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University Heights, Newark, New Jersey - 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 Empress Hotel (New Jersey) - The Empress Hotel, located on the oceanfront at 101 Asbury Avenue, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, opened as a luxury resort for vacationing families in the 1950s. In the 1970s, when Asbury Park began its decline, the hotel began to decline as well.

Roseville, Newark, New Jersey - Roseville is a neighborhood in northwestern Newark, New Jersey, bordering Bloomfield and East Orange. To the neighborhood's immediate east is the Newark City Subway and Branch Brook Park.

East Newark, New Jersey - East Newark is a borough located in Hudson County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough had a total population of 2,377.

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