Five Corners is the local name of an intersection of five streets in the Ironbound

Ironbound

The Ironbound is a large working-class neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. This close-knit, multi-ethnic community covers approximately four square miles . Historically, the area was called "Dutch Neck," "Down Neck," or simply "the Neck," because of the way the Passaic River curved to form what...

 section of Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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. It is the convergence of Wilson Avenue, Merchant Street, Ferry Street (the Ironbound's most well-known street) and East Ferry Street, the latter two being part of the route of the former Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was the first road across the United States of America.Conceived and promoted by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, the Lincoln Highway spanned coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey,...

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In Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...

's War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds (2005 film)

War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...

, this is the location where an alien tripod

Tripod (The War of the Worlds)

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 is first revealed, by breaking through and rising over the street, as a large crowd of people watch, including Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....

's character. The machine then murders several people and obliterates almost everything in sight with its Heat Ray before moving on.