CITY OF NEWARK

Why We Love Newark

It's All About Community

• • Branch Brook Park Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Newark Public Library (Downtown location)
  • Newark Federal Square Post Office. Yes the Post Office - Unbelievable architecture. Step inside, step back in time
  • Guided Walking Tours
  • GRAMMY Museum Experience at the Prudential Center
  • Hundreds of Excellent Restaurants
  • New Jersey Historical Society
  • Military Park - 6 acre park served as training grounds for soldiers between 1667 - 1869
  • Weequahic Park Golf Course
  • Branch Brook Park Roller Rink
  • Pennsylvannia Station - Transportation Hub
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center
  • Prudential Center

• Architecture and Homes

  • Nice mix of urban and suburban homes. Stately homes built during the early industrial period, brick homes featured in Weequachic and single. multifamily houses, townhouses, apartments and condominiums throughout the city

• Neighborhoods

  • Forest Hills – Located on the ridge of the Passaic River and Branch Brook Park, where you will find stately homes, estates and mansions build by wealthy families between 1870 and 1920
  • Tuxedo Park – Close proximity to South Orange and Seton Hall University, You will find an eclectic mix of housing, from small colonials to stately 12+ room houses with original architecture and amenities
  • Vailsburg – Close proximity to Tuxedo Park. Housing consists of small single and multi-family houses with a few small apartment buildings
  • North - Home of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred heart and Branch Brook Park with the largest collection of cherry blossoms trees in the nation
  • Clinton Hill – South-central Newark - Clinton Avenue corridor, bordered by Hawthorne, Elizabeth and Avon Avenues and Irvington
  • Society Hill – Planned townhouse community close to downtown
  • Weequahic – Detached single-family and multifamily houses, with a few high-rise condominiums and apartments centered around Weequahic Park. Close proximity to Newark Airport
  • Ivy Hill – Borders Maplewood, South Orange and Irvington. Featuring Ivy Hill Park where you will enjoy hard surface tennis courts, softball/baseball fields, a combination football/soccer field, a lighted basketball court, playground, plus many more amenities
  • Roseville - Borders East Orange and Bloomfield (consisting of upper and lower Roseville sections)
  • Ironbound – Mix of housing, some new construction, 170 restaurants, wine shops and specialty food
  • Downtown is the hub of local government, commerce and transportation. Corporate headquarters, several concert venues and museums are just a few places of interest that make up downtown

• Schools

  • Rutgers University
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Essex County College
  • Large Public School System including Magnet Schools

• Transportation

  • Pennsylvania Station – Major transportation hub for trains and buses
  • Bus Services throughout the City
  • Convenient to major highways

• Attractions

  • NJ Performing Arts Center
  • Newark Museum
  • GRAMMY Museum Experience at the Prudential Center
  • Military Park
  • Prudential Center
  • Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
  • Riverfront Park
  • Newark Public Library
  • Moonlight Cinema – drive in movie theatre
  • Too many to list

• Parks

  • Ivy Hill Park
  • Branch Brook Park
  • Weequahic Park
  • Vailsburg Park
  • Essex County River Front Park
  • Lincoln Park
  • Nat Turner Park
  • Many more community and neighborhood parks and public pools

• History

  • The town’s history dates back to May 1666 when Connecticut settlers landed on the shores of the Passaic River. The founders purchased land, known as the Newark Settlement a few months later in July 1666. Residents who wished to farm moved westward into surrounding communities and eventually purchased land from the Lenapes and other indigenous people. Over time the Newark Settlement spanned over 60 square miles. 
  • Initially a farming and agricultural community, but because of its unique location and the building of major transportation systems (Morris Canal, Railroads and Roads) Newark attracted the industrious who built business and homes and estates close to the transportation hubs. Newark was also know to be a summer retreat for New Yorkers. 
  • Leather tannery was one of the first manufacturing businesses in the Settlement.  Manufacturing, insurance and beer brewery were some of the industries that spurred the growth of Newark.  Today Newark continues its rich tradition of attracting entrepreneurs and those looking to build better lives for themselves and their families.

General Information:

Distance to NYC: 11.5 miles

Town Website: https://www.newarknj.gov/