Badges for people over 65 and children under 12 are free. Buy the badges at Borough Hall, Engleside Avenue, or get the daily and weekly tags from badge checkers on the beach. Badges are on sale at the Centre Street badge booth after the last week in June. Here vacationers can walk downtown to restaurants, shopping plazas and most attractions. The beach is accessible from any street end.
Parking goes fast.
There are public parking lots along the bayfront, near the Bay Village shopping plaza, on Taylor Avenue and on Dock Road. Parking also is available on Centre Street, Engleside Avenue and Coral Street. A toddler beach is located on the bay at Taylor Avenue, a clear spot on the inland waterway optimal for family bathing. A part-time lifeguard is on duty, and the badge requirement is enforced. The borough has four beach wheelchairs, and there is a handicap ramp on the Centre Street oceanfront deck.