Mill River is a primarily industrial 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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 located between the Wooster Square

Wooster Square

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 and Fair Haven

Fair Haven, Connecticut

Fair Haven is a neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the Mill and Quinnipiac rivers. The northeast section of the neighborhood is also known as Chatham Square....

 neighborhoods.

The area is bordered on the east by the Mill River (from I-95 up to the vicinity of Humphrey Street) then by Amtrak

Amtrak

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 railroad tracks (up to Blatchley Avenue). It is bordered on the west and northwest by Interstate 91

Interstate 91

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 (between Exits 2 and 6), and on the south by Interstate 95. There are two clusters of residential areas in the neighborhood, Farnam Courts, which are low cost apartments managed by the Housing Authority of New Haven, and the area around Jocelyn Square, which was traditionally part of the Upper State Street neighborhood. The northeastern corner of the area east of the river between I-91 (from Exit 5 to 6) and the railroad tracks, where the garage for Connecticut Transit New Haven

Connecticut Transit New Haven

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 is located, is also considered to be part of the community known as Cedar Hill. Hamilton Street and East Street are the main north-south thoroughfares, while Humphrey Street, Grand Avenue, and Chapel Street serve as east-west through routes.

English Station

English Station

English Station is an abandoned thermal power plant. Located at , it occupies eight acres of land on Ball Island in the Mill River. It was constructed from 1924 to 1929 and is situated in the Mill River neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut....

, an abandoned power plant, is located on Ball Island in Mill River.