Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Borough
The boardwalk fronting Point Pleasant Beach
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Location of Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County highlighted in red (right). Inset map: Location of Ocean County in New Jersey highlighted in black (left).
Census Bureau map of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°05′33″N 74°02′43″W / 40.092566°N 74.045173°W / 40.092566; -74.045173[1][2]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Ocean
Incorporated	May 18, 1886
Government [7]
• Type	Borough
• Body	Borough Council
• Mayor	Douglas Vitale (R, term ends December 31, 2025)[3][4]
• Administrator	Christine Riehl[5]
• Municipal clerk	Eileen A. Farrell[6]
Area [8]
• Total	1.74 sq mi (4.51 km2)
• Land	1.42 sq mi (3.69 km2)
• Water	0.32 sq mi (0.82 km2)  18.22%
• Rank	429th of 565 in state 19th of 33 in county[1]
Elevation [9]	7 ft (2 m)
Population  (2020)[10]
• Total	4,766
• Estimate  (2022)[11]	4,869
• Rank	386th of 565 in state 15th of 33 in county[12]
• Density	3,347.8/sq mi (1,292.6/km2)
• Rank	202nd of 565 in state 7th of 33 in county[12]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08742[13][14]
Area code(s)	732[15]
FIPS code	3402959910[1][16][17]
GNIS feature ID	885358[1][18]
Website	www.pointpleasantbeach.org

Point Pleasant Beach is a coastal borough situated on the Jersey Shore, and the northernmost community directly facing the Atlantic Ocean within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies at the northern end of the Barnegat Peninsula, which serves as a barrier island separating Barnegat Bay from the open Atlantic Ocean. The borough's name is derived from its location.^[19]

As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,766,^[10] an increase of 101 (+2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 4,665,^[20][21] which in turn reflected a decline of 649 (−12.2%) from the 5,314 counted in the 2000 census.^[22]

Point Pleasant Beach was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 18, 1886, from portions of Brick Township, subject to the results of a referendum passed the previous day.^[23] Point Pleasant Beach lies immediately to the east of Point Pleasant borough, an entirely separate municipality within Ocean County.

The borough's boardwalk is approximately one mile long, spanning the coastline from the Manasquan Inlet at the north to New Jersey Avenue in the south. The central third of the boardwalk is largely amusement rides, the Jenkinson's Aquarium, the Jenkinsons Arcades, pizza joints, ice cream parlors, games-of-chance and miniature golf courses. There are fees of up to $10 per person age 12 or over to access the various beaches, as well as parking fees of up to $2.50 per hour or more.^[24]

The beach was ranked eighth-best in New Jersey in the "2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest" sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.^[25]