Wayne, New Jersey

Everything Wayne is known for

2 songs mention this city 2 artists from here

Music in Wayne

Songs About Wayne

Jersey
Queen Latifah
97%
"To the Willowbrook mall boostin' with Sulamon"
Through The Wire
Kanye West
7%
"Toys "R" Us where I used to spend that Christmas cash"

Artists From Wayne

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Fountains of Wayne
rock Pop: 59
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97a
metal Pop: 1

Rivers & Roads in Song near Wayne

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Wayne.

New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs Interstate 95 13 songs Hudson River 8 songs

Musical Heritage

Holsten's — The Sopranos' Cut-to-Black Diner RoadyGoat

1939

Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery sits at 1063 Broad Street in Bloomfield, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and candy shop that has been making its own chocolate and ice cream since 1939 (and is still open). It earned a permanent place in TV history on June 10, 2007, when 'Made in America,' the series finale of HBO's 'The Sopranos,' filmed its last scene in one of Holsten's vinyl booths. Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, ordered onion rings and punched up Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' on the jukebox before the screen abruptly cut to black for roughly ten seconds — an ending so sudden many viewers thought their cable had failed. The original booth became a fan shrine, but it was actually sold at auction in March 2024 for about 82,600 dollars; the shop welcomes fans to sit in its place today.

10.9 mi away

History of Wayne

White Manna RoadyGoat

White Manna in Hackensack, New Jersey started as a building at the 1939 World's Fair. After the fair, it was moved to River Street and has been griddling sliders ever since. The tiny burgers — smashed thin on a flattop with onions — come six or eight at a time. The building is a perfect little Art Deco cube. The griddle hasn't cooled down in over 80 years.

11.0 mi away

Sylvia's Restaurant RoadyGoat

Sylvia Woods opened her soul food restaurant on Lenox Avenue in Harlem in 1962 with a small loan and big ambition. She became known as the Queen of Soul Food, serving smothered chicken, collard greens, and candied yams to everyone from Muhammad Ali to Nelson Mandela. The restaurant survived Harlem's toughest decades and became a symbol of Black entrepreneurship and cultural pride.

18.2 mi away

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

1792

Alexander Hamilton chose the Great Falls of the Passaic River as the site for America's first planned industrial city in 1792.

3.7 mi away

Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell

1837

The 22nd and 24th President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, was born in this Caldwell manse on March 18, 1837.

7.8 mi away

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

1887

Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory complex was the world's first industrial research facility, producing over half of his 1,093 patents.

11.3 mi away

Frank Sinatra's Birthplace, Hoboken

1915

Frank Sinatra was born at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken on December 12, 1915, in a cold-water tenement in the Italian immigrant neighborhood.

17.8 mi away

Apollo Theater

1934

The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street has been the most important venue for Black performers in America since 1934.

17.8 mi away

Harlem - Lenox Avenue

1920

Lenox Avenue in Harlem was the cultural epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of African American art, literature, and music in the 1920s and 1930s.

18.1 mi away

Things to Do in Wayne

historical 20.6 mi away
Statue of Liberty

Give me your tired your poor. 305 feet of copper freedom since 1886.
historical 17.8 mi away
Apollo Theater

Amateur Night launched Ella James Brown and a young Michael Jackson. Harlem's crown jewel.
food 20.0 mi away
McSorley's Old Ale House

NYC's oldest bar since 1854. Lincoln drank here. You get light or dark — that's it. Sawdust floors and wishbones on the gas lamp.
food 20.2 mi away
Lombardi's Pizza

America's first pizzeria opened in 1905 on Spring Street in Manhattan. Coal-fired oven. The original New York slice started here.
food 20.4 mi away
Katz's Delicatessen

I'll have what she's having. NYC's legendary pastrami since 1888.
food 21.9 mi away
Peter Luger Steak House

Brooklyn's legendary porterhouse palace since 1887. Cash only. The steak sauce is iconic. Zagat's top steakhouse for 30 straight years.
food 7.7 mi away
Rutt's Hut

Deep-fried hot dogs called rippers since 1928. The Ripper will change your hot dog life forever.
food 11.0 mi away
White Manna

Hackensack NJ's tiny slider palace since 1946. Originally a 1939 World's Fair building. The griddle hasn't cooled down in decades.

Everything Near Wayne

224 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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