15 minutes from Manhattan, and a short train ride from the Jersey shore, the Garden State's largest city is about as centrally located as it gets. The location of the New Jersey portion of the New York/New Jersey Port Authority, there is every kind of transportation imaginable going in and out of Newark to everywhere from Manhattan (light rail trains, New Jersey Turnpike) to New Orleans, Vermont, Chicago and Florida (Amtrak).
Conversely, many New Yorkers come to New Jersey in the Newark area to the huge complex known as the Meadowlands, to see the Giants and the Jets play in Giants Stadium. The New Jersey Devils and the New Jersey Nets play there too, and there are also theatrical events, live concerts and family events there.
In the springtime Branch Brook Park, a Frank Law Olmstead -designed park, comes alive when thousands of cherry trees burst into pale pink blossoms. There is a Cherry Blossom Festival to celebrate, and it actually features more trees than the better-known festival in the nation's capital, Washington D.C.
Located in Middlesex County, New Brunswick is located off the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 9), about 20 miles from the southern end of Staten Island, NY and six miles southeast of New Brunswick, home of Rutgers University, the state university of New Jersey.
There are two Amtrak stations in Newark: one is at the airport in the main terminal. Its station code is EWR, and it is on the Keystone and Regional route. The Keystone route runs from Harrisburg, PA to New York's Penn Station, and the Regional route runs from Boston to Newport News, VA. The other Newark station is located at 1 Raymond Plaza West on Market St., and its code is NWK. It is on 10 routes, which run the entire length of the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Florida, as well as to New Orleans and Chicago.
train, bus and light rail schedules, fares and maps. The trains serving Newark include the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, and Raritan Valley lines operating to and from Newark Penn Station. Just some of the many destinations include the Hoboken Transfer station, New York's Penn Station, Perth Amboy, Asbury Park and the bedroom communities to the west of the city.
The NJTP is one of the busiest roads in the country - it links Newark to New York City via three bridges and two tunnels. Check the site for information on obtaining an E-ZPass, road conditions and roadway assistance. There are also several excellent maps.
the NJ PATH provides such transportation services as rail (see the NY NJ PATH - trains running across the Hudson between New York City and New Jersey) and the Airtrain Newark and Airtrain JFK. These trains connect the subway stops with the terminals at the large international airports. PATH also is the location of all information on the Newark, JFK and LaGuardia airports. Finally, there are also ferry services across the Hudson and East Rivers, and the Raritan and Lower New York Bays.
UFC Looking To Return To Newark New, Jersey In March Of 2010 Posted by Larry Csonka on 11.19.2009 Likely UFC 111... According to MMAJunkie.com , a source close to the event states that the UFC could return to Newark, NJ, for a March 2010 event.
West Ward Councilman Ronald Rice Jr. sharply criticized the city's anti-crime strategy in his district and listed six projects he said have not been carried out, during a press conference today.
Ribs and chicken struggle to escape the french fry quicksand. Love barbecue but hate paying top dollar? Jump on the PATH train, which swoops over the picturesque Meadowlands, and take a quick trip to Newark's Ironbound neighborhood, just a few blocks from the terminus of the PATH at Newark's Penn Station.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide Squad in conjunction with the Newark Police Department's Homicide Squad is seeking assistance from the public regarding the whereabouts of Abdul Mitchell, a/k/a "Weem," 26, of Newark.
HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Father of Jackson's molestation accuser dies SHOWBIZ Wednesday November 18,2009 The dentist dad of MICHAEL JACKSON's molestation accuser JORDAN CHANDLER has died.
A suspended Northern State Prison corrections officer was indicted for leading a cocaine trafficking network in Newark and East Orange, authorities announced today.
A man wanted in the killing of a Newark liquor store employee during a botched robbery three years ago was arrested in North Carolina on Monday, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
Rumors of the death of news may have been greatly exaggerated. According to a Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey poll, Garden State residents get their news from a variety of sources, with television and print media used about equally.
Former N.J. state Sen. Joseph Coniglio leaves the U.S. District courthouse in Newark on April 13, the day closing arguments in Coniglio's corruption trial were concluded.
A New Jersey airport security guard who allegedly threatened to shoot President Barack Obama has pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment in a deal with prosecutors.
