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. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Central Avenue to the north, Bergen Street to the west, South Orange Avenue to the south, and University Avenue to the east. The neighborhood is served by Washington, Warren and Norfolk Street NCS stations.
Rutgers and NJIT were expanded considerably beginning in the 1960s. Prior to this expansion, University Heights was a relatively affluent neighborhood of Newark. Today, the area has one of Newark's few concentrations of brownstones. The gym at Essex County College is the current home of the American Basketball Association team, the Newark Express. The area is home to the Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University and the Weston Museum in the Van Houten Library at NJIT.
One of the main thoroughfares of University Heights is Martin Luther King Blvd. (formerly High Street, which holds many of Newark's Historical treasures: Eberhardt Hall at NJIT, St. Mary's Parish, The Essex County Hall of Records, and The Essex County Court House among others.
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