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    West Haven Beaches

    3.8 (29 reviews)
    Closed 6:30 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Autumn B.

    I went to Bradley point beach & it was beautiful for a walk & relaxing time. However be aware of where you park !!!! I received a $120 parking ticket today, there was no clarification on the parking !

    Marie R.

    Beautiful sunny day to visit the beach in West Haven. Walked the piers along the shore today. If you use your imagination, it almost feels as if you are out on a boat.

    A lovely view from the Veterans Memorial Park
    Don P.

    West Haven Beaches in my opinion have much to offer, some might disagree seeing that it is Long Island Sound rather than the Atlantic Ocean. For my money, they have some of the nicest beaches in the vicinity of the Greater New Haven Area. In particular, Veterans Memorial Park stands out as a fitting tribute to our men and women who have sacrificed their lives in service for our country and as a beautifully well manicured park along West Haven's beach lined coast. This little spot is worthy of a visit during the day or night; it is well lit during the evening hours which provides a quiet dignified serene majestic feel to this wonderful West Haven resource.

    Oyster River beach.
    Arthur M.

    West Haven has a scenic drive all along the coast and it's worth the drive AND worth stopping along the way to take in the fresh salty air, and the beauty of Connecticut's historic homes and rocky shoreline. For somebody who has lived in Guilford, West Haven beaches opened my eyes to some unseen CT beauty with lots of public access!

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    Maria M.

    The Gem of West Haven: Sandy Beaches & Piers. Beautiful Boardwalk overlooking LI Sound. Walk from Bradley Point to Chick's and back is approximately 3 miles. Music & Dancing during the Summer. West Haven Residents have parking passes. Parking Fee for Non-residents. Off the Boardwalk: Jimmy's Restaurant, Stowe's Seafood & Dunkin' Donuts Public Restroom area located near the Gazebo. No Lifeguards on Duty. Police Substation near the Gazebo. Normally safe, WHPD does a nice job of monitoring and keeping the "Riff Raff" out. Given that it's LI Sound, I wouldn't swim although many do. Definitely wear water shoes to walk out to the island, during low tide.

    Elishevah G.

    Um, yeah. Don't swim in here. Don't do it! I'm very impressed with the improvements to the West Haven waterfront since my childhood, but if you think the water is safe to swim in, let me remind you that it still smells weird, and that there's a reason it was called Waste Haven all those years. If the dead horseshoe crabs everywhere aren't enough to deter you, don't act all surprised when you have to go to the doctor sometime in the week following your bathing adventure and get a prescription for some sort of "personal" ointment. Now that being said, I am immensely impressed with the changes in West Haven Beach(es) since I was a little kiddo and its shores were teeming with pregnant flip-flopped teen mothers smoking cigarettes. Yes, those spectacular specimens are still around - I'd have it no other way, really - but, now there is much more diversity in the type of people who frequent the beach, due in part to what must be city improvements. The boardwalk is cleaned up and improved, and while it verges on gentrification (yuck), it's nice to know that families feel safe coming down here in the evening. And hey, there were still a bunch of people doing the electric slide on the patio spot near the public restrooms, so I mean, it's still West Haven. I only wish I could say it had been senior citizens indulging in group-dance, but it wasn't - though I hear the seniors are a force to be reckoned with. There is also a beautiful Veterans Memorial near Savin Rock, which is very nice, as well as a 9/11 memorial declaring homage to "that fateful day" (so dramatic!). Flowers and green space now abound, where as in my childhood, there were only used condoms and the predominant smell of... was it meth? ;) Congratulations, West Haven, your beaches are now accessible to a wider variety of people, and that is a true achievement. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nostalgic for the days when our moms would let us roam the beach at night, and when as teens we got "spoken to" for having alcohol on the beach by a police officer with a glow stick in his mouth (lucky us, he just poured it out and went along his way). HOWEVER, I am simultaneously excited to smell cleaner air along the beach (though not quite clean) and to be able to walk around and not have to watch my back. The 21st century is a strange beast.

    BRING YOUR OWN BAGS FOR YOUR TRASH. TAKE IT WITH YOU DON'T LEAVE IT!

