Quinnipiac Meadows, also known as Bishop Woods, is a
neighborhood in the northeast corner of the city of
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...
,
Connecticut
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located east of the
Quinnipiac River
The Quinnipiac River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 long river in the New England region of the United States, located entirely in the state of Conne ...
and north of
Fair Haven and
Fair Haven Heights.
It contains a considerable
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...
s area which is a nature preserve. The area is bordered on the north by the town of
North Haven, on the east by the town of
East Haven, on the south by
Route 80, on the southwest by
Interstate 91
Interstate 91 (I-91) is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States. It provides the primary north–south thoroughfare in the western part of the region. The Interstate generally follows the course of the Conne ...
(between Exits 7 and 8), and on the west by the
Amtrak
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railroad tracks (along the banks of the Quinnipiac River). The portion of the area west of I-91 is also part of the community known as
Cedar Hill.
Bibliography
Print
* The Streets of New Haven - The Origin of Their Names, 2nd edition 1998
References
External links
Connecticut Coastal Access Guide - Quinnipiac Meadows
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Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut