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{{Short description|Most populous city in New Jersey, United States}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Newark
| settlement_type    = [[City (New Jersey)|City]]
| nickname           = Brick City, The Gateway City, City By The River<ref>Erminio, Vanessa. [https://www.nj.com/newark/2005/12/gateway_renaissance_a_reviving.html "Gateway? Renaissance? A reviving city earns its nicknames"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420040109/https://www.nj.com/newark/2005/12/gateway_renaissance_a_reviving.html |date=April 20, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 8, 2005, updated April 2, 2019. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref>
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 |image1             = Newark_October_2016_panorama.jpg
 |caption1           = [[Downtown Newark]] skyline (2016)
 |image2             = Dock Bridge Newark June 2015 panorama 1.jpg|[[Dock Bridge]] crossing [[Passaic River]]
 |caption2           = [[Dock Bridge]]
 |image3             = Cherry Blossom in Branch Brook Park, Newark, NJ.jpg
 |caption3           = [[Branch Brook Park]]
 |image4             = Newark Liberty International Airport from the Air.jpg
 |caption4           = [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Airport]] and [[Port Newark-Elizabeth|seaport]]
 |image5             = Newark City Hall Full View.JPG
 |caption5           = [[Newark City Hall]]
 |image6             = Justice Sculpture, Newark, NJ.jpg
 |caption6           = [[Justice (sculpture)|Justice sculpture]]
 |image7             = Essex Co Court full sun jeh.jpg
 |caption7           = [[Essex County Courthouse]]
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| image_flag         = Flag_of_Newark,_New_Jersey.jpg
| flag_size          = 122px
| image_seal         = Newark NJ Seal Colorized.png
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| map_caption        = Interactive map of Newark
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| pushpin_label      = Newark
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]]##Location in [[New Jersey]]##Location in the United States##Location on Earth
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|New Jersey}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New Jersey|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="DataBook" />
| government_type    = [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)]]
| governing_body     = [[Municipal Council of Newark]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayors of Newark, New Jersey|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Ras Baraka]] ([[New Jersey Democratic Party|D]], term ends June 30, 2026)<ref name=Mayor/><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf 2023 New Jersey Mayors Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311072207/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/home/2023mayors.pdf |date=March 11, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated February 8, 2023. Accessed February 10, 2023.</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[City manager|Administrator]]
| leader_name1       = Eric E. Pennington<ref>[https://www.newarknj.gov/members/eric-pennington Eric E. Pennington] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007131301/https://www.newarknj.gov/members/eric-pennington |date=October 7, 2019 }}, City of Newark. Accessed March 21, 2023.</ref>
| leader_title2      = [[Municipal clerk]]
| leader_name2       = Kecia Daniels (acting)<ref>[https://www.newarknj.gov/departments/city-clerk Office of the City Clerk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420022333/https://www.newarknj.gov/departments/city-clerk |date=April 20, 2017 }}, City of Newark. Accessed March 21, 2023.</ref>
| established_title1 = Founded
| established_date1  = Religious colony (1663)
| established_title2 = Township
| established_date2  = October 31, 1693
| established_title3 = City
| established_date3  = April 11, 1836
| named_for          = [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]], England
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/4/query?where=STATE%3D%2734%27&outFields=NAME%2CSTATE%2CPLACE%2CAREALAND%2CAREAWATER%2CLSADC%2CCENTLAT%2CCENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 11, 2022|archive-date=April 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421161148/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/4/query?where=STATE%3D%2734%27&outFields=NAME%2CSTATE%2CPLACE%2CAREALAND%2CAREAWATER%2CLSADC%2CCENTLAT%2CCENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 67.04
| area_land_km2      = 62.53
| area_water_km2     = 4.51
| area_total_sq_mi   = 25.88
| area_land_sq_mi    = 24.14
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.74
| area_water_percent = 6.72
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_note    = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/>
| population_total   = 311549
| population_rank    = [[List of United States cities by population|66th]] in country (as of 2022)<ref name=ANNRNK/><br>1st of 565 in state<br>1st of 22 in county<ref name=LWD2020Density>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx Population Density by County and Municipality: New Jersey, 2020 and 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307144148/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/dmograph/est/mcd/density.xlsx |date=March 7, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed March 1, 2023.</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_density_sq_mi = 12903.8
| population_density_rank = 22nd of 565 in state<br>4th of 22 in county<ref name=LWD2020Density/>
| population_est     = 304960
| pop_est_as_of      = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name=Census2020/><ref name=ANNRNK/><ref name=PopEst/>
| population_demonym = Newarker<ref>Dickson, Paul. [https://archive.org/details/labelsforlocalsw00dick/page/160 ''Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe''], p. 160. [[HarperCollins]], 2006. {{ISBN|9780060881641}}. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref>
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = −05:00
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Daylight Time|Eastern (EDT)]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −04:00
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|id=885317|name=City of Newark|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_ft       = 13
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=CensusArea>[https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt 2019 Census Gazetteer Files: New Jersey Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321021831/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_34.txt |date=March 21, 2021 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 1, 2020.</ref><ref name="GR1">[https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000 and 1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |date=August 24, 2019 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>
| area_rank          = 102nd of 565 in state<br />1st of 22 in county<ref name="CensusArea" />
| coordinates        = {{Wikidatacoord|Q25395|region:US-NJ_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 07101-07108, 07112, 07114<ref>[http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&companyName=&city=Newark&state=NJ ZIP codes for Newark, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626134853/http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupResultsAction!input.action?resultMode=0&companyName=&city=Newark&state=NJ |date=June 26, 2019 }}, [[United States Postal Service]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm Zip Codes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617122541/https://www.state.nj.us/infobank/njzips.htm |date=June 17, 2019 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed August 18, 2013.</ref>
| area_code          = [[Area codes 973 and 862|862/973]], [[Area code 201|201]], [[area code 551|551]], [[area code 732|732]], [[area code 848|848]], [[area code 908|908]]<ref>[http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Newark&frmCounty=Essex Area Code Lookup – NPA NXX for Newark, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112193142/http://www.area-codes.com/search.asp?frmNPA=&frmNXX=&frmState=NJ&frmCity=Newark&frmCounty=Essex |date=January 12, 2016 }}, Area-Codes.com. Accessed September 11, 2014.</ref><ref name="NewarkNPA"/>
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 3401351000<ref name="CensusArea" /><ref name="GR2">[https://www.census.gov/ U.S. Census website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/https://www.census.gov/ |date=December 27, 1996 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/geocodes/?state=34 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119221733/https://census.missouri.edu/geocodes/?state=34 |date=November 19, 2018 }}, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed April 1, 2022.</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0885317<ref name="CensusArea" /><ref name="GR3">[http://geonames.usgs.gov/ US Board on Geographic Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010202034200/http://geonames.usgs.gov/ |date=February 2, 2001 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]. Accessed September 4, 2014.</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://newarknj.gov}}
}}
'''Newark''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|nj|uː|ər|k}} {{respell|NEW|ərk}},<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newark?show=0&t=1395776815 Newark – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325222445/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newark?show=0&t=1395776815 |date=March 25, 2014 }}, [[Merriam-Webster]]. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> {{IPA-all|nʊɹk|locally:}})<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Newark Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430034806/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/newark? |date=April 30, 2013 }}, [[Dictionary.com|Dictionary Reference]]. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> is the [[List of municipalities in New Jersey|most populous]] [[City (New Jersey)|city]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]], the [[county seat]] of [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], and a [[principal city]] of the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref name="US Census Urban Areas">{{cite web |title=US Census Urban Areas |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ua/ua_list_all.txt |website=US Census Urban Areas |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=March 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722093126/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ua/ua_list_all.txt |archive-date=July 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Largest2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx Table1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213121552/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_PL94_Summary/Table_1_2020.xlsx |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=CountyMap>[https://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html New Jersey County Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313034019/http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/catctytable.html |date=March 13, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed December 27, 2022.</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the city's population was 311,549.<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=LWD2020/> The [[Population Estimates Program]] calculated a population of 304,960 for 2023, making it the [[List of United States cities by population|66th-most populous municipality]] in the nation.<ref name=ANNRNK>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-ANNRNK.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 20,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2023 Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601155731/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-ANNRNK.xlsx |date=June 1, 2024 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>

Settled in 1666 by [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)|Puritans]] from [[New Haven Colony]], Newark is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its location at the mouth of the [[Passaic River]], where it flows into [[Newark Bay]], has made the city's [[waterfront (area)|waterfront]] an integral part of the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]]. [[Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal|Port Newark–Elizabeth]] is the primary [[container shipping]] terminal of the busiest seaport on the U.S. [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] was the first municipal commercial airport in the United States and has become one of the busiest.<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-history.html History of Newark Liberty International Airport] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611092101/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-history.html |date=June 11, 2015 }}, [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-facts-info.html Facts & Information] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526012715/http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-facts-info.html |date=May 26, 2015 }}, [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><ref name="EWR" />

Several companies are headquartered in Newark, including [[Prudential Financial|Prudential]], [[Public Service Enterprise Group|PSEG]], [[Panasonic Corporation of North America]], [[Audible.com]], [[IDT Corporation]], [[Manischewitz]], and [[AeroFarms]]. Higher education institutions in the city include the Newark campus of [[Rutgers–Newark|Rutgers University]], which includes [[Rutgers School of Law-Newark|law]] and [[New Jersey Medical School|medical]] schools and the [[Institute of Jazz Studies|Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies]]; [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|University Hospital]]; the [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]; and Seton Hall University's [[Seton Hall University School of Law|law school]]. Newark is a home to numerous governmental offices, largely concentrated at [[Government Center, Newark|Government Center]] and the [[Essex County Government Complex]]. Cultural venues include the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]], [[Newark Symphony Hall]], the [[Prudential Center]], [[The Newark Museum of Art]], and [[the New Jersey Historical Society]]. [[Branch Brook Park]] is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nation's largest collection of [[cherry blossom]] trees, numbering over 5,000.

Newark is divided into five political [[Ward (United States)|wards]] (East, West, South, North and Central).<ref name=":0">[http://www.newarkcedc.org/neighborhoods_and_wards Neighborhoods and Wards] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612151425/http://www.newarkcedc.org/neighborhoods_and_wards |date=June 12, 2019 }}, Newark Community Economic Development Corporation. Accessed September 24, 2019.</ref> The majority of Black residents reside in the South, Central, and West Wards of the city, while the North and East Wards are mostly populated by Latinos.<ref>Astudillo, Carla. [https://www.nj.com/news/2017/07/how_newark_has_changed_since_1960.html "10 maps that show Newark's dramatic change since the riots"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410115538/https://www.nj.com/news/2017/07/how_newark_has_changed_since_1960.html |date=April 10, 2024 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 14, 2017. Accessed April 10, 2024. "While Newark’s white population dramatically declined, the city’s black population expanded, especially in the Central, West and South wards.... The other big demographic change is the dramatic increase in the Hispanic population. The percent of Hispanics living in Newark more than doubled from 1970 to 2010. These residents mostly settled in the North and East wards."</ref> [[Ras Baraka]] has served as mayor of Newark since 2014.

== History ==
{{Main|History of Newark, New Jersey}}
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[[File:Krueger Scott Mansion2.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Krueger Mansion]], owned by [[African Americans|African American]] beauty entrepreneur Louise Scott, Newark's first female millionaire, and previously by [[Germans|German]] brewer Gottfried Krueger, co-founder of [[Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company]]|left]]
Newark was settled in 1666 by [[Connecticut]] [[Puritan]]s led by [[Robert Treat]] from the [[New Haven Colony]].<ref>Hartman, David; and Lewis, Barry. [https://www.thirteen.org/newark/history.html "History of Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628075803/https://www.thirteen.org/newark/history.html |date=June 28, 2024 }}, [[WNET]]. Accessed March 17, 2024. "In May of 1666, Puritan settlers led by Treat purchased the land directly from the Hackensack Indians for goods -- including gunpowder, one hundred bars of lead, twenty axes, twenty coats, guns, pistols, swords, kettles, blankets, knives, beer, and ten pairs of breeches -- valued at $750, a percentage of which was assessed upon every family that arrived in the new colony within the first year of its settlement."</ref><ref>[https://www.njfounders.org/1666-the-founding-of-newark 1666 - The Founding of Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317140018/https://www.njfounders.org/1666-the-founding-of-newark |date=March 17, 2024 }}, Descendants of Founders of New Jersey. Accessed March 17, 2024. "In 1666, Captain Robert Treat, after scouting several locations, successfully completed arrangements with Governor Carteret to settle a plantation on the Passaic River, in the northern section of what was known as the Elizabethtown purchase."</ref> It was conceived as a [[Theocracy|theocratic]] assembly of the faithful, though this did not last for long as new settlers came with different ideas.<ref>Miller, Andy. ''Puritans in Search of a New Haven: 1630–1668''</ref> On October 31, 1693, it was organized as a [[township (New Jersey)|New Jersey township]] based on the Newark Tract, which was first purchased on July 11, 1667. Newark was granted a [[royal charter]] on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798, by the [[New Jersey Legislature]]'s [[Township Act of 1798]], as one of New Jersey's initial group of 104 townships. During its time as a township, portions were taken to form [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield Township]] (April 14, 1794), Caldwell Township (February 16, 1798; now known as [[Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey|Fairfield Township]]), [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange Township]] (November 27, 1806), [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield Township]] (March 23, 1812) and [[Clinton Township, Essex County, New Jersey|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, Newark|Vailsburg borough]] was annexed by Newark on January 1, 1905. In 1926, South Orange Township changed its name to Maplewood. As a result of this, a portion of Maplewood known as Ivy Hill was re-annexed to Newark's Vailsburg.<ref name=Story>Snyder, John P. [https://nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf ''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530082658/https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf |date=May 30, 2024 }}, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 130. Accessed May 30, 2024.</ref>

The name of the city is thought to derive from [[Newark-on-Trent]], England, because of the influence of the original pastor, [[Abraham Pierson, the elder|Abraham Pierson]], who came from [[Yorkshire]] but may have ministered in [[Newark, Nottinghamshire]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=23 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=23 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n221 <!-- pg=222 --> ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 222. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IGE9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA123 "Newark on Trent Shows Interest in Newark, New Jersey"], p. 123. ''Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society'', Volume VI, 1921. Accessed September 10, 2015. "It seems to be understood that the name of Newark, New Jersey, is traceable to the influence of the first pastor of the settlement, Rev. Abraham Pierson, who was a native of Yorkshire, England, and is said to have probably ministered first to a church in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire."</ref> But Pierson is also supposed to have said that the community reflecting the new task at hand should be named "New Ark" for "New Ark of the Covenant"<ref>Princeton Alumni Weekly vol. 78; The Puritans in America: a narrative anthology, by Andrew Delbanco, Alan Heimert</ref> and some of the colonists saw it as "New-Work", the settlers' new work with God. Whatever the origins, the name was shortened to Newark, although references to the name "New Ark" are found in preserved letters written by historical figures such as [[David A. Ogden]] in his claim for compensation, and [[James McHenry]], as late as 1787.<ref>National Archives, Kew, England, T 1/65261-64; Bernard C. Steiner and James McHenry, ''The life and correspondence of James McHenry'' (Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Co., 1907)</ref>

During the [[American Revolutionary War]], British troops made several raids into the town.<ref>Munn, David C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2XPpPwAACAAJ ''Battles and Skirmishes of the American Revolution in New Jersey''], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]], Bureau of Geology and Topography.</ref> The city saw tremendous industrial and population growth during the 19th century and early 20th century, and experienced racial tension and urban decline in the second half of the 20th century, culminating in the [[1967 Newark riots]], which led to an increase in [[white flight]], with 100,000 white residents leaving the city in the 1960s, though the exodus of white residents from the city had started after [[World War II]] as housing availability was limited in the city, while white residents were able to buy homes in the western suburbs of Essex County, where the population grew rapidly.<ref>O'Dea, Colleen. [https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2019/09/19-09-02-newark-before-the-comeback-a-city-marked-by-white-flight-and-poor-policy/ "Newark Before the Comeback: A City Marked by White Flight, Poor Policy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628080353/https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2019/09/19-09-02-newark-before-the-comeback-a-city-marked-by-white-flight-and-poor-policy/ |date=June 28, 2024 }}, NJ Spotlight News, September 4, 2019. Accessed January 3, 2024. "It's unclear where people who left Newark after the war went — Hughes said some suggest many from Newark and its neighboring towns moved down to Ocean County. But the suburbs along the north and western edges of Essex County experienced tremendous growth during the period. From 1950 to 1970, the population more than doubled in Roseland and West Caldwell, and it more than tripled in Fairfield, Livingston and North Caldwell.... 'The riots certainly accelerated' white flight, Hughes said. It drove some of the whites who had remained in Newark out to the suburbs. While the exact timing of when people left is unknown, another 100,000 whites left Newark between 1960 and 1970, and the city lost more than 5 percent of its population, according to U.S. Census data.</ref>

The city has experienced revitalization since the 1990s, with major office, arts and sports projects representing $2&nbsp;billion in investment.<ref>Riche, Patrick. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2012/01/10/newarks-prudential-center-a-key-player-in-newarks-re-branding-efforts/ "Newark's Prudential Center: A Key Player in Newark's Re-Branding Efforts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117074355/https://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe/2012/01/10/newarks-prudential-center-a-key-player-in-newarks-re-branding-efforts/ |date=November 17, 2017 }}, ''[[Forbes]]'', January 10, 2012. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Newark is currently undergoing a major revitalization. The Prudential Center, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Newark Symphony, Riverfront Stadium and Red Bull Park in nearby Harrison and home to Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls represent just part of the nearly $2&nbsp;billion in construction underway."</ref> The city's population, which had dropped by more than a third from 1950 to its post-war low in 2000, has since rebounded, with 38,000 new residents added from 2000 to 2020.<ref name=Arena>Arena, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=A5uWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 ''Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark''], p. 41. [[University of Minnesota Press]], 2023. {{ISBN|9781452970042}}. Accessed January 3, 2024.</ref>

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city had a total area of {{convert|25.89|mi2|km2}}, including {{convert|24.14|mi2|km2}} of land and {{convert|1.74|mi2|km2}} of water (6.72%).<ref name="CensusArea" /><ref name=GR1 /><!--DO NOT USE TEMPLATE TO CONVERT English into metric units for these areas since the English and the metric units are reported directly from NJ Gazetteer citation source.--> It has the third-smallest land area among the 100 most populous cities in the U.S., behind neighboring [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Hialeah, Florida]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.US21PR Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – United States – Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area, in Principal City, Not in Principal City, and County; and for Puerto Rico] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212203831/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.US21PR|date=February 12, 2020}}. [[United States Census Bureau]] American Fact Finder. Accessed June 4, 2012.</ref> The city's altitude ranges from 0 (sea level) in the east to approximately {{convert|230|ft|m}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] in the western section of the city for an average elevation of {{convert|115|ft|m}}.<ref name=NewarkWeb>[http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/1.0%20Introduction.pdf The Official Website of the City of Newark, NJ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928115352/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/1.0%20Introduction.pdf|date=September 28, 2011}} 2005. Accessed May 28, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jVEpgzNRnmwC&pg=PA708 ''Report on the Social statistics of Cities''], p. 708. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1886. Accessed September 24, 2019. "Newark lies in latitude 40° 44' north, longitude 74° 10' west from Greenwich on the Passaic river, 3 above Newark bay, and 9 miles west of New York by railroad, or 18 miles by water. The elevation of the part of the city is 30 feet above high water, the lowest point being the salt meadows, on a level with high water, and the highest point 230 feet above this."</ref> 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 century and early 20th century, the wealthy congregated on the ridges of Forest Hill, High Street, and Weequahic.<ref>[http://www.newarkhistory.com/mtprospectave.html A View of Mt. Prospect] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413083012/http://www.newarkhistory.com/mtprospectave.html |date=April 13, 2006 }}, NewarkHistory.com. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Of the upper class districts of Old Newark – High Street, Lincoln Park, Weequahic and Forest Hill – Forest Hill is the most famous and best preserved."</ref>

Until the 20th century, the [[marsh]]es on [[Newark Bay]] were difficult to develop, as the marshes were essentially wilderness, with a few dumps, warehouses, and cemeteries on their edges. During the 20th century, the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] was able to reclaim {{convert|68|acres|0}} of the marshland for the further expansion of [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], as well as the growth of the port lands.<ref name=EWR>Sturken, Barbara. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/nyregion/newark-airport-gains-in-international-travel.html "Newark Airport Gains In International Travel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195949/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/nyregion/newark-airport-gains-in-international-travel.html |date=December 28, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 11, 1990. Accessed June 25, 2012. "The oldest airport in the New York metropolitan region, Newark opened in 1928 on {{convert|68|acres|0}} of reclaimed swampland. It underwent a major overhaul in 1973, when an immense $400&nbsp;million complex opened to replace an outmoded 20-year-old terminal."</ref>

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 largest in New Jersey's [[Gateway Region]], which is said to have received its name from Newark's nickname as the "Gateway City".<ref>Erminio, Vinessa. [http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2005/12/gateway_renaissance_a_reviving.html "Gateway? Renaissance? A reviving city earns its nicknames"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081645/http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2005/12/gateway_renaissance_a_reviving.html |date=October 23, 2012 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', December 8, 2005. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Newark also was known as the Gateway City about 1960. This may have been because of a statewide tourism campaign in which regions of the state were designated with names. Newark, Jersey City and the surrounding communities were called Gateway."</ref>

The city borders the municipalities of [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]], [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]], [[East Orange, New Jersey|East Orange]], [[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]], [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]] and [[South Orange, New Jersey|South Orange]] in Essex County; [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]], [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] and [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]; and [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]] and [[Hillside, New Jersey|Hillside]] in [[Union County, New Jersey|Union County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010492/touches.html Areas touching Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301231732/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010492/touches.html |date=March 1, 2020 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 1, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420030757/http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ |date=April 20, 2022 }}, [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed March 1, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

=== Neighborhoods ===
{{Main|List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey}}
[[File:Newark-broad-street.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The intersection of Broad and Market Streets as seen from the [[Prudential Plaza Building]], in [[Downtown Newark]], 2005]]
Newark is the second-most racially diverse municipality in the state, behind neighboring [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]].<ref>Ueda, Reed. [https://books.google.com/books?id=q4I2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA612 ''America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity through Places''], p. 612. [[ABC-CLIO]], 2017. {{ISBN|9781440828652}}. Accessed March 9, 2022. "Newark, located just 11 miles west of New York City, is New Jersey's largest and second-most racially diverse city."</ref> It is divided into five political [[Ward (United States)|wards]],<ref>[http://data.ci.newark.nj.us/dataset/wards Wards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513175531/http://data.ci.newark.nj.us/dataset/wards |date=May 13, 2017 }}, City of Newark. Accessed October 7, 2019.</ref> 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.<ref name=Neighborhoods>[http://www.bcdcnewark.org/living-here/neighborhoods/index.html Living Here: Neighborhoods] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020181004/http://www.bcdcnewark.org/living-here/neighborhoods/index.html |date=October 20, 2011 }}, Brick City Development Corporation for Newark, New Jersey. Accessed June 25, 2012. "The city is divided into five wards, each with distinct neighborhoods. Residential neighborhoods exist primarily in the North, Central and West Wards, while industry is concentrated largely in the East and South Wards near the airport and seaport.... East Ward. The most densely populated section of Newark, the East Ward, is home of one of the largest Portuguese-speaking communities in the country."</ref>

State law requires that wards be compact and contiguous and that the largest ward may not exceed the population of the smallest by more than 10% of the average ward size. Ward boundaries are redrawn, as needed, by a board of ward commissioners consisting of two Democrats and two Republicans appointed at the county level and the municipal clerk.<ref>Reock Jr., Ernest C. [https://issuu.com/hobokenjournal/docs/redistricting_nj_after_2010 ''Redistricting New Jersey After the Census of 2010''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805205026/https://issuu.com/hobokenjournal/docs/redistricting_nj_after_2010 |date=August 5, 2020 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, March 2008, pp. 7–9. Accessed September 10, 2015. "The law requires that wards be formed of compact and contiguous territory. The most precise requirement is that the population of the largest ward may not exceed the population of the smallest ward by more than 10% of the mean average population of the wards."</ref> Redrawing of ward lines in previous decades have shifted traditional boundaries, so that downtown currently occupies portions of the East and Central wards. The boundaries of the wards are altered for various political and demographic reasons and sometimes [[gerrymandering|gerrymandered]].<ref>Staff. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19690412&id=gBZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KCENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5181,1683812 "'Obvious gerrymander,' Scrimmage says of plans"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112180042/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19690412&id=gBZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KCENAAAAIBAJ&pg=5181,1683812 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, ''[[Afro-American (newspaper)|Afro-American]]'', April 12, 1969. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref><ref>Hernandez, Roger. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D85B6663F169&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Hispanics Deserve a Slice of the Pie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524112326/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D85B6663F169&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=May 24, 2013 }}, ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'', May 31, 1991. Accessed June 25, 2012. "In Newark, New Jersey, Hispanic leaders are considering a lawsuit to reverse a decision that chops a heavily Hispanic ward among three legislative districts..."</ref><ref>Waggoner, Walter H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/archives/new-jersey-weekly-voting-boundaries-awaited-in-essex.html "Voting Boundaries Awaited in Essex"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723065834/https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/archives/new-jersey-weekly-voting-boundaries-awaited-in-essex.html |date=July 23, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 27, 1977. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref>

Newark's Central Ward, formerly known as the old Third Ward, contains much of the city's history including the original squares [[Lincoln Park, Newark|Lincoln Park]], [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]] and [[Harriet Tubman Square]]. The ward contains the [[University Heights, Newark, New Jersey|University Heights]], [[The Coast, Newark, New Jersey|The Coast]], historic [[Grace Church (Newark)|Grace Episcopal Church]], [[Government Center, Newark, New Jersey|Government Center]], [[Springfield/Belmont, Newark, New Jersey|Springfield/Belmont]] and [[Seventh Avenue, Newark, New Jersey|Seventh Avenue]] neighborhoods. Of these neighborhood designations only University Heights, a more recent designation for the area that was the subject of the 1968 novel ''Howard Street'' by [[Nathan Heard]], is still in common usage. The Central Ward extends at one point as far north as 2nd Avenue.