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    New Haven Lawn Club - Main hall

    New Haven Lawn Club

    4.4(47 reviews)
    4.5 mi

    The New Haven Lawn Club is absolutely gorgeous!! The employees here do an amazing job keeping the…read morefacility clean and tidy. Everyone here is very nice. The facility has clean bathrooms, is HUGE - and it looks like it has so much history here. Wonderful for a work outing or a wedding!!

    My stay the New Haven Lawn Club on a family visit to Connecticut yielded a positive impression of…read morethe accommodations, hospitable staff, dining and recreation facilities. A 5-star private social club in the Platinum Clubs of America, it is situated on Whitney Avenue near the Yale University campus, and two blocks from Ingalls Rink and State Street (home to Modern Apizza, our favorite in the Pizza Capital of the World). The New Haven Lawn Club offers five comfortable, spacious overnight guest rooms and one suite, a main dining room seating 200, and a grand ballroom seating 300 that was being used for a wedding reception the night we stayed there. The fitness center and four squash courts are open 24x7. Outdoors, there is a pool, toddler pool, eight Hart-tru tennis courts, two paddle courts and a playground. Guests enjoy free parking and wifi. We enjoyed pre-game cocktails in the bar off the Grill Room, accommodating 100, where lunch and dinner are served Wednesday-Saturday, and where seasonal Sunday brunch and supper are available. A unique feature of the club is art exhibits hung in the rotunda outside the Grill Room. Rebuilt in 1931 after a fire destroyed the original two years earlier, the clubhouse was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2003. It also is designated A New Haven Landmark by the New Haven Preservation Trust.

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    Harold Woodruff Family YMCA - Birthday/pool party at the Y

    Harold Woodruff Family YMCA

    2.9(9 reviews)
    4.7 mi

    Great family YMCA. Lots of programming for kids, and a very large pool. My daughter loves the…read moresummer day camp here.

    This place has gone downhill--fast…read more I brought my daughter here about five years ago to teach her how to swim and dive, and back then, it was a welcoming, family-friendly environment. Fast-forward to today, and I hardly recognize the place. They've rearranged the swim lanes to run directly into the deep end, and now your kid needs to pass a swim test just to enter that area. So forget about teaching your child to swim or dive unless they're already trained--which defeats the whole point. A lifeguard actually told me you're not allowed to dive in the deep end. Think about that for a second. It gets worse. I heard a lifeguard screaming at a kid to slow down. Not correcting, not redirecting--screaming. Then I was told I was being "too rowdy" for playing with my kids in the pool. Not roughhousing. Not causing problems. Just having fun. Apparently that's not allowed anymore either. At that point, we just got out and left. I canceled my membership that same day. For the amount of money people pay for this place, you'd expect professional staff and a supportive environment--not a team of overzealous teenagers policing families like it's a boot camp. If you're looking to quietly swim laps, sure--it'll work for you. But if you have a family, save your money and go somewhere else. This place has become downright hostile to parents and kids.

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    3.1(14 reviews)
    12.8 mi

    This company puts customer service first. I hired Aquatic for my inground pool 14x30. Before…read moresigning contract, Tom (owner) explained everything to me about construction and lawn damage. It was all common sense being that they are digging a massive hole in my yard. Safety was always first, they used a heavy grade temporary fencing around the pool until the project was finished. During construction they went over settling and why they won't be back for awhile, again common sense. If it didn't settle my pavers would sink within a year. When completed Ralph did what he calls pool school and went over everything and made sure I understood. Jose is an exceptional service guy he had to come out for my railing and pool cover. Everyone is the North Branford store goes above and beyond for you. I dont use them for service, I open and close the pool. I do get my products for them and have my water tested. I have tried other products from cheaper stores, not the same. My pool looks great with there products. Overall a great company to do business with.

    The folks at Aquatic Pool & Spa in Northford are wonderful. They've walked me through several…read morechallenging scenarios since I started caring for an older pool and have always pushed through to a solution, often going the extra mile. They are always friendly, professional, polite, good at explaining what is going on, and if they don't have what I need (again, older pool set-up), they order it for me. And they don't assume I am made out of money! I've always been offered a spectrum of options of how to deal with problems affordably, explaining the pros and cons of each approach. Old-fashioned customer service at its best...I am so glad I found them!

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