Wooster Square
Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, to the east of downtown. The name refers to a park square located between Greene Street, Wooster Place, Chapel Street and Academy Street in the center of the neighborhood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of New haven in Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Lower Green”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Haven State Street station and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
New Haven State Street station
Railway station
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New Haven State Street station is a commuter rail station located on State Street in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. The secondary railroad station in the city, it is located 0.8 miles northeast of the much larger New Haven Union Station and is intended to offer easier access to New Haven's downtown business district.
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.
Sally’s Apizza
Restaurant
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Sally's Apizza is a New Haven style pizzeria chain based in Connecticut, established in April 1938. Their flagship location is in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Sally's Apizza also has locations in Stamford, Connecticut, Fairfield, Connecticut, Wethersfield, Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, Dorchester, Massachusetts and Woburn, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wooster Square Historic District and Ninth Square Historic District.
Wooster Square Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Wooster Square Historic District encompasses much of the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. Centered on a rectangular park named in honor of General David Wooster, the area was developed as a residential neighborhood beginning in the 1820s, and was by the 1840s a desirable area to live, with many high-quality Greek Revival homes.
Ninth Square Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Ninth Square Historic District encompasses a historically diverse and well-preserved part of the commercial area of Downtown New Haven, Connecticut.
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.
Wooster Square
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.30476° or 41° 18′ 17″ northLongitude
-72.91778° or 72° 55′ 4″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Named after
David WoosterOpen location code
87H9833J+WVOpenStreetMap ID
node 573872913OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4846114Wikidata ID
Q14715158
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to South Azerbaijani—“Wooster Square” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wooster Square”
- South Azerbaijani: “وووزتر سکوئیر”
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