NJ Shore Town Curfews: When Do Your Kids Have To Be Off The Street?

JERSEY SHORE, NJ — "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?"

While for years that television ad has asked parents that question, these days, it's more than an ad: In towns up and down the Jersey Shore, curfews are in place that require kids under age 18 to be off the streets unless they are with a parent or guardian.

While some beach towns have had curfews in place for years, others have recently enacted them because of issues with hundreds of teens gathering and roaming around, being belligerent, vandalizing property, and getting drunk.

Read more: Curfews, Beach Closings, Rental Bans: NJ Towns Battle Rowdy Teens On Many Fronts

Curious about the curfew where you're visiting? Here's a town-by-town list, from Sea Bright in the north to Cape May in the south, of what time your kids need to be off the streets. Towns have exceptions for teens traveling to or from work, participating in religious activities or sports. While 10 p.m. is a popular time, curfews are not uniform.

Here are the times:

• Sea Bright: 11 p.m.-6 a.m. (10 p.m. Labor Day to Memorial Day)
• Monmouth Beach: Has a loitering ordinance that applies to everyone
• Long Branch: No permanent curfew
• Allenhurst: No permanent curfew
• Asbury Park: 11 p.m.-6 a.m. 14 or older; 9:30 p.m. 13 or younger
• Ocean Grove: 11 p.m. for those 14 or older; 9:30 p.m. for 13 or younger
• Deal: No permanent curfew
• Loch Arbour: 8 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Avon: No permanent curfew
• Bradley Beach: 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Spring Lake: Midnight-6 a.m.
• Belmar: No permanent curfew
• Sea Girt: No permanent curfew
• Manasquan: No permanent curfew
• Point Pleasant Beach: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Bay Head: 8 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Mantoloking: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Brick: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Toms River (Ortley and North Beaches): 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Lavallette: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Seaside Heights: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Seaside Park: 10 p.m.-5 a.m.
• South Seaside Park (Berkeley Township): 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Barnegat Light: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Long Beach Township: Midnight-6 a.m.
• Harvey Cedars: Midnight-6 a.m.
• Surf City: No curfew but ordinance bars loitering by minors
• Ship Bottom: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Beach Haven: Midnight-6 a.m.
• Brigantine: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Atlantic City: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Ventnor City: 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Margate: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Longport: 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Ocean City: 11 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Strathmere (Upper Township): No curfew but ordinance bars loitering by minors
• Sea Isle City: 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
• Avalon: No permanent curfew
• Stone Harbor: Midnight-6 a.m.
• North Wildwood: No permanent curfew
• Wildwood 1 a.m.-6 a.m.
• Wildwood Crest 11 p.m.-6 a.m. for 14 and younger
• Cape May 11 p.m.-6 a.m.