Hundreds of postcards, some with personal messages, were posted at noon Saturday on the doors leading into iStar’s local office on Ocean Avenue. The message – Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development. iStar, as the city’s waterfront redeveloper, owns the development rights for much of the waterfront redevelopment area and has proposed constructing […]

The city will have approximately three years to use an expected $1.1 million state Green Acres grant for the preservation of the Bradley Cove area on the northern Asbury Park beachfront, according to Councilman Joe Woerner. In addition, the amount available to purchase the development rights to the land will increase another $250,000 after the […]

Asbury Park has been recommended for a state Green Acres Grant of $1.1 million to be used toward the preservation of the Bradley Cove area on the North Asbury beachfront. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] made the announcement on Wednesday. Master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial has proposed 15 townhouses on the .6 […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Rally to Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development will be held Thursday, June 26th, 7 pm at Asbury Park City Council chambers. Freeholder Burry recently sent an email to all who submitted comments in support of the county’s involvement on the Bradley Cove issue. She claims in the […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, All of the land east of Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, our beaches and boardwalk,  is public land. In other words, the land belongs to all the people in Asbury Park. All public lands are held in trust for the American people by the federal, state, and local governments. The oceans belong to all […]

City and county officials, along with representatives from waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, discussed the possibilities for preserving Bradley Cove Tuesday. The meeting comes five months after the city announced its desire to meet with county officials to restart discussion to preserve the land. County officials, however, would not meet with the city unless a representative […]

County representatives will not reschedule a meeting requested by Asbury Park officials to discuss preservation of the Bradley Cove area, as the county counsel has advised that waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial must be present. IStar is the majority owner of master waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners, which owns land and development rights in the Bradley Cove […]

County officials have postponed a meeting with city officials to discuss the possible preservation of Bradley Cove. “The county decided they needed to cancel it,” said Acting City Manager Anthony Nuccio. At this point, Nuccio is “not comfortable” discussing why the meeting was cancelled, he said. It is the third time the county  has agreed […]

Discussions between city and county officials to preserve the last tract of developable open space on Monmouth County’s coastline are moving forward. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Acting City Manager Tony Nuccio informed members of city council that, as per their request, he reached out to county representatives to resume talks between the two parties to discuss […]

The city is looking to reopen discussions with county officials to purchase a tract of land in Asbury Park where the Marine Grill restaurant once stood, now known as Bradley Cove. Members of the City Council voted to resume conversations with the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners as to what can be done to […]