Eastside Park is a residential neighborhood in the Eastside of
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson ( ) is the largest City (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Passaic County, New Jersey, Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.York Road to the west, 20th Avenue to the south, McLean Boulevard ( Route 20) to the east, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (Broadway) to the north. The Eastside Park section is delineated from the Manor section of the city by Broadway, which becomes
Route 4
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International
* Asian Highway 4
* European route E04
* European route E004
* Cairo – Cape Town Highway
Albania
* SH-4 road in Albania from Durrës to Kakavi ...
before crossing the
Passaic River
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Bergen County
Bergen County is the List of counties in New Jersey, most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.industrial and political leaders, the neighborhood experienced a significant downturn as industry fled Paterson. In recent years, people have begun moving back into the neighborhood and are restoring some of the area's historic houses. The jewel of the neighborhood remains Eastside Park and the mansions that surround it. In addition, this section of Paterson once had a large Jewish population, with the original sites of
Barnert Temple
The Barnert Memorial Temple is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 747 Route 208 South, in Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States. The synagogue is the place of worship for the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (transliter ...
an Temple Emanuel both situated in the section. The Eastside Park neighborhood now houses the Paterson campus of th Islamic Center of Passaic County one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States, which serves a congregant base of over 25,000 people.
Historic district
The Eastside Park Historic District is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
situated across both the Eastside Park and Manor sections of the city. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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on July 7, 2004, for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture and community planning. The district includes 790
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic dist ...
. With
Gallery
File:Van Buren House, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg, Charles Van Buren farmhouse, the White House
File:620 Park Avenue, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg, Tudor Revival style house
File:630 Park Avenue, Eastside Park, Paterson, NJ.jpg, Italian Renaissance style house
File:Eastside Park Historic District, Paterson, NJ - 01.jpg, Tudor Revival style house