New Brunswick is a town in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, in the metropolitan area of ​​New York City. The town is county county Middlesex County, and the home of Rutgers University. New Brunswick is on the Northeast Corridor rail line, 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Manhattan, on the south bank of the Raritan River. By 2016, New Brunswick has an estimated population of Census of 56,910, representing a 3.1% increase from 55,181 people mentioned in the 2010 US Census, which in turn reflects an increase of 6,608 (13.6%) of 48,573 counted in the 2000 Census. Due to the concentration of medical facilities in the area, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter University Hospital, and Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of New Jersey State University, New Brunswick is well known as Hub City > and Health City . Company headquarters and production facilities of several global pharmaceutical companies located in the city, including Johnson & amp; Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
New Brunswick is famous for its ethnic diversity. At one time, a quarter of Hungary's population in New Jersey lived in the city and by the 1930s one of three townspeople was Hungarian. The Hungarian community continues to exist, along with the growing Asian and Hispanic communities around French Street near Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
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History
The origin of the name
The area around New Brunswick is currently inhabited first by Native American Lenape. The first European settlement on the site of New Brunswick was made in 1681. The settlement here is called Swamp Prigmore (1681-1697), which came to be known as Ferry Inian (1691-1714). In 1714, the settlement was named New Brunswick, after the city of Braunschweig (called Brunswick in Low German), in the state of Lower Saxony, in Germany. Braunschweig is an influential and powerful city in the Hanseatic League, then in the Holy Roman Empire, and is the administrative seat for the Duchy (and later Kingdom) of Hanover. Shortly after the first settlement of New Brunswick in colonial New Jersey, George, Duke of Brunswick-LÃÆ'¼neburg, and Elector of Hanover, of the House of Hanover (also known as the House of Brunswick), became King George I of Great Britain (1660-1727). Alternatively, the city gets its name from King George II of Great Britain, Duke of Brunswick-LÃÆ'¼neburg.
During the Colonial and Early American period
Located between New York City and Philadelphia along an early highway known as the King's Highway and located along the Raritan River, New Brunswick becomes an important center for tourists and Colonial merchants. New Brunswick was founded as a city in 1736 and hired as a city in 1784. The city was incorporated into a town in 1798 as part of the Township Act of 1798. The city was occupied by England in the winter of 1776-1777 during the time of the Revolution War.
The Declaration of Independence received one of the first public readings, by Colonel John Neilson, in New Brunswick on July 9, 1776, in the days following the official announcement by the Continental Congress.
The Trustees of Queen's College (now Rutgers University), founded in 1766, opted to find a young college in New Brunswick, choosing a town on Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey. Class began in 1771 with one instructor, one sophomore, Matthew Leydt, and several new students at a tavern called 'Sign of the Red Lion' at the corner of Albany and Neilson Streets (now the base of Johnson & Johnson's headquarters). The Sign of the Red Lion was purchased on behalf of Queens College in 1771, and then sold to the Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh plantation in 1791. Classes were held through the American Revolution in various taverns and boarding houses, and in a building known as College Hall on George Street, until Old Queens was founded in 1808. It is still the oldest on the Rutgers University campus. The Queen's College Grammar School (now the Rutgers Preparation School) was founded also in 1766, and shared facilities with the College until 1830, when it was located in a building (now known as Alexander Johnston Hall) on College Avenue from Old Queens. After Rutgers University became a state university in New Jersey in 1945, Rutgers Supervisor broke away from Rutgers Preparation School, which was relocated in 1957 to an estate purchased from Colgate-Palmolive Company in Franklin Township in neighboring Somerset County.
The New Brunswick Theological Seminary, founded in 1784 in New York, moved to New Brunswick in 1810, sharing his residence with the young Queen's College. (The Queen was closed from 1810-1825 due to financial problems, and reopened in 1825 as Rutgers College.) The seminary, due to density and differences over Rutgers College's mission as a secular institution, moved to a 7 hectare (2.8 Ã, ha) from a mile and a half (800 m) west, which it still occupies, even though the ground is now in the center of the Rutgers University Avenue campus.
New Brunswick was formed by a royal charter on December 30, 1730, in other towns in Middlesex and Somerset districts and reformed by a royal charter with the same limit on February 12, 1763, at that time divided into north and south wards. New Brunswick was founded as a city by the act of the New Jersey Legislature on September 1, 1784.
