East Rock is a neighborhood

Neighbourhood

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 in the city of New Haven

New Haven, Connecticut

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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, named for nearby East Rock

East Rock

East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of , is a long trap rock ridge located on the north side of the city of New Haven...

, a prominent trap rock

Trap rock

Trap rock is a form of igneous rock that tends to form polygonal vertical fractures, most typically hexagonal, but also four to eight sided. The fracture pattern forms when magma of suitable chemical composition intrudes as a sill or extrudes as a thick lava flow, and slowly cools.Because of the...

 ridge. The area is home to a large group of Yale

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 students, staff, and faculty, as well as many young professionals and families. The neighborhood is divided between New Haven's ninth and tenth alderman

Alderman

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ic wards. Before redistricting

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, 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

Whitney Avenue Historic District

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. The southerly parts of the neighborhood are also listed as historic districts: Upper State Street Historic District

Upper State Street Historic District

The Upper State Street Historic District is a historic district in New Haven, Connecticut.The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984, at which time it included 86 contributing buildings....

 along State Street, and Orange Street Historic District

Orange Street Historic District

The Orange Street Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock section of New Haven, Connecticut that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1985. At that time, it included 546 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area.The district...

 along Orange Street. The northern portion of the neighborhood is occupied by part of East Rock Park

East Rock Park

East Rock Park is a park in the city of New Haven and the town of Hamden, Connecticut that is operated as a New Haven city park. The park surrounds and includes the mountainous ridge named East Rock and was developed with naturalistic landscaping....

.

The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the town of Hamden, on the east by Amtrak

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 railroad tracks, on the southeast by Interstate 91

Interstate 91

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 (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

East Rock

East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of , is a long trap rock ridge located on the north side of the city of New Haven...

 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
  East Rock
  East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of , is a long trap rock ridge located on the north side of the city of New Haven...
  
  
• New Haven Lawn Club
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• Wilbur Cross High School
• Worthington Hooker School
  Worthington Hooker School
  Worthington Hooker School is a neighborhood school in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It is part of the New Haven public school system. The school is named after former Yale University professor and physician Dr. Worthington Hooker...
  
  
• Cedar Hill neighborhood
• St. John's Episcopal Churchhttp://www.stjohnsnewhaven.org/
• St. Joseph's Catholic Church
• The Anderson Mansion

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 Avon (town), New York Avon is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The town is bordered on the north by the town of Rush, New York in Monroe County. Avon is south of Rochester. The population was 6,443 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the river Avon...
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 King's Chapel King's Chapel is "an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association" that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance." It is housed in what was formerly called "Stone Chapel", an 18th century...  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 Greeks The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....  villa Villa A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...  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 East Rock East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of , is a long trap rock ridge located on the north side of the city of New Haven...	previously called Rock Ln.
Edwards St.	probably Pierpont Edwards Pierpont Edwards Pierpont Edwards was a delegate to the American Continental Congress, and later a United States federal judge. He has been described as "a brilliant but erratic member of the Connecticut bar, tolerant in religious matters and bitterly hated by stern Calvinists, a man whose personal morality...
Eld St.	Lt. Henry Eld Henry Eld Henry Eld was born in Cedar Hill, New Haven, Connecticut, on June 2, 1814, and lived in the area now known as View Street, but when it started becoming more populated he removed his house and relocated. He was a Lieutenant in the U.S...  who originally settled in Cedar Hill
Everit St.	Richard Mansfield Everit, landowner
Farnum Dr.
Foster St.	Stella Bishop Foster, daughter of Abraham Bishop
Grace St.	Grace Clarissa, Major Lyman Atwater's daughter who was married to Elias B. Bishop
Humphrey St.	David Humphreys David Humphreys (soldier) David Humphreys was a American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America and member of the Connecticut state legislature...	previously Humphreys
Lawrence St.	Cornelia Lawrence, daughter-in-law of James Hillhouse James Hillhouse James Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in both the U.S. House and Senate...
Lincoln St.	Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...	previously Clinton Pl.
Linden St.	named for the Linden Tilia Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...  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. Marlin Firearms Marlin Firearms Co., formerly of North Haven, Connecticut, is a manufacturer of high power, center fire, lever action, and .22 caliber rimfire rifles. In the past, the company made shotguns, derringers and revolvers...
Mitchell Dr.	Donald D. Mitchell, landscape gardener
Nash St.	possibly Thomas Nash, gunsmith Gunsmith A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds firearms. This occupation is different from an armorer. The armorer primarily maintains weapons and limited repairs involving parts replacement and possibly work involving accurization... , or Burr Nash, blacksmith Blacksmith A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
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 William III of England William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland... , Prince of Orange Prince of Orange Prince of Orange is a title of nobility, originally associated with the Principality of Orange, in what is now southern France. In French it is la Principauté d'Orange....	one of the first paved streets in the city, called Mill Lane in colonial days
Pearl St.	named for the pearly oyster Oyster The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified....  shells covering the roads
Pleasant St.
Ridge St.
Rock St.	The Highway to East Rock is its nickname built by Mr. Warren and Mr. Blatchley	previously called Rock Lane
State St.		Previously named Neck Lane "The Neck", Hancock Ave.
Trumbull St.	named for the widow of Jonathan Trumbull Jonathan Trumbull Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. was one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state...	previously called New St., then Second St.
View St.	the original place of residence of Henry Eld
Warren Pl.	Charles Warren, one of the two men 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 Eli Whitney Eli Whitney was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South...	previously Long Ln.
Willow St.	Willow Willow Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere... trees on the river bank

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