Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Borough
Map of Point Pleasant Beach in Ocean County
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Ocean
Government [1]
• Type	Borough (New Jersey)
Area
• Total	1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
• Land	1.4 sq mi (3.7 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	5,314
• Density	3,696.0/sq mi (1,427.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	08742
Area code	732
FIPS code	34-59910Template:GR[2]
GNIS feature ID	0879396Template:GR
Website	http://www.pointpleasantbeach.org

Point Pleasant Beach is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 5,314.

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.^[3]

Point Pleasant Beach is a Jersey Shore community situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that divides the Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The Point Pleasant Beach 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 jam-packed with amusement rides, arcades, pizza joints, ice cream parlors, games-of-chance and miniature golf courses. Point Pleasant Beach is also the northern terminus of the East Coast's Intracoastal Waterway.

It was ranked the eighth best beach in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.^[4]

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km²), of which, 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (16.28%) is water.

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 5,314 people, 2,317 households, and 1,316 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,696.0 people per square mile (1,424.8/km²). There were 3,558 housing units at an average density of 2,474.7/sq mi (954.0/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.94% White, 0.53% African American, 0.34% Native American, 1.02% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.47% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.40% of the population.

There were 2,317 households out of which 22.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the borough the population was spread out with 19.2% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 26.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $51,105, and the median income for a family was $61,250. Males had a median income of $40,507 versus $37,500 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $27,853. About 5.0% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

Point Pleasant Beach is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.^[1]

The Mayor of Point Pleasant Beach is Vincent Barrella (R, term ends December 31, 2011). Members of the Borough Council are Kristine Mercuro Tooker (R, 2011), Raymond C. Cervino (R, 2011), Daniel DiCorcia (D, 2008), John Dixon (D, 2009), Michael Loughran (R, 2008) and John Mercun (D, 2009).^[7][8]

Point Pleasant Beach is in the Fourth Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 10th Legislative District.^[9]

For the 119th United States Congress, New Jersey's 4th congressional district is represented by Chris Smith (R, Manchester Township).^[10][11] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027) and Andy Kim (Moorestown, term ends 2031).^[12]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 10th legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by James W. Holzapfel (R, Toms River) and in the General Assembly by Paul Kanitra (R, Point Pleasant Beach) and Gregory P. McGuckin (R, Toms River).^[13] Template:NJ Governor

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The Point Pleasant Beach School District serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are G. Harold Antrim Elementary School (K-8) and Point Pleasant Beach High School for grades 9-12. Antrim Elementary School was 50 years old as of 2005.

In addition to the students of Point Pleasant Beach, the district serves students from Bay Head and Lavallette for grades 9-12 and those from Mantoloking for K-12, as part of sending/receiving relationships. Some outside tuition students attend both schools.^[14]

New Jersey Transit trains stop at the Point Pleasant Beach station on Arnold Avenue, with service on the North Jersey Coast Line north to Penn Station Newark, Hoboken Terminal, and Penn Station New York in Midtown Manhattan.

• Composer Edward Manukyan, who lived in Point Pleasant Beach briefly in 2002, wrote a song about the city.^[15]
• Point Pleasant Beach is mentioned for its reputation as a popular summer tourist spot in several episodes of the HBO series The Sopranos.^{[citation needed]}

Notable current and former residents of Point Pleasant Beach include:

• Robert and Dean DeLeo, bass guitarist and guitarist respectively, from the musical rock group Stone Temple Pilots, grew up in Point Pleasant Beach.
• Alfred M. Gray, Jr. (1928-) was the twenty-ninth Commandant of the Marine Corps.^[16]

• Point Pleasant Beach website
• Point Pleasant Beach School District
• School Performance Reports for the Point Pleasant Beach School District, New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Point Pleasant Beach School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• Point Pleasant First Aid and Emergency Squad
• Point Pleasant Beach Branch of Ocean County Library
• Point Pleasant Beach Chamber of Commerce website

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