Lincroft is a census-designated place in the northern part of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, a short distance west of Red Bank and the Navesink River. With roughly 7,060 residents, it is a largely residential community of established, tree-lined streets that has grown up around a cluster of major local institutions. The most prominent of these is Brookdale Community College, the county's public two-year institution. The college occupies the former Brookdale Farm, an 800-acre property acquired in 1967 for the purpose of creating a community college, and its campus along Newman Springs Road (Route 520) anchors the western edge of Lincroft. Nearby, Christian Brothers Academy, a private preparatory school, and Thompson Park—a large Monmouth County park—round out the community's institutional and open-space core. Lincroft's setting is distinctly suburban and wooded, with single-family homes on generous lots and a network of quiet side streets. The community developed after the Garden State Parkway and Route 520 made this stretch of Middletown Township convenient to commuters, and it retains an unhurried, residential character in contrast to the denser commercial corridors of nearby Red Bank and Middletown. Access is a defining asset. The Garden State Parkway's Exit 109 provides a direct route to Red Bank and points along the Jersey Shore, while Route 520 connects Lincroft to the Parkway and, in the other direction, toward Marlboro and Freehold. This positioning places residents within a short drive of beaches, downtown Red Bank's dining and arts scene, and the employment centers of Monmouth County and points north. For those who live there, Lincroft offers a blend of open space, education, and commuter convenience—a community where the county's college campus, a large park, and established residential neighborhoods sit side by side.