New Jersey icons index
All icons featured in the Iconic New Jersey poster are organized below by category and listed alphabetically. From cities and shore towns to bridges, boardwalks, notable people, local legends, and natural landmarks, each icon helps tell the story of the Garden State. Together they create a rich visual portrait of New Jersey’s character, history, and everyday life.
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Architectural Landmarks
- 30 Hudson Street (Goldman Sachs Tower)
- 50 W State Street
- 70 Columbus
- 70 Greene Street
- 77 Hudson Street
- 80 Park Plaza
- 90 Columbus
- 99 Hudson Street
- Adventure Aquarium
- American Insurance Company Building
- Aquablu
- Asbury Park Convention Hall
- Bally's Atlantic City
- Bellevue Avenue Colored School
- Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
- Caesars Atlantic City
- Camden City Hall
- Clay, Henry & Bock Co. Cigar Factory
- Eleven80
- Exchange Place Center
- Firemen's Insurance Company Building
- Gen. Philemon Dickinson House
- Hahne & Company Building
- Harborside Plaza 5
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
- Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
- Hersch Tower
- Hoboken City Hall
- Hoboken Public Library
- Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse
- Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm
- Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
- Journal Squared Tower 1
- Loew's Jersey Theatre
- Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital
- Mediterranean Towers West
- Military Park Building
- Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse
- Monaco Towers
- National Newark Building
- New Brunswick Performing Arts Center
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center
- New Jersey State House
- Newark Metropolitan Airport Administration Building (Building One)
- Newport Tower
- Nipper Building (The Victor)
- Ocean Casino Resort
- Ocean Club Condominiums
- One Gateway Center
- One Johnson & Johnson Plaza
- One Port Center
- One Riverfront Center (Newark Legal Center)
- Prudential Plaza
- Resorts Casino Hotel
- Sable Jersey City (formerly Jersey City Urby)
- Salt Water Beach Café
- Showboat Atlantic City
- Teachers Village
- The Beacon
- The Carousel Building
- The Claridge Hotel
- The Colony
- The Criterion
- The Ellipse
- The Heating Plant
- The Horizon Towers
- The Modern I & II
- The Palisades Residences
- The Tower at the Beacon
- Trenton City Hall
- Trenton War Memorial
- Tropicana Atlantic City
- Trump Plaza Residences
- Union County Courthouse Tower Building
- Victorian Houses & Beach Hotels
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
- W Hoboken
- Walt Whitman Arts Center
- Waterfront Corporate Center II
- Waterfront Corporate Center III
- Wellmont Theater
- Winfield Scott Tower
Arts & Cultural Institutions
- American Labor Museum
- Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey
- Barnegat Light Museum
- Barron Arts Center
- Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial
- Belskie Museum of Art & Science
- Bergen Performing Arts Center
- Count Basie Center for the Arts
- Esther Raab Holocaust Museum & Goodwin Education Center
- Franklin Mineral Museum
- Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
- Grounds For Sculpture
- Heritage Glass Museum
- Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum
- Historical Society of Princeton
- Hoboken Historical Museum
- Hunterdon Art Museum
- Imagine That!!!
