Mount Pleasant, Newark, New Jersey

Neighborhood in Essex County, New Jersey, US

Mount Pleasant is a neighborhood in Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is east of Branch Brook Park and north of the Lower Broadway neighborhood. It is named for the hill overlooking the Passaic River on which it rests.

A number of landmarks in the neighborhood include the former Newark Teachers College, located on the corner of Broadway and 4th Avenue, and is today Technology High School. It also served as the temporary home of Arts High School in the mid-1990s. The open and raised Erie Lackawanna (Norfolk Southern) railroad's NX Bridge, which appeared in the film Annie overlooks over the neighborhood. Erie Lackawanna discontinued passenger service on the Newark Branch in '66, there was a small station at 4th Avenue near Passaic Street as was a small freight yard and tower. Today the branch is freight only and operated by Norfolk Southern Railroad.

North Ward	Broadway Forest Hill Mount Pleasant Roseville Seventh Avenue Woodside
South Ward	Clinton Hill Dayton Port Newark South Broad Valley Weequahic
Central Ward	Chinatown Downtown Four Corners Government Center Lincoln Park/The Coast Springfield/Belmont University Heights Teachers Village
East Ward	Five Corners The Ironbound
West Ward	Fairmount Ivy Hill Vailsburg West Side