African American Community
Slavery in New Brunswick
The existence of the African American community in New Brunswick began in the 18th century, when racial slavery was a part of life in the city and surrounding areas. Local slave owners routinely buy and sell African American children, women and men in New Brunswick in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In this period, Pasar-Rumah is the center of commercial life in the city. It is located on the corner of Hiram Street and Queen Street (now Neilson Street) adjacent to Raritan Wharf. This site is a place where New Brunswick residents sell and trade their goods that make it an integral part of the city's economy. The Market-House also serves as a site for auction and regular slave sales.
At the end of the eighteenth century, New Brunswick was also the center of newspaper production and distribution. The Fredonian , a popular newspaper, is located less than a block away from the Market House and helps facilitate commercial transactions. An important part of the local newspaper is a section dedicated to private owners who will advertise their slaves for sale. The tendency for the sale of advertising slaves in newspapers shows that New Brunswick residents usually prefer to sell and buy slaves personally and individually rather than in large groups. The majority of individual ads are for female slaves, and their average age at the time of sale is 20 years, which is considered the primary age for childbearing. Slave owners will benefit most from women who fall into this category because these women have the potential to reproduce another generation of enslaved workers. In addition, in the urban environment of New Brunswick, there is a high demand for domestic workers, and female workers are preferred for cooking and household chores.
The New Jersey legislature passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in 1804. Under the provisions of this law, children born to women enslaved after 4 July 1804, will serve their employers for 21 years (for girls) or a period of 25 years (for boys), and after this term, they will get their freedom. However, all individuals enslaved before 4 July 1804, will continue to be slaves for life and will never gain freedom under this law. New Brunswick continues to be home to enslaved African-Americans along with a growing community of colored people. The US census of 1810 registered 53 free Blacks and 164 slaves in New Brunswick.
African American space and institutions at the beginning of the 19th century
In the 1810s, some independent African Americans lived in a part of town called Halfpenny Town, located along the Raritan River on the east side of the city, near Queen (now Neilson) Street. The town of Halfpenny is a place inhabited by blacks and poor whites who have no slaves. This place is known as a social gathering for free blacks who are not wholly influenced by white surveillance and allow blacks to be free to socialize among themselves. This does not mean that it is free of white eyes and still under the contempt of slavery. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, free and enslaved White and African Americans shared much of the same space in New Brunswick, especially places of worship. First Presbyterian Church, Christ Church, and First Reformed Church are popular among whites and blacks, and New Brunswick is famous for the lack of space where African-Americans can gather exclusively. Most of the time the black congregations of these churches were under the supervision of whites. That is what happened until the creation of the New Brunswick African Association in 1817.
Both African Americans are freely and enslaved African activists in the formation of the New Brunswick African Association, whose meeting was first held in 1817. The New Brunswick African Association holds meetings every month, mostly in free black houses. Sometimes this meeting is held in the First Presbyterian Church. Originally intended to provide financial support for the New Brunswick African School, the African Association grew into a space where blacks could gather and share ideas on topics such as religion, deletion and colonization. Slaves were asked to get permission from their owners to attend this meeting. The African Association works closely with whites and is generally favored among whites who believe it will bring more peace and racial harmony to New Brunswick.
The African Association of New Brunswick decided to set up an African School in 1822. The African School was first held at the home of Caesar Rappleyea in 1823. The school is located at the upper end of Church Street in downtown New Brunswick about two blocks away from a prison that holds the slave escape. Both free and enslaved blacks are welcome to join the school. Reverend Huntington (pastor of the First Presbyterian Church) and several other prominent white men are caretakers of the New Brunswick African Association. This superintendent supports the Association that makes some slave owners feel safe sending their slaves to it by using a permit slip process. The main belief of these White supporters is that blacks are still unfit for American citizenship and residence, and some trustees connect with the American Colonization Society advocating free African-American migration to Africa. The White Superintendent only attends several African Association meetings, and the Association is still unprecedented as a space for both enslaved slaves and free to gather while under minimal supervision by White.
