New Haven Essential Info
Overview
New Haven is a city in Connecticut, and is perhaps best known as the home of Yale University. With a downtown population density of 6,000 people per square kilometer, downtown New Haven has a particularly residential character. As a result, numerous shops, cafes and top-rated restaurants have proliferated. Ethnic restaurants include Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Eritrean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, Mexican, Thai, Indian and Malaysian cuisines, among many others. According to the Hartford Courant, New Haven has more pedestrian activity than any place between New York City and Boston, and also has a burgeoning nightlife scene.
The area is a center for bicycling and hiking, with nearby East Rock Park, West Rock State Park, and Sleeping Giant State Park. Together, they provide many miles of hiking trails and summits with expansive views over hundreds of square miles. Bicyclists enjoy cruising along the beautiful shoreline, or along the Farmington Canal Trail, a former canal and railroad that has recently been converted for recreational use.
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Basics
Best Time To Go
Apr-Oct
Current Time
Current Weather
Mostly Cloudy
Fun Facts
- New Haven opened the country’s first public library in 1656.
- The first lollipop machine, and by extension the first lollipop, was made here in New Haven.
- Yale students in the 1940s recycled Frisbie pie tins into flying toys which would later become the Wham-O Frisbee.
- Charles Goodyear inventor of vulcanized rubber was born in New Haven.
- The first hamburger was made and served at Louis' Lunch Sandwich Shop in New Haven in 1895.
Popular Foods
- Enchiladas
- Falafel