The Electric Boat Company got its start building submarines for the United States Navy in Elizabeth, beginning with the launch of USS Holland (SS-1) in 1897.

These pioneering naval craft (known as A-Class) were developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth between the years 1896–1903.

[36] Elizabeth grew in parallel to its sister city of Newark for many years, but has been more successful in retaining a middle-class presence and was mostly spared riots in the 1960s.

To the east the city is across Newark Bay from Bayonne in Hudson County and the Arthur Kill from Staten Island, New York.

[41] The Elizabeth River is a waterway that courses through the city for 4.2 miles (6.8 km) and is largely channelized, before draining into the Arthur Kill.

From US 1&9 and Allen Street, between the Elizabeth River and the Arthur Kill, it has maintained a strong Polish community for years.

It consists of a collection of old world Elizabethan, new American colonial-style houses and apartment buildings that stretch east of 7th Street to its shores.

It is the site of year-round celebrations from a Hispanic festival in late spring to the lighting of a Christmas tree in winter.

Several high-rise building complexes, affording views of the New York City skyline, dot the edge of this neighborhood and are accessible to the Elizabeth station.

The Jewish Educational Center of Elizabeth was founded in 1941 by a Latvian-born rabbi, Pinchas Mordechai Teitz, who arrived to lecture in to the city's then-small Orthodox community in the 1930s.

Originally called Shearerville, the name Elmora came from the developers of the area, the El Mora Land Company.

Frog Hollow is a small community of homes east of Atlantic Street, west of the Arthur Kill, and south of Elizabeth Avenue.

Frog Hollow contains older-style, more affordable homes, rentals, and some quality restaurants in a working-class community.

He owned a business facing the square formed at the junction of Jackson, Madison, Chestnut and Magnolia Avenues.

It was developed mostly in the 1920s for workers in the Duesenberg automobile plant (later Durant Auto, Burry Biscuits and Interbake Foods).

The North End has easy access to New York City and Newark via its own NJ Transit train station, Routes 1 and 9 and the New Jersey Turnpike.

The neighborhood also has Crane Square, the Historic Nugents Tavern, and Kellogg Park, and is within close proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport.

The only Benedictine women's community in New Jersey is located at Saint Walburga Monastery on North Broad Street.

The area contains the historic Union Square, which is home to produce stands, meat markets, fresh fish and poultry stores.

Developed by Edward J. Grassman, Westminster got its name from the city's largest residential estates of the Tudor style and was inhabited by many residents who traced their ancestry to England.

Together with Linden, Elizabeth is home to the Bayway Refinery, a Phillips 66 refining facility that supplies petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately 230,000 barrels (37,000 m3) per day.

[73] Celadon, a mixed-use development containing 14 glass skyscrapers, offices, retail, a hotel, boardwalk and many other amenities is proposed to border the east side of The Mills at Jersey Gardens, directly on the Port Newark Bay.

Groundbreaking was scheduled for the summer of 2008 on the ferry, roads and parking, and construction was planned to continue for at least twelve years.

[94] For the 2024-2025 session, the 20th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Joseph Cryan (D, Union Township) and in the General Assembly by Reginald Atkins (D, Roselle) and Annette Quijano (D, Elizabeth).

[96] As of 2025[update], Union County's County Commissioners are: Rebecca Williams (D, Plainfield, 2025),[97] Joesph Bodek (D, Linden, 2026),[98] James E. Baker Jr. (D, Rahway, 2027),[99] Michele Delisfort (D, Union Township, 2026),[100] Sergio Granados (D, Elizabeth, 2025),[101] Bette Jane Kowalski (D, Cranford, 2025),[102] Vice Chair Lourdes M. Leon (D, Elizabeth, 2026),[103] Alexander Mirabella (D, Fanwood, 2027)[104] and Chair Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded (D, Westfield, 2027).

[105][106] Constitutional officers elected on a countywide basis are: Clerk Joanne Rajoppi (D, Union Township, 2025),[107][108] Sheriff Peter Corvelli (D, Kenilworth, 2026)[109][110] and Surrogate Christopher E. Hudak (D, Clark, 2027).

The division is made up of an EMS chief, 5 supervisors, 28 full-time emergency medical technicians, and approximately 12 per-diem EMTs.

[162] Saint Patrick High School was closed by the Newark Archdiocese in June 2012 due to increasing costs and declining enrollment.

[citation needed] Elizabeth's transportation network is noted for having two of the most dangerous intersections in the United States, based on traffic deaths from 2000 to 2019.

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