- Insectropolis, the Bugseum of New Jersey
- Jewish Museum of New Jersey
- Liberty Science Center
- Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
- Mayo Performing Arts Center
- Meadowlands Museum
- Montclair Art Museum
- MORA Museum of International Art
- Morris Museum
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum
- New Jersey Maritime Museum
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center
- New Jersey State Museum
- New Jersey State Police Museum & Learning Center
- Newark Museum of Art
- Newark Symphony Hall
- Northlandz
- Ocean City Music Pier
- Park Performing Arts Center
- PNC Bank Arts Center
- Princeton University Art Museum
- Ritz Theatre
- Robert J. Novins Planetarium
- Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
- Starland Ballroom
- State Theatre New Jersey
- The Saint
- The Stone Pony
- Union County Performing Arts Center
- Vintage Automobile Museum of New Jersey
- WheatonArts
- Whippany Railway Museum
- White Eagle Hall
- Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
Bridges, Transit & Terminals
- Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge
- Atlantic City International Airport
- Bayonne Bridge
- Benjamin Franklin Bridge
- Betsy Ross Bridge
- Burlington-Bristol Bridge
- Calhoun Street Toll-Supported Bridge
- Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal
- Commodore Barry Bridge
- Delaware Memorial Bridge
- Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge
- George Washington Bridge
- Goethals Bridge
- Green Sergeant's Covered Bridge
- Hoboken Terminal
- Holland Tunnel
- Hopewell Railroad Station
- Kingston Bridge
- Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge
- Lincoln Tunnel
- Lower Hack Lift
- Lower Trenton Bridge (Trenton Makes Bridge)
- Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge
- Neshanic Station Lenticular Truss Bridge
- Newark Bay Bridge (Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge)
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Newark Penn Station
- NJ TRANSIT
- Outerbridge Crossing
- PATH
- Pulaski Skyway
- Scarborough Bridge
- Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge
- Tacony–Palmyra Bridge
- Teterboro Airport
- Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge
- Upper Bay Bridge (Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge)
- Upper Hack Lift
- Walt Whitman Bridge
Cities & Towns
- Asbury Park
- Atlantic City
- Atlantic Highlands
- Bayonne
- Berkeley Township
- Bloomfield
- Brick
- Bridgewater Township
- Camden
- Cape May
- Cherry Hill
- Clifton
- East Brunswick
- Edison Township
- Egg Harbor Township
- Elizabeth
- Evesham
- Fort Lee
- Franklin Township
- Freehold Township
- Glassboro
- Hackensack
- Hamilton Township
- Hoboken
- Howell
- Irvington
- Jackson
- Jersey City
- Lakewood
- Lambertville
- Long Branch
- Manchester Township
- Middletown Township
- Monroe Township
- Morristown
- Mount Holly
- New Brunswick
- Newark
- Newton
- North Bergen
- North Brunswick
- Ocean City
- Old Bridge Township
- Parsippany-Troy Hills
- Passaic
- Paterson
- Penns Grove
- Phillipsburg
- Piscataway
- Plainfield
- Red Bank
- Sayreville
- Somerville
- South Brunswick
- Toms River
- Trenton
- Union City
- Vineland
- Washington Township
- Wayne
- Weehawken
- West New York
- West Orange
- Wildwood
Everyday New Jersey
- Bagels
- Beach umbrellas
- Boardwalks
- Buses
- Flea markets
- Gas pump
- Hikers
- Italian hot dog
- Jersey Girls Don't Pump Gas stickers
- Local summer
- Pork roll
- Sailboats
- Traffic
- Wawa
- Whale- and dolphin-watching cruises
Festivals & Cultural Events
- Atlantic City Beer & Music Festival (annual craft beer and live music festival)
- Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival (annual spring festival in Branch Brook Park)
- Garden State Film Festival (annual independent film festival)
- Jersey Devil Fable Festival (annual folklore and cryptid festival)
- Lambertville ShadFest (annual arts and street festival)
- Lighthouse International Film Festival (annual independent film festival on Long Beach Island)
- May Fair (annual arts and street fair in Collingswood)
- Scandinavian Fest (annual Nordic culture festival)
- State Fair Meadowlands (state fair-style summer fair)
- The Freaky Mutant Weirdo Variety Show (steampunk variety show)
- West Cape May Strawberry Festival (annual strawberry-themed spring festival)
- Wildwoods International Kite Festival (annual beach and boardwalk kite festival)
Film, TV & Popular Culture
- Atlantic City (1980 film)
- Being John Malkovich (1999 film)
- Big (1988 film)
- Clerks (1994 film)
- Coneheads (1993 film)
- Friday the 13th (1980 film)
