- Brick City redirects here. For the township
in Ocean County, see Brick Township, New Jersey
.
Newark is the largest
city in New Jersey
, and the county seat of
Essex
County
. Newark has a population of 281,402, making
it
the largest
municipality in New Jersey and the 65th
largest city in the
U.S. Newark is also home to major corporations, such as
Prudential Financial.
It is
located approximately west of Manhattan
and north of Staten Island
. Its location near the Atlantic Ocean
on Newark
Bay
has helped make its port facility, Port
Newark
, the major container
shipping port on Newark Bay and for New York Harbor. Together with Elizabeth
, it is the home of Newark Liberty
International Airport
, which was the first major airport to serve the
New York
metropolitan area
.
Newark was originally formed as a
township on October 31, 1693, based on
the Newark Tract, which was first purchased on July 11, 1667.
Newark was granted a
Royal Charter on
April 27, 1713, and was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial
104 townships by an act of the
New Jersey Legislature on February
21, 1798.
During its time as a township, portions were
taken to form Springfield Township
(April 14, 1794), Caldwell Township (February 16,
1798, now known as Fairfield Township
), Orange Township
(November 27, 1806), Bloomfield
Township
(March 23, 1812) and Clinton
Township (April 14, 1834, remainder reabsorbed by Newark on
March 5, 1902). Newark was reincorporated as a city on April
11, 1836, replacing Newark Township, based on the results of a
referendum passed on March 18, 1836. The previously independent
Vailsburg borough was annexed by
Newark on January 1, 1905. Newark is divided into five wards; North
Ward, South Ward, West Ward, East Ward, and Central Ward.
History
Newark was
originally founded in 1666 by Connecticut
Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony. The city
experienced tremendous industrial growth during the 19th and early
20th centuries, only to see decline and racial tensions in the
second half of the 20th century, exemplified by the
1967 Newark riots. The city has
experienced some revitalization during the 1990s and early
2000s.
Geography and climate
Geography
Located at 40° 44' 14" north and 74° 10' 55" west, Newark is in
area. It has the second smallest land area among 100 most populous
cities in the U.S, after neighboring Jersey City. The city's
altitude ranges from 0 to above sea level, with the average being .
Newark is essentially a large basin sloping towards the
Passaic River, with a few valleys formed by
meandering streams. Historically, Newark's high places have been
its wealthier neighborhoods. In the 19th and early 20th centuries,
the wealthy congregated on the ridges of Forest Hill, High Street,
and Weequahic.
Until the 20th century, the
marshes on Newark
Bay were difficult to develop. The marshes were essentially
wilderness, with a few dumps, warehouses, and cemeteries on their
edges. In the 19th century, Newarkers mourned that a fifth of their
city could not be used for development.
However, in the 20th
century, the Port Authority was
able to reclaim much of the marshland for the further expansion of
Newark Airport, as well as the growth of the port
lands.
Newark is surrounded by residential
suburbs
to the west (on the slope of the
Watchung Mountains), the Passaic River
and Newark Bay to the east, dense urban areas to the south and
southwest, and middle-class residential suburbs and industrial
areas to the north. The city is the center of New Jersey's
Gateway Region.
Map of Downtown Newark and surrounding
areas
Neighborhoods
Newark is
New Jersey's largest and second-most diverse city, after
neighboring Jersey
City
. Its neighborhoods are populated with people
from various backgrounds, such as African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominican
, Italian, Albanian, Irish,
Spaniards, Jamaicans
, Haitians
, Mexicans
, West Africans, Brazilians
, Ecuadorians
, Trinidadians
and Portuguese
population.
The city is divided into five political
ward, which are often used by
residents to identify their place of habitation. In recent years,
residents have begun to identify with specific neighborhood names
instead of the larger ward appellations. Nevertheless, the wards
remain relatively distinct. Industrial uses, coupled with the
airport and seaport lands, are concentrated in the East and South
Wards, while residential neighborhoods exist primarily in the
North, Central, and West Wards.
The geography of the city is such that only the predominantly poor
Central Ward shares an unbroken border with the downtown area (the
North Ward is separated from the
downtown
by
Interstate 280 and
the East Ward is separated by
railroad
tracks; the South and West Wards do not share a border with the
downtown area).
