East Newark is a borough in Hudson County, located in northeastern New Jersey directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The borough is a small borough along the Passaic River, positioned between Newark, Harrison, and Kearny within the county’s dense urban network. Its municipalities combine high-rise development, historic neighborhoods, retail streets, transportation hubs, waterfront parks, and continued redevelopment. Hudson County is compact and highly developed, with waterfront districts, neighborhoods on the Palisades, older industrial areas, and dense residential communities. PATH trains, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, ferries, buses, tunnels, and major road connections make the county closely tied to New York City and the wider region. That setting gives East Newark a recognizable local character while keeping it closely tied to surrounding municipalities. Neighborhoods, local institutions, business areas, parks, and road connections together define the community’s physical setting.