In the 19th century, the Central Ward was inhabited by [[German Americans|Germans]] and other [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|white]] Catholic and Protestant groups. The German inhabitants were later replaced by [[Jewish people|Jews]], who were then replaced by African Americans. The increased academic footprint in the University Heights neighborhood has produced [[gentrification]], with landmark buildings undergoing renovation. Located in the Central Ward is the nation's largest health sciences university, [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey|UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School]]. It is also home to three other universities – [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] (NJIT), [[Rutgers–Newark|Rutgers University – Newark]], and [[Essex County College]]. The Central Ward forms the present-day heart of Newark, and includes 26 public schools, two police precincts, including headquarters, four firehouses, and one branch library.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109091503/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/residents/neighborhood_services/central_ward.php Central Ward], City of Newark, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of November 9, 2012. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref>

The North Ward is surrounded by [[Branch Brook Park]]. Its neighborhoods include [[Broadway, Newark, New Jersey|Broadway]], [[Mount Pleasant, Newark, New Jersey|Mount Pleasant]], [[Roseville, Newark, New Jersey|Upper Roseville]] and the affluent [[Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey|Forest Hill]] section.<ref name=Northward>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140405154746/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/residents/neighborhood_services/north_ward.php North Ward], City of Newark, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 5, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref> Forest Hill contains the Forest Hill Historic District, which is registered on state and national historic registers, and contains many older mansions and [[American colonial architecture|colonial homes]]. A row of residential towers with security guards and secure parking line Mt. Prospect Avenue in the Forest Hill neighborhood. The North Ward has lost geographic area in recent times; its southern boundary is now significantly further north than the traditional boundary near [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]]. The North Ward had its own Little Italy, centered on [[Seventh Avenue, Newark|heavily Italian Seventh Avenue]] and the area of [[St. Lucy's Church (Newark, New Jersey)|St. Lucy's Church]]; demographics have transitioned to [[Latino Americans|Latino]] in recent decades, though the ward as a whole remains ethnically diverse.<ref name="Northward" />

The West Ward comprises the neighborhoods of [[Vailsburg, Newark, New Jersey|Vailsburg]], [[Ivy Hill, Newark, New Jersey|Ivy Hill]], [[West Side, Newark, New Jersey|West Side]], [[Fairmount, Newark, New Jersey|Fairmount]] and [[Roseville, Newark, New Jersey|Lower Roseville]]. It is home to the historic [[Fairmount Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey)|Fairmount Cemetery]]. The West Ward, once a predominantly Irish-American, Polish, and Ukrainian neighborhood, is now home to neighborhoods composed primarily of Latinos, African Americans, and [[West Indian American|Caribbean Americans]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140623165834/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/residents/neighborhood_services/west_ward.php West Ward], City of Newark, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of June 23, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref> Relative to other parts of the city, the West Ward has for many decades struggled with elevated rates of crime, particularly violent crime.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/fatal_shooting_of_pizza_chef_i.html "Fatal shooting of West Ward pizza chef is latest 'tragic and senseless' Newark slaying"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308014532/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/fatal_shooting_of_pizza_chef_i.html |date=March 8, 2012 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 4, 2012. Accessed August 30, 2015</ref>

The South Ward comprises the [[Weequahic, Newark, New Jersey|Weequahic]], [[Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey|Clinton Hill]], [[Dayton, Newark, New Jersey|Dayton]], and [[South Broad Valley]] neighborhoods. The South Ward, once home to residents of predominantly Jewish descent, now has ethnic neighborhoods made up primarily of African Americans and [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics]]. The city's second-largest hospital, [[Newark Beth Israel Medical Center]], is in the South Ward, as are seventeen public schools, five daycare centers, three branch libraries, one police precinct, a mini-precinct, and three fire houses.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140405125715/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/residents/neighborhood_services/south_ward.php South Ward], City of Newark, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 5, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref>

The East Ward consists of much of Newark's [[Downtown Newark|Downtown]] commercial district, as well as the [[Ironbound]] neighborhood, where much of Newark's industry was in the 19th century. Today, the Ironbound (also known as "Down Neck" and "The Neck")<ref>[http://www.marriott.com/hotel-restaurants/ewrnr-renaissance-newark-airport-hotel/ironbound/209022/home-page.mi Ironbound] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204310/http://www.marriott.com/hotel-restaurants/ewrnr-renaissance-newark-airport-hotel/ironbound/209022/home-page.mi |date=January 4, 2014 }}, [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]]. Accessed January 4, 2014.</ref> is a destination for shopping, dining, and nightlife.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140127045737/http://www.goironbound.com/portal/ Home Page], Ironbound Business Improvement District, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 27, 2014. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> A historically immigrant-dominated section of the city, the Ironbound in recent decades has been termed "Little Portugal" and "Little Brazil" due to its heavily [[History of the Lusophone Americans in Newark, New Jersey|Portuguese]] and [[Brazilian Americans|Brazilian]] population, Newark being home to one of the largest Portuguese speaking communities in the United States. In addition, the East Ward has become home to various [[Latin Americans]], especially Ecuadorians, Peruvians, and Colombians, alongside Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and commuters to [[Manhattan]]. Public education in the East Ward consists of East Side High School and six elementary schools. The ward is densely packed, with well-maintained housing and streets, primarily large apartment buildings and [[rowhouses]].<ref name="Neighborhoods" /><ref>Staff. [http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/aaad72c40b4c3ea9852576e3006efead?OpenDocument "EPA Grant to Help Newark Community Target Environmental Problems"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526035603/http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/aaad72c40b4c3ea9852576e3006efead?OpenDocument |date=May 26, 2013 }}, [[Environmental Protection Agency]], March 11, 2010. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Ironbound Community Corporation is the largest comprehensive social service provider located in the East Ward of Newark, NJ. The community that will be served has a population of more than 50,000 people and is one of the most densely populated and diverse areas of the city."</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140627111302/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/residents/neighborhood_services/east_ward.php East Ward], City of Newark, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of June 27, 2014. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref>

=== Climate ===
Newark lies in the transition between a [[humid subtropical]] and [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa/Dfa''), with cold winters and hot humid summers. The January daily mean is {{convert|32.8|F|1}},<ref name="NOAA" /> and although temperatures below {{convert|10|F|0}} are to be expected in most years,<ref>[https://www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm 2015 Hardiness Zone Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623180858/https://www.arborday.org/media/zones.cfm |date=June 23, 2016 }}, [[Arbor Day Foundation]]. Accessed June 13, 2016/</ref> sub-{{convert|0|F}} readings are rare; conversely, some days may warm up to {{convert|50|F}}. The average seasonal snowfall is {{convert|31.5|in|cm}}, though variations in weather patterns may bring sparse snowfall in some years and several major [[nor'easter]]s in others, with the heaviest 24-hour fall of {{convert|25.9|in|cm}} occurring on December 26, 1947.<ref name="NOAA" /> Spring and autumn in the area are generally unstable yet mild. The July daily mean is {{convert|78.2|F|1}}, and highs exceed {{convert|90|F}} on an average 28.3 days per year,<ref name="NOAA" /> not factoring in the often higher [[heat index]]. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year with the summer months being the wettest and fall months being the driest.

The city receives precipitation ranging from {{convert|2.9|to|4.6|in|mm|0}} per month, usually falling on 8 to 12 days per month. Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|−14|F|0}} on February 9, 1934, to {{convert|108|F|0}} on July 22, 2011.<ref name="NOAA" /> The January freezing isotherm that separates Newark into ''Dfa'' and ''Cfa'' zones approximates the NJ Turnpike.

{{Newark, New Jersey weatherbox}}

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1810= 8008 | 1810n= *
|1820= 6507 | 1820n= *
|1830= 10953
|1840= 17290 | 1840n= *
|1850= 38894
|1860= 71941
|1870= 105059
|1880= 136508
|1890= 181830
|1900= 246070
|1910= 347469 | 1910n= *
|1920= 414524
|1930= 442337 | 1930n= *
|1940= 429760
|1950= 438776
|1960= 405220
|1970= 381930
|1980= 329248
|1990= 275221
|2000= 273546
|2010= 277140
|2020= 311549
| estimate=304960
| estyear=2023
| estref=<ref name=Census2020/><ref name=ANNRNK/><ref name=PopEst>[https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Minor Civil Divisions in New Jersey: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524044012/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/mcds/totals/SUB-MCD-EST2023-POP-34.xlsx |date=May 24, 2024 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], released May 2024. Accessed May 16, 2024.</ref>
|footnote=Population sources:<small> 1810–1920<ref>[https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full ''Compendium of censuses 1726–1905: together with the tabulated returns of 1905''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226125132/https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/handle/10929/25218?show=full |date=February 26, 2021 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]], 1906. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref><br />1810–1910<ref>Wack, Henry Wellington. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bos-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56 ''Official guide and manual of the 250th anniversary celebration of the founding of Newark, New Jersey, 1666–1916: The city of Newark, chief industrial center of New Jersey : historical, statistical and general review, together with numerous articles relating to the city and its celebration''], Newark Sales and Advertising Co., 1916. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref> 1840<ref>[[Francis Bowen|Bowen, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 ''American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715184554/https://books.google.com/books?id=DnUFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA231 |date=July 15, 2023 }}, p. 231, David H. Williams, 1842. Accessed August 6, 2013. Population for 1840 is listed as 17,303, which is 13 higher than the number shown in other sources.</ref> 1850–1870<ref>Raum, John O. [https://archive.org/details/historyofnewjers02raum/page/245 ''The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1''], p. 245, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed August 6, 2013. "Newark is now the largest city in the state and is extensively engaged in manufacturing. The population in 1850 was 38,894; in 1860 71,941; and in 1870, 105,059. The city is divided into fourteen wards."</ref><br />1850<ref>[[J. D. B. De Bow|Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=25TicJOdU0AC&pg=PA138 ''The Seventh Census of the United States: 1850''], p. 138. R. Armstrong, 1853. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref> 1870<ref>Staff. [https://archive.org/details/acompendiumnint00offigoog/page/n272 <!-- pg=259 --> ''A compendium of the ninth census, 1870''], p. 259. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1872. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref> 1880–1890<ref>Porter, Robert Percival. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98 ''Preliminary Results as Contained in the Eleventh Census Bulletins: Volume III – 51 to 75''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001194344/https://books.google.com/books?id=8gUkQkJdLpsC&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 98. [[United States Census Bureau]], 1890. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref><br />1890–1910<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cu31924070698356/page/n343 <!-- pg=336 --> ''Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910: Population by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions, 1910, 1900, 1890''], [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 336. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref> 1840–1930<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA711 ''Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930 – Population Volume I''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030213735/https://books.google.com/books?id=kifRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA711#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=October 30, 2023 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], p. 711. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><br />1940–2000<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 Table 6: New Jersey Resident Population by Municipality: 1940 - 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005222054/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2kpub/njsdcp3.pdf#page=27 |date=October 5, 2022 }}, Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network, August 2001. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref> 2000<ref name=Census2000>[http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603451000.pdf Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Newark city, New Jersey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515010441/http://censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603451000.pdf|date=May 15, 2012 }} [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref><ref name=Census2000SF1>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401351000 DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212092633/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3401351000|date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref><br>2010<ref name=Census2010>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401351000 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212101658/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3401351000|date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><ref name=LWD2010>[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ess/newark1.pdf Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2010 for Newark city] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506173006/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/dp/dp1_ess/newark1.pdf|date=May 6, 2012 }} [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref><ref name="Census2010XLS" /><ref name=Census2010Press>[https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn15.html "U.S. Census Bureau Delivers New Jersey's 2010 Census Population Totals, Including First Look at Race and Hispanic Origin Data for Legislative Redistricting"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208012643/http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/2010_census/cb11-cn15.html |date=February 8, 2011 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], February 3, 2011. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> 2020<ref name=Census2020>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/newarkcitynewjersey QuickFacts Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213124942/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/P007/0600000US3401351000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed December 11, 2022.</ref><ref name=LWD2020>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf Total Population: Census 2010 - Census 2020 New Jersey Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213084623/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2020/2020%20pl94%20Tables/2020_Mun/MCD%200_All.pdf |date=February 13, 2023 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref><br />* = Territory change in previous decade.<ref name="Story" /></small>
}}
Newark had a population of 311,549 in 2020.<ref name=Census2020/> The [[Population Estimates Program]] calculated a population of 305,344 for 2022, making Newark the [[List of United States cities by population|66th-most populous municipality]] in the nation.<ref name=ANNRNK/> The city was ranked 67th in population in 2010 and 63rd in 2000.<ref name=LargestCities>Gaquin, Deirdre A.; Ryan, Mary Meghan. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_fpgKElHf3UC&pg=PR17 ''Places, Towns, and Townships 2012''], p. xvii. [[Bernan Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|9781598885330}}. Accessed August 6, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0027.pdf Table 27. Incorporated Places With 175,000 or More Inhabitants in 2010—Population: 1970 to 2010] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235237/http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2012/tables/12s0027.pdf |date=September 23, 2015 }} [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 15, 2012.</ref><ref name="Census2010XLS">[http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/2010data/nj_tab1.xls The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113013436/http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/census/2010/2010data/nj_tab1.xls |date=January 13, 2016 }} [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]]. Accessed May 12, 2017.</ref>

From 2000 to 2010, the increase of 3,594 inhabitants (+1.3%) from the 273,546 counted in the [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]] marked the second census in 70 years in which the city's population had grown from the previous enumeration.<ref name="Census2010" /><ref name="LWD2010" /><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602092646/https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/assets/PDFs/census/2010/2010data/table7cm.xls |date=June 2, 2022 }} [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]], February 2011. Accessed May 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/public_Newark%202010-15%20HUD%20Consolidated%20Plan%20FINAL%20DRAFT.pdf#page=147 2010–2015 HUD Consolidated Plan & 2010–2011 Annual Action Plan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515155743/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/public_Newark%202010-15%20HUD%20Consolidated%20Plan%20FINAL%20DRAFT.pdf |date=May 15, 2012 }} City of Newark, New Jersey. Accessed November 21, 2012. "The City of Newark has been the most populous city in New Jersey for many years, with a peak population of 442,337 reported in the 1930 Census. Since that peak, however, the City's population has declined as residents migrated to suburban areas."</ref> This trend continued in 2020, where Newark had an increase of 34,409 (12.4%) from the 277,140 counted in the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], the largest percentage increase in 100 years.

After reaching a peak of 442,337 residents counted in the [[1930 United States census|1930 census]], and a post-war population of 438,776 in 1950, the city's population saw a decline of nearly 40% as residents moved to surrounding suburbs. [[White flight]] from Newark to the suburbs started in the 1940s and accelerated in the 1960s, due in part to the construction of the [[Interstate Highway System]].<ref>Dolan, Thomas. [http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=17&page=2 "Newark and Its Gateway Complex – Part 2: Old Newark, New Newark"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413030722/http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/reports/display.php?id=17&page=2 |date=April 13, 2008 }} The Newark Metro. Accessed April 7, 2015. "Even prior to the riots, Newark was on a steady decline as residents began to leave the city. 'White flight' from Newark to the suburbs, which started in the '40s and accelerated in the '60s, meant that an increasing number of people who worked in the city no longer lived there."</ref> The [[1967 Newark riots|1967 riots]] resulted in a significant population loss of the city's middle class, many of them [[American Jews|Jewish]], which continued from the 1970s through to the 1990s.<ref>Burr, Ty. [http://articles.boston.com/2009-10-22/ae/29263138_1_alumni-association-gang-members-principal-stone "Heart of Stone: Seeing the good one man can do"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515183414/http://articles.boston.com/2009-10-22/ae/29263138_1_alumni-association-gang-members-principal-stone |date=May 15, 2012 }} ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', October 22, 2009. Accessed February 15, 2012. "The twin forces of light at Weequahic are principal Ron Stone and the school's alumni association, the latter made up almost entirely of white middle-class Jews. Until the Newark riots and ensuing white flight crippled the neighborhood in the late 1960s, Weequahic was one of the country's finest schools..."</ref> On net, the city lost about 130,000 residents between 1960 and 1990.

At the 2010 census, there were 91,414 households, and 62,239 families in Newark. There were 108,907 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4,552.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.<ref name=":0" /> In 2000, there were 273,546 people, 91,382 households, and 61,956 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|11,495.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 100,141 housing units at an average density of 4,208.1 per square mile (1,624.6//km<sup>2</sup>).<ref name="GR2" />

The U.S. Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 [[inflation adjustment|inflation-adjusted]] dollars) [[median household income]] was $35,659 (with a margin of error of +/- $1,009) and the median family income was $41,684 (+/- $1,116). Males had a median income of $34,350 (+/- $1,015) versus $32,865 (+/- $973) for females. The [[per capita income]] for the township was $17,367 (+/- $364). About 22% of families and 25% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 34.9% of those under age 18 and 22.4% of those age 65 or over.<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Newark city, Essex County, New Jersey]{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 3, 2012.</ref>

The median income for a household in 2000 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. The city's unemployment rate was 8.5%.<ref name="Census2000" /><ref name="Census2000SF1" />
[[File:Ethnic Origins in Newark, NJ.png|thumb|Ethnic origins in Newark]]

=== Race and ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Historical racial composition !! 2020<ref name="Census2020" /> !! 2010<ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/newarkcitynewjersey HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE from the 2020 Census – Sample Data for Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200213124942/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/P007/0600000US3401351000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref>!! 2000<ref name=Census1790to1990/> !! 1990<ref name=Census1790to1990/> !! 1950<ref name=Census1790to1990/> !! 1900<ref name=Census1790to1990/>
|-
| [[White American|White]] ||22.7% ||26.3% ||26.3% || 28.6% || 82.8% || 97.2%
|-
| └ [[Non-Hispanic White]] || 9.9%|| 11.6%|| 14.3%|| 16.7% || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[African American|Black or African American]] ||48.2% ||52.4% ||53.4% || 58.5% || 17.1% || 2.7%
|-
| [[American Indian and Alaska Native|Native]] ||0.4% ||n/a ||n/a || n/a || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] ||1.9% ||1.6% ||1.1% || 1.2% || 0.1% || 0.1%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Some other race]] ||n/a ||15.2% ||13.9% || 11.5% || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Two or more races]] ||8.5% ||3.8% ||5.0% || n/a || n/a || n/a
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race) || 36.8% || 33.8% || 29.4% || 26.0% || n/a || n/a
|}

===2020===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Newark, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Jersey: 1990 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf |access-date=June 19, 2024 |archive-date=June 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605082907/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-1/cp-1-32-1.pdf? |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Newark city, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US3451000&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Newark city, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3451000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Newark city, New Jersey|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3451000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 26, 2024|archive-date=January 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128021034/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3451000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|url-status=live}}</ref>
!% 1990
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|45,344
|38,950
|32,122
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,916
|16.48%
|14.24%
|11.59%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.00%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|153,703
|142,083
|138,074
|style='background: #ffffe6; |147,905
|55.85%
|51.94%
|49.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.47%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|502
|529
|713
|style='background: #ffffe6; |572
|0.18%
|0.19%
|0.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,826
|3,138
|4,318
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,871
|1.03%
|1.15%
|1.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.56%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|N/A
|69
|68
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63
|N/A
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|1,085
|2,034
|3,899
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,379
|0.39%
|0.74%
|1.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.37%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|N/A
|6,121
|4,200
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,469
|N/A
|2.24%
|1.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.00%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|71,761
|80,622
|93,746
|style='background: #ffffe6; |113,374
|26.07%
|29.47%
|33.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.39%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''275,221'''
|'''273,546'''
|'''277,140'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''311,549'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

From the 1950s to 1967, Newark's non-Hispanic white population shrank from 363,000 to 158,000; its black population grew from 70,000 to 220,000.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/pov/streetfight/special_overview.php "Newark: A Brief History: From Puritan stronghold to industrial mecca to 'Renaissance City,' Newark, New Jersey, one of the poorest cities in the US, has undergone a series of radical transformations."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117051752/http://www.pbs.org/pov/streetfight/special_overview.php |date=November 17, 2015 }}, [[PBS]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref> The percentage of non-Hispanic whites declined from 82.8% in 1950 to 11.6% by 2010.<ref name=Census1790to1990>Gibson, Campbell; and Jung, Kay. [https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2005/demo/POP-twps0076.pdf#page=82 ''Historical Census Statistics On Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For Large Cities And Other Urban Places In The United States''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128120739/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2005/demo/POP-twps0076.pdf#page=82 |date=January 28, 2021 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], February 2005. Accessed December 27, 2023.</ref><ref name="census1">[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3451000.html State & County QuickFacts for Newark (city), New Jersey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313174258/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3451000.html |date=March 13, 2005 }} [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref><ref name=Arena/> The percentage of Latinos and Hispanics in Newark grew between 1980 and 2010, from 18.6% to 33.8% while that of Blacks and African Americans decreased from 58.2% to 52.4%.<ref>Gillespie, Andra; Perry, Ravi K. (editor). [https://books.google.com/books?id=hHvvH6bd7-YC&pg=PA33 "Chapter 3 – Beyond Booker: Assessing the Prospects of Black and Latino Mayoral Contenders in Newark, New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628080818/https://books.google.com/books?id=hHvvH6bd7-YC&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=June 28, 2024 }} in ''21st Century Urban Race Politics: Representing Minorities as Universal Interests'', p. 33. Emerald Group Publishing, 2013. {{ISBN|9781781901847}}. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref><ref>Gillespie, Andra. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fnsyedSOpuIC ''The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628081320/https://books.google.com/books?id=fnsyedSOpuIC |date=June 28, 2024 }}, [[New York University Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|978-0814732441}}. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Giambusso, David. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/09/with_council_president_vote_ras_baraka_could_win_latino_support.html "With Newark council president vote, Ras Baraka could win Latino support"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216004214/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/09/with_council_president_vote_ras_baraka_could_win_latino_support.html |date=December 16, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 22, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Wharton, Jonathon L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRZEAgAAQBAJ ''A Post-Racial Change Is Gonna Come Newark, Cory Booker, and the Transformation of Urban America''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628081347/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRZEAgAAQBAJ |date=June 28, 2024 }}, [[Springer Publishing]], 2013. {{ISBN|9781137277725}}. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

At the [[American Community Survey]]'s 2018 estimates, [[non-Hispanic whites]] made up 8.9% of the population. [[African Americans|Black or African Americans]] were 47.0% of the population, [[Asian Americans]] were 2.1%, some other race 1.6%, and [[multiracial Americans]] 1.1%. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race made up 39.2% of the city's population in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Newark%20city,%20New%20Jersey&g=1600000US3451000&hidePreview=false&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP05&vintage=2018&layer=VT_2018_160_00_PY_D1&cid=DP05_0001E|title=2018 ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates|website=data.census.gov|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804104935/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Newark%20city%2C%20New%20Jersey&g=1600000US3451000&hidePreview=false&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP05&vintage=2018&layer=VT_2018_160_00_PY_D1&cid=DP05_0001E|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, 35.74% of the population was white, 58.86% African American, 3.99% Native American or Alaska Native, 2.19% Asian, .01% Pacific Islander, 10.4% from other races, and 10.95% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 33.39% of the population at the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name=":0" />

The racial makeup of the city in 2000 was 53.46% (146,250) black or African American, 26.52% (72,537) white, 1.19% (3,263) Asian, 0.37% (1,005) Native American, 0.05% (135) Pacific Islander, 14.05% (38,430) from other races, and 4.36% (11,926) from two or more races. 29.47% (80,622) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.<ref name="Census2000" /><ref name="Census2000SF1" /> 49.2% of the city's 80,622 residents who identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino were from [[Puerto Rico]], while 9.4% were from [[Ecuador]] and 7.8% from the [[Dominican Republic]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/QTP9/1600000US3451000 QT-P9 – Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212095243/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/QTP9/1600000US3451000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref> There is a significant Portuguese-speaking community concentrated in the [[Ironbound]] district. 2000 census data showed that Newark had 15,801 residents of Portuguese ancestry (5.8% of the population), while an additional 5,805 (2.1% of the total) were of Brazilian ancestry.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/QTP13/1600000US3451000 QT-P13 – Ancestry: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data for Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200212112207/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/QTP13/1600000US3451000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 21, 2013.</ref>

In advance of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], city officials made a push to encourage residents to respond and participate in the enumeration, citing calculations by city officials that as many as 30,000 people were not reflected in estimates by the [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]], which resulted in the loss of government aid and political representation.<ref>Cohn, D'Vera. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-03/25/053r-032500-idx.html "In Newark, a High-Stakes Push to Improve the Census; Overlooked Residents Cost City Dearly in '90s"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510160205/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-03/25/053r-032500-idx.html |date=May 10, 2017 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', March 25, 2000. Accessed June 14, 2016. "Census estimates show that Newark's population has leveled off at 267,000 after dropping for decades. Newark officials, including Campana, the city's assistant business manager and chief census technocrat, insist there are more than 300,000 people here."</ref> It is believed that heavily immigrant areas of Newark were significantly undercounted in the 2010 census, especially in the East Ward. Many households refused to participate in the census, with immigrants often reluctant to submit census forms because they believed that the information could be used to justify their deportation.<ref>Mascarenhas, Rohan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/census_bureau_makes_final_push.html "Census Bureau makes final push for N.J. residents to submit forms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113103407/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/census_bureau_makes_final_push.html |date=November 13, 2011 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 15, 2010. Accessed September 13, 2011.</ref>

At one time, there was an [[Italian Americans|Italian American]] community in the [[Seventh Avenue, Newark|Seventh Avenue]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://orderisda.org/culture/la-nostra-voce/the-vanishing-of-the-first-ward-newarks-original-little-italy/|title= The Vanishing of the First Ward, Newark's Original Little Italy|date= September 7, 2020|access-date= September 24, 2023|archive-date= June 27, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230627123806/https://orderisda.org/culture/la-nostra-voce/the-vanishing-of-the-first-ward-newarks-original-little-italy/|url-status= live}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
[[File:Lucy RCC Newark jeh.jpg|thumb|[[St. Lucy's Church (Newark, New Jersey)|St. Lucy's Church]] in the [[(Seventh Avenue, Newark)|Old First Ward]] is home to the National Shrine of [[Gerard Majella|St. Gerard]] where followers continue to seek the Catholic saint's intercession on fertility and safe delivery in childbirth.]]
[[File:Mt Olive AME Church Newark jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church|left]]
[[File:Ahavas Sholom Newark Front.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Congregation Ahavas Sholom, a Newark [[synagogue]]]]
Roughly 60% of Newarkers identified with a religion as of 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/new_jersey/newark|title=Newark, New Jersey Religion|website=www.bestplaces.net|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328225611/https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/new_jersey/newark|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest [[Christianity|Christian]] group in Newark is the [[Catholic Church]] (34.3%), followed by [[Baptists]] (5.2%). The city's Catholic population are divided into [[Latin Church|Latin]] and [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]]. The Latin Church-based [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark|Archdiocese of Newark]], serving [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson]] and [[Union County, New Jersey|Union]] counties, is headquartered in the city. Its [[episcopal see|episcopal seat]] is the [[Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Newark)|Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart]]. Eastern Catholics in the area are served by the [[Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark]], an [[eparchy]] of the [[Syriac Catholic Church]], and by the [[Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia|Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy]] of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Baptist churches in Newark are affiliated with the [[American Baptist Churches USA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc-usa.org/find-a-church/|title=Find A Church – ABCUSA|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806062430/http://www.abc-usa.org/find-a-church/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Progressive National Baptist Convention]], the [[National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.|National Baptist Convention of America]], and [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc]].

