Government Center, Newark, New Jersey
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Government Center is an area in Downtown Newark that is named for the centralized presence of government buildings. It is south of the Prudential Center, west of Newark's old Chinatown neighborhood [1], north of The Coast neighborhood and east of Broad Street. The center of the area is Federal Square, a thin plaza and road to the west of the Main Post Office. Federal Square is south of Newark City Hall and north of the Rodino Federal Building. Federal Square was originally called Vroom Alley [2]. There are a few restaurants on the west side of Federal Square. There are a few other restaurants and coffee shops in Government Center, including one Chinese restaurant near the old Chinatown. The area is mostly low to mid-rise government buildings and at-grade parking lots.
[edit] Government Buildings
- Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Federal Office Building
- Newark City Hall
- Main Post Office
- Police Headquarters & Municipal Court Building
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building & Courthouse
[edit] Future Light Rail Proposal
In 2002, New Jersey Transit released information on their website about a second phase of the Newark Rail Link. The first phase of the project is the completed Newark Light Rail line. The Newark Rail Link is a divided part of a former proposed project called the Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL). The project has since been divided into the Union County Light Rail (UCLR) and the Newark Rail Link (NRL). The release on NJ Transit's website proposed light rail stations for this second segment at Mulberry Street and Market Street (near the Prudential Center), Government Center at Mulberry Street and Lincoln Park/Symphony Hall at Camp Street in the Coast neighborhood before proceeding to Newark Airport [3]. The release has likely been removed from the site due to lack of funding for such a project at this time [4]. Currently Military Park Station and Penn Station are the closest stations to Government Center.
[edit] References
- ^ When Newark Had a Chinatown, accessed November 2, 2007
- ^ Engineering News-Record". New York: McGraw-Hill, 1917.
- ^ Newark Rail Link MOS-2, accessed November 2, 2007
- ^ [1], accessed November 2, 2007
