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The Hill, New Haven

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for the neighborhood is 06519. As of 2010, the population of this ZIP code was 16,428 with an ethnic makeup of 50.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% non-Hispanic white, 36.9% non-Hispanic African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% non-Hispanic from some other race and
279:. City Point, which is located south of the railroad tracks, was traditionally a separate neighborhood but official neighborhood planning maps now include it in The Hill. The block formed by Redfield, West, Congress, and Columbus is also a state historic district known as 275:. This area south of Columbus Avenue originally was known as the Oyster Point Quarter, while the area north of Columbus Avenue was known as Sodom Hill. The Trowbridge Square section and the southern half of the City Point section are listed as historic districts on the 178:
Originally a distinct suburb of New Haven, The Hill began its urban development in the early 1800s. The sub-neighborhood south of Columbus Ave now known as Trowbridge Square was established in the 1830s by brothers Nathaniel and
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In the middle of the century, waves of Irish and German immigrants began pouring into the neighborhood. African-Americans migrated from the American South, and this neighborhood also served as a stop on the
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Columbus Avenue, Washington Avenue, and Howard Avenue are the three main arteries of the Hill. Between Washington Avenue and I-95, the area immediately fronting Howard Avenue has been designated as the
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as originally planned. In 2013, New Haven began work to downgrade the Oak Street Connector into city streets in an effort to reconnect The Hill to
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at the south. The southeastern part of the neighborhood (south of Columbus Avenue) is roughly divided into three sections: Kimberly Square,
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In 1957 a sizable swath of the Hill containing 881 households and 350 businesses was flattened to make way for the
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E. M. Brown, New Haven: A guide to architecture and urban design, Yale University Press, 1976.
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Oak Street, in a section of the Hill that was fully demolished to make way for the
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The neighborhood includes a number of historic structures, including the former
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Welch Training School, on the National Register of Historic Places
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The Hill is also home to New Haven's main railroad station,
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The Hill neighborhood contains the majority of buildings of
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Neighborhood of New Haven in Connecticut, United States
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Hill (New Haven)
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Yale-New Haven Hospital
location of The Hill within New Haven
41°17′46″N 72°56′13″W / 41.296°N 72.937°W / 41.296; -72.937
Country
United States
State
Connecticut
New Haven
New Haven
Connecticut
Downtown New Haven
New Haven Union Station
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Yale School of Medicine
Simeon Jocelyn

Oak Street Connector
Underground Railroad
Oak Street Connector
Derby
Downtown New Haven
Ahavas Sholem Synagogue
New Haven Jewish Home for the Aged
Welch Training School

Trowbridge Square
Route 34/Oak Street Connector
Long Wharf

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