Halsey Street is a north-south street in Downtown Newark, New Jersey , which runs between and parallel to Broad Street and Washington Street. Halsey Street passes through the four of city's historic districts: James Street Commons at the north, the abutting Military Park and Four Corners and, after a two block break, Lincoln Park at the south.
32-671: Catedral Evangelica Reformada , originally the Clinton Avenue Reformed Church , is a historic church located at 27 Lincoln Park and Halsey Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 26, 1972, for its significance in architecture and religion. It was added as a contributing property to
64-569: A bachelor's degree or higher. Among people 16 to 19 years old, 10 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of
96-436: A planned Eataly -style food marketplace. For much of the 20th century, the neighborhood was an entertainment district, including cinemas and the venues The Key Club and Sparky J's . The Newark Female Charitable Society is a group of historic buildings on Halsey at Hill Street. Halsey stops for two blocks, the street grid having been broken during a period of urban renewal along Nevada Street. It then continues into
128-513: A stretch of the street was painted with All Black Lives Matter . In the fall of 2023, the city launched the Newark Retail Reactivation Initiative. To stimulate rental of empty storefronts the program makes monetary grants to qualifying businesses along Halsey Street corridor within the zone bordered by Broad Street to the east, Washington Street to the west, Washington Place to the north and William Street to
160-626: A thorough and efficient system of education. State intervention has been criticized as undemocratic and racist. Some also have suggested that children were significantly harmed during state control. State intervention in Newark has not produced significant gains after more than two decades of state control. When viewed through the lens of student growth percentiles, which is a contested measure of growth, NPS may be higher. However, NPS may have had equally high growth before state intervention, so no comparisons are possible. Chris Cerf and others paid by
192-663: Is going, and what students aren't getting as a result." Ann Street School of Mathematics and Science was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education , the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year. Branch Brook Elementary School, a Pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade school, was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence , during
224-400: Is home to the annual AAPI Jazz Fest . The project also includes a Whole Foods , Barnes & Noble , Petco , CitiMD Urgent Care, and a restaurant by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson called Marcus B & P. In 2024, Samuelsson opened Vibe BBQ at the location. Halston Flats, a restored former industrial building at Raymond Boulevard converted to apartments with retail/restaurants on
256-596: Is in the Gibraltar Building on Halsey. The area south of Market Street, dubbed SoMa by developers, includes the Teachers Village neighbourhood. This area is undergoing development following a revitalization master plan design and work completed in 2018 by Newark native Richard Meier which in turn has stimulated other building and renovation projects. It is home to Hobby's, a landmark delicatessen luncheonette, and new restaurants, shops, and
288-626: Is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority . As of
320-464: The Lincoln Park neighborhood, former home of the radio station WNSW and of the art gallery City Without Walls . This stretch of the street is more residential. Since the new millennium, many new multi-family apartment buildings have been constructed, including a project built using shipping containers and other housing developments that are "fully affordable". New two-family homes have been built on adjacent streets. Plans have been announced for
352-569: The Lincoln Park Historic District on January 5, 1984. The church was designed by architect Thomas A. Roberts in Gothic Revival style . It was constructed from 1868 to 1872. Built using light-colored sandstone, it features a tall square turret with a broach spire . Halsey Street (Newark) Halsey Street lies within the original settlement of Newark which was laid out soon after its founding in 1666 :
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#1732801755015384-618: The New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Park Study: Learning About the World Around Us" Science program at Abington Avenue School. The curriculum was written, implemented, and submitted to the State of New Jersey by Abington Avenue School kindergarten teacher, Lenore Furman. After efforts at his dismissal as New Jersey's poet laureate, Amiri Baraka was named the school district's poet laureate in December 2002. Schools in
416-483: The 2004-05 school year. During the 2007–08 school year, Harriet Tubman School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education . During the 2009-10 school year, Science Park High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence. For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by
448-487: The 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 63 schools, had an enrollment of 40,423 students and 2,886.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1. The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Pre-primary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000. As of 2003, 64% of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11% had
480-546: The LGBTQ Center. There are plans to replace it with a new residential and retail building. The stretch between Central and New Street has sited street festivals since 2010. Rutgers-Newark , whose campus begins in the neighborhood and lies to the west in University Heights , opened its Honors Living/Learning Center, with an interior public plaza, at Halsey between New and Linden Streets in 2022. Ground
512-554: The business functions of the district. Of the nearly 600 school districts statewide, Newark is one of 12 districts with school elections in April, in which voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget. Members of the board of education are: As per a decision by the Newark City Council on Wednesday January 17, 2024, the minimum voting age in school board elections is 16, effective April 2024. The district
544-415: The city introduced incentives to stimulate rental of storefronts along Halsey and adjacent streets. As of the 2020s, it is home to a growing number of small independent retail, dining, arts, and nightlife establishments. North of Market Street to Harriet Tubman Square numerous row-houses from the earlier era are still found on Halsey and neighboring streets. 31 Central is home to an artists' collective and
