Bridgeport Ct: Connecticut's Best Cities For Your Home And Family

Bridgeport Connecticut is located on the scenic shores of the Long Island Sound and is one of the oldest urban communities in the country. As one of the area's largest employment centers together with its many beautiful parks and its coastal location makes Bridgeport one of Connecticut's best cities for your home and family.

With over 500 industries and businesses providing a broad range of products and services, Bridgeport has recently enjoyed a rebirth with the opening of new professional baseball and hockey venues, plans for corporate offices and new commerce and banking centers in the downtown area.

Bridgeport is located at the intersection of Route 8 and Interstate 95. It has a stop along the Amtrak and Metro North railroad lines with continuing service to Boston and Grand Central Station in New York City. Bridgeport also has ferry service to Long Island. The large, culturally diverse population of Bridgeport has a wide range of municipal services including an extensive public school system.

Known as "The Park City," Bridgeport is home to more than twenty five parks and community gathering places, including Pleasure Beach, which is a sanctuary for endangered piping plover birds. This beach is only accessible by foot from the mainland. The Beardsley Zoo is the Connecticut's only zoo. It has more than 300 species of animals, an indoor carousel an indoor rain-forest and one of the largest greenhouses in the state. Rare animals of North and South America are on display on the 52 acre zoo that stretches along the shore.

The Barnum Museum showcases the career of legendary American showman P.T. Barnum who used to house his circus in Bridgeport during the winter months. This three-story museum chronicles PT Barnum's life, his dreams and accomplishments, and is quite a remarkable show from one of the world's greatest showmen of all time!

Bridgeport also has a vibrant cultural center. The Community Symphony presents a wide range of performances throughout the year since 1945. The Wonderland of Ice is a family-oriented ice skating facility open year around and offers public skating hours, skate rentals, and group or private lessons.

The Downtown Cabaret Theatre is a professional non-profit organization produces quality musical and other theatre for children and adults in a cabaret setting. Visitors can bring their own picnic, sit at tables and watch award-winning musicals.

The combination of its location on the Long Island Sound, the many and varied manufacturing and employment opportunities, together with its cultural life and public parks make Bridgeport - "The Park City" - one of Connecticut's best cities for your home and family.