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Route 37 looking west near Sunset Drive on Pelican Island in Berkeley Township

Notable Neighborhoods of Berkeley Pelican Island

An island in Barnegat Bay on Route 37, between the Toms River mainland and Seaside Heights.

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Short Take

Pelican Island At A Glance

Pelican Island sits in Barnegat Bay in Ocean County. It is reached from Toms River and Seaside Heights by the Tunney and Mathis Bridges on Route 37, and it is split between Toms River and Berkeley Township.

Source: Wikipedia, Pelican Island, checked October 2026.

Route 37 crossing Pelican Island toward Seaside Heights, seen from above. Photo: James Loesch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Known For Between Two Bridges

Route 37 crosses the island between the Tunney and Mathis Bridges. A short stretch of Route 37 runs through Berkeley Township near its junction with Route 35.

Sources: Wikipedia, Pelican Island; Wikipedia, Berkeley Township. Checked October 2026.

Home Prices

What Homes Have Sold For

Recent closed sales in Pelican Island listed on neighborhoods.com range from $420,000 to $1,350,000, with a median sale price of $812,500.

Source: neighborhoods.com (MLS-based brokerage data), read October 2026. The source does not state the time period covered. The source files the island under a Seaside Heights mailing address and may include the Toms River side. These are not Dennis Mark's figures. For a current price opinion on a specific home, ask for a home value.

Local Favorites

Where To Eat Nearby

  • Klee's Bar & Grill: bar and grill, over the bridge in Seaside Heights. 101 Boulevard, Seaside Heights.

No restaurant on the Berkeley side of the island could be confirmed, so this is the closest verified local spot, over the Route 37 bridge.

Each checked as open in October 2026. Businesses change: check hours before you go.

Know Before You Buy

Flood Zones And Schools

Before you make an offer, look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and ask the seller for the flood zone and any elevation certificate. Dennis Mark can pull the flood zone for any home you're considering.

The Berkeley side of Pelican Island is in the Berkeley Township School District, which serves preschool through sixth grade at Bayville School (356 Atlantic City Boulevard), Berkeley Township Elementary (10 Emory Avenue), Clara B. Worth Elementary (57 Central Parkway) and H. & M. Potter School (60 Veeder Lane). Grades 7 through 12 attend the Central Regional School District, which serves Berkeley Township, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, Ocean Gate and Island Heights. Homes on the Toms River side attend Toms River schools, so confirm the town first. Confirm the school for a specific address with the district.

School information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed, and boundaries change often. Verify enrollment with the school district.

Sources: Berkeley Township School District; Central Regional School District. Checked October 2026.

Pelican Island Q&A

Common questions, each with its source. Checked October 2026.

Where is Pelican Island?

In Barnegat Bay, between the Toms River mainland and Seaside Heights, on Route 37. Source: Wikipedia, Pelican Island.

Which town is Pelican Island in?

It is split between Toms River and Berkeley Township. Source: Wikipedia, Pelican Island.

How do you get to Pelican Island?

By the Tunney and Mathis Bridges on Route 37, from Toms River or Seaside Heights. Source: Wikipedia, Pelican Island.

What kind of homes are on Pelican Island?

Single-family and attached homes built from 1925 to 2009, per recent MLS-based records. Source: neighborhoods.com.

Which Parkway exits serve Berkeley Township?

Exits 77 and 80. Source: Wikipedia, Berkeley Township.

How Much Do I Think You Can Get For Your Home?

Own a home in Pelican Island? Get my opinion of what it could sell for, backed by real sales data and a marketing plan.

Photo: Dennis Mark InterdonatoThe boardwalk to the beach at Island Beach State Park, Berkeley Township. Photo: AntiCompositeNumber, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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