Slippery Rock Brook

Molly Ann Brook (sometimes Molly Ann's Brook) is a tributary of the Passaic River which flows south between the northern ranges of First Watchung Mountain and Second Watchung Mountain in Passaic County and Bergen County, New Jersey. Traveling north from its confluence with the Passaic River, Molly Ann Brook passes through the city of Paterson and the boroughs of Haledon, Prospect Park, North Haledon and Franklin Lakes.

Westside Park is a 26.6-acre (10.8 ha) municipal park located between the Passaic River and Totowa Avenue in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. It is home to the historic Van Houten House, which was built in 1831 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. The two-story brick house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973, for its significance in architecture (Dutch Colonial) and urban planning.

John F. Kennedy Educational Complex (or John F. Kennedy High School) is a four-year public high school in Paterson, United States, that serves the western section of Paterson. Kennedy High School, which serves students in ninth through twelfth grade, is a part of the Paterson Public Schools. 93% of the students are of minority races, and a majority of them speak either a non-English language at home or are very limited in English. The school uses the Infinite Campus school management system for tasks such as student attendance and grading, and full online grade access is available online. In 2011, the school was split into theme schools, with four smaller academies operating within the high school, in order to give students a choice in areas they wanted to pursue. These schools are: School of Architecture and Construction Trades (ACT) School of Business, Technology, Marketing and Finance (BTMF) School of Education and Training (SET) School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928. It has suffered low rankings when it comes to official lists of top public schools in New Jersey, as well as accusations of violence and poor conduct by the school's instructors and the Paterson Education Association. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,053 students and 141.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1. There were 1,035 students (50.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 25 (1.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The School of Architecture and Construction Trades is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 583 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 316 students (54.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The School of Education and Training is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 466 students and 36.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 244 students (52.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 625 students and 40.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.6:1. There were 341 students (54.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The School of Business, Technology, Marketing and Finance is a four-year public high school in Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the Paterson Public Schools. It is one of a number of academy programs serving students in ninth through twelfth grades based at the John F. Kennedy High School campus. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 627 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1. There were 342 students (54.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

The Herald News is a daily broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey, that focuses on the Passaic County, New Jersey area. Today's Herald News is descended from several papers, but did not come to be until two Passaic County papers out of Passaic and Paterson merged in 1988.The Herald News is an edition of The Record, a publication serving Bergen County, New Jersey that was formerly based in Hackensack, New Jersey. Both papers are owned by Gannett Company, which purchased Herald News parent North Jersey Media Group in 2016.

The Record (also called The North Jersey Record, The Bergen Record, The Sunday Record (Sunday edition) and formerly The Bergen Evening Record) is a newspaper in New Jersey, United States. Serving Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties in northern New Jersey, it has the second-largest circulation of the state's daily newspapers, behind The Star-Ledger.The Record was under the ownership of the Borg family from 1930 to 2016, and the family went on to form North Jersey Media Group, which eventually bought its competitor, the Herald News. Both papers are now owned by Gannett Company, which purchased the Borgs' media assets in July 2016.For years, The Record had its primary offices in Hackensack with a bureau in Wayne. Following the purchase of the competing Herald News of Passaic, both papers began centralizing operations in what is now Woodland Park, where The Record is currently based.

The Great Falls of the Passaic River is a prominent waterfall, 77 feet (23 m) high, on the Passaic River in the city of Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey. The falls and surrounding area are protected as part of the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, administered by the National Park Service. The Congress authorized its establishment in 2009.One of the United States' largest waterfalls, it played a significant role in the early industrial development of New Jersey starting in the earliest days of the nation. It is part of the Great Falls of Paterson–Garret Mountain National Natural Landmark. It has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark District since 1976. The Great Falls' raceway and power systems were designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and a National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 1977.

Garrett Morgan Academy is a four-year public high school in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades operating as part of the Paterson Public Schools. The school focuses on STEM education and operates within International High School. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 183 students. There were 94 students (51.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch.

International High School is a four-year public high school in Paterson, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades operating as part of the Paterson Public Schools. The school is intended to create an educational environment that "respects diversity and celebrates the multicultural atmosphere of Paterson". It offers a curriculum of international and global studies that also address government, business, legal, and law enforcement subjects. It stresses key organizational skills, such as oral speaking and presentations, research, and debate. Students are required to work to be conversant in a language other than their native language.As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 694 students and 49.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1. There were 400 students (57.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.The school district hired a private investigator to look into the reasons behind the significant percentage of students in the district who opted out of mandated PARCC testing in the 2014-15 school year, including 30% at the co-located International High School and Garret Morgan Academy.