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300 Ocean Ave
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 08742
Yes it's fun and full of excitement. The rides are easy to get on without waiting. They have plenty of rides and the fun never ends. The kids love it!! Food is fast, I just wish they had healthy choices, like no sugar options and salads or fruit and nuts!
Spent Memorial Day at Point Pleasant Beach and Jenkinson?s Boardwalk, and honestly, it was one of the best weekend escapes I've had in a while. The beach was absolutely packed as expected for a holiday, but that just added to the lively, festive atmosphere. The boardwalk had everything you'd want: fun rides, great food stalls, and an overall vibrant vibe. There were plenty of options when it came to food, from classic American bites to Italian and seafood spots. A few beachside restro-bars also offered chi
Jenkinson?s Boardwalk is honestly one of the nicest I've been to in a while. It's clean, the area and people are great, and there are tons of things to do. My family and I went to the aquarium, the funhouse, and the arcade right in front?all wonderful experiences. There are plenty of food options, and there's even a Mr. Softee?s for some delicious ice cream. The beach stretches forever, and the waves are actually really good here.
It was good weather wasn't too hot in late April, Easter parade. I'm not a board walk fan. Lots of expensive low grade food, noise and crowds. The kids rides ticket readers stopped working properly, but children had fun anyways. Fun house wasn't great, not worth price. The Aquarium is top notch, we were members of Baltimore and have high standards. Didn't play any games, but Easter weekend had a good discounted deal. Lots of police doing their security too seriously maybe, so it is a safe environment
Great family visit to Point Pleasant beach and Jenkinson?s Boardwalk. Got our feet in the sand for the first time in 2025, played in the arcade, visited the Jenkinsons Aquarium and of course had Kohr Brothers ice cream. Great early season visit to one of our favorite spots!
The beach and boardwalk were fun. Went on a Wednesday, and the lady doing admission told me the beach would be closing in 15 and that admission would be free in 20min. I asked her if that meant you couldn't swim at all? And she replied saying that's when the lifeguards go off duty, so it would be swim at your own risk. So i just paid since i was meeting people and really wanted to swim. The lifeguards did end up closing but they wouldnt let anyome swim at all past like 5:30 and they kept kicking people out
It's a nice place to go walk the boardwalk go to the beach relax enjoy the sunset there's also arcades and a small amusement park and a fun house.
A phenomenal Boardwalk for families. The amusement area???? is a super plus children toddlers/12 Plenty of food options and SWEET TREATS!!????????
So much fun rides for all ages , and good boardwalk food ,and also very very clean ! Went there for Easter awesome Easter parade with a whole bunch of cool costumes mostly all the rides were open and a very good time as usual ??
Nice boardwalk. We were there in May before season so a lot was closed. The arcades were open, fun place to waste money Easy access to beach Cute little aquarium there During day good family spot
I'm writing to share an unfortunate experience I had during a recent visit to Point Pleasant Beach. As our last stop before heading home, I visited a water gun game booth with six other people, including a child. What should have been a fun and lighthearted way to end the day left us feeling uncomfortable and disappointed. As we approached the booth, we saw two employees wearing boardwalk shirts. One of them?a woman in red?was sitting face-to-face on a male employee?s lap in a way that was clearly inapprop
Went to Canines and Cocktails at Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant and had a great time! Every Tuesday from 5:00 to 9:00! The pups brought their human handlers and had a blast! Everyone behaved so well, including the Pawrents! ????????
Nice place for all! This place is nice before the beach. Many rides to choose from good place is you have children they would love it. You need to buy a card for the rides. Each ride cost 6 credit. Minimum credit for a card is 25 credit, $25.
Fun place for the kids and family... it is kinda like a carnival dont be surprised if you spend a lot of money on sub par rides but it's nice time at the beach
Very nice boardwalk, carnival type activities and food, as well as dine in restaurants and mini gulf, there is also an aquarium! The beach is clean and monitored very well, there are quite a few rules, check before you go. Lifeguards on the beach and in boats. Every kind of ice cream you could want! Bring cash, the places that took cards were having connection issues today. No smoking anywhere on the boardwalk. Easy to spend the whole day! Bring water and sunscreen!
