle extrication, as well as a marine unit for responses involving water rescues.<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/358/Rescue-Squad Rescue Squad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122152606/https://www.paramusborough.org/358/Rescue-Squad |date=January 22, 2023 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed January 22, 2023.</ref>

The borough's Emergency Medical Services department is staffed 24 hours a day.<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/265/Emergency-Medical-Services Emergency Medical Services department] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524003730/https://www.paramusborough.org/265/Emergency-Medical-Services |date=May 24, 2018 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed May 30, 3018</ref> A separate volunteer Ambulance Corps exists, largely for stand-by purposes at large events. The Volunteer Ambulance Corps station is located on East Midland Avenue.<ref>[http://www.paramusambulance.org/html/aboutus.html About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508115644/http://paramusambulance.org/html/aboutus.html |date=May 8, 2016 }}, Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Accessed May 30, 2018.</ref> The Paramus Police Department, which responds to 60,000 calls annually, is located on Carlough Drive right next to borough hall.<ref>[http://paramuspolice.org/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603235849/http://www.paramuspolice.org/ |date=June 3, 2012 }}, Paramus Police Department. Accessed November 18, 2012.</ref>

The borough of Paramus has an emergency management department that is required by state and law to develop emergency plans to protect people and property in the event of any emergency or disaster. The Emergency Management offices are located on Carlough Drive in the Paramus Life Safety Complex next to borough hall, the police department, and the rescue squad.<ref>[https://www.paramusborough.org/236/Office-of-Emergency-Management Office of Emergency Management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122152606/https://www.paramusborough.org/236/Office-of-Emergency-Management |date=January 22, 2023 }}, Borough of Paramus. Accessed January 22, 2023.</ref>

* Rock band [[Black Sabbath]] made stops in Paramus during their Paranoid Tour in 1970 and 1971.<ref>[https://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/par_tour/ Paranoid Tour - Black Sabbath Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119170944/https://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/par_tour/ |date=January 19, 2022 }} Accessed March 19, 2022.</ref>

* [[Rockapella]], the [[a cappella]] group best known for performing on the children's game show ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)|Where in The World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', had their first public gig at the former [[Bamberger's]] store (currently [[Macy's]]) at [[Garden State Plaza]] on October 11, 1986, after performing at a private party in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]] six months earlier.<ref>[https://www.rockapella.com/past-dates/ Rockapella - Past Tour Dates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218213449/https://www.rockapella.com/past-dates/ |date=February 18, 2022 }} Accessed February 18, 2022.</ref>

*A scene from the 1996 film ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' was filmed on [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] in Paramus where Mullen is driving to Stone Quarry.<ref>Schager, Nick. [http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29138/best-movies-set-in-new-jersey/ "The 10 Best Movies Set in New Jersey; A state that deserves more cinematic recognition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201004312/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29138/best-movies-set-in-new-jersey/ |date=December 1, 2015 }}, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', June 20, 2014. Accessed September 7, 2015. "Much of Ron Howard's Ransom was filmed in and around New York and New Jersey, and Mel Gibson's first attempt to hand over money in exchange for his kidnapped son is clearly set at a Haledon, New Jersey, quarry — a location that Gibson arrives at after driving from Manhattan to Jersey City (via the Holland Tunnel), and then on through Paramus."</ref>

* Several episodes of the [[HBO]] crime drama ''[[The Sopranos]]'' used Paramus locations. Throughout the series, [[Garden State Plaza]] and the Ramsey Outdoor store on Route 17 were both featured, and a character was "whacked" at the remnants of the Old Mill Bathing Beach on Paramus Road.<ref>Parrilo, Rosemary. [http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/030401locations.html "The Locations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515001511/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/030401locations.html |date=May 15, 2010 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 4, 2001. Accessed September 10, 2013.</ref> In the series finale, a scene with [[Paulie Gualtieri]] was filmed in Paramus, in which he drove past a gas station.<ref>[http://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/super-value-gas-station/ The Sopranos location guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309070418/http://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/super-value-gas-station |date=March 9, 2014 }}, Accessed October 10, 2013.</ref>

* [[Avril Lavigne]] performed at [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] on March 17, 2004, as part of her [[List of Avril Lavigne promotional tours|Live by Surprise Tour]].

