University Heights is a neighborhood in Newark

Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, so named because of the location of four academic institutions within its boundaries — Rutgers University (Newark Campus)

Rutgers-Newark

Rutgers University in Newark is one of three campuses of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the eighth oldest college in the United States and a member of the Association of American Universities...

, the New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....

, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It has eight distinct academic units...

 (UMDNJ), and Essex County College

Essex County College

Essex County College is an open-door, public two-year college located in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is committed to providing quality educational programs and life-long learning activities at the most affordable cost. The college is open to students with a wide variety of...

. 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. The neighborhood is served by Washington

Washington Street (NCS station)

Washington Street Station is an underground station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail system. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station is located at the intersection of Raymond Boulevard and Washington Street with a second entrance at...

, Warren

Warren Street (NCS station)

Warren Street/NJIT Station is one of four underground stations on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail system. It is the furthest station from Downtown Newark that is underground. The station is owned and service is operated by New Jersey Transit. The station has entrances on both...

 and Norfolk Street

Norfolk Street (NCS station)

Norfolk Street Station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail system. and the first following the line leaving the Raymond Boulevard tunnel...

 NCS stations

Newark Light Rail

The Newark Light Rail is a light rail system under New Jersey Transit Bus Operations serving Newark, New Jersey. The service consists of two segments, the original Newark City Subway, and the extension to Broad Street station...

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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 brownstone

Brownstone

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s. The gym at Essex County College was home of the American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association (21st century)

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 team, the Newark Express

Newark Express

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, which has since moved to Drew University

Drew University

Drew University is a private university located in Madison, New Jersey.Originally established as the Drew Theological Seminary in 1867, the university later expanded to include an undergraduate liberal arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955...

 and become the Jersey Express. The area is home to the Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University and the Weston Museum

Weston Museum

The Weston Museum is located within the Van Houten Library at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the University Heights section of Newark, New Jersey. The small museum contains items developed and manufactured by Edward Weston, as well as instruments and devices from his laboratory...

 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

Eberhardt Hall, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Eberhardt Hall, originally known as the Newark Orphan Asylum, is the oldest building at the New Jersey Institute of Technology . It is located at 323 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Newark, New Jersey in the University Heights section. Built in the 1856-57 its original purpose was to serve as the...

 at NJIT, St. Mary's Church

St. Mary's Abbey Church

St. Mary's Abbey Church is a historic church at Martin Luther King Blvd and William Streets in Newark, New Jersey.Construction was completed in 1857. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972....

, Essex County Hall of Records, and Essex County Courthouse

Essex County Courthouse

The Essex County Courthouse is located in Newark, New Jersey. It was built in 1904 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1975.The building, designed by Cass Gilbert, has a four-story rotunda topped with a Tiffany skylight...

 among other registered historic places, as is the former Essex County Jail

Essex County Jail

Essex County Jail is located in the University Heights section of Newark, New Jersey and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 1991. The jail was abandoned in 1970 when a new county jail was built. The jail is Essex County's oldest public building...

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