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| State | New Jersey | |
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| Residents | 277.140 (2010) | |
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Newark is a city in New Jersey. Newark owes its tourist importance mainly to the fact that the Newark Liberty International Airport located, one of the main airports in the New York Metropolitan Area. However, Newark is also the largest city in the state New Jersey.
background
Before the European colonization, the area belonged to the settlement area of the Hackensack, a tribe of the Lenni Lenape. Newark was founded in 1666 by Puritan settlers New Haven (Connecticut) founded. The name is believed to be from Newark-on-Trent in English Nottinghamshire derived. This original settlement was at what is now the intersection of Broad Street and Market Street, den Four corners. The initially theocratic character of the strictly religious colony was soon lost due to the influx of further settlers who had different religious ideas.
In 1836 Newark was granted city rights. From that time on, the city grew rapidly. It developed into an important center for industry and the handling of goods, the latter being largely helped by the rail link with New York City that was opened in 1869. The brewing industry played an important role, for example the breweries P. Ballantine & Sons (once the third largest brewery in the USA) and Krueger (the first manufacturer of canned beer). In the second half of the 19th century, numerous immigrants moved from various European countries, among others. from Germany and Italy, to the booming industrial city. A large Jewish community also emerged. In the 1860s the mark of 100,000 inhabitants was exceeded. Since many buildings were built of brick at the time, Newark is nicknamed "The Brick City". In 1885, the Newark Technical School was founded, from which today's New Jersey Institute of Technology emerged.
The importance of Newark as a traffic center was reinforced by the construction of the huge port of Port Newark-Elizabeth around 1920 (temporarily the largest container port in the world) and the opening of the airport in 1928. Another nickname of the city speaks for this: "The Gateway City"
From the middle of the 20th century, Newark experienced - like many large US cities - a "white flight". H. a large part of the ancestral European population moved to the suburbs on the outskirts, while the actual urban area increasingly concentrated Afro-American and Latinos. This was exacerbated by the riots in the summer of 1967, which terrified and drove many members of the middle class. Between 1950 and 2000, the population shrank by 38%. Many parts of the city became impoverished. However, there has been a strong revitalization of the inner city since the 1990s. Cultural activities in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and sporting events in the Prudential Center make downtown attractive again for the middle class. Since 2000 the population has increased again slightly. However, a third of the urban population is still considered poor by US standards. A good half of the population are African-Americans, about a third are Latin Americans (mainly Puerto Rican) and 12% are “non-Hispanic whites”.
Philip Roth, one of the most important American writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries, was born and raised in Newark. Most of his novels are set in the city.
The insurance group is one of the largest companies based in Newark Prudential Financial, the audio book provider Audible and the North American headquarters of the Japanese technology group Panasonic.
getting there
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By plane
Newark is the location of the 1 Newark Liberty International Airport
(IATA: EEA), the one next to the John F. Kennedy International Airport the main international airport in the New York Metropolitan Area is. Manhattan is often quicker to get to from here than from JFK Airport.
Newark is particularly important as a hub for United Airlines, which offer connections to / from Berlin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Zurich and almost every airport within the USA. The most frequented are the domestic flights to / from Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago as well as the intercontinental connections with London.
A bus ride from here to Manhattan, preferably the Port Authority Bus Terminal, takes about half an hour and costs $ 16 per person (2015). Alternatively, you can take the train. From Newark Int'l Airport, both the Northeast Corridor Line and the North Jersey Corridor Line run to Penn Station, NY (journey time 25-30 minutes, price $ 13). More information is available on the website of New Jersey transit. On the Amtrak trains Northeast Regional or Keystone service can also be accessed directly from 2 Airport train station to Trenton (30-40 minutes), Philadelphia (a good hour), Wilmington DE or Stamford CT (each 1½ hours) as well New Haven or Baltimore (each 2:20 hours) drive.
If you want to take over a rental car at the airport in order to drive something overland, landing in Newark is a good option, as car rentals in New Jersey are much cheaper than in New York. In addition, you don't have to drive through the entire city on this route. This often saves an hour of driving time when driving west.
By train
Long-distance trains of the Amtrak adhere to both the 3 Newark Penn Station (NWK) in the city center as well as directly at the airport (see above). Newark is the most heavily trafficked Northeastern Corridor Boston – New York – Philadelphia – Washington DC. It is a 15-20 minute drive from New York Penn Station, a good hour from Philadelphia and a bullet train from Washington Acela Express well 2½, with that Regional three hours, from Boston between four and five hours, depending on the type of train.
In local transit, Newark is at that New Jersey transit System connected. There are regular connections with Manhattan (New York Penn Station), Hoboken, Elizabeth, the Jersey Shore (Point Pleasant Beach, Asbury Park), Raritan Valley, Gladstone, Somerset County, Morristown, Montclair and Hackettstown.
The PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is a subway / elevated train connecting Newark with Jersey City and the World Trade Center in Manhattans Financial District. It stops at Penn Station in Newark
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mobility
Newark public transportation is operated by NJ Transit. There is the Newark Light Rail with two lines and a length of 10 km, a kind of light rail that runs partly above ground and partly underground. There are also city buses.
