The founder and original owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Charles Ebbets, married his second wife in Bridgeport in 1922, five years before his death. [35] In 1875, P. T. Barnum was elected mayor of the town, which afterwards served as the winter headquarters of Barnum and Bailey's Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Ken, High taxes are a “MILL” stone around many taxpayer necks. It is ranked #158 out of the 164 Connecticut school districts. Lincoln received a standing ovation before taking the 9:07 pm train that night back to Manhattan. He is buried at Mt. [75] After his release in 2015, Ganim announced his mayoral campaign to serve a sixth term in office. Earlier on Nov. 15, the district had announced that the Barnum, Beardsley, Blackham, Columbus, Edison, Fairchild Wheeler-IT, Waltersville and Wilbur Cross schools would be closed for in … Changing Futures and Achieving Excellence Together, 1 Lincoln BoulevardBridgeport, CT 06606(203) 275-1502. Mayor Joseph P. Ganim was involved in a corruption scandal, as was Mayor Eddie Perez of Hartford in 2010. [58] Over time, more parks were added including 35-acre (140,000 m2) Beechwood Park and Pleasure Beach, home to a popular amusement park for many years. Bridgeport was chartered as Connecticut's fifth city in 1836[23][27][30] in order to enable the town council to secure funding (ultimately $150,000) to provide to the HRRC and ensure that it would terminate in Bridgeport. It is the home club of the 2013 USA Mixed National Champions,[87] led by club members Derek Surka and Charissa Lin. It was built in 1998 to serve as the homefield of the Bridgeport Bluefish. Many residents commute to New York jobs on these trains, and the city to some extent is developing as an outpost of New York–based workers seeking cheaper rents and larger living spaces. Bridgeport's Democratic Town Committee is the staple entity with significant influence over the city's politics. I-95 runs east–west near the coast heading towards New York City to the southwest and Providence to the northeast. Bridgeport and other settlements in Fairfield County make up the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk-Danbury metropolitan statistical area, the second largest metropolitan area in Connecticut. In 1991, the city filed for bankruptcy protection but was declared solvent by a federal court. Phone (203) 275-1000. The build-up to World War II helped its recovery in the late 1930s. Winter weather is far more variable than summer weather along the Connecticut coast, ranging from sunny days with higher temperatures to cold and blustery conditions with occasional snow. Dear Twitpic Community - thank you for all the wonderful photos you have taken over the years. On August 8, 2017, Mayor Joe Ganim announced that the Bluefish would be ending their 20-year stint at the ballpark at the end of the 2017 season. Multi-Lingual Driving School 377 Colman Street New London, CT 06320 (Classes also offered in: Spanish, Portuguese) 860-772-7388 The Next Street 470 Bank St. [10], Among the initiatives, the Singer factory joined Wheeler & Wilson in producing sewing machines[10] and the Locomobile Company of America was a prominent early automobile manufacturer, producing a prototype of the Stanley Steamer and various luxury cars. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.34. Webster Bank Arena serves as the city's sports and hospitality center. [13] The area officially became known as Stratfield in 1695[10] or 1701, due to its location between the already existing towns of Stratford and Fairfield. [17] In 1800, the village became the Borough of Bridgeport,[20] the first so incorporated in the state. [22] In 1821, the township of Bridgeport became independent of Stratford.[23]. [39], In the summer of 1915, a series of strikes imposed the eight-hour day on the town's factories; rather than moving business elsewhere, the success spread the eight-hour day throughout the Northeast. Shoreline East service links Old Saybrook and New London with New Haven, which extends to Bridgeport and Stamford during weekday rush hours only. According to 2010 census data, the Bridgeport MSA, containing all of Fairfield County, is the most economically unequal region in America, with 57% of the wealth going to the top income quintile.[67][68]. Close by, Mount Grove Cemetery was laid out on what was a native village that extended past the 1650s. P.T. ... Zac was in the High School Musical trilogy, and Zendaya was in Shake It Up (2010) and K.C. [57] Frederick Law Olmsted, famous for creating New York City's Central Park, designed both Seaside and Beardsley Parks. Barnum and Circus History. Bridgeport has a storied history in professional sports. "An Act for incorporating part of the Town of Stratford". ), Bridgeport's early years were marked by residents' reliance on fishing and farming. The median age was 31 years. Bridgeport has five local historic districts, where exterior changes to structures are under the control of two Historic District Commissions: "Bridgeport" redirects here. A total of 38.