Editing Trenton, New Jersey (section)

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:2014-05-15 15 18 32 View down the Delaware and Raritan Canal from where it emerges from beneath the Trenton Freeway (U.S. Route 1) at Mulberry Street in Trenton, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|275px|[[Delaware and Raritan Canal]] flowing under Mulberry St.]]
Trenton is home to numerous neighborhoods and sub-neighborhoods. The main neighborhoods are taken from the four [[cardinal direction]]s. Trenton was once home to large Italian, Hungarian, and Jewish communities, but, since the 1950s, demographic shifts have changed the city into a relatively segregated urban enclave of middle and lower income African Americans and newer immigrants, many of whom arrive from Latin America. Italians are scattered throughout the city, but a distinct Italian community is centered in the [[Chambersburg, New Jersey|Chambersburg]] neighborhood, in South Trenton.<ref>Di Ionno, Mark. [http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html "Chambersburg"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724071617/http://blog.nj.com/njv_mark_diionno/2007/07/in_trenton_time_marches_on_and.html |date=July 24, 2013 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 17, 2007. Accessed March 16, 2012. "The difference between Chambersburg, the traditional Italian section of Trenton, and other city neighborhoods that have undergone 'natural progression' is that Chambersburg hung on so long."</ref> This community has been in decline since the 1970s, largely due to economic and social shifts to the suburbs surrounding the city. Today Chambersburg has a large Latino community. Many of the Latino immigrants are from Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua. There is also a significant and growing Asian community in the Chambersburg neighborhood primarily made up of Burmese and Bhutanese/Nepali refugees.

The [[North Trenton|North Ward]], once a mecca for the city's middle class, is now one of the most economically distressed, torn apart by race riots following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] in 1968. Nonetheless, the area still retains many important architectural and historic sites. North Trenton still has a large [[Polish-American]] neighborhood that borders Lawrence Township, many of whom attend [[St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church]] on Brunswick Avenue. St. Hedwig's church was built in 1904 by Polish immigrants, many of whose families still attend the church. North Trenton is also home to the historic Shiloh Baptist Church—one of the largest houses of worship in Trenton and the oldest African American church in the city, founded in 1888.<ref>Richard Grubb & Associates. [http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf ''Three Centuries of African-American History in Trenton: A Preliminary Inventory of Historic Sites''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221075642/http://www.trentonhistory.org/THS--Trenton_AA_report-2.pdf |date=December 21, 2018 }}, Trenton Historic Society, September 2011. Accessed December 1, 2019. "Shiloh Baptist Church is the city’s oldest African-American Baptist congregation. The first groups of Black Baptists were formed in the city around 1880, with Shiloh formally organized in 1896."</ref> The church is currently pastored by Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong, who carried the Olympic torch in 2002 for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Also located just at the southern tip of North Trenton is the city's Battle Monument, also known as "Five Points". It is a {{convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on}} structure that marks the spot where [[George Washington]]'s [[Continental Army]] launched the [[Battle of Trenton]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It faces downtown Trenton and is a symbol of the city's historic past.<ref name=BattleMonument/>

[[South Trenton|South Ward]] is a diverse neighborhood, home to many Latin American, Italian-American, and African American residents.<ref>[http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 "In their own words, South Ward candidates explain why they should win City Council seat"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210638/http://www.trentonian.com/article/20091018/NEWS/310189979 |date=June 12, 2018 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', October 18, 2009. Accessed June 12, 2018.</ref>  The Chambersburg neighborhood was once noted in the region as a destination for its many [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] restaurants and pizzerias. With changing demographics, many of these businesses have either closed or relocated to suburban locations. 

[[East Trenton|East Ward]] is the smallest neighborhood in Trenton and is home to the [[Trenton Transit Center]] and [[Trenton Central High School]]. 

West Ward is the home of Trenton's more suburban neighborhoods.

[[File:Trenton neighborhoods.png|thumb|600px|center|Map of neighborhoods in Trenton, New Jersey]]
Neighborhoods in the city include:<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>
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*[[Downtown Trenton, New Jersey|Downtown Trenton]]
**[[Hanover/Academy, Trenton, New Jersey|Hanover/Academy]]
**[[Mill Hill, Trenton, New Jersey|Mill Hill]]
*[[East Trenton, New Jersey|East Trenton]]
**[[Coalport/North Clinton, Trenton, New Jersey|Coalport/North Clinton]]
**[[Ewing/Carroll, Trenton, New Jersey|Ewing/Carroll]]
**[[Greenwood/Hamilton, Trenton, New Jersey|Greenwood/Hamilton]]
**Villa Park
**[[Wilbur, Trenton, New Jersey|Wilbur]]
*Western Trenton (not the same as [[West Trenton, New Jersey|West Trenton]], which is outside the city limits in [[Ewing Township, New Jersey|Ewing]])
**[[Berkeley Square, Trenton, New Jersey|Berkeley Square]]
**[[Cadwalader Heights, Trenton, New Jersey|Cadwalader Heights]]
**Central West
**[[Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris, Trenton, New Jersey|Fisher/Richey/Perdicaris]]
**Glen Afton
**[[Hillcrest, Trenton, New Jersey|Hillcrest]]
**[[Hiltonia, Trenton, New Jersey|Hiltonia]]
**Parkside
**Pennington/Prospect
**Stuyvesant/Prospect
**[[The Island, Trenton, New Jersey|The Island]]
**West End
*[[South Trenton, New Jersey|South Trenton]]
**[[Chambersburg, Trenton, New Jersey|Chambersburg]]
**Chestnut Park
**[[Duck Island, New Jersey|Duck Island]]
**Franklin Park
**[[Lamberton, New Jersey|Lamberton/Waterfront]]
*[[North Trenton, New Jersey|North Trenton]]
**[[Battle Monument, Trenton, New Jersey|Battle Monument (Five Points)]]
**North 25
**[[Top Road, Trenton, New Jersey|Top Road]]
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