Short Beach

Coordinates: 41°15′27″N 72°50′56″W / 41.25750°N 72.84889°W / 41.25750; -72.84889
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This article is about the beach neighborhood in Connecticut. For other places, see Short Beach (disambiguation).
Short Beach Historic District
Dawn over Short Beach
Short Beach is located in Connecticut
Short Beach
Short Beach is located in the United States
Short Beach
LocationRoughly bounded by Shore Dr., Beckett & Clarke Aves., Bungalow & Little Bay Lns, Court, Pentecost & Bristol Sts., Branford, Connecticut
Coordinates41°15′27″N 72°50′56″W / 41.25750°N 72.84889°W / 41.25750; -72.84889
Area32 acres (13 ha)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.100004544[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 2017

Short Beach is a beach neighborhood situated in

New Haven County and is bordered by East Haven to the west, Branford to the north and east and Long Island Sound
to the south. It is home to many small islands, the largest being Kelsey's Island which has a few small cabins used as summer homes.

Short Beach was once a thriving shoreline vacation village that became almost a completely year-round neighborhood starting in the late 1950s. There are still million-dollar summer homes on the waterfront as well as the old vacation homes. Nowadays Short Beach is a fast-growing area that still retains a neighborhood feel. It is home to people of every economic background and is a safe and heavily policed area. Most of the old cottages have been fixed up, so much so that the area has a newer look than it did just ten years ago. There has been immigration to Short Beach and the

New Haven area in general from the former Yugoslavia as well as from the Caribbean
.

The central portion of the Short Beach neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Short Beach Historic District in 2017.

Attractions

Short Beach is home to half of the famous

fire house
, which houses and is owned by Short Beach Hose, Hook and Ladder Volunteer Company 4 of the Branford Fire Department, as well as a U. S. Post Office. Short Beach has three parks, the largest being Pardee Park in the center. Short Beach has a 3-day festival at the end of summer called Short Beach Days with a parade, lip-synching contest, races, basketball, and sand castle building.

New Haven

New Haven, downtown Branford and go as far as Seymour and Ansonia
.

Short Beach is known for a population of monk parakeets that live there. It is said that they escaped from captivity and never left the neighborhood.[citation needed] The parrots took up residence in the community's trees and can be heard and seen all year long.

History

Short Beach was occupied by the

Branford Electric Railway ran its line near Short Beach in 1897. The area's popularity as a summer resort area peaked in the early 1920s, after which it was subjected to increasing suburbanization.[3]

Environment

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "A Celebration of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Poet, Journalist, and Progressive Thinker," Branford Historical Society Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Short Beach Historic District" (PDF). State of Connecticut. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
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