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [25][26] The HRRC ran upstate along the Housatonic Valley, connecting with Massachusetts's Berkshire Railroad at the state line. 1 Lincoln Boulevard Bridgeport, CT 06606 (203) 275-1502 . Like much of the Connecticut coast and nearby Long Island, NY, some of the winter precipitation is rain or a mix and rain and wet snow in Bridgeport. Fax. Interstate 95 and the Route 8/Route 25 Connector meet in Downtown Bridgeport. Main menu. The place was called Pequonnock[10] (Quiripi for "Cleared Land"), after a band of the Paugussett, an Algonquian-speaking Native American people who occupied this area. From 2001 to 2003 it was the homefield for the Bridgeport Barrage, a Major League Lacrosse team. There have been numerous calls for better transparency and reform of the committee altogether. [10], Iranistan, the residence of P. T. Barnum, in 1848, East Bridgeport Bridge over Pequannock River, c. 1850, From 1870 to 1910, Bridgeport became the major industrial center of Connecticut and its population rose from around 25,000 to over 100,000, including thousands of Irish, Slovaks, Hungarians, Germans, English, and Italian immigrants. Bridgeport lies in USDA garden zone 7a, averaging about 90 days annually with freeze. The University of Bridgeport's Ernest C. Trefz School of Business offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Please refer to the chart below for the details. Undercover (2015). The town incorporated to subsidize the Housatonic Railroad and rapidly industrialized following the rail line's connection to the New York and New Haven railroad. [36], Further, the Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. was founded in 1882, with its wares sold nationally, and the company became part of the International Silver Company in 1898. Route 2 the Coastal Link goes west to Norwalk and east to Westfield's Connecticut Post Mall in Milford, from where Connecticut Transit can bring passengers to the New Haven Green. According to its 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[70] the city's top employers are: Bridgeport is home to the University of Bridgeport, Housatonic Community College, St. Vincent's College, and the Yeshiva Gedola of Bridgeport. Located in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 miles (64 km) from The Bronx. After being indicted on charges of corruption in 2003, Ganim served nine years in federal prison. Bridgeport was the annual home to Gathering of the Vibes, a weekend-long arts, music and camping festival, until it ended in 2015. This was similar to the economy of the Paugusset, who had cultivated corn, beans, and squash; and fished and gathered shellfish from both the river and sound. [41], Restructuring of heavy industry starting after the mid-20th century caused the loss of thousands of jobs and residents. Preserving the Past. The city has started a large school renovation and construction program, with plans for new schools and modernization of existing buildings. The city's first public park was the westerly portion of McLevy Green, first set aside as a public square in 1806;[55] the Clinton Park Militia Grounds (1666) and Old Mill Green (1717) were set aside earlier as public commons by the towns of Fairfield and Stratford, respectively. See pricing and listing details of Bridgeport real estate for sale. While Bridgeport is primarily served by New York City stations, some local UHF broadcasters operate today: Sikorsky Memorial Airport in neighboring Stratford was previously owned by the City of Bridgeport before closing a deal in 2016 that sold the land to Stratford. It is visually prominent to commuters on I-95 or on passing trains. The Bridgeport Traction Company provided streetcar service in the region until 1937. 490 Chapel St, Stratford, CT 06614-1690 Tel: 203.385.4280 Practice Details / Directions » Barnum / Waltersville Schools America's Favorite Rifle Maker. [83], Bridgeport has a number of venues for live theater and music events, ranging from intimate performing spaces to a stadium hosting rock concerts.[84]. Civil War. Though a level of industrial activity continues, healthcare, finance, and education have become the centerpieces of Bridgeport's economy. Connecting service is also available to Waterbury via Metro-North, and New Haven via Amtrak and Metro-North. Metropolitan areas have +150,000 according to source at the time estimated. The namesake of the town was the need for bridges over the Pequonnock River that provided a navigable port at the mouth of the river. [74], Bridgeport is recognized for its polarizing political culture. [4] With a census-estimated population of 144,399 in 2019,[2] it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Nutmeg Curling Club, one of two curling clubs in Connecticut, is in Bridgeport. The two largest employers in the city are Bridgeport's primary hospitals, Bridgeport Hospital and St. Vincent's Medical Center. [56] In 1878, over 100 acres (400,000 m2) of land bordering the Pequonnock River was added as Beardsley Park. