Asbury Park NJ is known for being a top tourist destination for LGBT tourists and for its tight-knit supportive gay community. This beautiful town located on New Jersey’s central coast only has a population of 16,116 but the numbers swell to thousands in the summer. The area boasts a beautiful old boardwalk and an orchestra pavilion that dates back to the 1870s. Many of the older hotels, amusement parks and attractions from the 1800s and 1900s have been restored, replicated or integrated into newer sturdier architecture which gives this entire are a unique Victorian charm all of its own.
The Jersey Shore is an exciting place opt invest money right now a much of the downtown is being renovated and reopened resulting in a unique recreation of how the area looked in the sixties and seventies complete with a historic Casino that has reopened and a Howard Johnson’s that has been turned into a new seaside café. The downtown and the sugar-white sandy shores are being dotted with new time-shares, condos and townhouse developments.
The music scene in this park is known as being very historic with many famous bands and musicians playing there over the years. It is also home to The Stone Pony, founded in 1974, which gave many music greats a big start in their career. Bruce Springsteen, in particular, is known for his relationship with the city as he called his debut album “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” The city is also home to the New Jersey Hall of Fame and the Wave Gathering music Festival and the Garden State Film Festival, which screens over 150 features, documentaries and shorts to those in the filmmaking business.
If you love mid-century architecture you will love visiting Asbury Lanes, which is a functioning vintage bowling alley, and the Baronet which is a vintage movie theater that goes back to the Buster Keaton era of silent films. The downtown also has a tight arts community and on the first Saturday of every month all of the stores, galleries and restaurants stay open late all evening for a big party.
The housing market in Asbury is ripe for investment. The average sales price for homes spring 2013 was $160,000.00. Compared to the same period a year ago the median home sales prices have decreased 35.7%. The average listing price for homes for sale in Asbury Park was $374,489.00 for the week ending June 12, 2013.
As New Jersey Shore was devastated by a hurricane in 2012 and is in a state of rehabilitation it is best to let a gay realtor in the area guide you to the best gay friendly areas that have the potential to gather wealth for you. The city still is and always will be a popular tourist destination, especially for gay and lesbians. You can also find a great deal of information about this wonderful seaside area at the Asbury Park Chamber of Comers at www.asburyparkchamber.com.
