Newark (New Jersey)

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Newark is New Jersey's largest city, located close to New York.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

Understand

Get in

Newark is a transportation mecca and is very easy to get into and out of.

By plane

• Newark Liberty International Airport, , (EWR) is about 5 miles south of downtown. It is a hub for Continental Airlines as well as several other carriers. It is usually faster and easier to get from Newark Airport to Manhattan and New Jersey destinations than other New York area airports. If you do not have a car, take the bus or monorail (running between terminals and to connections to NJ Transit and Amtrak) to your destination.

By train

Newark Penn Station (not to be confused with New York Penn Station) is located just a few blocks from the heart of downtown Newark. It is served by Amtrak and New Jersey Transit , with easy connections to New York, Philadelphia, Trenton, and points West. The Newark City Subway (NCS) serves this station as well, operating to Branch Brook Park and Bloomfield, NJ. It's a beautiful old McKim Mead & White building and worth visiting just on its own. Newark Broad Street Station is also served by NJ Transit. A new extension on the NCS will operate here and will link to Penn Station in summer 2006.

By car

Route 21 (McCarter Highway) runs North-South along the railroad tracks a few blocks east of downtown. I-78 skirts the south edge of town and I-280 cuts across the North. Route 1/9 comes across the Pulaski Skyway from Jersey City and Manhattan (via the Holland Tunnel). Take the Raymond Ave exit and drive along the Passaic River into downtown.

By bus

Newark Penn Station is also the city's bus terminal and is served by NJ Transit buses, as well as Greyhound and others.

By boat

Get around

See

Do

Learn

Work

Buy

Eat

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Contact

Stay safe

Newark is not unsafe as long as you are careful. It was the car-theft capital of the US in the 1990s when the craze hit, but the trend has gone down since then. Downtown Newark is crowded and very safe during the day. It empties out at night and may seem creepy but as long as you stay in well lit open areas you will be fine. The Ironbound district is pretty bumpin' on nights and weekends and is probably the safest part of the city, behind Downtown and Forest Hill. The South and Central Wards have heavier crime rates and it pays to be more guarded in those areas.

Cope

Get out

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