1st time visiting this area of the jersey shore and I had a great time. 1st the parking you have several options, they have street parking which you pay a a kiosk or parking lot. I reccomend the lot located at the beggining of the boardwalk which is only $20 for the entire day. As you make your way you'll pass the beach has a fee to enter,which I'll show in the photos below. You'll also see beautiful beach rental homes along the boardwalk. Youll find pretty decent amount of places to eat, ice cream,and all
Pretty nice spot to visit. Who doesn't love a good boardwalk ;) Everything needed in close proximity.
Very beautiful place day and night! Ocean is beautiful, palms and sand! Pretty moon ?? ?? all night, the beautiful moon is displayed on the ocean. It is so mesmerizing and beautiful. There are simply no words. There is so much entertainment for children, my son always doesn't know where to start))) What delicious food and ice cream ?? I really like Point Pleasant Beach ??
From the lack of free public parking, it's at least $20 to park anywhere to buying a medoocre pizza slice for $7 the boardwalk is EXPENSIVE which takes the joy out of it, not to mension how dirty it is near benches . The good think i went was near the tiki bar they had a fireworks show which was short but fantastic and of course a beautiful beach view. How one family can own the boardwark is mind boggling.
We spent a family day at the boardwalk in April. Everything was open & we had a great time.
What a fun boardwalk! Rides, food, games, beach, and an aquarium. Tons of family fun!
Beaches are a PUBLIC RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE THEY SHOULD NOT BE CHARGING $$$ FOR ACCESS TO THE BEACH ??? .. BESIDES NOTHING IS FREE THERE, NOT EVEN PARKING.. ?? THEY NEED TO DO BETTER AND BE BETTER..
A beautiful place for a family weekend or with your partner who likes fun and adrenaline. Clean place and above all very safe, there is safety all over the place. the only thing I don't like is that the waves on this beach are too high and strong and you can't enjoy with your kids . at the fair if you go in the afternoon after 6pm you don't have to wait long for your turn . apart from the arcade that you can win many prizes I recommend the one that is near the aquarium that is in this place .
I'm a Jersey girl born and raised there, now live in Florida. It's always a delight to visit this place. It brings back the most pleasant memories of my childhood. It's always clean, no problems there with people, always great vibes in the air. Any restaurant you eat at has amazing food.
Never really thought that you can have fun even as an adult went here with one of my friends and she made it fun with me she's kind of lively like me and I asked her if she would go into the fun house. This is just one of the great things that you can do on this boardwalk we also visited the tiki bar which allowed us to listen to music and have some great food and then we ventured onto the boardwalk where we had ice cream and also funnel cake. It was definitely a great night out
Clean and Family Friendly , highly recommended. It's not the biggest boardwalk at the Jersey Shore by any stretch. But it certainly beats the gentrification zones of Long Branch. The area has just enough entertainment value for your young family. In addition there is some really good pizza as well.
It's a nice board walk. I think we paid 12 or $15 a person to get in to the beach.
Lots of fun, we visited on Friday night and if I remember visiting after 5 pm gives u a discounted pass for unlimited rides. There are many rides that kids above 18 months can enjoy and very good rides for adults as well. Only thing is you might have to pay for the parking as street parking is very difficult to find. I couldn't find one even after spending 20-25 min.
Although it was a little chilly the board walk was full of young families with their children enjoying the rides arcades and games. However since the attractions are on the expensive side due to governor Murphy and his policies we just flew our amazing kite and watched others enjoy.
It was great its a family friendly boardwalk definitely better for kids then seaside. We had a greta time also they had a line obstacle course where u could glide from one side to the other I loved it my family had a great time.
Boardwalk & beach are both VERY underwhelming. If this is the only boardwalk + beach combo you can manage, then it's sufficient i suppose. You'd be MUCH better off driving the extra 40 minutes to Ocean City, even Atlantic City or even Seaside is better (and that's saying a lot). This beach is short & crowded, costs $14 for adults, and drops off 10ft or so to the water surface. The boardwalk is short (maybe a 1000?), narrow (15? across), and lame? gimmicky attractions, arcades & food. Skee ball is $1.50 per
Happy and fun place for families and friends. Clean and well managed park. Variety of interesting spots such as Jenkinson's Aquarium, bars, seafood restaurant, and mini golf.
This is our summer go-to beach/ boardwalk! It's small, but it has everything we need... Martells Tiki Bar (#1 choice for our summer private beach), the aquarium, Boardwalk Bar and Grill with a rooftop view, Khors orange vanilla swirl ice cream, games/ rides, the beach itself, the fun house, mini golf and more! Do you really need anything else??
