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Elizabeth Avenue
Located within Elizabeth's Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), this shopping district runs from Bridge to Fourth streets and includes the Peterstown Farmers Market area, as well as the New Point Road Triangle, between South Seventh and Marshall Streets. It's one of the oldest commercial corridors in the city, known simply as "The Market to area residents; Elizabeth Avenue has been the social center of the Peterstown section of Elizabeth since 1917. |
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Broad Street/Midtown Shopping District
Midtown Elizabeth SID Retail District: The Business District, centered in the Broad Street/Courthouse area of Elizabeth, is a 15-block sector containing more than 400 thriving businesses, including 185 retail establishments, 45 restaurants and 150 professional offices. |
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IKEA
IKEA -- the international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, appliances and home accessories -- offers more than 350,000 square feet of furnishings for your home and charges only 3.5 percent tax because it is located in an Urban Enterprise Zone. |
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Elmora Avenue Shopping District
Spanning nearly four blocks along Elmora Avenue between Westfield and Linden avenues, this retail center houses many diverse restaurants, several offering Spanish cuisine and others, specializing in kosher delights. There also are many clothing retailers, hair and nail salons and other retailers offering one-stop shopping. |
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Jersey Gardens
651 Kapkowski Road
(908) 354-5900
www.jerseygardens.com
New Jersey's largest outlet mall is located in Elizabeth. Only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Jersey Gardens Mall is just five minutes from Newark Airport (shuttle service available) and boasts more than 200 stores under one roof. Of course, it offers tax-free shopping on clothes and shoes as well as a deluxe food court, which includes several sit-down restaurants, and a children's play area. Visitors from more than 40 miles away simply need to show identification in the form of a driver's license or passport to the Concierge Desk to receive a License to Shop discount card, which offers hundreds of dollars in savings. |
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