page_title: Lakewood Township, New Jersey
section_title: Arts and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Lakewood Township, New Jersey / Arts and culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, NJ. The upper two floors of the building above the marquee and to the left of the photo are apartments. The raised area of the building to the left top of the photo is the stage area. The projection booth for movies was located at the windows to the right. The building is currently occupied by the Ocean County Center for the Arts. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 82003292
context_page_description: Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2019, Population Estimates Program, the United States Census Bureau estimated that the municipality had a population of approximately 106,300 residents. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 92,843, representing an increase of 32,491 from the 60,352 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 15,304 from the 45,048 counted in the 1990 Census. The township ranked as the seventh-most-populous municipality in the state in 2010, after having been ranked 22nd in 2000. It now ranks 5th. The sharp increase in population from 2000 to 2010 was led by increases in the township's Orthodox Jewish and Latino communities.
  Lakewood is a hub of Orthodox Judaism, and is home to one of the largest yeshivas in the world, the 6,500-student Beth Medrash Govoha, which was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotler. The large Orthodox population, which comprises more than half the township's population, wields considerable political clout in the township as a voting bloc.
context_section_description: The Strand Theater, established in 1922, was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb.
caption: Strand Theater
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