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Washington Park (NLR station)
Encyclopedia
Washington Park Station is a light rail
station on the Newark Light Rail
's Broad Street Extension. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
It is located in Downtown
Newark
, New Jersey
, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and Lombardy Streets. It is directly across Broad Street from the headquarters of IDT Corporation and during the afternoon rush hour carries many outgoing commuters from this building to Newark Penn Station
.
Two key attractions near this station are the Newark Museum
and Newark Public Library
. The station is also located near the James Street Commons Historic neighborhood and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the NLR second line, except for a two-track tunnel having a portal to the south of Center Street that connects the line to the original NCS line at Newark Penn Station
. This station receives only southbound trains, which leave Newark Broad Street Station and continue on to NJPAC/Center Street Station
and Newark Penn Station.
The station also features two installations of public art
by Willie Cole
, a native Newarker and African American
conceptual
and visual artist.
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
station on the Newark Light Rail
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...
's Broad Street Extension. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
It is located in Downtown
Downtown Newark
Downtown Newark is Newark, New Jersey's major central business, retail, and cultural district. It is located at a bend in the Passaic River.Downtown is the site of the original Puritan settlement of Newark. The first settlers, led by Robert Treat, landed not far from the present site of the New...
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
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, on the southbound side of Broad Street between Bridge and Lombardy Streets. It is directly across Broad Street from the headquarters of IDT Corporation and during the afternoon rush hour carries many outgoing commuters from this building to Newark Penn Station
Pennsylvania Station (Newark)
Pennsylvania Station is a major transportation hub in Newark, New Jersey. Located at Raymond Plaza, between Market Street and Raymond Boulevard, Newark Penn Station is served by the Newark Light Rail, New Jersey Transit commuter rail, Amtrak long distance trains, the PATH rapid transit system, and...
.
Two key attractions near this station are the Newark Museum
Newark Museum
The Newark Museum is the largest museum in New Jersey, USA. It holds fine collections of American art, decorative arts, contemporary art, and arts of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the ancient world...
and Newark Public Library
Newark Public Library
The Newark Public Library is the public library system for the city of Newark, New Jersey.-History:In 1902 John Cotton Dana became employed at the Newark Public Library in Newark, New Jersey from until his death in 1929. He established foreign language collections for immigrants and also developed...
. The station is also located near the James Street Commons Historic neighborhood and the Polhemus house. The station is above ground, as is most of the NLR second line, except for a two-track tunnel having a portal to the south of Center Street that connects the line to the original NCS line at Newark Penn Station
Pennsylvania Station (Newark)
Pennsylvania Station is a major transportation hub in Newark, New Jersey. Located at Raymond Plaza, between Market Street and Raymond Boulevard, Newark Penn Station is served by the Newark Light Rail, New Jersey Transit commuter rail, Amtrak long distance trains, the PATH rapid transit system, and...
. This station receives only southbound trains, which leave Newark Broad Street Station and continue on to NJPAC/Center Street Station
NJPAC/Center Street (NLR station)
NJPAC/Center Street Station is a light rail station on the Newark Light Rail's Broad Street Extension. Service on this line opened on July 17, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. EDT....
and Newark Penn Station.
The station also features two installations of public art
Public art
The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...
by Willie Cole
Willie Cole
Willie Cole is a noted contemporary African American sculptor and conceptual and visual artist.-Art:Willie Cole’s art is best known for assembling and transforming ordinary domestic and used objects such as irons, ironing boards, high-heeled shoes, hair dryers, bicycle parts, wooden matches, lawn...
, a native Newarker and African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
conceptual
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
and visual artist.