We have listed a number of shops and services that newcomers may find helpful as they settle into the residential neighborhoods near Science Hill. Additionally, Yale's multitude of graduate and professional programs provide a wealth of web-accessible information to help you find your way in the New Haven. You will find links to some of the most useful campus guides to living in New Haven following our listing.

Shops and Services (located in New Haven unless otherwise noted)

Food Markets
  Local markets  
DeRose's Market 500 Orange St.
Edge of the Woods   379 Whalley Ave.
Hong Kong Grocery   67 Whitney Ave.
Orange Food Mart   721 Orange St.
Oriental Pantry  374 Whitney Ave.
Prime Market   603 Orange St.
Romeo and Giuseppe's  771 Orange St.
   
Supermarkets  
Shaw's Food & Drug   150 Whalley Ave.
Shaw's Food & Drug  2100 Dixwell Ave, Hamden
Stop & Shop  1245 Dixwell Ave, Hamden
Stop & Shop  2335 Dixwell Ave, Hamden
   


Furniture

For reasonably priced new furniture, try Ikea or futon stores, e.g., Rubber Match, 101 Whalley Av. There are a number of furniture stores lining US Rt. 1 (aka, Boston Post Rd) in Orange and Milford.

Tag sales at the first and last weekends of each month are good bets for good deals on second hand furniture. Best months: late Aug. - early Sept.; late May - early June

Also for second hand furniture, try: Salvation Army Thrift Store, 1359 Dixwell Ave, and Goodwill Thrift Store, 2369 Dixwell Ave.

Clothing

Plenty of choices nearby, but bargains may be found consistently at:

Bob's Stores
      2300 Dixwell Ave., Hamden

Marshall's Dept. Store
      2100 Dixwell Ave., Hamden

TJ Maxx
      135 Universal Dr., North Haven


Hardware/Home Improvement

Bunnel Paint & Hardware
      532 Orange St.

Home Depot
      111 Universal Drive, North Haven

Lowe's Home Improvement
      115 Foxon Blvd, East Haven


Laundromats

Bubble and Squeak
      165 Willow St.

The Wash Tub
      40 Foster St.

Upper State Wash & Dry
      962 State St.


Pharmacies

Any supermarket, the Yale Health Services (17 Hillhouse Ave.), or

Hall-Benedict Drug Co.
      767 Orange St.

 

Additional Information

the Yale Divinity School

Yale University

Office of International Students & Scholars

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