218 Rutgers St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

In 2013 the grease trucks were removed for the construction of a new Rutgers building and were forced to move into various other areas of the Rutgers-New Brunswick Campus. Three neighboring professional venues, Crossroads Theatre designed by Parsons+Fernandez-Casteleiro Architects from New York. In 1999, the Crossroads Theatre won the prestigious Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Crossroads is the first African American theater to receive this honor in the 33-year history of this special award category. George Street Playhouse and the State Theatre also form the heart of the local theatre scene. Crossroad Theatre houses American Repertory Ballet and the Princeton Ballet School.

Transit Score® measures access to public transit. Bike Score® measures the bikeability of any address. 188 Rutgers St is 19.3 miles from Tamdques Reservation, and is convenient to other military bases, including Ash Brook Reservation. Residents of the Turnpike West area near South Brunswick, Dayton and Monmouth Junction enjoy a high standard of living. Residents enjoy professional careers with a handful of high-profile employers in the area, including nearby Rutgers University, Princeton and a handful of tech companies.

Many alternative rock bands got radio airplay thanks to Matt Pinfield who was part of the New Brunswick music scene for over 20 years at Rutgers University radio station WRSU. Local pubs and clubs hosted many local bands, including the Court Tavern until 2012 , and the Melody Bar during the 1980s and 1990s. As the New Brunswick basement scene grows in popularity, it was ranked the number 4 spot to see Indie bands in New Jersey.

“No More Barges but Plenty of Beauty”, The New York Times, July 29, 2010. Buccleuch Mansion, Jersey Blue Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. “The house had several owners between 1739 and 1911 when it was deeded to the city of New Brunswick, along with 79 acres of parkland, by its last occupant and owner, Anthony Dey. By designation of Dey, the mansion’s contents and furnishings were entrusted to the Jersey Blue Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.” “A History of Bishop House, One of New Brunswick’s Most Historic Buildings”, New Brunswick Today, May 15, 2014. “Bishop House was built in 1852, but it didn’t become property of Rutgers University until 1925. On July 12, 1976, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.”

“While Sabah Homasi only spent the first decade of his life in East Brunswick, he has vivid memories of growing up in the Garden State. … The New Brunswick-born Homasi will be in Detroit on Saturday, competing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a preliminary bout on the UFC 218 event in the Motor City.” “Once special teams whiz, Casillas now face of No. 7 Badgers LBs”, USA Today, September 13, 2007. “But it starts with Casillas, the self-proclaimed family man from New Brunswick, N.J., who was the Badgers’ leading returning tackler from last season and is often called into pass coverage.”

The SAS is made up of five smaller campuses, each one a unique environment, from a busy city center, to a sprawling suburban landscape, to a wooded retreat. “Three Seats on New Brunswick School Board Up For Election; Deadline For Candidates to Get on Ballot is February 29, Incumbents Are Running”, New Brunswick Today, February 17, 2016. “New Brunswick is the only community in Middlesex County that holds its school elections in April, separate from the partisan political offices elected in November’s ‘general’ election. … The city switched from a Board of Education appointed by the Mayor to an elected school board in 2012, and the annual elections were scheduled in April by default.” “In New Brunswick, a Mixed-Use Project Is Bustling”, The New York Times, February 11, 2011. “The 624,000-square-foot building will have a public parking structure at the core of its first 10 stories; that core is to be wrapped in commercial and office space. A glass residential tower 14 stories tall will sit atop the parking structure … As for the residences – 10 floors of rentals and 4 levels of penthouse condos – they are scheduled to be complete by April 2012.” “Rutgers Enters Partnership to Build Performing Arts Center Board of Governors approves university’s investment in center that paves way for expanded programming at Mason Gross School of the Arts”, Rutgers Today, April 6, 2017.

Classes began in 1771 with one instructor, one sophomore, Matthew Leydt, and several freshmen at a tavern called the ‘Sign of the Red Lion’ on the corner of Albany and Neilson Streets (now the grounds of the Johnson & Johnson corporate headquarters); Leydt would become the university’s first graduate in 1774 when he was the only member of the graduating class. The Sign of the Red Lion was purchased on behalf of Queens College in 1771, and later sold to the estate of Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh in 1791. Classes were held through the American Revolution in various taverns and boarding houses, and at a building known as College Hall on George Street, until Old Queens was completed and opened in 1811. It remains the oldest building on the Rutgers University campus. The Queen’s College Grammar School was established also in 1766, and shared facilities with the college until 1830, when it located in a building across College Avenue from Old Queens.

The city is home to the world headquarters of Johnson & Johnson, along with several medical teaching and research institutions including Saint Peter’s University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital. Described as the first magnet secondary school program teaching directly affiliated sports bra logos with a teaching hospital and a medical school, New Brunswick Health Sciences Technology High School is a public high school, that operates as part of the New Brunswick Public Schools, focused on health sciences. The Trustees of Queen’s College , founded in 1766, voted by a margin of ten to seven in 1771 to locate the young college in New Brunswick, selecting the city over Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey.