10 Facts About Ironbound

Ironbound is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

The Ironbound is part of Newark's East Ward and is directly east of Newark Penn Station and Downtown Newark, and south and west of the river, over which passes the Jackson Street Bridge, connecting to Harrison and Kearny.

Name "The Ironbound" is said to derive from the large metalworking industry in the area or from the network of railroad tracks that surrounded the neighborhood.

The Ironbound was mostly farmland until the 1830s, when industry and immigration began increasing at a rapid pace.

Ironbound was an industrial neighborhood in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Four square miles populated in large part by Portuguese, Spanish and Latin American immigrants and their descendants, the Ironbound has the intimacy and hustle of a European market town.

Ironbound used to mainly consist of Italians, Polish, Portuguese, and Spaniard Immigrants.

Schools serving Ironbound include Wilson Avenue School, Hawkins Street School, Lafayette Street School and Oliver Street School.

Ironbound used to have three other Catholic elementary schools, including Academy of St Benedict, a PreK-8 school, St James, both elementary and high school, and St Lucy Filippini Academy.

Ironbound has three housing projects within its boundaries: Hyatt Court, Pennington Court, and Terrell Homes .