A major residential and commercial area with shopping centers, restaurants, professional services, banks and the township's busiest concentration of everyday retail.
Monmouth County Bayshore Guide
Aberdeen Township
Aberdeen is a diverse Monmouth County township stretching from the Route 34 corridor to the Raritan Bay shoreline. Its communities include Cliffwood, Cliffwood Beach, Freneau, Oakshades, River Gardens, Strathmore and Woodfield, with rail access, waterfront recreation, neighborhood parks and a strong Matawan-Aberdeen school connection.
CliffwoodCliffwood BeachStrathmoreAberdeen-Matawan StationRaritan Bay
Aberdeen at a glance
19,3292020 Census population
7.77 sq miApproximate total area
1977Matawan Township renamed Aberdeen
3 ZIPs07721 · 07735 · 07747
Community names matter here: Aberdeen listings may use Aberdeen, Cliffwood, Cliffwood Beach or Matawan mailing addresses. NJTGO checks the actual township location rather than assuming a postal city determines the municipality.
From Matawan Township to Aberdeen
The community was known as Matawan Township until residents voted on November 8, 1977 to adopt the name Aberdeen Township, creating a clearer identity separate from neighboring Matawan Borough. Today the township includes several distinct neighborhoods and commercial corridors rather than one traditional downtown.
Communities in the northern and eastern part of the township, including residential neighborhoods, schools, parks, Raritan Bay access and the redeveloped waterfront at Veterans Memorial Park.
Additional residential areas that help give Aberdeen its varied neighborhood character.
Cliffwood Beach & the Waterfront
Cliffwood Beach was once a resort destination on Raritan Bay. Severe storm damage—especially Hurricane Donna in 1960—ended much of the amusement-era waterfront, but the shoreline has been reimagined as public recreation.
Ocean Boulevard and Lakeshore Drive in Cliffwood Beach. Amenities include basketball courts, playground, spray park, picnic grove, multi-purpose field, gazebo and a veterans memorial.
A roughly half-mile waterfront walkway with scenic overlooks and fishing outcrops along the Raritan Bay shoreline.
483 Amboy Road, Cliffwood Beach. A longstanding marina supporting local boating access and waterfront activity.
Parks, Trails & Recreation
The Monmouth County trail system begins in the Aberdeen area and provides a long paved/stone-dust route east toward the Bayshore communities and Atlantic Highlands.
Archie and Maxwell streets in Cliffwood, with fields, courts and playground facilities.
Lloyd Road and Cambridge Drive, with baseball, basketball, swings and tot-lot facilities.
16 Woodman Place, a neighborhood recreation area with courts, softball, swings and a tot lot.
Cliffwood Avenue area with softball, basketball, soccer and playground amenities.
Aberdeen also maintains Andover, Deerfield, Firemans, Fordham, Harrison, Ivy Hill, Northland, Oakshades, Overlook, Phillip N. Gumbs and other local facilities.
Schools
Aberdeen and Matawan share the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. The township contains several district schools while others are in neighboring Matawan Borough.
1 Crest Way, Aberdeen.
422 Cliffwood Avenue, Cliffwood.
401 Lloyd Road, Aberdeen.
282 Church Street, Aberdeen.
469 Matawan Avenue, Cliffwood.
450 Atlantic Avenue, Aberdeen.
Transit & Commuting
43 Atlantic Avenue. NJ TRANSIT North Jersey Coast Line service links the area with Newark, New York Penn Station, Long Branch and other shore communities.
Aberdeen manages commuter parking including Lot 3. ParkMobile is used for daily parking; municipal commuter-parking information should be checked for current permits and rates.
Routes 34 and 35 are major commercial and commuting corridors, with Garden State Parkway access available nearby.
Government & Community Resources
1 Aberdeen Square, Aberdeen. Township administration, tax, construction, recreation and other municipal services.
Emergency: 911. Non-emergency service is provided by the township police department.
165 Main Street in Matawan Borough. Shared library service for the two communities.
Volunteer fire and emergency medical services serve the township's neighborhoods. Call 911 for emergencies.
Faith Communities & Cemeteries
Aberdeen includes Calvary Baptist Church, Community Bible Fellowship Church, Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Providence Baptist Church and St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church.
Temple Beth Ahm, Temple Shalom and Young Israel of Aberdeen / Congregation Bet Tefilah serve the local Jewish community.
Midway Green Cemetery on Reids Hill Road and Union Prospect Cemetery on Lloyd Road are longstanding local burial grounds.
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Visiting & LodgingWaterfront recreation, trails, transit and clearly labeled nearby lodging.
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