* The 2005 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[direct-to-video]] ''All Star Alphabet'', featuring [[Stephen Colbert]] and [[Nicole Sullivan]], was filmed on location at [[Garden State Plaza]].<ref>Nash, Margo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/nyregion/footlights-all-about-a-and-dont-forget-z.html "Footlights; All About A, And Don't Forget Z"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214841/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/nyregion/footlights-all-about-a-and-dont-forget-z.html |date=July 25, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 2005. Accessed October 16, 2018. "When it came time to choose a shopping center, the video's makers headed, quite naturally, to New Jersey. Mr. Colbert, dressed as a big blue letter Z, and Ms. Sullivan, appearing as a big red A, are shown in the video ambling around the Garden State Mall{{sic}}, asking people if they know any words with their letters in them. Ms. Sullivan got a lot more responses than Mr. Colbert."</ref>

* The former Paramus Bowling Center was the filming site of the bowling competition shows ''[[Make That Spare]]'' and ''Championship Bowling''.<ref>Galant, Debra. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/nyregion/bowling-once-a-first-date-now-takes-back-seat.html "Bowling, Once a First Date, Now Takes Back Seat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925121952/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/nyregion/bowling-once-a-first-date-now-takes-back-seat.html |date=September 25, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 2000. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Even people who never set foot there remember seeing Paramus Lanes on the 1950s television shows ''Make That Spare'' and ''Championship Bowling.''"</ref>

* [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]'s 1997 video "Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere", features the band travelling to [[Paramus Park]] on May 7, 1997, performing in the food court in front of 600 screaming fans.<ref>[http://thd.danitza.org/events/1997events.html hanson events: 1997] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528193950/http://thd.danitza.org/events/1997events.html |date=May 28, 2019 }}. Accessed May 30, 2018.</ref> The performance was their first public appearance after the release of "[[MMMBop]]".<ref>Macatee, Rebecca. [https://www.eonline.com/news/848930/why-hanson-s-scary-choices-worked-zac-hanson-talks-20-years-of-mmmbop-and-his-future-with-taylor-and-isaac "Why Hanson's 'Scary' Choices Worked: Zac Hanson Talks 20 Years of 'MMMBop' and His Future With Taylor and Isaac"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407023738/http://www.eonline.com/news/848930/why-hanson-s-scary-choices-worked-zac-hanson-talks-20-years-of-mmmbop-and-his-future-with-taylor-and-isaac |date=April 7, 2018 }}, ''[[E!]]'', May 6, 2017. Accessed May 30, 2018. "'The first girls we heard screaming were not at Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey when we did our first public performance after "MMMBop" came out,' the father of four adds with a laugh."</ref>

*Garden State Plaza is the setting for [[Tricia Sullivan]]'s science fiction novel ''Maul'' (2002). The novel takes its title from the way that the word "mall" is pronounced with the New Jersey accent. In the novel, three teenage girls start a shoot out with a local gang.<ref>[[Tricia Sullivan|Sullivan, Tricia]]. [https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1597800372 ''Maul''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191226/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1597800372 |date=July 6, 2018 }}, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. Accessed July 6, 2018.</ref>

* The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] situational hidden camera show, ''[[What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)|What Would You Do?]]'' filmed some episodes in Paramus at the Tom Sawyer Diner.<ref>[https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2019/10/27/what-would-you-do-features-paramus-nj-professor-lesson/4089159002/ Paramus professor shows 'what she would do' on hidden camera show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029175706/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2019/10/27/what-would-you-do-features-paramus-nj-professor-lesson/4089159002/ |date=October 29, 2020 }} ''NorthJersey.com''. Accessed October 26, 2020</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-star-adam-rippon-joins-scenario-coming/story?id=71761605 Olympic star Adam Rippon joins 'What Would You Do?' scenario about coming out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822081626/https://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-star-adam-rippon-joins-scenario-coming/story?id=71761605 |date=August 22, 2020 }} ''ABCNews.com''. Accessed October 26, 2020.</ref>

