The Insider Guide to the Beat of Your City

f you live on or visit Long Beach Island, now is your opportunity to escape from the world and walk three and half miles of the Jersey Shore

At Holgate on the southern tip of Long Beach Island, man is losing the battle against the ocean for now. Many of the dunes are sheer drop of

Most customers at the legendary, crazy-busy downstairs bar at the Parker House in Sea Girt come back weekend after weekend all summer long.

LBI visitors inevitably end up in Beach Haven, the busiest and most touristy section. Amusement park, Surflight Theatre, shopping

Best public seat on Long Beach Island to view the ocean is at the Long Beach Township pavilion at 68th Street. It's the only public viewing

The stormy seas off of Long Beach Island are responsible for how Ship Bottom got its name. Visiting LBI? You have to stop here.

Who's the top dog in the "Surf City" naming wars? Not Huntington Beach. Not Santa Cruz. This is THE original Surf City and has been that wa

On the northern section of Long Beach Island, Harvey Cedars is more like a village than any other area. It's one of the few northern areas b

Loveladies stands out on LBI, not only for its unusual name but for its large, contemporary homes that showcase 21st century architecture

Barnegat Light Borough is its own beach town (unrelated to Old Barney) with several unique qualities not found on other parts of Long Beach

Old Barney is arguably the most picturesque on the Jersey Shore. It stands as a proud sentry to Barnegat Inlet that separates Long Beach Isl

Visit all 28 beaches in north section of Jersey Shore from Sandy Hook and Sea Bright with stops in Long Branch, Asbury Park, Pt. Pleasant Be

Spend the day at Island Beach State Park and a person may well wonder -- where is the island? The short answer is that there isn't one.

With Seaside Heights and Seaside Park hogging the attention of directional signs along Routes 37 and 35, it's no wonder you speed through So

Along the dunes, the first few blocks of Seaside Park are similar to those of the noisy relative to the north, even featuring the same plan

Seaside Heights likes to call itself "The Classic American Boardwalk." There's a Casino Pier amusement park with a giant ferris wheel and a

Ortley Beach is a barely one square mile so it's easy to breeze through it coming off the Route 37 bridge over the Barnegat Bay or driving t

After walking miles of beaches to the north without a solid walkway to view the ocean, it's a welcome respite to find a long boardwalk in La

In the short stretch of the North Dover Beaches in Toms Rivers, a person comes up so many different community signs and so many different ki

The Brick Beaches I and III are easily accessible and well marked driving north along divided Route 35. They each have large parking lots wi