Following, 2.4% identified with [[Methodism]] and the [[United Methodist Church]] and [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|African Methodist Episcopal]] and [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church|AME Zion]] churches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church/search|title=Search – Find A Church|website=The United Methodist Church|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413050031/https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church/search|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ame-church.com/directory/find-a-church/|title=Find a Church|last=Church|first=A. M. E.|website=AME Church|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415105527/https://www.ame-church.com/directory/find-a-church/|url-status=live}}</ref> 1.6% of Christian Newarkers are [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] and 1.3% identified as [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]. The Presbyterian community is dominated by the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] and [[Presbyterian Church in America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcusa.org/search/congregations/?criteria=Newark,+NJ&distance=15&by_location=Search&congregation=&presbytery=|title=Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – Resources|last=Church (U.S.A.)|first=Presbyterian|date=April 8, 2020|website=www.pcusa.org|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628081421/https://www.pcusa.org/search/congregations/?criteria=Newark,+NJ&distance=15&by_location=Search&congregation=&presbytery=|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcaac.org/church-directory/|title=Church Directory|website=PCA Administrative Committee|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=February 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209183851/https://www.pcaac.org/church-directory/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Pentecostal community is dominated by the [[Church of God in Christ]] and [[Assemblies of God USA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ag.org/Resources/Directories/Find%20a%20Church?C=Newark&S=NJ|title=Find a Church|website=ag.org|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804084934/https://ag.org/Resources/Directories/Find%20a%20Church?C=Newark&S=NJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

0.9% of Christians in the city and nearby suburbs identify as [[Anglicanism|Anglican or Episcopalian]]. Most are served by the [[Episcopal Diocese of Newark|Newark Diocese]] of the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church in the United States]]. The remainder identified with [[Continuing Anglican movement|Continuing Anglican]] or [[Evangelical Anglicanism|Evangelical Episcopal]] bodies including the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]] and [[Anglican Church in North America]]. ACNA and REC-affiliated churches form the [[Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic]].

0.6% of Christians are members of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]], followed by [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] (0.2%). 3.0% of the city's Christian populace were of other Christian denominations including the [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern]] and [[Oriental Orthodox Churches|Oriental Orthodox]] churches,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goarch.org/parishes|title=Parishes|website=www.goarch.org|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403152526/https://www.goarch.org/parishes|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/parishes/state/NJ|title=Parishes – New Jersey|website=www.oca.org|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804085815/https://www.oca.org/parishes/state/NJ|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Independent sacramental movement|Independent sacramental churches]], the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.jw.org/ui/E/meeting-search.html#/weekly-meetings/search/E/Newark,%20NJ,%20USA/40.735657,-74.172367/|title=Find a Meeting|website=apps.jw.org|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327102107/https://apps.jw.org/ui/E/meeting-search.html#/weekly-meetings/search/E/Newark,%20NJ,%20USA/40.735657,-74.172367/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational Protestants]], and the [[United Church of Christ]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucc.org/find|title=Find Churches Near Me, Church Directory|website=United Church of Christ|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409065756/https://www.ucc.org/find|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in Newark include the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] ([[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]) and the [[Orthodox Church in America Diocese of New York and New Jersey|Diocese]] of [[New York (state)|New York]] and New Jersey ([[Orthodox Church in America]]). The largest Oriental Orthodox bodies include the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] and [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]].

[[Judaism]] and [[Islam]] were tied as the second-largest religious community (3.0%). Up to 1967, Jewish Americans formed a substantial portion of the middle class. [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]], [[Shia Islam|Shia]] and [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslims are the largest Islamic denominational demographic, though some Muslims in the area may be [[Quranism|Quranists]]. Most Sunni [[mosque]]s are members of the [[Islamic Society of North America]]. The Nation of Islam had a [[Mosque No. 25|former mosque]] in Newark presided by [[Louis Farrakhan]].

A little over 1.2% practiced an eastern religion including [[Sikhism]], [[Hinduism]], and [[Buddhism]]. The remainder of Newark was [[spiritual but not religious]], [[Agnosticism|agnostic]], [[Deism|deistic]], or [[Atheism|atheist]], though some Newarkers identified with [[Modern Paganism|neo-pagan]] religions including [[Wicca]] and other smaller [[new religious movement]]s.

== Economy ==
[[File:NewarkNJ 7 2010.JPG|alt=|thumb|upright=1|[[Downtown Newark]] at sunset]]
[[File:NJ Transit HQ Newark.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[NJ Transit]] headquarters in Newark]]
More than 100,000 people commute to Newark each workday,<ref>Mitter, Siddhartha. [http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/6/is-newark-the-nextdetroit.html "In the battle for Newark, fears of becoming the next Detroit; Two visions of a city's turnaround clash in a heated election"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113022637/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/6/is-newark-the-nextdetroit.html |date=January 13, 2016 }}, [[Al Jazeera America]], May 6, 2014. Accessed September 10, 2015. "An estimated 100,000 people commute to Newark each day, many to universities and county offices excluded from the city's property tax base."</ref> making it the state's largest employment center with many white-collar jobs in insurance, finance, import-export, [[Health care in the United States|healthcare]], and government.<ref>[http://www.newarkrbp.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/WebContentPage.aspx?ContentID=304 ''Newark Data Book''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101092008/http://www.newarkrbp.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/WebContentPage.aspx?ContentID=304 |date=November 1, 2014 }} Newark Regional Business Partnership. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> As a major courthouse venue including federal, state, and county facilities, it is home to more than 1,000 law firms. The city also has a significant number of college students, with nearly 50,000 attending the city's universities and medical and law schools.<ref>Delgado, Samuel A. [http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2012/02/newark_could_be_a_real_college.html "Newark could be a real college town"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216062925/http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2012/02/newark_could_be_a_real_college.html |date=December 16, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 3, 2012. Accessed April 7, 2015. "With 60,000 students and faculty at six colleges and universities, Newark has the fifth-highest concentration of higher education on the East Coast, after Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C."</ref><ref>[http://planning.ci.newark.nj.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/econ_redev_plan_Downtown.pdf ''Newark The Living Downtown Development Plan''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002455/http://planning.ci.newark.nj.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/econ_redev_plan_Downtown.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }} City of Newark, 2008. Accessed May 10, 2016. "Downtown Newark is the largest downtown in the state of New Jersey. Its assets include nearly 50,000 office workers, the headquarters of five major corporations, five university campuses with nearly 50,000 students and faculty, two hospital campuses, one of the best public transit systems in the nation among mid-sized cities, and important sports, cultural, and entertainment destinations...In 2000, the daytime population of Newark was estimated at over 330,000, including a workforce of 47,000 people within one half-mile of the intersection of Broad and Market Streets, Newark's legendary Four Corners."</ref> Its airport, maritime port, rail facilities, and highway network make Newark the busiest [[transshipment]] hub on the U.S. East Coast in terms of volume.<ref>[http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Copy%20of%202013%20U%20S%20%20PORT%20RANKINGS%20BY%20CARGO%20TONNAGE%5F1427222227746%5F1.xlsx U.S. Port Ranking By Cargo Volume] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613133908/http://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/Copy |date=June 13, 2020 }}, [[American Association of Port Authorities]], 2013. Accessed May 23, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202014_0.pdf U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics, December 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222141420/https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/US%20International%20Air%20Passenger%20and%20Freight%20Statistics%20Report%20for%20December%202014_0.pdf |date=December 22, 2015 }}, [[United States Department of Transportation]] International Aviation Developments Series. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

Though Newark is not the industrial colossus of the past, the city does have a considerable amount of industry and light manufacturing.<ref>Mistry, Nisha. [http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/05/28-newark-manufacturing-mistry-vey-shearer "Newark's Manufacturing Competitiveness: Findings and Strategies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606104916/http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2013/05/28-newark-manufacturing-mistry-vey-shearer |date=June 6, 2013 }}, [[Brookings Institution]], May 28, 2013. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref> The southern portion of the [[Ironbound]], also known as the Industrial Meadowlands, has seen many factories built since [[World War II|World War&nbsp;II]], including a large [[Anheuser-Busch]] brewery that opened in 1951 and distributed 7.5&nbsp;million barrels of beer in 2007. Grain comes into the facility by rail.<ref>Morley, Hugh R. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/anheuser-busch-announces-60-nj-jobs-cuts-1.1228826 "Anheuser-Busch announces 60 NJ jobs cuts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819084458/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/anheuser-busch-announces-60-nj-jobs-cuts-1.1228826 |date=August 19, 2016 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 20, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2016. "A company spokesman declined to say how many employees work at the plant, which was opened in 1951 and makes Budweiser, Bud Light and other company brands. In 2007, there were 800 workers at the brewery, which at that time shipped 7.5&nbsp;million barrels of beer annually."</ref> 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 large business in Newark, accounting for more than 17,000 jobs in 2011.<ref>[http://www.rbp.org/pdf/NewarkDatabook.pdf Newark Data Book] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207050419/http://www.rbp.org/pdf/NewarkDatabook.pdf |date=December 7, 2012 }} Newark Regional Business Partnership. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref>

Newark is the third-largest insurance center in the United States, behind New York City and [[Hartford, Connecticut]].<ref>Luxenberg, Stan. [http://nreionline.com/finance/news/developers_rediscover_newark_0518/ "Developers Rediscover Newark"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017214332/http://nreionline.com/finance/news/developers_rediscover_newark_0518/ |date=October 17, 2011 }} National Real Estate Investor, May 18, 2011. Accessed August 15, 2012. "Downtown Newark accounts for 50,000 jobs. The city is the third largest insurance center in the U.S. after New York City and Hartford, Conn."</ref> [[Prudential Financial]], [[Mutual Benefit Life]], [[Home Office Building|Fireman's Insurance]], and [[American Insurance Company Building|American Insurance Company]] all originated in the city, while Prudential still has its [[Prudential Headquarters|home office]] in Newark.<ref>Burd, Joshua. [http://www.njbiz.com/article/20120813/NJBIZ01/120819989/To-see-Newark-rebirth-look-up "To see Newark rebirth, look up; As big names plan high rises in city, real estate firms see rising demand"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218154017/http://www.njbiz.com/article/20120813/NJBIZ01/120819989/To-see-Newark-rebirth-look-up |date=December 18, 2013 }}, ''NJBiz'', August 13, 2012. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> Many other companies are headquartered in the city, including [[IDT Corporation]], [[NJ Transit]], [[Public Service Enterprise Group]] (PSEG), [[Manischewitz]], [[Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey]],<ref>[http://www.newarkrbp.org/newark/ About Newark] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907172045/http://www.newarkrbp.org/newark/ |date=September 7, 2012 }} Newark Regional Business Partnership. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref><ref>Verdon, Joan. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/123893709_123-year-old_matzo_maker_moves.html "Manischewitz calls Newark a key ingredient in its growth plan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512070452/http://www.northjersey.com/news/123893709_123-year-old_matzo_maker_moves.html |date=May 12, 2012 }}, ''[[Herald News]]'', June 15, 2011. Accessed March 31, 2012. "Newark landed the new corporate headquarters of The Manischewitz Co., executives said Tuesday, because city officials provided one crucial ingredient – they moved quickly to solve problems."</ref> and [[Edison Properties]].

After the election of [[Cory Booker]] as mayor, millions of dollars of public-private partnership investment were made in [[Downtown Newark|Downtown]] development, but persistent underemployment continue to characterize many of the [[List of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey|city's neighborhoods]].<ref>Giambusso, David. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/cory_bookers_legacy_in_newark_under_spotlight_as_he_looks_to_senate.html "Cory Booker's legacy in Newark under spotlight as he looks to Senate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218061752/http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/10/cory_bookers_legacy_in_newark_under_spotlight_as_he_looks_to_senate.html |date=December 18, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 6, 2013. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Kate Zernike|Zernike, Kate]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/nyregion/promise-vs-reality-in-newark-as-mayor-eyes-higher-office.html "Promise vs. Reality in Newark on Mayor's Watch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203133503/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/nyregion/promise-vs-reality-in-newark-as-mayor-eyes-higher-office.html |date=February 3, 2013 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 13, 2012. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Zezima, Katie. [http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20131018/bound-for-dc-booker-leaves-mixed-legacy-in-newark "Bound for DC, Booker leaves mixed legacy in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212122900/http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20131018/bound-for-dc-booker-leaves-mixed-legacy-in-newark |date=December 12, 2013 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', October 18, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/newark "When Cory's gone"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816003401/https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/08/newark |date=August 16, 2017 }}, ''[[The Economist]]'', August 14, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>[[Bill Bradley|Bradley, Bill]]. [https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/is-cory-booker-really-the-peoples-choice "Is Cory Booker Really the People's Choice?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617140711/http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/is-cory-booker-really-the-peoples-choice |date=June 17, 2014 }}, ''[[Next City]]'', September 13, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>[[Joel Rose|Rose, Joel]]. [https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/08/06/209576092/cory-booker-super-mayor-or-self-promoter "Cory Booker: Supermayor Or Self-Promoter?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210062031/https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/08/06/209576092/cory-booker-super-mayor-or-self-promoter |date=February 10, 2018 }}, [[National Public Radio]], August 6, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> Poverty remains a consistent problem in Newark. As of 2010, roughly one-third of the city's population was impoverished.<ref name="poorest">Wilwohl, Joshua. [http://newarknj.patch.com/articles/report-newarkers-among-new-jerseys-poorest "Report: Newarkers Among New Jersey's Poorest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128122438/http://newarknj.patch.com/articles/report-newarkers-among-new-jerseys-poorest |date=November 28, 2012 }}, Newark Patch, September 26, 2011. Accessed May 10, 2016. "U.S. Census Bureau statistics reveal there are 79,243 people living in poverty in the city of Newark. Those numbers, which were part of the census' American Community Survey released last Thursday, mean roughly one in three residents of New Jersey's largest city are poor."</ref>

Portions of Newark are part of an [[Urban Enterprise Zone]]. The city was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q&a_052709.pdf ''Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227141613/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q%26a_052709.pdf |date=December 27, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) was enacted in 1983. It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority: Camden, Newark, Bridgeton, Trenton, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Kearny, Orange and Millville/Vineland (joint zone)."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% [[sales tax]] rate (half of the {{frac|6|5|8}}% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ Urban Enterprise Zone Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721130311/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ |date=July 21, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in January 1986, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in December 2023.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185010/https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf |date=September 23, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref>

The UEZ program in Newark and four other original UEZ cities had been allowed to lapse as of January 1, 2017, after Governor [[Chris Christie]], who called the program an "abject failure", vetoed a compromise bill that would have extended the status for two years.<ref>Racioppi, Dustin. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/02/10/christie-conditionally-vetos-uez-extension/97747842/ "Christie vetoes urban enterprise zone extension"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330031616/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/02/10/christie-conditionally-vetos-uez-extension/97747842/ |date=March 30, 2019 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 10, 2017. Accessed November 19, 2019. "Gov. Chris Christie on Friday conditionally vetoed the Legislature's attempt to extend the Urban Enterprise Zone status for its five charter communities, calling the economic revitalization program an 'abject failure' with a 'devastating impact' on state revenue.... The Legislature returned with what it called a compromise bill, A-4189, to extend the designation for two years instead of 10 for the first five UEZs – Bridgeton, Camden, Newark, Plainfield and Trenton – which expired on Jan. 1."</ref> In May 2018, Governor [[Phil Murphy]] signed a law that reinstated the program in these five cities and extended the expiration date in other zones.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/ueznotice.shtml "Notice: Law Reinstates Five Urban Enterprise Zones And Also Extends The Expiration Date Of 12 Other UEZs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185002/https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/ueznotice.shtml |date=September 23, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of the Treasury]] Division of Taxation, May 30, 2018. Accessed November 19, 2019. "On May 30, 2018, Governor Murphy signed Senate Bill 846 (A3549). The law reinstated five expired Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs). If your business is located in one of these zones, you may file an application to establish qualified business status. (Past certifications are no longer valid in these five zones). The five UEZs are in: *Bridgeton *Camden *Newark *Plainfield *Trenton. The UEZs in the five locations listed above expire on December 31, 2023."</ref>

Newark is one of nine cities in New Jersey designated as eligible for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits by the state's [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority|Economic Development Authority]]. Developers who invest a minimum of $50&nbsp;million within {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} of a train station are eligible for pro-rated [[tax credit]].<ref>[http://www.njeda.com/web/Aspx_pg/Templates/Npic_Text.aspx?Doc_Id=888&menuid=1295&topid=718&levelid=6&midid=1175 "Incentive Programs – Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414152339/http://www.njeda.com/web/Aspx_pg/Templates/Npic_Text.aspx?Doc_Id=888&menuid=1295&topid=718&levelid=6&midid=1175 |date=April 14, 2012 }}, [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.njeda.com/web/pdf/urban%20hub%20essex%20county.pdf Essex County: Newark – Urban Transit Hub Tax Credits] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212024205/http://www.njeda.com/web/pdf/urban%20hub%20essex%20county.pdf |date=December 12, 2013 }}, [[New Jersey Economic Development Authority]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref>

=== Technology industry ===
The technology industry in Newark has grown significantly after [[Audible (service)|Audible]], an online [[audiobook]] and [[podcast]] company, moved its headquarters to Newark in 2007. The company was later acquired by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]].<ref name="bf">{{cite journal |title=Startup Ecosystems Are Everywhere |journal=Business Facilities |date=October 14, 2021 |issue=September/October 2021 |url=https://businessfacilities.com/2021/10/startup-ecosystems-are-everywhere/ |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205213/https://businessfacilities.com/2021/10/startup-ecosystems-are-everywhere/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Panasonic]] moved its North America headquarters to the city in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=De Poto |first1=Tom |title=Christie cuts ribbon on Panasonic's new headquarters in Newark, salutes bipartisanship |url=http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/christie_newark_panasonic.html |access-date=October 22, 2021 |date=September 17, 2013 |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213042749/https://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/christie_newark_panasonic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Other technology-focus companies followed suit. In 2015, [[AeroFarms]], a developer of an [[aeroponic]] technology for farming moved its headquarters from [[Finger Lakes]] to Newark.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Jersey's 'Brick City' just broke ground on the world's largest vertical farm |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/aerofarms-newark-vertical-farming-opening-2015-7 |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=Business Insider |date=July 10, 2015 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205211/https://www.businessinsider.com/aerofarms-newark-vertical-farming-opening-2015-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2016, it had built the world's largest [[vertical farm]] in a Newark warehouse.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cherelus |first1=Gina |title=Indoor farming gives former New Jersey arena new lease on life |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-vertical-farming/indoor-farming-gives-former-new-jersey-arena-new-lease-on-life-idUSKCN0ZE24L |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=June 28, 2016 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205211/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-vertical-farming/indoor-farming-gives-former-new-jersey-arena-new-lease-on-life-idUSKCN0ZE24L |url-status=live }}</ref> The company was recognized in 2019 by [[Fast Company]] as one of the world's most innovative companies in [[data science]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 – The World's Most Innovative Companies |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2019/sectors/data-science |publisher=Fast Company |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022024950/https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2019/sectors/data-science |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Broadridge Financial Solutions]], a public [[FinTech]] company, announced a relocation of 1,000 jobs to Newark in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Keiko |title=FinTech Firm Broadridge Financial Moving to Booming Newark, N.J. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fintech-firm-broadridge-financial-moving-to-booming-newark-n-j-1488320189 |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205211/https://www.wsj.com/articles/fintech-firm-broadridge-financial-moving-to-booming-newark-n-j-1488320189 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, [[WebMD]], an online publisher, announced that it will relocate and create up to 700 new jobs in the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=WebMD Bringing Up To 700 Employees To New Jersey |url=https://businessfacilities.com/2021/04/webmd-bringing-up-to-700-employees-to-new-jersey/ |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=Business Facilities |date=April 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205214/https://businessfacilities.com/2021/04/webmd-bringing-up-to-700-employees-to-new-jersey/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, Newark was selected as one of 20 finalists for the location of [[Amazon HQ2]], a new headquarters of Amazon. The advantages of Newark included proximity to [[New York City]], lower land costs, tech labor force and [[higher education]] institutions, a major airport, and [[fiber optic]] networks.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lapowsky |first1=Issie |title=What's at Stake With Amazon's New HQ? Ask Newark |url=https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-hq2-finalist-cities-newark/ |access-date=October 22, 2021 |magazine=WIRED |date=January 19, 2018 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901093327/https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-hq2-finalist-cities-newark/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The extensive fiber optic networks in Newark started in the 1990s when telecommunication companies installed fiber optic network to put Newark as a strategic location for data transfer between [[Manhattan]] and the rest of the country during the [[dot-com boom]]. At the same time, the city encouraged those companies to install more than they needed.<ref name=njbiz>{{cite news |last1=Burd |first1=Joshua |title=The story behind the infrastructure Newark's transformation to a fertile fiber optic hub was decades in the making |url=https://njbiz.com/the-story-behind-the-infrastructure-newarks-transformation-to-a-fertile-fiber-optic-hub-was-decades-in-the-making-2/ |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=NJBIZ |date=July 27, 2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020153544/https://njbiz.com/the-story-behind-the-infrastructure-newarks-transformation-to-a-fertile-fiber-optic-hub-was-decades-in-the-making-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A vacant department store was converted into a telecommunication center called [[165 Halsey Street]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Tom |title=Retrofitted Newark store is a model for Lazarus makeover |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2004/06/18/Retrofitted-Newark-store-is-a-model-for-Lazarus-makeover/stories/200406180130 |access-date=October 18, 2021 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=June 18, 2004 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018053922/https://www.post-gazette.com/business/businessnews/2004/06/18/Retrofitted-Newark-store-is-a-model-for-Lazarus-makeover/stories/200406180130 |url-status=live }}</ref> It became one of the world's largest [[carrier hotel]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=165 Halsey Street Data Center, New Jersey |url=http://www.clui.org/ludb/site/165-halsey-street-data-center |publisher=Center for Land Use Interpretation |access-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017054518/http://www.clui.org/ludb/site/165-halsey-street-data-center |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, after the dot-com bust, there were a surplus of [[dark fiber]] (unused fiber optic cables). Twenty years later, the city and other private companies began utilizing the dark fiber to create high performance networks within the city.<ref name="njbiz" />

As a concentration of technology workforce increased and investments grew in the city, it created an ecosystem for technology [[startup]]s. Newark Venture Partners, an early-stage [[venture capital]] and [[startup accelerator]] launched in 2017, invested $42 million in its first funding round in 97 portfolio companies. In 2021, its second funding round raised up to $85 million.<ref name="bf" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Szkutak |first1=Rebecca |title=Newark Venture Partners Raises $85 Million And Adds A New Managing Partner |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaszkutak/2021/10/11/newark-venture-partners-raises-85-million-and-adds-a-new-managing-partner/ |access-date=October 22, 2021 |work=Forbes |date=October 11, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205211/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaszkutak/2021/10/11/newark-venture-partners-raises-85-million-and-adds-a-new-managing-partner/ |url-status=live }}</ref> VentureLink@NJIT, the state's largest startup [[business incubator|incubator]], is located in [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] campus. It has partnerships with international organizations such as [[National Association of Software and Services Companies]] of India.<ref name="bf" /> In 2021, [[HAX Accelerator]], an [[seed accelerator|early stage accelerator]] focused on [[hard tech]] startups, announced that it will create its US headquarters in Newark and build out a facility for [[industrial engineering]], [[chemical engineering]] and [[systems integrator]]s to fund industrial, healthcare, and [[green tech]] startups.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Winther |first=Garrett |date=September 16, 2021 |title=HAX announces new US Headquarters in Newark, New Jersey |url=https://hax.co/blog/hax-announces-us-hq-newark-new-jersey |publisher=HAX |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022205212/https://hax.co/blog/hax-announces-us-hq-newark-new-jersey |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Newark Retail Reactivation Initiative===
In the fall of 2023, in an effort to stimulate rental of empty storefronts along a parallel strip of Broad, Halsey and Washington streets, the city launched the Newark Retail Reactivation Initiative.<ref>Kadosh, Matt. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/government/articles/newark-retail-reactivation-grants-aim-to-lure-businesses-downtown "Newark 'Retail Reactivation' Grants Aim to Lure Businesses Downtown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119134720/https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/government/articles/newark-retail-reactivation-grants-aim-to-lure-businesses-downtown |date=January 19, 2024 }}, [[TAPinto]] Newark, September 9, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023. "Entrepreneurs looking to locate in the downtown Newark area bordered by Broad Street and Washington Street between Washington Place and William Street may have some extra incentive."</ref> The program makes monetary grants to certain qualifying businesses opening on Halsey and on other streets within the zone bordered by Broad Street to the east, Washington Street to the west, Washington Place to the north and William Street to the south.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/real-estate/2023/09/15/newark-nj-business-grants-new-program-offering-funding-for-downtown/70827035007/ | title=New program can fund up to 90% of projects for businesses moving to downtown Newark | access-date=September 24, 2023 | archive-date=September 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928201654/https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/real-estate/2023/09/15/newark-nj-business-grants-new-program-offering-funding-for-downtown/70827035007/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The district has a mix of residential, commercial and office spaces.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2023/09/07/finance/newark-launches-program-to-activate-vacant-retail-space-in-downtown-commercial-district/ | title=Newark launches program to activate vacant retail space in downtown commercial district | date=September 7, 2023 | access-date=September 24, 2023 | archive-date=September 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929150129/https://www.roi-nj.com/2023/09/07/finance/newark-launches-program-to-activate-vacant-retail-space-in-downtown-commercial-district/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Port Newark ===
{{Main|Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal}}
[[File:PortNewarkNJTurnpike.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal]] with the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] in the foreground]]
Port Newark is the part of [[Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal]] and the largest [[cargo]] facility in the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]]. On [[Newark Bay]], it is run by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] and serves as the principal [[container ship]] facility for goods entering and leaving the [[New York metropolitan area]] and the northeastern quadrant of North America. The Port moved over $100&nbsp;billion in goods in 2003, making it the 15th busiest in the world at the time, but was the number one container port as recently as 1985.<ref>[[Eric Lipton|Lipton, Eric]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/nyregion/22port.html "New York Port Hums Again, With Asian Trade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528062754/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/nyregion/22port.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 2004. Accessed September 13, 2011. "New York is not the only seaport lifted by the tide of Asian imports. No one expects it to regain its status as the world's busiest container port – a title it held until 1985 – or the nation's. Today it is ranked 15th in the world, 3rd in the United States."</ref> Plans are underway for billions of dollars of improvements–larger cranes, bigger railyard facilities, deeper channels, and expanded wharves.<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/port/terminal-improvements.html Terminal Improvements] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903063340/http://www.panynj.gov/port/terminal-improvements.html |date=September 3, 2011 }}, [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed September 13, 2011.</ref>

=== Property taxes ===
In 2018, the city had an average property tax bill of $6,481, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $12,248 in Essex County and $8,767 statewide.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/property_docs/18_data/18taxes.xls 2018 Property Tax Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108153110/https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/dlgs/resources/property_docs/18_data/18taxes.xls |date=November 8, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], updated January 16, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019.</ref><ref>Marcus, Samantha. [https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-lowest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html "These are the towns with the lowest property taxes in each of N.J.'s 21 counties"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107172250/https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/04/these-are-the-towns-with-the-lowest-property-taxes-in-each-of-njs-21-counties.html |date=November 7, 2019 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 30, 2019. Accessed November 7, 2019. "New Jersey's average property tax bill may have hit $8,767 last year — a new record — but taxpayers in some parts of the state pay just a fraction of that.... The average property tax bill in Newark was $6,481 in 2018, the lowest in Essex County."</ref>

== Arts and culture ==
=== Architecture===
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Newark|National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey}}
[[File:Facade of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Newark.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Newark)|Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart]] in Newark, currently headed by [[Joseph W. Tobin|Cardinal Tobin]]. The structure is roughly the size of [[Westminster Abbey]]. The circular [[rose window|Great Rose Window]] is the largest of any Catholic church in the [[Western Hemisphere]].]]
[[File:Military Park.JPG|thumb|upright=1|The base of the [[Wars of America]] monument at [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]], created in 1926 by the sculptor of [[Mount Rushmore]] to honor America's war dead. "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms." – sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]]]]

