Weird Vibes at the Jersey Shore - Exploring the Town of Keansburg, NJ
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I've been going to the Jersey Shore my who life but I've never visited Keansburg before. When I went there I found that the place had weird vibes and liminal spaces. Join me as I see some abandoned buildings, strange murals, an eerie amusement park, and more!
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Went to Keansburg all the time as a kid especially during the 90s. It was always kind of a dump, but it was our dump.
I think it has a lot of charm nonetheless
I remember the vinegar fries and fishing pier thats still there
i grew up there and used to tell people i lived in Hazlet, so they did not judge me. I have been out KB for over 20 years and it is still in my heart. I feel guilty all those years, I denied where I was from. I miss the people and you ae right it was our dump. Keansburger for life!!
Even by the 60’s that whole strip of Rt 36 was sketchy. Laurence Harbor down to Highlands. We used to call those towns along the Raritan Bay as Where Debris Meets the Sea 😂 We definitely slummed it going to the Burg in the 80’s. I’m long gone from Monmouth Co. & here they tried jazzing it up with the ferries to NYC. Lots of townhouse communities. Still not sitting on that “beach” 😂
Reminds me of a September day in 1960 (the only time I ever ventured into Keansburg), right after Hurricane Donna wrecked that amusement area and plenty more. We scrambled around all over everything while my friend's Dad drank at a nearby bar with a six foot water line inside across the street. What a day!
My husband and I went down there last summer. It was very busy, pretty clean, it just seemed a little outdated, but very nostalgic.
It has a lot of charm, thats for sure
I grew up there in the 80's, every weekend my Dad would take me to the arcade, our house was in Cliffwood Beach, NJ
When a town works for "vacationers" instead of the people of the town, the town dies.. "Vacationers" go home.. residents do not! Take care of your town, and the tourist will come! I am from the Jersey shore and am totally saddened that it has gone to the dumps.. so sad.. Thanks for this video.. Reminds me of why I left Jersey..
Thanks for watching!
Hi Ray! The Keansburg historical museum is open every Sat and Sun from 12-4! Come by and visit we’d love to tell you about Keansburg’s rich history and bright future!!
My sister was there with my niece last week, they had a blast. It was great to hear The Heidlburg is still open. So many wonderful memories!!!
Visiting here and roaming the streets for arcades was fun when I was a kid. Sad to see how it turned out. Hopefully they can bring it back up to speed.
Grew up in Keansburg. Those shots of buildings on Carr Avenue bring back memories. I lived right near the laundromat. The police station moved to a different location further up Carr Ave awhile back. Haven't been there in awhile, I'll have to go there on my next trip to NJ
Thank you Ray .
I’ve never have been to this part of the shore and now I’ll definitely be visiting it.
Its a cool place, and hopefully grows into something better
I rode my 500th rollercoaster here last year. Looks like the amusement park and the town itself has seen better days.
500? That's really impressive
I'm a native of East Keansburg lived there for 5 years from my birth in Dec 1982 until we left in Nov 1987. My family lived on 161 Ocean Ave for 14 years beginning in 1973. I visited Keansburg recently and I barely recognized the town anymore compared to the 80s. Special shoutout to my fellow Keansburg native John Fenner.
Smack in the middle of the Jersey shoreline. Looks like a place with a lot of potential. Part of the Bayshore regional strategic plan. Gonna put it on my place to visit list.
Used to go there all the time in the early 70s when I was very young.. It used to be booming, but then other places like seaside and great adventure had more rides.. now it’s like a slum by the sea hard to believe, but it might make a comeback look at Asbury Park
They have/ had the last pretzel dark ride in NJ a few years back, The Spook House
I will have to go back and check that out
@@RayOutThere I'm the manager of the Haunted Manor in your video and we just pulled it out of Keansburg in order for it to be relocated to Florida. The Spook House that is mentioned in the comment above was sadly destroyed by Sandy and despite years of promising to bring it back, it is NOT being rebuilt.
Went there a couple times pre-Covid. Water park across the street is cool. Amusement park is definitely for a younger crowd, but the go kart track is nice. Town, and amusement park specifically, was hit hard by Sandy.