Beach was closed due to what was stated as ?rough waves? which only appeared to be no more than 4-5 feet high. We were also advised we couldn't even go near the water to even your ankles which is absolutely ridiculous. What was even the purpose of an admission cost if you are just sitting in an essential massive sandbox. We had a group of 16 people with us which cost $224 in beach admission just to sit within the sand and not even enjoy the water. I highly advise discounting rates at the very least if you a
First time in point plesant. HAD NO IDEA they had an amusement park (so yes there are rides and games), miniature golf, aquarium, arcades, etc. Ill definitely be back. I had a great time
It's not the same place that I remember from when I was younger. I moved away for years and now that I came back, it was a bit disappointing. It was crazy packed on a Sunday early evening and took forever to find parking. I don't know if it was because it was Memorial Day weekend or if it's always like this, but the people there were horrible too. Very trashy and rude. Barely any games. Very expensive. I don't suggest using the public bathroom, long lines and people kept trying to skip me. When I told one w
The boardwalk...particularly Jenkinson's portion of it is clean and well patrolled. They cater mostly to little kids...and when you do that, the area becomes less populated by roving teens. I can't imagine interviewing a gang of unruly teens and asking them if they want to congregate illegally at Point Pleasant... "No sir...we would much rather impart our gang and thug- related violence at Seaside Heights or Wildwood. Looting and destroying property at Point Pleasant just doesn't interest us." Look...no
I went on the rides this past Sunday with my three daughters. I spent $200 on tickets for rides the kids were $50 each and I was forced to buy my self tickets because they would not let me accompany my 4-year-old on rides that I needed to be with her on without having my own tickets for the ride. This is unbelievable. I don't feel it's right I should have to pay to be on the ride when accompanying my 4-year-old. Extremely overpriced. Most of the employees running the rides spoke zero English. When I took my
SO fun! Definitely better to reach before 12 pm - finding parking is way easier
Aquarium is fabulous. Whole boardwalk is a fun way for everyone in the family to find things to enjoy including mini golf, fun house, and arcade.
Nice boardwalk to go with family. Does not get as crazy as others. Some small rides for younger kids, Mini golf, batting cages, Ice cream, and typical games
We came here twice during our stay with Family in Jackson. Every Thursday they do fireworks. The kids really loved that! Then we came again Tuesday when they had a deal for wristbands. It was always such a great time. There is so much to do on the boardwalk! I wish we had something like this in Naples. But we don't, because Naples is boring... ????
Our family had an absolute blast at Jenkins Broad! The experience was fantastic, and we've created memories that will last a lifetime. Everything was well-organized, and the staff was incredibly friendly and accommodating. We can't wait to come back and make more memories! Highly recommend!
One of the best amusement parks I've been to yet. It was 1.5 hour drive from my house but totally worth the drive! My daughter and her friends all had fun!
Came a late night with the kids, spent about 3 hours and it was enough. The kids enjoyed the rides and the arcade. Definitely one of the more family friendly boardwalks. I would come again.
Very nice boardwalk with lot of options to eat and drink, but teenagers are wild, vomiting on streets, yelling at each other. I was this age in the past and I understand the excitement but definitely not my kind of beach. No peace/relax at all lol
Great place to have a nice beach day. Beautiful view and nice clean boardwalk. Lots of activities. Did not get the chance to visit the aquarium but I would definitely swing by soon. Over all a full 5 star rating
Solid place to spend a day! Plenty to do and fair prices all around. Ice cream from sugar shoppe was awesome. 10% off if you play mini golf! Massive portion for a large ice cream!
This is my favorite beach to go to. Love it. Careful.. waves are rough here. There is a boardwalk with food, games and rides. You can bring your own cooler but no booze or glass. Under 5 are free. Also there is meter parking on the street and a lot you pay for parking too.
Absolutely loved it!! It's a smaller boardwalk but has rides, arcades, great food, and a few cute gift shops. There's an aquarium on the boardwalk, too. The beach was huge....long walk to the ocean but it was so white and clean with palm trees.?? The water was a beautiful turquoise blue. I also saw an area with showers right on the beach so you can clean off. Perfect. I went there for a school trip but definitely going back with my husband and maybe grandchildren. Great family place to visit.