Newark's North Ward is the ridge to the east of
Branch Brook Park. The still-affluent
Forest Hill is in
the North Ward, as are heavily Latino areas east of Mount Prospect
Avenue. The Central Ward contains much of the city's original
history including the Lincoln Park, Military Park and the James
Street Commons Historic Districts. The Ward also contains the
University Heights Neighborhood. In the 19th century it was
inhabited by
Germans. The German inhabitants
were later replaced by Jews, who were then replaced by blacks. The
West Ward comprises the neighborhoods of
Roseville and
Vailsburg. Vailsburg is
largely black, while Roseville is mainly
Latino and
Italian
American. The South Ward comprises poor and crime-ridden areas
and the low-income
Weequahic district. It was the
last part of Newark to be developed.
At the southern end
of the ward is Weequahic
Park
. Finally, the East Ward consists of Newark's
downtown commercial district, as well as the heavily Portuguese Ironbound
neighborhood, where much of Newark's industry was
located in the 19th century. Today, due to the enterprise of
its immigrant population, the Ironbound (also known as "Down Neck")
is a very successful part of Newark.
Climate
Newark has a
humid subtropical
climate according to the
Köppen climate
classification, with cool to cold winters and warm to hot &
humid summers. Its proximity to the ocean has a moderating effect.
Also,
being near to the Atlantic
Ocean means Newark tends to have warmer winters than
cities at a similar latitude or even somewhat further south, such
as Chicago, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.
Temperatures below are rare, but temperatures between and are not
uncommon during winter nights. The average high temperature during
the winter ranges from to . Accumulated snow on the ground does not
usually remain for very long. Springs in Newark are quite mild,
with average high temperatures ranging from the s in March to the
s/ s by early June. Summers are particularly hot and humid, with
day temperatures usually in the s and exceeding s on many days.
Heat advisories are not uncommon during the summer months,
particularly July and August, the hottest months of the year when
temperatures can reach with high humidity. The city cools off
during autumn, with high temperatures ranging between the s and
s.
The city receives precipitation ranging from to monthly. Measurable
snowfall occurs each winter, but in lesser amounts than cities in
the midwest at a similar latitude.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there are 273,546
people, 91,382 households, and 61,956 families residing in Newark;
recent census projections show that the population has already
increased to around 280,000. The
population density was 11,400/mile²
(4,400/km²), or 21,000/mile² (8,100 km²) once airport,
railroad, and seaport lands are excluded, Newark has the
eighth
highest density in the nation of any city with over 250,000
residents.
The racial makeup of the city was 53.46%
Black or African American,
26.52%
White, 1.19%
Asian, 0.37%
Native American, 0.05%
Pacific Islander,
14.05% from
other races, and
4.36% from two or more races. 29.47% of the population were
Hispanic or Latino of any race. There is a significant
Portuguese-speaking community, made up of Brazilian and Portuguese
ethnicities, concentrated mainly at the Ironbound district.
There were 91,382 households out of which 35.2% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 31.0% were
married couples living together, 29.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families.
26.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had
someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.43.
Poverty rates, as of 2003
In the city the population was spread out with 27.9% under the age
of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to
64, and 9.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
31 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every
100 females of age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males.
Poverty and lack of investment
Poverty remains a consistent problem in Newark, despite its
revitalization in recent years. The 1967 riots resulted in a
significant population loss of both white and black middle classes
which continued from the 1970s through to the 1990s. The city lost
over 100,000 residents between 1960 and 1990.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,913, and the
median income for a family was $30,781. Males had a median income
of $29,748 versus $25,734 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$13,009. 28.4% of the population and 25.5% of families were below
the
poverty line. 36.6% of those under
the age of 18 and 24.1% of those 65 and older were living below the
poverty line. In 2003, the city's unemployment rate was 12%.
Government
Local government
Effective as of July 1, 1954, the voters of the city of Newark, by
a referendum held on November 3, 1953 and under the Optional
Municipal Charter Law (commonly known as the
Faulkner Act), adopted the
Faulkner Act Plan C as
the form of local government.
There are nine council members are elected on a nonpartisan basis
at the regular municipal election or at the general election for
terms of four years: one council member from each of five wards and
four council members on an at-large basis. The mayor is also
elected for a term of four years.
The Municipal Council is the legislative branch of city government.
It enacts by ordinance, resolution or motion the local laws which
govern the people of the city, and is responsible for approval of
the municipal budget, establishment of financial controls, and
setting of salaries of elected officials and top appointed
administrators. It may reduce or increase appropriations requested
by the Mayor. By these methods the Council decides "what" the city
will do about any particular matter, and then the Mayor and cabinet
members decide "how" to do it. It also renders advice and consent
on the Mayor's appointments and policy programs, and may
investigate, when necessary, any branch of municipal government.
