East Rock (neighborhood)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Whitney Avenue Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


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location= New Haven, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 23
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 54
long_seconds = 53
long_direction = W
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area =
architect= Kelly,J. Frederick; Et al.
architecture= Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
added = February 02, 1989
governing_body = Local
refnum=88003209cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

East Rock is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, named for a nearby hill of the same name. The area is home to a large group of Yale students, staff, and faculty, as well as many young professionals and families. The neighborhood is divided between New Haven's ninth and tenth aldermanic wards. Before redistricting, it lay in the fifteenth ward; the area was the subject of William Lee Miller's book "The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society". The western half of the neighborhood (west of Orange Street) is within the Whitney Avenue Historic District. The southeastern edge of the neighborhood, along State Street, is also a registered historic district known as Upper State Street Historic District.

The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the town of Hamden, on the east by Amtrak railroad tracks, on the southeast by Interstate 91 (between Exits 3 and 6), on the south by Trumbull Street, and on the west by Whitney Avenue. The northeast corner of the area, separated from the main neighborhood by the Mill River and the East Rock hill, is part of the community known as Cedar Hill.

It is also a popular destination for cyclists, as a city bike lane runs along Orange Street, the neighborhood's spine.

Notable Sites

*East Rock Park
*New Haven Lawn Club
*Wilbur Cross High School
*Worthington Hooker School
*Cedar Hill

List of streets

References

Bibliography

Print

* Harrison's Illustrated Guide: Greater New Haven ISBN 0-927054-39-6
* The Streets of New Haven - The Origin of Their Names, 2nd edition 1998 ISBN 0-943143-02-0