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“William H. Johnson was a prosperous New Brunswick businessman who owned a wallpaper hanging and house painting company, with business addresses on Church Street and Morris Street in New Brunswick.” “UFC 218 fighter Sabah Homasi got athletic start in East Brunswick”, Asbury Park Press, November 30, 2017. “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.”

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. Rutgers University has student-run companies such as Cabaret Theatre, The Livingston Theatre Company, and College Avenue Players which perform everything from musicals to dramatic plays to sketch comedy. There were 13,057 households, of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% were married couples living together, 18.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.8% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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. 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 transfer from paypal to chime 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 church is still in operation and is currently located at 39 Hildebrand Way. The street Hildebrand Way is named after the late Rev. Henry Alphonso Hildebrand, who was pastor of Mount Zion AME for 37 years, which is the longest appointment received by a pastor at Mount Zion AME. Rutgers is the largest state university in New Jersey and one of the top-ranked public universities nationwide. The School of Arts and Sciences is located in New Brunswick, the birthplace of Rutgers, and brings excellence in teaching, research, and service to a world-class institution. 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.

There are also five parks within 7.0 miles, including Rutgers Gardens, Giamarese Farm, and Johnson Park. Zelle in our mobile app is a fast, safe way to send and receive money with friends, family, and businesses you trust no matter where they bank in the U.S. — with no fees in our app. Sign in to our app and tap Transfer