BEACH HAVEN REAL ESTATE
Beach Haven is a Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey. Located on Long
Beach Island south of the Manahawkin Bay Bridge, Beach Haven is the
busiest beach town on the island during the summer. The community is
a busy tourist center offering many fine hotels, motels, and Bed and
Breakfasts, and has the islands only amusement area, along with many
restaurants, nightclubs and fine beaches. The town also boasts a
historical district with many Victorian seaside houses. Like all other
Long Beach island communities, Long Beach Boulevard is the town's main
thoroughfare, although it's called Bay Avenue in Beach Haven. It is here
that you will find many of the town's shops and restaurants including
Bay Village and Schooner's Wharf, along with Fantasy Island Amusement
Park and the Thundering Surf Water Slide.
In the Historic district, you'll find the Long Beach Island
Historical Museum, The Surflight Theater, Veterans Bicentennial Park as
well as the islands' best beaches. You can also go back in time and
savor the character of a late 19th century coastal resort town by taking
a tour of buildings constructed before 1900. During July and August,
The Alliance for a Living Ocean runs 3-hour eco-tours of the island. The
Alliance also sponsors field trips and other special programs in the
summer. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual chowder cook-off in
the fall. Life doesn't stop at sundown either, there are many fine
restaurants, and plenty of action after dark. In short, Beach Haven is a
place for folks of all ages to enjoy themselves.
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Beach Haven Real Estate History
Beach
Haven is a late 19th century beach-front resort originally established
in 1873 to house wealthy summer residents from Philadelphia. Although
some of the major structures have been lost and the beachfront now
contains more modern motels/hotels, a large portion of the town retains
its Victorian and Edwardian character. The Beach Haven Historic
District, listed in both the New Jersey and the National Register of
Historic Places in the early 1980s, encompasses the most intact
buildings at the core of the resort.
Beach Haven Local Government
Beach
Haven has governed under the Walsh Act since 1946, by a three-member
Board of Commissioners, one of whom is selected to serve as Mayor.
Commissioners are electe din non-partisan elections to serve four-year
concurrent terms.
Beach Haven Education
For grades K through 6, public school students attend the Beach Haven
Elementary School, which serves 88 students in Pre-Kindergarten through
6th grade. For grades 7 through 12, public school students attend the
Southern Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and Southern Regional
High School (grades 9-12). These schools are part of the Southern
Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the
Long Beach Island Consolidated School District, along with students from
Beach Haven and Stafford Township, along with the sending district of
Ocean Township. The current district population is approximate 4,000
students. Both schools are in Manahawkin.
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