Some of the buildings definitely looked water damaged
It’s so weird to see it in the light considering I live across the street from the boardwalk 😂
Fun in the sun
Looks like it would be a fun spot in the summer. Would be fun to run into Venne, Snookie, and that other dude from the Jersey Shore😂 idk just saw that show a couple times😂😂
I actually saw them on the rooftop of the shore house when I went to Seaside the year after the show came out
@@RayOutThere oh wow thats so neat
Hi on utube also is a documentary part 1 and part 2 all albout the area when it was at it was the place to go lol keansburg even had a ferry that bought vistors to the beachtown called the city of keansburg
Keansburg NJ is part of what's considered "The Bay Shore", it's really not considered part of "The Jersey Shore", which actually starts at Sandy Hook. Growing up in Brooklyn during the 1960s and 1970s, they would play commercials for Keansburg Amusement Park, which were kind of outdated and creepy. My family would always spend weekends in the summer anywhere on the shore from Asbury Park down to Seaside Heights. We never went to Keansburg. But, after seeing the commercials, I begged my parents to take us there. Well we did go, and honestly, even back then it wasn't very nice and we stayed a bit and left.
You should try to find some of the old commercials on You tube.
That’s so funny, the moment I saw this video up, that song came into my head. They altered the commercials a little into the 80’s (adding narration), but they /always/ kept that weird song with that guys voice that sounded like he was singing through a comb with tissue paper on it. Thanks for being someone else who remembered that.
Also, yes, those commercials are available here.
I will have to check that out, it sounds really cool!
@@pjm2932 Hey I found a few of the videos of those commercials and they are creepy now as they were back then
Used to go here a lot with my dad and my brother, I remember the amazing food they had, especially the pizza and burgers. The Moby dick used to scare me, not even the ride itself, but the mural on it 😂😂
hurricane sandy wiped 0ut chunks of the town. the block with the buffet has been empty nfor decades
Idk if I even consider keansburg the Jersey shore. The water is the nasty Bay lol. Wouldn’t trust it at all since it probably has run off from NYC
If you want to know about the town I can tell You
Most is shut down because of Sandy. No funding.
I grew up near Morristown, NJ and there were commercials on TV all summer long for Keansburg Amusement Park. ***edit: back in the late 1960's , early 1970's
My grandparents went on their first date here in the late 50s. Keansburg was a big time destination at one point. The big change was once the Garden State Parkway opened, people opted for south jersey beaches.
That's not true. Nobody in North Jersey even knows where South Jersey is. Going down the shore, I doubt if they ever get past Central Jersey (if there IS a Central Jersey).
Sandy was so bad here there were go carts from the boardwalk about 20 blocks into town it was crazy. That’s why all stores are like that, they couldn’t afford to fix them and nobody ever bought them to fix up. Same with houses a lot of people had to just leave and couldn’t afford the repairs. A lot of stuff being torn down and built up lately though
Carr Ave was struggling and then Sandy wiped it out. 70s and early 80s were great times as a kid there. I think the neighborhood is coming back but slowly.
@@jeffreyrepace785 they actually just knocked down everything and rebuilt it and half of new buildings are almost done! Really crazy to see
Always had an odd feeling anytime I went to Keansburg...
Yeah! Its weird there, I don't know how to describe it
I grew up in the "Burg". It was an interesting and eclectic place. The decline started long before sandy. And slow going since. Improvements are coming. I still have family there so I visit often. I look forward to seeing progress. You might look into the mural project. Ty for sharing
I should definitely look more into the mural project. I know they have a similar one in Asbury Park
Same!
Agreed. I’m from port Monmouth and keansburg was a rough area since I was a little kid. They say they’re trying to get better but it still has ways to go
i live in kb myself and and after seing it in another persons perspective its really odd how liminal it is, evreything is either broken or "being fixed" but the people here still make it work. i think the town is slowly dieing and the community just dosent want to except it so they keep trying to put new things in it to make up for it.