There are several notable [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] buildings, such as the Veterans' Administration building, [[The Newark Museum of Art]], the [[Newark Public Library]], and the [[Cass Gilbert]]-designed [[Essex County Courthouse]]. Notable [[Art Deco]] buildings include several 1930s era skyscrapers, such as the [[National Newark Building]] and [[Eleven 80]], the restored [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]], and [[Newark Arts High School|Arts High School]]. [[Gothic architecture]] can be found at the [[Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Basilica, Newark|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]]. [[Moorish Revival]] buildings include [[Newark Symphony Hall]] and the [[Prince Street Synagogue]], one of the [[Oldest synagogues in the United States|oldest synagogue]] buildings in New Jersey.<ref>Baglivo, Vince. [http://www.nj.com/newark/community/index.ssf/2010/10/south_orange_synagogue_supports_greater_newark_conservancy_renovation_of_historic_prince_street_syna.html "South Orange synagogue supports Greater Newark Conservancy renovation of historic Prince Street synagogue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725033340/http://www.nj.com/newark/community/index.ssf/2010/10/south_orange_synagogue_supports_greater_newark_conservancy_renovation_of_historic_prince_street_syna.html |date=July 25, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 26, 2010. Accessed June 25, 2012. "Built and dedicated by Oheb Shalom in 1884, the building is the second oldest synagogue structure in New Jersey and one of the 35 oldest buildings, originally built as synagogues and still standing, in the United States."</ref>

=== Performing arts ===
[[File:Newark NJPAC adj.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]]]]
[[File:Newark Symphony Hall & Boys Chorus School.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Newark Symphony Hall]]]]
The [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]], near [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]], opened in 1997, is the home of the [[New Jersey Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[New Jersey State Opera]], the center's programs of national and international music, dance, and theater make it the nation's sixth-largest performing arts center, attracting over 400,000 visitors each year.<ref>Ahearn, James. [http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/opinion-mission-accomplished-njpac-chief-moves-on-1.1162565 "Opinion: Mission accomplished, NJPAC chief moves on"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415013227/http://www.northjersey.com/story-archives/opinion-mission-accomplished-njpac-chief-moves-on-1.1162565 |date=April 15, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 26, 2010. Accessed April 7, 2015. "The first project, on a 1.2-acre lot across the street from the center, is conceived as a high-rise, multi-use tower, which at 44 stories would be the tallest building in the city.... The sixth-largest performing arts center in the country, home to the increasingly respected New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, NJPAC attracts more than 400,000 patrons annually."</ref>

Prior to the opening of the performing arts center, [[Newark Symphony Hall]] was home to the New Jersey Symphony, the New Jersey State Opera, and the Garden State Ballet, which still maintains an academy there.<ref>[http://www.newarksymphonyhall.org/about.php About] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629190959/http://www.newarksymphonyhall.org/about.php |date=June 29, 2016 }}, [[Newark Symphony Hall]]. Accessed June 13, 2016. "Newark Symphony Hall enjoys a long and rich cultural history as New Jersey's oldest and largest showcase for the arts, education and entertainment programming. This multi-facility edifice was built by the Shriners, a Masonic order, in 1925 and known as the Salaam Temple."</ref> The 1925 [[Neoclassical architecture|neo-classical]] building, originally built by the [[Shriners]], has three performance spaces, including the main concert hall named in honor of famous Newarker [[Sarah Vaughan]], offering [[rhythm and blues]], rap, [[hip-hop music|hip-hop]], and [[gospel music]] concerts, and is part of the modern-day [[Chitlin' Circuit]].<ref>McGlone, Peggy. [http://www.nj.com/newarkguide/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_music_hall_has_bright.html "Historic music hall has brighter days ahead"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416104801/http://www.nj.com/newarkguide/index.ssf/2007/09/historic_music_hall_has_bright.html |date=April 16, 2010 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 24, 2007. Accessed June 26, 2012.</ref>

The [[Newark Boys Chorus]], founded in 1966, performs regularly in the city. The African Globe Theater Works presents new works seasonally. The biennial [[Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival]] took place in Newark for the first time in 2010.<ref>[http://www.njpac.org/news/detail/2014-geraldine-r-dodge-poetry-festival-to-be-held-october-23-26-at-new-jersey-performing-arts-center-and-newarks-downtown-arts-district "2014 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival To Be Held October 23–26 At New Jersey Performing Arts Center And Newark's Downtown Arts District"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624223116/http://www.njpac.org/news/detail/2014-geraldine-r-dodge-poetry-festival-to-be-held-october-23-26-at-new-jersey-performing-arts-center-and-newarks-downtown-arts-district |date=June 24, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]], April 22, 2014. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

Venues at the universities in the city are also used to present professional and semi-professional theater, dance, and music. Since its opening in 2007, the [[Prudential Center]] has presented [[Diana Ross]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Lady Gaga]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Eagles (band)|The Eagles]], [[Hannah Montana]]/[[Miley Cyrus]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Spice Girls]], [[Jonas Brothers]], [[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]], [[Metallica]], [[Alicia Keys]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Demi Lovato]], [[David Archuleta]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Paul McCartney]], and ''[[American Idol]]'' Live!, among others. [[The Rolling Stones]] broadcast their last show on their 50th anniversary tour live on pay-per-view from the arena on December 15, 2012. [[Bon Jovi]] performed a series of ten concerts to mark the venue's opening.<ref>[[Kelefa Sanneh|Sanneh, Kelefa]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/27/arts/music/27jovi.html "A Brand-New Arena and a Not-So-New Rock Star"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 27, 2007. Accessed June 26, 2012. "And to celebrate the grand opening, the center – which may or may not come to be known by its publicist-approved nickname, the Rock – booked New Jersey's most indefatigable rock band, Bon Jovi, to play a 10-night stand."</ref>

Newark is known as an innovator in the [[house music]] and [[garage house]] genres and scene.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thegrio.com/2023/06/25/where-is-house-music-at-home-check-out-7-destinations-rich-in-black-house-history/ | title=Where is house music at home? Check out 7 destinations rich in Black house history | date=June 25, 2023 | access-date=August 9, 2023 | archive-date=August 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810231355/https://thegrio.com/2023/06/25/where-is-house-music-at-home-check-out-7-destinations-rich-in-black-house-history/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Newark's [[Club Zanzibar]], along with other gay and straight clubs in the 1970s and 1980s, was famous as both a gay and straight nightlife destination. Famed DJ [[Tony Humphries (musician)|Tony Humphries]] helped "spawn the sometimes raw but always soulful, gospel-infused subgenre" of house music known as the [[New Jersey sound]].<ref>[http://newestamericans.com/newark-sound/ The Newark Sound] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504130259/http://newestamericans.com/newark-sound/ |date=May 4, 2018 }}, Newest Americans. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2268 "Jersey club: From Newark to the world"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811135539/https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2268 |date=August 11, 2016 }}, Resident Advisor. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> The club scene also gave rise to the [[ball culture]] scene in Newark hotels and nightclubs.<ref>[https://queer.newark.rutgers.edu/history-queer-club-spaces-newark History of Queer Club Spaces in Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162242/https://queer.newark.rutgers.edu/history-queer-club-spaces-newark |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Queer Newark Oral History Project, [[Rutgers University]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> [[Jersey club|Brick City club]], a dance-oriented electronic music genre, is native to the city.<ref>Saxelby, Ruth. [https://www.thefader.com/2014/06/12/the-skys-the-limit-an-oral-history-of-jersey-club "The Sky's The Limit: An Oral History of Jersey Club DJ Sliink, UNiiQU3, DJ Tameil and more on the rise of the Downtown Newark sound."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809000534/http://www.thefader.com/2014/06/12/the-skys-the-limit-an-oral-history-of-jersey-club |date=August 9, 2020 }}, ''[[The Fader]]'', June 12, 2014. Accessed September 24, 2019. "Jersey Club was originally named Brick City Club Music. It branched from Baltimore Club music and was created and established in 1999–2000. The name changed to Jersey Club because when newer producers started to produce these tracks they weren't all from Newark."</ref>

=== Museums, libraries, and galleries ===
[[File:Newark Museum Facade.jpg|thumb|Three buildings of [[The Newark Museum of Art]], the largest museum in [[New Jersey]]]]
[[File:GramMusExPruCtrMulberry.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The [[Grammy Museum Experience]]]]
[[The Newark Museum of Art]], formerly known as the Newark Museum, is the largest museum in New Jersey. Its art collection is ranked 12 among art museums in North America with highlights on [[Visual art of the United States|American]] and [[Tibetan art]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Barry |title=After 110 years, N.J.'s largest museum has a brand new name |url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/11/after-110-years-njs-largest-museum-has-a-brand-new-name.html |access-date=November 7, 2019 |work=NJ.com |date=November 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106182112/https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/11/after-110-years-njs-largest-museum-has-a-brand-new-name.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum also contains science galleries, a planetarium, 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 [[John 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]] has eight locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npl.org/community-libraries/|title=Library Locations – Newark Public Library|website=npl.org|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419181456/https://npl.org/community-libraries/|url-status=live}}</ref> The library houses more than a million volumes and has frequent exhibits on a variety of topics, many featuring items from its Fine Print and Special Collections.<ref>[http://www.npl.org/pages/aboutlibrary/collectionsdevpol.html Collection Development Policy Adopted by the Board of Trustees September 24, 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725035953/http://www.npl.org/pages/aboutlibrary/collectionsdevpol.html |date=July 25, 2013 }} [[Newark Public Library]]. Accessed June 26, 2012. "The Library system includes the Main Library, eight community branches, and two storefront facilities.... The Library's collection numbers 1.4&nbsp;million cataloged volumes and nearly half a million titles. The collection includes books, compact discs, video and audio tapes."</ref> The library also hosts daily programs including ESL classes, yoga classes, arts and crafts, history talks, and more.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://npl.org/calendar/|title=Calendar – Newark Public Library|website=npl.org|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419181457/https://npl.org/calendar/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since 1962, Newark has been home to the [[Institute of Jazz Studies]], the world's foremost jazz archives and research libraries.<ref>[http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/jazz2a.html History of the Institute of Jazz Studies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031205934/http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/jazz2a.html |date=October 31, 2014 }}, [[Rutgers-Newark]]. Accessed September 10, 2015. "In 1984, the Institute became part of the Rutgers University Libraries and formally affiliated with the Dana Library at Rutgers – Newark."</ref> Located in the [[John Cotton Dana Library]] at [[Rutgers-Newark]], the Institute houses more than 200,000 jazz recordings in all commercially available formats, more than 6,000 monograph titles, including discographies, biographies, history and criticism, published music, film and video; over 600 periodicals and serials, dating back to the early 20th century; and one of the country's most comprehensive jazz oral history collections, featuring more than 150 jazz oral histories, most with typed transcripts.<ref>[http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/jazz1aa_about.html About IJS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622141238/http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/jazz1aa_about.html |date=June 22, 2016 }}, [[Institute of Jazz Studies]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

The [[Jewish Museum of New Jersey]], located at 145 Broadway in the [[Broadway, Newark, New Jersey|Broadway]] neighborhood, opened in December 2007.<ref>[https://new.ahavassholom.org/home/jewish-museum-of-nj/ Jewish Museum of NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610000829/https://new.ahavassholom.org/home/jewish-museum-of-nj/ |date=June 10, 2023 }}, [[Jewish Museum of New Jersey]]. Accessed May 30, 2023.</ref> The museum is dedicated to the cultural heritage of New Jersey's Jewish people. The museum is housed at Ahavas Sholom, the last continually operating synagogue in Newark.<ref>[https://new.ahavassholom.org/home/history/ History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106044505/https://new.ahavassholom.org/home/history/ |date=November 6, 2019 }}, Congregation Ahavas Sholom. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref><ref>Koening, Leah. [https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/the-last-synagogue/ "The Last Synagogue In Newark, a small congregation strives to maintain its historic presence."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106044513/https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/the-last-synagogue/ |date=November 6, 2019 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', August 16, 2010. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> By the 1950s there were 50 synagogues in Newark serving a Jewish population of 70,000 to 80,000, once the sixth-largest Jewish community in the United States.<ref>Levinson, Jay. [http://www.jewishmag.com/113mag/newark/newark.htm "This City is Just Memories"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820203424/http://www.jewishmag.com/113mag/newark/newark.htm |date=August 20, 2012 }}, ''Jewish magazine''. Accessed June 28, 2012. "The Jewish community of Newark, New Jersey is a page in history. The era of some 50 synagogues and 70,000 Jewish residents in the city during the 1950s is long over. Today there is just one remaining synagogue building which is owned by Jews, and it operates only on Shabbat."</ref><ref>Frankston, Janet via [[Associated Press]]. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1084758711.html?dids=1084758711:1084758711&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+28%2C+2006&author=Janet+Frankston+The+Associated+Press&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=NEWARK'S+JEWISH+HERITAGE+TOURS+VISIT+LAST+TRACES+OF+VANISHED+COMMUNITY.&pqatl=google "Newark's Jewish Heritage Tours Visit Last Traces of Vanished Community."] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724222439/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/1084758711.html?dids=1084758711%3A1084758711&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Jul+28%2C+2006&author=Janet+Frankston+The+Associated+Press&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=NEWARK%27S+JEWISH+HERITAGE+TOURS+VISIT+LAST+TRACES+OF+VANISHED+COMMUNITY.&pqatl=google |date=July 24, 2013 }}, ''[[Sun Sentinel]]'', July 28, 2006. Accessed June 28, 2012. "During its heyday, from the 1920s to the 1950s, between 65,000 and 80,000 Jews lived in New Jersey's largest city."</ref>

The [[Grammy Museum Experience]] was an interactive, experiential museum devoted to the history and winners of the [[Grammy Awards]] at the [[Prudential Center]] from 2017 to 2023.

Newark is also home to numerous art galleries including the [[Paul Robeson]] Galleries at [[Rutgers University–Newark]],<ref>[https://paulrobesongalleries.expressnewark.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929104717/https://paulrobesongalleries.expressnewark.org/about/ |date=September 29, 2023 }} Paul Robeson Galleries. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> as well as [[Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art]], [[cWOW Gallery|City Without Walls]], Gallery Aferro and Sumei Arts Center.<ref>[http://www.newarkhappening.com/things-to-do/arts/museums-galleries/ Museums & Galleries] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911234445/http://www.newarkhappening.com/things-to-do/arts/museums-galleries/ |date=September 11, 2015 }}, Newark Happening. Accessed September 10, 2015</ref>

===Public art===
{{main|List of public art in Newark, New Jersey}}
Newark has four public works by [[Mount Rushmore]] sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]] in Newark, which include ''[[Seated Lincoln]]'' (1911), ''[[Indian and the Puritan]]'' (1916), ''[[First Landing Party of the Founders of Newark]]'' (1916), and ''[[Wars of America]]'' (1926).

====Newark Murals====
Since 2009, the Newark Planning Office, in collaboration with local arts organizations, has sponsored ''Newark Murals'', and seen the creation of dozens of outdoor murals about significant people, places, and events in the city.<ref>Carter, Barry. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/01/former_christie_appointee_hired_at_dem_stronghold.html "Murals bring vibrant colors, culture to Newark neighborhoods"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106181010/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/01/former_christie_appointee_hired_at_dem_stronghold.html |date=January 6, 2018 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', June 24, 2016. Accessed January 7, 2018. "Murals are not new to Newark. There are at least 40 scattered throughout the city's five wards in the program that started seven years ago.But Mayor Ras Baraka's administration made a push this past year to target neglected neighborhood corridors with an infusion of art as the anchor for economic growth and social transformation."</ref>

The Portraits mural, a massive multi-artist painting the length of 25 football fields created in 2016, is the longest continuous mural on the East Coast, and the second longest in the country.<ref>[http://gatewaystonewark.com/portraits/tour/ Portraits 360° VR Tour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427121533/http://gatewaystonewark.com/portraits/tour/ |date=April 27, 2018 }}, Gateways to Newark. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> Seventeen artists contributed sections to the mural, including Adrienne Wheeler, [[Akintola Hanif]], David Oquendo, Don Rimx, El Decertor, GAIA, GERA, Kevin Darmanie, Khari Johnson-Ricks, Lunar New Year, Manuel Acevedo, Mata Ruda, Nanook, Nina Chanel Abney, Sonni, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, WERC and Zeh Palito.<ref>[http://brickcitylive.com/art/bclstaff/creation-of-longest-mural-on-the-east-coast-kicked-off-in-newark/ "Creation of longest mural on the East Coast kicked off in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612165930/https://brickcitylive.com/art/bclstaff/creation-of-longest-mural-on-the-east-coast-kicked-off-in-newark/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Brick City Live, May 13, 2016. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> "Portraits" begins roughly at the intersection of Poiner Street and McCarter Highway in the South [[Ironbound]] district and stretches northwards {{convert|1.39|mi}} along the century-old stone walls supporting the [[Northeast Corridor]] and [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]] tracks facing Newark's McCarter Highway ([[New Jersey Route 21]]).<ref>Mazzola, Jessica. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/05/nj_is_now_home_to_countrys_2nd_longest_mural.html "N.J. is now home to 2nd longest mural in the U.S."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823141923/https://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/05/nj_is_now_home_to_countrys_2nd_longest_mural.html |date=August 23, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], May 27, 2016. Accessed June 11, 2018. "Stretching 1.39 miles on the walls underneath the Amtrak train tracks along Route 21, the newly-painted mural is about the length of 25 football fields, city officials said in a recent announcement. It is the longest continuous mural on the East Coast, and the second longest in the U.S., city officials confirmed. The 'Portraits' mural, part of the larger 'Gateways to Newark' beautification effort, was painted by 17 different artists."</ref>

=== Festivals and parades ===
Festivals and parades held annually or bi-annually include the Cherry Blossom Festival (April) in [[Branch Brook Park]] and the [[Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival]] (October, biennial) at various venues and the citywide Open Doors (October),<ref>[https://newarkarts.org/opendoors/ Open Doors] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112154635/https://newarkarts.org/opendoors/ |date=January 12, 2016 }} Newark Arts Council. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref>

Music festivals include the [[McDonald's Gospelfest]] (spring) at Prudential Center, the Lincoln Park Music Festival (July)<ref>[http://lpccd.org/arts-culture/music-fest/ Lincoln Park Music Festival] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527110002/http://lpccd.org/arts-culture/music-fest/ |date=May 27, 2016 }}, Newark Arts Council. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> at [[Lincoln Park, Newark|Lincoln Park]], the [[Afro Beat Fest]] (July) at [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]],<ref>Yi, Karen. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/07/photos_newarks_afro_beat_fest.html "Newark's Afro Beat Fest brings history, culture"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427050412/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/07/photos_newarks_afro_beat_fest.html |date=April 27, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], July 16, 2017. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> and the [[James Moody Jazz Festival]], named for [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], the jazz artist raised in Newark (week-long event in November).<ref>[https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/NJPAC-Announces-the-2017-TD-James-Moody-Jazz-Festival-Line-Up-20170612 "NJPAC Announces the 2017 TD James Moody Jazz Festival Line-Up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628081843/https://ssum-sec.casalemedia.com/usermatch?d=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fwww.broadwayworld.com%2F&s=184674&cb=https%3A%2F%2Ffanyv88.com%3A443%2Fhttps%2Fcdn.indexww.com%2Fht%2Fhtw-pixel.gif%3F |date=June 28, 2024 }}, Broadway World, June 12, 2017. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> The Weequahic Park House Music Festival takes place every September in [[Weequahic Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=weequahic-park-house-music-festival|title=Weequahic Park House Music Festival|date=August 19, 2022|website=NewJerseyStage.com|access-date=August 9, 2023|archive-date=August 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225133/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=weequahic-park-house-music-festival|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Portugal Day Festival in Newark|Portugal Day Festival]] in the [[Ironbound]] section, takes place in June. [[St. Lucy's Church (Newark, New Jersey)|St. Lucy's Church]], a historically Italian parish in what was [[Seventh Avenue, Newark|Newark's Little Italy]], features an annual October procession and festival for St. [[Gerard Majella]]. [[Our Lady of Mt. Carmel]] in the Ironbound hosts its annual Italian Street Festival every July.

Newark is home to [[List of film festivals in New Jersey|a number of annual film festivals]], including the [[Newark Black Film Festival]].<ref name="NBFF">[http://www.newarkmuseum.org/nbff Newark Black Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015192036/http://www.newarkmuseum.org/nbff |date=October 15, 2015 }}, [[Newark Museum]]. Accessed June 13, 2016. "Since its inception in 1974, the Newark Black Film Festival (NBFF) has become known among its peers as the longest running black film festival in the United States."</ref> The [[North to Shore Festival]], inaugurated in June 2023, featured music and other entertainment events in Newark as well as [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]] and [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]].<ref>Sobko, Katie. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/13/north-to-shore-jersey-festival-nj-south-by-southwest/70003501007/ "Halsey, Demi Lovato coming to music and tech event North to Shore Jersey Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313235137/https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/13/north-to-shore-jersey-festival-nj-south-by-southwest/70003501007/ |date=March 13, 2023 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', March 13, 2023. Accessed March 13, 2023. "The North to Shore Jersey Festival will be a music and technology event taking place over the course of three consecutive weekends at three cities across the state. Events will happen in Atlantic City from June 7 to 11, in Asbury Park from June 14 to 18, and in Newark from June 21 to 25. There will be a variety of entertainment events, including concerts, comedy shows and movies, as well as presentations from tech and business entrepreneurs."</ref>

== Parks and recreation ==
=== Colonial commons ===
[[File:Americas War Newark NJ 4.JPG|thumb|upright=1|''Wars Of America'' by [[Mount Rushmore]] sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]] in [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]]]]
* [[Military Park (Newark)|Military Park]] in [[Downtown Newark]], the town commons since 1869 and home to the ''[[Wars of America]]'' sculpture by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and the casual restaurant, Burg.<ref>[http://militarypark.com/militaryparkmap/ Military Park Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031840/http://militarypark.com/militaryparkmap/ |date=April 25, 2018 }}, Military Park Partnership. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> As of 2018, the park is privately operated. Managed by a nonprofit corporation, the Military Park Partnership, which is staffed by Dan Biederman and Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, credited with transforming Manhattan's [[Bryant Park]]. The Military Park Partnership manages the programs, events, operations, security, and horticulture of the park.
* [[Lincoln Park, Newark|Lincoln Park]] in the Arts District, one of three original colonial-era commons in Newark. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Lincoln Park was at the southern end of Newark's jazz and nightlife strip known as "The Coast."
* [[Washington Park (Newark)|Harriet Tubman Square]], the northernmost of the three original colonial-era commons in Newark. Formerly known as Washington Park, the [[Equestrian statue of George Washington (Newark)|equestrian statue of George Washington]] by [[J. Massey Rhind]] was dedicated here in 1912.<ref>{{cite web |title=Businessman Leaves Lasting Reminders of Leaders and Heroes |url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/businessman-leaves-lasting-reminders-of-leaders-and-heroes/ |publisher=[[Newark Public Library]] |date=September 4, 1997 |access-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108232505/https://knowingnewark.npl.org/businessman-leaves-lasting-reminders-of-leaders-and-heroes/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Philip Roth]]'s narrator in ''[[Goodbye, Columbus]]'' visits the park, saying "Sitting there in the park, I felt a deep knowledge of Newark, an attachment so rooted that it could not help but branch out into affection."<ref>Craig, Lauren. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bfwwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT109 ''100 Things to Do in Newark Before You Die''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628081609/https://books.google.com/books?id=bfwwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT109#v=onepage&q&f=false |date=June 28, 2024 }}, p. 109. Reedy Press, 2017. {{ISBN|9781681060941}}. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>

=== Passaic River waterfront ===
[[File:RiverbankParkOrangeBoardwalkNewark1.tiff|thumb|upright=1|Orange boardwalk in Riverfront Park and [[Jackson Street Bridge]]]]
* [[Newark Riverfront Park|Riverfront Park]], which stretches along the [[Passaic River]], includes the "Orange Boardwalk" & paths with views of the water.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/riverfront-park Riverfront Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071346/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/riverfront-park |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Riverfront+Park/@40.7360301,-74.1457615,15.47z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sriverfront+park!3m4!1s0x0:0x9f97a53910260495!8m2!3d40.7341958!4d-74.143939 Essex County Riverfront Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.newarkhappening.com/things-to-do/waterfront/ Newark Waterfront] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202647/https://www.newarkhappening.com/things-to-do/waterfront/ |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Newark Happening. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-Jersey/Joseph-G-Minish-Passaic-River-Waterfront-Park-and/ Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140516/http://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Projects-in-New-Jersey/Joseph-G-Minish-Passaic-River-Waterfront-Park-and/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]. Accessed June 11, 2018. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is partnered with the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and City of Newark to construct the Minish Park Project which will reduce riverbank erosion and lay the foundation for waterfront park development and return of public access to the Passaic River in Newark, NJ. Phase&nbsp;I of the project includes 6,000 linear feet of bulkhead construction, and 3,200 linear feet of riverbank grading and native plantings."</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minish+Park/@40.7398402,-74.1671043,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c253874d6ce7eb:0xab72b78275a2af73!8m2!3d40.7398402!4d-74.1649156?q=minish+park&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-1dOYjtPaAhXGu1MKHWhrAzAQ_AUIDSgE Minish Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>