* [[John Bancker Aycrigg]] (1798–1856), member of the [[United States Congress]] from New Jersey<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000350 John Bancker Aycrigg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025141141/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000350 |date=October 25, 2012 }}, ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 8, 2011.</ref>

* [[Joe Benigno]] (born 1953), sports radio personality on [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] on Joe & Evan show with Evan Roberts<ref>Zeitchik, Steven. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/23/nyregion/in-person-meet-joe-fan.html "In Person; Meet Joe Fan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227174411/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E2D81038F930A15752C0A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |date=December 27, 2013 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 23, 2005. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Amid the swirl of the New York region's media personalities, most people have probably never heard of Mr. Benigno. But as the longtime host of WFAN's overnight program, the Garfield-born, Paramus-bred broadcaster combined an uncommon mix of black humor, esoteric knowledge and incredulity to become a cult figure."</ref>

* [[Chase Blackburn]] (born 1983), linebacker for the [[New York Giants]] and a member of the [[Super Bowl XLII]] and [[Super Bowl XLVI]] champion Giants<ref>[http://www.greenwichtime.com/othersports/article/Football-players-make-a-difference-at-NFL-532032.php "Football players make a difference at NFL Alumni's Charity Golf Classic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625145200/http://www.greenwichtime.com/othersports/article/Football-players-make-a-difference-at-NFL-532032.php |date=June 25, 2010 }}, June 21, 2010. "'Our time in the league typically doesn't last too long but the impact we can make sure can,' said Blackburn, who drove up from Paramus, New Jersey."</ref>

* [[Juwann Bushell-Beatty]] (born 1996), [[offensive lineman]] for the [[Ottawa Redblacks]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]<ref>[https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/juwann-bushell-beatty/16979 Juwann Bushell-Beatty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201061015/https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/juwann-bushell-beatty/16979 |date=December 1, 2021 }}, [[Michigan Wolverines football]]. Accessed December 7, 2021. "Hometown: Paramus, N.J. High School: Paramus Catholic"</ref>

* [[Galit Chait]] (born 1975), ice dancer who represented [[Israel]] internationally from 1995 to 2006<ref>Wilner, Barry via [[Associated Press]]. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D995FA877643&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Boundaries Melt As Skating Pair Unites"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024163826/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D995FA877643&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=October 24, 2012 }}, ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', January 12, 1992. Accessed February 8, 2011. "Galit Chait, a 16-year-old from Paramus, N.J., and Maxim Sevostianov of Cheljabinsk, Russia, weren't close to the best dancers at the event. They were among the most intriguing."</ref>

* [[Lizabeth Cohen]] (born 1952), historian, college professor and author, whose 2003 work ''A Consumer's Republic'' builds on her experience growing up in post-war Paramus<ref>[[David Oshinsky|Oshinsky, David M.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/books/charge-it.html "Charge It!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810172231/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/books/charge-it.html |date=August 10, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 2, 2003. Accessed September 15, 2011. "Cohen belongs to the postwar baby boom generation. Raised in Paramus, N.J., an epicenter of tract housing and highway shopping malls, she has used the experience of the Garden State to probe the larger issues of postwar economic change."</ref>

* [[Joseph Coniglio]] (born 1943), former member of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<ref>Whelan, Jeff S. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/federal_authorities_will_seek.html "Former state Sen. Coniglio indicted on corruption charges"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014143413/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/federal_authorities_will_seek.html |date=October 14, 2012 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 14, 2008. Accessed February 8, 2011. "Coniglio, a Bergen County Democrat, allegedly helped Hackensack University Medical Center obtain millions of dollars in state funding in exchange for a $5,000 per month-job as a 'hospital relations' consultant, according to the indictment. The 65-year-old retired plumber from Paramus had no prior experience for such a job, authorities said."</ref>