Point Pleasant is a great family beach. As you can tell from the photos, it was very crowded Easter weekend and a perfect day. There's so much to do for the whole family and everyone has a lot of fun. There are games and lots of prizes to be won, arcades, rides, aquarium, mini golf, many places to choose from to eat with ocean views, sweet shops all on the Jenkinson's boardwalk. There are special events and live music. It's a very long beach and the sand is pebbly and a lot of broken shells, but very clean
Boardwalk has a good mix of things for little and big kids to do. Variety of food options also. Bathrooms (ladies) always seem to have a long line but they have staff cleaning regularly which is really nice! Beach was clean and everyone was pleasant. Fee for beach was alittle steep considering swim hours are only til about 5p. Also beach actually closes, meaning pack your stuff and leave or get a ticket at about 645p. All in all not a bad place to stop when you're in the area. *Parking at municipal lot is e
Just purchased a couple of 2 for one cards. Thinking about the costs of things today, it is cheaper than going to Disney..!! A great boardwalk, ocean, food, ride park, within a great safe town. So you come it may seem a little to expensive but in the realm of things it ?s probably cheaper then going to Disney ,and spending 5,000.00 or 10,000.00. Please you'll come and enjoy the experience, activities and family fun. John
For late in the season the place was open and it was a nice crowd . Great deal on the kids rides, always a good time at Jenks...
Love the boardwalk, full of fun and food. Great way to spend the day. Was surprised you had to pay? a high amount to go on the beach. Had a great beach day, but be cautious the sand is extremely coarse and the water currents are strong.
A little smaller than I remember friendly people clean environment shark n seal tanks r to small I think lol. Adorable animals are great for kids my 2 year old loved it.
Went for the Easter bonnet competition? very fun! But the beach is expensive and parking can be tricky. Plan ahead! But there's a lot to do and good for families.
I thought I would go to this boardwalk to get a sandwich and some sunshine and a fresh stroll... I made the mistake of bringing my 6 lb dog. This place doesn't allow a whole lot of things, so make sure you're prepared for a very restrictive location if you visit here.
My families go to beach. I love coming here, the sand is clean, water is clear and the atmosphere is great!
Great variety of arcade games, activities, and rides for all ages. Good selection of food options, including veggie burgers, dairy free ice cream, and gluten free options. Family friendly beach, good for all ages
We had the best day ever here! It was our 2 year old daughters first time at the beach and she had the time of her life! The beach alone was so fun for her, but the boardwalk was the best. The toddler friendly rides were perfect for her. Everything felt very safe and secure, which was my main concern since she's so young. She would have stayed and rode on the rides all day if she could! Grabbed some dinner at Little Macs after. Pizza was very good! All in all it was a fantastic day that we would highly reco
This l mile long boardwalk that has different games and a variety of foods to try. There is also an amusement park, water section and an aquarium for one to see.
Very family friendly environment, a jenkins employee is always willing to help out. The park is always clean. The train is a little noisy, but it has great views.
I grew up going to Jenkinsons, now I bring my kids to Jenkinsons. Very family friendly. Great deals on certain days. Offer something for everyone. I love the different events they offer. Make sure to take advantage of there BOGO $50 ride card during Easter weekend. It's the best deal around!
This boardwalk is always a fun time but we deeply enjoyed an autumn visit during October. Even though most shops were closed we loved the quiet and solitude.
This is a fun place. I am also my sister works her and this is beautiful with the beach and everything.
We have visited here many times. This time we arrived by 7:30 pm and then we parked for night time they took $10 which was very near to the broadwalk. We went to the beach sit there eat some zopplooes and relaxed then night time we went to rides did couple of rides then we walked on the broadwalk and then we returned. It was fun and we will go again. There are many rides including for yuth ,parents and baby kids. There are many eating options including funnel ?? cake, ice cream, fruits juice fries and many
This is a nice old fashioned boardwalk, with various arcades, ice cream places and similar typical Jersey Shore places. Its a fun place to spend a few hours. It's part of Point Pleasant Beach, which seems like a really nice beach. The arcade and amusements like a fun house and an aquarium are fun things to do, especially on a rainy day.
It's has amazing choices of boardwalk fun food as well as great restaurants, so much fun for the kids at the arcades and the beach a little crowded, but still an awesome experience.
Nice boardwalk, not too busy, easy to Park for free a couple of blocks from the beach, good activities for kids.
Nicely maintained boardwalk and lot of fun activities and arcade games. Mini golf was fun experience. There is ample of parking though spots gets filled up pretty quickly. Jenkinson Pavilion bar had good food options and portion size. Definitely a good place for day's trip.