=== County parks ===
[[File:Newark 098.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Weequahic Lake in [[Weequahic Park]]]]
[[File:Branchbrook Park.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Branch Brook Park in the North Ward of Newark]]
Several parks in the city are part of the [[Essex County Park System]].
* [[Branch Brook Park]] is home to Newark's annual Cherry Blossom Festival.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/04/opening-of-weeklong-cherry-blossom-festival-in-newark-was-sunny-and-pink.html "Opening of weeklong Cherry Blossom Festival in Newark was sunny and pink"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213022322/https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/04/opening-of-weeklong-cherry-blossom-festival-in-newark-was-sunny-and-pink.html |date=February 13, 2024 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], April 2, 2022, updated February 16, 2023. Accessed February 12, 2024. "Newark’s pinkish rite of Spring was blessed with blue skies and sunshine Saturday, the opening day of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park. The free festival, which will last through April 10, is timed to showcase what is said to be largest collection of cherry blossom trees in North America, a gem of the Essex County park system that includes a variety of species blooming in March and April in colors ranging from a light pink to deep fuchsia."</ref> The park is the oldest county park in the United States and is home to the nation's largest collection of [[cherry blossom]] trees, numbering over 5,000.<ref>Mazzola, Jessica. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/03/newark_adding_1000_more_trees_to_nations_largest_c.html "Newark park adding 1,000 more trees to nation's largest collection of cherry blossoms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423195021/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2015/03/newark_adding_1000_more_trees_to_nations_largest_c.html |date=April 23, 2015 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 25, 2015. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref><ref>Staff. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/aspiring_scientists_track_coun.html "Student scientists track nation's largest collection of cherry blossom trees at Essex County park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013214958/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/aspiring_scientists_track_coun.html |date=October 13, 2012 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 13, 2010. Accessed September 11, 2014.</ref><ref>Hinds, Kate. [http://www.wnyc.org/story/193690-newarks-cherry-blossom-trees/ "Look | Cherry Blossom Trees Flourish in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805121738/http://www.wnyc.org/story/193690-newarks-cherry-blossom-trees/ |date=August 5, 2014 }}, [[WNYC]], March 25, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2014.</ref><ref>Scarantino, Drew Anne. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/events/in-full-bloom-2011.html "In Full Bloom"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113225041/http://njmonthly.com/articles/events/in-full-bloom-2011.html |date=November 13, 2011 }} ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', March 14, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2014.</ref> The park also features a lake and a pond. It was designed by the [[Olmsted Brothers]] firm, who carried on the firm of landscape architect [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/branch-brook-park Branch Brook Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232452/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/branch-brook-park |date=April 23, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Independence Park is in the Ironbound district.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/independence-park Independence Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232512/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/independence-park |date=April 23, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Independence+Park/@40.7242486,-74.1629214,16.71z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snewark+nj!3m4!1s0x89c25399c1b34447:0xd09dd6610df3e459!8m2!3d40.7243845!4d-74.1604963 Independence Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[http://www.newarkhistory.com/independencepark.html Independence Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625024932/http://www.newarkhistory.com/independencepark.html |date=June 25, 2018 }}, Newark History. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Ivy Hill Park in [[Ivy Hill, Newark, New Jersey|Ivy Hill]]<ref>Ivy Park includes hard surface tennis courts, softball/baseball fields, a combination football/soccer field, a lighted basketball court, a playground, a shelter and a band concert area.</ref><ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/ivy-hill-park Ivy Hill Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071452/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/ivy-hill-park |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Vailsburg Park, covering {{convert|30.32|acres}}, is in the [[Vailsburg, Newark|Vailsburg]] neighborhood.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/vailsburg-park Vailsburg Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071344/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/vailsburg-park |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* [[Riverbank Park]]<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/riverbank-park Riverbank Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232535/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/riverbank-park |date=April 23, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> in the [[Ironbound]] along the [[Passaic River]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Riverbank+Park/@40.7351255,-74.1543218,14.82z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sriverfront+park!3m4!1s0x0:0xb6d9a50fcf77c3bb!8m2!3d40.7317304!4d-74.1522539 Riverbank Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Veterans Memorial Park is adjacent to the [[Essex County Veterans Courthouse|county courthouse complex]].<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/veterans-memorial-park Veterans Memorial Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232513/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/veterans-memorial-park |date=April 23, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* [[Weequahic Park]], also designed by Olmsted Brothers, located in the South Ward in the [[Dayton, Newark|Dayton]] section, east of the formerly heavily Jewish<ref>{{cite book |last1=Forgosh |first1=Linda B. |title=Jews of Weequahic |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia |location=Charleston, SC |series=Images of America |oclc=212842952 |lccn=2007935344 |isbn=978-0-7385-5763-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkqZTa09g1YC |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512211744/https://books.google.com/books?id=VkqZTa09g1YC |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Weequahic, Newark|Weequahic]] neighborhood. It features {{convert|80|acre|m2|adj=on}} Weequahic Lake, an [[Lake#Anthropogenic lakes|anthropogenic lake]] formed out of a marsh.<ref name=OlmstedReport>{{cite journal |title=The Olmsted Firm and Weequahic Park |journal=Field Notes |date=Fall 2002 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=3–6 |url=https://www.olmsted.org/storage/documents/Vol._20_No._2.compressed.pdf#page=3 |access-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031012848/https://www.olmsted.org/storage/documents/Vol._20_No._2.compressed.pdf#page=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Author [[Philip Roth]] describes the park in his historical fantasy novel ''[[The Plot Against America]]'' (2004). The non-profit Weequahic Park Sports Authority helps maintain the park.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/weequahic-park/partners Weequahic Park Sport Authority] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142003/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/weequahic-park/partners |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/weequahic-park Weequahic Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423232537/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/weequahic-park |date=April 23, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* West Side Park is a {{convert|30.36|acres|adj=on}} park in the [[West Side, Newark, New Jersey|West Side]] neighborhood.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/west-side-park West Side Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140741/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/parks/west-side-park |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Side+Park/@40.7353545,-74.209614,17.02z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snewark+nj!3m4!1s0x89c2534f0ad3addb:0x720e2e49b367f45d!8m2!3d40.7343401!4d-74.2083945 West Side Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>

===Municipal parks and squares===

* [[Peter Francisco Park]], the gateway to the [[Ironbound]] at Five Corners.
* Jesse Allen Park, in the [[Central Ward, Newark, New Jersey|Central Ward]]. The {{convert|8|acres|adj=on}} Jesse Allen Park is Newark's second-largest city-owned park and is named for a former member of the [[Municipal Council of Newark]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.suburbanconsulting.com/jesse-allen-park-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/ | title=Jesse Allen Park Ribbon Cutting Ceremony | date=November 4, 2022 | access-date=August 10, 2023 | archive-date=August 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810232140/https://www.suburbanconsulting.com/jesse-allen-park-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/newark-receives-federal-grant-to-complete-jessie "Newark receives federal grant to complete Jessie Allen Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144129/https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/articles/newark-receives-federal-grant-to-complete-jessie |date=June 12, 2018 }}, TAP into Newark, July 24, 2017. Accessed June 11, 2018. "Newark has received a $750,000 federal grant from the National Park Service to build the final phase of Jesse Allen Park in Newark's Central Ward that will replace the existing baseball, football, and soccer fields with a synthetic three-season turf."</ref>
* The [[Greater Newark Conservancy]] maintains the Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center,<ref>[http://citybloom.org/judith-l-shipley-urban-environmental-center/ Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203175653/http://citybloom.org/judith-l-shipley-urban-environmental-center/ |date=December 3, 2015 }}, Greater Newark Conservancy. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Judith+L+Shipley+Urban+Enviromental+Center/@40.7360549,-74.1854318,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xbbe942fd53826519!8m2!3d40.7360549!4d-74.1854318?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF1PuG1tDaAhXDwVkKHf_qCYAQ_BIIbjAK Judith L. Shipley Urban Environmental Center], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> and the Prudential Outdoor Learning Center.<ref>[http://citybloom.org/prudential-outdoor-center/ Prudential Outdoor Learning Center] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140721/http://citybloom.org/prudential-outdoor-center/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Greater Newark Conservancy. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Prudential+Outdoor+Learning/@40.728411,-74.1966484,17.04z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1snewark+nj!3m4!1s0x89c25365053a60e3:0x782c970f11c85d67!8m2!3d40.7361794!4d-74.1850968 Prudential Outdoor Learning Center], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> It offers [[urban farming]] and gardening displays and instruction and also includes a small pond.
* [[Mulberry Commons]] is a park between Prudential Center and Penn Station near what was once the heart of [[Chinatown, Newark, New Jersey|Newark's Chinatown]].<ref>[http://www.downtownnewark.com/mulberry-commons Mulberry Commons] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143910/http://www.downtownnewark.com/mulberry-commons |date=June 12, 2018 }}, Newark Downtown District. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Nat Turner Park. Dedicated in July 2009, Newark's largest city-owned park is located in the [[Central Ward, Newark, New Jersey|Central Ward]]. It is named for the famous 19th-century American slave rebellion leader, [[Nat Turner]].<ref>[https://www.tpl.org/our-work/nat-turner-park Nat Turner Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071704/https://www.tpl.org/our-work/nat-turner-park |date=April 24, 2018 }}, [[The Trust for Public Land]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>

=== Golf and other recreational facilities ===
* Sharpe James/Kenneth A. Gibson (Ironbound) Recreation Center.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Cards: Recreation Centers|url=https://www.newarknj.gov/card/recreation-centers|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=www.newarknj.gov|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307015221/https://www.newarknj.gov/card/recreation-centers|url-status=live}}</ref>
*John F. Kennedy Recreation & Aquatic Center<ref name=":1" />
*Rotunda Recreation & Wellness Center<ref name=":1" />
*Marquis "Bo" Porter Recreation & Aquatic Center<ref name=":1" />
*Hayes Park West Recreation Center<ref name=":1" />
*Bradley Court Housing Complex<ref name=":1" />
* [[Weequahic Golf Course]] is an 18-hole public course.<ref>[https://www.essexcountyparks.org/golf/weequahic-golf-course Weequahic Golf Course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424071342/https://www.essexcountyparks.org/golf/weequahic-golf-course |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> The facility was described in 2016 by the [[Golf Channel]] as a "hidden gem".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/video/ginella-discovers-hidden-gem-weequahic/ |title=Ginella discovers hidden gem Weequahic |publisher=[[Golf Channel]] |date=July 30, 2016 |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163559/https://www.golfchannel.com/video/ginella-discovers-hidden-gem-weequahic/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Home to The First Tee Program of Essex County and golf pro Wiley Williams, who was one of the first African-American golfers to win a major New Jersey golf event and works to introduce city youth to the sport.<ref>[http://www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com/golfer-of-the-week-wiley-williams/ "Golfer Of The Week: Wiley Williams"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202720/http://www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com/golfer-of-the-week-wiley-williams/ |date=April 24, 2018 }}, African American Golfer's Digest. Accessed June 11, 2018. "Wiley Williams is a Weequahic Golf Course legend and outstanding New Jersey golf Pro. At Weequahic, the oldest public golf course in the state of New Jersey, Wiley almost single handedly put this course on the map with his stellar golf game and sharp ball striking skills."</ref><ref>Kiefer, Eric. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/newark-golf-legend-gets-his-due-no-tiger-without-wiley "Newark Golf Legend Inspires Community: 'No Tiger Without Wiley' 'There would be no Tiger Woods if there wasn't Wiley Williams,' an Essex County Freeholder said."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202658/https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/newark-golf-legend-gets-his-due-no-tiger-without-wiley |date=April 24, 2018 }}, Newark Patch, August 9, 2017. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* Jesse Allen Skateboard Park.<ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Jesse+Allen+Skateboard+Park/@40.7257936,-74.1906314,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2536b5c1d0d75:0x5fc0195c41687176!8m2!3d40.7257936!4d-74.1889558 Jesse Allen Skateboard Park], [[Google Maps]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
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== Media ==
Newark is within the [[Media in New York City|metro New York media market]].<ref name="greaternj" />

=== Newspapers ===
[[File:2018-07-16 17 00 28 View north along New Jersey State Route 21 (McCarter Highway) at Edison Place in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Headquarters of ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'']]
The state's leading newspaper, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', owned by [[Advance Publications]], is based in Newark. The newspaper sold its headquarters in July 2014, with the offices of the publisher, the editorial board, columnists, and magazine relocating to the [[Gateway Center (Newark)|Gateway Center]].<ref>Sherman, Ted. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/star-ledger_building_sold_to_new_york_real_estate_development_firm.html "Newark headquarters of Star-Ledger sold to New York real estate development firm"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912144358/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/star-ledger_building_sold_to_new_york_real_estate_development_firm.html |date=September 12, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 24, 2014. Accessed September 10, 2015. "The Star-Ledger has sold its long-time home in Newark, where the state's largest daily newspaper was headquartered for nearly 50 years, according to publisher Richard Vezza. The company would not disclose a sale price for the 177,000-square-foot building – many of the offices already vacant because of layoffs, attrition and the move of some operations to new offices in Woodbridge and Secaucus."</ref> ''[[The Newark Targum]]'' is a weekly student newspaper published by the Targum Publishing Company for the student population of the [[Rutgers–Newark|Newark campus]] of [[Rutgers University]].

=== Other news outlets ===
*''TAP Into Newark'' is an online news site devoted to Newark.<ref>[https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403235121/https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark |date=April 3, 2018 }}, TAP into Newark. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
* ''Newark Patch'' is a daily online news source dedicated to local Newark news.<ref>[https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405024352/https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj |date=April 5, 2018 }}, Newark Patch. Accessed August 14, 2017.</ref>
* ''Local Talk'' is a local paper on Newark and the surrounding area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://localtalkweekly.com/index.php/about-us/|title=About Us |website=Local Talk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523174823/https://localtalkweekly.com/index.php/about-us/ |archive-date= May 23, 2024 }}</ref>
*''The Newarker'' is a quarterly journal about culture, history, and society in Newark and surrounding areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newarkermag.com/ |title=The Newarker – History, Culture, Politics and Society |publisher=Newarkermag.com |date=October 3, 2019 |accessdate=August 24, 2022 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628082210/https://newarkermag.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*''The Newark Times'' is an online news media platform dedicated to Newark lifestyle, events, and culture.<ref>[http://thenewarktimes.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225172442/http://thenewarktimes.com/ |date=February 25, 2019 }}, Newark Times. Accessed February 11, 2021.</ref>
* ''The Newark Metro'' covers metropolitan life from Newark to North Jersey to New York City and is a journalism project at Rutgers Newark.<ref>[http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/ The Newark Metro] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603122812/http://www.newarkmetro.rutgers.edu/ |date=June 3, 2013 }} [[Rutgers–Newark]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
*''RLS Media'' covers breaking news from Newark and surrounding municipalities.<ref>[https://www.rlsmedia.com/nj/newark News Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208100226/https://www.rlsmedia.com/nj/newark |date=February 8, 2021 }}, rlsmedia.com. Accessed February 11, 2021.</ref>
* The City of Newark shares news and events via its official Twitter account.<ref>[https://twitter.com/CityofNewarkNJ City of Newark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421140842/https://twitter.com/CityofNewarkNJ |date=April 21, 2018 }}, [[Twitter]]. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref>
*''The Pod,'' developed by Black Owned New Jersey, is a weekly podcast that helps small businesses build, grow, and maintain their business.

=== Radio ===
[[File:BambergersWOR1922.jpg|thumb|upright=1|With a studio on the 6th floor and showy antenna on the roof, [[Bamberger's]] launched [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] to sell more radios.]]
Pioneer radio station [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] was started by [[Bamberger's|Bamberger Broadcasting Service]] in 1922 and broadcast from studios at its retailer's downtown department store. Today the building serves telecom, [[Colocation centre|colocation]], and computer support industries known as [[165 Halsey Street]].<ref>[http://www.165halsey.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620084235/http://www.165halsey.com/ |date=June 20, 2016 }}, 165 Halsey Street. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

Radio station WJZ (now [[WABC (AM)|WABC]]) made its first broadcast in 1921 from the Westinghouse plant near Broad Street Station. It moved to New York City in the 1920s. Radio station WNEW-AM (now [[WBBR]]) was founded in Newark in 1934 and later moved to New York City. [[WBGO]], a [[National Public Radio]] affiliate with a format of standard and contemporary jazz, is at 54 Park Place in downtown Newark. [[WNSW]] AM-1430 (formerly WNJR) and [[WQXR-FM|WQXR]] (which was formerly WHBI and later WCAA) 105.9 FM are also licensed to Newark.<ref>[http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Newark&state=NJ Radio Stations in Newark, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408193219/http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Newark&state=NJ |date=April 8, 2012 }}, Radio-Locator. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref>

=== Telephone ===
In 1915, the [[Bell System]] under ownership of [[American Telephone and Telegraph Company]] (AT&T) tested newly developed [[panel switch]]ing technology in Newark when they cutover the [[telephone exchange]]s ''Mulberry'' and ''Waverly'' to semi-mechanical operation on January 16 and June 12, respectively. The Panel system was the Bell System solution to the ''big city'' problem, where an exchange had to serve large numbers of subscribers on both manual as well as automatically switched central offices, without negatively impacting established user convenience and reliability. As originally introduced in these exchanges, subscribers' telephones had no dials and customers continued to make calls by asking an operator to ring their called party, at which point the operator keyed the telephone number into the panel equipment, instead of making cord connections manually.<ref>Colburn, Robert. [http://insight.ieeeusa.org/article-details/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ/28207/244209?p_p_state=pop_up&_56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ_page=1&_56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ_viewMode=print "Your Engineering Heritage: Newark's Past and Future as a High-Technology Center"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022023422/http://insight.ieeeusa.org/article-details/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ/28207/244209?p_p_state=pop_up&_56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ_page=1&_56_INSTANCE_48nn4HYijSJJ_viewMode=print |date=October 22, 2016 }} [[IEEE]], December 15, 2015. Accessed October 21, 2016. "Large-scale field trials of semiautomatic telephone switching were another Newark high-tech advance. Two switching offices, Mulberry (3,640 lines) and Waverly (6,480 lines), went into commercial service on 16 January 1915 and 12 June 1915, respectively."</ref>
[[File:WE302-1948-Bigelow-Newark_telephone_kbrose20161118.jpg|thumb|1948 telephone set from the historic Bigelow Panel exchange in Newark, the last Panel office in existence when it was dismantled in 1983.]]

Most Panel installations across the country were replaced by modern systems during the 1970s and the last Panel switch was decommissioned in the BIgelow central office in Newark in 1983.<ref>Western Electric, ''The Last Panel Office'', WE Magazine 1983 No. 1, page 22</ref>

While Newark, like all of New Jersey, had [[area code 201]] assigned for long-distance calling since 1947, the rate center was reassigned to [[area code 973]] in 1997, which was [[overlay plan|overlaid]] with [[area code 551]] in 2001. With cellular service proliferating in Northern New Jersey in the 21st century, central office prefixes from the adjacent New Jersey NPAs (201, 551, [[Area codes 732 and 848|732/848]], [[area code 908|908]]) were made available in the Newark rate center for cellular and [[voice over IP]] (VoIP) services.<ref name="NewarkNPA">[https://www.area-codes.com/city/city.asp?state=NJ&city=Newark Area Codes for Newark, NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616011056/https://www.area-codes.com/city/city.asp?state=NJ&city=Newark |date=June 16, 2023 }}, Area-Codes.com. Accessed June 15, 2023.</ref>

=== Television ===
[[File:WNJN-TV Montclair dishes jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|NJTV transmitter at [[Montclair State University]]]]
New Jersey's first television station, WATV Channel 13, signed-on May 15, 1948, from studios at the [[Newark Symphony Hall|Mosque Theater]] known as the "Television Center Newark." The studios were home to WNTA-13 beginning in 1958 and WNJU-47 until 1989.<ref>Model, Eric. [http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/remembering-channel-13-new-jerseys-first-television-station/all-pages "Remembering Channel 13—New Jersey's first television station"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912132822/http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/movies/remembering-channel-13-new-jerseys-first-television-station/all-pages |date=September 12, 2014 }} NewJerseyNewsroom.com, August 8, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2014. "Initially the station was known as WATV, and was a commercial television station owned by Atlantic Television, a subsidiary of Bremer Broadcasting Corporation. It started broadcasting on May 15, 1948 on Channel 13. Bremer also owned two northern New Jersey radio stations, WAAT (970 AM, now WNYM) and WAAT-FM (94.7&nbsp;MHz, now WNSH). The three stations were in the Mosque Theater at 1020 Broad Street in Newark."</ref>

[[WNET]], the successor to WATV, is flagship station of the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] serving the New York market. Spanish-language [[WFUT-TV]] Channel 68, a [[UniMás]] [[owned-and-operated station]], is also licensed to Newark. [[Tempo Networks]], producing for the [[Caribbean|pan-Caribbean]] television market, is based in the city.<ref>[http://www.business.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-newark-small-business-development-center-honors-frederick-morton-jr-tempo-tv "Rutgers-Newark Small Business Development Center honors Frederick A. Morton Jr. of TEMPO TV"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195517/http://www.business.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-newark-small-business-development-center-honors-frederick-morton-jr-tempo-tv |date=September 23, 2015 }}, [[Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick]], October 20, 2011. Accessed August 30, 2015. "TEMPO currently broadcast in 24 Caribbean islands, with approximately 3.5M viewers throughout the Caribbean and is based in Newark, New Jersey."</ref> NwkTV has been the city's government access channel since 2009 and broadcast as Channel 78 on [[Altice USA|Optimum]].<ref>[http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/government/departments/communications/newarktv/ The City of Newark's Government Access Channel] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408141911/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/government/departments/communications/newarktv/ |date=April 8, 2016 }} City of Newark. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Ortega, Ralph R. [http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/01/newark_launches_its_own_digita.html "Newark launches its own digital TV channel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912130704/http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/01/newark_launches_its_own_digita.html |date=September 12, 2014 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 25, 2009. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref> The company has a high-tech call center in Newark, employing over 500 people. PBS network [[NJTV]]'s main broadcasting studios (NJTV is also a sister station of the Newark-licensed WNET) are also in the Gateway Center Office Complex.<ref>Staff. [http://www.njbiz.com/article/20120612/NJBIZ01/120619954/EDA-approves-$37M-Urban-Transit-Hub-grant-to-Cablevision "EDA approves $37M Urban Transit Hub grant to Cablevision"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912133217/http://www.njbiz.com/article/20120612/NJBIZ01/120619954/EDA-approves-$37M-Urban-Transit-Hub-grant-to-Cablevision |date=September 12, 2014 }}, ''NJBiz'', June 12, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref>

===Film ===
The [[Newark Black Film Festival]] has been held annually since in 1974. The Newark International Film Festival is an annual event that has hosted screenings, workshops and stunt exhibitions in Newark since 2015. They are held under the auspices of the [[North to Shore Festival]].<ref>[http://newarkiff.com/about-us {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912024256/http://newarkiff.com/about-us |date=September 12, 2021 }} About Us[, Newark International Film Festival. Accessed July 26, 2023.</ref>

[[File:Newark-film-production.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Film production in Newark in 2004]]
The [[New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission]] is headquartered in the Newark.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/state/njfilm/dos-njfim-now-filming.html Currently Filming In New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083411/http://www.nj.gov/state/njfilm/dos-njfim-now-filming.html |date=September 5, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> In 2011, the city created the Newark Office of Film and Television in order to promote the making of media productions.<ref>Getto, Erica. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130419064346/http://www.wnyc.org/articles/features/2011/aug/04/newark-office-film-and-television/ "Booker Creates Newark Office of Film and Television"], [[WNYC]], August 4, 2011, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 19, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Honan, Edith. [http://www.backstage.com/news/newarks-film-hopes-snag-on-state-budget-fight/ "Newark's Film Hopes Snag on State Budget Fight"], ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]'', March 14, 2011. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

There have been several film and TV productions depicting life in Newark. ''Life of Crime'' was originally produced in 1988 and was followed by a 1998 sequel.<ref>Kannapell, Andrea. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/13/nyregion/city-life-giving-away-a-film-s-ending-it-s-not-happy.html "City Life; Giving Away a Film's Ending: It's Not Happy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813194021/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/13/nyregion/city-life-giving-away-a-film-s-ending-it-s-not-happy.html |date=August 13, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 13, 1998. Accessed January 19, 2012. "And the backdrop to these unhappy lives, the Ironbound – a residential and industrial section outlined in Newark's southeast corner by various train lines – emerges as a vicious trap of a neighborhood, a painful counterpoint to downtown Newark's spreading veneer of investment and municipal energy."</ref> ''[[New Jersey Drive]]'' is a 1995 film about the city when it was considered the "[[car theft]] capital of the world".<ref>Quinn, Zachary. [http://www.d.umn.edu/~tisbell/Courses/AnalysisNewJerseyDrive.html "Analysis of ''New Jersey Drive''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220004341/http://www.d.umn.edu/~tisbell/Courses/AnalysisNewJerseyDrive.html |date=February 20, 2012 }}, [[University of Minnesota Duluth]]. Accessed January 19, 2012. "The story takes place in Newark, New Jersey, the car theft capital of the world. And in this urban setting we find the young African American teens involved in stealing cars and dodging police in what can be described as empty lives, no goals, no focus and no direction. The only thing that these young men are interested in is the ride."</ref> ''[[Street Fight (film)|Street Fight]]'' is an [[Academy Award]]-nominated documentary film which covered the 2002 mayoral election between incumbent Sharpe James and challenger Cory Booker. In 2009, the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]] aired ''[[Brick City (TV series)|Brick City]]'', a five-part television 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. The second season premiered January 30, 2011.<ref>[http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/about/ About the series ''Brick City''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116111135/http://www.sundancechannel.com/brick-city/about/ |date=January 16, 2012 }} [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]. Accessed January 19, 2012.</ref> ''[[Revolution '67]]'' is a documentary which examines the causes and events of the 1967 Newark riots. ''The Once and Future Newark'' (2006) is a documentary travelogue about places of cultural, social and historical significance by Rutgers History Professor [[Clement Alexander Price|Clement Price]].<ref>[http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/once-and-future-newark ''The Once and Future Newark''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917110235/https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/once-and-future-newark |date=September 17, 2018 }}, [[Rutgers University]], November 29, 2013. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref> The [[HBO]] television series ''[[The Sopranos]]'' filmed many of its scenes in Newark.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-16-sopranos_x.htm "'The Sopranos' draws stargazers in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510070214/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-02-16-sopranos_x.htm |date=May 10, 2017 }}, ''[[USA Today]]'', February 6, 2006. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> ''[[The Many Saints of Newark]]'' is a ''Sopranos'' prequel by [[David Chase]] set in the late 1960s and early 1970s.<ref>Kuperinsky, Amy. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/sopranos_prequel_movie_the_many_saints_of_newark_i.html "''Sopranos'' prequel movie ''The Many Saints of Newark'' in the works"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105634/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/03/sopranos_prequel_movie_the_many_saints_of_newark_i.html |date=August 23, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 8, 2018. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> ''[[Heart of Stone (2009 film)|Heart of Stone]]'' (2009) reflects on white flight in the heavily Jewish [[Weequahic, Newark|Weequahic]] section and [[Weequahic High School]].<ref>Koehler, Robert. [https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/heart-of-stone-1200473004/ "''Heart of Stone''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612214837/https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/heart-of-stone-1200473004/ |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', January 28, 2009. Accessed June 11, 2018.</ref> ''[[Rob Peace]]'', is a film adaptation of ''[[The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace]]'', the life story of a Newark native murdered in 2011.<ref name=nj>{{cite web|last=Kuperinsky|first=Amy|title='The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace' movie filming in Newark with Chiwetel Ejiofor|date=December 27, 2022|website=NJ.com|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace-movie-filming-in-newark-with-chiwetel-ejiofor.html|accessdate=July 5, 2023|archive-date=January 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106150411/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/12/the-short-and-tragic-life-of-robert-peace-movie-filming-in-newark-with-chiwetel-ejiofor.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Numerous movies, television programs, and music videos have been shot in Newark, its period architecture and its streetscape seen as an ideal "urban setting". In 2012 the city hosted the [[America's Got Talent (season 7)|seventh season]] of the reality show competition ''[[America's Got Talent]]''.<ref>McGlone, Peggy. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/americas_got_talent_to_film_at.html "''America's Got Talent'' to film at NJPAC in Newark"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213459/https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/americas_got_talent_to_film_at.html |date=July 31, 2018 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 8, 2012. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref>
Among the films shot in Newark are ''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]'' (1989),<ref name=JerseyDigs>{{cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/madonna-bloodhounds-of-broadway-union-city/|title=Union City Building Where Madonna Filmed 'Bloodhounds of Broadway' Hits the Market|author=Fry, Chris|publisher=Jersey Digs|url-status=live|date=October 24, 2023|access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=October 27, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231027223927/https://jerseydigs.com/madonna-bloodhounds-of-broadway-union-city/}}</ref> ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'' (depicting the abandoned [[movie palace]] known as the [[Newark Paramount Theatre]]),<ref>Klefer, Eric. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/which-scenes-joker-movie-were-shot-newark-videos "Which Scenes From ''Joker'' Movie Were Shot In Newark? (VIDEOS); ''Joker,'' the newest addition to the Batman franchise, has footage shot in Newark, New Jersey. Watch the trailer here."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410194425/https://patch.com/new-jersey/newarknj/which-scenes-joker-movie-were-shot-newark-videos |date=April 10, 2019 }}, Newark Patch, April 3, 2019. Accessed September 24, 2019.</ref> ''[[Cat Person (film)|Cat Person]]'', and the 2022 horror movie, ''[[Smile (2022 film)|Smile]]'', with several locations, including Murphy Varnish Lofts and Rutgers Medical School.<ref name="newjerseystage.com">[https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=bros-the-greatest-beer-run-in-history-and-smile-all-filmed-in-jersey "Bros, The Greatest Beer Run in History, and Smile - All Filmed In Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208133000/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle2.php?titlelink=bros-the-greatest-beer-run-in-history-and-smile-all-filmed-in-jersey |date=December 8, 2023 }}, New Jersey Stage, September 28, 2022. Accessed December 8, 2023.</ref> The movie ''The Perfect Find'' also had scenes filmed in Newark as did the movie, ''[[The Greatest Beer Run Ever]]''.<ref>Kausch, Katie. [https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/08/these-15-movies-were-filmed-produced-in-nj-towns-last-year-see-if-yours-made-the-list.html "These 15 movies were filmed, produced in N.J. towns last year. See if yours made the list."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807181207/https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2022/08/these-15-movies-were-filmed-produced-in-nj-towns-last-year-see-if-yours-made-the-list.html |date=August 7, 2022 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[Nj.com]], August 7, 2022. Accessed December 8, 2023. "'‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever'' Filming location(s): Jersey City; Newark; Paterson"</ref> Scenes for the movie ''Bros'' were filmed throughout the city in 2021, including at the Newark Museum, exterior of the which are shown as the LGBT museum.<ref name="newjerseystage.com"/>

