By Paul Goldfinger, MD.  editor Blogfinger.net, USA

1891.   500 foot pier is built at Embury Avenue at cost of  $4,060.  It was built to supply support for a sewage pipe.  Stokes idea.  Another pier was also built at north end, but it came down in a storm and was not replaced.

Please read this link below.   By my standards, it is still funny:

pier humor

Link regarding 19th and twentieth century views of the pier:

19th and 20th century views of the pier on Blogfinger

North end pier:

North End pier

1922 Pier damage in a storm; rebuilt.   Also  1929 and 1938.

Nov, 1992: a devastating nor’easter hits the Grove and destroys the pier. Don’t miss the link below.

https://wp.me/pqmj2-tH5

Paul Goldfinger; sunrise. 2002. OG pier

2004. Paul Goldfinger photo

2011 Hurricane Irene:

Hurricane Irene 2011.  Nasty storm.

Pearl Harbor Day Dec 7, 2011 on the pier. It was a tradition. Paul Goldfinger photo.

October 29,  2012 . Sandy hits and damages pier and boardwalk in Ocean Grove, NJ.

Bob Bowné. Shortly after, the Fishing Club and the distal pier vanishes. 10/29/2012

Walking on the pier the next day. 10/30/2012.  Police asked them to come off. Paul Goldfinger photo.

2012. day after Sandy hit.  Paul Goldfinger.

The pier is repaired out  to 250 feet.  The original length was 500 feet.

11/1/13. Paul Goldfinger photo.

7//9/14. Paul Goldfinger.

5/16/14   FEMA refuses to pay for pier:

Blogfinger post:

“Just when the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) thought that everything was going right, the local FEMA project office notified the CMA that the fishing pier was ruled ineligible for FEMA public assistance because it is entirely recreational (unlike the boardwalk) and it falls under the rules for nonprofit entities.  This notification was received on May 16,  2014.”

2015 Bob Bowné

2/27/22    ( ?  8/22) DEP awards Waterfront Development permit. No local (Neptune) construction permit is required.

7/30/22.  DEDICATION of new Camp Meeting Association Pier:      Project engineer Peter Avakian speaks and brags about the planned construction:

Link to dedication. 7/30/22

https://wp.me/pqmj2-TTT

Blogfinger:     “I have some of Avakian’s  quotes below, and  the most impressive words of the evening were his when he promised that no future storm could knock down the new pier and that the pier will be bigger, better, taller and longer.

“He said that the pier would  extend 500 feet into the ocean–250 feet  longer than the original.   The decking will be 6 feet higher at the end; 5 feet higher than waves could be.  (??)”

“The piles will be impressive--up to  60 feet long and driven 20 feet into the sand.  The pile caps will be made of cast iron, and there will be “extensions” at the end of the pier which would provide a “pavilion area” where someone could get out of the sun and there will be a place where lifeguards can survey the ocean and beach areas for safety.”

4/15/2023:  Pier is open to the public.  

Stays open for the summer of 2023. No problems

Pier opens. 4/15/23. Paul Goldfinger photo.

July 1 20, 23. NJ.com photo

October 2023.    Pier is temporarily  closed due to “pilings issues.”   Then it is open again , but closed Dec 12, 2023 due to “pilings failure.”

December 24, 2023:   Entire pier is closed.