East Newark is a borough in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

The borough, a suburb of Newark, which sits across the Passaic River, is the second-smallest municipality by total area in the state.

[18] The Borough of East Newark was established on July 2, 1895, from portions of Kearny lying between the Erie Railroad's Newark Branch right of way and Harrison, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day.

The 2010 United States census counted 2,406 people, 759 households, and 569 families in the borough.

[34] As of the 2000 United States census, there were 2,377 people, 767 households, and 605 families residing in the borough.

[32][33] As of the 2000 Census, 10.1% of East Newark's residents identified themselves as being of Peruvian American ancestry.

This was the highest percentage of Peruvian American people in any place in the United States.

[36] As of the 2000 Census, 7.67% of East Newark's residents identified themselves as being of Ecuadorian ancestry, which was the highest of any municipality in New Jersey and the third highest percentage of Ecuadorian people in any place in the United States with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.

[7] The borough form of government used by East Newark is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie.

The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council.

[41] Members of the East Newark Borough Council are Council President Jeanne Zincavage (D, 2023), Jessica Diaz (D, 2022), Rose M. Evaristo (D, 2024), Kenneth J. Graham (D, 2024), Hans Peter Lucas (D, 2023) and Christopher Reis (D, 2022).

[98] The East Newark School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

[101] In 2015, the district agreed to a new six-year sending agreement with the Harrison district under which East Newark would pay $13,000 per student, rising by 2% annually, a drop from the $16,100 cost per student paid as of the 2014–2015 school year.

East Newark has a police department with nine sworn officers, led by Chief Anthony Monteiro.

[107] The entrances to interchange 16 lie in adjacent Harrison, and those for interchange 15B lie in Newark across the William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge over the Passaic River, which is crossed by the Clay Street Bridge.

[109][110][111] The closest NJ Transit rail station to East Newark is the Newark Broad Street Station, with connections to the Montclair-Boonton Line and both branches of the Morris & Essex Lines.

The closest rapid transit service is the PATH's Harrison station, a few blocks south of East Newark.