==== Studios ====
In 2009, the Ironbound Film & Television Studios, the only "stay and shoot" facility in the metro area opened, its first production being ''[[Bar Karma]]''.<ref>[http://www.ironboundfilmstudios.com/ Home Page] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827112711/http://www.ironboundfilmstudios.com/ |date=August 27, 2009 }}, Ironbound Film and Television Studios. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

In 2022, the city announced that a major new film and television production studio overlooking [[Weequahic Park]] and [[Weequahic Golf Course]], to be called [[Lionsgate Newark Studios]], would open in 2024 on the 15-acre former [[Seth Boyden housing projects]] site in the [[Dayton, Newark|Dayton section]] of the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/nyregion/lionsgate-newark-movie-studio.html |title=$100 Million Film Studio to Rise From Rubble of Ex-Public Housing Site – The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 17, 2022 |accessdate=May 26, 2022 |last1=Tully |first1=Tracey |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170854/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/nyregion/lionsgate-newark-movie-studio.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jill Goldsmith |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/lionsgate-studios-newark-great-point-robert-halmi-1235025714/ |title=Lionsgate, Robert Halmi's Great Point Building New Studio In Newark NJ – Deadline |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=May 17, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170855/https://deadline.com/2022/05/lionsgate-studios-newark-great-point-robert-halmi-1235025714/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/05/hollywood-on-newark-bay-officails-say-lionsgate-film-tv-studio-is-coming-to-brick-city.html |title=Hollywood on Newark Bay? Officials say Lionsgate film & TV studio is coming to Brick City |publisher=nj.com |date=May 17, 2022 |accessdate=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170854/https://www.nj.com/essex/2022/05/hollywood-on-newark-bay-officails-say-lionsgate-film-tv-studio-is-coming-to-brick-city.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Theatres ====
[[File:Waldmann's Theatre Newark NJ.jpg|thumb|right|Newark Theatre was built in 1853 as the first theater at the location of 138 Market Street and Halsey Street. In 1880s, operated as a vaudeville house named Fred Waldmann's Opera House]]
{{main|List of theaters in Newark, New Jersey}}
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Newark had many theaters and movie houses that were vaudeville or burlesque style. As innovation occurred in film, Newark contributed to the development to the American film industry with local inventors' innovation of celluloid and its use as movie film.<ref name="Newark Public Library">{{cite web |title=City Was at the Center of Movie Industry, Grand Entertainment |url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |website=knowingnewark.npl.org |publisher=Newark Public Library |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206115908/https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Newark movie theatres during this early part of the 20th century had established a large audience, with 62 movie houses in the city by 1922.<ref>{{cite web |title=City Was at the Center of Movie Industry, Grand Entertainment |url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |website=knowingnewark.npl.org |publisher=The Newark Public Library |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628082203/https://knowingnewark.npl.org/city-was-at-the-center-of-movie-industry-grand-entertainment/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Auction of Souls (1919) - Hill Theatre, Newark NJ.JPG|thumb|left|Hill Theatre was located at 100 Springfield Avenue from 1917 to about 1930 as a vaudeville and movie theater. George Burns and Gracie Allen had their first performance here]]
Later, many of these locations were used for live performances of notable actors prior to becoming renowned. The introduction of television for entertainment during the 1940s and 1950s was the start of a decades-long decline in attendance in movie theaters. The last two downtown movie theatres were the Adams and the [[Newark Paramount Theatre]], which both closed in 1986.<ref>[https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2011/09/28/the-newark-paramount-theatre/ "The Newark Paramount Theatre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026213348/https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2011/09/28/the-newark-paramount-theatre/ |date=October 26, 2023 }}, After the Final Curtain, September 28, 2011. Accessed February 6, 2024. "The Paramount Theatre opened on October 11, 1886 as H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre. It was originally a vaudeville house managed by Hyde & Behman Amusement Co., a Brooklyn based theater Management Company.... The Paramount Theatre closed on March 31, 1986 due to an increase in insurance rates. This increase also led to the closing of the nearby Adams Theatre."</ref> Attempts for movie theatre revivals were established in the 1990s. As of 2024, the CityPlex 12 Newark movie theatre, located off Springfield Avenue and Bergen Street, is the only theater in operation in the city. The [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]], located at 1 Center Street, is currently operating as theatre production and concerts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mission & History |url=https://www.njpac.org/about/mission-and-history/ |website=www.njpac.org |publisher=NJPAC |access-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-date=February 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206115908/https://www.njpac.org/about/mission-and-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2,800-seat [[Newark Symphony Hall]] located at 1020 Broad Street has been in operations since 1925.<ref>[https://newarksymphonyhall.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206124342/https://newarksymphonyhall.org/about/ |date=February 6, 2024 }}, [[Newark Symphony Hall]]. Accessed February 6, 2024. "Born as the Salaam Temple in 1925, Newark Symphony Hall has been the home of almost a century of arts and culture in what is now New Jersey’s oldest and largest arts and entertainment venue."</ref>

== Sports ==
{{See also|Sports in Newark, New Jersey}}
Newark has hosted many teams, though much of the time without an [[Major League Baseball|MLB]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]], [[National Hockey League|NHL]], or [[National Football League|NFL]] team in the city proper. Currently, the city is home to just one, the NHL's [[New Jersey Devils]]. As the second-largest city in the [[New York metropolitan area]], Newark is part of the regional [[Sports in New York City#Notable New York City Area Teams|professional sports]] and media markets.<ref name="greaternj">Gale, Dennis E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zPDNaBYkRM4C ''Greater New Jersey: Living in the Shadow of Gotham''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628082220/https://books.google.com/books?id=zPDNaBYkRM4C |date=June 28, 2024 }}, [[University of Pennsylvania Press]], 2006. {{ISBN|9780812219579}}. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Petrecca, Laura. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/12/07/new-york-new-jersey-super-bowl/3899747/ "Super Bowl 2014: New Jersey out in the cold?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013075140/https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/12/07/new-york-new-jersey-super-bowl/3899747/ |date=October 13, 2017 }}, ''[[USA Today]]'', December 9, 2013. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref><ref>Tuttle, Brad R. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rLhMtZ8NCKIC ''How Newark Became Newark: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of an American City''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628082420/https://books.google.com/books?id=rLhMtZ8NCKIC |date=June 28, 2024 }}, [[Rutgers University Press]], 2009. {{ISBN|9780813544908}}. Accessed May 10, 2016.</ref>

The [[Prudential Center]], a multi-purpose indoor arena designed by [[HOK Sport]], is located in [[Downtown Newark|downtown]] adjacent to [[Newark Penn Station]].<ref>Staff. [http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2007/10/Issue-34/Facilities-Venues/Prudential-Center-Opens-Doors-For-First-Devils-Hockey-Game.aspx "Prudential Center Opens Doors For First Devils Hockey Game"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827143924/http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2007/10/Issue-34/Facilities-Venues/Prudential-Center-Opens-Doors-For-First-Devils-Hockey-Game.aspx |date=August 27, 2016 }}, ''Sports Business Daily'', October 29, 2007. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> Known as "The Rock", the arena opened in 2007 and is the home of the Devils and the NCAA's [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball]] team, seating 18,711 for basketball and 16,514 for hockey.<ref>[http://njms.rutgers.edu/departments/pathology/resident_education/area_highlights.cfm Resident Life] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625172114/http://njms.rutgers.edu/departments/pathology/resident_education/area_highlights.cfm |date=June 25, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Medical School]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref>

Downtown was also home to [[Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium]], which was a 6,200-seat [[baseball park]] built near the [[Passaic River]] to house the [[Newark Bears]], an independent minor league baseball team, and opened in 1999. Also serving as the home stadium for [[Rutgers University-Newark|Rutgers-Newark]] and [[New Jersey Institute of Technology|NJIT]]'s college baseball teams, Riverfront Stadium closed in 2014 after the Bears ceased operations.<ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.theobserver.com/2014/04/ridiculous-auction-last-sad-chapter-for-newark-bears/ "Ridiculous auction last sad chapter for Newark Bears"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809032928/http://www.theobserver.com/2014/04/ridiculous-auction-last-sad-chapter-for-newark-bears/ |date=August 9, 2016 }}, ''The Observer Online'', April 30, 2014. Accessed June 14, 2016. "After all, it was the kind of Saturday in April where baseball was played at the ballpark every year since 1999, when the Newark Bears rose from the ashes of an era long gone and brought professional baseball back to the Brick City for the first time in almost 50 full years. Sure, Rutgers-Newark and NJIT have also called Riverfront Stadium home since the $34&nbsp;million facility was opened 15 years ago."</ref> In 2016, the stadium was sold to a developer, and three years later it was demolished.<ref>Ivers, Dan. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/03/former_newark_bears_stadium_sold_to_nyc_developer.html "Former Newark Bears stadium sold to NYC developer for $23M"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113231956/http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/03/former_newark_bears_stadium_sold_to_nyc_developer.html |date=November 13, 2016 }}, NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], March 20, 2016. Accessed November 20, 2016. "The former home of the Newark Bears minor league baseball team – left to languish along Broad Street since the hard-luck franchise folded in 2013 – has been sold to a New York-based developer for $23.5&nbsp;million.The site at the corner of Broad Street and Orange Street has been sold to the Lotus Equity Group, city officials confirmed this week. Lotus plans to demolish Riverfront Stadium and build a mixed-use, high-rise tower in its place."</ref>

[[File:Pudcentnewarkjeh.JPG|thumb|upright=1|The [[Prudential Center]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Club
!Sport
!Established
!League
!Venue
|-
|[[New Jersey Devils]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1974 <small>(Moved to [[East Rutherford]] in 1982, then Newark in 2007)</small>
|[[National Hockey League|NHL]]
|[[Prudential Center]]
|-
|[[Metropolitan Riveters]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|2016
|[[National Women's Hockey League (2015–)|NWHL]]
|[[Prudential Center|Barnabas Health Hockey Center]]
|-
|[[Seton Hall Pirates]]
|[[Basketball]]
|1908–1909
|[[Big East Conference|NCAA Big East]]
|[[Prudential Center]]
|-
|[[Jersey Express]]
|[[Basketball]]
|2005
|[[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]]
|YMCA of Newark & Vicinity
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The [[New Jersey Nets]] played two seasons (2010–2012) at the Prudential Center until moving to the [[Barclays Center]].<ref>Mazzeo, Mike. [https://www.espn.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7847416/new-jersey-governor-chris-christie-says-good-riddance-brooklyn-bound-nets "Chris Christie: No love lost for Nets"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926050918/https://www.espn.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7847416/new-jersey-governor-chris-christie-says-good-riddance-brooklyn-bound-nets |date=September 26, 2024 }}, ESPN New York, April 24, 2012. Accessed June 26, 2012. "The New Jersey Nets are playing their final game in New Jersey on Monday night and leaving for Brooklyn at the end of this season, but the governor of New Jersey isn't about to get all nostalgic over it."</ref> The [[New York Liberty]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) also played there for three seasons (2011–2013) during renovations of [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>[http://www.prucenter.com/default.asp?prucenter=107&objId=296 "New York Liberty Return To Madison Square Garden For 2012 Home Opener"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013121832/http://www.prucenter.com/default.asp?prucenter=107&objId=296 |date=October 13, 2012 }} [[Prudential Center]], May 14, 2012. Accessed June 26, 2012. "The Liberty's 2012 season will mark the second of three seasons the team will call Prudential Center home court while Madison Square Garden continues a historic, top-to-bottom Transformation."</ref> The center has hosted the [[2012 Stanley Cup Finals]], the [[2011 NBA draft]], and the [[2013 NHL Entry Draft]]. [[EliteXC: Primetime]], a [[mixed martial arts]] (MMA) event which took place on May 31, 2008, was the first MMA event aired in primetime on major American network television.<ref>Fowlkes, Ben. [http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/11/09/ufc-not-the-first-on-network-tv-but-can-it-learn-from-others-m "UFC Not the First on Network TV, but Can It Learn From Others' Mistakes?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213230735/http://www.mmafighting.com/2011/11/09/ufc-not-the-first-on-network-tv-but-can-it-learn-from-others-m |date=December 13, 2013 }}, mmafighting.com, November 9, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2015. "On May 31, 2008, EliteXC brought a live MMA event to primetime network television for the first time in American TV history. The aptly named ''Primetime'' event went down in Newark's Prudential Center, and was loaded with EliteXC's most marketable stars, including Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano, Robbie Lawler, and Phil Baroni."</ref>

Newark was a host city and [[Newark Liberty International Airport|its airport]] a gateway for [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] which was played on February 2, 2014.<ref>Strunsky, Steve. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/newark_airport_preps_for_the_super_bowl.html "Newark airport gets upgrades for Super Bowl XLVIII"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217075740/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/newark_airport_preps_for_the_super_bowl.html |date=December 17, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', October 11, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Staff. [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/24/super-bowl-xlviii-to-create-traffic-jam-at-newark-teterboro-airports/ "Super Bowl XLVIII To Create Traffic Jam At Newark, Teterboro Airports; Port Authority Is Consulting With Airports In Cities That Hosted Previous Super Bowls"], [[WCBS-TV]], August 24, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref><ref>Kell, John. [https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/03/29/newark-airport-gets-ready-for-2014-super-bowl/ "Newark Airport Gets Ready for 2014 Super Bowl"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', March 29, 2011. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> The game took place at [[MetLife Stadium]], home of the hosting teams [[New York Giants]] and [[New York Jets]]. Media Day, the first event leading up to the game, took place on January 28 at the Prudential Center. The original [[Vince Lombardi Trophy]], produced by [[Tiffany & Co.]] in Newark in 1967 and borrowed from the [[Green Bay Packers]], was displayed at the [[Newark Museum]] from January 8 until March 30, 2014.<ref>Nix, Naomi. [http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/01/post_5.html "Original Vince Lombardi trophy comes home to Newark"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 7, 2014. Accessed June 13, 2016. "The first-ever Vince Lombardi trophy, which was made in Newark, arrived this week at the Newark Museum."</ref> [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]'s annual Super Bowl weekend mixed martial arts event, [[UFC 169]]: Cruz vs. Barao, took place on February 1 at the Prudential Center.<ref>Lee, Eunice. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/bye-bye_vegas_ufcs_super_bowl_weekend_event_moves_to_new_jersey_in_2014.html "UFC's Super Bowl weekend event moving to New Jersey in 2014"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 6, 2013. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref>

== Government ==

=== Local ===
The city is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] Plan C form of local government, which became effective as of July 1, 1954, after the voters of the city of Newark passed a referendum held on November 3, 1953.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 125.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The city is one of 79 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the City Council, who are elected concurrently on a [[non-partisan democracy|non-partisan]] basis to four-year terms of office at the May municipal election. The mayor is [[direct election|directly]] elected by the residents of Newark. The city council comprises nine members, with one council member from each of the city's five [[ward (United States)|wards]] and four council members who are elected on an [[at-large]] basis.<ref name=Council>[https://www.newarknj.gov/council-members City Council] City of Newark. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref> The structure of the council was established after a 1953 referendum, in which more than 65% of voters approved a change from a five-member commission.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1953/11/04/archives/bingo-for-charity-is-voted-in-jersey-margin-exceeds-21-newark.html "Bingo For Charity Is Voted In Jersey; Margin Exceeds 2-1 -- Newark Approves Shift to a Mayor and Nine Councilmen"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 4, 1953. Accessed March 8, 2023. "In Newark, the city electorate voted to change the municipal form of government from five commissioners to a Mayor and nine Councilmen. Complete returns showed 53,739 for the charter amendment and 28,142 against. The vote means that Newark must hold a special election some time next summer to replace the five commissioners who were elected to four-year terms in May. A citizens committee on municipal government and the Newark Charter Commission had recommended the change. Five of the Councilmen will be elected from wards in the city, and the four others will be chosen at large."</ref>

{{As of|2023}}, the mayor of Newark is [[Ras Baraka]], who is serving a third term of office ending on June 30, 2026;<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.newarknj.gov/city-mayor About the Mayor], City of Newark. Accessed May 12, 2022.</ref> Baraka first took office as the city's 40th mayor on July 1, 2014.<ref>Nix, Naomi. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/07/ras_baraka_sworn_in_as_newarks_40th_mayor.html "Ras Baraka sworn in today as Newark's 40th mayor"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 1, 2014. Accessed December 4, 2023. "Ras Baraka was officially sworn in today as Newark's 40th mayor".</ref> Members of Newark's [[Municipal Council of Newark|Municipal Council]] are Council President LaMonica McIver (Central Ward), Luis A. Quintana (at-large), Patrick O. Council (South Ward), C. Lawrence Crump (at-large), Carlos M. Gonzalez (at-large), Dupré L. Kelly (West Ward), Anibal Ramos Jr. (North Ward), Louise Scott-Rountree (at-large) and Michael J. Silva (East Ward), all serving concurrent terms of office ending June 30, 2026.<ref>[https://www.newarknj.gov/council-members Council Members], City of Newark. Accessed July 20, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SRFbcWA1963g0fJgyCHgC6w3V9R3-hc2 2022 Municipal Data Sheet], City of Newark. Accessed May 12, 2022.</ref><ref name=EssexDirectory>[https://essexcountynj.org/county-directory/ Essex County Directory], [[Essex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed July 20, 2022.</ref><ref name=Essex2022Municipal>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/112990/web.285569/#/summary Municipal Election May 10, 2022 Official Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated May 18, 2022. Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref><ref name=Essex2022Runoff>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Essex/115052/web.285569/#/summary Newark Municipal Run-Off June 14, 2022 Unofficial Results], [[Essex County, New Jersey]], updated June 22, 2022.Accessed July 1, 2022.</ref>

=== Federal, state, and county ===
Newark is split between the 8th and 10th Congressional Districts<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 28th and 29th state legislative districts.<ref name=Districts2011>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf Municipalities Sorted by 2011–2020 Legislative District], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref><ref name=LWV2019>[https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf ''2019 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''], New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed October 30, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#28 Districts by Number for 2011–2020], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed January 6, 2013.</ref><ref name=LWV2011>[http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=62 ''2011 New Jersey Citizen's Guide to Government''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059/http://www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=62 |date=June 4, 2013 }}, p. 62, New Jersey [[League of Women Voters]]. Accessed May 22, 2015.</ref> Prior to the 2010 census, Newark had been split between the 10th Congressional District and the {{ushr|NJ|13|13th Congressional District}}, a change made by the [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]] that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.<ref name="LWV2011" /> As part of the split that took effect in 2013, 123,763 residents in two non-contiguous sections in the city's north and northeast were placed in the 8th District and 153,377 in the southern and western portions of the city were placed in the 10th District.<ref name="PCR2012" /><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/2012-nj-newark.pdf New Jersey Congressional Districts 2012–2021 for Newark], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref>

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=== Politics ===

On the national level, Newark leans strongly toward the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. As of March 23, 2011, out of a 2010 census population of 277,140 in Newark, there were 136,785 registered voters (66.3% of the 2010 population ages 18 and over of 206,253, vs. 77.7% in all of Essex County of the 589,051 ages 18 and up) of which 68,393 (50.0% vs. 45.9% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 3,548 (2.6% vs. 9.9% countywide) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]], 64,812 (47.4% vs. 44.1% countywide) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]] and there were 30 voters registered to other parties.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-essex-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Essex], [[New Jersey Department of State]], March 23, 2011. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 presidential election]], Democrat Barack Obama received 90.8% of the vote (77,112 ballots cast), ahead of Republican [[John McCain]] who received 7.0% of the vote (5,957 votes), with 84,901 of the city's 140,946 registered voters participating, for a turnout of 60.2% of registered voters.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-essex.pdf 2008 Presidential General Election Results: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 23, 2008. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Democrat [[Barack Obama]] received 95.0% of the vote (78,352 cast), ahead of Republican [[Mitt Romney]] with 4.7% (3,852 votes), and other candidates with 0.4% (298 votes), among the 82,030 ballots cast by the city's 145,059 registered voters for a turnout of 56.5%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-essex.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Essex County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-essex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Essex County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the 2016 presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 90.7% of the vote (69,042 cast); Republican Donald Trump received 6.7% of the vote (5,094 cast); and other candidates received 1.5% of the vote (1,139 cast).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/how_your_town_voted_in_the_2016_presidential_election.html|title=See How Your Town Voted in the 2016 Presidential Election|last=Petenko|first=Erin|date=November 11, 2016|website=www.nj.com|publisher=Advance Media}}</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] received 80.8% of the vote (29,039 cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] with 17.9% (6,443 votes), and other candidates with 1.2% (437 votes), among the 37,114 ballots cast by the city's 149,778 registered voters (1,195 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 24.8%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-essex.pdf |title=Governor – Essex County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-essex.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Essex County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref> In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009|2009 Gubernatorial Election]], Democrat [[Jon Corzine]] received 90.2% of the vote (36,637 ballots cast), ahead of Republican [[Chris Christie]] who received 8.3% of the vote (3,355 votes), with 40,613 of the city's 134,195 registered voters (30.3%) participating.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2009-governor_results-essex.pdf 2009 Governor: Essex County], [[New Jersey Department of State]], December 31, 2009. Accessed June 25, 2012.</ref>

=== Political corruption ===
Newark has been marred with political corruption throughout the years. Five of the previous{{when|reason=previous relative to what point in time?|date=August 2019}} seven mayors of Newark have been indicted on criminal charges, including the three mayors before Cory Booker: [[Hugh Joseph Addonizio|Hugh Addonizio]], [[Kenneth A. Gibson|Kenneth Gibson]] and [[Sharpe James]]. As reported by ''Newsweek'': "...&nbsp;every mayor since 1962 (except one, Cory Booker) has been indicted for crimes committed while in office".<ref>Romano, Andrew. [http://www.newsweek.com/2010/03/10/the-swamps-of-jersey.html "The Swamps of Jersey – The Daily Beast"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', March 10, 2010. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref>

Addonizio was mayor of Newark from 1962 to 1970. A son of Italian immigrants, a tailor and World War&nbsp;II veteran, he ran on a reform platform, defeating the incumbent, Leo Carlin, whom, ironically, Addonizio characterized as corrupt and a part of the [[political machine]] of the era. In December 1969, Addonizio and nine present or former officials of the municipal administration in Newark were indicted by a Federal grand jury; five other persons were also indicted.<ref>Grutzner, Charles. [https://www.nytimes.com/1969/12/18/archives/us-indicts-mayor-of-newark-9-present-or-former-officials-on-253000.html "U.S. Indicts Mayor Of Newark, 9 Present Or Former Officials On $253,000 Extortion Charges; Addonizio On Bail Evasion of Tax Also Charged – Boiardo Among Accused Mayor Addonizio Is Indicted on Extortion Charge"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 18, 1969. Accessed August 22, 2018. "Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and nine present or former officials of the municipal administration in Newark were indicted yesterday by a Federal grand jury with five other persons, among whom was Anthony (Tony Boy) Boiardo, a reputed member of the Mafia."</ref> In July 1970, the former mayor, and four other defendants, were found guilty by a Federal jury on 64 counts each, one of conspiracy and 63 of extortion.<ref>Brady, Thomas F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/23/archives/addonizio-and-4-convicted-of-extortion-by-us-jury-guilty-on-64.html?_r=0 "Addonizio and 4 Convicted Of Extortion by U.S. Jury"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Hugh J. Addonizio, former Mayor of Newark, and four other defendants were found guilty by Federal jury tonight on 64 counts each, one of conspiracy and 63 of extortion."</ref> In September 1970, Addonizio was sentenced to ten years in federal prison and fined $25,000 by Federal Judge [[George H. Barlow]] for his role in a plot that involved the extortion of $1.5&nbsp;million in kickbacks, a crime that the judge said "tore at the very heart of our civilized society and our form of representative government".<ref>Sullivan, Ronald. [https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/23/archives/addonizio-given-a-10year-term-also-is-fined-25000-for-extortion-and.html "Addonizio Given a 10-Year Term"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 23, 1970. Accessed November 13, 2016. "Former Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio of Newark was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $25,000 in Federal Court here today for conspiracy and extortion. Convicted of sharing in the proceeds of extorted kickbacks totaling $1.5&nbsp;million from contractors on city water and sewer lines, Addonizio stood impassively with his head bowed as Judge George H. Barlow declared that his crimes were of 'monumental proportion' that 'tore at the very heart of our civilized society and our form of representative government.'"</ref><ref>Barbanel, Josh. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/02/obituaries/hugh-j-addonizio-67-ex-mayor-of-newark-jailed-5-years-dead.html "Hugh J. Addonizio, 67, Ex-Mayor Of Newark Jailed 5 Years, Dead"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 2, 1981. Accessed April 7, 2015. "Hugh J. Addonizio, a former Congressman and two-term Mayor of Newark who was sentenced to 10 years in Federal prison and fined $25,000 for conspiracy and extortion died early this morning at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, N.J."</ref>

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, Gibson was tried and acquitted of giving out [[no-show job]]s by an Essex County jury.<ref>Narvaez, Alfonso A. [https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/22/nyregion/gibson-acquitted-of-a-conspiracy-in-no-show-case.html "Gibson Acquitted Of A Conspiracy In 'No Show' Case"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 22, 1982. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson was found not guilty today of conspiracy in connection with charges that he had helped create a 'no show' job for a former city official. But the Superior Court jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a charge of official misconduct."</ref>