* [[Paul Contillo]] (born 19291929–2024), politician who served in both houses of the [[New Jersey Legislature]] after serving on the Paramus Borough Council from 1971 to 1973<ref>Ensslin, John C. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/former-lawmaker-paul-contillo-named-to-fill-interim-assembly-seat-1.566013 "Former lawmaker Paul Contillo named to fill interim Assembly seat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925132612/http://www.northjersey.com/news/politics/former-lawmaker-paul-contillo-named-to-fill-interim-assembly-seat-1.566013 |date=September 25, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 20, 2013. Accessed September 24, 2015. "A Brooklyn native, Contillo founded and ran two New York printing firms. He has lived since 1955 in Paramus, where he served on the borough council from 1971 to 1973. He previously served in the Assembly from 1973 to 1979."</ref>

* [[Stacey Dash]] (born 1967), film and television actress who appeared in the 1995 film ''[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]'' and [[Clueless (TV series)|its TV spinoff]]<ref>Toribio, Elyse. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/clueless-actress-stacey-dash-who-attended-paramus-h-s-gets-backlash-for-romney-support-1.467299 "Paramus High School Grad and ''Clueless'' Actress Stacey Dash Gets Backlash for Romney Support"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601075723/http://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/clueless-actress-stacey-dash-who-attended-paramus-h-s-gets-backlash-for-romney-support-1.467299 |date=June 1, 2016 }}, The Beat of North Jersey, October 10, 2012. Accessed June 1, 2015. "The 46-year-old Paramus High School graduate took to the Piers Morgan Show on CNN Tuesday night to express her surprise at all the negative commentary and reiterate her endorsement of Romney."</ref>

* [[Spero Dedes]] (born 1979), [[Los Angeles Lakers]] radio commentator, NFL Network television host, and CBS NCAA tournament basketball announcer<ref>Smith, Marcia C. [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dedes-245293-lakers-play.html "Behind the scenes with voice of Lakers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016142554/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/dedes-245293-lakers-play.html |date=October 16, 2012 }}, ''[[The Orange County Register]]'', April 22, 2010. Accessed May 26, 2010.</ref>

* [[Bill DeMott]] (born 1966), retired [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and [[Road agent (professional wrestling)|road agent]] best known for his appearances with [[World Championship Wrestling]] as Hugh Morrus and [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment]] under his real name<ref>Levine, Cecilia. [http://paramus.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/paramus-pro-wrestler-who-lost-daughter-has-new-purpose-end-drunk-driving/724831/ "Paramus Pro Wrestler Who Lost Daughter Has New Purpose: 'End Drunk Driving'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124101506/http://paramus.dailyvoice.com/neighbors/paramus-pro-wrestler-who-lost-daughter-has-new-purpose-end-drunk-driving/724831/ |date=November 24, 2017 }}, Paramus Daily Voice, October 21, 2017. Accessed November 18, 2017. "Oct. 10, 2015 was the day life both stopped and started for Paramus native Bill DeMott.... DeMott graduated from Paramus High School in 1983, and went on to become a pro wrestler, earning himself the title of world heavyweight champion, and more."</ref>

* [[Jim Dray]] (born 1986), [[tight end]] who has played for the [[Arizona Cardinals]]<ref>Ditrani, Vinny. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/85453307_Dray_looks_to_sway_teams.html "Paramus' Jim Dray looks to sway NFL teams at combine"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714195404/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/pro_sports/85453307_Dray_looks_to_sway_teams.html |date=July 14, 2011 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 26, 2010. Accessed February 16, 2011. "Former Bergen Catholic and Stanford star Jim Dray is among the better blocking tight ends at this year's NFL combine."</ref>

