Editing Union Beach, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
Union Beach is 16.1 miles from Staten Island's Outerbridge. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough had a total area of 1.88 square miles (4.87&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.78 square miles (4.61&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.10 square miles (0.26&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (5.32%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

Union Beach has undergone extensive restoration of its beach front, which offers a view of the [[New York City]] skyline and the [[Verazanno Narrows Bridge]].<ref>Staff. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/734541301 "Grand opening for waterfront townhouses in Union Beach"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 1, 2010. Accessed March 10, 2015. "Union Beach offers wonderful distant views of the New York City skyline in addition to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island."</ref>

This restoration has occurred in phases and was performed by  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District. 

A monument to the victims of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]], constructed of black stone and dedicated in June 2002, is positioned to allow visitors to see past the memorial towards the location where the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] towers were visible from the borough.<ref>Point-Du-Jour, Rodney. [https://www.proquest.com/docview/437510778 "Memorial honors the memory of Sept. 11 victims"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', June 30, 2002. Accessed October 28, 2013. "A group of residents yesterday strengthened an intimate bond between their community and the site of World Trade Center towers, which once could be seen from this Bayshore town and is now a vacant space in the New York City skyline, with the dedication of a Sept. 11 memorial."</ref><ref>Rafei, Roya. [http://www.app.com/article/99999999/WTC06/60902036/ "Memorials rise around Shore as towns honor victims"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', September 2, 2006. "In Union Beach, a 6-foot-high black stone monument has been diamond-etched with an outline of the New York City skyline and was positioned so that someone looking beyond the stone will see the exact site where the towers stood."</ref>

[[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]], localities and place names within the borough include Lorrillard Beach, [[Natco, New Jersey|Natco]], Union Gardens and [[Van Marters Corner, New Jersey|Van Marters Corner]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed March 10, 2015.</ref>

The borough borders the Monmouth County municipalities of [[Hazlet, New Jersey|Hazlet]], [[Keansburg, New Jersey|Keansburg]] (maritime border) and [[Keyport, New Jersey|Keyport]].<ref>[http://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/720158/touches.html Areas touching Union Beach], MapIt. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://co.monmouth.nj.us/documents/24/Figure%201.1__.png Regional Location Map], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 11, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>