Academy Heights

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About this Neighborhood

Academy Heights is a Newark-area pocket with an outdoorsy backbone, fielding seven parks and two courts alongside 15 restaurants at a 4.7 average. Yelp reviewers log more than 2,400 reviews across the neighborhood. Foursquare regulars fold in coffee shops, Japanese, Mexican and Italian kitchens and a dive bar, a genuinely varied lineup for its size. Six coffee options keep the mornings covered.