The African Association appears to have disbanded after 1824. In 1827, the free and enslaved Black men of the city, including Joseph and Jane Hoagland, gathered together to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Mount Zion and purchase a plot of land on the Division Road for the purpose of establishing church building. This is the first African American church in Middlesex County. The Church has about 30 members in its early years. The Church is still operating and is currently located at 39 Hildebrand Way.
The record of the April 1828 census, conducted by the New Brunswick Common Council, states that New Brunswick is inhabited by 4,435 whites and 374 free African-Americans. The enslaved population of New Brunswick in 1828 consisted of 57 slaves who had to work for life and 127 slaves were entitled to punishment at the age of 21 or 25 because of the 1804 Act for the Abolition of Slavery. Free and enslaved African Americans made up 11 per cent of the New Brunswick population in 1828, a relatively high percentage for New Jersey. By comparison, in the US census of 1830, African-Americans comprise about 6.4% of the total population of New Jersey.
Prison and curfew in the 19th century
In 1824, the New Brunswick General Council limited adopted curfew for free colored people. American African Americans are not allowed to leave after 10 pm on Saturday night. The General Council also appointed a committee of white citizens accused of collecting and releasing seemingly out of place African Americans according to white authorities.
New Brunswick became a city notorious for slave hunters, who sought to enforce the Fugitive Slavery Act of 1850. Located strategically on the Raritan River, the city is also a vital center for the New Jersey Underground Railway. For the escaped slaves in New Jersey, this serves as a lucrative route for those heading to New York and Canada. When African Americans try to escape to or from New Brunswick, they are most likely to be found and captured and sent to New Brunswick prison (pronounced "prison"), located on Prince Street, now renamed Bayard Street.
Hungarian Community
New Brunswick began to attract the population of Hungarian immigrants around the turn of the 20th century. Hungarians are mainly attracted to the city by working at Johnson & amp; The Johnson plant is located in the city. The Hungarian settled mainly in what is now the Fifth Ward.
The immigrant population grew until the end of the 20th century of immigration. During the Cold War, the people were revitalized by the decision to accommodate refugees from the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution at Camp Kilmer, near Edison. Although most Hungarian residents have been replaced by new immigrants, there is still a Hungarian Festival in the city held at Somerset Street on the first Saturday of June each year. Many of the Hungarian institutions formed by the community remain active in the ward, including: the Magyar Reformed Church, the Lutheran Ascension Church, the Roman Catholic Church St. Ladislaus, St. Catholic Church Joseph Byzantium, Hungarian Athletic Club, Aprokfalva Montessori Preschool, Szà © a chenyi Hungarian Community School & amp; Kindergarten, Teleki PÃÆ'¡l Scout Home, Hungarian American Foundation, Vers Hangja, Hungarian Poetry Group, Bolyai Lecture Series on Arts and Science, Hungarian Alumni Association, Hungarian Radio Program, Hungarian Civilian Association, Hungarian Church and Church Committee of New Brunswick, and Cs? rdÃÆ'¶ngÃÆ'¶l? Folk Dance Ensemble.
Several landmarks in the city also bear testimony of his Hungarian heritage. There is a street and a recreational park called Lajos Kossuth, the famous leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The corner of Somerset Street and Plum Street is named Mindszenty Square where the first statue of Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty was founded. A stone monument to victims of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 also stood nearby.
Latin Community
About 50% of New Brunswick's population is identified as Hispanic, the 14th highest percentage among cities in New Jersey. Since the 1960s, many of New Brunswick's newcomers came from Latin America. Many residents moved from Puerto Rico in the 1970s. In the 1980s, many were immigrating from the Dominican Republic, and still later from Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, and Mexico.
Demolition, revitalization and redevelopment
New Brunswick contains examples of urban renewal in the United States. In the 1960s-1970s, the downtown area became chaotic as middle-class residents moved to new suburbs around the city, an example of a phenomenon known as "white flights." Beginning in 1975, Rutgers University, Johnson & amp; Johnson and the local government collaborated through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to establish the New Brunswick Development Company (DevCo), with the aim of revitalizing the city center and rebuilding the perceived damaged and hazardous environments (through the demolition of new buildings and construction). Johnson & amp; Johnson decided to stay in New Brunswick and build a new headquarters building in the area between Albany Street, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Route 18, and George Street, which required many old buildings and historic streets to move. Hiram Market Area, a historic district that in the 1970s has been the environment of most of Puerto Rico and Dominica-America, was destroyed to build Hyatt hotels and conference centers, and upscale housing. Johnson & amp; Johnson secured Hyatt Hotel 'investment as they were wary of building an upscale hotel in a seedy area.