- Garden State (2004 film)
- House (2004–2012 TV series)
- Jersey Boys (2004 musical)
- Jersey Shore (2009–2012 reality TV series)
- Lean on Me (1989 film)
- Mean Girls (2004 film)
- Ramy (2019–2022 TV series)
- The Amityville Horror (1979 film)
- The Godfather (1972 film)
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey (2009–present reality TV series)
- The Sopranos (1999–2007 TV series)
- The Wedding Singer (1998 film)
- Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995 film)
Firsts, Facts & Local Legends
- Abandoned Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital
- American Dream
- Atlantic City Streets in Monopoly
- Bell Laboratories Transistor Water Tower
- Birthplace of Baseball Monument
- Bunker at Cape May Point
- Clara Glen Pet Cemetery
- The Colgate Clock
- congratu-f@%#ing-lations
- Cookie Jar House
- The Devil's Tree
- Diner Capital of the World
- Disco Fries
- Gates of Hell
- The Gingerbread Castle
- The Atco Ghost
- “In the Unlikely Event” (novel)
- Japanese Giant Spider Crab
- Jersey Devil
- Luna Parc
- Menz Restaurant & Bar
- Mischief Night
- Miss America (founded in Atlantic City, 1921)
- The Mount Holly Witch Trials
- Newark's Ghost Train
- Revolutionary War
- Ripper at Rutt's Hut (deep-fried hot dog)
- Salt Water Taffy
- Site of the New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916
- State Song, “I'm From New Jersey” (proposed state song; New Jersey has no official state song)
- Sussex Sea Serpent
- Sybil's Cave
- Taylor Ham
- The Spot Where WWI Ended (Raritan / Somerville Circle site)
- The Treasure of Captain Kidd
- Tripod Rock
- Union Watersphere (world's tallest watersphere)
- Vampa: Vampire & Paranormal Museum
- The White Stag
- World's Largest Light Bulb (historic nickname)
- Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus
Historic & Heritage Sites
- Absecon Lighthouse
- Alice Paul Institute
- Allaire Village
- Barclay Farmstead
- Batsto Village
- East Jersey Old Town Village
- Historic Cold Spring Village
- Indian King Tavern Museum
- Jacobus Vanderveer House & Museum
- Lambert Castle
- Lambert Tower
- Liberty Hall Museum
- Lucy the Elephant
- Old Barracks Museum
- Old Cape May County Courthouse Building
- Princeton Cemetery
- Red Mill Museum Village
- Robinson Plantation & Museum
- The Hermitage
- Thomas Edison’s Laboratory and Estate
- Walt Whitman’s Grave
- Washington's Headquarters Museum
- Waterloo Village
- William Trent House Museum
Native Plants, Wildlife & State Symbols
- Amaranthus
- American Holly
- Barren Strawberry
- Black Bear
- Black-eyed Susan
- Black Spruce
- Broom Crowberry
- Butterfly Weed
- Cardinal
- Common Cottontail
- Dandelion
- Eastern Gray Squirrel
- Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
- English Sparrow
- Floating Heart
- Flowering Dogwood (State memorial tree)
- Groundhog
- Hazel Alder
- Honey Bee (State bug)
- Knobbed Whelk (state shell)
- Meadow Rue
- Mountain Holly
- Opossum
- Pennywort
- Raccoon
- Red Fox
- Red Oak (State tree)
- Robin
- Rosebud Orchid
- Sandpiper
- Silver Bell
- Striped Skunk
- Sweet Birch
- Tulip Tree
- Violet (State flower)
- White-tailed Deer
- Winterberry
Notable People
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997; poet)
- Ashley Tisdale (born 1985; actress and singer)
- Athing Mu-Nikolayev (born 2002; middle-distance runner)
- Bam Adebayo (born 1997; basketball player)
- Bobby Ryan (born 1987; ice hockey player)
- Bruce Springsteen (born 1949; singer-songwriter)
- Bruce Willis (born 1955; actor)
- Buzz Aldrin (born 1930; astronaut and engineer)
- Charlie Puth (born 1991; singer-songwriter and record producer)
- Danny DeVito (born 1944; actor and filmmaker)
- Derek Jeter (born 1974; baseball player)
- Dionne Warwick (born 1940; singer, actress, and television host)
- Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993; actress and singer)
- Fetty Wap (born 1991; rapper, singer, and songwriter)
- Frank Sinatra (1915–1998; singer and actor)
- George R.R. Martin (born 1948; writer and television producer)
- Halsey (born 1994; singer-songwriter and actress)
- Ice-T (born 1958; rapper and actor)
- J.R. Smith (born 1985; basketball player)
- Jack Nicholson (born 1937; actor and filmmaker)
- Jill Biden (born 1951; educator and former first lady)
- Joe Pesci (born 1943; actor and musician)
- John Travolta (born 1954; actor and singer)
- Jon Bon Jovi (born 1962; singer-songwriter and actor)
- Jonas Brothers (formed 2005; pop-rock band)
- Judy Blume (born 1938; writer)
- Kevin Smith (born 1970; filmmaker, writer, and actor)
- Martha Stewart (born 1941; entrepreneur, writer, and television personality)
- Meryl Streep (born 1949; actress)
