On a hot summer night when even the beach is burning, the easiest thing to do is barricade family and friends in the house with air conditioning blasting and Netflix or something else streaming to the television. Don’t do it! Instead, opt to spend some time -and it doesn’t have to be a long time if you just can’t bear the heat -at the newest, coolest (both in temperature and trend) waterfront spot in the Long Beach Island region: The Boatyard.

Located on Bonnet Island off the Causeway to LBI, its expanse of open dockside ground facing Barnegat Bay for the most…