It's hard to believe, standing on a busy Lakewood street in 2025, that this was once a sleepy resort town where New Yorkers came to escape the summer heat. But the grand old hotels are still there in the history books —…
Here's a statistic that tells you everything about Lakewood: there are shuls here you could walk past every day for a month and never notice — tucked into houses, basements, converted garages, strip malls. Some estimates put the number in the hundreds.…
Every town has a Shabbos. But Shabbos in Lakewood is something visitors talk about for years afterward — the quiet, the walking, the feeling that an entire town has agreed, all at once, to stop.
If you're planning your first Shabbos here,…
If you stand quietly on a Lakewood street on a weeknight around nine o'clock, you'll hear it: a low, rolling hum, like a beehive the size of a neighborhood. That's the sound of thousands of men learning Torah at the same time…
There's a moment that happens to almost every first-time visitor to Lakewood, and it usually happens within the first hour of arriving.
You're driving down Clifton Avenue, maybe a little lost, looking for the street your rental is on, and at a…
Summer vacation season is fast approaching and with it comes family trips to the Jersey Shore. In order to maximize your beach trip experience, we consulted with a group of realtors and Shore experts to assist with planning a successful beach visit.…
When people picture a Lakewood getaway, they usually picture summer: the Shore twenty minutes away, long evenings, the kids running around outside. And summer in Lakewood is wonderful. But here's what the regulars know — winter might be the smartest time to…
Lakewood isn't a mall town — it's better than that. It's a town of shopping districts, each with its own character: the old downtown, the bustling 9th Street corridor, the newer developments, and the specialty shops scattered everywhere in between. Whether you…
Lakewood NJ is an idyllic city of parks, lakes and an exciting kosher food scene. Additionally, Lakewood hosts several yeshivas, boutique shuls and eruvim, making it the ideal location for frum families seeking exciting yet comfortable vacation rentals that meet halachic guidelines.…
Lakewood sits in the middle of one of New Jersey's great natural treasures: the Pine Barrens ecosystem, thousands of acres of pitch pine forest, cedar swamps, and quiet trails, much of it within a half-hour drive. You don't have to be a…