East Rock

East Rock is a in the city of , , named for nearby , 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
  • Also known as: “East Rock, New Haven”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Building
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The is a historic commercial building at 763-767 Orange Street in the East Rock neighborhood of .

Library
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The is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in . 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.

School
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is a elementary and middle school in , , United States. It is part of the New Haven Public Schools district and is named after former Yale University professor and physician Dr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitney Avenue Historic District and Orange Street Historic District.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of . It is a 203-acre district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a large residential in the East Rock section of . 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.

Neighborhood
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The is an irregularly-shaped 185-acre historic district in . The district encompasses most of the residential portion of the Prospect Hill neighborhood.

East Rock

Latitude
41.32059° or 41° 19′ 14″ north
Longitude
-72.91184° or 72° 54′ 43″ west
Open location code
87H983CQ+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2383763236
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5329295
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“East Rock” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “East Rock”
  • French: “East Rock”
  • Urdu: “ایسٹ راک، نیو ہیون”

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