East Rocks! - New Haven Guide Book
Neighborhoods
Our great neighborhood!
Full of cafes, neighborhood markets and beautiful parks. Mix of local residents and Yale affiliates live here. Walkable with easy access to Yale Shuttle and local bus lines.
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East Rock
Our great neighborhood!
Full of cafes, neighborhood markets and beautiful parks. Mix of local residents and Yale affiliates live here. Walkable with easy access to Yale Shuttle and local bus lines.
Original Italian neighborhood retains its old world charm. Original Pepe's Pizza (Famous New Haven Pizzeria) and it's oldest competitor Sally's Apizza (that's how it's spelled!) =)
Old school Italian restaurants and beautiful parks and churches
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Wooster Square
Original Italian neighborhood retains its old world charm. Original Pepe's Pizza (Famous New Haven Pizzeria) and it's oldest competitor Sally's Apizza (that's how it's spelled!) =)
Old school Italian restaurants and beautiful parks and churches
Westville is a funky neighborhood in the shadow of West Rock Mountain. Full of cafes, restaurants, yoga studios and local shops to explore
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Westville
Westville is a funky neighborhood in the shadow of West Rock Mountain. Full of cafes, restaurants, yoga studios and local shops to explore
Just off the main campus, this area is the heart of downtown New Haven loaded with shops and restaurants. Extends for 6 blocks along main campus
Chapel Street
Chapel StreetJust off the main campus, this area is the heart of downtown New Haven loaded with shops and restaurants. Extends for 6 blocks along main campus
Sightseeing
Museums, Parks, Guided Tours
Great park surrounding East Rock Mountain. Guided trails and cliff steps for hiking. Can also drive up back side to observation platform and monument. Great view of the city!
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East Rock Park
41 Cold Spring StGreat park surrounding East Rock Mountain. Guided trails and cliff steps for hiking. Can also drive up back side to observation platform and monument. Great view of the city!
https://peabody.yale.edu/
Home to ten rotating scientific and cultural collections.
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Museo de Historia Natural de Yale Peabody
170 Whitney Avehttps://peabody.yale.edu/
Home to ten rotating scientific and cultural collections.
The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom
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Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel StThe Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom
Sterling Memorial Library is the main library building of the Yale University Library system in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers as the centerpiece of Yale's Gothic Revival campus.
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Sterling Memorial Library
120 High StSterling Memorial Library is the main library building of the Yale University Library system in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers as the centerpiece of Yale's Gothic Revival campus.
Tour schedule
Monday–Friday: 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: 1:30 p.m.
Yale College students provide a glimpse into the history and architecture of the University. The tours start at the Yale Visitor Center at 149 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06511. Hear about Yale’s rich 300-year history and aspects of student life at several of Yale’s fourteen residential colleges. The tour also includes the Gothic Sterling Memorial Library, Yale’s largest, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Constructed with more than one hundred panels of translucent marble, the Beinecke is home to one of the world’s preeminent collections of rare materials, including the Gutenberg Bible.
Tours depart from the Visitor Center (149 Elm Street), cover the central campus area, and last approximately 1 hour. Groups of 10 or more visiting the campus are required to schedule a private tour (see below). All private tour company groups, regardless of size, are require to schedule a private tour. A video about campus life is offered 10 minutes before each of these scheduled tours.
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Yale University
Tour schedule
Monday–Friday: 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: 1:30 p.m.
Yale College students provide a glimpse into the history and architecture of the University. The tours start at the Yale Visitor Center at 149 Elm Street New Haven, CT 06511. Hear about Yale’s rich 300-year history and aspects of student life at several of Yale’s fourteen residential colleges. The tour also includes the Gothic Sterling Memorial Library, Yale’s largest, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Constructed with more than one hundred panels of translucent marble, the Beinecke is home to one of the world’s preeminent collections of rare materials, including the Gutenberg Bible.
Tours depart from the Visitor Center (149 Elm Street), cover the central campus area, and last approximately 1 hour. Groups of 10 or more visiting the campus are required to schedule a private tour (see below). All private tour company groups, regardless of size, are require to schedule a private tour. A video about campus life is offered 10 minutes before each of these scheduled tours.
Lighthouse Point Park
2 Lighthouse RdShopping / Dining
Home to the Yale Bookstore, the Apple Store, and well-known boutiques Barbour, Lou Lou, LL Bean, J. Crew and more!
Or just stop for a Belgian waffle, crepes, tacos, ice cream or go Donut Crazy!
https://theshopsatyale.com/
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The Shops at Yale at 56 Broadway
56 BroadwayHome to the Yale Bookstore, the Apple Store, and well-known boutiques Barbour, Lou Lou, LL Bean, J. Crew and more!
Or just stop for a Belgian waffle, crepes, tacos, ice cream or go Donut Crazy!
https://theshopsatyale.com/
https://theshopsatyale.com/
Just off the main campus, this area is the heart of downtown New Haven loaded with shops and restaurants. Extends for 6 blocks along main campus
Chapel Street
Chapel Streethttps://theshopsatyale.com/
Just off the main campus, this area is the heart of downtown New Haven loaded with shops and restaurants. Extends for 6 blocks along main campus
Home to a coding university, District Athletic Club and locally famous Bear's BBQ... this is just on the "other side of the tracks". Great for some BBQ, microbrewery beverages, and outdoor dining.
District
470 James StHome to a coding university, District Athletic Club and locally famous Bear's BBQ... this is just on the "other side of the tracks". Great for some BBQ, microbrewery beverages, and outdoor dining.
Consejos para la ciudad
Cómo moverse
New Haven is a walkable city but transport is also available
Easiest ways to get around:
1) Yale Shuttle
https://yaleshuttle.doublemap.com/map/
https://your.yale.edu/work-yale/campus-services/parking-and-transit/shuttle
2) Local bus
https://www.cttransit.com/schedules
3) Rideshare with Uber or Lyft
4) Local Taxi (203) 777-7777
No te lo pierdas
Farmer's Market @ Wooster Square
https://cityseed.org/wooster-square/
Year-round farmer's market options around the city for locally-sourced, farm-to-table goodness
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New Haven = PIZZA (or as the locals write it, Apizza!)
New Haven thin crust, wood-fired pizza is AMAZING! Move over NYC...Everyone has a favorite spot.
Pepe's is the original in Wooster Square with their oldest competitor Sally's on the same street or Modern Apizza on State St.
Newer options are Bar on Crown St. and Next Door on Humphrey St.
These are just a few... All are great. Choose your favorite!