Sharpe James, who defeated Gibson in 1986 and declined to run for a sixth term in 2006, was indicted on 33 counts of [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]], [[mail fraud]], and [[wire fraud]] by a federal [[grand jury]] sitting in Newark. The grand jury charged James with spending $58,000 on city-owned credit cards for personal gain and orchestrating a scheme to sell city-owned land at below-market prices to his companion, who immediately re-sold the land to developers and gained a profit of over $500,000. James pleaded not guilty on 25 counts at his initial court appearance on July 12, 2007. On April 17, 2008, James was found guilty for his role in the conspiring to rig land sales at nine city-owned properties for personal gain. The former mayor was sentenced to serve up to 27 months in prison, and was released on April 6, 2010, for good behavior.<ref>Martin, John. [http://blog.nj.com/ledgerarchives/2008/07/judge_prosecutors_clash_over_j.html "Judge, prosecutors clash over James' 27-month jail term"], [[NJ.com]], July 29, 2008. Accessed April 7, 2015. "Former Newark mayor Sharpe James was ordered Tuesday to serve 27 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for fraud and conspiracy – a sentence that capped a spectacular downfall for one of New Jersey's political titans, but one that incensed prosecutors who thought it was too light."</ref>

== Education ==
=== Colleges and universities ===
Newark is the home of multiple institutions of higher education, including: a [[Berkeley College]] campus,<ref>[http://berkeleycollege.edu/locations_bc/newark.htm Newark], [[Berkeley College]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> the main campus of [[Essex County College]],<ref>[http://www.essex.edu/about/ About], [[Essex County College]]. Accessed June 14, 2016. "The main campus is located in the heart of University Heights in Newark, New Jersey."</ref> [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] (NJIT),<ref>[http://www.njit.edu/about/ About NJIT], [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> the Newark Campus of [[Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences]] (formerly [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]]),<ref>[http://rbhs.rutgers.edu/directions_rhsc.shtml Rutgers Health Sciences at Newark] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503013815/http://rbhs.rutgers.edu/directions_rhsc.shtml |date=May 3, 2016 }}, [[Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> [[Rutgers University–Newark]],<ref>[https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/campus-resources-and-facilities Campus Resources and Facilities], [[Rutgers University–Newark]], Accessed June 14, 2016,</ref> [[Seton Hall University School of Law]],<ref>[http://law.shu.edu/About/history.cfm History], [[Seton Hall University School of Law]], Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> and [[Pillar College]]. [[Kean University]] is located in adjacent [[Union Township, Union County, New Jersey|Union, New Jersey]]. Most of Newark's academic institutions are in the city's [[University Heights, Newark, New Jersey|University Heights]] district. The colleges and universities have worked together to help revitalize the area, which serves more than 60,000 students and faculty.<ref>Delgado, Samuel A. [http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2012/02/newark_could_be_a_real_college.html "Newark could be a real college town"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 3, 2012. Accessed May 20, 2017. "With 60,000 students and faculty at six colleges and universities, Newark has the fifth-highest concentration of higher education on the East Coast, after Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.... With the recent burst in construction, Newark's universities off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and the Central Ward are increasingly becoming residential campuses, as more students want the experience of living and studying in a big city."</ref>

=== Public schools ===
[[File:Newark Public Schools HQ jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Newark Public Schools]] headquarters]]
[[File:Sphs.jpg|thumb|[[Science Park High School (New Jersey)|Science Park High School]]]]
In the 2013–2017 [[American Community Survey]], 13.6% of Newark residents ages 25 and over had never attended high school and 12.5% did not graduate from high school, while 74.1% had graduated from high school, including the 14.4% who had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/S1501/1600000US3451000 S1501 Educational Attainment from the 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200213114928/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/S1501/1600000US3451000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 24, 2019.</ref> The total school enrollment in Newark was 77,097 in the 2013–2017 ACS, with nursery and preschool enrollment of 7,432, elementary / high school (K–12) enrollment of 49,532 and total college / graduate school enrollment of 20,133.<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/S1401/1600000US3451000 S1401 School Enrollment from the 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Newark city, New Jersey] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200213115020/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/S1401/1600000US3451000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 24, 2019.</ref>

The [[Newark Public Schools]], a state-operated school district for two decades and until 2018,<ref name="Chalkbeat Newark 2018 t662">{{cite web | title=Meet interim Newark superintendent Robert Gregory | website=Chalkbeat Newark | date=May 2, 2018 | url=https://newark.chalkbeat.org/2018/5/2/21105030/for-the-first-time-in-a-generation-newark-will-pick-its-own-schools-chief-meet-the-interim-leader-ho | access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> is the largest school system in New Jersey. The district was one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 65 schools, had an enrollment of 40,423 students and 2,886.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411340&DistrictID=3411340 District information for Newark Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>

[[Science Park High School (New Jersey)|Science Park High School]], which was the 69th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'' magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 50th in 2008 out of 316 schools. [[Technology High School (New Jersey)|Technology High School]] has a GreatSchools rating of 9/10 and was ranked 165th in ''New Jersey Monthly's'' 2010 rankings. Newark high schools ranked in the bottom 10% of the ''New Jersey Monthly'' 2010 list include [[Central High School (Newark, New Jersey)|Central]] (274th), [[East Side High School (Newark, New Jersey)|East Side]] (293rd), Newark Vocational (304th), [[Weequahic High School|Weequahic]] (310th), [[Barringer High School|Barringer]] (311th), [[Malcolm X Shabazz High School|Malcolm X Shabazz]] (314th) and [[West Side High School (New Jersey)|West Side]] (319th).<ref>Staff. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html "2010 Top High Schools"], ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 14, 2012.</ref> Facebook co-founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]] donated a [[challenge grant]] of $100&nbsp;million to the district in 2010, choosing Newark because he stated he believed in Mayor Cory Booker and Governor Chris Christie's abilities.<ref>Margolin, Josh. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/oprah_winfrey_opens_show_with.html "Facebook CEO Zuckerberg announces $100M grant to Newark schools on Oprah Winfrey show"], [[NJ.com]] Statehouse Bureau, September 24, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2016. "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced on the Oprah Winfrey show that the title of a program to pump $100&nbsp;million into the Newark school system is the 'Start Up Education Foundation.'"</ref>

Charter schools in Newark include the [[Robert Treat Academy Charter School]], a [[National Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School]] drawing students from all over Newark. It remains one of the top performing K–8 schools in New Jersey based on standardized test scores.<ref>[http://www.roberttreatacademy.org/history.html History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727222959/http://www.roberttreatacademy.org/history.html |date=July 27, 2011 }} [[Robert Treat Academy Charter School]]. Accessed September 13, 2011.</ref> [[University Heights Charter School]] is another charter school, serving children in grades K–5, recognized as a 2011 Epic Silver Gain School.<ref>[http://localtalknews.com/newark/education/784-university-heights-charter-school-wins-naitonal-award%20 University Heights Charter School wins national award] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322050209/http://localtalknews.com/newark/education/784-university-heights-charter-school-wins-naitonal-award |date=March 22, 2016 }} LocalTalkNews.com. Accessed February 19, 2012.</ref> [[Gray Charter School]], like Robert Treat, also won a Blue Ribbon Award.<ref>[http://graycharterschool.com/subsites/about.html About Us] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307163154/http://graycharterschool.com/subsites/about.html |date=March 7, 2012 }}, [[Gray Charter School]]. Accessed February 19, 2012.</ref> Also, [[Newark Collegiate Academy]] (NCA) opened in August 2007 and serves 420 students in grades 9–12. It will ultimately serve over 570 students, mostly matriculating from other charter schools in the area.<ref>[http://newarkcollegiate.org/ About NCA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121033443/http://www.newarkcollegiate.org/ |date=November 21, 2007 }} [[Newark Collegiate Academy]]. Accessed February 19, 2012.</ref>

=== Private schools ===
The city hosts three high schools as part of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]: the coeducational [[Christ the King Preparatory School (New Jersey)|Christ The King Prep]], founded in 2007, is part of the [[Cristo Rey Network|Cristo Rey Community]]; [[Saint Benedict's Preparatory School]] is an all-boys [[Roman Catholic]] high school founded in 1868 and conducted by the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks of Newark Abbey, whose campus has grown to encompass both sides of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Market Street and includes a dormitory for boarding students; and [[Saint Vincent Academy]] which is an all-girls [[Roman Catholic]] high school founded and sponsored by the [[Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth]] and operated continuously since 1869.<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/essex-county-catholic-high-schools/ Essex County Catholic High Schools] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728163433/https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/essex-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=July 28, 2017 }}, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed May 20, 2017.</ref>

Link Community School is a [[non-denominational]] coeducational [[day school]] that serves approximately 128 students in seventh and eighth grades. The Newark Boys Chorus School was founded in the 1960s.<ref>[http://nbcs.us/about-nbcs.html About NBCS] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113114541/http://nbcs.us/about-nbcs.html |date=November 13, 2016 }} Newark Boys Chorus School. Accessed November 12, 2016.</ref> University Heights Charter School, which opened in 2006, taught 614 students in grades Pre-K–8 in 2014–2015.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160616183604/http://www.uhcs-newark.org/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=30113170 Annual Report 2014–2015], University Heights Charter School. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

== Public safety ==

=== Newark Department of Public Safety ===
In 2016, under Mayor Ras Baraka's direction, the city consolidated the then-separate departments of Fire, Police, and Office of Emergency Management as divisions under the newly created Department Of Public Safety.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2021 |title=District of New Jersey {{!}} U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito Recognizes Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose's Significant Contributions to Cooperative Law Enforcement {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/us-attorney-craig-carpenito-recognizes-newark-public-safety-director-anthony-f-ambrose-s |access-date=July 8, 2023 |website=www.justice.gov }}</ref>

=== Fire department ===
[[File:Firehouse 8 Filmore jeh.JPG|thumb|upright=1|Former Engine 8 firehouse in Newark's Ironbound neighborhood]]
The city is protected by more than 700 full-time, paid firefighters of the [[Newark Fire Department|Newark Fire Division]] (NFD). Founded in 1863, the NFD operates out of 16 firehouses throughout the city that are organized into 4 firefighting battalions (Battalions 1,3,4, and 5), with each Battalion Chief under the command of a deputy chief/tour commander. There is also a Safety Battalion Chief, Battalion 2, and a Special Operations Battalion Chief, Battalion 6, on duty 24/7. The NFD operates 16 engine companies, 8 ladder companies, 1 rescue company, an [[Urban Search and Rescue]] (USAR) Collapse Rescue Unit (Rescue 2), a USAR Collapse Rescue Shoring Unit, 2 fire boats, a scuba diving unit, a mobile medical ambulance bus, an air cascade unit, a foam unit, a quick attack response vehicle (QRV&nbsp;1), a mobile command unit, 3 [[Dangerous goods|HazMat units]], and numerous special, support, and reserve units. The NFD responds to approximately 45,000 emergency calls annually. In 2006, the NFD responded to 2,681 fire and hazardous condition calls. The department is a member of the Metro USAR Strike Team, which includes nine North Jersey fire departments.<ref>Steadman, Andrew. [https://www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2012/05/bayonne_firefighters_participa.html "Bayonne firefighters participate in mock disaster drills in Newark"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', May 1, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2018. "According to the press release, the Metro USAR Strike Team is made up of nine fire departments from Bayonne, Elizabeth, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Morristown as well as the five-municipality North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue Agency."</ref>

=== Law enforcement ===
[[File:Newark Police Complex jeh.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Newark Police Department (New Jersey)|Newark Police Department]]'s 2nd Precinct complex]]
The [[Newark Police Department (New Jersey)|Newark Police Division]] is a city-operated law enforcement agency. As of January 2014, the force had 1,006 officers in its ranks. The Director of Public Safety is Brian A. O’Hara.<ref>{{cite web | last=Queally | first=James | url=http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/01/newark_to_hire_100_more_cops_after_deadliest_year_since_1990.html | title=Newark to hire 100 more cops after deadliest year since 1990" | work=[[The Star-Ledger]] | date=January 7, 2014 | access-date=April 7, 2015 | quote=The department was hammered by layoffs in 2010, during a statewide budget crunch that also led to mass cutbacks in Camden and Trenton. Newark lost 167 officers that year, and only has 1,006 officers in its ranks now.}}</ref>

The Essex County Sheriff's Office, the [[New Jersey Transit Police Department]] (headquartered in [[Penn Plaza East]]) and the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department]] are also within their [[Jurisdiction (area)|jurisdiction]] in the city, as are the [[New Jersey State Police]]. In April 2014, it was announced that the State Police would play a more prominent role in patrolling the streets of the city under the "TIDE-TAG" program.<ref>Queally, James. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/04/newark_anti-violence_plan_calls_for_more_cops.html "State Troopers deployed to battle rising Newark crime as part of new initiative"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 16, 2014. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref> The [[Essex County College]] Police Department,<ref>[http://www.essex.edu/public-safety/ Public Safety], [[Essex County College]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref> [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]] Police Department<ref>[http://www5.njit.edu/publicsafety/department-public-safety/ Department of Public Safety], [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> and [[Rutgers University Police Department]]<ref>[http://rupd.rutgers.edu/newark.php Rutgers Police – Newark Division], [[Rutgers University Police Department]]. Accessed June 14, 2016.</ref> patrol their respective college campuses in the city. [[Conrail]] and [[Amtrak Police]] patrol their respective rail yards and property.

In 2018, the Newark Police began a de-escalation training program, which they credit for the achievement of no officer firing their weapon on duty in all of 2020.<ref>{{cite web | title=Newark police: No officer fired a single shot in 2020, thanks to de-escalation program | website=News 12 – New Jersey | date=December 30, 2020 | url=https://newjersey.news12.com/newark-police-no-officer-fired-a-single-shot-in-2020-thanks-to-de-escalation-program | access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>

=== Emergency management ===
The city's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) purpose is to facilitate coordination of emergency response activities and provide available emergency management resources for support of emergency response activities within the city. The OEM establishes policies, procedures, and mechanisms for the centralized coordination and emergency management of response efforts and the effective collection, processing, and dissemination of pertinent information during potential or actual emergency situations. OEM coordinates the distribution of commodities between the county and municipal agencies and ensures all emergency management capabilities are tested, evaluated, and updated for immediate implementation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Office of Emergency Management |url=https://www.newarkpublicsafety.org/oem/about-oem/ |access-date=July 8, 2023 |website=Newark Department of Public Safety }}</ref>

=== Emergency Medical Services ===
University Hospital EMS (UH-EMS) operates the EMS system for the city. The department operates a fleet of six BLS units staffed with two EMTs 24/7, supplemented by four 12-hour "power" units (operated during peak demand time hours), five ALS units staffed with two paramedics (one of which is stationed at Newark International Airport and covers the airport and Port Newark-Elizabeth, and frequently responds into the City of Elizabeth), and a critical care unit staffed by a paramedic and an RN. With distinction they also staff the only hospital based heavy rescue truck in the country, known as University EMS Rescue 1. The EMS system is one of the busiest systems per unit in the nation. On average, a BLS unit may be sent to 20–25 dispatches in a 12-hour shift. They also provide the medical staffing for Northstar and Southstar, which are the two NJ State Police medevac helicopters, staffing one flight nurse and a flight medic around the clock. The EMS system in Newark handles upwards of 125,000 requests for service annually.<ref>[http://www.uh-ems.org/index.html University Hospital Emergency Medical Services] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108060615/http://www.uh-ems.org/index.html |date=January 8, 2012 }} [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|The University Hospital]]. Accessed June 26, 2012. "Ranking among the top providers in the country and representing among the busiest and most experienced units nationally, in excess of 125,000 requests for service are received annually within our coverage areas."</ref> The Ironbound Volunteer Ambulance Squad helps by handling BLS calls in the East Ward when members are on duty and has been in operation since 1969. The Vailsburg Volunteer Rescue Squad helps by handling BLS calls in the West Ward when members are on duty and has been in operation since 2019.

=== Crime ===
In 1996, ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' magazine ranked Newark "The Most Dangerous City in the Nation."<ref>Fried, Carla. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130608041807/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9612303858/americas-safest-city-amherst-n-y-most-dangerous-newark-n-j "America's safest city: Amherst, N.Y.; the most dangerous: Newark, N.J"], ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'', January 1, 1997, Vol. 25, Issue 13, p. 22. Accessed June 21, 2016.</ref> By 2007, the city recorded a total of 99 homicides for the year, representing a significant drop from the record of 161 murders set in 1981.<ref>Lueck, Thomas J. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/nyregion/08newark.html "As Newark Mayor Readies Crime Fight, Toll Rises"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 8, 2007. Accessed October 6, 2007. "For all of 2006, the police said, Newark had 104 homicides, far below its record of 161 in 1981, but more than in any other year since 1995."</ref><ref>Murr, Andrew; and Noonoo, Jemimah. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20320054/site/newsweek/page/0/ "A Return To The Bad Old Days?"], ''[[Newsweek]]'', August 17, 2007. "Murders rose 27 percent in Newark (population 280,000) in the past two years, as killings rose from 83 in 2004 to 104 last year. So far, the pace this year is slower—61 deaths since January."{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[http://news.surfwax.com/uscities/files/Camden_New_Jersey.html This link] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122081605/http://news.surfwax.com/uscities/files/Camden_New_Jersey.html |date=November 22, 2008 }} contains a reference to a June 11, 2007, article in ''[[Newsday]]'' stating that "Meanwhile, homicides in Newark have jumped from 65 in 2002 to 113 last year, with nonfatal shootings also on the rise." {{cite web|url=http://news.surfwax.com/uscities/files/Camden_New_Jersey.html |title=SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles on Camden |access-date=March 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144033/http://news.surfwax.com/uscities/files/Camden_New_Jersey.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.areaconnect.com/crime/compare.htm?c1=Newark&s1=NJ&c2=New+York+&s2=NY Newark and New York Comparative Crime Ratios per 100,000 People], area Connect. Accessed October 7, 2007.</ref> 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 were also 65 murders.<ref name="2008murders">Schweber, Nate. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/nyregion/new-jersey/04newark.html "Newark Murder Rate Dropped 30 Percent in 2008"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 3, 2009. Accessed February 15, 2012. "Newark recorded 67 homicides in 2008, according to the police, the fewest since 2002, when there were 65. In 2007, there were 97 homicides; in 2006, just over 100."</ref>

In 2010, Newark recorded 90 homicides.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/table-6 "Crime in the United States by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2010" in ''Crime 2010''], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Accessed July 9, 2015.</ref> March 2010 was the first calendar month since 1966 in which the city did not record a homicide.<ref>Queally, James. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/no_homocides_in_newark_for_one.html "Newark records first homicide-free month in more than 40 years"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 1, 2010. Accessed July 9, 2015. "For the first time in more than 40 years, an entire calendar month has come and gone without a homicide in the state's largest city. It's been 32 days since a homicide took place in Newark, marking the first time there has been a slay-free calendar month in the city since 1966."</ref> Overall, there was a 6% increase in crime numbers over the previous year, including a rise in [[carjackings]] for the third straight year, with the 337 incidents raising concerns that the city was returning to its status as the "car theft capital of the world".<ref>Queally, James. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/newark_carjackings_rise_for_3r.html "Newark carjackings rise for 3rd straight year"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', February 3, 2012. Accessed July 9, 2015. "The increases have sparked concerns among business leaders and residents that the state's largest city is once again becoming the 'car theft capital of the world,' a dubious monicker it earned in the 1990s."</ref> Along with the increase in crime, the [[Newark Police Department (New Jersey)|Newark Police Department]] increased its recovery of illegally owned guns in 2011 to 696, up from 278 in 2010.<ref>Eustachewich, Lia. [http://newarknj.patch.com/articles/newark-releases-2011-crime-statistics Newark Releases 2011 Crime Statistics], ''Newark Patch''. January 26, 2012. Accessed May 3, 2012.</ref> The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] recorded 94 homicides in 2011 and 95 in 2012.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/preliminary-annual-uniform-crime-report-january-december-2012/tables/table-4-cuts/table_4_offenses_reported_to_law_enforcement_by_state_montana_through_ohio_2012.xls Table 4 January to December 2011–2012 Offenses Reported to Law Enforcement by State by City 100,000 and over in population], ''Crime 2012 • January–December 2012 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report in the United States 2012'', [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Accessed December 12, 2013.</ref> In 2012 [[CNNMoney]] ranked Newark as the 6th most dangerous city in the United States, based on numbers by FBI Crime in the United States 2011 report.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/gallery/real_estate/2013/01/23/dangerous-cities/6.html "Most Dangerous U.S. Cities: 6 – Newark, N.J."], [[CNNMoney]], January 23, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015.</ref> The city had 10 murders in 10 days during the period ending September 6, 2013, a statistic largely attributed to the reduction of the police force.<ref>Samaha, Albert. [http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/09/newark_10_homicides_10_days.php "Newark's 10 Day Stretch of 10 Homicides Reflects Drop in Cop Numbers"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217013434/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2013/09/newark_10_homicides_10_days.php |date=December 17, 2013 }} ''[[The Village Voice]]'', September 6, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015. "And after three years, the cuts to the police budget produced a sad crescendo: In a 10 day stretch, from Monday August 26 to Wednesday September 4, there were 10 homicides in the city, as well as three more non-fatal shootings and one non-fatal stabbing."</ref><ref>Queally, James; and Gaimbusso, David. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/09/nine_days_nine_dead_shooting_deaths_plague_newark.html "Ten days, 10 dead: Shooting deaths plague Newark"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 5, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015.</ref> In 2013 Newark recorded 111 homicides, the first year ending in triple digits in seven years<ref>Johnson, Anthony. [https://abc7ny.com/archive/9374085/ "Newark murders hit triple digits"], [[WABC-TV]], December 27, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015."Murders in Newark hit triple digits this year for the first time in seven years.... So far in 2013, there have been 102 murders. The last time the murder rate was in triple digits was in 2007 when there were 107 murders."</ref> and the highest tally since 1990, accounting for 27% of all murders statewide.<ref>Queally, James. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/nj_homicides_soared_to_six-year_high_in_2013_after_surges_in_newark_trenton.html "N.J. homicides soared to seven-year high in 2013 after surges in Newark, Trenton"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 1, 2014. Accessed July 9, 2015. "A Star-Ledger survey of county prosecutors' offices found at least 409 people died violently last year. More than a quarter of those killings took place in Newark, where a spate of Christmas season slayings pushed the homicide total to 111, including one in the final hours of the year. The tally is the highest since 1990."</ref> In 2014, the total number of homicides in Newark was 93,<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-8/table-8-by-state/Table_8_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_New_Jersey_by_City_2014.xls NEW JERSEY Offenses Known to Law Enforcement by City, 2014], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref> while Essex County as a whole had 117 murders.<ref>Ivers, Dan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/declines_in_newark_camden_drive_nj_homicides_down_15_percent_in_2014.html "Declines in Newark, Camden drive N.J. homicides to 5-year low in 2014"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 1, 2015, updated January 5, 2015. "More than a third of those incidents took place in Essex County, where Newark and Irvington accounted for all but five of the county's 117 homicides. The state's largest city totaled 93 for the year – by far the highest in the state, but a sizeable reduction from the 111 it recorded last year."</ref> ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' reported that there were 105 homicides in the city in 2015.<ref>Ivers, Dan. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/01/despite_progress_in_cities_nj_homicides_jump_3_per.html "Despite progress in cities, N.J. homicides jump 4 percent in 2015"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 1, 2016, updated January 14, 2016. Accessed June 13, 2016. "More than a quarter of those slayings took place in Newark, where a bloody finish to the year, which included 25 homicides over November and December, drove the city's total to 105*, according to police department statistics – an uptick of 12 over 2014."</ref> The city had 72 homicides in 2017, a statistic described as a "historic low",<ref>Cohen, Noah; and Iati, Marisa. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2018/01/2017_homicides_shell_do_not_post.html "Homicides dropped by 7 percent in 2017. Here's how many each county had."], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], January 8, 2018. Accessed June 11, 2018. "Newark saw homicides fall to a historic low this year, city officials said at a December press conference. The state's largest city saw 72 murders in 2017, a roughly 25 percent decline from the year prior."</ref> and a sharp drop from the 96 murders recorded in the city in 2016.<ref>Yi, Karen. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2017/12/newark_reports_year-end_crime_stats.html "Homicides hit a low but shootings on the rise in N.J.'s largest city"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], December 14, 2017. Accessed June 11, 2018. "There were 70 homicides to date this year – about a 28 percent drop from the year prior, Mayor Ras Baraka said during a press conference on the city's year-end crime statistics at the police-fire communications center. That's 26 fewer murders than last year's 96, officials said."</ref> The Newark Police reported 69 homicides for 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newark Crime Rates Continue to Drop, But It's as Much About Perception as Reality {{!}} WNYC {{!}} New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/newark-crime-rates-continue-drop-its-much-about-perception-reality/|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=WNYC}}</ref> As of August 13, 2019, after a period of 50 consecutive days without a homicide, a total of 34 had been recorded.<ref>{{cite web|last=NJ.com|first=Sophie Nieto-Munoz {{!}} NJ Advance Media for|date=August 13, 2019|title=Despite 5 murders in one week, officials calm anxious residents with reminder that Newark crime is at 50-year low|url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/08/despite-5-murders-in-one-week-officials-calm-anxious-residents-with-reminder-that-newark-crime-is-at-50-year-low.html|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=nj}}</ref> In 2022, there were 51 homocides; in 2023, there were 47.<ref>https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/historically-low-crime-rates-in-newark-new-data/</ref>

===Water contamination===
{{Main|Newark water crisis}}
In Newark, lead concentrations in water accumulated for several years in the 2010s as a result of inaccurate testing and poor leadership. Newark's problem came from a negligence of officials who the city relied on to ensure clean water.<ref name="flintmich">{{cite news |last1=Leyden |first1=Liz |title=In Echo of Flint, Mich., Water Crisis Now Hits Newark |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/nyregion/newark-lead-water-pipes.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer |work=The New York Times |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> The decrease in the quality of the water was due to several factors that were all somewhat interconnected. [[Lead service line|Lead service pipes]] that carry water were installed in Newark.<ref name="pri">{{cite web |last1=Wernick |first1=Adam |title=Newark, NJ, has a lead contamination problem in its water |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-04-09/newark-nj-has-lead-contamination-problem-its-water |website=PRI |access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref>

When this was recognized, the city had [[CDM Smith]], a construction company that specializes in water systems, conduct a study to determine whether or not the water quality was safe enough to drink. The results revealed that the water was in fact safe to drink, but the results were severely skewed.<ref name="tapinto">{{cite web |last1=Panico |first1=Rebecca |title=Study Shows How Newark's Lead Problem Got So Bad |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/newark/sections/government/articles/study-shows-how-newark-s-lead-problem-got-so-bad |website=Tapinto |access-date=November 19, 2019}}</ref> This is because the city receives water from two water supplies: the Pequannock Treatment Plant and the Wanaque Treatment Plant.<ref name="tapinto" /> In some sampling rounds, only areas served by Pequannock were sampled, and in other rounds, only areas served by Wanaque were sampled, and each had different contaminant control systems in place that varied in their effectiveness. The Pequannock supply uses pH adjustments and [[Sodium silicate|silica]] for its corrosion control method, which worked for two decades before losing its effectiveness in 2016, while the Wanaque supply uses [[orthophosphate]], a much more effective precaution.<ref name="warnings">Corosanti, Nick; Kilgannon, Corey; and Schwartz, John. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/nyregion/newark-lead-water-crisis.html "Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past; How a long line of questionable decisions led to the crisis over lead contamination in Newark."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 24, 2019, updated September 23, 2019. Accessed March 1, 2020.</ref><ref name="tapinto" />