- Michael Douglas (born 1944; actor and film producer)
- Mike Trout (born 1991; baseball player)
- My Chemical Romance (formed 2001; rock band)
- Nancy Sinatra (born 1940; singer and actress)
- Paul Wesley (born 1982; actor and director)
- Queen Latifah (born 1970; rapper, singer, and actress)
- Ray Liotta (1954–2022; actor)
- Redman (born 1970; rapper and actor)
- Shaquille O'Neal (born 1972; basketball player)
- Simon & Garfunkel (formed 1963; folk-rock duo)
- Whitney Houston (1963–2012; singer and actress)
Parks, Gardens & Natural Sites
- Allaire State Park
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center
- Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
- Belleplain State Forest
- Camden Children's Garden
- Cape May Point State Park
- Cheesequake State Park
- Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary
- Cross Estate Gardens
- Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area
- David C. Shaw Arboretum
- Deep Cut Gardens
- Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- Edith Duff Gwinn Gardens
- Ellis Island
- Frelinghuysen Arboretum
- Gateway National Recreation Area
- Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit
- Great Egg Harbor River
- Great Falls of the Passaic River
- Great Swamp
- Greenwood Gardens
- Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Gardens
- High Point State Park
- Hopatcong State Park
- Island Beach State Park
- Leonard J. Buck Garden
- Liberty State Park
- Linwood Arboretum
- Macculloch Hall Gardens
- Manahawkin Bottomland Hardwood Forest
- Moggy Hollow Natural Area
- Monmouth Battlefield State Park
- Morristown National Historical Park
- Morven Museum & Garden
- New Jersey Botanical Garden
- New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve
- Palisades of the Hudson
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
- Pigeon Swamp
- Presby Memorial Iris Gardens
- Reeves-Reed Arboretum
- Riker Hill Fossil Site
- Ringwood State Park
- Round Valley Recreation Area
- Rutgers Gardens
- Sayen Park Botanical Garden
- Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina
- Sister Mary Grace Burns Arboretum of Georgian Court University
- Spruce Run Recreation Area
- Stokes State Forest
- Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary
- Sunfish Pond
- Thomas Edison National Historical Park
- Troy Meadows
- Van Vleck House & Gardens
- Washington Crossing State Park
- Washington Rock State Park
- Washington-Rochambeau National Historic Trail
- Wawayanda State Park
- Wharton State Forest
- William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest
- Willowwood Arboretum
- Worthington State Forest
Places of Worship
- Al-Tawheed Islamic Center
- Albanian American Islamic Center
- Alpine Community Church
- Barnert Temple
- Berry's Chapel
- Beth Hillel Synagogue
- Birdsville Church
- Calvary Episcopal Church
- Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
- Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
- Cathedral of the Air
- Christ Church, New Brunswick
- Christ Church, Woodbury
- Christ Episcopal Church, Shrewsbury
- Church of the Presidents
- Community of St. John Baptist
- Congregation Adas Emuno
- Congregation Ahavath Torah
- Congregation B'nai Israel
- Congregation Beth El
- Congregation Kol Ami
- Congregation M'kor Shalom
- Dar-ul-Islah
- Deerfield Presbyterian Church
- Empty Cloud Monastery
- First Presbyterian Church of East Hanover
- First Presbyterian Church of Sparta
- First Presbyterian Church of Trenton
- First Reformed Church of Hackensack
- First Reformed Church of New Brunswick
- Flemington Presbyterian Church
- Freehold Jewish Center, Congregation Agudath Achim
- Grace Church in Haddonfield
- Grace Church Van Vorst
- Grace Episcopal Church, Plainfield
- Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
- Islamic Center of East Brunswick
- Islamic Center of Union County
- Islamic Circle of Mercer County
- Islamic Society of Central Jersey
- Jenkins Chapel
- Kirkpatrick Chapel
- Living Stone Christian Church
- Markazi Sunni Rizvi Jamia Masjid
- Marlboro Jewish Center, Congregation Ohev Shalom
- Masjid-e-Ali
- Masjid Imam Ali Muslim
- Masjid Omar Bin Khattab
- Masjidullah Plainfield
- Monastery of the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary (Blue Chapel)
- Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael
- North Hudson Islamic Educational Center (NHIEC)
- Oheb Shalom Congregation
- Old Baptist Parsonage
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
- Poile Zedek Synagogue
- Prince Street Synagogue
- Princeton University Chapel
- Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel
