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Surrounding towns:
Bay Head, Brielle, Manasquan, and Point Pleasant Borough

 

The area that includes Point Pleasant Beach was first used as a seashore playground by the Lenape Indians. On September 2, 1609, Henry Hudson and the crew of his ship, Half Moon, noticed the area on their way north to explore the Hudson River. Crew member, Robert Juet noted in his journal, "This is a very good Land to fall with and a pleasant Land to see." The first European settlers were fisherman and farmers who first arrived in the 18th century. Summer tourism began in the early 19th century when Quaker Thomas Cook, Jr. opened his farmhouse on the site of the current Antrim Elementary School to boarders, which began the trend that transformed the area into an oceanfront haven for visitors, a trend further established in the 1870 by Captain John Arnold, who built a roadway to the ocean, now known as Arnold Avenue. In 1875, he built the first bridge over the Manasquan River, linking the town to Brielle. He later convinced the Central Jersey Railroad to extend its service to Point Pleasant Beach, which it did beginning on July 3, 1880.

The Borough of Point Pleasant Beach was established on June 2, 1886.

 

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Official Web Site

Government

Point Pleasant Beach
416 New Jersey Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-892-1118

Departments

Borough Administrator 732-892-8770

Construction Official 732-899-3306

Court Administator 732-899-1636

Fire - 911
(Non-Emergency) 732-892-0500

First Aid - 911
(Non-Emergency) 732-892-0500

Health Department 732-892-1118 Ext 217

Library -

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 732-892-0500

Police - 911
(Non-emergency) 732-892-0500

Public Works 732-899-0705

Recreation

Senior Citizens

Tax Collector's Office 732-892-0435

Tax Assessor 732-892-5060

Education

Board of Education
Point Pleasant Beach School District
299 Cooks Lane
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-8840

PTA

Gerald Antrim Elementary School K - 8
401 Niblick Street
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-3737

Point Pleasant Beach High School 9 - 12
700 Trenton Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-1817

Private schools

Central United Methodist Learning
729 Arnold Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-899-7729 ‎

Point Beach Prep Preschool
700 Bay Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-701-9900 ‎

St Peter's School
415 Atlantic Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
732-892-1260 ‎


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Historic Places

Historical Society

Point Pleasant Historical Museum
416 New Jersey Avenue
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
732-892-3091 ‎


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Sports & Leisure

Amusement

Baseball

Boating

Bowling

Diving Instruction

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Hockey

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Soccer