Broadway, Newark

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

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Broadway is an unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River, in Newark's North Ward, east of Forest Hill and north of Seventh Avenue. The neighborhood extends from Interstate 280 to Belleville. The term "Broadway" has only come into use recently, most Broadway residents simply refer to their area as part of the North Ward. The street itself "Broadway" was called "Belleville Avenue" until the early twentieth century. Today, the area is predominantly Italian American and Puerto Rican, with a growing population from other parts of Latin America. The New Jersey Historical Society was located here from the 1930s to 1997. The neo-classical Mutual Benefit building was constructed in the Broadway neighborhood in 1927. The district has many old brownstones in various states of repair. There are high-rise apartment buildings overlooking Branch Brook Park.

North Broadway

North Broadway is the northern section of the Broadway neighborhood roughly bound by Mt. Prospect Avenue. North Broadway used to be made up of several neighborhoods including North Newark, Woodside and Riverside from north to south. Today these names are less frequently used. North Newark is bounded by Mount Prospect Avenue, Grafton Avenue, the Passaic River and Belleville. Woodside is bounded by Mt. Prospect Avenue, Elmwood Avenue, Woodside Ave and the Passaic River. Riverside is bound by Mt. Prospect Avenue, Arlington Avenue, Herbert Place and the Passaic River. The North End branch of the Newark Public Library is located in the Woodside/North Broadway neighborhood.

This part of Broadway Avenue was called Washington Avenue until property owners led by Franz Kaiser formed the Broadway Association to rename it and advocate for improvements on the thoroughfare.^[1]

Mt. Pleasant

The central portion of Broadway is sometimes called Mount Pleasant. It is roughly bounded by Herbert Place, Arlington Avenue, Mt. Prospect Avenue, 4th Avenue and the Passaic River. This neighborhood is home to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

South Broadway

Further information: Lower Broadway, Newark

South Broadway is the area bounded by Broad Street, Broadway, Bloomfield Avenue on the west, 4th st on the north, the Passaic River on the east and I-280 on the south. South Broadway is home to the oldest functioning synagogue in Newark, Ahavas Sholom. Currently, the Jewish Museum of New Jersey located on the synagogue's second floor.^[2] The Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments are the located at the southern end of the neighbourhood.

References

↑ Newark Evening News, November 19, 1926
↑ Kaplan, Ron. "NJ Jewish Museum appoints executive director", New Jersey Jewish News, August 4, 2005. Accessed January 5, 2008.

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Newark neighborhoods

North Ward	Broadway Forest Hill Mount Pleasant Roseville Seventh Avenue

South Ward	Clinton Hill Dayton Port Newark South Broad Valley Weequahic

Central Ward	Chinatown Downtown Four Corners Government Center Lincoln Park/The Coast Springfield/Belmont University Heights

East Ward	Five Corners The Ironbound

West Ward	Fairmount Ivy Hill Vailsburg West Side

Municipalities and communities of Essex County, New Jersey, United States

County seat: Newark

Cities	East Orange Newark

Boroughs	Caldwell Essex Fells Glen Ridge North Caldwell Roseland

Townships	Belleville Bloomfield Cedar Grove City of Orange Fairfield Irvington Livingston Maplewood Millburn Montclair Nutley South Orange Verona West Caldwell West Orange

CDPs and planned communities	Brookdale Halcyon Park Llewellyn Park Short Hills Silver Lake Upper Montclair

Coordinates: 40°46′30″N 74°9′30″W / 40.77500°N 74.15833°W / 40.77500; -74.15833

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