- Rosenhayn Synagogue
- Sacred Heart Church
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church
- Saddle River Reformed Church (Old Stone Church)
- Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Cathedral
- Seabrook Buddhist Temple
- Second Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth
- Second Presbyterian Church of Newark
- Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Temple ISSO
- Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Secaucus
- Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Temple ISSO Weehawken
- Siddhachalam Jain Tirth
- Somerset Swaminarayan Temple
- Soshimsa Zen Center
- St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
- St. Bernard's Episcopal Church
- St. Catharine Church
- St. George's Episcopal Church
- St. Hubert's Chapel
- St. John's Episcopal Church, Salem
- St. Joseph R.C. Church
- St. Joseph's Polish Roman Catholic Church
- St. Lucy's Church
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington
- St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Trenton
- St. Paul Parish, Princeton
- St. Peter's Episcopal Church
- Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church
- Synagogue of Deal
- Temple B'nai Abraham
- Temple Beth-El
- Temple Beth Sholom
- Temple Shaari Emeth
- Trinity Church, Princeton
- Trinity Episcopal "Old Swedes" Church
- United Reformed Church of Somerville
- United Synagogue of Hoboken
- Whitehouse United Methodist Church
- Woodbine Brotherhood Synagogue
- Yeshiva Ner Boruch - Passaic Torah Institute
Public Art & Memorials
- 9/11 Memorial at Mount Mitchill
- ART Letters at Gallery
- Barcode Luminescence
- Battle of Springfield Monument
- Bull on Barn
- Canopy
- Clock at Eleventh Street
- Cradles of Civilization
- Curio #AO76
- Dignity of Labor
- East Trenton Bike Fence
- Edison Memorial Tower
- Emilio Carranza Memorial
- Empty Sky Memorial
- Fallen Soldier
- Frank Sinatra Statue
- High Point Monument
- I Hear You
- Liberation (Holocaust Memorial)
- Morris Frank and Buddy
- New Jersey Korean War Memorial
- Princeton Battle Monument
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial
- Shared Dream
- Symbiotic Marker, Primary Presence, and Mute Metaphor
- Tear Drop Memorial
- The Briefing, First Case, The Winner, and On The Bench
- Katyń Massacre Memorial
- Weehawken World War One Memorial
- Tillie
- Trenton Battle Monument
- Women's Federation Monument
- World War I Memorial (Montclair)
- Zenith
Schools, Colleges & Universities
- Atlantic Cape Community College
- Bergen Community College
- Bergen County Academies
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University
- Brookdale Community College
- Caldwell University
- Camden County College
- Centenary University
- County College of Morris
- Drew University
- Essex County College
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Felician University
- Georgian Court University
- Hudson County Community College
- Kean University
- Mercer County Community College
- Middlesex College
- Monmouth University
- Montclair State University
- New Jersey City University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Ocean County College
- Passaic County Community College
- Princeton University
- Ramapo College
- Raritan Valley Community College
- Rider University
- Rowan College at Burlington County
- Rowan College of South Jersey
- Rowan University
- Rutgers University
- Saint Elizabeth University
- Saint Peter's University
- Salem Community College
- Seton Hall University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Stockton University
- Sussex County Community College
- The College of New Jersey
- Thomas Edison State University
- UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
- Warren County Community College
- William Paterson University
Sports & Athletics
- Annual Hambletonian Stakes
- Cane Pace
- Freehold Raceway
- Meadowlands Sports Complex
- MetLife Stadium
- Metropolitan Riveters
- Monmouth Hawks
- Monmouth Park Racetrack
- New Jersey Devils
- New Jersey Marathon
- New York Giants
- New York Jets
- New York Red Bulls
- NJ/NY Gotham FC
- Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
- Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
- Prudential Center
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Seton Hall Pirates
- SHI Stadium
- Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey
- Sports Illustrated Stadium
- The New Jersey Sports Writers Association
Tribal Nations & Reservations
- Brotherton Indian Reservation
- Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe
- Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation (Ramapough Mountain Indians)