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.
The Senate Judiciary Committee signed off on Gov. Chris Christie's choices for attorney general and leader of the National Guard on Monday, clearing the way for confirmation votes by the full Senate.
Attorneys and their Lawyer Offspring to Speak at Newark Public Library, February 24th By Newark Public Library 2/8/2010 Two generations of judges and attorneys from New Jersey will gather Wednesday, February 24 at the Newark Public Library to discuss the values that shaped their legal careers and the struggles they have overcome.
PHOTOS >> >> >> >> >> >> >> East Newark plans to hike parking fines to raise cash 1 Mayor Joseph R. Smith said East Newark based the increases on fees already charged by Kearny and Harrison.
A recently discovered error by the state has pushed back the parole date for a Newark man who has spent 22 years in prison for a rape in East Orange, but who contends missing DNA evidence can prove his innocence.
A New Jersey man is accused of conning an 86-year-old motorist into paying him $11,200 after he flagged down her car and told her it needed immediate repair.
A Newark man told police that he was stabbed once in the back by an unknown assailant while waiting for a bus at the intersection of Stuyvesant and Clinton avenues in Irvington early today, police said.
Democratic and Republican legislators have been trying for at least 15 years to reform the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, once again under fire for its high salaries, patronage hires and use of politically connected lobbyists.
Ali puts his perfect pro record on the line versus Thompson in a 4-round bout on Saturday night's "Heavy Artillery" card, headlined by Tomasz Adamek and Jason Estrada, at the Prudential Center.
A 53-year-old Newark man who barricaded himself in his ex-girlfriend's Newark apartment after shooting her, then turned the gun on himself, died this afternoon, authorities said.
A pilot who pulled instead of pushing a control column and an inattentive crew led a US commuter flight to crash last year, killing 49 people on board and one on the ground, a probe showed.
The Fairfield police officer who was shot Saturday night believes the attack was targeted, and said he'd been followed in his car for several miles in the preceding minutes, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said this afternoon at a news conference.
