Address: 631 Pinewald-Keswick Road
Berkeley Township, New Jersey 08721
Also known as "Bayville Municipal Court"
Phone: (732) 240-6661
Court sessions: 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesday of every Month (excluding December)
2nd Wednesday 8:00am & 3:30 pm
3rd Wednesday 8:00am only
4th Wednesday 8:00 am & 3:30 pm
Some traffic and speeding tickets are issued in Berkeley. Some DWI and criminal arrests, mostly disorderly persons are made in Berkeley. The judge is the Hon. John Sheehy, J.M.C. The prosecutor is Joseph D. Grisanti, Esq. Contact a Berkely municipal court attorney.
Berkeley is located in eastern Ocean County, New Jersey. The town was formed in 1875, carved out from pieces of Toms River.
Berkely was first envisioned when Army officer Edward Farrow started purchasing woodland in the area. He dreamed of building a retirement community for former military officers.
Farrow put up a train station, stores and a hotel resort in what later became known as the town. Unfortunately, it was a flop, and Farrow soon went bankrupt.
Year later, Benjamin Sangor bought the area. Sangor was a real estate developer who had already built properties in New York and Miami. By 1929, about 8,000 lots were built in "Pinewald." Pinewald was planned to have a golf course, luxury homes, and an entertainment facility.
Sangor next began building the Pinewald pavilion and pier on Butler Avenue. The Royal Pines Hotel, a million-dollar project facing Crystal Lake, soon went up as well. This soon became the main meeting ground of Berkeley Twp. The hotel was later converted to an insane asylum, then elderly care home. The facility is now called the Crytal Lake Nursing & Rehabilitation center.
The former hotel has been surrounded by intrigue. The hotel was designed by Russian architect W. Oltar-Jevsky during the roaring twenties. Al Capone is said to have visited the hotel, which rumor it contained tunnels that went under the nearby lake that were used by bootlegges.
