About Howell NJ

Howell NJ is currently home to hundreds of Frum families. Litvish, Yeshivish, Chasidish, Sefardi, are all within the many Frum neighborhoods that are within Howell. On Shabbos you can find minyanim within each Frum community in Howell. Some offer a few minyanim.

Howell is north of Lakewood (closer to NYC) and directly accessible from the NJ Garden State Parkway (exit 98), Rt. 9 and the NJ Turnpike. Howell NJ is 62 square miles and is the largest municipality in size within Monmouth County. The current bureau of census has 53,000 people residing in Howell Township. Lakewood NJ is 24 square miles with more than double (Over 130,000) people.

Most importantly to those that want less traffic and less noise long term, Howell has adopted zoning regulations many many decades ago that will keep it this way long term. Living in Howell Township offers residents a suburban rural mix feel and most residents own their homes. In Howell Township there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals live in Howell Township.

Commerce

Howell Commons, located on US 9 in Howell. The township is home to numerous shopping centers, particularly on U.S. 9, including Aldrich Plaza, Adelphia Plaza, Greenleaf at Howell, Howell Commons, Lanes Mill Marketplace, and Regal Plaza.

Other shopping destinations near Howell, including the Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold Township, Jackson Premium Outlets in Jackson Township and Jersey Shore Premium Outlets in Tinton Falls. Neighboring Farmingdale acts as a ‘downtown’ for the surrounding Howell Township. Nearby Asbury Park (on the shore) and Freehold Borough (the county seat) are also regional ‘downtowns’ for the township. You’ll also find a Super Walmart, Lowes, Target, a bowling alley, miniature golf, and a climb zone. iPlay America, an indoor amusement park. Six Flags Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor are only about 20 minutes from Howell Township.

The Howell Chamber of Commerce, established in 1957, serves to promote Howell businesses. The Chamber of Commerce works to advocate for the diverse Howell business community, provides extensive benefits to its members, and creates a Community amongst the members.

Parks and Recreation

There are many beautiful outdoor spaces and parks in Howell Township. One of the most popular is the Manasquan Reservoir, a gorgeous park on over 1,200 acres. You can spend the day here fishing, kayaking, ice skating, walking, running, or biking around the five-mile perimeter trail. The reservoir also has a nature exhibit where people can go see the local wildlife.

Alfred C. Sauer Park at Echo Lake offers a dock for fishing and kayaking, a nature trail and a pavilion overlooking the lake which can be rented. There is no swimming but there are grills and picnic tables as well as a playground. In 2014, the township renamed the park in memory of Alfred C. Sauer, an environmentalist who worked to preserve the park and other natural environments in the township.

Deerwood Park is also located in Howell and has a large open space, which is great for picnics. It has two roller hockey rinks, a playground, and Little League fields. Lastly, Aldridge Lake was recently remodeled. The newly remodeled lake offers residents use year-round.

The next thing you may like to know is Howell’s location in relation to the beaches. Howell is very close to some of the best beaches within Monmouth County. In only a 15 to 20-minute car ride, you can enjoy Belmar, Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach, and Avalon. Not much further away are Siegert, Spring Lake, Manasquan, Asbury Park, and Long Branch.

Public Transportation

NJ Transit provides bus transportation to communities along U.S. Route 9 from Lakewood to Old Bridge, and to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City via the 131, 135 and 139 bus routes, to Newark Liberty International Airport and the rest of Newark on the 67 route, to Jersey City on the 64 and 67 routes, and with local service on the 836 route. Bus service is available from Route 9 to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan via the Academy Bus Line. There are two commuter parking lots available exclusively for residents of Howell Township, at the Aldrich Park & Ride in the Land of Pines neighborhood, and the Howell Park & Ride in the Adelphia neighborhood.

The Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line a proposed NJ Transit project which would connect Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties to the rest of the system’s rail network. The township would be a potential stop for the ‘MOM’ Line. As of now, Howell offers taxi services to and from the Belmar train station, the closest train station to the township. Other nearby train stations include Aberdeen-Matawan, Asbury Park, Hamilton, and Long Branch.

Monmouth Executive Airport in Farmingdale supplies short-distance flights to surrounding areas and is the closest air transportation service. The nearest major commercial airports are Trenton-Mercer Airport, which serves several domestic destinations via Frontier Airlines and located 28 miles (45 km) west (about 36 minutes drive); and Newark Liberty International Airport, which serves as a major hub for United Airlines and located 40 miles (64 km) north (about 56 minutes drive) from the center of Howell Township.

Cycleways, including the Edgar Felix Bikeway, connect to Manasquan and the beach, as well as other points of interest.

Healthcare

Most of Howell Township is served by the CentraState Healthcare System, which is affiliated with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The main hospital campus is located in neighboring Freehold Township. The facility has 287 beds and is the county’s fourth-largest employer. The next closest major hospitals to the township are Monmouth Medical Center’s Southern Campus in nearby Lakewood, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in nearby Neptune, and the Hamilton division of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.