West Side, Newark, New Jersey

West Side High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school complex in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 658 students and 45.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.5:1. There were 473 students (71.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 33 (5.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.The West Side campus has hosted two separate high school programs that operate independently but have shared a facility and athletic programs: Newark Early College High School, which prepares students in grades 7–12 to complete up to 60 college-level credits during their high school career Newark Vocational High School prepares students in grades 9-12 for college and career options.

Newark Vocational High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through tenth grades, and operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 514 students and 51.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1. There were 378 students (73.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (8.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Newark Early College High School is a six-year comprehensive community public high school in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, and operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. Together with Newark Vocational High School, the school is one of two high schools operated on the West Side Campus. As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 469 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 302 students (64.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 13 (2.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

St. Antoninus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 337 South Orange Avenue within the Archdiocese of Newark, in Newark, New Jersey.

Bard High School Early College Newark is a magnet public high school in Newark, New Jersey. Established in 2011, it is part of Newark Public Schools. As of 2022, the school's principal is Carla Stephens. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 381 students and 30.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), with a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 288 students (75.6%) were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.Working with Bard College, students earn 60 college credits as part of a liberal arts and sciences curriculum toward an associate degree in addition to a high school diploma. The college program is operated as a branch of Bard College at Simon's Rock and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The Newark Fire Division provides fire protection, rescue services, hazardous materials services, and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Newark, New Jersey. With a population of 281,764 it is New Jersey's largest city. In all the division is responsible for protecting 26.107 sq mi (67.617 km). Originally separate departments, the Police, Fire, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security were consolidated into a Department of Public Safety under Mayor Ras J. Baraka. The Division is part of the Metro Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Strike Team which is composed of nine north Jersey fire departments working together to address major emergency and rescue situations.

Mosque No. 25 is a former Nation of Islam (NOI) mosque in Newark, New Jersey, which was presided by Minister Louis Farrakhan (Louis X) and James Russell McGregor (James 3X).

Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 838 students and 73.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 653 students (77.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 41 (4.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church located within the Archdiocese of Newark at 212—216 Hunterdon Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

Temple B'nai Abraham is a synagogue in Livingston, New Jersey. It was established in Newark in 1853. Its historic 1924 building at 621 Clinton Avenue in was designed by Newark architect Nathan Myers, who later designed the iconic Hersch Tower in Elizabeth, New Jersey . In 1973, the congregation moved to Livingston and sold the building to the Deliverance Evangelistic Center, a Pentecostal Church. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Dr. Joachim Prinz, the rabbi from 1939 to 1976, modernized the ritual and introduced his own prayer book. Dr. Prinz, who had escaped Nazi Germany in 1937, became a vocal civil rights leader in the United States, known globally for his moving rhetoric. His successor, Rabbi Barry Friedman introduced further innovations in the services and wrote and edited the prayer book Siddur Or Chadash. In 1999, Rabbi Clifford Kulwin became the synagogue's fourth religious leader in 98 years. Rabbi David Z. Vaisberg became the next senior rabbi in 2019. For much of the 20th Century, Temple B'nai Abraham identified itself as a traditional progressive congregation, independent of the organized synagogue movements.

Fairmount Cemetery is a 150-acre (0.61 km2) rural cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that bodies spread yellow fever. The first burial in Fairmount Cemetery was a 24-year-old man named Lewis J. Pierson. Fairmount is still accepting interments.Along with Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Fairmount has the graves of Newark's most eminent turn of the century citizens, including Clara Maass, who gave her life in the investigation of yellow fever. A high proportion of the graves belong to German families. Fairmount Cemetery includes large trees, rolling hills, and intricately carved monuments. Featured near the old South Orange Avenue entrance is the recently restored zinc Settlers' Monument, commemorating the founders of Newark. There is also a Civil War memorial. The modern entrance to Fairmount Cemetery is on Central Avenue.

The 1967 Newark riots were an episode of violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Taking place over a four-day period (between July 12 and July 17, 1967), the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths and hundreds more serious injuries. Serious property damage, including shattered storefronts and fires caused by arson, left much of the city's buildings damaged or destroyed. At the height of the conflict, the National Guard was called upon to occupy the city with tanks and other military equipment, leading to iconic media depictions that were considered particularly shocking when shared in the national press. In the aftermath of the riots, Newark was quite rapidly abandoned by many of its remaining middle-class and affluent residents, as well as much of its white working-class population. This accelerated flight led to a decades-long period of disinvestment and urban blight, including soaring crime rates and gang activity. The Newark riots represented a flashpoint in a long-simmering conflict between elements of the city's then-growing African-American population, which had recently become a numerical majority, and its old political establishment, which remained dominated by members of non-African ethnic groups (especially Italian, Jewish, and Irish Americans) who had gained a political foothold in Newark during earlier generations. Endemic corruption in local government, combined with widespread racial prejudice, likely contributed to the city's failure, during the leadup to 1967, to include a more representative cross-section of the city's black population in its political power structure. Additionally, the Newark Riots were part of a larger national phenomenon, being among more than 150 race riots that occurred in the United States in the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". Some historians, focusing on the protest element of the conflict, have termed it the 1967 Newark Rebellion.