Moving to New Haven: a practical guide
Housing and what it costs
New Haven costs well under the New York-area communities — see the Census figures above for Westville. Figures are approximate — use the home search above for live listings, and look at both of the community’s centers before you decide.
Picking an area
The community has two centers. Westville, on the city’s west side, has the Westville Synagogue on West Prospect Street and Congregation Bikur Cholim Sheveth Achim on Marvel Road. The Lubavitch community is in the Edgewood and Beaver Hills area off Whalley Avenue and Norton Street — Congregation Lubavitch, Kollel Chabad and the Jewish Israeli Center. The historic Orchard Street Shul is closer to downtown. Check your street on the eruv maps at nheruv.net.
Kosher and daily life
Two mikvaos are listed on mikvah.org: the New Haven Mikvah Society on Hubinger Street and the Lubavitch Mikvah on Colony Road. Yale and its hospital anchor the city — the eruv even publishes a hospital access map — and Metro-North and Amtrak run from Union Station.
Schools
The Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy, with the Beth Chana Academy high school for girls, is at 261 Derby Avenue in neighboring Orange, per the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. Confirm current programs and busing directly with the school.
Who it fits
Families tied to Yale or the hospital, and anyone who wants a full Orthodox community — two centers, two mikvaos and an eruv checked every Friday — in a small city with a university town’s culture.