I live in the neighborhood and it is a great, safe, walkable neighborhood. The neighborhood is patrolled by both NBPD and CCSU PD, and the crime rate here is very low so jogging/walking your dog is incredibly safe. There are a lot of food options downtown and you are 5 minutes from the Westfarms shopping area. There are countless restaurants, breweries, etc. New Britain is home to three theatre companies, a sympathy orchestra, the New Britain Museum of American Art as well as a collective art studio downtown, the New Britain Bees Baseball team ($6 tickets and $2 Hot Dogs) and many of the sports games at CCSU are free or cheap. Living in the neighborhood you are near both Stanley Quarter and A.W. Stanley Parks. If you enjoy golfing we have the Stanley Golf Course nearby and as a resident you are eligible for a discount. You would be severed by several CT Transit bus lines, with the main one being the 128 which will take you to downtown/westfarms in 10 minutes and downtown Hartford in 20 minutes. The closest CT Fasttrak station is the East Street Station with plenty of parking. I attached a link to the visit New Britain website. I would recommend watching the video and browsing the website.

The only thing you have to worry about is dealing with college students walking to and from their parties on Thursday nights from late August-October and late spring. Sometimes they can be loud and wake you up and occasionally you might have someone drunkenly pee in your yard. If you do run into issues with CCSU students, I would recommend attending the town and gown meetings at CCSU which are held monthly at the student center. But honestly that’s the least you have to worry about.

If you end up moving here and ever want to meet up, feel free to message me. https://www.visitnbct.com

My father lived on the east side of the park and I have many good memories hanging out there. Close to the mall and shopping areas. Alvarium brewery is good and the surrounding area has some good restaurants and coffee shops. Stanley quarter park has one of the best fireworks in the state on the fourth and I always go back for them. I think south and east of the park can have it's fair share of car break ins etc but I've never felt unsafe walking those areas.

New Britain is literally fine everywhere outside a select few neighborhoods around Allen Street (Oak/Tremont). Nobody is gonna bother you unless you bother them really. CCSU area is fine, when schools in you might have to deal with some drunk college kids though. I would look toward the west end of town around Walnut Hill if you want something quieter.

Grab a Great Taste menu on your way in

By CCSU or south of Walnut Hill park is nice as well as near Broad street. Be aware lots of housing near CCSU is rented to students so ask questions and check the hood out on a Thursday night if you can!

New Britain is a good city to live in. Lots of amenities and parks. Can be a little crime ridden in a few spots but mostly it’s a working class city.

Lived there for 10 years. Stanley and Walnut are great for walking dogs. No issues for me ever, I thought it was a fun place to live. Highly recommend Alvarium if you like beer!

The area is really lovely. New Britain has great food restaurants. There are some “normal” things that come with a small New England city recovering from its indistrial collapse though and some areas are depressed. The area over all offers great access to to broad range of activities.

This should be interesting responses.

Lots of stuff to do in the town and around the surrounding areas. Central, reservoir and AW Stanley/Stanley Quarter areas are all good.

Big sky gyms in new Britain and Newington are great

That particular area is extremely safe and city as a whole has made huge progress since the 90’s. Great parks, downtown area has been improving steadily yearly and easy highway excess to just about everywhere. Would recommend like others have said about nearby students rentals but that would be my only concern.

Learn Polish and Spanish.

Welcome to Polirica 🇵🇱🇵🇷