KEANSBURG, N.J. (PIX11) — The Keansburg Amusement Park has been a New Jersey institution for generations.

Owner Hank Gehlhaus’s grandfather opened the park in 1904 to attract working-class families to the Raritan Bay Area.

“We own a water park, an amusement park, a beach, a fishing pier,” said Gehlhaus. “We have some amusement rides that are 80 years old.”

The park’s future, however, is a bit precarious. The Borough of Keansburg wants to sell a municipal lot adjacent to the park to a developer, Sackman Realty, to build 200 luxury apartments.

Gehlhaus said the parking lot accounts for 40% of customer parking and is critical to the business’s success.

“If we lose so much of our parking, where will those guests go?” questioned Gehlhaus. “And I frankly don’t have an answer to that.”

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