Bridgeport (Connecticut)

Bridgeport is a city in Connecticut. Bridgeport has beaches and parks, but the biggest attraction is the Klein Memorial Auditorium, a performing arts theater.

Understand

 * Bridgeport tourism information

By plane


For commercial flights, there are several airports within a 2 hours drive:


 * Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport is a very small airport in New Haven, offering flights from Philadelphia. It is 40 minutes away.
 * Westchester County Airport is an airport in Westchester County, New York, offering flights nationwide. It is 50 minutes away
 * LaGuardia Airport is a major airport in Queens, offering flights worldwide. It is 70 minutes away.
 * JFK International Airport is a major airport in Queens, offering flights worldwide. It is 80 minutes away.
 * Newark Airport is a major airport in Newark, NJ, offering flights worldwide. It is 90 minutes away
 * Stewart International Airport is an airport in Newburgh, NY. It is 100 minutes away.

By train

 * Train operators:
 * Routes stopping at Bridgeport:
 * Northeast Regional is Amtrak's busiest regional service, connecting Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and the many towns and cities in-between. Toward the east end of the route, some trips terminate at Springfield instead of Boston. Some services also continue south into Virginia towards Newport News, Roanoke and Norfolk on three separate branch routes from Alexandria. This is also Amtrak's most frequent service, with multiple daily departures, and the longest trip takes 12.5 hours.
 * Vermonter operates daily between St. Albans and Washington, D.C. including stops in Essex Junction, Waterbury, Montpelier, White River Junction, Claremont, Bellows Falls, Brattleboro, Greenfield, Northampton, Holyoke, Springfield, Windsor Locks, Hartford, Meriden, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New York City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, and New Carrollton.
 * Metro-North

By car

 * I-95 goes through Bridgeport.

By ferry
The Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry runs approximately every hour between Bridgeport and Port Jefferson, New York, on Long Island.

See
Bridgeport has a variety of beaches and parks, including Seaside, one of the nicest in the state complete with a lighthouse and a walk out to it.



Eat
There many eating venues in Bridgeport, including Italian, Jamaican, Chinese, Thai, Brazilian, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, and other Latino food, as well as many more typical American restaurants.

Stay safe
In the late 1980s and early 90s, Bridgeport had a notable crime rate. The Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings, and drug dealers from New York all battled for control of the city's many housing projects, places like Father Panik Village, Pequonnock village, Marina Village and the PT Barnum Housing Projects. Today, for the tourist staying for a few days or weeks, Bridgeport's bark is bigger than its bite. The main attractions for tourists like the Harboryard and the PT Barnum Museum are in areas that are not to be considered high crime. Traveling to the East Side or East End is considered to be the Spanish harlem of the city, as that is where all the Spanish restaurants and shops are located along with a strong Catholic religious background indicative of the churches located within this area as well.