The Council also authorizes a continuing audit by an outside firm,
of all city financial transactions.
As established by ordinance, regular public meetings of the
Municipal Council are held on the first Wednesday of each month at
1:00 p.m., and the third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in
the Municipal Council Chamber in City Hall. Exceptions are made for
national or religious holidays. During July and August only one
meeting is held each month. A special meeting of the Municipal
Council may be called by the President or a majority of its members
or by the Mayor whenever an emergency requires immediate
action.
As of 2008, Newark's Municipal Council include the following
members:
On Election Day, May 9, 2006, Newark's
nonpartisan election took place.
Cory Booker, who had lost to
Sharpe James in the 2002 mayoral race, won with
72% of the vote, soundly defeating
Ronald
Rice, the former
Deputy
Mayor.
Federal, state and county representation
Newark is in both the Tenth and Thirteenth Congressional Districts
and is part of New Jersey's 27th, 28th and 29th Legislative
Districts.
Politics
On the national level, Newark leans strongly toward the Democratic
Party. In 2008, Democrat
Barack Obama
received 91% of the vote here.
Political turmoil
Newark has been marred with episodes of political corruption
throughout the years. Five of the last seven Mayors of Newark have
been
indicted on criminal charges,
including its three most recent Mayors:
Hugh Addonizio,
Kenneth Gibson, and
Sharpe James.
Addonizio was mayor of Newark from 1962 to 1970. A son of
Italian immigrants, he ran on a reform platform,
defeating the incumbent, Leo Carlin, who, ironically, he
characterized as corrupt and a part of the political machine of the
era. During the 1967 riots, it was found that Addonizio and other
city officials were taking kickbacks from city contractors. He was
convicted of extortion and conspiracy in 1970, and was sentenced to
ten years in federal prison.
His successor was Kenneth Gibson, the city's first
African American mayor, elected in 1970. He
pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion in 2002 as part of a plea
agreement on fraud and bribery charges. During his tenure as Mayor
in 1980, he was tried and acquitted of giving out no-show jobs by
an Essex County jury.
Sharpe James, who defeated Gibson in 1986 and declined to run for a
sixth term in 2006, was
indicted on 33
counts of
conspiracy,
mail fraud, and
wire
fraud by a federal
grand jury sitting
in Newark. The grand jury charged that James illegally used
city-owned credit cards for personal gain, illegally spending
$58,000, and that James orchestrated a scheme to sell city-owned
land at below-market prices to his companion, who immediately
re-sold the land to developers and gained profit of over $500,000.
James had an initial appearance on July 12, 2007 and entered a plea
of not guilty to the 25 counts facing him. However, James was
eventually found guilty on fraud charges by a federal jury on April
17, 2008 for his role in the conspiring to rig land sales at nine
city-owned properties. The former mayor will now serve up to 27
months in prison.
Crime
In 1996, TIME Magazine ranked Newark "The Most Dangerous City in
the Nation." By 2007, however, the city recorded a total of 99
homicides for the year, representing a significant drop from the
record of 161 murders set in 1981. The number of murders in 2008
dropped to 65, a decline of 30% from the previous year and the
lowest in the city since 2002 when there was also 65 murders.
In the 2006 survey, Newark was ranked as the 22nd most dangerous
city in the United States, out of 371 cities included nationwide in
the 13th annual
Morgan Quitno survey.
In the 2007 rankings, now performed by
CQ
Press, Newark was the 20th most dangerous city in America of
378 cities surveyed. In 2008, Newark was ranked as the 24th most
dangerous city.
Economy
Panorama of Newark from Harrison
Newark has over 300 types of businesses. These include 1,800
retail, 540 wholesale establishments, eight major bank headquarters
(including those of New Jersey's three largest banks), and twelve
savings and loan association headquarters. Deposits in Newark-based
banks are over
$20
billion.
Newark is
the third-largest insurance center in United States, after New York City
and Hartford
. Prudential
Financial and
Mutual Benefit
Companies originated in Newark. The former, one of the largest
insurance companies in the world, is still headquartered in Newark.
Many other companies are headquartered in the city, including
International
Discount Telecommunications,
New
Jersey Transit,
Public Service Electric and
Gas (PSE&G), and
Horizon Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
Though Newark is not the industrial colossus of the past, the city
does have a considerable amount of industry.
