East Rock (neighborhood)
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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. The neighborhood is divided between New Haven's ninth and tenth aldermanic wards. Before redistricting, it lay in the fifteenth ward, and is the subject of William Lee Miller's book The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society.
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.
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[edit] Notable Sites
- East Rock Park
- New Haven Lawn Club
- Wilbur Cross High School
- Worthington Hooker School
- Cedar Hill
[edit] List of streets
| Street | Origin of name | Other |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson St. | possibly William S. Anderson of Boston, who owned land in the area | |
| Alburt St. | ||
| Avon St. | probably Avon, New York | |
| Bishop St. | Bishop family, heirs of Abraham Bishop | |
| Bradley St. | Abraham Bradley, landowner | previously named Third St. as well as Marshall St. |
| Burns Dr. | possibly James Burns, painter, or Mary C. Burns, mother of John W. Bishop, landowner | |
| Canner St. | either Henry Caner, Bostonian constructor of Yale College, or his son Dr. Henry Caner, rector of King's Chapel in Boston. | The name of the street has become misspelled with time. |
| Cedar Hill Ave. | Named after the Cedar Trees that once grew in the area | |
| Clark St. | Mary Ann Clark, daughter of Abraham Bishop | |
| Cold Spring St. | named for a cold spring that sourced from the Mill River | |
| Cottage St. | named for a Greek villa on the estate of wealthy New Yorker Henry Whitney | previously called Amity Pl. |
| Eagle St. | previously called North Vernon St. | |
| East Rock Rd. | East Rock | previously called Rock Ln. |
| Edwards St. | probably Pierpont Edwards | |
| Eld St. | Lt. Henry Eld who origianl settled in Cedar Hill | |
| Everit St. | Richard Mansfield Everit, landowner | |
| Farnum Dr. | ||
| Foster St. | Stella Bishop Foster, daughter of Abraham Bishop | |
| Grace St. | ||
| Humphrey St. | David Humphreys | previously Humphreys |
| Lawrence St. | Cornelia Lawrence, daughter-in-law of James Hillhouse | |
| Lincoln St. | Abraham Lincoln | previously Clinton Pl. |
| Linden St. | named for the Linden tree | |
| Livingston St. | Maria Whitney Livingston, heir to Henry Whitney's estate | |
| Lyman St. | Named after Major Lyman Atwater | |
| May St. | ||
| Mechanic St. | houses were built on this street for mechanics of the Marlin Firearms Co. | |
| Mitchell Dr. | Donald D. Mitchell, landscape gardener | |
| Nash St. | possibly Thomas Nash, gunsmith, or Burr Nash, blacksmith | |
| Nicoll St. | Caroline B. Nicoll, daughter of Abraham Bishop | |
| North Bank St. | located on the south bank of the Mill River | |
| Orange St. | William III of England, Prince of Orange | one of the first paved streets in the city, called Mill Lane in colonial days |
| Pearl St. | named for the pearly oyster shells covering the roads | |
| Pleasant St. | ||
| Ridge St. | ||
| Rock St. | The Highway to East Rock is it's nick name built by Mr.Warren and Mr Blatchley | |
| State St. | ||
| Trumbull St. | named for the widow of Jonathan Trumbull | previously called New St., then Second St. |
| View St. | the original place of residence of Henry Eld | |
| Warren Pl.. | Named after Charles Warren one of the 2 man that built the road to the top of East Rock | |
| Welton St. | One of the main Streets to the Cedar Hill Rail Yards | |
| Whitney Ave. | Eli Whitney | previously Long Ln. |
| Willow St. | Willow trees on the river bank |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] 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
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