Brookdale Community College is unique among New Jersey community colleges in having a field station. The facility is located in a historic former military building on Sandy Hook, the field station houses two classrooms, two laboratories, storage and faculty offices.

Courses are offered in Environmental Studies, Geology, Coastal Geology, Marine Biology, Marine Chemistry, and Oceanography with a curriculum that provides students with access to extensive beaches, dunes, marshes, and maritime forests for fieldwork.