The neighborhood is home to the Lentze Marina on the Waackacck Creek along Laurel Avenue and First Street. Next door to the marina, at Captain's Cove Family Restaurant, owner Rose Pawlus runs the intimitate eatery for breakfast and lunch on most days and people know each other by first names. A few blocks away, the fire company is where people from Hazlet and nearby congregate for a game of bingo Thursday nights. Hazlet schools' sporting community is a thriving force. Last year, the township rallied around the Raritan High School football team, protesting a questionable call that lost the team the playoffs.
Sports are an integral part of the township's culture and community.
When the school board last school year considered firing a popular girls softball coach, hundreds of parents and students showed up at a meeting to protest. The board quickly dropped the idea. The township hosts programs that assist community's needs. The Bayshore Learning Centeroffers classes from Irish dancing to earning an associate college degree. The Women's Center of Monmouth County, established nearly 25 years ago, is a place where victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse can turn for help.