Devco, hospitals, and municipal authorities have attracted the ire of both historic preservationists, those who oppose gentrification and those concerned about leading domain violations and tax deductions for developers.
New Brunswick is one of nine cities in New Jersey that is otherwise eligible for the Tax Credit Transit Hub City by the State Economic Development Authority. Developers who invest at least $ 50 million within half a mile of the railway station are eligible for a pro-rated tax credit.
Tower Gateway, a 22-storey rebuilding project next to the train station, completed in 2012. The structure consists of apartments and condominiums (named "The Vue") built on top of a multi-story parking structure with a bridge connecting it to the station. Boraie Development, a real estate development company based in New Brunswick, has developed a project using the incentive.
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Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​5,789 square miles (14,995 km 2 ), including 5,227 square miles (13,539 km 2 ) of land and 0.562 square miles ( 1,456 km 2 ) water (9,71%). New Brunswick is in the Raritan Valley (a city in central New Jersey). New Brunswick is on the south side of the Raritan Valley along with Piscataway Township, Highland Park, Edison Township, and Franklin Township (Somerset County). New Brunswick is located southwest of Newark and New York City and northeast of Trenton and Philadelphia.
New Brunswick borders Piscataway, Highland Park and Edison across the Raritan River north through Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges, and also by North Brunswick Township to the southwest, East Brunswick Township to the southeast, and Franklin Township.
While the city does not make elections based on the environmental system, the divisions are so different. There are several neighborhoods in the city, including the Fifth Ward, Feaster Park, Lincoln Park, Raritan Gardens, and Edgebrook-Westons Mills.
Climate
New Brunswick has a distinctive humid subtropical climate (Climatic Classification of KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ) in New Jersey, characterized by damp summers, hot and mild winters with moderate to high enough rainfall throughout the year. No wet or dry seasons are marked.
Demographics
Census 2010
At the 2010 US Census, there were 55,181 people, 14,119 households, and 7,751 families living in the city. Population density is 10,556.4 per square mile (4,075,8/km 2 ). There are 15,053 housing units with an average density of 2,879.7 per square mile (1,111.9/km 2 ). City racial makeup is 45.43% (25,071) White, 16.04% (8,852) Black or African American, 0.90% (498) Native American, 7.60% (4.195) Asian, 0.03% 19) Pacific Islands, 25.59% (14,122) of other races, and 4.39% (2,424) of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 49.93% (27,553) of the population.
There are 14,119 households where 31.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.2% are married couples living together, 17.5% have unmarried female households, and 45.1% are not family. 25.8% of all households are individual, and 7.2% have a living person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.91.
In the city, the population is spread by 21.1% under the age of 18, 33.2% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 12.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.2% years or more. The median age was 23.3 years. For every 100 women there are 105.0 men. For every 100 women age 18 and older there are 105.3 men.
The 2006-2010 American Census Community Survey shows that (in 2010 the dollar-adjusted inflation) average household income was $ 44,543 (with a margin of error of $ 2,356) and the average family income was $ 44,455 (/- $ 3,526). Men have an average income of $ 31,313 (/- $ 1,265) compared to $ 28,858 (/- $ 1,771) for women. The per capita income for the borough is $ 16,395 (/- $ 979). Approximately 15.5% of families and 25.8% of the population are below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under the age of 18 and 16.9% of those aged 65 years or older.
Census 2000
In the 2000 US Census, there were 48,573 people, 13,057 households, and 7,207 families living in the city. Population density was 9,293.5 per square mile (3,585.9/km 2 ). There are 13,893 housing units with an average density of 2,658.1 per square mile (1,025.6/km 2 ). City's racial makeup is 51.7% White, 24.5% African American, 1.2% Native Americans, 5.9% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Island, 21.0% of other races, and 4.2 % of two or more races. 39.01% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 13,057 households where 29.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% are married couples living together, 18.0% have unmarried female households present, and 44.8% are not family. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 3.69.