* [[Warren Farrell]] (born 1943), educator, gender equality activist and author<ref>Farrell, Warren; and Gray, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2OFLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT222 ''The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142340/https://books.google.com/books?id=2OFLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT222#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=September 30, 2023 }}, p. 222. [[BenBella Books]], 2018. {{ISBN|9781946885807}}. Accessed March 26, 2020. "Like Gabriel, I had just moved to a new neighborhood, in Waldwick, New Jersey, and had spent too much time talking positively about my old neighborhood in Paramus."</ref>

* [[Fat Joe]] (born 1970), rapper, actor, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-GUUNxUZfQ Fat Joe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312220145/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-GUUNxUZfQ |date=March 12, 2016 }}, ''[[MTV Cribs]]''. Accessed March 22, 2016.</ref><ref>Pinto, Fausto Giovanny. [https://www.nj.com/bergen/2016/09/the_hip-hop_homes_of_bergen_county.html "The hip-hop homes of Bergen County"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730144550/https://www.nj.com/bergen/2016/09/the_hip-hop_homes_of_bergen_county.html |date=July 30, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 2016. Accessed July 30, 2019. "The Terror Squad founder and 'Lean Back' lyricist's Paramus home was featured on a 2004 episode of MTV Cribs, in which he licked the bottom of a pair of Air Jordan sneakers valued at $5,000."</ref>

* [[Mark Fields (businessman)|Mark Fields]] (born {{circa|1961}}), former [[Ford Motor Company]] President and Chief Executive Officer<ref>Maynard, Micheline. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/business/private-sector-rising-at-ford-without-fanfare.html "Private Sector; Rising at Ford, Without Fanfare"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305131804/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/business/private-sector-rising-at-ford-without-fanfare.html |date=March 5, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 5, 2002. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Born in Brooklyn and raised in Paramus, N.J., Mr. Fields has an atypical automotive career – he came to Ford from a series of marketing positions at I.B.M."</ref>

* [[Fred C. Galda]] ({{circa|1918}}–1997), former mayor of Paramus who oversaw the implementation of the borough's blue laws in 1958<ref>Saxon, Wolfgang. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/19/nyregion/fred-c-galda-79-retired-judge.html "Fred C. Galda, 79, Retired Judge"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227233751/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/19/nyregion/fred-c-galda-79-retired-judge.html |date=December 27, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 19, 1997. Accessed December 25, 2011. "Fred C. Galda, a retired New Jersey Superior Court judge and former prosecutor and Mayor of Paramus, N.J., died on Thursday at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. He was 79 and a resident of Saddle River, N.J."</ref>

* [[Peter Gennaro]] (1919–2000), [[Tony Award]]-winning dancer and choreographer<ref>[[John P. Shanley|Shanley, John P.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1961/10/15/archives/gennaro-comos-dancing-master.html "Gennaro – Como's Dancing Master"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016203326/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/10/15/archives/gennaro-comos-dancing-master.html |date=October 16, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 15, 1961. Accessed October 16, 2018. ""They live in a converted barn in Paramus, N.&nbsp;J., with their children, Michael, 11 years old, and Liza, 3."</ref>

* [[Matt Ghaffari]] (born 1961), Olympic wrestler<ref>Robbins, Liz. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/23/sports/olympics-beating-unbeatable-foe-makes-a-dream-possible.html "Olympics; Beating Unbeatable Foe Makes a Dream Possible"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305055747/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/23/sports/olympics-beating-unbeatable-foe-makes-a-dream-possible.html |date=March 5, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 23, 2000. Accessed December 25, 2011. "The Iranian-born Greco-Roman heavyweight who moved to Paramus, N.J., at 15 stood on the podium feeling as if he had let down the United States."</ref>

