Prospect Hill (New Haven)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Prospect Hill Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
location= New Haven, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 19
lat_seconds = 30
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 15
long_direction = W
locmapin = Connecticut
area =
built =1890
architect= Brown & Von Beren; Multiple
architecture= Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne
added = November 02, 1979
governing_body = Local
refnum=79002670cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Prospect Hill is a mostly residential neighborhood and historic district of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It is located in the north central portion of the city, directly north of Downtown New Haven. The neighborhood contains Albertus Magnus University and a portion of the main campus of Yale University, including the Science Hill area, the Hillhouse Avenue historic district and the Yale Peabody Museum. The City of New Haven defines the neighborhood to be the region bounded by the town of Hamden in the north, Winchester Avenue in the west, Munson Street/Hillside Place/Prospect Street in the southwest, Trumbull Street in the south, and Whitney Avenue in the east. Prospect Street is the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood.

Demographics

The residential part of the neighborhood roughly corresponds to census tract 1418 (the census tract excludes the portion officially within Yale University). As of the 2000 census, the total population of the neighborhood was 4,052. Of the population, 43.02% identified as White, 32.33% as Black, 0.20% as Native American, 19.55% as Asian, 0.10% as Pacific Islander, 2.07% as some other race, and 2.74% as two or more races. Of the total population of any race, 4.94% identified as being Hispanic or Latino, while 11.77% identified as being of Chinese ethnicity.

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