Town of Ocean City is not a passport issuance facility and you will NOT receive a passport on-site there. Welcome to the Town of Ocean City's New Meeting Portal. Senior Week traditionally begins the first week after graduation. The coldest temperature on record was −6 Â°F (−21 Â°C). After all, we want everyone to have a pleasurable, safe and fun vacation. It wouldn't be until 2012, that the Ocean City Boardwalk was damaged again as a result of Hurricane Sandy. In the late 1980s the Wax Museum was turned into a Photon laser tag arena. A Vibrant Coastal Resort Community . museum. [10] Ocean City is home to the annual Maryland State Firefighters Convention. The population was 7,102 at the 2010 U.S. Census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers, and up to 8 million visitors annually. [45][46] The Town of Ocean City Municipal Water Department provides water to the town, operating 25 wells, 3 treatment plants, 6 above-ground storage tanks, and an underground storage tank. [25] There are several smaller paid parking lots and on-street parking enforced by parking meters in the downtown area along with a few paid parking lots in the northern part of Ocean City. Ocean City Photos on Flickr; Town Videos on YouTube; Social Media Links; Video Production Request; Contact Communications Manager; Ocean City Webcams. The strip now supports hotels, motels, apartment houses, shopping centers, residential communities, and condominiums. In 2006, the city erected the Ocean City Firefighter's Memorial to honor local firefighters as well as firefighters who died in the September 11 attacks. Ocean City Municipal Airport, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of downtown Ocean City serves general aviation and charter aircraft. As of the census of 2000,[19] there were 7,173 people, 3,750 households, and 1,829 families residing in the town. There were 30,119 housing units at an average density of 6,829.7 per square mile (2,637.0/km2). Locations in the city are usually given as Oceanside (east of Coastal Highway) or Bayside (west of Coastal Highway). Most east–west streets are numbered, starting at N. Division Street in the south, and continue until 146th Street at the Delaware/Maryland border. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the population. Amenities, attractions, and location. [14] Episodes of extreme cold and wind can occur with wind chill values under 5 Â°F (−15 Â°C). The Boardwalk has two amusement parks, Trimpers Rides and The Pier, which was recently renamed Jolly Roger at The Pier, after its sister uptown local amusement park. 48,051 likes. This agency operates the Coastal Highway Beach Bus, the West Ocean City Park-N-Ride Beach Bus, the Express Beach Bus for special events, and a trackless train shuttle called the Boardwalk Tram. ", "Northeast Corridor New York-DC schedule", "Annapolis to Ocean City, MD bus tickets", "Ocean Aviation International Flight School | Ocean City MD", "Ocean City Boardwalk, Pier Damaged During Hurricane Sandy", "Trimper's Rides, Ocean City, MD - America's Best Carousels | Travel + Leisure", "Seacrets success: Ocean City megabar pulls in crowds, big bucks", "Wildlife Reminders Issued In Light Of Recent Fox, Deer Sightings In North Ocean City", "Skaters of All Walks of Life Converge at Commotion Down the Ocean | Alli Sports - Skateboarding, BMX, Moto, Freeski, Snowboard", "Program Your Radio Station to 99.5 FM – Ocean City's New Emergency Advisory Radio Station", "U.S. Between S. Division Street and N. Division Street are several streets named after counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 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Ocean City has become a well-known city in Maryland due to the rapid expansion of Ocean City that took place during the post-war boom. [40] Nearby Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport provides commercial air service (American Eagle) for Ocean City. In 1952, with the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Ocean City became easily accessible to people in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. [24] Maryland Route 90 (Ocean City Expressway), a two-lane freeway, crosses the Assawoman Bay Bridge and connects to MD 528 at 62nd Street. Ocean City is located at 38°23′29″N 75°04′11″W / 38.391526°N 75.069712°W / 38.391526; -75.069712. Ocean City is open and welcomes you all year round! Town of Ocean City, Maryland (Note: comments posted to this website will be monitored and we reserve the right to edit for obscenities.) 48,052 likes. Temperatures are moderated in Ocean City due to its location on the Atlantic coast. Newcastle, the state's second largest city, is situated around 150 kilometres north of Sydney at the mouth of the Hunter River. [47] The Public Works department provides wastewater service to Ocean City, operating the Ocean City Wastewater Treatment Plant.