Broadway, Newark

Today, the area is predominantly Italian American, Puerto Rican and Dominican, with a growing population from other parts of Latin America.

North Newark is bounded by McCarter Hwy, Tiffany Blvd, the Passaic River and Franklin Ave near the Belleville line.

Passenger service was discontinued in '66 although freight is still hauled to service local industries in the area, operated by Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp. Woodside is bound by Summer Ave, Chester Avenue, Herbert Place and the Passaic River.

The North End branch of the Newark Public Library is located in the Woodside/North Broadway neighborhood on Summer Ave.

4th Ave Station (near Passaic St) was a stop on the Erie Lackawanna's Newark Branch, passenger service was discontinued in'66 but the freight line is still active.

Today operated by Norfolk Southern Railroad Corp. South Broadway is home to the oldest functioning synagogue in Newark, Ahavas Sholom.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mutual Benefit building housed the Essex Catholic High School. Today it is the Broadway House nursing home.
Newark Public Library North End Branch
Engine Company 13, And Ladder Company 6 Firehouse
Map of New Jersey highlighting Essex County