Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

About Point Pleasant Beach

Set in the eastern part of New Jersey, Point Pleasant Beach is a small town, home to 4,941 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Point Pleasant Beach holds the status of a borough — a form of municipal government most common in the Northeast. The community covers 1.42 square miles, giving it a compact, walkable footprint at roughly 3,480 residents per square mile.

📰 Point Pleasant Beach News Today

• Tug-Of-War Contest Raises Funds For Charity in Point Pleasant Beach Patch · Oct 10
• Obituary | Sean Patrick Sogorka of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey Colonial Funeral Group · Sep 25
• Heavy Rain and Wind Batter Northeast, Bringing Coastal Flooding The New York Times · Oct 7
• Fourth of July at the Jersey Shore: Beachgoers pack Point Pleasant Beach ABC7 Eyewitness News · Jul 4
• Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Weather Forecast – Hourly & 15-Day SpaceRef · Aug 29

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest New Jersey headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Point Pleasant Beach Unique

• The only place in America named Point Pleasant Beach — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in eastern New Jersey, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of New Jersey — one of 700 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 2 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Point Pleasant Beach

• Arugula
• Boardwalk Bar & Grill
• Jake's Crabhouse
• Jenkinson's Pavillion
• Joe Leone's
• Joey Tomato's
• Martell's Tiki Bar
• Pizza Plus — pizza
• Point Lobster — seafood
• Rosie’s Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Alligators · Attraction
• Boats · Attraction
• Bumper Cars · Attraction
• Carousel · Attraction
• Carousel's Midway · Arcade
• Crazy Cabs · Attraction
• Fire Trucks · Attraction
• Frank's Fun Center · Arcade
• Jenkinson's Aquarium · Aquarium
• Jenkinson's South Amusement Park · Theme park

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Point Pleasant Beach

• Cull Island County Park reviews ★
• Pleasure Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Point Pleasant Beach

• G. Harold Antrim Elementary School
• Point Pleasant Beach High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Point Pleasant Beach

🏘️ Nearby Communities