20.1% of the population is under 18 years old, 34.0% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 11.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% 65 years or older. The median age is 24 years. For every 100 women, there are 98.4 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 96.8 men.
The average household income in town is $ 36,080, and the average income for the family is $ 38,222. Men have an average income of $ 25,657 compared to $ 23,604 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 14,308. 27.0% of the population and 16.9% of families are below the poverty line. Of the total people living in poverty, 25.9% are under the age of 18 and 13.8% are 65 years of age or older.
Economy
Health care
City Hall has promoted the nickname "City Health Care" to reflect the importance of the health care industry for its economy. This city is home to Johnson & amp; Johnson, along with several teaching and medical research institutions including Saint Peter University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey Cancer Institute, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital. There is also a public school in New Brunswick that focuses on health sciences, New Brunswick School of Health Science Technology.
Urban Enterprise Zone
The city part is part of the Urban Enterprise Zone, one of 27 zones in the state. In addition to other benefits to drive jobs within the zone, buyers can take advantage of a 3.3125% reduction in sales tax rate (compared to statewide charged rate of 6,625% effective January 1, 2018) at qualified merchants. Established in 2004, the Urban Enterprise Zone city status ended in December 2024.
Art and culture
Theater
Three adjacent professional venues, the Crossroads Theater designed by Parsons Fernandez-Casteleiro Architects of New York. In 1999, Crossroads Theater won the prestigious Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. Crossroads is the first African American theater to receive this honor in the 33-year history of this special award category. There is also George Street Playhouse, and the State Theater, which is the heart of the local theater scene. Crossroad Theater House, American Repertory Ballet, and Princeton Ballet School. Rutgers University has a number of student companies doing everything from cabaret performances to Shakespeare and music production.
Museum
New Brunswick is the site of the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (founded in 1966), Albus Cavus, and Rutgers University Geological Museum (founded in 1872).
Pure art
New Brunswick was an important center of avant-garde art in the 1950s with several artists such as Allan Kaprow, George Segal, George Brecht, Robert Whitman, Robert Watts, Lucas Samaras, Geoffrey Hendricks, Wolf Vostell and Roy Lichtenstein; some of whom teach at Rutgers University. This group of artists is sometimes referred to as 'New Jersey School' or 'New Brunswick School of Painting'. The Festival of Japan was the place on May 19, 1963 for action and affairs. For more information, see Fluxus at Rutgers University.
Fat truck
"Grease Trucks" is a group of truck-based food vendors located on the College Avenue campus at Rutgers University. They are known to serve "Fat Sandwich," a sub roll containing some ingredients like steak, chicken fingers, fries, falafel, cheeseburgers, mozzarella sticks, gyro, bacon, eggs and marinara sauce. In 2013, fat trucks were moved for the construction of Rutgers new building and forced to move to other areas on the Rutgers-New Brunswick Campus.
Music
The New Brunswick scene bar has been home to many original rock bands, including some of the most famous nationals such as The Smithereens and Bon Jovi, as well as the center for local punk rock and underground music. Many alternative rock bands have airplay radio thanks to Matt Pinfield who was part of the New Brunswick music scene for more than 20 years at the Rutgers University radio station WRSU. Local pubs and clubs host numerous local bands, including Court Tavern until 2012 (since reopening), and the Melody Bar during the 1980s and 1990s. When the New Brunswick basement scene grew in popularity, it was ranked number 4 to see Indie bands in New Jersey. In March 2017, NewJersey.com wrote that "even if Asbury Park recently returned as our state's musical nerve center, with rock-and-mortar places and infrastructure to prove it, New Brunswick remains a New Jersey not polluted and pounding. "
Government
New Brunswick City Hall, New Brunswick Free Public Library, and New Brunswick Main Post Office are located in the Civic Square Municipal district, as do a number of other state, county, state and federal office buildings.
Local government
The city of New Brunswick is governed by the Law of Faulkner, officially known as the Optional City Charter Law, under the Mayor Council's municipal system. A government body composed of a mayor and five members of the City Council, all elected freely in partisan elections for a four-year term in years as part of the November elections. Five members of the City Council are elected staggered, with two or three seats coming for election each other year. As the legislature of the municipal government of New Brunswick, the City Council is responsible for approving the annual budget, procedures and resolutions, contracts and appointments to councils and commissions. The President of the Council, elected for a two-year term by a Council member, presides over all meetings.
