It was an early radio transmitter facility built in 1913 and operated by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America.

The New Brunswick Naval Radio Station was the principal wartime communication link between the United States and Europe, using the callsign NFF.

After the war, ownership of the station, along with Marconi's other US assets, was transferred from the navy to RCA.

[18] The antenna masts were demolished in 1952 to make room for what is now a small mall containing a Kmart, but the buildings on the other side of JFK Boulevard were spared.

The bricks and tiles were saved for use in any future restoration of the spared building, and the Marconi facility in Belmar, New Jersey.

During World War I, the original Marconi spark-gap transmitter was replaced with an Alexanderson alternator, the invention of the famous General Electric engineer, with an output power of 200 kilowatts and looking like an ordinary power station generator.

[5][19] The climate in the area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally cool to cold winters.

[20] The 2010 United States census counted 22,083 people, 8,594 households, and 5,552 families in the CDP.

[14] At the 2000 United States Census[6] there were 23,040 people, 8,238 households and 5,799 families residing in the CDP.

PIM Brands (Division of The Promotion In Motion Companies and Makers of Welch's Fruit Snacks) operates a manufacturing plant in Somerset.