Ewing

Ewing is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey.

Understand

Ewing township is a few miles outside of Trenton; its zip codes belong to Trenton and it's on the Delaware River.

Get in

By air

Ewing is home to the Trenton Mercer Airport TTN ^IATA that has direct service to many locations via Frontier.

The Township is served by several nearby international and domestic airports

• Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR ^IATA).
• John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK ^IATA).
• LaGuardia Airport (LGA ^IATA).
• Philadelphia International Airport (PHL ^IATA)
• Atlantic City Airport (ACY ^IATA) provides some minor domestic service.

See the New Jersey article for more detailed information on these airports and services.

By car

• If you're coming from Pennsylvania, you can take I-295 and the Scudder Falls Bridge.
• From Trenton, you can take U.S. Highway 1 or New Jersey State Route 31.

By foot or bicycle

• The Delaware-Raritan Canal will take you from Trenton, Titusville and Lambertville.

By bus

• New Jersey Transit +1 973-275-5555.

By train

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) +1 215-580-7800.

Get around

The area has a NJTransit bus system that is centered around Trenton, you can buy passes via the app. There are many sidewalks and you can walk most of the city safely. Most people drive or use taxis or ride sharing.

There is the Johnson Trolley Line Trail to the north. You can walk from the Septa Station via the abandoned train tracks to Upper Ferry Road and the Homasote factory.

You can walk along the towpath from Trenton or Titusville.

You can cross I-295 safely over Lower Ferry road which becomes Reed Road leading into Pennington. The Scotch Road and Pennington road crossings are not that safe on foot or bicycle.

You can cut through a path at the very end of green land that leads you to the Loveless Nature Preserve and Johnson Trolly Line in Lawrence via the point ct in the Berkshire Stewards Crossing Settlement. This is safer than going via the Eggerts crossing road. There are numerous trails there and you can eventually connect to the Lawrence Hopewell Trail.

See

• Benjamin Temple House at Drake Farm Park
• Bear Tavern Road–Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District
• William Green House at TCNJ
• Historic Jewish Trenton Bath House at the Community Center.
• Green–Reading House

Do

• Concerts at Sanctuary 1867.
• Walk on the Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R).
• Walk on the campus of NJ Manufactures Insurance Company.
• Swim at the community pool and the historic former Jewish community center or the Hollowbrooke community center.
• Playgrounds at community center. Moody park. Fisher middle school.
• Walk at TCNJ campus.
• Fireworks and Community Festivals at Green Lane.
• Pick berries at abandoned Homosote Factory train line.
• Visit war memorial at Administration building.
• Swimming and sports at schafer sports center.
• Brewery Tour at River horse brewery.
• Visit Historic buildings and gravesites.
• Bowling at slocums and curtis lanes.
• Visit churches and religious centers.
• Visit Trenton Country Club or Mountainview Golf course for golfing.
• See the infamous Trenton Mental Hospital from outside

Buy

• Farmers market on spruce street
• Halo farms
• Shopping centers on Scotch Rd and North Olden and at TCNJ.
• Mecca halal shop on Parkway has good cheese and meats

Eat

• 1 Ewing Diner, 1099 Parkway. 24/7. Great local diner. (updated Oct 2018)

Sleep

• Element-Ewing/Princeton Hotel by Westin, 1000 Sam Weinroth Road-East, +1 609-671-0050
• Springhill Suites-Ewing/Princeton South by Marriott, 1000 Charles Ewing Blvd. +1 609-530-0900
• Marriott Courtyard in Ewing, 360 Scotch Road, +1-609-771-8100

Connect

There is a T-Mobile and PCS shop on North Olden, a Verizon shop at TCNJ.

Go next

Follow the towpath to Trenton or Titusville in Hopewell and Lambertville.

Go north to Pennington or Lawrence and Princeton

Routes through Ewing

New York City ← Trenton ←	N  S	→ Bordentown → Philadelphia
Philadelphia ← Yardley ←	SW  NE	→ END