It’s not a dump no more, well it doesn’t look like one at least. They renovating Every abandoned field and house in the town. Also Creating new commercial and apartment condos. The crime is mediocre as it isn’t a major problem but it happens. If you walked down seabreeze u would’ve saw a house with like 30 bullet holes in it no joke. And that apartment building isn’t luxury no more as they couldn’t find buyers so now it’s section 8 and low income units and smells like weed and urine inside. The town has a long way to go but it isn’t changing in my opinion I think it’s getting worse
Cute little town! When does it officially open? Memorial Day? Great explore! 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you! I think it may already be open for the weekends
My mom took my cousins and I there many times in the mid 1960s through the early 70s. It was a sad little Ma and Pa amusement park. We lived in South River and Sayreville , so the ride was short. A lot fewer cars and traffic back then.
Knsbg was really a poor mans place, but it dangerous. We loved it. The games and concessions were low priced, but fun. The hot dogs, hamburgers and pizza...etc...were good. It did not have a real boardwalk, as it was level with the town. I mentioned the word SAD before,...but it was a good kind of sad. Another commenter said it was
THEIR place. We felt the same.
Spent most of my Childhood Summers there. Believe it or not, the amusement park originally had a real Boardwalk. I remember it well. It may have been destroyed by an earlier Hurricane
Back in the early 60's we used to go there "family trip"....all I really remember is the bumper cars and tons of horseshoe crabs on beach!
Now you go to the beach and it's all needles crack viles and condoms the horse shoe crabs move out lol
My family took us kids there in the 60s too. Do you recall a Gypsy Fortune Teller booth on the boardwalk? The woman would sit in front, with an intense facial expression. "Madame Pauline:Reader and Advisor" Do you or anyone you know remember this?
Nice exploring Jersey Shores. Thank you for sharing 👌
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting video. My father, now gone, often talked about going down to Keansburg as a child (we lived in Irvington). He talked about going out to the beach at night where people had campfires and tents and would camp out on the beach in the summer. It must have been magical at the time as it was among his fondest memories of the shore.
Good investment place!?!?
Never met anyone from Keanesburg I didnt like. Nicest most down to earth folk I've ever met.
Dated a woman from Keansburg back in the early 90's best sex I ever had in my life.
Keansburg was always run down and had a reputation, but the boardwalk used to be really fun. It's a shame to see it like this.
I think it has a lot of potential to be a nice beach town. But I did want to document it before any changes happen
Wow watching this brought back so many memories. Used to go down with my parents and brother when we were kids. Yeah it was a shithole but it was fun. Would love to go down there again just to check it out
Funny you mentioned Asbury. I went there a lot as a kid in the 80's and it reminded me of that too. The slum by the sea. It has been revitalized since.
Its really nice now and I love it, but I wish I could have explored it during the downturn years
@@RayOutThere Yeah it was something else. I ran into Bruce Springsteen filming the tunnel of love video on the boardwalk. It was just on the Ocean Grove side on a gloomy ,cold and deserted fall day. Other than that it was like an open air mental asylum.
I would assume we are of a similar age. Where did u grow up? In Jersey?
I grew up in Jersey. I'm in my mid thirties now. I missed out on the 80s
And here I am looking through your popular videos and then I see this ... This is my town! Born and raised. They were definitely trying to revitalize it with new restaurants. Sandy really did a number on half of the town from homes and businesses. And that Buffet restaurant has been abandoned for I think for at least ten years? It was a Chinese/Japanese buffet and I think it was open for only a few years. A lot of the buildings near there were our arcades, gaming areas, etc. For the homes, many were hit hard by Sandy and most people just left their homes since they couldn't afford to fix them. And can I say how funny it is to see someone walking around my hometown and in awe of it.
Also that other corner building you saw being built they just finally opened a 3 floor restaurant there. Haven't tried it yet but am hoping to see my little town get some life back into it. You need to come again when it's opened in the summer. Hope you enjoyed our little town.
When I was a lil one back in the late 80s early 90s My mom would take me there to play the boardwalk games and go on the rides. I was so young id call it Kingsburg
We are staying in Keansburg right now for the 4th of July. Got in last night walked our dog over to the beach. Immediately two policemen in a golf cart told us dogs are not allowed on the beach. Ok. Walked this morning around the scary amusement park. I felt like I was in a Scooby Doo set. Probably leaving early and driving back home.