The southern portion
of the Ironbound, also known as the Industrial Meadowlands, has
seen many factories built since World War II, including a large
Anheuser-Busch
brewery. The service
industry is also growing rapidly, replacing those in the
manufacturing industry, which was once Newark's primary economy. In
addition, transportation has become a growing business in Newark,
accounting for 24,000 jobs in 1996.
Newark based Companies:
The
Consulate-General of
Ecuador in New Jersey is located on the 4th Floor at 400 Market
Street. The
Consulate-General of
Portugal is located at the main floor of the Legal Center at
One Riverfront Plaza. The
Vice Consulate of Italy is
located in Suite 100 at 1 Gateway Center. The
Mission of
the Central African Republic to the United Nations is located
in Suite 2008 at 51 Clifton Avenue in Newark.
Port Newark
Port
Newark is the part of Port
Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal that is in Newark. It is a port facility
on Newark
Bay run by the Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey that serves as the principal container ship facility for goods entering
and leaving the metropolitan region of New York City and the northeastern quadrant of North
America. The Port is the fifteenth busiest in the world
today, but was number one as recently as 1985. In 2003 the Port
moved over $100 billion in goods. Plans are underway for billions
of dollars of improvements - larger cranes, bigger railyard
facilities, deeper channels, and expanded wharves.
Urban Enterprise Zone
Portions of Newark are part of an
Urban Enterprise Zone. In addition to
other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers
can take advantage of a reduced 3½%
sales
tax rate (versus the 7% rate charged statewide).
Education
Colleges and universities
Newark is
the home of the New Jersey Institute of
Technology
(NJIT), Rutgers University - Newark
, Seton Hall University School
of Law, the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark Campus), Essex County
College
, and a Berkeley
College campus. Most of Newark's academic institutions are
located in the city's University Heights
district. Rutgers-Newark and NJIT are in the
midst of major expansion programs, including plans to purchase, and
sometimes raze, surrounding buildings, as well as revitalize
current campuses. With more students requesting to live on campus,
the universities have plans to build and expand several
dormitories. Such overcrowding is contributing to the
revitalization of nearby apartments. Nearby restaurants primarily
serve college students. Well lit, frequently policed walks have
been organized by the colleges to encourage students to venture
downtown.
Public schools
Educational attainment, as of
2003
The
Newark Public Schools
, a state-operated school district, enrolls
approximately 45,000 students, making it the largest school system
in New Jersey. The district is one of 31
Abbott Districts statewide. The city's
public schools are among the lowest-performing in the state, even
after the state government decided to take over management of the
city's schools in 1995, which was done under the presumption that
improvement would follow. The school district continues to struggle
with low high school graduation rates and low standardized test
scores.
The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003.
Pre-primary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high
school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was
16,000.
As of 2003, 64% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated
from high school and 11% had a bachelor's degree or higher. Among
people 16 to 19 years old, 10% were dropouts; they were not
enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.
Private schools
Link Community School is a
non-denominational coeducational day
school located serving approximately 128 students in seventh
and eighth grades.
Saint
Benedict's Preparatory School
is an all boys Roman
Catholic high school founded in 1868 and conducted by the
Benedictine monks of Newark Abbey. Its campus has grown to
encompass both sides of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Market Street and
includes a dormitory for boarding students.
Christ The King Prep
, founded in 2007, is part of the Cristo Rey Community.
Saint
Vincent Academy
[10478], is a private school founded and sponsored by
the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth and operated continuously
since 1869.
Culture
Architecture and sculptures
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, one of
the largest gothic cathedrals in the U.S.
There are
several notable Beaux-Arts
buildings, such as the Veterans' Administration building, the
Newark
Museum
, the Newark Public Library, and the Cass Gilbert-designed Essex County
Courthouse. Notable
Art Deco
buildings include several 1920s era
skyscrapers, such as the
National Newark Building, (Newark's
tallest building)
1180 Raymond
Boulevard, (Newark's second tallest building) the intact Newark
Penn Station, and Arts High School.
Gothic
architecture can be found at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
by Branch Brook
Park, which is one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the
United States. It is rumored to have as much stained glass
as the Cathedral of
Chartres
. Newark also has two
public sculpture works by
Gutzon Borglum —
Wars of America in
Military Park and
Seated
Lincoln in front of the Essex County Courthouse.
