University Heights, Newark

The schools are involved in the development of University Heights Science Park, a major research complex to be located between their campuses.

They are located in a seven story newly constructed building on Norfolk St. Rutgers and NJIT have expanded considerably since the 1960s.

The gym at Essex County College was home of the American Basketball Association team, the Newark Express, which moved to Drew University and became the Jersey Express after averaging some 150 fans per game in Newark, though it attracted even fewer at Drew.

[3] The area is home to the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University[4] and the Weston Museum in the Van Houten Library at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which includes artifacts from inventor Edward Weston, an early challenger of Thomas Edison.

Before the expansion of the universities in the 1960s, the area was modestly affluent and home to many brownstones (as evidenced by the nearby James Street Historic District Downtown).