A Short Description
of Brick Township, NJ (Brick NJ)
Brick Township (also commonly known as Bricktown
or Brick NJ) is a township in Ocean County, New
Jersey.
As of the 2010 United States Census,
the township had a population of 75,072, making it the
state's 13th-largest municipality and the third most
populous municipality in Ocean County (behind Lakewood
Township and Toms River Township), having seen a decline of
1,047 residents (-1.4%) from its population of 76,119 in the
2000 Census, when it was the state's 12th most-populous
municipality.
While the majority of Brick Township
is located on the mainland, Ocean Beaches I, II and III are
situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier
peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic
Ocean. The mainland and beach area of the town are not
geographically adjacent.
After hovering for years in
the top five, in 2006, the township earned the title of
"America's Safest City", out of 371 cities included
nationwide in the 13th annual Morgan Quitno survey. Since
the year 2000, Brick Township has been the safest "city"
(population over 75,000) in New Jersey. In 2003 and 2004,
Brick Township was ranked as the second safest city in the
United States.
(info excerpted from Wikipedia.)
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