Vailsburg, Newark

Name: Vailsburg
Address: Newark, United States

#141 among attractions in Newark

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Vailsburg is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Part of the West Ward, its elevation is 280 feet. As of 2000, Vailsburg had a population of 34,348. The Vailsburg section of Newark is on a hill which closely aligns with the suburban and park areas outside it. Vailsburg includes the two smaller neighborhoods of upper Vailsburg and lower Vailsburg, both of which have Sanford Avenue as a focal point. Upper Vailsburg is closer to Maplewood and South Orange. ()

Coordinates: 40°44'26"N, 74°13'8"W

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Lower VailsburgNewark United States

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Vailsburg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Temple B'Nai Abraham, Irvington Bus Terminal, St. Antoninus Church, Woodland Cemetery.

1.4 miSE
Church, Synagogue
Temple B'Nai Abraham, Newark
35 min walk • Temple B'nai Abraham is a synagogue in Livingston, New Jersey. It was established in Newark in 1853. Its historic 1924 building at 621 Clinton Avenue in was designed by Newark architect Nathan Myers, who later designed the iconic Hersch Tower in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1.1 miSW
Bus station, Tower
Irvington Bus Terminal, Newark
28 min walk • Irvington Bus Terminal is a regional bus terminus located at 1085 Clinton Avenue in Irvington, New Jersey. It is owned and operated by New Jersey Transit and is served by buses traveling to Newark and other points in Essex County, to Union and Passaic counties, and to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan.
1 miE
Church
St. Antoninus Church, Newark
27 min walk • St. Antoninus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 337 South Orange Avenue within the Archdiocese of Newark, in Newark, New Jersey.
1.2 miSE
Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery, Newark
32 min walk • Woodland Cemetery is a 36.5-acre burial ground located at 670 South 10th Street in the city of Newark, New Jersey. Established in 1855 and active until the 1980s, the cemetery served the city's German immigrant population and their descendants, and later a large number of Greek immigrant and African-American graves.
0.7 miNE
Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Newark
19 min walk • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located in East Orange and Newark, New Jersey. The Garden State Parkway runs through the two halves of the cemetery. This cemetery was established in 1859 and is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
0.9 miNE
Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery, Newark
24 min walk • Fairmount Cemetery is a 150-acre rural cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that bodies spread yellow fever. The first burial in Fairmount Cemetery was a 24-year-old man named Lewis J.
1.1 miSW
Cemetery
Clinton Cemetery, South Orange
29 min walk • Clinton Cemetery is cemetery in Irvington, Essex County, New Jersey. The non-sectarian lot-owner owned cemetery comprises 10.5 acres near Union Avenue and Lyons Avenue; the Elizabeth River lies at its western boundary.
0.7 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stanley Theater, Newark
18 min walk • The Stanley Theater is a former movie theater located in Newark, New Jersey. It was built in 1927 and was turned into a social hall in the 1970s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1986.