576-688: The development of the Facade, an outdoor performance space, on the grounds of the South Park Calvary United Presbyterian Church . At its southern end is the Catedral Evangelica Reformada . An alleyway that sits in the middle of Lincoln Park’s “Little Five Points” (a convergence of Lincoln Park Place, Crawford Street, South Halsey Street, Bleeker Street, and Washington Street) was converted in 2021 to an open-air art area. In June 2020,
608-432: The fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the April school election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise
640-550: The former mayor of Newark, Cory Booker , insisted in 2010, "Newark, New Jersey can become one of the first American cities to solve the crisis in public education." This vision for better school district is also shared by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg , who made a $ 100 million donation to Newark Public Schools in 2010. "Every child deserves a good education. Right now that's not happening," he said. The management has been criticized: while interviews with administration regarding Newark's schools were always positive, highlighting only
672-405: The good aspects of the huge monetary donation, new contracts were being created, money was being hemorrhaged, and the district was going broke. According to The New Yorker , Anderson, Booker, Zuckerberg, and Christie, "despite millions of dollars spent on community engagement—have yet to hold tough, open conversations with the people of Newark about exactly how much money the district has, where it
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#1732801755015704-706: The ground floor, opened in 2017. The Kresge building, now home to Newark Public Schools , was once a stop on the Cedar Street Subway , part of Newark's extensive streetcar system. The S.Klein buildings was demolished to make way for a new tower that is part of Prudential Headquarters complex, which has been based in the district since the company's founding in the 19th century. The Bambergers building, now called 165 Halsey Street , has become an internet exchange point housing numerous computer systems including DE-CIX New York and Lexent Metro Connect . The New Jersey Motion Picture & Television Commission
736-770: The land was part of the plots distributed among the first settlers. It became a street during the early part of the 19th century during a period of great expansion. It is named for the William Halsey (1770–1843), who served as first Mayor of Newark (1836–1837) after reincorporation as a city. During the city's Gilded Age, a boom period at the turn of the 20th century in the Roaring Twenties , many low-rise homes were replaced by new commercial buildings, including several department stores, such as Hahne and Company , Kresge-Newark , Bamberger's , S. Klein and Orbachs . Halsey and its side streets have long been
768-542: The local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. In 1948 schools were racially integrated. There were black teachers, all of whom classified by the district as "permanent substitutes", teaching all grade levels. The district is one of three districts in New Jersey (along with Jersey City Public Schools and Paterson Public Schools ) that has historically been under "state intervention", which authorizes
800-414: The one of city's corridors for shopping, dining, and entertainment. Since the 2000s, the street has undergone a revival as new projects have generated renewed residential, cultural and commercial activities, including a restaurant row. The city's 2008 Living Downtown master plan helped kickstart development in the 2000s and was part of a greater Newark trend in pursuing a vibrant downtown. In 2023
832-411: The south. Newark Public Schools Newark Board of Education is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in the city of Newark in Essex County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The state took over the district in 1995—the third takeover statewide—and returned control in 2018, after 22 years. The district
864-424: The state Commissioner of Education to intervene in governance of a local public school district (and to intervene in the areas of instruction and program, operations, personnel, and fiscal management). Chris Cerf was the state appointed superintendent of Newark. Cerf said he would resign on February 1, 2018, the day local control was returned to the district. Roger Leon, a life long Newark resident and educator
896-760: The state of New Jersey have suggested state control has been good for Newark. However, no measures of the quality of NPS's broad offerings before, during, or after state intervention have been identified. No measures of progress are available for earth science, physics, biology, chemistry, health, citizenship, world history, US history, literature, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, New Jersey history, gender studies, media studies, Africana studies, economics, politics, astronomy, geology, philosophy, archaeology, or performing arts. No measures of students' physical wellbeing, social wellbeing, or emotional wellbeing are available before, during, or after state control. No measures of parental wellbeing have been identified. Local control
928-674: Was broken on the renovation of the Hahnes building in 2015, for adaptive reuse as educational, residential, and retail spaces. A six-story addition was built on the Halsey Street side, featuring close to 100 apartments and an underground parking garage. Rutgers opened a new arts and cultural center on three floors of the Halsey Street annex in 2017. Called "Express Newark," it includes an 'arts incubator,' media center, design consortium, print shop, portrait studio, and lecture hall, as well as exhibition and performance spaces. The center
960-535: Was elected by the local school board to replace Cerf by a unanimous 9-0 vote and took office July 1, 2018. In a referendum held as part of the November 2018 general election, voters chose by a 3-1 margin to have the district function as Type II district, in which the board of education is elected by the residents of the city. Core members of the district's administration are: The district's board of education , comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees
992-423: Was one of three districts in New Jersey historically under "state intervention", which authorizes the commissioner of education to intervene in governance of a local public school district (and to intervene in the areas of instruction and program, operations, personnel, and fiscal management) if the commissioner has determined that a school district failed or was unable to take corrective actions necessary to establish
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1024-470: Was returned as of February 1, 2018. The Newark Public Schools is the largest school system in New Jersey. The city's public schools had been among the lowest-performing in the state, even after the state government took over management of the city's schools from 1995-2018, which was done under the presumption that improvement would follow. Although the school district continues to struggle with low high school graduation rates and low standardized test scores,
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