The city of Newark comes with a long list of important historical milestones as well as a lot of firsts for the bigger New York Metropolitan area, including the Newark Liberty International Airport being the first airport to service New York. The airport handled over 32 million passengers in 2008.
It is situated in a prime position just 8 miles from Manhattan, the largest city in New Jersey and the 65th largest city in the United States and connects to Jersey City and New York City via the Pulaski Skyway.
Branch Boo Par, which was incidentally the first county park in the United States, is well known for its cherry trees and attracts more than half a million people each year when they are blooming.
Newark can be accessed via its airport, by bus or by train. The stations are the Newark Penn Station which connects a great many lines or via Newark Broad Street Station. Once in the city, it is easy to get a car rental, limousine rental or even a bike rental, and you are able to get a car rental from suppliers like Thrifty, Alamo, Budget, and Hertz. They also have a broad selection of newer model cars and suv's that you can rent. Cheap car rental in Newark is quick and easy here.