Downtown Newark is the central business district of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Aerial view of Downtown Newark in 2025
The intersection of Broad and Market Streets, as seen from the Prudential Plaza Building
Military Park, featuring Wars of America by Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum
Halsey Street near University Heights is lined with galleries and restaurants
Military Park is a 6-acre city park in downtown Newark in Newark, New Jersey. Along with Lincoln Park and Washington Park, it makes up the three downtown parks in Newark that were laid out in the colo
Downtown Newark
…the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the 3,000-seat Newark Symphony Hall, Prudential Center, the critically acclaimed Newark Museum of Art, Military Park, and the New Jersey Historical Society. Downtown is also home to Seton Hall University School of Law and Aljira, an emerging artist's gallery. It is…
The base of the Wars of America (1926) monument at Military Park, created by the sculptor of Mount Rushmore to honor America's war dead. "The design represents a great spearhead. Upon the green field of this spearhead we have placed a Tudor sword, the hilt of which represents the American nation at a crisis, answering the call to arms." – sculptor Gutzon Borglum
Wars of America by Gutzon Borglum
Hahne and Company and Griffith Building on Broad Street