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About Newark

Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, set on the Passaic River about eight miles west of Lower Manhattan. Puritans from Connecticut founded it in 1666, making it one of the oldest major cities in the United States, and in the 1800s it became an industrial powerhouse known for leather, jewelry, beer and insurance. The grand 1900s buildings downtown, including the domed City Hall and the Essex County Courthouse, date from those prosperous years.

Today Newark has about 300,000 residents and is a major transportation hub, with Newark Liberty International Airport, Port Newark and Penn Station all central to the region. The city has seen a revival downtown, where the Prudential Center hosts the New Jersey Devils and big concerts, and the Ironbound district, with its Portuguese, Brazilian and Spanish restaurants, is one of the best places to eat in the state.

Culture and green space are strong draws. The Newark Museum of Art is the largest museum in New Jersey, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center stages world-class performances, and the soaring Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart is one of the largest cathedrals in North America. Branch Brook Park, designed by the Olmsted firm, holds the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the country, peaking each April.

Best seasonApril for the cherry blossoms in Branch Brook Park; May to October for festivals and Ironbound patios.

Ideal stayOne to two days for downtown, the Newark Museum of Art, the cathedral, Branch Brook Park and an Ironbound dinner.

ArrivingNewark Liberty International Airport is about 15 minutes away; NJ Transit, PATH and Amtrak stop at Newark Penn Station.

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Parks 3

Branch Brook Park

Opened in the 1890s as the first county park in the United States to welcome the public, Branch Brook Park stretches for several m...

Military Park

This triangular green in downtown Newark dates back to colonial times, when it served as a training ground for local militia. Its...

Newark Riverfront Park

Along the Passaic River on the edge of the Ironbound, this park has turned a long-neglected industrial waterfront into open space...

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Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Rising on a hill beside Branch Brook Park, this vast French Gothic Revival cathedral took more than half a century to build, from...

Newark City Hall

Completed in the early 1900s, Newark's Beaux-Arts City Hall on Broad Street is one of the grandest municipal buildings in New Jers...

Essex County Courthouse

Designed by Cass Gilbert, architect of New York's Woolworth Building, the historic Essex County Courthouse was completed in 1906 a...

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Newark Museum of Art

The largest museum in New Jersey, the Newark Museum of Art holds wide-ranging collections spanning American painting and decorativ...

Newark Public Library

The main branch of the Newark Public Library opened in 1901 in a grand Italian Renaissance-style building on Washington Street, ac...

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Ironbound

Bounded historically by railroad tracks, which gave the district its name, the Ironbound east of Penn Station is Newark's most fam...

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Opened in 1997, NJPAC brought a major arts venue back to the heart of downtown Newark and helped spark the area's revival. Its mai...

Newark Symphony Hall

Built in the 1920s as a Shriners' temple, this monumental hall on Broad Street is one of the oldest and largest performance venues...

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Prudential Center

Known locally as The Rock, this downtown arena opened in 2007 and is home to the New Jersey Devils of the NHL and the Seton Hall P...

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