Name: Hillside
Address: Waterbury

About the neighborhood

Hillside offers residents convenient access to numerous bus lines, making public transit a practical choice for many trips. The neighborhood’s quiet, relaxed atmosphere provides a peaceful environment while maintaining energy along its main streets. A diverse selection of housing options is available, including large apartment buildings, smaller units, duplexes, and single detached homes with various bedroom sizes suited to different needs. Grocery stores and restaurants are located nearby, ensuring that daily necessities and dining options are within easy reach. Accessibility to schools is straightforward from most properties, adding to the convenience and appeal of this welcoming community.

Characteristics

Transportation

Hillside provides home buyers with the choice between various methods of transportation. Owing to Waterbury on the Waterbury, and about 20 nearby bus lines, the reasonably good public transit system makes transit a viable option for many people. House buyers who want to reside in a compact community will also be pleased with the pedestrian-friendly character of Hillside; meeting daily needs is easy without needing a vehicle, and plenty of businesses are reasonably close by. Hillside is not very bike-friendly as riding a bicycle is rendered difficult by the typically hilly topography, and the cycling network is somewhat poor.

Services

It is a short pedestrian trip to get to both primary and secondary schools from any location in Hillside. Residents are served by public and private schools at both the elementary and secondary school level. With regards to food, a supermarket is generally accessible within a very short pedestrian trip from any location in Hillside. Furthermore, a restaurant is typically just around the corner, and a small selection of coffee shops can be found as well. It is also a rather short distance to a decent selection of clothing stores.

Character

One of the appealing aspects of Hillside is that it contains both vibrant and quiet areas. Even though this part of the city is not known for its vibrancy, the vibe can still be quite dynamic around its busier streets, and with the bars in nearby neighborhoods, it is very easy to find a place to grab a drink because they are generally located very close by. At the same time, this area is very quiet overall, as there tend to be low levels of noise from traffic.

Car friendly6.6

Good access to freeways and/or major arteries, with a low chance of parking problems

Cycling friendly3.6

Not very suitable for bicycle commuting and/or recreational cycling

Pedestrian friendly7.2

Many pleasant streets and pedestrian-oriented shops within a short walk. Meeting daily needs on foot is often practical

Transit friendly5.4

Transit is available for most trips

Restaurants7.0

Wide variety of restaurants within a short drive, including some within walking distance

Groceries9.0

Wide variety of groceries within a few minutes' walk