* [[Jamie Gold]] (born 1969), winner of the [[2006 World Series of Poker]]<ref>Friess, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/sports/othersports/24poker.html "Tournament Winner Says He Was Wrong"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130030319/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/sports/othersports/24poker.html |date=November 30, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 24, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2011. "In his first interview since the settlement, Gold, a 38-year-old Hollywood producer from Paramus, N.J., said the lawsuit was not difficult to resolve, although the agreement bars him from disclosing the fate of the record-setting $12 million purse."</ref><ref>Troncone, Tom. [http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/poker-pot-stake-corrected-hinges-oral-62803171 "$6M of record poker pot at stake"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006002750/http://record-bergen.vlex.com/vid/poker-pot-stake-corrected-hinges-oral-62803171 |date=October 6, 2014 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 20, 2006. Accessed July 18, 2012. "On one side of the table sits Jamie Gold, a former Paramus resident who dominated the competition en route to the coveted World Series of Poker championship last month."</ref>

* [[Victoria Herrmann]], polar geographer and climate change communicator<ref>Goldrich, Lois. [https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/activist-helps-indigenous-communities-adapt-to-changing-climate/ "Activist helps indigenous communities adapt to changing climate Survivor’s granddaughter pursues a personal commitment to human rights"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825173011/https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/activist-helps-indigenous-communities-adapt-to-changing-climate/ |date=August 25, 2021 }}, ''[[Jewish Standard]]'', December 7, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2021. "Growing up in Paramus, Victoria Herrmann heard a lot of stories from her grandfather, Fair Lawn’s Siegfried Herrmann."</ref>

* [[Matt Hunter (singer)|Matt Hunter]] (born 1998), singer, songwriter and voice actor<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2019/07/29/how-paramus-njs-matt-hunter-became-latin-music-star/1274821001/ "From Paramus to the world: How Matt Hunter became a Latin music star"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729172214/https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/2019/07/29/how-paramus-njs-matt-hunter-became-latin-music-star/1274821001/ |date=July 29, 2019 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 29, 2019. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Meet Matt Hunter, a contemplative 21-year-old from Paramus who makes them scream in Colombia, Mexico, Chile and beyond."</ref>

* [[Charles Samuel Joelson]] (1916–1999), politician who represented [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000108 Charles Samuel Joelson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720181722/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000108 |date=July 20, 2006 }}, ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 8, 2011.</ref>

* [[Joseph Lagana]] (born 1978), member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] since 2018<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=367 Assemblyman Joseph A. Lagana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102042407/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=367 |date=November 2, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed September 24, 2015.</ref>

* [[Herbert F. Maddalene]] (born 1928), architect best known for his work designing churches with the firm of [[Genovese & Maddalene]]<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295D1605B180F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Ex-Mayor, Others Are Sued By U.S."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101180650/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295D1605B180F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=November 1, 2013 }}, ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', July 21, 1983. Accessed October 30, 2013. "Also named in the action was Herbert Maddalene of Paramus, who was not charged in the racketeering case."</ref>

* [[Trisha Meili]], the "Central Park jogger", a 28-year-old woman who was raped and beaten while jogging in New York City's Central Park in 1989<ref>[http://centralparkjogger.com/about/index.cfm About Trisha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228043439/http://www.centralparkjogger.com/about/index.cfm |date=February 28, 2015 }}, CentralParkJogger.com. Accessed March 3, 2015. "Born and raised in Paramus, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh, Trisha was a Phi Beta Kappa economics major at Wellesley College and a double graduate degree recipient (M.B.A. and M.A.) at Yale University."</ref>

* [[Dean Obeidallah]] (born 1969), [[Arab Americans|Arab]]/[[Italian-American]] comedian<ref>Fujimori, Sachi. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/114072369_Countering_the_Muslim_stereotype.html "Edgewater comedian works to counter stereotypes of Muslims"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010011124/http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/114072369_Countering_the_Muslim_stereotype.html |date=October 10, 2013 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 17, 2011. Accessed December 25, 2011. "WHAT: ''The Big Brown Comedy Hour'' hosted by ''Daily Show'' correspondent Aasif Mandvi and featuring Maysoon Zayid, Dean Obeidallah (grew up in Lodi and Paramus) and others."</ref>

