Weequahic (pronounced Wee-QUAY-ic , or Week-wake "when spoken rapidly")[1] is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Part of the South Ward, it is separated from Clinton Hill by Hawthorne Avenue on the north, and bordered by the township of Irvington on the west, Newark Liberty International Airport and Dayton on the east, and Hillside Township and the city of Elizabeth on the south. There are many well maintained homes and streets. Part of the Weequahic neighborhood has been designated a historic district; major streets are Lyons Avenue, Bergen Street, and Chancellor Avenue.[2][3] Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is a major long-time institution in the neighborhood.
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- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "Chancellor Avenue, Newark". www.newarkhistory.com. Retrieved June 14, 2019.