Essex County Park System

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The Essex County Park System comprises the county-run parks of Essex County, New Jersey. The Essex County Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs is in charge of the upkeep and preservation of the parks, reservations and a number of other facilities, including golf courses and trails. In 1905 a book about the park system was authored by Frederick W.

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Essex County Park Commission Administration Building

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.

Government Historic Site

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the fifth-largest cathedral in North America, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Headed by Cardinal Tobin for the archdiocese, it is located in the Lower Broadway neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Catholic Mass is offered daily and three times on Sunday in English and in Spanish.

Church Mountain

Archdiocese of Newark

The Archdiocese of Newark is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern New Jersey in the United States. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Cardinal Joseph Tobin has been the archbishop of Newark since 2017.

Church Government

Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center

The Branch Brook Park Roller Skating Center is a 12,000-square-foot roller rink located in Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey. Managed by United Skates of America, its current iteration has operated since 1996. Like United Skates' other facilities, BBP Roller Skating Center hosts summer camps, birthday parties, STEM/ExL educational field trips, corporate events, DJed adult skate nights, and public events. In 2013, NJ.com described the rink as "a symbol of revitalization for Newark" and "a literal savior of urban skating". It praised its relationship to the community, including events like roller derby, style skating, gospel skaters, and DJ nightlife. The rink has been called a "hidden gem" and a "staple of the [Newark] community".

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St. Lucy's Church

St. Lucy's Church is a historic church at 19-27 Ruggiero Plaza at the intersection of Seventh Ave.in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is home to the American National Shrine of Saint Gerard Majella in the Catholic Church. It was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The church is in the Old First Ward near Branch Brook Park, a historically Italian parish in what was Newark's Little Italy, features an annual October procession and festival for St. Gerard Majella, the patron saint of childbearing, that is heavily attended by the New Jersey Italian diaspora. The October Feast of St. Gerard "became so popular and so widely-known for producing miracle babies for hitherto childless women that in 1977 the National Conference of U.S. Bishops made St. Lucy's the National Shrine of St. Gerard." The church holds a monthly mass in honor of St. Gerard at which expectant parents and others hoping to become expectant venerate the saint.

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Kelsey: The First County Park System: A Complete History of the Inception and Development of the Essex County Parks of New Jersey on Open Library at the Internet Archive

Parks

Anderson Park Becker Park Belleville Park Branch Brook Park Brookdale Park Glenfield Park Grover Cleveland Park Independence Park Irvington Park Ivy Hill Park Kip's Castle Park Orange Park Riverbank Park RiverFront Park Vailsburg Park Verona Park Veterans Memorial Park Watsessing Park Weequahic Park West Side Park Yanticaw Park

Reservations

Eagle Rock Reservation Hilltop Reservation Mills Reservation South Mountain Reservation West Essex Park

Other facilities

Francis A. Byrne Golf Course Hendricks Field Golf Course Lenape Trail Riker Hill Complex South Mountain Recreation Complex Weequahic Golf Course West Essex Trail