In 2018, Democrat James Cahill was the 62nd New Brunswick Mayor; he was inaugurated as Mayor on 1 January 1991 and served a term of office ending on 31 December 2018. City Councilor is President of the Board Glenn J. Fleming Sr. (D, 2020), Vice President of the Council John A. Andersen (D, 2020), Kevin P. Egan (D, 2018), Rebecca H. Escobar (D, 2018) and Suzanne M. Sicora Ludwig (D, 2020).
Police Department
The New Brunswick police department has been receiving attention for various incidents over the years. In 1991, the fatal shooting of Shaun Potts, an unarmed black man, by Sergeant Zane Gray caused several local protests. In 1996, Officer James Consalvo fatally shot Carolyn "Sissy" Adams, an unarmed prostitute who bites her. The Adams case sparked calls for reform in New Brunswick police, and finally settled with the family. Two officers, Sergeant. Marco Chinchilla and Det. James Marshall, convicted of running a brothel in 2001. Chinchilla was sentenced to three years and Marshall was sentenced to four. In 2011, Officer Brad Berdel fatally shot Barry Deloatch, a black man who escaped from the police (although police claimed he hit the officer with a stick); this sparked daily protests from the population.
After the Deloatch shootings, Sergeant Richard Rowe was formally accused of handling 81 Internal Affairs investigations; Mayor Cahill explained that this would help "rebuild public trust and confidence in local law enforcement."
Representations of Federal, state and county
New Brunswick is located in the 6th Congress District and is part of the state's 17th New Jersey state legislative district.
The Sixth District of New Jersey Congress is represented by Frank Pallone (D, Long Branch). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrat Cory Booker (Newark, term ended 2021) and Bob Menendez (Paramus, 2019).
For sessions 2018-2019 (Senate, General Assembly), the 17th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Bob Smith (D, Piscataway) and in the General Assembly by Joseph Danielsen (D, Franklin Township, Somerset County) and Joseph V. Egan (D, New Brunswick) The Governor of New Jersey is Phil Murphy (D, Middletown Township). Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Sheila Oliver (D, East Orange).
Middlesex County is governed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders, whose seven members are massively elected on a partisan basis to serve a staggering three-year term, with two or three seats coming for election each year as part of the November election. At the annual reorganization meeting held in January, the board voted from among its members a Director of Liberation and Deputy Director. In 2015, Freehold Middlesex County (with party affiliation, year-end, residence and committee chairman listed in brackets) is the Director of Freeholder Ronald G. Rios (D, the expired term December 31, 2015, Carteret; Ex-officio on all committees) Freeholder Director Carol Barrett Bellante (D, 2017; Monmouth Junction, South Brunswick Township; District Government), Kenneth Armwood (D, 2016, Piscataway; Business Development and Education), Charles Kenny (D, 2016, Woodbridge City, Finance), H James Polo (D, 2015, Highland Park, Public Safety and Health), Charles E. Tomaro (D, 2017, Edison, Infrastructure Management) and Blanquita B. Valenti (D, 2016, New Brunswick; Community Services). The constitutional officers are County Clerk Elaine M. Flynn (D, Old Bridge Township), Sheriff Mildred S. Scott (D, 2016, Piscataway) and Substitute Kevin J. Hoagland (D, 2017; New Brunswick).
Politics
On March 23, 2011, there were a total of 22,742 registered voters in New Brunswick, of which 8,732 (38.4%) were registered as Democrats, 882 (3.9%) were registered as Republicans and 13,103 (57.6%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There are 25 registered voters to another party.
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 83.4% of the vote (9,176 cast), ahead of Mitt Romney Republic with 14.3% (1,576 votes), and other candidates with 2.2% (247 votes), among 11,106 ballots cast by 23,536 registered voters in the municipality (107 broken ballots), for a turnout of 47.2%. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 83.3% of the vote (10,717 players), ahead of Republican John McCain with 14.8% (1899 votes) and other candidates with 1.1% (140 votes), among 12,873 letters votes cast by 23,533 registered voters of municipalities, with 54.7% voter turnout. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 78.2% of the vote (8,023 votes), defeating George W. Bush Republic with 19.7% (2,018 votes) and other candidates with 0.7% (143 votes), among 10,263 votes by 20,734 registered voters in the municipality, for a participation percentage of 49.5.
