East Side of Stamford, Connecticut
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Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
is a neighborhood of mostly modest homes in southern part of the city.
The East Side is southeast of Downtown
Downtown Stamford, Connecticut
Downtown Stamford is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, USA. It is an economically thriving area of the city, with major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations and fortune 500 companies, as well as other...
, north of Shippan
Shippan, Connecticut
Shippan is a section of the city of Stamford, Connecticut.The Shippan section borders several other neighborhoods: to the south is Shippan Point, to the west is the South End, to the north is Downtown, to the northeast is the East Side, and to the east is The Cove...
, and northwest of The Cove and south of Glenbrook. It is mostly to the south of Interstate 95 but covers both sides of East Main Street (U.S. Route 1
U.S. Route 1 in Connecticut
In the U.S. state of Connecticut, U.S. Route 1 is a major east–west state highway along Long Island Sound. It has been replaced by Interstate 95 as a through route, which it closely parallels, and now primarily serves as a local business route...
). It is bounded on the southwest by Elm Street, on the south by Cove Road, and on the east by Seaside Avenue.
When the Stamford city government revised its master plan for development in 1999-2002 the East Side was considered together with the Cove as one neighborhood.
The East Side Partnership was founded in 2002 to support community development. A Neighborhood Steering Committee of that group helped promote clean-up projects. The partnership also hired an outreach worker to help local day laborers who wait near the Exit 7 interchange, looking for work. A foundation was set up for students at the Rogers School to help them buy book bags and other school supplies. More restaurants and stores opened and new construction started along East Main Street in 2005 and 2006.
From 2000 to 2005, population growth in the area a half mile around the intersection of East Main Street and Lockwood Avenue was almost 4 percent, nearly twice the growth rate of the rest of the city, according to a 2005 preliminary report by AMS Consulting of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
, a company working on a development plan for the area. The report found the neighborhood has strong potential for economic development, with high traffic counts and easy access to Interstte 95.
Churches
The neighborhood has two Roman Catholic Churches — St. MarySt. Mary's Church (Stamford, Connecticut)
St. Mary's is a church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, located at 540 Elm Street in Stamford, Connecticut.The main church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987....
(which has the largest capacity of any Roman Catholic Church in Fairfield County) and St. Benedict - Our Lady of Montserrat Parish.
Fire Department
The Stamford Fire RescueStamford Fire Rescue
The Stamford Fire and Rescue Department provides fire suppression and rescue, as well as first-responder emergency medical services alongside five volunteer fire departments to the City of Stamford, Connecticut.-Personnel profile:...
Department's Fire Station # 4 serves the neighborhood.