West Orange

West Orange has a commuter rail station on the line to Newark (New Jersey) and New York City. Interstate Highway I-280 has exits in West Orange.

• Thomas Edison National Historical Park

  phone: +1 973 736-0550 ext 11
  address: 211 Main St.
  In 1887 Edison moved his laboratory from Menlo Park to West Orange. He worked there until his death in 1931. In West Orange he improved his phonograph and storage battery and did all of his work on motion pictures. His lab and home are now preserved by the National Park Service as Thomas Edison National Historical Park, which is 7 miles from downtown Newark, and accessible by public transport.

• Residence Inn-Marriot At The Manor

  address: 107 Prospect Avenue
  a 4 star hotel