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View looking southeast to Government Center

Government Center is a district in Downtown Newark, New Jersey, bounded by Broad Street, Green Street, Mulberry Street, and Beach Street and named for named for the presence of government buildings centered around a plaza called Federal Square.[1][2] Grace Episcopal Church, a national historic site, where the tune of America the Beautiful was written, is within the area. The larger-than-life bust Justice, a statue of George Floyd and another of Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson are in the district.

Government Center is just south of the Four Corners Historic District and the Prudential Center and north of Newark Symphony Hall. Federal Square had once been called Vroom Alley, but was later renamed.[3] To the east along Mulberry Street is the area that at one time was Newark's Chinatown.[4]

While Government Center is the concentration of federal and municipal buildings, Newark is also the county seat of in Essex County. County government buildings are located at the Essex County Government Complex, the heart of which is the historic Essex County Courthouse, home of the New Jersey Superior Court.

Government buildings


Building Image Street address Organization Dates of use Notes References
Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office & Courthouse Файл:USPostOfficeandCourthouseNewark1936.tiff 2 Federal Square US District Court for NJ 1936–present

Following design of George Oakley Totten Jr.
Dedicated to Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senator from New Jersey ||

Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse Файл:Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse, Newark, NJ, USA.jpg 50 Walnut Street US District Court for NJ 1992–present Site of sculpture Justice
Named for civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.
[5][6]
Peter Rodino, Jr. Federal Building Файл:Rodino Fed Bldg Newark.JPG 972 Broad Street U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office 1967–present Named for US Representative Peter Rodino, Jr. (NJ-10) [7][8][9][10][11][12]
Newark City Hall Файл:Newark City Hall (13658188985).jpg 920 Broad Street Municipal Council of Newark
Mayor of Newark
1902–present Statues of George Floyd and Kenneth A. Gibson, Mayor of Newark
Newark Municipal Court 31 Green Street
Ralph A. Villani Building
Former Newark Police Headquarters
22 Franklin Street Newark Police Department Named for Ralph A. Villani, Mayor of Newark (1949–1953)
Newark Parking Authority 47-63 Green Street Newark Parking Authority 2019–present [13][14]

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