West Rock State Park - State Parks

Graffiti on lower and upper face of West Rock.

This is easily the worst set of potholes in the New Haven. Run off from the hill crosses over the street, and constantly eats away the street. The problem is magnified in the winter time, when the run off freeze and creates an ice pot hole combo. The city put temporary patches to the holes, but they are eroded away in a single week! The city also put up marker cones as a warning, but its still not enough. There needs to be a permanent fix, like maybe an underground pipe to funnel the run off water under the road. You can easily see the carnage that these pot holes create. The guardrails are bent from constant crashes. The nearby trees are also scarred from being hit by cars that lost control from the holes. The damage from the run off water is so bad and so obvious that I nicknamed the area "Springside River". Its literally a river of water embedded into the street, that's how terrible it is.

I visited WR Park the other day and was saddened to see it so neglected. Graffiti on the walls and rocks, stone walls crumbling, poor roads and just a general sense of neglect. I'm curious to know if others also see this? It is a wonderful park and has the best view of New Haven. It is also an historical landmark. It deserves better attention from the State and from us neighbors.

I am a student at Common Ground High school and I am worried about Illegal dumping along Wintergreen Brook. There have been people passing in their car and dumping trash from their window there are also people who stop and throw away couches and big pieces of house items or toys. I am working with West River Stewards to clean up as much trash as possible we also want to make a path and Wintergreen Brook will become an oasis but all the trash is not creating a nice image of Wintergreen Brook or the street that Common Ground High School is located on we are an environmental school and we would like to get help to clean up the trash and maybe put a no dumping sign or cameras.

Code enforcement needs to enforce!

The complex is filled with rundown and boarded up apartments. Force these slumlords to fix them up or sell the complex.

The brush really needs to be cut back- visibility is limited and have to drive almost on the yellow to get around curve- its a quick mow job with the right equipment - anyone got a weed wacker??

Even with the snazzy pedestrian walk crossing light, every car turns right on the red through the pedestrian crossing sign. Today, even as I was in the cross walk a car turned 6 feet in front of me and I had to hold up my hand to keep the other car from running me down. It's ridiculous. There is a lot of crossing at this corner and it's just a matter of time. Maybe add a 'yield to pedestrian' sign.

The new speed indicators need to be adjusted- coming down the hill, the sign will flash the speed for cars going up the hill.
They also don't seem to be working coming from Blake Street.

Tons of children come to play in the Blake St/Stone St park - This morning as I passed the park I could not believe how much trash is all over the park and street. The one garbage can is overflowing; bags of trash are hanging off of the fences and benches. People are also often seen cleaning out their cars onto the street, smoking (things other than cigarettes), and drinking alcohol openly. There are schools near by that use this park as well as daycares and the local families. The park needs more trash cans - maybe if they are placed by the benches they will catch the majority of the garbage. The cans do need to be emptied regularly.

The parks department has not responded to the multiple requests to have this area cut back so that the illegal dumping in this area may be curtailed.

What do you have to do to get this done?? its been since August this has been requested.

On Wednesday, my dogs and I were attacked by off-leash pit bulls, coming from West Rock State Park. The police officers who responded to the scene, fined the dogs' owner but did not impound the dogs because *I* was not bitten (only scratched). The trauma and bites to my own dog were of no consequence. The very next day, the man was in the park with his pit bulls off-leash. He was apparently undeterred by the fine. We took pictures and sent them to the police officers. We have heard from witnesses that these dogs are being bred without a license. We have also heard that they attacked two other dogs. NHPD knows where these dogs live. Let's prevent this from happening again: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/pit_bull_attack_draws_crowd_cop_gunshots/

NO SNOW REMOVAL HAS BEEN PERFORMED DURING TWO SNOW STORMS ON VALLEY PL NORTH.