Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth: a local guide

What is being built

Netflix bought about 292 acres of the former fort, along Route 35, the Avenue of Memories and Oceanport Avenue, and plans to spend roughly $1 billion on it. When finished, the campus will have twelve soundstages totaling nearly 500,000 square feet, along with production support buildings and community amenities.

The first four 22,000-square-foot stages sit in the fort's McAfee Zone in Oceanport. Netflix says it is training local crew through partnerships with IATSE Locals 798 and 600, and expects the build to create nearly 4,000 construction jobs.

Timeline

1. 1917The Army opens a Signal Corps training camp, first called Camp Little Silver and renamed Camp Alfred Vail that September. It later becomes Fort Monmouth.
2. Sept 15, 2011Fort Monmouth closes under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure round. Most of its work moves to Maryland and Ohio.
3. Oct 2022Netflix signs to buy the roughly 292-acre "Mega Parcel" for a production campus.
4. May 13, 2025Groundbreaking. Netflix puts its total investment at about $1 billion.
5. June 2026Topping-off of Stages 3 and 4, the last building in Phase 1A.
6. Summer 2027Phase 1A targeted for completion, per Netflix.
7. Fall 2028Phase 1B targeted for completion, per Netflix.

A century of Fort Monmouth

The Army opened the post in 1917 as a Signal Corps training camp, and for most of the next hundred years it was a center of military communications and electronics research. Between 1941 and 1946 its officer candidate school alone commissioned more than 21,000 Signal Corps lieutenants. The fort closed on September 15, 2011, and the main road through it reopened to the public in 2017.

Questions people ask

Where is Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth?

On the former Army post in Eatontown and Oceanport, Monmouth County, NJ, bounded by Route 35, the Avenue of Memories and Oceanport Avenue. It is about a 52-mile drive south of Manhattan and roughly ten minutes from the beach at Long Branch.

When does the Netflix studio open?

Netflix targets summer 2027 for Phase 1A and fall 2028 for Phase 1B. Dates on large builds move, so check Netflix's own announcements for the latest.

How big is it?

Twelve soundstages totaling nearly 500,000 square feet when complete, plus production support buildings and community amenities, on about 292 acres.

Can the public tour the studio?

No public tours had been announced when we last checked on Oct 25, 2026. It is an active construction site, so please do not try to visit.

How do I get there by train?

NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line stops at Little Silver and Long Branch, both a short drive away. A limited-service stop at Monmouth Park station serves the racetrack on race days.