The many neighborhoods south of Greenwich's Post Road (US1)
offer a variety of unique living experiences.

DOWNTOWN GREENWICH
Downtown Greenwich is the perfect choice for those seeking a cosmopolitan lifestyle in a country setting. Increasingly popular, residential properties near Greenwich Avenue have dramatically increased in value as demand for in-town living has soared in recent years. With so much to offer, homes in the downtown area enjoy the luxury of walking to Greenwich's world-class shops, restaurants and theatres. Proximity to Greenwich railroad station, Bruce Park and Greenwich Harbor beach ferries are added benefits in this sought-after part of town.

MILBROOK
The Milbrook Association, established in the 1920s, is a private residential community endowed with rolling countryside, dramatic rock outcroppings, rushing waterfalls and picturesque lakes for canoeing, kayaking and fishing. A quiet haven, Milbrook is tucked away close to the heart of downtown Greenwich. The superb in-town location provides great convenience to shopping, excellent schools and Metro-North Railroad. Adherence to high architectural-design standards, private patrolled security, and the dining, swimming, golf, tennis and party facilities offered by the Milbrook Club are all a testament to the integrity of this desirable association.

MEAD'S POINT
Located below I-95 on the Long Island Sound waterfront between Indian Harbor and Cos Cob Harbor, Mead's Point is a residential community named for the Mead family, major property owners in this area during the late nineteenth century. Originally farmland, the area's shoreline attracted city residents seeking waterfront properties to build homes. As a result, the Mead family began selling off much of their landholdings until the landscape of Mead's Point changed from open fields to a residential waterfront area. Residents of Mead's Point are noted as having begun what is today known as Putnam Indian Field School. Originally a small playgroup of neighborhood children on the property of the DuBois family, several Mead's Point residents formed a small corporation, donated several acres of land and started what is now a highly-respected early-education facility on Indian Field Road.

BELLE HAVEN / FIELD POINT
Unlike nearby Mead's Point whose evolution from farmland into a residential community was gradual, Belle Haven and Field Point were planned developments. Belle Haven's shores extend into Byram Harbor while Field Point opens into the Long Island Sound and Greenwich Harbor. Employing private security at their entrances, both peninsulas are highly-exclusive communities with spectacular residences. Belle Haven, the first-built of the two neighborhoods, enjoys its well-known Belle Haven Club, a beach and recreation facility originally known as the Greenwich Casino Association and subsequently The Beach Club. Field Point, with the highest altitude of any waterfront community in Greenwich, enjoys spectacular views and remains exclusively residential.

CHICKAHOMINY
Originally a rural community lying west of Prospect Street between the Post Road and the railroad, it is believed that Chickahominy was given its name by Civil War veterans who served near the Chickahominy River in Virginia. In the early twentieth century, Chickahominy began to develop into a residential neighborhood, as Italian immigrants settled in the area. The neighborhood became home to a blend of European immigrants and Greenwich natives. The area has remained a closely-knit community enjoying their ethnic traditions, St. Roch's Church and Hamilton Avenue School.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF DOWNTOWN GREENWICH
On February 1, 1686, six Miossehasseky Indians granted all land between the Byram and Mianus Rivers to twenty-seven settlers from Old Greenwich in exchange for tribal rights to thirty acres of farming land. This area was known as Horseneck. Legend tells us that Horseneck, now Central Greenwich, was so named because the peninsula known as Field Point Park is shaped like a horse's neck, reaching into the Long Island Sound. Other accounts report that the name came about because the land extending into the Sound was used as a pasture for horses. By the beginning of the eighteenth century, Horseneck was a prosperous farming community. Potatoes, apples, hay, grain and livestock were shipped to New York by boat from Piping Point, the site of today's Island Beach Ferry and Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. The crops were transported by farmers down a dirt path to the harbor called the Road to Piping Point, now known as Greenwich Avenue.

In 1848, with the coming of the railroad, commuting to New York had begun. The train from Greenwich Station to 32nd Street in New York City took one and a half hours. The path to the Greenwich station was unpaved and filled with mud and slush. After many complaints to the town selectmen, the path was widened and paved. This wider road was constructed by 1854 and named Greenwich Avenue. During the same year, Horseneck was officially renamed Greenwich, by decree of the Connecticut State Assembly. From the days of slush and mud to today, Greenwich Avenue has gradually evolved into the central shopping district of the town with many upscale shops, restaurants and theatres opening along the street.

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