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Honey Joe's is a family oriented coffee shop in Stamford. They have the cutest playroom for little kids. They've run a table for formula since the start of the forumula shortage. It's free for anyone to use, anyone can pick up what they need. The Facebook page usually has a picture of the current offerings.

The big companies to avoid are Farnham, Pike, and Mandy. Definitely recommend East Rock!

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Women & children shelter ? Amethyst house ?

Thats the sense im getting!

Great! Looks like they have some great options. Thank you!

Seconding this company

Is there a local mom group? I used to get/give it from moms on my local Fb mom group. They’d be like “hey, it’s on the porch! Hit me up for address!” If not, maybe one of those little roadside food pantries.

there’s a facebook group called “new haven area mutual aid”, i would recommend there!!

I used to live on Starr, off Prospect. Super friendly neighbors, quiet street, I felt safe walking around in the evening, I closed my car door on my seatbelt so it didn't lock and didn't realize and my wallet was in there overnight, and it was totally fine. But also two people got shot on my block in the 3 years we lived there. Both personal things, specifically directed, not random, but still not great.

I live in 900 chapel street apartment complex and can refer you if you'd like. The apartments have huge windows and are beautiful

Fb marketplace might not allow it but have you check your local group fb? Like I know many towns have buy/sell pages to list items.

If you want to just donate, a lot of "unofficial buy nothing "insert town" groups have popped up recently.

Other than that, I don't know.

East Rock and downtown are good bets. East Rock will be cheaper, but less access to bars, restaurants, and shops (15-20 minutes rather than 5-10 minutes). You won't need to go above 2,300 a month.

East Rock 110%

Anything off of Whitney tends to be pretty good

Hello NH Realtor here 👋, Certain parts of Winchester Ave near Albertus can offer exceptional living! The more “Independently” owned or “Third party landlord” owned can be where you can run into “Less affluent” living situations. However, working with a variety of property management companies I can most definitely offer some good options! Please let me know if your interested! PM for more information.

Right off Winchester

You can read about the bad landlords to stay away from in the New Haven Independent - it’s an online news site.

Thank you all. Your comments really helped me a lot.

I live in this apartment building right now and I have no major complaints. I also lived in another building managed by them, and had a positive experience there too, so worth poking around their other options as well.

I found my original apartment on Yale’s housing website (not student housing, but they have a portal where non-Yale apartments can post), so it might be worth checking that out too!

Edited to add the link to the Yale website.

Rent is hard to find here , East Rock is a good area

Stay away from Fair Haven & Newhallville

Closer to dixwell ?

Nope, the other end

Prospect St. is fine. Once you start heading toward Winchester, it gets dicey. Would avoid Winchester from Division St. to Goodrich / Morse.

Eta: although Newhallville is considered high crime, most violent crime isn’t directed at random people. Keep alert and aware and mind your business and you’ll be ok in most areas of the city. Property crime is common throughout New Haven, including the neighborhoods considered “safe”. The city regularly shares “Compstat” reports about crime, they’re a bit difficult to read if you’re not familiar with the area. But it’s a good source for major crime data. Click on the time period you’re interested in viewing, then Scroll down to “District 7”.

https://www.newhavenct.gov/government/departments-divisions/new-haven-police-department/compstat-reports/-folder-77

Edit #2: according to above link, during last 2 weeks, gunfire was heard corner on Highland and Winchester, and larceny from vehicle was reported on Sheffield and Mansfield. This district also includes East Rock, which had its own issues with property crime last week.