Originally Posted by doobierw

We normally fly the EWR 7 departure procedure off of Runway 22R. At 400 feet we start that turn to a heading of 190, and at about two miles we reverse it back to 220. Somewhere in the reversal to 220 departure continues the turn to the west and a climb clearance above 2,500 feet.

I've been told we do that to avoid a church that is somewhere south of the extended runway centerline. Don't know if that is indeed the case, or it's more for a noise abatement profile that puts us over the water channel down there.