Franklin Square

Franklin Square is a park in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Franklin Square is situated nearby to the neighborhood Orange Street Historic District, as well as near the hamlet Barnesville.

Type: Park
Description: park in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Also known as: “Jocelyn Square”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Modern Apizza and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Modern Apizza

Restaurant

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Modern Apizza is an American pizza restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza, Modern forms what is informally referred to by locals as the "Holy Trinity" of New Haven-style pizza; the three pizza parlors are consistently ranked by food critics as some of the best pizza places in the world.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts.

St. Stanislaus Parish

Church

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St. Stanislaus Parish, designated for Polish immigrants in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, was founded on December 28, 1901. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orange Street Historic District and Mill River.

Orange Street Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Orange Street Historic District encompasses a large residential in the East Rock section of New Haven, Connecticut. Roughly bounded by Orange, Cottage, Eagle, State, and Audubon Streets, this area saw growth between about 1830 and 1900, and includes a broad diversity of well-preserved 19th-century residential structures.

Mill River

Neighborhood

Mill River is a primarily industrial neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut located between the Wooster Square and Fair Haven neighborhoods.

East Rock

Suburb

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East Rock is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, named for nearby East Rock, a prominent trap rock ridge. The area is home to a large group of Yale students, staff, and faculty, as well as many young professionals and families.

Franklin Square

Category: recreation area
Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.31276° or 41° 18′ 46″ north

Longitude

-72.91001° or 72° 54′ 36″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

87H9837Q+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43437632

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4834763

Wikidata ID

Q31816155

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In Other Languages

“Franklin Square” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Franklin Square”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Haven Regional Children’s Probate Court and State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Adult Supervision.

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