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  2. Newark, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Cultural venues include the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark Symphony Hall, the Prudential Center, The Newark Museum of Art, and the New Jersey Historical Society. Branch Brook Park is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nation's largest collection of cherry blossom trees, numbering over 5,000.

  3. The Ironbound - Wikipedia

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    The Ironbound [a] is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] It is a large working-class multi-ethnic community, covering about 4 square miles (10 km 2 ). Historically, the area was called "Dutch Neck," "Down Neck," or simply "the Neck," for its location by a bend of the Passaic River. [1]

  4. Newark Penn Station - Wikipedia

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    December 20, 1978. Newark Penn Station is an intermodal passenger station in Newark, New Jersey. [8] One of the New York metropolitan area 's major transportation hubs, Newark Penn Station is served by multiple rail and bus carriers, making it the seventh busiest rail station in the United States, and the fourth busiest in the New York City ...

  5. Downtown Newark - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Newark is the central business district of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The Newark Paramount Theatre in 1906. It appeared in Joker (2019 film) Downtown is the site of the original Puritan settlement of Newark located at a bend in the Passaic River. The first settlers, led by Robert Treat, landed not far ...

  6. History of Newark, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Newark's old Penn station, ca. 1911 1910-era map of ethnic enclaves in Newark, New Jersey. Newark was bustling in the early-to-mid-20th century. Market and Broad Streets served as a center of retail commerce for the region, anchored by four flourishing department stores: Hahne & Company, Bambergers and Company, S. Klein and Kresge-Newark ...

  7. Newark Light Rail - Wikipedia

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    Route map. The Newark Light Rail ( NLR) is a light rail system serving Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding areas, owned by New Jersey Transit and operated by its bus operations division. The service consists of two segments, the original Newark City Subway ( NCS ), and the extension to Broad Street station. [6] [7] The City Subway opened on May ...

  8. List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Mulberry Commons and Prudential Center, Downtown Newark. The Coast/Lincoln Park. Downtown Newark. Government Center. Springfield/Belmont. University Heights. Teachers Village. Essex County Government Complex. James Street Commons Historic District.

  9. Harriet Tubman Square station - Wikipedia

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    Harriet Tubman Square. /  40.7438750°N 74.1700750°W  / 40.7438750; -74.1700750. Harriet Tubman Square station (formerly Washington Park) is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail 's Broad Street Extension. It is located in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, United States, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and ...