East Side of Stamford, Connecticut

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The East Side of Stamford, Connecticut is a neighborhood of mostly modest homes in southern part of the city.

The East Side is east of Downtown, north of Shippan north and west of The Cove and south of Glenbrook. It is mostly to the south of Interstate 95 but covers both sides of East Main Street (Route 1).

A Clairol factory and World Wrestling Entertainment are both located in areas where the East Side meets the Cove section.

The neighborhood has a very integrated mix of ethnic groups and even ethnic stores, including Asian (Indian) stores and Italian pizzerias are on Cove Road, and European delis on Elm Street. East Main Street has Hispanic restaurants and stores. Blacks, whites, Hispanics, Indians and others all live on the East Side.

The East Side Partnership was founded in 2002 to support community development. A Neighborhood Steering Committee of that group helped promote clean-up projects. The partnership also hired an outreach worker to help local day laborers who wait near the Exit 7 interchange, looking for work. A foundation was set up for students at the Rogers School to help them buy book bags and other school supplies. More restaurants and stores opened and new construction started along East Main Street in 2005 and 2006.^[1]

[edit] Churches

The neighborhood has two Roman Catholic Churches -- St. Mary (which has the largest capacity of any Roman Catholic Church in Fairfield County) and St. Benedict - Our Lady of Montserrat Parish

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ "East Side's Grassroots Development," article (no by-line) in "Profiles in Stamford: Then ... and Now ..." an advertising supplement to The Advocate of Stamford, August 24, 2006, page 4 of the supplement