Newark
A city in Essex County, New Jersey — population 282,520 as of 2020.
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Gothamist
September 11City-backed nonprofit grocery stores have come to Newark
Newark officials and community members celebrated the recent opening of community grocery stores Thursday, with a ceremony at the Central Ward location. A store that opened in the South Ward two years ago is now serving as a model for the whole city. [ more › ]
Local Business
Gothamist
September 11Who's to blame for taxes in Newark? It depends which NJ power player you ask.
Joseph DiVincenzo at left, and Ras Baraka Essex County owns a lot of land in Newark. It doesn't pay taxes on those properties. [ more › ]
Government & Civic
WRNJ Radio
September 10Woman sentenced to 15 months in prison in $17 million counterfeit coupon scheme
NEWARK, N.J. — A Texas woman was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for her role in a counterfeit coupon scheme that caused more than $17 million in losses …
Public Safety
THE CITY
September 10ICE Moved Hundreds of Detainees from Delaney Hall as Protests Raged Outside
On the evening of May 24, a small blockade of protesters formed outside the entrance to Delaney Hall in Newark, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s largest detention center in the New York metro area, as word spread that ICE agents were trying to move a Peruvian detainee named…
Government & Civic
Gothamist
September 5Acclaimed NJ distillery is leaving for NY, as the Garden State industry pleads for reform
Gil Spaier, founder of All Points Distillery in Newark, says New Jersey's restrictions on the industry is forcing his business to move to New York. All Points West Distillery in Newark says a planned move to the Hudson Valley is unavoidable due to regulations strangling the…
Local BusinessIn and around Newark
See & do
- 115 Bruen
- 3 Penn Plaza East
- 41 Halsey Street
- Acores Social and Sports Club
- Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
Eat, drink & stay
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Newark by the numbers
- Area
- 24.14 sq mi (62.53 km²), 1.74 sq mi water
- Median age
- 34.7
- Households
- 113,384
- Persons per household
- 2.6
- Median household income
- $52,060
- Median house value
- $373,700
- Office
- DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND HOUSING DEV
- Address
- 920 BROAD ST, NEWARK, NJ 07102