Edison State Park Edison State Park The Edison State Park is located in the Menlo Park section of Edison, New Jersey. It is located on Christie Street, the first street in the world to be lit up by lightbulb, just off Lincoln Highway, near the Metropark Train Station. It covers a total area of . The park commemorates the site where the famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison had his Menlo Park laboratory. In his laboratory, Edison invented over 600 inventions such as the incandescent electric light and the phonograph, the latter being the first object to record and play sound. The research and
Menlo College provided the funding necessary to convert the Menlo College Dining Commons into the present-day library (Curtis 1984, p. 28). The Princeton Review named Menlo College a "Best in the West" college in their "2019 Best Colleges: Region by Region." U.S. News & World Report has also named Menlo College a "Best Regional College." Menlo College was also recognized as one of the "US News & World Report Best Colleges for Veterans." In 2014, Menlo College earned Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, a distinction earned by less than five percent of the world's business schools. Menlo College