North Arlington is a densely settled residential borough in southern Bergen County, New Jersey, occupying a compact area along the Passaic River that forms the border with Essex County and the wider Newark area. Incorporated in 1896 from portions of Union Township, the borough developed from nineteenth-century agricultural roots into a commuter suburb, and today its streets are lined largely with older single-family and two-family homes packed tightly together on a footprint of about 2.6 square miles. The borough's most recognizable landmark is Holy Cross Cemetery, a 208-acre Catholic cemetery established in 1915 by the Archdiocese of Newark. With more than 289,000 interments, it is among the largest cemeteries in New Jersey and gives much of North Arlington a serene, park-like eastern edge. The borough's western and southern sides descend toward the Passaic River, providing riverfront scenery and recreation access shared with neighboring towns. As a close-in Bergen County community, North Arlington functions primarily as a commuter borough. Its location places residents minutes from the Meadowlands Sports Complex, Newark Liberty International Airport, and the employment corridors of Hudson and Essex counties, while NJ Transit bus routes and nearby Route 21 and the New Jersey Turnpike provide direct links into the region. The North Arlington School District operates the public schools through grade twelve, and the borough maintains an extensive recreation program that includes youth athletics and the Inline Skating Club of America facility. Homebuyers in North Arlington typically find a mix of modest single-family houses, two-family homes, and small apartment buildings on tree-lined streets. The borough's small size means most services, schools, and parks sit within a short walk or drive, and the overall character is one of a stable, long-established Bergen County neighborhood rather than a newer subdivision community. The result is a tight-knit, walkable community where urban convenience and small-borough scale sit side by side, and where the river and the cemetery's open lawns provide green relief within a dense county.