Prospect Park
A borough in Passaic County, New Jersey — population 5,817 as of 2020.
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In Photos: 2026 Hispanic Heritage Month Flag Raising
On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Montclair State University held a flag raising ceremony at the Student Center Flagpoles in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Montclair State is a designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), with 45% of its student body identifying as Hispanic.
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‘Once-in-a-generation’ rainfall recorded in North Haledon as heavy rain hit New Jersey
NEW JERSEY — A stalled weather front and slow-moving area of low pressure produced extreme rainfall across parts of New Jersey on Sunday morning, with one Rutgers University weather station …
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Prospect Park by the numbers
- Area
- 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km²), 0.01 sq mi water
- Median age
- 36.2
- Households
- 2,065
- Persons per household
- 3.1
- Median household income
- $53,125
- Median house value
- $406,800
- Office
- ADMINISTRATOR
- Address
- 106 BROWN AVE, PROSPECT PARK, NJ 07508