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* 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
==Arts and culture==
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*Paramus was one of the filming locations in the 1986 film ''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]''.<ref>Barth, Jack. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8K0qAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Something+Wild%22+paramus ''Roadside Hollywood: The Movie Lover's State-By-State Guide to Film Locations, Celebrity Hangouts, Celluloid Tourist Attractions, and More''], p. 192. [[Contemporary Books]], 1991. {{ISBN|9780809243266}}. Accessed April 13, 2016. "Directed by New Jersey's Susan Seidelman. Something Wild (Rahway, Paramus, Ringwood, New Jersey Turnpike, Jersey City, 1986)"</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>
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