Newark is quite pedestrian-friendly by American standards. In the Central Business District and the adjacent Ironbound, University Heights and Seventh Avenue (between Broadway and Branch Brook Park) in particular, most routes can be covered on foot.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- 1 Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, 89 Ridge Street.
The massive neo-Gothic cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, built 1899–1954, is the fifth largest cathedral in North America and a major attraction in the city.
Buildings
- 2 Pulaski Skyway.The three-mile long steel truss freeway bridge connects Newark with Jersey City. It crosses both the Passaic and the Hackensack River as well as the wetland in between (New Jersey Meadowlands). It was inaugurated in 1932, is named after the Revolutionary War General Casimir Pulaski and is a landmark of Newark or New Jersey.
- 3 Pennsylvania Station (Newark Penn Station), Raymond Plaza West / Market Street.The station building is not only a transit point, but also a listed sight. It was designed by the architects McKim, Mead & White (from which the old Penn Station in New York originated) in a mix of neoclassicism and Art Deco and inaugurated in 1935. In the lobby you can see wall medallions illustrating the history of transport. The ceiling lights are decorated with signs of the zodiac.
Parks
- 4 Branch Brook Park.The largest public park in Newark at 150 acres. A special feature are the 5000 cherry trees (18 different species) that bloom beautifully in April. During this time the park is also called "Cherryblossomland" and is the scene of a big cherry blossom festival.
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- 5 Lincoln Park.City park in the south of downtown. It was created in colonial times (18th century). In the park are the historical statues Standard of Democracy and Captive's Choice by Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen. The surrounding residential and business district is also called Lincoln Park, or "The Coast". Here are some listed buildings (including the striking 18-story Lincoln Park Towers) and cultural facilities (e.g. Newark Symphony Hall, Newark School of the Arts).
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- 6 The Ironbound (Down Neck) (east of Penn Station; along Ferry St, Market St, and Wilson Ave.).Historic district, east of downtown, at a bend in the Passaic River. It originated in the industrial age at the end of the 19th century in connection with the then booming metal factories. Immigrants from all over the world settled down there, attracted by the jobs that were created there. B. Germans, Italians, Lithuanians and Poles, later also Spaniards, Portuguese, Brazilians and Afro-Americans. They gave the quarter its multicultural character, which is expressed, among other things, in a large number of ethnic restaurants as well as special festivals and parades of the respective ethnic groups.
activities
- 1 Prudential Center.Multipurpose hall with space for around 19,000 spectators. It serves among other things. as home of the New Jersey Devils (ice hockey) and the Seton Hall Pirates (college basketball), for big pop and rock concerts, for boxing, MMA and wrestling matches.
- New Jersey Devils.Ice hockey team in the NHL. Triple Stanley Cup winner.
- 2 New Jersey Performing Arts Center.Cultural center with four concert and theater halls. Here, among other things, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
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accommodation
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- 1 Fairfield Inn & Suites Newark Liberty International Airport, 618-50 US Highway 1 & 9 South, Newark. Tel.: 1 973-242-2600. Fairly good middle-class hotel (Marriott chain) on the northern edge of the airport. Airport shuttle; If this does not show up quickly at the airport, you can simply take the shuttle to the SpringHill Suites by Marriott, because they are directly opposite, only 50 meters away. All units with refrigerator and microwave. Sports studio and indoor pool. Breakfast included in the price. The hotel is particularly suitable for air travelers. Trying to get there by car can easily turn into hell, especially if you don't have a good GPS on board. The only access is in fact a bit unfortunate on the exit lane that would bring you from US Route 1 & 9 (westbound) to I-78 (eastbound). If you miss it, you have to take a complicated detour of at least 6 minutes via Frontage Rd and then try again.Price: $ 123.
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Learn
- 1 Rutgers University Newark (Rutgers University-Newark), 249 University Avenue, Blumenthal Hall, Newark, NJ, 07102.One of the three main campuses of the traditional New Jersey state university, with a good 12,000 students. The Law School and Medical School are particularly well-known.
- 2 New Jersey Institute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ, 07102.
University specializing in engineering and natural sciences, but also architecture and design, with around 11,000 students.
- 3 Seton Hall University, 400 S Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ, 07079-2697.The 4 SHU School of LawTraditional Catholic private university. The main campus is a few kilometers west of the city. however, is located in downtown Newark.
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trips
- 7 Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange (9 km northwest) - the inventor's laboratory and apartment, built in 1887. Here Edison developed a film camera, improved phonographs, sound recordings, silent and sound films and the nickel-iron accumulator (NiFe battery).
- Elizabeth, Neighboring city with high hotel bed capacities (12 minutes by train)
- Jersey City - New Jersey's second largest city (9 miles east; 15 minutes by PATH)
- 3 MetLife Stadium - the large football stadium (over 80,000 seats), where the New York Giants and the New York Jets play their home games, is 14 km northwest of Newark
- New York City - The world metropolis can be reached in 25-30 minutes by train
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Web links
- https://www.newarknj.gov/ (en) - Newark Official Website