* [[George Olsen]] (1893–1971), bandleader and proprietor of Olsen's Restaurant in the 1950s and 1960s<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/19/archives/george-olsen-78-bandleader-of-the-20s-and-30s-is-dead.html "George Olsen, 78, Bandleader Of the 20s and 30s, Is Dead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711060713/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/19/archives/george-olsen-78-bandleader-of-the-20s-and-30s-is-dead.html |date=July 11, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 19, 1971. Accessed December 18, 2017. "Paramus, N.J., March 18— George Olsen, musician and band leader, perhaps best known as an recording star of the 1920s and 1930s, died here today on his 78th birthday. He lived at 711 Paramus Road."</ref>

* [[Ken Oringer]] (born 1965), chef<ref>Pennington, Juliet. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2014/12/06/the-vip-lounge-ken-oringer/iQOMIwipmi3dtjMtw6W33N/story.html "Ken Oringer is hungry for street food, a good walk"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925101838/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2014/12/06/the-vip-lounge-ken-oringer/iQOMIwipmi3dtjMtw6W33N/story.html |date=September 25, 2015 }}, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', December 6, 2014. Accessed September 24, 2015. "When he isn't working at his flagship Clio or one of his other five eateries, Oringer enjoys his time at home in the South End with his wife, Celine, daughter, Verveine, and son, Luca. We caught up with Oringer, 49, a Paramus, N.J., native, to talk about all things travel."</ref>

* [[John Bartow Prevost]] (1766–1825), first [[List of justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court|Judge of the Superior Court of the Territory of Orleans]]<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EtMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28 "The New York genealogical and biographical record, Volumes 11–13"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408111309/https://books.google.com/books?id=EtMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28 |date=April 8, 2023 }}, p. 28. [[New York Genealogical and Biographical Society]], 1880. Accessed February 8, 2011.</ref>

* [[IraJohn RubinRobertson (American football)|John Robertson]] (1930–2013born 1993), worldquarterback championfor professionalthe [[contractVillanova bridgeWildcats football]] playerteam who won the 2014 [[Walter Payton Award]]<ref>LevinMills, JayEd. [http://www.northjersey.com/obituariessports/irafootball/awards-rubinpiling-world-champion-bridge-player-dies-at-82up-1.5589141163813 "IraCollege Rubin,football: worldHonors championaplenty bridgefor player,Paramus diesnative atJohn 82Robertson"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222040831/http://www.northjersey.com/sports/football/awards-piling-up-1.1163813 |date=December 22, 2014 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', FebruaryDecember 718, 20132014. Accessed JanuaryDecember 621, 20152014. "IraThe Rubin,honors whojust livedkeep pouring in Paramus for 35John yearsRobertson. andAnd inthe Fairformer LawnParamus beforeHigh that,School isstandout survivedcertainly byhas hisearned children,them Loribethwith Kimmel,exceptional Ericdouble-duty Rubindisplays andof Jeffrey Rubin,skill and his former wife, Harriethard Rubinwork."</ref>

* [[Gary Stein (judge)|GarySaul Stein]] (born 1933), attorney and former [[Associate Justice]] on the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]], who served for 17 years where he wrote over 365 published opinions<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/11/nyregion/man-in-the-news-agile-nominee-for-jersey-high-court.html "Man In The News; Agile Nominee For Jersey High Court"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128072529/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/11/nyregion/man-in-the-news-agile-nominee-for-jersey-high-court.html |date=November 28, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 11, 1984. Accessed November 17, 2017. "He also became interested in local politics in Paramus, where he moved after he married, and made an unsuccessful run for Mayor in 1964."</ref>

