Jersey Shore Amusement Park ‘Ocean Access’ Case Tossed by Court

A New Jersey boardwalk business didn’t have sufficient property interest to prevent the demolition of a local parking lot that served its patrons, despite more than 100 years of screams served up at a shoreline amusement park.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection isn’t required to consider whether the Borough of Keansburg should not receive redevelopment permission from a tidelands counsel to redevelop a key source of parking to the local beach and the century-old Keansburg Amusement Park, the New Jersey Supeior Court Appellate Division ruled Thursday in an unauthored opinion.

“Jersey Shore’s asserted vested business interest—derived from ...