Laurence Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[8] located along Raritan Bay within Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

[13] The lands known today as Laurence Harbor were part of the southernmost region inhabited by the Lenni Lenape tribe (also known as the Delaware) in the 17th century.

From a military perspective, the area was useful for its high bayside cliffs, which allowed strategic observation of ships traveling between New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.

Among those who frequented Mr. Lamb's establishment were Clark Gable, Guy Lombardo, the Prince of Wales and the Vanderbilts, who came to party and eat chingarora oysters, for which Raritan Bay was then famous.

A boardwalk, complete with a dance hall, casino, band shell, concession stands and a merry-go-round that played only one song, "Let's Remember Pearl Harbor", provided entertainment, hot dogs and ice cream during the 1940s.

Laurence Harbor is the easternmost community in Middlesex County and occupies the northeast corner of Old Bridge Township.

The railroad, which no longer has a station in Laurence Harbor (it had a Morgan station during most of the first half of the 20th century, located right across Cheesequake Creek from Laurence Harbor), divides the community into eastern and western sections, the former being locally referred to as "The Front".

[1] The community's shoreline looks directly north upon Staten Island's southern shore; the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Lower Manhattan (including the Empire State Building, on a clear night) and Brooklyn can also be seen.

[13] As this area was considered a beach resort back in the 1920s to 1950s, some houses along the waterfront and off Route 35 are bungalow style.

Bridgepointe, an upscale condo/townhouse development, was completed in 2005 and is located off Matawan Road very close to the Garden State Parkway Exit 120.

This development, along with the Parkview at Madison Apartment complex, also nearby, serves the needs of many commuters who make the daily work trek to New York and North Jersey.

A large cleared area of land located behind Bridgepointe and Parkview at Madison was slated for a high-end hotel, convention center, business complex, a New Jersey Transit train station and housing.

The beachfront was redone through a joint venture by Old Bridge Township, New Jersey and Middlesex County Parks Department.

It extends approximately one mile from the Old Bridge Police substation south, to the Aberdeen Township neighborhood of Cliffwood Beach, and runs parallel with New Jersey Route 35.

This area is very popular for fishing as three jetties extend into Raritan Bay and are in excellent condition, also recently redone in the past ten years[when?].

Its resulting storm surge, estimated to be in excess of 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m) above sea level, destroyed portions of the Old Bridge Waterfront Park.

During fall and early spring, sea gulls can be seen foraging for food by picking mussels and clams out of the bay, flying up, and dropping them on the local jetties to break them open and feed.

Other fish that are known to be along the bay are black drum, fluke, winter flounder, eels, cow nose rays, skate, and weakfish.

[17] It is believed that slag from the National Lead factory in Sayreville was placed along the retaining wall in the 1960s and the 1970s to prevent erosion.