Bey Lea Park received new dedicated pickleball courts as part of the township's October 2025 addition of 12 total courts across three parks (Bey Lea, Shelter Cove, and Snug Harbor). Specific court count per park unconfirmed. Lighted courts — lights off at 10 PM. Recreation dept at 732-341-1000 ext. 8414. Shorebeat news (Oct 2025) and shore news network confirm 12 total pickleball courts across Bey Lea, Shelter Cove, and Snug Harbor parks, but per-park court count breakdown not published in any primary source. Toms River Township Recreation page (tomsrivertownship.com/211/Recreation) only confirms lights off at 10pm for pickleball courts — no per-park count. Phone: 732-341-1000 ext. 8414 for count confirmation. Official Toms River Township Recreation page confirms pickleball courts exist with lights off at 10 PM, but does not specify per-park court count for Bey Lea, Shelter Cove, or Snug Harbor individually. Court count remains null until phone confirmation with Recreation Dept (732-341-1000 ext. 8414). 2026-07-29: re-fetched tomsrivertownship. 2026-07-30: re-fetched tomsrivertownship. 8414. 2026-08-01: re-fetched tomsrivertownship.com/211/Recreation directly -- only the sitewide 10pm-lights-off note is present; zero co-occurrence of 'Bey Lea' with pickleball anywhere on the page, still no per-park breakdown of the October 2025 12-court addition. Dead end persists; phone-queue at 732-341-1000 ext. 8414 unchanged. 2026-08-02: reviewed on-file history — tomsrivertownship.com/211/Recreation still has no per-park breakdown of the October 2025 12-court addition. 8414) unchanged. 2026-08-05: reviewed on-file history -- tomsrivertownship.com/211/Recreation still has no per-park breakdown of the October 2025 12-court addition across Bey Lea/Shelter Cove/Snug Harbor. 8414) unchanged.
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Bey Lea Park Pickleball Courts offers outdoor pickleball.
Bey Lea Park Pickleball Courts is free to play — no fee and no membership required.
Yes — Bey Lea Park Pickleball Courts is open to the public at no charge.
Bey Lea Park Pickleball Courts is located at Route 571 / N Bay Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753.
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