Old Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ: what to set up and who to call
Point Pleasant Beach Water Department has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 12.8 ppb, was higher than 99% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). The closest public drop-off to Point Pleasant Beach is South Wall Recycling Center, 4 miles out; the town decides whether residents may use it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Point Pleasant Beach, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Point Pleasant Beach.
Power comes from JCP&L
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Point Pleasant Beach. Its homes paid an average of 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across New Jersey, for customers on its standard service). New Jersey lets you buy power from another supplier; 9% of JCP&L’s home customers do, and JCP&L still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Point Pleasant Beach Water Department
Point Pleasant Beach Water Department supplies almost all of Point Pleasant Beach. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Brick Township Mua as seller) and serves 12,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2022–Dec 2024, was 12.8 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 99% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NJ1525001.
4 home internet providers serve Point Pleasant Beach
100% of 2,877 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 300/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 54% | 100/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 45% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Point Pleasant Beach
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Point Pleasant Beach, from the town’s own site.
Point Pleasant Beach Recycling Center (Drop-Off Center)
301 Cooks Road, Point Pleasant Beach, NJ 08742
The town’s page also lists “7 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:45 pm”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Aerosol Cans (Empty)
- Aluminum Cans; Tin and Steel Cans (Rinsed)
- Brown Paper Bags (Grocery Type)
- Cardboard (Not Bundled)
- Glass Jars and Bottles
- Junk Mail and Envelopes
- Magazines and Catalogs (Not Bundled)
- Newspaper and Inserts (Not Bundled)
- Office and School Papers (Colored Paper Too)
- Plastic Bottles (with Necks Only)
- Plastic Milk Jugs
From pointpleasantbeach.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Point Pleasant Beach is in Point Pleasant Beach Borough School District.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jul 2026; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Point Pleasant Beach is in ZIP code 08742
ZIP codes where Point Pleasant Beach residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Point Pleasant Beach | ZIP’s residents in Point Pleasant Beach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08742 | Point Pleasant Beach, NJ | 100% | 19% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Point Pleasant Beach
Who supplies Point Pleasant Beach’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Point Pleasant Beach Water Department (EPA ID NJ1525001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 12.8 ppb (Jan 2022–Dec 2024), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Point Pleasant Beach?
JCP&L (Jersey Central Power & Light Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 18.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Point Pleasant Beach?
Xfinity, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Point Pleasant Beach?
08742. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Point Pleasant Beach in?
Point Pleasant Beach Borough School District.
How do I register to vote in Point Pleasant Beach?
In New Jersey you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Ocean County Clerk. Check your registration at voter.svrs.nj.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Point Pleasant Beach’s own website (pointpleasantbeach.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.