At the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 66.5% of the vote (2,604 players), in front of Republic Chris Christie with 31.2% (1,220 votes), and other candidates with 2.3% (92 votes), among 3,991 votes cast by 23,780 registered voters in the municipality (75 ballots broken), for the number of voters 16.8%. In the 2009 gubernatorial elections, Democrat Jon Corzine received 68.2% of the vote (4,281 votes), ahead of Chris Christie Republic with 20.9% (1,314 votes), Independent Chris Daggett with 6.2% (387 votes) and other candidates with 2.0% (128 votes), among 6,273 ballots cast by 22,534 registered voters in the municipality, yielding 27.8% of voters.
Education
Public schools
The New Brunswick Public Schools serves students in pre-kindergarten through the twelfth grade. This district is one of 31 former Abbott districts throughout the state, now referred to as the "SDA District" on the condition of the state to cover all costs for school construction and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of New Jersey School Development Authority. The nine-member Board of Education is widely elected, with three members elected alternately each April to serve three years of tenure; until 2012, members of the Board of Education appointed by the mayor of the city.
In the academic year 2014-15, the district and its 10 schools have enrollment of 10,230 students and 724.5 class teachers (based on FTE), for pupil-teacher ratio 14.1: 1. Schools in the district (with registration data 2014-15 from the National Center for Statistics Education) are Lincoln Elementary School/Lincoln Annex School (PreK-5 class; 711 students), Livingston Elementary School (K-5; 581), Community McKinley Elementary School (PreK-8; 876), A. Chester Redshaw Elementary School PreK-5; 781), Paul Robeson Community School For The Arts (PreK-5; 575), Roosevelt Elementary School (PreK-5; 878), Lord Stirling Elementary School (PreK-5; 643), Woodrow Wilson Primary School PreK-8; 443), New Brunswick Secondary School (6-8; 1,365), New Brunswick High School (9-12; 1,765) and High School Health Science Technology (9-12; NA).
The community is also served by the Brunswick Raya Charter School, the K-8 charter school with registration of about 250 children from New Brunswick, Highland Park, Edison, and other regional communities.
Higher education
- Rutgers University has three campuses in the city: College Avenue Campus (University seat), Douglass Campus, and Cook Campus, which extends to surrounding cities. Rutgers has also added several buildings downtown in the last two decades, both academically and residential.
- New Brunswick is the site of the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, a seminary of the Reformed Church in America, founded in New York in 1784, then moved to New Brunswick in 1810.
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, part of Rutgers University, is located in New Brunswick and Piscataway.
- Middlesex County College has several facilities in the city center, although the main campus is in Edison.
Transportation
In May 2010, the city had 73.24 miles (117.87 km) of highway, of which 56.13 miles (90.33 km) was maintained by the municipality, 8.57 miles (13.79 km) by Middlesex County, 7.85 miles (12.63 km). ) by the New Jersey Transportation Department and 0.69 miles (1.11 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
The city includes the junction of Route 1 of the US and Route 18, and is split by Route 27. New Brunswick has less than a mile from the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95). Several highway lanes are located in the city that leads to Exit 9 which is outside the city limits of East Brunswick Township.
Other nearby major roads include the Garden State Parkway at Woodbridge Township and Interstate 287 in the neighboring town of Edison, Piscataway and Franklin.
New Brunswick Parking Authority manages 14 ground-level and multi-storey parking facilities throughout the city. CitiPark manages parking facilities downtown at 2 Albany Street.
Public transport
New Brunswick is served by NJ Transit and Amtrak trains on the Northeast Corridor Line. NJ Transit provides frequent services north to Pennsylvania Station, in Midtown Manhattan, and south to Trenton, while Amtrak's Keystone Service
Local bus services are provided by NJ Transit 810, 811, 814, 815, 818 routes and 980 routes, the extensive Rutgers Campus bus network, the MCAT/BrunsQuiDASHck shuttle system, the DASH/CAT bus and the Suburban Trails NYC bus. Studies are underway to create the New Brunswick Bus Rapid Transit system.