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. As of the 2010 census, there were 144,229 people living in the city. Under the Köppen climate classification, Bridgeport has a temperate climate (Cfa), with long, hot summers, and cool to cold winters, with precipitation spread fairly evenly throughout the year. Home; All Collections; Advanced Search; About the CTDA; Search Showman P. T. Barnum was a resident of the city and served as the town's mayor in the late 19th century. Harry B. It is retained in the Town of Trumbull. Address. Only the men's and women's basketball teams play in Bridgeport. Twenty members of the city council are elected from districts. With a census-estimated population of 144,399 in 2019, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England.Located in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 miles (64 km) from The Bronx. Manufacturing was the mainstay of the local economy until the 1970s. Bridgeport has many distinct neighborhoods,[59] divided into five geographic areas: Downtown, the East Side, the North End, the South End, and the West Side.[60]. The warm/hot season in Bridgeport is from mid-April through early November. Jesus Rodriguez, 22, of Barnum Avenue, was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, illegal discharge of a … Bridgeport has a number of museums, ranging from the science-oriented to fine arts and historical, as well as the state's largest zoo. Coastal Connecticut is the broad transition zone where so-called "subtropical indicator" plants and other broadleaf evergreens can successfully be cultivated. Bridgeport Our Lady of Fatima Parish, 429 Huntington Rd. The record low is −7 °F (−22 °C), set on January 22, 1984, while the record high is 103 °F (39 °C), set on July 22 in 1957 and 2011.[61]. [13][16] The commercial activity of the village was clustered around the wharves on the west bank of the Pequonnock, while the churches were erected inland on Broad Street. [37] (The H&E brand, in fact, continued well into the 1950s and was advertised in national magazines such as LIFE and Ladies' Home Journal. As of the census of 2000, there were 139,529 people, 50,307 households, and 32,749 families living in the city. [82], In 2016, Bridgeport enacted a 29% increase in the property tax rate, among the highest one-year property tax rate increases in recent U.S. history, in an effort to reduce the municipal deficit. On March 10, 1860, Abraham Lincoln spoke in the city's Washington Hall, an auditorium at the old Bridgeport City Hall (now McLevy Hall), at the corner of State and Broad Streets. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. [14] During the American Revolution, Newfield Harbor was a center of privateering. ... Bridgeport , CT 06604. Kennedy Stadium serves as a community sports facility. The 16-year-old Bassick High School student and star athlete had been summoned outside to speak to an unidentified person wearing a … [40] The First World War continued the city's expansion so that, on the eve of the Great Depression, there were more than 500 factories in Bridgeport, including Columbia Records' primary pressing plant. [52] President Barack Obama also spoke at the Harbor Yard arena in 2010 to gain support for the campaign of Democratic Governor Dan Malloy. Bridgeport native Jim O'Rourke was the first baseball player to earn a hit in National League history in 1876. Phone (203) 275-1502. [44] Bridgeport made numerous efforts at revitalization. Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. Additionally, President George W. Bush spoke before a small group of Connecticut business people and officials at the Playhouse on the Green in 2006. Both Routes 8 and 25 connect to the Merritt Parkway in the adjacent town of Trumbull. There were 50,307 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.0% were married couples living together, 24.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. [32][33] The same year, the New York and New Haven Railroad began operation,[34] connecting Bridgeport to New York and the other towns along the north shore of the Long Island Sound. Fax. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east. The West India trade died down around 1840,[13] but by that time the Bridgeport Steamship Company (1824)[24] and Bridgeport Whaling Company (1833) had been incorporated[13] and the Housatonic Railroad chartered (1836). This page was last edited on 13 January 2021, at 03:30. [53], On April 23, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to supporters at the Klein Memorial Auditorium during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. It is downtown on a former brownfield site. Seating 10,000, the Arena serves as the home rink of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL hockey team and the Sacred Heart University's men's hockey team and as the home court of Fairfield University's basketball team. Routes 8 and 25 run north–south across the city, with the two routes splitting just north of the city. The racial makeup of the city residents was 39.6% White; 34.6% Black or African American; 3.4% Asian; and 4.3% from two or more races. Precipitation averages 42.7 inches (1,080 mm) annually, and is somewhat evenly distributed throughout the year, with March and April the wettest months. [43] In September 1978, Bridgeport teachers went on a 19-day strike due to deadlocked contract negotiations. Bridgeport was inhabited by the Paugussett native American tribe during the start of European colonization. Park City Hospital closed in 1993 and was reopened in 2010 as elderly and homeless housing units. