Norfolk Street station
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Norfolk Street station is an open-cut station on the Newark City Subway Line of the Newark Light Rail, and the first following the line leaving the Raymond Boulevard tunnel. It is located on Norfolk Street just south of Central Avenue in University Heights.
History
Norfolk Street station was originally built by Public Service Corporation of New Jersey on May 26, 1935, and contained a connection to the Central Avenue line until December 14, 1947 when the route was converted into bus route #23.[3]
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- New Jersey Dental School
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New Jersey Medical School
- Old Essex County Jail
- Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- Rutgers School of Health Related Professions
- Rutgers School of Nursing
- Science Park High School
References
- ^ "Newark Light Rail" (PDF) (Map). NJ Transit. September 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Commuters Hail Newark Subway". The Asbury Park Evening Press. May 27, 1935. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Station Reporter; Newark City Subway, including old map Archived 2015-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Norfolk Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Newark Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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- Liberty State Park
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- Harsimus Cove
- Newport
- Hoboken
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Tonnelle Avenue Branch |
- Newark Penn Station
- Military Park
- Washington Street
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- Orange Street
- Park Avenue
- Bloomfield Avenue
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- Heller Parkway (closed)
- Branch Brook Park
- Silver Lake
- Grove Street
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- Trenton
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- Florence
- Burlington Towne Centre
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- Beverly/Edgewater Park
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- Pennsauken–Route 73
- Pennsauken Transit Center
- 36th Street
- Walter Rand Transportation Center
- Cooper Street–Rutgers University
- Aquarium
- Entertainment Center
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