Museums and galleries
The
Newark
Museum is the largest in New Jersey. It has a first
class American art collection and its
Tibetan
collection is considered one of the best in the world. The Museum
also contains science galleries, a planetarium, a mini zoo, a
gallery for children's exhibits, a fire museum, a sculpture garden
and an 18th century schoolhouse. Also part of the Museum is the
historic Ballantine House, a restored Victorian mansion which is a
National Historic Landmark.
The city
is also home to the New Jersey Historical Society
, which has rotating exhibits on New Jersey and
Newark. The
Newark Public
Library also produces a series of historical exhibits.
The Newark Public Library is the state's largest public library
with more than a million volumes. The Library has frequent exhibits
on a variety of topics, many feature items from its Fine Print and
Special Collections.
In
February 2004, plans were announced for a new Smithsonian
-affiliated Museum of African American
Music to be built in the city's Coast/Lincoln Park
neighborhood. The museum will be dedicated to black
musical styles, from
gospel to
rap. The new museum will incorporate the facade of
the old South Park Presbyterian Church, where
Abraham Lincoln once spoke. Groundbreaking
is planned for winter 2006 with the grand opening scheduled for
2007.
On December 9, 2007 the Jewish Museum of New Jersey
[10479] located
at 145 Broadway in the
Broadway neighborhood held its
grand opening. The museum is dedicated to the portrayal of the rich
cultural heritage of New Jersey’s Jewish people. The museum is
housed at Congregation Ahavas Sholom
[10480], the last
continually operating
synagogue in Newark.
At one time there were fifty synagogues in Newark serving a Jewish
population of 70,000, which was once the sixth largest Jewish
community in the United States. Together, the Jewish Museum of New
Jersey and Congregation Ahavas Sholom keep the light of Judaism
alive in the city of Newark.
Newark is also home to numerous art galleries including City
Without Walls,
Gallery Aferro and
Aljira. Aljira is a gallery showing "emerging or under-represented
artists" located near Military Park. cWOW is another contemporary
art gallery in Newark that has been in operation since 1975. cWOW
is located in
The
Coast district of Newark, which will be home to the new Museum
of African-American Music (MOAAM) .
Professional sports
There have been many sports teams in Newark, but the city has spent
much of its history without a
NBA,
NHL,
MLB, or
NFL team. Newark has a rich history
in baseball as it was one of the first cities with professional
baseball teams. Newark had eight
National Association of
Baseball Players teams, including the
Newark Eurekas and the
Newark Adriatics. Newark was then home to
the
Newark Indians of the
International League and then to the
Newark Peppers of the
Federal League, sometimes nicknamed the
Newfeds.
Newark was also home to the Negro League team the Newark Dodgers and the Newark Eagles for which the Bears and
Eagles Riverfront Stadium
is partially named. Although Newark has had
a rich history in baseball and currently has a minor league team,
it has never had an MLB team.
The current Newark minor league team, the
revived Newark Bears, play at Bears and
Eagles Riverfront Stadium, a stop on the Newark
Light Rail. The Bears are part of the independent
Atlantic League, which also has
teams in Bridgewater Township
and Camden
. Newark had a short-lived NFL franchise
named the
Newark Tornadoes, which
folded in 1930.
Newark never had a National Hockey League
team until Fall of 2007, when the New
Jersey Devils took to the ice for the first time in the
Prudential
Center
. The indoor soccer team
New Jersey Ironmen plays in the
Prudential Center. Although the
New
Jersey Nets have decided against moving to Newark, a
professional basketball team in the
American
Basketball Association, the
Newark
Express was introduced to the city in 2005.
The team currently
plays their home games at Essex County College and hope to move to a larger venue in the
future. In Harrison
, across from the Ironbound neighborhood, Red Bull
Arena
is being built for Red
Bull New York soccer team. In the next couple of months,
Newark will begin planning a
pedestrian bridge that will
link the two cities at
Minish
Park.
Local media
Newark does not have any major television network affiliates due to
its proximity to New York City.
However, WNET
, a flagship
station of the Public
Broadcasting Service, and Spanish-language WFUT-TV
, a TeleFutura owned-and-operated station, are
licensed to Newark. The state's leading newspaper,
The Star-Ledger, owned by
Advance Publications, is based
out of Newark.
Radio Station WJZ (now WABC 
) made its
first broadcast in 1921 from the Westinghouse plant near Lackawanna
Station. It moved to New York City in the 1920s.
