Byerley’s rented bicycles and anything you’d need for the beach or your stay. 

I saw this coming back from a fishing trip in 2005. It’s not as bad as it seems.

The Long Beach Island Fishing Club occupies the old Harvey Cedars Lifesaving Station.

The Rutgers University Marine Field Station is housed in the former United States Coast Guard Station Little Egg.

The Silver Sun Mall is located at 3rd Street and the Boulevard in Beach Haven. It houses a variety of small stores selling beach goods, art and clothing.  Prior to it’s current incarnation as a mall, the Silver Sun was home to Koseff’s,

This beautiful tile coaster of the Barnegat Lighthouse with the moon would make a great gift. 

The Colonial Theater served Beach Haven from the 1920’s to around 2000.

For a while, the Saint Francis Catholic Church would hold Sunday Masses there as it was air conditioned and had more seating than the original church. The theater was one of three on the the island. The Colony Theater in Brant Beach is long gone. There was another next to the Acme Grocery Store. The nearest movie theater is the Regal Cinema in Manahawkin near the Garden State Parkway.

A railroad once ran to Long Beach Island. Once on the island, the tracks split. One line went north to Barnegat Light and the other went south to Third Street in Beach Haven.  You may have wondered about the extra lanes on the boulevard. These were where sidings were for the railroad. When the automobile bridge was opened, the new boulevard followed the railroad. It had to go around the sidings. Today they are simply a place for extra parking.