Weequahic Park

Weequahic Park Historic District
Weequahic Lake
Weequahic Park is located in Essex County, New Jersey
Weequahic Park
Weequahic Park is located in New Jersey
Weequahic Park
Weequahic Park is located in the United States
Weequahic Park
LocationRoughly bounded by Meeker Avenue, Dayton Street, Elizabeth Avenue, Union County border,
Coordinates40°42′6″N 74°12′19″W / 40.70167°N 74.20528°W / 40.70167; -74.20528
Area436 acres (176 ha)
NRHP reference No.03000013[1]
NJRHP No.4115[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 2003
Designated NJRHPDecember 12, 2002

Weequahic Park (/wiːˈkweɪɪk/; pronounced Wee-QUAY-ic, or WEEK-wake "when spoken rapidly"[3]) is a park located in the South Ward of Newark, New Jersey, USA, designed by the Olmsted Brothers firm, (who also designed Branch Brook Park in Newark). The park is 311.33 acres including an 80-acre (320,000 m2) lake.[4] The Weequahic Park Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2003, for its significance in architecture, community planning, and landscape architecture.[1][5]

In the early 2020s, following upgrades, Weequahic Park began serving as the home game site for the Rutgers University Scarlet Raiders baseball team.[6]

The East Coast Greenway runs through the park.[7] West of Weequahic Park is Weequahic, a middle-class residential neighborhood. East of Weequahic Park is the Dayton section of the city (the park itself as well is in the Dayton section) and Newark Airport.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#03000013)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Essex County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 27, 2023. p. 26.
  3. ^ Ortner, Sherry B. (June 2002). "'Burned like a tattoo': High school social categories and 'American culture'". Ethnography. 3 (2): 119. doi:10.1177/1466138102003002001. JSTOR 24047827. S2CID 144614526. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Weequahic Park", Project for Public Spaces.
  5. ^ Zakalak, Ulana D. (March 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Weequahic Park Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 76 photos
  6. ^ "Facilities".
  7. ^ East Coast Greenway New Jersey Committee Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine