Think you know the Asbury Park boardwalk?  Which one?  Asbury Park has had two Casinos, three Asbury Avenue pavilions, two Natatoriums, and innumerable amusement rides in the past 125 years — and that includes only the first two-block area. Join the Asbury Park Historical Society for “Greetings from Asbury Park(s): A 125-Year Stroll Down the Boardwalk” […]

Hoagitos, the gourmet mini-sub shop on the Asbury Park boardwalk, is bringing pork roll, egg and cheese sandwiches to the Asbury Park boardwalk this summer along with sliders for the late night crowd. Owners have expanded the menu to include breakfast options of “spuds” along with variations of $4 egg and cheese sandwiches which will […]

The famed Asbury Park carousel once housed next to the Casino appears to be up for sale on the eBay auction site. The asking price is $250,000. The carousel is currently in Sun Valley, California, according to the eBay listing for the historic artifact. The seller describes the item as the “Asbury Park NJ Palace […]

Reconstruction of a southern portion of the Asbury Park boardwalk is coming along right on schedule, according to City Engineer Joe Cunha. Workers started to install decking on the southernmost section where pilings have already been placed [shown above] and will continue over the newly placed pilings in the days ahead, he said. Staten Island-based […]

A federal grant that covers the majority of the cost to repair damages to the Asbury Park boardwalk caused by Hurricane Sandy has been approved, according to a news release issued Wednesday from Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s office. The city will receive $3,649,907 from FEMA, which will cover 90 percent of the project’s total cost. An […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday to move forward with original plan to perform second phase boardwalk reconstruction with traditional methods instead of a new, never-before-used method. After City Manager Terence Reidy reviewed the plan with the city’s FEMA liaison it was determined a new method would not to be feasible since plans to […]

It’s official. The New Jersey Zombie Walk is back atop the Guinness World Records list for the “largest gathering of zombies.” A record 9,592 zombies invaded the Asbury Park beach Saturday, reclaiming their title from the 8,027 zombies that set the record last year at Minnesota’s Zombie Pub Crawl. The records management team for Guinness […]

In light of the recent boardwalk fire in Seaside Park, representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency along with City Engineer Joe Cunha presented a new method for the city council to consider for the second phase of boardwalk reconstruction. It would be the first boardwalk nationwide to reconstruct with the new technique, according to […]

Parts of the outdoor walkway around Convention Hall remain closed after a twelve foot by six foot slab of concrete fell on Sunday from the ceiling near the northeast corner of the building, according to Fire Chief Kevin Keddy. The concrete that came loose was four inches thick, Keddy said. “That fell down on the […]

A new pop-up sandwich vendor on the Asbury Park boardwalk is now open. Hoagitos, which opened June 30, sells gourmet miniature sandwiches. The name comes from a play on words, pairing “hoagie” with a Spanish suffix meaning small. Mark Spagnuolo, his wife Emma and his brother-in-law Terence McGill [above left to right] own and operate […]