Which hospital? I know of a studio avail by St. Rae's

If you go anywhere to eat, try Mezcal on Mechanic Street. Such a hidden gem and the margs are delicious. After dinner you can check out the bars on State Street (a downtown sort of vibe without being in the busier downtown area). Definitely check out Yale’s campus, it’s a fun walk around downtown new haven.

Welcome to New England! The seasons are fabulous. The leaves in autumn and frozen ponds in winter are my favorites! Make a plan to drive up route 77 next October. And take a thimbles islands tour in Branford in March to see the seals!

Agreed for New Haven Park and Rec dept. At different times the Wilbur Cross High, Hill Regional, and Conte schools have all listed public swim hours maybe more so on non-school weeks and summer

Yale has a bunch of desi student groups for yale affiliates

Most residents live near the hospital in downtown- there's a lot of good apartment buildings very near the hospital. Downtown is pretty safe. East rock is another safe neighbourhood but downtown is much more convenient when you're on call/working late. 900 Chapel street has beautiful apartments under 2k-Feel free to reach out with more questions.

Keys on Kites in New haven. Go see Darius for sure

Don’t rent from Pike International or Mandy Management if you can avoid it.

Wooster Square is a great neighborhood, and has better access to downtown and the hospital than East Rock.

Thank you for your comments Danny. Do you know if there is more than just parking garage? According to an old reddit thread, sounds like there is more to explore on foot than just the garage.. Any info would be appreciated!
https://www.reddit.com/r/newhaven/comments/6y4e3k/i_dropped_by_the_tunnels_under_downtown_today/

Ahh... most of the City has not gentrified and most of the population is nowhere near middle class. There are still many areas where some would not feel safe.

Its only downtown that has gentrified (if you can call it that, it was a depopulated commercial district where new "luxury" residential development was built)

Eric hesseltine at Black Hatchet does some great american traditional!

Alberti’s Magnus on Prospect St has a pool you can pay to use.

Seconding Darkside!

Black Hachet in Wallingford has a pretty award winning artist named ricky borchert. also a bunch of other good artists

Buy a heavier coat

Yes,

Keys on Kites in Westville has two impeccable traditional artists.

Dark side , hope gallery

Lucky soul, Woodbridge/amity. They are great folk.

Idk how they do with American traditional but Black Hatchet has a really good reputation. I’ve got some friends with ink from them and it looks sick. They’re just very popular so you have to book a while in advance.

Funny enough, I posted something very similar over a year ago because I too moved from Miami to New Haven. Feel free to message me with any questions. I would also recommend the east rock area and Wooster square as others have mentioned.

has anyone else noticed that almost every hospital in every city is in a bad neighborhood

JCC in Woodbridge is nice as well.

The Branford middle school used to be open to the public. Otherwise, the Y in Branford is pretty good.

You can definitely drive into the beginning of it at least. There is a parking garage at 360 state st and the entrance to it is in the tunnel. http://elmcityparking.com/rates-info/