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Newark Broad Street
General information
Location	832–836 Broad Street Newark, New Jersey USA
Line(s)	Newark and New York branch
Distance	7.5 miles (12.1 km) from Jersey City
Construction
Architect	Joseph O. Osgood
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Location

Newark Broad Street station was a railway station in Newark, New Jersey. It was the on the western end of the Newark and New York branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The station was approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) west of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Newark Penn Station and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Newark Broad Street station, also located on Broad Street. The building was constructed in 1917, replacing an earlier structure. The station closed in 1967 as part of the Aldene Plan. The Prudential Center occupies most of the site, although the facade on Broad Street remains.

Design

Broad Street station was designed by Joseph O. Osgood. It had to fit within a small, urban footprint: the part of the station facing Broad Street was only 40 feet (12 m) wide. The concourse, located behind Broad Street, was 60 by 166 feet (18 m × 51 m). The station had four tracks, and a small freight yard was located to the south, adjacent to Lafayette Street.

Notes

1. Official Guide of the Railways. New York: National Railway Publication Co. March 1945. p. 350. OCLC 6340864.
2. Komelski (1983), pp. 46–48.

References

• Komelski, Peter L. (1983). 26 Miles To Jersey City. Flanders, New Jersey: Railroad Avenue Enterprises. OCLC 11794167.