ABOUT NEWARK
Newark is located in the heart of New Jersey's Gateway Region. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Manhattan (New York City). Its location near the Atlantic Ocean on Newark Bay has helped make its port facility, Port Newark, the major container shipping facility for the New York metropolitan area (Port of New York and New Jersey), and the largest on the East Coast. It is the home of Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the first major, and now one of the busiest, airports in the United States.