Asbury Park, New Jersey

**Asbury Park** is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is next to the Atlantic Ocean on the Jersey Shore. Asbury Park is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. In the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 15,188.

Asbury Park started as a borough on March 26, 1874. It included parts of Ocean Township. Asbury Park became a city as of March 25, 1897.

The city is known for music. Bruce Springsteen comes from the city and started his career there.  The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium called Asbury Park the sixth best beach in New Jersey in the 2008 Top 10 Beaches Contest.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Asbury Park, New Jersey
- **type**: City
- **nickname**: Dark City
- **mapsize**: 300x600px
- **map caption**: From Left: Asbury Park Convention Hall, Main Street, Tillie (murals), Tillie, Cookman Ave, Old Heating Plant, Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousel
- **image map1**: Monmouth_County_New_Jersey_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Asbury_Park_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize1**: 250x200px
- **map caption1**: Location of Asbury Park in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Monmouth County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).

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- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New Jersey, County
- **subdivision name2**: Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth
- **government type**: Faulkner Act (council–manager)
- **governing body**: City Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City manager, Manager
- **leader title2**: Municipal clerk
- **established title**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date**: March 26, 1874 (as borough)
- **established title2**: Reincorporated
- **established date2**: February 28, 1893 (as city)
- **named for**: Francis Asbury
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 4.17
- **area land km2**: 3.70
- **area water km2**: 0.47
- **area total sq mi**: 1.61
- **area land sq mi**: 1.43
- **area water sq mi**: 0.18
- **area water percent**: 11.18
- **area rank**: 439th of 565 in state
36th of 53 in county
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 15188
- **population rank**: 173rd of 565 in state
14th of 53 in county
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density sq mi**: 10628.4
- **population density rank**: 36th of 565 in state
2nd of 53 in county
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: −05:00
- **timezone dst**: Eastern Daylight Time, Eastern (EDT)
- **utc offset dst**: −04:00
- **elevation ft**: 16
- **postal code type**: ZIP Codes
- **postal code**: 07712–07713
- **area codes**: Area codes 732 and 848, 732
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 3402501960
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0885141