Wayside is an unincorporated community located along the border of Tinton Falls Borough and Ocean Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[2] The community is largely residential though some churches, parks, and schools are located in the area. The main arterial roads in the community are Hope Road (through which the Tinton Falls–Ocean Township municipal line runs), Wayside Road (County Route 38 in Tinton Falls), and West Park Avenue. Access to New Jersey Route 18 is available via nearby interchanges with Deal Road, West Park Avenue, and Wayside Road; the Garden State Parkway's exit 105 is also located north of Wayside. The building that once housed the 16-lane Wayside Bowl-O-Drome is still in use, now as an office building.[3]
Wayside, New Jersey | |
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 Along Wayside Road (CR 38) | |
  Wayside Location of Wayside in Monmouth County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey  Wayside Wayside (New Jersey)  Wayside Wayside (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′24″N 74°04′29″W / 40.25667°N 74.07472°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Monmouth |
| Borough and Township | Tinton Falls and Ocean |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 07712 |
| GNIS feature ID | 882591[1] |
Notable people
editPeople who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Wayside include:
- Bob Davis (born 1945), former NFL quarterback whose career included three seasons with the New York Jets.[4]
- Trent Hindman (born 1995), racing driver who won the 2014 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in the GS class.[5]
- Oren Liebermann, CNN International Jerusalem correspondent[6]
- Wendy Williams (born 1964), media personality and former radio jock host of The Wendy Williams Show.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Wayside". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Aerial view of Wayside" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ Harvin, Al. "An Offseason Game; New Jersey Sports", The New York Times, January 12, 1973. Accessed December 15, 2007. "When Bob Davis was a senior at Neptune (N.J.) High School he had a decision to make-play basketball, or football. He chose football. "I was actually a much better basketball player in high school than I was a football player," says Davis, now a resident of Wayside, N.J., and the backup quarterback to Joe Namath of the New York Jets."
- ^ USF2000 – Summer Vacation Over for Hindman Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Trent Hindman, August 12, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2015. "While Trent Hindman's senior year at Ocean Township High School doesn't begin until September 5th, his open-wheel education picks up after a six-week break this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sport Car Course, for Round 6 and 7 of the 2012 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda. 'I can't wait to get back into the car', said Hindman from his Wayside, N.J. home."
- ^ "Oren Liebermann joins CBS3, CW Philly as reporter". The Philly Ad Club. August 20, 2010.
- ^ Fishman, Steve. "How New York's Shock Jockette Got Supersized", New York (magazine), October 16, 2005. Accessed December 3, 2007. "As a youngster, Wendy did not seem destined for success on the radio, or anywhere else. She grew up in Wayside, New Jersey, an upper-middle-class part of Ocean Township, one of four black students in her class, and one of the heaviest of any race."