I last went to that water park like 10 years ago! Been curious about Keansburg these days
I hope they indeed fix everything up it can be a real Gem I have so many memories there 😊💜
Hi Ray
That was a great Vlog! I enjoyed that Hopefully the amusement park will be getting ready to open for the season soon
I will have to head back there again this summer
@@RayOutThere you should I would love to see that in a Vlog
Keansburg was always know as a trashy town . I can't see that town ever being successful. It will never come close to other shore towns. Like you said it's just a trashy feel . Your on the Raritan Bay
Man i barfed so many times on those rides as a kid
We did a lot of LSD , in the Berg, Evan , Big Jon ....Me ...
😮!
I moved after sandy my senior year of HS and holy shit it's giving me feelings I can't describe of you walking around re talking my foot steps
Glad you enjoyed it!
Neat little town
I lived there then. And when they painted it I asked to put a dragonfly on it I lost my mom and her sign was dragonfly.
I'm sorry to hear that
All my NJ years, I have not been there either! Enjoyed the tour and like you said, hopefully they will fix it up for the better.
Thank you for watching!
I'm originally from Kburg. You are half my age. There's a great history there. The historical museum is open on Saturday and Sunday. Go in there and ask for John.
When I put my granddaughter on the rides 5 years ago, that made four generations going on the rides dating back to the late 40s. my grandchildren enjoy it. plenty of history in that town. my family had summer homes built there in the early 20s and my grandparents had their home built there in the mid 50s. people do dump on keansburg but its truly a special place for me. there is a four part video on keansburg on youtube, black and white...if your from the bayshore, look it up and enjoy!
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I will look that up. Thank you for sharing these memories
Luxury condos for whom?
The rich
@@RayOutThere in Keansburg though? Ok! I dunno if they can turn the place around and revitalize it, great, but you also don't want to see it just become another snobbo
elite community where nobody but the rich can live.
Thank you for these videos man!
I appreciate that, thank you for watching
Keansburg is a dump and it's always been a dump. When I was a kid, my family would go there at least once every summer, this was the late 90's/early 00's and even back then the town was rundown with low-class people, the park was outdated, the beach was filthy. We went there simply because it was closer than going to Pt. Pleasant or Seaside and it was an easy day out on the weekend.
The lines you see in those abandoned buildings are the watermarks from Superstorm Sandy. It completely destroyed this side of town, bumper cars and Arcade machines were floating down Carr Ave.
We used to go to Keansburg every Saturday night when I was a kid, never any trouble. All the arcades and stands were open on the streets than when I had kids I brought my kids there, haven't been there in years. Not sure how it is now but always a good time back in the day. Sad to see that all the Jersey shores are changing.
It's a little outdated. And hurricane Sandy really messed it up bad. Some people couldn't afford to fix it back up.
I would like to see an updated video. A lot has changed and some of the buildings you toured have been torn down and construction of a new complex is heavily into construction.
It’s been a kinda on again off again place since I was little and sandy really destroyed it ... I lived there in the 90s and it was going further down hill then , sad it could be a really great place !
Means burg is on Hudson Bay. On a clear day you can see NYC, Verizanno Narrown Bridge, and Brooklyn about 40 miles away.
lived in West Keansburg for several years. I heard that Hurricane Sandy really murdered Keansburg.
8:52 You are a grown man all right, and a handsome one at that. I can still detect your inner little boy with enthusiasm as you record this video through the amusement park. Thanks for recording it, Ray!
Lmao you need to get out more
Used to go their all the time with my mom dad and brother in the 60s 70s. We loved that place
worst theme park ever. I had a traumatic experience there.
Sorry to hear that
I remember being five at the amusement park . I looked around at all of the freaks and knew that these were not my people . That was in the 70’s . Has not changed a bit . Glad my mom moved us out of there . I only had to go to kindergarten there
Keansburg is AGreatPlace To Visit It Had AGreat Arcade place with Pinball & Video Games.And Has A Nice Fishing Pier.
Yea, that entire ended of Carr Ave is being torn down for shops and condos.
I'm glad I filmed it then
Keansburg was always a butt of joke as we got older . Going to the board walk and playing tht Kung Fu video game at the arcade and the weird horse show crabs all over the beach that washed up .