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 which is also known as the Cedar Hill Area Community, on the southeast by Interstate 91, on the south by Trumbull Street, and on the west by Whitney Avenue.

1 Notable Sites
2 List of streets
3 Bibliography
- 3.1 Print

[edit] Notable Sites

[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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