West Rock is a neighborhood of the city of
New Haven, Connecticut
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 ...
.
The neighborhood is dominated by the southern end of
West Rock Ridge State Park. It also contains the campus of
Southern Connecticut State University
Southern Connecticut State University (Southern Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State, SCSU, or simply Southern) is a public university in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Connecticut State University System, it was founded in 1893 and is ...
and
Common Ground High School. The north end of the official neighborhood contains the Brookside neighborhood.
The public housing in the neighborhood has been redeveloped in recent years, after dilapidation and neglect, under the Federal
HOPE VI HOPE VI is a program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is intended to revitalize the worst public housing projects in the United States into mixed-income developments. Its philosophy is largely based on New Urban ...
program. These include Brookside, Rockview and Ribicoff (now Twin Brook).
For many years, the community was separated from neighboring
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". The population was 61,169 at the 2020 census.
History
The peaceful tribe of Quinnipiacs were the first residents of the ...
by a chain link fence on the Hamden side of the border. The fence was a source of much political and racial conflict between the two municipalities. The neighboring communities and road network are now reconnected.
References
External links
West Rock planning map of City of New Haven
Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut
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