| Newark neighborhoods |
| North Ward |
| -Broadway |
| -Forest Hill |
| -Mount Pleasant |
| -Roseville |
| -Seventh Avenue |
| South Ward |
| -Clinton Hill |
| -Dayton |
| -South Broad Valley |
| -Weequahic |
| Central Ward |
| -The Coast/Lincoln Park |
| -Government Center |
| -Springfield/Belmont |
| -University Heights |
| East Ward |
| -Five Corners |
| -The Ironbound |
| -Downtown |
| West Ward |
| -Fairmount |
| -Ivy Hill |
| -Vailsburg |
| -West Side |
University Heights is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, so named because of the location of four academic institutions within its boundaries — Rutgers University (Newark Campus), the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and Essex County College. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Central Avenue to the north, Bergen Street to the west, South Orange Avenue to the south, and University Avenue to the east. The schools are involved in the development of University Heights Science Park, a major research complex to be located between their campuses.[1][2] The neighborhood is served by Washington, Warren and Norfolk Street NCS stations.
Rutgers and NJIT were expanded considerably beginning in the 1960s. Prior to this expansion, University Heights was a relatively affluent residential neighborhood of Newark. Today, the area has one of Newark's few concentrations of brownstones. The gym at Essex County College was home of the American Basketball Association team, the Newark Express, which has since moved to Drew University and become the Jersey Express. The area is home to the Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University and the Weston Museum in the Van Houten Library at NJIT.
One of the main north-south thoroughfares of University Heights is Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (formerly High Street) which holds many of Newark's historic buildings: Eberhardt Hall at NJIT, St. Mary's Church, Essex County Hall of Records, and Essex County Courthouse among other registered historic places, as is the former Essex County Jail.[3]
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