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was the home of an Atlantic Coast Football League minor league football team, the Bridgeport Jets, a New York Jets farm team also known locally as the Hi-Ho Jets due to their sponsorship by the (Hi-Ho) D'Addario construction company. In 1972 Richard M. Nixon was the last Republican to win the city; since then Democrats have prevailed, often by comfortable margins, the lone exception being 1984 when Walter Mondale carried the city by just 76 votes (0.16 percent) over Ronald Reagan. The city's public school system has 30 elementary schools, three comprehensive high schools, two alternative programs and an interdistrict vocational aquaculture school. His campaign ran on a theme of providing him with a "second-chance," as he was renowned for his work of escaping the city from bankruptcy and build its economy from a post-industrial standpoint. [47] In 2010, the Bridgeport Housing Authority and a local health center announced plans to build a $20 million medical and housing complex at Albion Street, making use of federal stimulus funds and designed to replace some of the housing lost with the demolition of Father Panik Village. Preparedness for Immigration Enforcement in English & Spanish, If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may, Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture Science and Technology Education Center, Information Technology & Software Engineering, Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences, Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences, Blackboard Web Community Manager Privacy Policy (Updated). [10][15], By the time of the State of Connecticut's ratification of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, many of the local farmers held shares in vessels trading at Newfield Harbor or had begun trading in their own name. [19] Bridgeport Bank was established in 1806. [45], In the early 21st century, Bridgeport has taken steps toward redevelopment of its downtown and other neighborhoods. The city is governed by the mayor-council system. The population density was 8,720.9 people per square mile (3,367.0/km2). Since the beginning of the 21st century, Bridgeport has begun redevelopment of its downtown and other neighborhoods. The city is connected to nearby New York City by both Amtrak and Metro-North commuter trains, which serve Bridgeport's Metro-North station. Bridgeport is a historic seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and its largest city. 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Several other rental conversions have been completed, including the 117-unit Citytrust bank building on Main Street. [76], In a divisive primary election between him, the city's mayor at the time, Bill Finch, and University of Bridgeport professor and real estate developer, Mary-Jane Foster, Ganim was able to receive the endorsement of the politically volatile democratic town committee, paving the way to his victory for being reelected mayor at the end of year.[76]. Elsolnews.com, a community Spanish language weekly newspaper covering news and events. This website does not contain a meeting finder. The Greater Bridgeport Symphony, established in 1945, performs at Bridgeport's 1,400-seat Klein Memorial Auditorium. Newfield initially expanded around the coasting trade with Boston, New York, and Baltimore and the international trade with the West Indies. [83] A citywide reassessment in 2015 determined that the value of taxable property in the city was $6 billion, a decline of $1 billion; the property tax increases, combined with property value decreases, have been a consistent political issue in the city. The recession halted, at least temporarily, two major mixed-use projects including a $1-billion waterfront development at Steel Point, but other redevelopment projects have proceeded, such as the condominium conversion project in Bijou Square. Barnum School; Bassick High School; Beardsley School; Black Rock School; Blackham School; ... All classes at Read School will be held remotely from Tuesday, January 19 - Friday, January 22, 2021. Now a major junction for western Connecticut, the city rapidly industrialized. Bridgeport is renowned for its public park system, which has led to its official nickname, "the Park City". [42] Continued development of new suburban housing attracted middle and upper-class residents, leaving the city with a higher proportion of poor. Barnum was born in Bethel, CT, and lived in Bridgeport until he died at 80. [72] The school system employs a professional staff of more than 1,700. Fairfield University is in the neighboring town of Fairfield, and many of the athletic teams play on campus. Bridgeport is also home to private schools, including Bridgeport Hope School (K–8), Bridgeport International Academy (grades 9–12), Catholic Academies of Bridgeport (PK–8), Kolbe Cathedral High School (9-12), St. Andrew Academy (PK–8), and St. Ann Academy (PK–8). Other major surface arteries are U.S. 1 (the Boston Post Road), which runs east–west north of Downtown, and Main Street, which runs north–south towards Trumbull center. In 2004, artists' lofts were developed in the former Read's Department Store on Broad Street. 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