Intercity bus services from New Brunswick to Columbia, Maryland, and Washington, DC are offered by OurBus Prime .
New Brunswick is at the eastern end of the Delaware and Raritan Canals, where there are remnants that survive or rebuild along the river. Until 1936, the city was served by the Newark-Trenton Fast Track between cities.
Popular culture
- On April 18, 1872, in New Brunswick, William Cameron Coup developed a system of loading circus and animal equipment on a train carriage from one end and through a train, not from the side. The system will be adopted by other railway circus and used through the age of the circus golden railway and even by Ringling's show today.
- The 1980's sitcom, Charles in Charge , was founded in New Brunswick.
- The 2004 film Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle revolves around Harold and Kumar's efforts to get to the White Castle restaurant and include a stop in fictional New Brunswick.
- The episode segment Rescue 911 featured a young man from New Brunswick calling 911 when he realized that his mother had a cerebral hemorrhage.
Destination
- Albany Street Bridge across the Raritan River to Highland Park
- Bishop House, 115 College Avenue, an Italian architectural style house, was built for James Bishop. Placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
- Old Queens, built in 1809, is the oldest building in Rutgers University.
- Buccleuch Mansion in Buccleuch Park
- Episcopal Church of Christ's Historic Church, New Brunswick
- The Henry Guest House
- William H. Johnson House c. 1870
- St. Peter The Apostle Church, was built in 1856 and is located at 94 Somerset Street.
- Delaware and Raritan Channels
- Historic Old Queens Campus and Voorhees Mall at Rutgers University
- The birthplace of the Joyce Kilmer poet
- Kilmer Square, retail/commercial complex on Albany Street
- Johnson & amp; Johnson's world headquarters
- Rutgers Gardens (near North Brunswick)
- Willow Grove Cemetery near the city center
- Mary Ellis's tomb (1750-1828). This tomb stands out because of its location in the parking lot of AMC Theaters on Line 1 of the US downstream from downtown New Brunswick.
- Lawrence Brook, the tributary of the Raritan River.
- Elmer B. Boyd Park, a park that runs along the Raritan River, is adjacent to Route 18.
Places of worship
- The Family Worship Church of Abundant Life - was founded in 1991.
- The Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple (Reform Judaism) - founded in 1859.
- The Ascension Lutheran Church - founded in 1908 as the Augsburg New Brunswick First Magyar Evangelical Church.
- Christ Church, Episcopal - was given the royal charter in 1761.
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
- First Baptist Church of New Brunswick, American Baptist
- First Presbyterian, Presbyterian (PCUSA)
- First Reformed Reformed (RCA)
- Kirkpatrick Chapel at Rutgers University (nondenominational)
- Magyar Reformed, Calvinist
- Mount of Zion AME (Episcopal Methodist Africa)
- The Birth of the Blessed Church of the Blessed Roman Catholic Church
- The Church Point Community
- Saint Joseph, Byzantine Catholic
- Saint Ladislaus, Roman Catholic
- Saint Mary of Mount Virgin Church, Remsen Avenue and Sandford Street, Roman Catholic Church
- Church of the Sacred Heart, Throop Avenue, Roman Catholic
- Church of St. Peter's Apostle, Somerset Street, Roman Catholic
- Second Reformed Church, Reformed (RCA)
- Sharon Baptist Church
- United Methodist Church in New Brunswick
- Voorhees Chapel at Rutgers University (nondenominational)
Famous people
New Brunswick has four twin cities, as listed by Sister Cities International:
- Debrecen, HajdÃÆ'º-Bihar, Hungary
- Fukui City, Fukui, Japan
- Limerick, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland
- Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
References
External links
- The official website of New Brunswick City
- New Brunswick Parking Authority
- New Brunswick Public School
- School Card Report School 2015-16 from New Brunswick from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for New Brunswick Public School, National Education Statistics Center
- The Changing the New Brunswick Landscape
- New Brunswick Information
- New Brunswick Development Corporation
- Historical Map of New Jersey including New Brunswick
- "New Brunswick Garden System, New Jersey" (PDF) . Trust for Public Land. August 2011.
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