Photo: Cerebral726 · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Glen Rock, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Glen Rock has its own drop-off, Glen Rock Recycling Center. Trains stop in Glen Rock, at Glen Rock-Boro Hall.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Glen Rock, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Glen Rock.
Power comes from PSE&G
PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Glen Rock. Its homes paid an average of 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025, about $140 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 4% of PSE&G’s home customers do, and PSE&G still delivers it.
Start or move service: pseg.com · (800) 436-7734
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Ridgewood Water
Ridgewood Water supplies almost all of Glen Rock. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes and Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack and Hawthorne Water Department and Passaic Valley Water Commission as sellers) and serves 61,700 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 2.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 5.1 ppb. That’s higher than 78% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NJ0251001.
4 home internet providers serve Glen Rock
100% of 3,934 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 99% | 2,300/2,300 |
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 97% | 8,000/8,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 83% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 78% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Glen Rock is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday, depending on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Glen Rock, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s day (Mon, Tue, Thu or Fri)Look up your day on glenrocknj.net
- Bulky itemsOnce a month, Wed
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Glen Rock Recycling & Compost Center
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Accepted at the curb
- Aluminum Food and Beverage Containers
- Glass Food and Beverage Containers
- Ferrous Cans
- P.E.T. Plastic Containers with the Symbol #1
- H.D.P.E. Natural Plastic Containers with Symbol #2
- H.D.P.E. Pigmented Plastic Containers with Symbol #2
- PP Polypropylene Containers with the symbol #5
- Flattened Cardboard
- Magazines
- Paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, etc.)
- Office paper
- Brown paper bags
- Junk mail
- Newspapers and inserts
From glenrocknj.net, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2022-11-10, 2024-09-19 01:54:33, 2026-01-20 17:57:56, 2026-04-16 15:32:50, 2026-06-05, 2026-06-05 16:02:58. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Glen Rock is in Glen Rock Borough School District.
ASchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Glen Rock is in ZIP code 07452
ZIP codes where Glen Rock residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Glen Rock | ZIP’s residents in Glen Rock |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07452 | Glen Rock, NJ | 100% | 100% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Glen Rock
Who supplies Glen Rock’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Ridgewood Water (EPA ID NJ0251001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.6 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Glen Rock?
PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 25.0¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Glen Rock?
Verizon, Optimum, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Glen Rock?
07452. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Glen Rock in?
Glen Rock Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Glen Rock?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Bergen County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Glen Rock’s own website (glenrocknj.net), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.