Pioneer
radio station WOR
AM was
originally licensed to and broadcast from the Bamberger's
Department Store in Newark. Radio Station WNEW-AM (now WBBR
) was
founded in Newark in 1934. It later moved to New York City.
In addition,
WBGO, a National Public Radio
affiliate that reaches New York City with a format of standard and
contemporary jazz, is located in downtown Newark. WNSW AM-1430
(formerly WNJR) and WCAA (formerly WHBI) 105.9 FM are also licensed
to Newark.
Infrastructure
Newark light rail system
Transportation
Newark is
a hub of air, road, rail, and ship traffic, making it a significant
gateway into the New York metropolitan area and the northeastern United
States. Newark
Liberty International Airport, the second-busiest airport in the New York region
and the fourteenth-busiest in the United States (in terms of
passenger traffic), saw nearly 32 million travelers in 2004 and
processed nearly 1,000,000 metric tons of freight and mail.
Just east
of the airport lies Port
Newark
, the fifteenth-busiest port in the world and the
largest container port on the eastern seaboard. In 2003, the
port moved over $100 billion in goods.
Newark is served by numerous highways including the New Jersey
Turnpike (
Interstate
95),
Interstate 280,
Interstate 78, the
Garden State Parkway,
U.S. Route 1/9,
U.S. Route
22, and
Route 21.
Newark is
connected to the Holland
Tunnel
and Lower Manhattan
by the Pulaski
Skyway
, spanning both the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers.
Local streets in Newark conform to a quasi-grid form, with major
streets radiating outward (like spokes on a wheel) from the
downtown area. Some major roads in the city are named after the
towns to which they lead, including South Orange Avenue,
Springfield Avenue, and Bloomfield Avenue. These are some of the
oldest roads in the city.
Newark is second in the U.S. to New York City in the proportion of
households
without
an automobile, and is extensively served by mass transit.
Newark Penn
Station
, situated just east of downtown, is a major train
station, connecting the interurban PATH
system (which links Newark to Manhattan) with three
New Jersey Transit commuter rail
lines and Amtrak service to Philadelphia
and Washington, D.C.
Only one mile north, the Newark Broad
Street Station
is served by two commuter rail lines.
The two
train stations are linked by the Newark Light Rail system, which also
provides services from Newark Penn Station to Newarks's northern
communities and into the neighboring towns of Belleville
and Bloomfield. Built in the bed of the
Morris Canal, the light rail cars runs
underground in Newark's downtown area.
The city's third
train station, Newark Liberty International
Airport
, connects the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast
Line to the airport via AirTrain
Newark. Bus service in Newark is provided by New Jersey
Transit, CoachUSA contract operators, and DeCamp in North
Newark.
Newark is served by
New Jersey
Transit bus routes
1,
5,
11,
13,
21,
25,
27,
28,
29,
34,
37,
39,
40,
41,
42,
43,
59,
62,
65,
66,
67,
70,
71,
72,
73,
74,
75,
76,
78,
79,
90,
92,
93,
94,
96,
99,
107, and
108.
Bus route
308 is an express bus route to Six Flags
Great Adventure
from Newark Penn Station
while 319 is an
express service to Atlantic City
.
Hospitals and health services
Newark is home to seven hospitals, a remarkable number for a city
of its size.
University Hospital is the principal teaching
hospital of the
UMDNJ-New
Jersey Medical School and is the busiest Level I trauma center
in the state.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
is the largest hospital in the city and is a part of the Saint
Barnabas Health Care System
, the state's largest system of hospital and health
care facilities. Beth Israel is also one of the oldest
hospitals in the city, dating back to 1901. This 669-bed regional
facility is also home to the
Children's Hospital of New
Jersey. Other hospitals in Newark include the
St. James
Hospital,
St. Michael's Medical Center,
Columbus
Hospital,
Mount Carmel Guild Hospital, and
United
Hospitals Medical Center (now closed).
Sister cities
Newark has six
sister cities, as
designated by
Sister Cities
International:
- Freeport
, Bahamas
- Douala
,
Cameroon
- Xuzhou
,
People's
Republic of China
- Aveiro, Portugal
- Belo Horizonte
, Brazil
- Banjul
,
Gambia
- Kumasi
,
Ghana
- Porto Alegre
, Brazil
- Monrovia
, Liberia
- Ganja,
Azerbaijan
Documentary
In 2009, the
Sundance Channel aired
Brick City, a 5-part
documentary about Newark, focusing on the
community's attempt to become a better and safer place to live,
against a history of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and
official corruption.
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