* [[Nick Suriano]] (born 1997), [[Freestyle wrestling|freestyle]] and [[Collegiate wrestling|folkstyle wrestler]], [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA wrestling]] champion at [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights wrestling|Rutgers]] and [[Michigan Wolverines wrestling|Michigan]]<ref>[https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/3704 Nick Suriano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930142842/https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/3704 |date=September 30, 2023 }}, [[National Wrestling Hall of Fame]]. Accessed January 1, 2023. "Nick Suriano of Paramus, New Jersey is a four-time New Jersey High School state champion and only the second wrestler in history to finish his career without a loss, going 159-0 for Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey."</ref>

* [[Kazbek Tambi]] (born 1961), former professional soccer player<ref>Bell, Jack. [http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/us-womens-coach-pleads-for-better-skilled-players/ "U.S. Women's Coach Pleads for Better Players"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928042201/http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/us-womens-coach-pleads-for-better-skilled-players/ |date=September 28, 2010 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 18, 2009. Accessed February 8, 2011. "'They've made a concerted effort to bring loads of Brazilian players and coaches and have followed the Brazilian philosophy, which is about having great technical skills and playing a beautiful game,' Tambi said during a recent interview at his home in Paramus, N.J."</ref>

* [[Steven H. Temares]] (born 1958), Chief Executive Officer of [[Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.|Bed, Bath & Beyond]]<ref>[http://news.rutgers.edu/news-releases/2012/03/rutgers-receives-1-5-20120305#.UnGcveJOews "Rutgers Receives $1.5 Million Gift for Neuroscience/Brain Health Faculty Position as Part of "Our Rutgers, Our Future" CampaignDonation answers call to $27 million challenge to establish 18 endowed chairs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102091337/http://news.rutgers.edu/news-releases/2012/03/rutgers-receives-1-5-20120305#.UnGcveJOews |date=November 2, 2013 }}, Rutgers Today, March 7, 2012. Accessed October 30, 2013. "Temares, who graduated from Rutgers with a bachelor's degree in economics, and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, was born in the Bronx and grew up in Paramus."</ref>

* [[Theodore Trautwein]] (1920–2000), judge who sentenced a reporter from ''[[The New York Times]]'' to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of [[Mario Jascalevich]]<ref>Corcoran, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/02/nyregion/theodore-trautwein-judge-in-landmark-press-case-dies-at-80.html "Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112030144/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/02/nyregion/theodore-trautwein-judge-in-landmark-press-case-dies-at-80.html |date=January 12, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 2, 2000. Accessed October 6, 2019. "Theodore Walter Trautwein was born on March 29, 1920, in Paramus, N.J."</ref>

* [[Connie Wagner]] (born 1948), member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2008 to 2013<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?leg=296 Assemblywoman Connie Wagner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603094932/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/bio.asp?Leg=296 |date=June 3, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed February 8, 2011.</ref>

* [[Yoojin Grace Wuertz]] (born 1980), novelist who wrote the 2017 book ''Everything Belongs To Us''<ref>Passow, Sam. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/life/2017/04/04/passing-down-stories-oradell-resident-yoojin-grace-wuertz/100010548/ "Passing Down Stories: Oradell resident Yoojin Grace Wuertz"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618161355/http://www.northjersey.com/story/life/2017/04/04/passing-down-stories-oradell-resident-yoojin-grace-wuertz/100010548/ |date=June 18, 2017 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 4, 2017. Accessed June 5, 2017. "Wuertz, who lives in Oradell after growing up in Paramus and Ridgefield Park, released ''Everything Belongs to Us'' in February."</ref>

* [[Elaine Zayak]] (born 1965), one of the world's top figure skaters in the early 1980s<ref>Bondy, Filip. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/16/sports/figure-skating-zayak-s-biggest-jump-a-leap-into-the-past.html "Figure Skating; Zayak's Biggest Jump: A Leap Into the Past"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131213/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/16/sports/figure-skating-zayak-s-biggest-jump-a-leap-into-the-past.html |date=January 17, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 16, 1993. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Her father, Richard Zayak, would drive from their home in Paramus, N.J., to her New York practice rinks in Farmingdale or Monsey and offer his daughter $1 per perfect jump."</ref>