Such success attracted other businessmen. Along the waterfront, Bradley installed the Asbury Park Boardwalk, an orchestra pavilion, public changing rooms, and a pier at the south end of that boardwalk. The founding of Ocean Grove in 1869, a Methodist camp meeting to the south, encouraged the development of Asbury Park and led to its being a 'dry town.'īradley was active in the development of much of the city's infrastructure, and despite his preference for gas light, he allowed the Atlantic Coast Electric Company (precursor to today's Jersey Central Power & Light Co.) to offer electric service to offer electric service. Bradley, the city was named for Francis Asbury, the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Developed in 1871 as a residential resort by New York brush manufacturer James A.
A seaside community, Asbury Park is located on New Jersey's central coast.