In addition to this, the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] requires that samples of drinking water be taken after no one has turned on a faucet for at least eight hours. Therefore, if high levels of lead do not show up in that initial sample, no further samples are required.<ref name="tapinto" /> This sample only represents the water closest to the faucet, that has not been stagnant in lead service lines, whereas the stagnant water in the lead piping may not be drawn until much later.<ref name="tapinto" /><ref name="pri" />

Top officials in Newark denied that their water system had a widespread lead problem, declaring on their website that the water was absolutely safe to drink.<ref name="flintmich" /> Even after municipal water tests revealed the severity of the problem Mayor Ras Baraka mailed a brochure to the cities residents that the water meets all federal standards.<ref name="warnings" /> Although the city called an emergency declaration to allow them to purchase and distribute water filters for faucets but many of these were faulty.<ref name="warnings" /> The city has received three noncompliance notices for exceeding lead levels since 2017 and continues to fight its lead problem.<ref name="tapinto" />

In October 2024, it was announced that the company contracted to replace a portion of the lead service lines in Newark, JAS Group Enterprise, Inc. lied and falsified reports while not conducting the work they were hired to do at 1,500 Newark properties. From 2020 to 2022, the company falsified reports by submitting photographs to inspectors of copper pipes and claimed that they were the new replacement pipes they had installed. The company "deliberately instructed workers to leave lead pipes in the ground" and where copper pipes already existed, workers were allegedly instructed to polish and clean them to make them look like newly installed replacement lines. Mayor Baraka claimed the health of Newark residents isn't in danger due to the [[orthophosphate]] that was added to the water to prevent lead leaching and that it is working as intended. City officials stated that they excavated 400 sites where the company claimed to have performed work and 28 of those sites still had lead pipes. The EPA stated that any lead pipes that were discovered have been replaced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/newark-lead-pipe-fraud-jas-group-enterprise/5853913/|title=Contractors lied about replacing lead water pipes in Newark, federal prosecutors say|website=NBCNewYork.com|date=October 3, 2024|accessdate=October 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2024/10/company-hired-to-replace-dangerous-lead-pipes-in-newark-faked-102m-in-work-feds-say.html|title=Company hired to replace dangerous lead pipes in Newark faked $10.2M in work, feds say|publisher=NJ Advance Media|date=October 3, 2024|accessdate=October 3, 2024}}</ref>

== Infrastructure ==
=== Transportation ===
[[File:2022-09-09 14 24 17 UTC minus 4 View across the airfield towards New York City from Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|The skylines of [[New York City]] and [[Jersey City]] as seen from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] in September 2022]]
Newark is a hub of air, road, rail, and ship traffic, making it a significant gateway into the [[New York metropolitan area]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic U.S.]]<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/njchoices/pdf/newark.pdf ''New Jersey's Long-Range Transportation Plan: Urban Supplement Report, City of Newark''], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], September 2008. Accessed June 13, 2016.</ref>

[[Newark Liberty International Airport]] is the second-busiest [[Aviation in the New York metropolitan area|airport in the New York metro area]] and the 15th-busiest in the United States (in terms of passenger traffic).<ref>[http://www.aci-na.org/sites/default/files/nam2015_top_50.xlsx 2015 North American (ACI-NA) Top 50 airports] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828051248/http://www.aci-na.org/sites/default/files/nam2015_top_50.xlsx |date=August 28, 2016 }}, [[Airports Council International]]-North America. Accessed August 12, 2016.</ref> Newark Airport was the New York City area's first commercial airport, opened in 1928 on land reclaimed by the Port Authority.<ref name="EWR" />

[[Port Newark]], on [[Newark Bay]], is the 15th-busiest port in the world and the largest container port on the [[East Coast of the United States]]. In 2003, the port moved over $100&nbsp;billion in goods.<ref>[[Eric Lipton|Lipton, Eric]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/22/nyregion/22port.html "New York Port Hums Again, With Asian Trade"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 2004. Accessed June 26, 2012. "Last year, $100&nbsp;billion worth of wares moved through the port, up 12 percent in just a year."</ref>

==== Early modes of transport ====
[[File:NewarkTrolleyCourthouse.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Newark Trolley line on Market Street near Newark's present day courthouse]]
The [[Morris Canal]], stretching {{convert|102|miles}} to Newark from [[Phillipsburg, New Jersey|Phillipsburg]] on the [[Delaware River]], was completed in 1831 and allowed coal and other industrial and agricultural products from [[Pennsylvania]] to be transported cheaply and efficiently to the [[New York metropolitan area]]. The canal's completion led to increased settlement in Newark, vastly increasing the population for years to come. After the canal was decommissioned, its right of way was converted into the [[Newark City Subway]], now known as the [[Newark Light Rail]]. Many of the subway stations still portray the canal in its original state, in the form of [[mosaic]] works.<ref>Solarino, Audrey. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/history/more_history_news/94376179_The_history_of_the_Morris_Canal.html "The history of the Morris Canal"], ''Suburban Trends'', May 20, 2010. Accessed June 28, 2012.</ref>

As the city became increasingly congested further means of transportation were sought, eventually leading to [[horse-drawn trolley]]s. These, in turn, were replaced by [[electric trolley]]s that traveled down the main streets of downtown Newark, including Broad Street, and up Market Street near the courthouse.<ref>{{YouTube| KQUJrK8aVeA | "Broad & Market Street, Newark – 1928 Transportation & Streetscapes" }}</ref> The trolley cars did not last long as the personal motor vehicle quickly gained popularity and slowly made the trolley system seem like a burden.<ref>Drummond, James O. ''Transportation and the Shaping of the Physical Environment in an Urban Place: Newark'', [[New York University]] dissertation.</ref>

==== Roads and highways ====
[[File:2022-09-09 17 12 32 UTC minus 4 View of the interchange between Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike) and Interstate 78 (New Jersey Turnpike Newark Bay Extension) from an airplane which just took off from Newark Liberty International Airport.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Aerial view of the interchange of [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]] and [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|Interstate 78]] in Newark in September 2022]]
[[File:New Jersey Transit Newark Light Rail Kinkisharyo104.jpg|thumb|[[Newark Light Rail]]]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the city had a total of {{convert|368.21|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|318.77|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|17.61|mi}} by Essex County, {{convert|22.66|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|9.17|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

Newark is served by numerous highways including the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]), [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|Interstate 280]], [[Interstate 78]], the [[Garden State Parkway]], [[U.S. Route 1/9]], [[U.S. Route 22]], and [[Route 21 (New Jersey)|Route 21]]. Newark is connected to the [[Holland Tunnel]] and [[Lower Manhattan]] by the [[Pulaski Skyway]], spanning both the [[Passaic River|Passaic]] and [[Hackensack River]]s, which was first constructed in 1938 and recently underwent a $900&nbsp;million renovation project.<ref>McGeehan, Patrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/nyregion/in-christies-policies-pain-for-commuters.html "Commuters Feel Pinch as Christie Tightens"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 16, 2011. Accessed June 26, 2012. "Without the Port Authority money, Mr. Simpson said, New Jersey would have to spend about $30&nbsp;million a year just to keep the Pulaski Skyway – a 70-year-old bridge that serves as a link between Newark Liberty International Airport and the Holland Tunnel – from falling down. Now, it will invest about $900&nbsp;million over five years to 'basically rebuild the whole bridge.'"</ref>

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, as well as Broadway, which had been renamed from Belleville Avenue.<ref>[http://www.newarkhistory.com/broadway.html On Broadway], NewarkHistory.org. Accessed June 26, 2012. "Newark's Broadway was called Belleville Avenue in the Nineteenth Century. Like Springfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue, and South Orange Avenue, Broadway is one of Newark's great radial streets. The name of the street, for reasons unknown to me, was changed from Belleville Ave to Broadway in the early Twentieth century."</ref>

In a city extensively served by mass transit, 44.2% of Newark residents did not have a car as of the 2000 Census, ranked second in the U.S. to New York City in the proportion of households [[List of U.S. cities with most households without a car|without an automobile]] among cities with more than 250,000 people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006060349/http://www.bikesatwork.com/carfree/census-lookup.php?state_select=ALL_STATES&lower_pop=250000&upper_pop=999999999&sort_num=5&show_rows=25&first_row=0 Communities in any state having populations between 250000 and 999999999], Bikes at Work, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of October 6, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2015.</ref> According to the 2016 American Community Survey, the number of households without an automobile has decreased to 39.2%. The same year, the average Newark household owned .89 cars compared to a national average of 1.8 cars per household.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map|journal=Governing|date=December 9, 2014|url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref>

==== Public transportation ====
[[File:Newark Pennsylvania Station interior.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Penn Station]] in Newark is the [[List of busiest railway stations in North America|seventh busiest rail station in the U.S.]]]]
[[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]], situated just east of downtown, is the city's major train station. It is served by the [[PATH (rail system)|PATH]]'s interurban [[Newark–World Trade Center]] line to Jersey City and Manhattan, three [[NJ Transit Rail Operations]] (NJT) commuter rail lines, and [[Amtrak]] intercity rail service. It was designed by [[McKim, Mead & White]] and completed in 1935. One mile north, the [[Newark Broad Street Station]] is served by two NJT commuter rail lines. The two train stations are linked by the [[Newark Light Rail]] system, which also provides services from Newark Penn Station to Newark's northern communities and into the neighboring towns of [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]] and [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]]. Built in the bed of the [[Morris Canal]], the light rail cars run underground in Newark's [[Downtown Newark|downtown area]]. The city's third train station, [[Newark Liberty International Airport Station|Newark Liberty International Airport]], connects the [[Northeast Corridor]] to the airport via [[AirTrain Newark]].

Bus service in Newark is provided by [[NJ Transit]].<ref>[http://www.njtpa.org/Plan/Studies/Newark-ElizabethBusStudy.aspx Greater Newark Bus System Study] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725013330/http://www.njtpa.org/Plan/Studies/Newark-ElizabethBusStudy.aspx |date=July 25, 2013 }} [[North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority]]. Accessed June 26, 2012. "Approximately 50 of these bus routes, operated by NJ TRANSIT and Coach USA, converge in the City of Newark, making it a critical hub for people transferring between buses, as well as between bus and rail."</ref> Newark is served by [[NJ Transit Bus Operations|NJ Transit bus routes]] [[1 (New Jersey bus)|1]], [[5 (New Jersey bus)|5]], [[11 (New Jersey bus)|11]], [[13 (New Jersey bus)|13]], [[21 (New Jersey bus)|21]], [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)|24]], [[25 (New Jersey bus)|25]], [[27 (New Jersey bus)|27]], [[28 (New Jersey bus)|28]], [[29 (New Jersey bus)|29]], [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)|31]], [[34 (New Jersey bus)|34]], [[37 (New Jersey bus)|37]], [[39 (New Jersey bus)|39]], [[40 (New Jersey bus)|40]], [[41 (New Jersey bus)|41]], [[List of NJ Transit bus routes (1–99)|44]], [[59 (New Jersey bus)|59]], [[62 (New Jersey bus)|62]], [[65 (New Jersey bus)|65]], [[66 (New Jersey bus)|66]], [[67 (New Jersey bus)|67]], [[70 (New Jersey bus)|70]], [[71 (New Jersey bus)|71]], [[72 (New Jersey bus)|72]], [[73 (New Jersey bus)|73]], [[74 (New Jersey bus)|74]], [[76 (New Jersey bus)|76]], [[78 (New Jersey bus)|78]], [[79 (New Jersey bus)|79]], [[90 (New Jersey bus)|90]], [[92 (New Jersey bus)|92]], [[93 (New Jersey bus)|93]], [[94 (New Jersey bus)|94]], [[96 (New Jersey bus)|96]], [[99 (New Jersey bus)|99]], [[107 (New Jersey bus)|107]], [[108 (New Jersey bus)|108]], and [[109 (New Jersey bus)|109]]. The 109 runs in North Newark. The 107 and 108 routes run to New York City. Bus route [[319 (New Jersey bus)|319]] is an express route to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus/Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed August 26, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County System Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>

The [[Bus rapid transit in New Jersey#Greater Newark|''go bus 25'' and ''go bus 28'']] are bus rapid transit lines through the city to [[Irvington, New Jersey|Irvington]], [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]] and Newark Liberty International Airport.<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus25To GoBus 25] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928193255/http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus25To |date=September 28, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To GoBus 28] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327200747/http://www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=GoBus28To |date=March 27, 2012 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed April 7, 2015.</ref>

==== Modal characteristics ====
According to the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], 53.7% of working city of Newark residents commuted by driving alone, 9.3% carpooled, 27.3% used public transportation, and 6.5% walked. About 5% used all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 5.7% of working Newark residents worked at home.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=May 20, 2018|title= Means of Transportation to Work by Age|url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US3451000&primary_geo_id=16000US3451000}}</ref>

=== Healthcare ===
Newark is home to five hospitals. [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|University Hospital]], an independent institution that is a [[teaching hospital]] of [[Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences]],<ref>[http://www.uhnj.org/about/history.htm About University Hospital] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230356/http://www.uhnj.org/about/history.htm |date=December 2, 2013 }}, [[University Hospital (Newark, New Jersey)|University Hospital]]. Accessed November 27, 2013.</ref> has been the busiest [[Level&nbsp;I trauma center]] in the state.<ref>Romano, Jay. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/19/nyregion/a-busy-weekend-at-trauma-center.html "A Busy Weekend At Trauma Center"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 19, 1993. Accessed November 27, 2013. "And so began a typical weekend at the busiest trauma center in New Jersey."</ref> [[Newark Beth Israel Medical Center]] is the largest hospital in the city and is a part of [[Barnabas Health]], the state's largest system of hospital and health care facilities.<ref>Keller, Susan Jo. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/06/nyregion/new-jersey-daily-briefing-hospitals-consider-partnership.html "New Jersey Daily Briefing; Hospitals Consider Partnership"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 6, 1995. Accessed March 11, 2012. "Newark Beth Israel, founded in 1901 and the only hospital in New Jersey that performs heart and lung transplants, has 607 beds and about 3,300 employees."</ref> 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. [[Trinity Health (Livonia, Michigan)#Catholic Health East|Catholic Health East]] operates [[Saint Michael's Medical Center]]. Columbus Hospital LTACH is a longterm acute care hospital designed to focus on patients with serious and complex medical conditions that require intense specialized treatment for an extended period of recovery time.<ref>[http://www.columbusltach.org/node/3 What Is], Columbus Hospital LTACH. Accessed August 30, 2015.</ref> Hospitals which have been closed in recent years include the Saint James Hospital, Mount Carmel Guild Hospital and the United Hospitals Medical Center.<ref>Heininger, Claire. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/2_newark_hospitals_could_close.html "Two Newark hospitals to close under deal; Mayor Booker 'furious'"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 10, 2008. Accessed June 21, 2016. "Two struggling Newark hospitals – Saint James and Columbus – will close their doors this spring, while the city's third Catholic hospital will receive an infusion of cash under an agreement reached tonight."</ref><ref>[http://www.ccannj.com/news/Public%20Announcement%20MCG-BH%20Hosp.pdf "Public Announcement: Closure of Mount Carmel Guild Behavior Health Hospital"], Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark, January 31, 2010. Accessed June 21, 2016.</ref><ref>Hull, Sarah. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100224071638/http://libraries.umdnj.edu/History_of_Medicine/UnitedHospMC.html United Hospitals Medical Center Records 1873–1996], [[University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey]] University Libraries Special Collections, July 1998, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 24, 2010. Accessed June 21, 2016.</ref>

In 2016, annual testing of the water in Newark's public schools revealed elevated lead levels; more than 30 schools shut off their water fountains and turned to bottled water. In August 2019 the crisis over lead contamination in drinking water resurfaced because of new warnings from federal environmental officials. It is believed that the contamination was caused by aging lead pipes and changes in the water supply that makes the water more corrosive, causing lead from the pipes to be spread to the water inside.<ref>Corasaniti, Nick; Kilgannon, Corey; and Schwartz, John. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/nyregion/newark-water-lead.html "Lead Crisis in Newark Grows, as Bottled Water Distribution Is Bungled; Worries about the safety of the drinking water in New Jersey's largest city have raised comparisons to Flint, Mich."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 14, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2019. "Generally, he said, those pipes and fixtures begin to shed lead when there are changes in the water supply that make the water more corrosive, causing the lead to leach from the pipes."</ref><ref>[https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water Basic Information about Lead in Drinking Water], [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]. Accessed September 23, 2019.</ref> In August 2019, New Jersey began supplying water bottles to Newark residents in certain designated neighborhoods.<ref name="Flint Lead Levels">{{cite magazine|title=Flint, Newark, and the Persistent Crisis of Lead in Water |url=https://www.wired.com/story/first-flint-now-newark-the-water-crisis-is-far-from-over/ |date=August 28, 2019 |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=August 28, 2019|last1=Enking |first1=Molly }}</ref> On August 26, 2019, Newark officials announced a $120 million plan to expedite replacing the city's [[lead service line]]s in under three years.<ref name="Three Years Issue">{{cite news|title=Newark Water Crisis: Racing to Replace Lead Pipes in Under 3 Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/nyregion/newark-lead-water-pipes.html |date=August 26, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 28, 2019}}</ref> The 29,000 families affected by the contaminated water were provided with filters and bottled water.<ref>Yi, Karen. [https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/09/newark-to-release-lead-filter-testing-results-monday-as-29k-families-rely-on-bottled-water.html "Newark to release lead filter testing results Monday, as 29K families rely on bottled water"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 22, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2019.</ref> After testing in September, it was found that the filters were successful in 97% of homes tested, though bottled water would still be made available to those who request it. Long term-plans include the replacement of lead service lines from the water supply to homes.<ref>Yi, Karen; and Warren, Michael Sol. [https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/09/newark-says-no-more-need-for-bottled-water-but-its-unclear-why-some-homes-fail-tests.html "Newark says no more need for bottled water, but it's unclear why some homes fail tests"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], September 23, 2019. Accessed September 23, 2019. "Newark residents can go back to using 38,000 city-distributed filters to reduce lead in the water, state officials announced on Monday, citing preliminary testing that found 97% of filters were working as expected. The city, however, will continue offering free bottled water for those who remain concerned until the state launches a new $1 million program to provide door-to-door to assistance with filter installation."</ref>

== International relations ==
The [[Diplomatic missions of Ecuador|Consulate-General of Ecuador in New Jersey]] is at 400 Market Street.<ref>[http://newjersey.consulado.gob.ec/ Home Page] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113122430/http://newjersey.consulado.gob.ec/ |date=November 13, 2016 }}, [[Diplomatic missions of Ecuador|Consulate-General of Ecuador]]. Accessed November 12, 2016.</ref> The [[Diplomatic missions of Portugal|Consulate-General of Portugal in Newark]] is at the main floor of the [[Newark Legal Center]] at One Riverfront Plaza.<ref>[http://www.consuladogeralportugalnewark.org/en/ Consulate General of Portugal in Newark] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112040529/http://www.consuladogeralportugalnewark.org/en |date=November 12, 2016 }}, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)|Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros]]. Accessed November 12, 2016.</ref> The [[List of diplomatic missions of Colombia|Consulate-General]] of [[Colombia]] is at [[550 Broad Street]].<ref>[http://newark.consulado.gov.co/ Home Page], Consulado de Colombia en newark. Accessed July 9, 2015.</ref> The [[Diplomatic missions of Italy|Vice Consulate of Italy]] was at 1 [[Gateway Center (Newark)|Gateway Center]], until it was closed in 2014 for economic reasons.<ref>Haddon, Heather. [https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323527004579081354209529112 "Saying Arrivederci to N.J.'s Consulate"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', September 17, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015. "The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to close its consulate in Newark, the only full-fledged office in a state renowned as the home of Italian-American pop-culture fixtures such as Frank Sinatra and ''The Sopranos.''"</ref><ref>Rose, Liza. [http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2013/09/nothing_personal_italian_consulate_closing_in_newark.html "Planned closure of Italian consulate in Newark sparks criticism"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 20, 2013. Accessed July 9, 2015. "The Italian consulate in Newark is slated to close in March, passing its jurisdiction over to New York. Although 13 other Italian consulates worldwide are being shuttered due to fiscal woes, the New Jersey office is the only location in the United States that is getting the boot."</ref><ref>[http://www.consnewark.esteri.it/Consolato_Newark Home Page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204031615/http://www.consnewark.esteri.it/Consolato_Newark |date=February 4, 2009 }} Consulate of Italy in Newark. Accessed July 9, 2015. "The Consulate Of Italy In Newark, New Jersey Is Closed As Of February 28, 2014."</ref>

[[Pope John Paul&nbsp;II]] visited the city in 1995, at which time he elevated the city's cathedral to a [[Basilicas in the Catholic Church|basilica]] to become the [[Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey|Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart]].<ref>Regan, Brian. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rWox28D4CBwC&q=john+paul+ii ''Gothic Pride: The Story of Building a Great Cathedral in Newark''], p. 227. [[Rutgers University Press]], 2012. {{ISBN|9780813553467}}. Accessed July 9, 2015. "1995 – During his visit on October 4, Pope John Paul&nbsp;II designates Sacred Heart a minor basilica."</ref> In 2011, the [[Dalai Lama]] was guest of honor at the Newark Peace Education Summit.<ref>Piazza, Jo. [https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/05/13/dalai-lamas-latest-peace-project-newark/ "Dalai Lama's Latest Peace Project: Newark"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', May 13, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2015. "The Tibetan spiritual leader has been to 62 countries on six continents in his 75 years on Earth, but until Thursday, he had never had an extended stay in Newark, save for a brief stop in 1990 to consecrate a Buddhist altar at the Newark Museum."</ref>

=== Twin towns—sister cities ===
Newark has 15 [[twin towns and sister cities|sister cities]] listed by [[Sister Cities International]] in 2022:<ref>{{cite web |title=City Search / Newark, New Jersey |url=https://sistercities.org/city-search |website=[[Sister Cities International]] |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119040101/https://sistercities.org/city-search |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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* {{flagdeco|PRT}} [[Aveiro, Portugal|Aveiro]], Portugal
* {{flagdeco|GMB}} [[Banjul]], Gambia
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Belo Horizonte]], Brazil
* {{flagdeco|CMR}} [[Douala]], Cameroon
* {{flagdeco|BHS}} [[Freeport, Bahamas|Freeport]], Bahamas
* {{flagdeco|AZE}} [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]], Azerbaijan
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais|Governador Valadares]], Brazil
* {{flagdeco|GHA}} [[Kumasi]], Ghana
* {{flagdeco|LBR}} [[Monrovia]], Liberia
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Porto Alegre]], Brazil
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Reserva, Paraná|Reserva]], Brazil
* {{flagdeco|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
* {{flagdeco|PRT}} [[Seia]], Portugal
* {{flagdeco|NGA}} [[Umuaka]], Nigeria
* {{flagdeco|PRC}} [[Xuzhou]], [[Jiangsu]], China
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Other sources list additional sister cities:
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* {{flagdeco|IRE}} [[Castlerea]], Ireland<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas P. Giblin, 2014 Honorary Grand Marshal |url=http://www.queenscountyparade.org/images/honorees14/bios14/tgiblin.pdf |website=[[Queens|Queens County]] St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812234434/http://queenscountyparade.org/images/honorees14/bios14/tgiblin.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Facebook | 1825335410858224}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Cuenca, Ecuador]]<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= Newark Sister City Agreement with Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador|date = March 15, 2021|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzdmgreRI8|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|COD}} [[Kinshasa]]<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= Sister City Agreement - City of Newark, N.J. The City of KINSHASA, CONGO|date = August 10, 2022|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWHVdcWjh5U|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Loja Canton]], [[Olmedo Canton, Loja]], [[Alausi]], Ecuador<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= Sister City Agreement - City of Newark, USA with Canton Loja, Canton Olmedo, Canton Alausi, Ecuador|date = May 17, 2021|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb2L1ED45h8|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Macará]], Ecuador<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= City of Newark, N.J. & The City Of Macara Loja, Ecuador, Sister City Agreement|date = November 8, 2021|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p55W71ZFl_A|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Machala]] Ecuador<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= City of Newark Sister City Agreement with City of Machala, Ecuador|date = November 8, 2021|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HCEKoT_Jo0|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ESP}} [[Ribeira, Galicia|Ribeira]], Spain<ref>{{cite web |title=Ribeira y Newark sellaron su hermanamiento |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/barbanza/2017/06/15/ribeira-newark-sellaron-hermanamiento/0003_201706B15C11992.htm |website=[[La Voz de Galicia]] |date = June 15, 2017 | access-date=November 19, 2022}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|ECU}} [[Quijos Canton|Quijos]], Ecuador (a canton, not a municipality)<ref>{{cite AV media | via = YouTube |title= Sister City agreement - Newark - NJ - USA and Quijos - Ecuador|date = September 14, 2022|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGT6MQUF8As|access-date= November 22, 2022 }}</ref>
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In March 2023, the city held an official ceremony with its sister city in the Hindu nation of [[Kailaasa]]. It was later reported that that nation did not actually exist.<ref>{{cite news| last=Helmore | first=Edward | title=Newark mayor signs deal with Hindu nation that does not exist |newspaper=The Guardian | date=March 16, 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/16/newark-officials-duped-kailasa-nithyananda }}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-sister-city-scam-kailasa/ City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: "Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?"], CBS News, March 8, 2023</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{Main|List of people from Newark, New Jersey}}

== See also ==
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* [[Halsey Street (Newark)]]
* [[List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey]]
* [[List of tallest buildings in Newark]]
* [[Municipal Council of Newark]]
* [[Queer Newark Oral History Project]]
* [[USS Newark|USS ''Newark'']], 5 ships

== References ==
=== Footnotes ===
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=== Further reading ===
* {{cite book|url=http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/1.0%20Introduction.pdf|date=2005|title=Newark's land use plan including historical data|location=Newark, New Jersey|author=City of Newark, New Jersey|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928115352/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/1.0%20Introduction.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2011|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|author=Cunningham, John T.|title=Newark|location= Newark, New Jersey|publisher= New Jersey Historical Society|date= 1966|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|author=Galishoff, Stuart |title=Newark: The Nation's Unhealthiest City, 1832–1895|url=https://archive.org/details/newarknationsunh0000gali |url-access=registration |location= New Brunswick, New Jersey|publisher= Rutgers University Press|date= 1988|isbn=978-0-8135-1281-5|ref=none}}
* Rabig, Julia. ''The Fixers: Devolution, Development, and Civil Society in Newark, 1960–1990''. (U of Chicago Press, 2016). viii, 333 pp
* {{cite book|author=Shales, Ezra |title=Made in Newark: Cultivating Industrial Arts and Civic Identity in the Progressive Era|location= New Brunswick, New Jersey|publisher= Rivergate Books/Rutgers University Press|date= 2010|ref=none}}
* {{cite book|author=Strummer, Helen M. |title=No Easy Walk: Newark, 1980–1993|location= Philadelphia|publisher= Temple University Press|date= 1994|ref=none}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928115352/http://www.ci.newark.nj.us/userimages/downloads/1.0%20Introduction.pdf 2005-Newark's land use plan including historical data]

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* [https://www.newarkhappening.com/ Greater Newark Convention & Visitor Bureau]

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