Always a fun time coming to this placeJenkinson's Boardwalk is a 1.5-mile-long amusement park and arcade on the Jersey Shore in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. It is one of the oldest and most popular boardwalks in the state, and it offers a variety of attractions for people of all ages. In addition to rides, Jenkinson's Boardwalk also has a number of other attractions, including an aquarium, a mini-golf course, a water park, and a beach. There are also a variety of restaurants and shops on the boardwalk
I had a great time at the point Pleasant Beach this weekend. Loads of fun activities to do. I enjoyed exploring all the attractions by the Jenkinson?s boardwalk such as the amusement park, the aquarium different restaurants . I recommend to all locals and tourists. Good Music ? Good Vibe ? Good Food? ??Restroom?
Wonderful place to take the family. We have been going for many years. We always have a ball . So much fun.
There are so many things to do on the boardwalk with different games the aquarium and the beach. Several different restaurants as well. We enjoyed walking around and going to the aquarium which has two floors and if u get a stamp u can go back again without paying. There was also a carnival there but we didn't go it look like it was a good variety of rides we ate pizza got some fries and enjoyed the boardwalk
Family friendly environment. Clean bathrooms and changing rooms. The variety of rides are good for young and older children. The gift shops have all the typical beach clothing, jewelry, and hermit crabs. The Fun House is a favorite with my kids.
Do not come here. Coolers over 13 inches are apparently unlawful. Watch out for the parking cops. Apparently if your tire touches the white line it's a 100 dollar fine. The beach in this whole state requires beach passes. You see cops everywhere. There's so many rules in this state it's amazing that anyone comes here.
Fun beach boardwalk for friends & family. Lots of typical games and arcade along with amusement rides and of course food! Save your money before coming as you'll easily find a bunch of places to spend it here. There is a charge to enter the beach area so you end up paying for the experience at the beach along with any food or games you play.
I grew up at this boardwalk, it has gone from a beautiful place to severely over packed all the time. You can hardly move on the boardwalk in some places. We went to the end by the inlet with my <2 year old nephew. He had a fun time especially watching the boats. The workers and some people were very nice and friendly. It's still a nice place with a lot of restaurants, bars and games, aquarium. Beautiful scenery. They close the beach at 7.
Took my husband and toddler here and we had a blast. Parking was right near the boardwalk, convenient when you had kids/wagon. Nice staff at beach entrance. Beach and small boardwalk was clean. Tons of games? We won a huge teddy bear. Great food and delicious ice cream. We're planning to come back for a night event. Jenkinsons is Top Knotch.
This beach has a nice long boardwalk with lots to do for the entire family, including many food and summertime goods shops and restaurants. There are also many gaming booths to test your skills and bring home souvenirs. There also several bars along the boardwalk, to enjoy a nice cold beer or cocktail. For the kids, there is Jenkinson's aquarium and numerous outdoor kiddie rides. It is best to arrive early for free street parking. Otherwise, the local parking lots charge $15 for the day. Entrance to the be
First time I went was this past February ended up going to the aquarium & was too cold for anything to be open other then the one of the arcades,but my second time around was during my bday(just past) & it was like a mini coney island.The weather was perfect to take pictures in my new bday outfit.Didn't get to go on rides,but there's always a next time...Also beach is still closed till the summer,but people ended up going on the beach anyways.
Great for young kids. We have a 2 1/2 yo and many places don't have rides for that age but the rides here have at least 8-10 he could go on and we had a great time! (some had no minimum height, some were btwn 34-36"...They also have rides for the older kids) We went on a Sunday at noon which is right when they open. It was great bc there was no wait for any rides and not crowded.
Great experience! Got the wristband for $27.00 and there are plenty of rides so you feel like you got your money?s worth. Also- there was military discount. Park was clean and plenty of employees to help keep people moving. Great fun!
Good place to bring the kids. Rides are nice. Staff is plentiful. No smoking on the boardwalk is nice. The arcades are the usual money traps, but the kids had fun. Didn't love Martell's, but I guess it is fairly standard for boardwalk food.
Beautiful aquarium. If you have not gone here, you should. Lots of great tanks and some good ongoing marine research too.
Great for the nostalgia, but way too expensive. The Super Himalaya is still my favorite! Arcades are cool, and you can't pass up boardwalk fries and funnel cake. It's disappointing that you can't be on the beach after 5pm.
Looks like a fun summer town. We stopped for the day in the off season so most shops were closed but you can tell this would be a great place for summer vacation, especially for kids ages 10+.
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