īrick Township has also been in the news for a claimed autism epidemic, in which 40 children out of over 6,000 surveyed were found to be autistic, though Brick's autism rate is statistically near the national average. The museum has a gift shop and runs tours of the property daily.

The museum is the original Havens home which lies on a small plot of farmland. The Havens Homestead Museum is dedicated to the Havens family that originally settled in the Laurelton/Burrsville section of Brick. In 2005, Brick Township had dropped down to the fifth safest 'city' (population over 75,000) in the United States, before it rebounded to the top in 2006. In 20, Brick Township was ranked as the second safest city in the United States, after Newton, Massachusetts. Since the year 2000, Brick Township has been the safest 'city' (population over 75,000) in New Jersey. Īfter hovering for years in the top five, in 2006, the township earned the title of 'America's Safest City', out of 371 cities included nationwide in the 13th annual Morgan Quitno survey. In 1963, voters rejected a referendum that would have changed the township's name to 'Laurelton'. Portions of the township were taken to form Point Pleasant Beach (May 18, 1886), Bay Head (June 15, 1886), Lakewood Township (March 23, 1892), Mantoloking (April 10, 1911) and Point Pleasant (April 21, 1920). The township was named after Joseph Brick, the owner of Bergen Iron Works located on the Metedeconk River. Brick Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 15, 1850, from portions of both Dover Township (now Toms River Township) and Howell Township. The mainland and beach area of the town are not geographically adjacent. Ocean Beaches I, II, and III are situated on the Barnegat Peninsula, a long, narrow barrier peninsula that separates Barnegat Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.

Ī majority of Brick Township is located on the mainland. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality, with a population of 73,620, a decrease of 1,452 (−1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 75,072, which in turn reflected a decline of 1,047 residents (−1.4%) from its population of 76,119 at the 2000 census, when it was the state's 12th most-populous municipality. The historic First Baptist Church of Laurelton in Brick Township, located on New Jersey State Route 88īrick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S.

Brick township municipal building