Things to Do at Paradise Park

Paradise Park covers 4.2 acres in New Haven's Westville neighborhood with playground equipment, basketball courts, and open fields that have served local families since 1962. Park access costs -e year-round (free public park) with free street parking along Paradise Avenue and West Rock Avenue, and the park features one of the city's few remaining original metal swing sets from the 1970s. Visit on weekday afternoons when school lets out and you can hear children playing while parents chat on benches - the air smells of fresh-cut grass mixed with the aroma of Puerto Rican and Italian cooking from nearby Westville kitchens.

Paradise Park is located on Fountain Street in the Westville neighborhood, about 10 minutes from downtown New Haven by car. You can take CT Transit bus routes that serve the Westville area, though having a car makes it easier. Street parking is usually available along Fountain Street and nearby residential streets - just be mindful of any posted restrictions. If you're coming from Yale or downtown, it's a straightforward drive west on Chapel Street, then north on Whalley Avenue.