Ask Away: Why do they call it the “Ironbound?”

The Ironbound is a four square mile section of Newark’s East Ward. It gets its name from the railroad tracks that form its boundaries. According to the Ironbound Community Corporation, the neighborhood is sectioned off by Penn Station and the Amtrak rail line to the West, Routes 1 and 9 to the East, highway 28 to the South and the Passaic River to the North. It’s also nicknamed “Down Neck,” due to its location at the neck of the Passaic River.

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