The Mutual Benefit building. In the 1950s and 1960s, it housed the Essex Catholic High School. Today it is the Broadway House nursing home.

The Gothic gates of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Broadway is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. It is located on the west bank of the Passaic River, in Newark's North Ward, east of Forest Hill and north of Seventh Avenue. Its western border is made up of Bloomfield Avenue, Mt. Prospect Avenue, Summer Avenue. The neighborhood extends from I-280 to Belleville. Its central portion is sometimes called "Mt. Pleasant." The term "Broadway" has only come into use recently, most Broadway residents simply refer to their area as part of the North Ward. The street itself "Broadway" was called "Belleville Avenue" until the early Twentieth Century. The following is a list of neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Broadway Dayton Downtown Central Ward Clinton Hill Fairmount Forest Hill The Ironbound Ivy Hill Roseville Seventh Avenue Springfield/Belmont University Heights Vailsburg Weequahic West Side Categories: Newark, New Jersey neighborhoods ... Downtown Newark is Newark, New Jerseys central business and cultural district. ... Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in South Central, Newark, New Jersey. ... Fairmount is a neighborhood in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey. ... House in Forest Hill Another stately house in Forest Hill. ... House in the Ironbound St. ... Mt. ... Roseville is a neighborhood in northwestern Newark, New Jersey, bordering Bloomfield and East Orange. ... Seventh Avenue, formerly known as the First Ward, is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jerseys North Ward. ... Springfield/Belmont, is a Central Ward neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. ... 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, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and Essex County College. ... Vailsburg is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jerseys West Ward. ... Weequahic (pronounced weekwake) is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jerseys South Ward. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 971 KB)photo of former hq of Mutual Benefit Co, Newark. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 971 KB)photo of former hq of Mutual Benefit Co, Newark. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 984 KB)photo of Mt. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 984 KB)photo of Mt. ... Newark, nicknamed The Brick City, is the largest city in New Jersey and the county seat of urban Essex County. ... The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey The Passaic River is a tributary of Newark Bay, approximately 80 mi (129 km long), in northern New Jersey in the United States. ... House in Forest Hill Another stately house in Forest Hill. ... Seventh Avenue, formerly known as the First Ward, is a neighborhood in Newark, New Jerseys North Ward. ... Belleville is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...

Before the 1960s, the neighborhood was predominately Italian. Today, the area is predominately Puerto Rican, with a growing population from other parts of Latin America. The neighborhood is poor, and there are many facilities that provide assistance to the indigent, including public housing. Interestingly, Broadway is home to the last functioning synagogue in Newark, Ahavas Shalom. Currently plans are afoot to build the New Jersey Jewish Museum on the synagogue's second floor. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Public housing or social housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

Landmarks in Broadway include Mt. Pleasant Cemetery and the neo-classical Mutual Benefit building constructed in 1927. The district has many old brownstones in various states of repair. There are high-rise apartment buildings overlooking Branch Brook Park. The New Jersey Historical Society was located here from the 1930s to 1997. The Victorian Gothic Gates of Mt. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey during the Cherry Blossom Festival Photograph of the Ballantine Gates, on the east side of the park, by Forest Hill. ... The New Jersey Historical Society is an historical society and museum located in Newark, New Jersey. ...

Tour of Mt. Prospect Avenue