What a complete parking nightmare Ocean City has become. Giant party houses have replaced humble cottages. Meanwhile city employees stand guard at overpriced half empty city parking lots while day trippers search residential neighborhoods for places to park for free rather than be price gouged to park in a city lot in the boardwalk zone. Then there are the stupid golf carts that have become a status symbol for the owners of the party houses taking up additional parking spaces.....since the party house people all came in multiple cars anyway. For every golf cart on our streets another parking spot is lost. Its become insane in the past five years. Any ideas on how to fix it? Is it too late?

I understand the reason behind them, but are they actually worth joining? If you have a membership to one, is the food actually good (and if so which one!) or is the appeal just being able to BYOB?

Thanks!

Looking for the name of a sit down Italian restaurant on the boardwalk. I think it was near Gillian's. I'm not sure if it's still open or not.

If anybody can get shit well pay we NEED

Hi there! Looking for a seafood restaurant that also has a kids menu. Unfortunately, my 2.5yo isn't super adventurous foodwise. Any suggestions? I've heard that the Crab Trap may have a kids menu, but it's not listed on the website. Also heard about Deauville Inn. Thanks!

PETA stages protest against Ocean City hermit crab contests

From this past Thursday.

Does anyone remember back in the day there would be a circus that came to CITY AROUND 28th and bay? I went in the 90’s when I was a kid and my parents went when they were kids.

Apparently they stopped because it brought in a questionable crowd whether it was the circus workers themselves or circus goers. Does anyone else remember the circus?

I’m a residential structural engineer with a property on the island. I’ve worked with some of the local architects before on past client projects. For my own home, I’d love to be heavy handed in the design, doing as much of it myself as possible. I’m looking for an architectural consultant that will assist me in the design process as needed (with pay). Most of the architects I talk to want to be fully in charge or no assistance at all (which is totally fair). Just posting on here to see if it’s possible to find someone. I’d love to get more work on the island too

We have a hotel suite booked in Ocean City for September but now my dad is coming and he has a bad back so we are looking for a place with a balcony, preferably with ocean view and not too many steps (or an elevator), so he can sit outside if he doesn’t want to come to the beach. I’ve been scouring Airbnb and VRBO but wondering if maybe there are some ocean view condos/hotels I’m not seeing? I’d rather not do a high rise but getting desperate! Budget is $2300 for 3 nights.

Edit: I see this sub is more for what’s going on in ocean city, maybe there is a better sub for this post?

Where is the best place to find a winter rental?

This post is purely educational for me, and isn’t meant to offend anyone. I’ve been going to OC since the 90s, but I’ve never traveled south of the boardwalk on the Island. Are there any landmarks, eateries, things-to-do, or anything else special down there that you believe deserves a call out? Thanks in advance!

We are renting from Oct 15 to May 15. Can we send our kids to OC school system if we love full-time during these months?

This is a design I based off of the old Welcome Sign that was on the 34th Street causeway right after the bridge. It’s also similar to the one on 9th before the Welcome Center just a different color scheme. It’s made of PVC board which I routed out and painted. The yellow lettering are inlays. It’s available if anyone is interested.

A coalition of Ocean City residents sued to stop Wonderland Pier from being transformed into a boardwalk hotel, claiming officials had conflicts of interest and failed to abide by New Jersey’s land-use laws.

Two residents and four civic groups sued Ocean City and its council on Monday, asking a judge to nullify the city council’s vote that declared the mostly defunct theme park an area in need of rehabilitation.

Why do so many rental houses smell like mothballs? It takes me forever to do all my laundry after a week there because everything comes home smelling terrible. Are there any rentals 4+ br that don’t reek? Is it mold? Are people just obsessed with mothballs in this town? I really want to figure this out because my family is fully committed to vacationing here every year, and I cannot take the smell.

Disclosure: I’m Josh Russell, an author who has spent considerable time researching the Sindia records.

A commonly repeated version says some crew came ashore by breeches buoy. The U.S. Life-Saving Service's 1902 annual report records something different. The Ocean City and Pecks Beach crews fired a line aboard, but the broadside wreck rolled so heavily that the hawser could not be kept taut enough to make the breeches buoy practicable. They changed methods and used a surfboat, making eight trips to land twenty-six sailors and their baggage. Officers remained until December 17, when the ship filled and was abandoned.

It is a small correction, but a useful one: later memory kept the dramatic line shot and turned it into the rescue method. The official sequence shows that the equipment attempt failed at the hawser stage, and repeated surfboat work completed the rescue. It is a good example of why an accurate detail can survive inside an inaccurate story.

The "America 250: Lights Over Ocean City Drone Show" celebrates the 250th anniversary of our nation, and it runs through August 24th.

It’s been years since I’ve been to OCNJ and we now have a stroller wagon with two toddlers. Just looking for a location of a ramp that would be easiest to get the stroller wagon onto the beach. Also looking to find parking close by ramp if possible! Thanks!!

OCNJ has such a special place in our hearts, my father recently passed away and I’ve been dealing with that by painting lots of meaningful places and feelings to kinda cope. Thought you guys would enjoy!

Earlier tonight, (9:00-9:30 pm), I saw 2 police cars, a fire truck and ambulance in front of a house in Ocean Ave close to 14th street. And I was wondering if anyone knew what happened?
🙏Prayers to the people involved. 🙏