page_title: Weequahic, Newark
section_title: Elizabeth Avenue Corridor
hierarchical_section_title: Weequahic, Newark / Elizabeth Avenue Corridor
caption_attribution_description: English: Highrise residential buildings Weequahic Park Newark
context_page_description: Weequahic is an unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Part of the South Ward, it is separated from Clinton Hill by Hawthorne Avenue on the north, and bordered by the township of Irvington on the west, Newark Liberty International Airport and Dayton on the east, and Hillside Township and the city of Elizabeth on the south. There are many well maintained homes and streets. Part of the Weequahic neighborhood has been designated a historic district; major streets are Lyons Avenue, Bergen Street, and Chancellor Avenue.
context_section_description: Several highrise apartment buildings were built in the 1960s along the Elizabeth Avenue Corridor opposite the park.
  440 Elizabeth Avenue, formerly Carmel Towers, is a residential tower and parking structure which opened in 1970. The apartment building is 313 feet (95 m) and 25 stories tall. Originally built as market rate rentals, it became affordable housing for individuals and families with low income. Rent was based on 30% of Adjusted Gross Income and was subsidized by United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under a program known as Section 8. Conditions in the building deteriorated, with the structure becoming a center of drug-dealing and violence. In 2011, the building was vacated due to failed inspections. The buildings were sold in 2015, and as of 2019 there were plans for redevelopment and gut rehabilitation of its 216 apartments and renaming as the Essex Lake House. 
  Zion Towers, at 515 Elizabeth Avenue, is a residential tower built atop a parking structure that opened in 1972 that is one of the tallest buildings in Newark. The apartment building is 313 feet (95 m) tall and has 29 stories with 268 apartments. It also provides affordable housing. The building was sold for $28 million in 2018 with plans to upgrade it.
  Other buildings  include the 22-story Elizabeth Towers at 455 and the 24-story Heritage Estates at 555.
caption: Highrise apartment buildings at Weequahic Park along the Elizabeth Avenue Corridor: 555, 515, 455, 440 left to right
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