East Brunswick, NJ Curfew Laws: Park Curfew (2026)

Section 158-10(A) sets the rule: except for unusual and unforeseen emergencies, parks shall be open to the public every day of the year during designated hours, and the opening and closing hours for each individual park shall be posted in that park for public information. The section prints no single Township-wide closing time, so the sign posted at each park is the working number.

Section 158-10(B) lets the Director of Parks declare any section or part of any park closed to the public at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals (daily or otherwise), and either entirely or merely to certain users, as the Director finds reasonably necessary. Section 158-8(F) bars entering an area posted Closed to the Public. The Skate Park Facility has its own fixed schedule in § 158-6.1(B): dawn to 10:00 p.m. daily unless otherwise indicated by the Director of Parks.

Closing hours also anchor specific bans. Section 158-6(B)(4) prohibits launching, docking or operating any boat of any kind on any waters between the closing hour of the park at night and the opening hour the following morning, and bars anyone from remaining on or in a boat during the closed hours. Section 158-6(F) bars leaving in a park after closing hours any house trailer, camp trailer, camp wagon or similar movable structure or special vehicle without permit.

The § 158-12A schedule lists, under Hours of Operation, Opening, Closing, After Park Hours at $50.00 for a first offense and $100.00 for the second offense. A first offense within 12 months does not require a court appearance; any additional offense within 12 months of the preceding offense will require one. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense, and § 158-11 gives the Director of Parks, Park Rangers and designated Parks employees authority to eject violators and issue summonses.