First Street Park

First Street Park is a park in City of Newark, Essex County, New Jersey. First Street Park is situated nearby to Thomas Silk Park, as well as near the theater building Prudential Concert Grove.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orange Street station and Park Avenue station.

Orange Street station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Orange Street station is a surface-level light rail stop in the Roseville section of Newark, New Jersey. A stop on the Newark City Subway line of the Newark Light Rail, Orange Street is a single island platform stop on the south side of the eponymous street between First Street and Duryea Street. Orange Street station is situated 1,600 feet south of First Street Park.

Park Avenue station

Railway station

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

Park Avenue station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, located at Park Avenue east of North Fourth Street, and the first station located on the west side of Branch Brook Park. Park Avenue station is situated 1,400 feet north of First Street Park.

Essex County Park Commission Administration Building

Government office

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Essex County Park Commission Administration Building is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1916 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 11, 1977. Essex County Park Commission Administration Building is situated 2,200 feet east of First Street Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roseville and Newark.

Roseville

Hamlet

Roseville is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It borders Bloomfield and East Orange. To the neighborhood's immediate east is the Newark City Subway and Branch Brook Park.

Newark

Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newark is New Jersey's largest city and second largest in Metro New York. Although one of the great historic cities of the Northeast and the most culture-rich city in the state, Newark is often overlooked in favor of Goliath-like Manhattan and towns along the Hudson River, such as Jersey City and Hoboken.

Teachers Village

Neighborhood

Photo: Hudconja, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Teachers Village is a neighborhood centered around Halsey Street in Newark, New Jersey. It is located in Downtown Newark in southwest quadrant of the Four Corners Historic District, south of Market Street in the Central Ward between the Prudential Center and Springfield/Belmont. Teachers Village is situated 1½ miles south of First Street Park.

First Street Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Newark, Essex County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.75505° or 40° 45′ 18″ north

Longitude

-74.18539° or 74° 11′ 7″ west

Open location code

87G7QR47+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 447060427

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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