No - you are right - it is Newark Airport. The airport is on the outskirts of the city (as are most airports) and really doesn't have much to do with the rest of the city.
Newark used to be a very beautiful, wealthy community that had a population of blacks as service people. The same situation existed in Asbury Park. After the race riots in the sixties and seventies, all the wealthy whites left the area (not ALL but most) and only the poor blacks were left. Both places have been slowly deteriorating. Recently, however, with property values skyrocketing - even that property is starting to be bought up and fixed up. It's about time in my opinion.

Kathleen