Branch Brook Park
County park of Essex County, New Jersey
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Branch Brook Park is a county park of Essex County, New Jersey. It is located in the North Ward of Newark, between the neighborhoods of Forest Hill and Roseville. A portion of the park is also located within the Township of Belleville. At 360 acres (150 ha), Branch Brook Park is the largest public park in the city of Newark.
The park is noted for the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the United States, having over 5,000 in more than eighteen different varieties collectively called Cherryblossomland, as well as a Cherry Blossom Festival each April.
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Archdiocese of Newark
Catholic archdiocese in the United States
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East Newark, New Jersey
Borough in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
1.5 mi awayCathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Newark)
Roman Catholic cathedral in Newark, New Jersey, US
1.1 mi away
Forest Hill, Newark, New Jersey
Historic district in Essex County, New Jersey, US
0.4 mi away
Kearny Riverbank Park
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1.3 mi away
Roseville, Newark
Populated place in Essex County, New Jersey, US
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