"It's not what you think" Asbury Park by matt1168

Asbury Park Travel Guide: 41 reviews and 109 photos

A view of an abandoned apartment downtown.

Asbury Park is not all it's geared up to be.

Boarded up buildings and lowclass crowds are just some of the things you'll find in Asbury Park, NJ, Monmouth County's worst area. I live about 20 min. away. While it is a popular beach resort and large city, I think there are much nicer places nearby.

Pros and Cons

Pros:The beaches are nice and not overly crowded.
Cons:The place is falling apart.
In a nutshell:Asbury park is ghetto!

Last visit to Asbury Park: Nov 2002
Intro Written Nov 29, 2002
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A nice hotel in a bad area. Hotels (1)

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The world famous Stone Pony - Asbury Park

The nice things Favorites (1)

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Redhead's is great! Restaurants (1)

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nicolaitan Nov 19, 2007 at 7:07 PM

Asbury is undergoing another doomed to fail resuscitation. Somebody is pouring 30 million into the Berkely Carteret - again.