Downtown Stamford
Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
Downtown Stamford, or Stamford Downtown, is the central business district of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It includes major retail establishments, a shopping mall, a university campus, the headquarters of major corporations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as other retail businesses, hotels, restaurants, offices, entertainment venues and high-rise apartment buildings.
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Worth seeing in and around Downtown Stamford
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St. Vladimir's Cathedral
St. Vladimir's Cathedral is a Ukrainian Catholic cathedral located in Stamford, Connecticut.
1.5 km · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 02Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist
The Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist is a Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. It was founded in the 1850s and the current church was built in 1868 to meet the increasing needs of the congregation. It serves a multi-lingual congregation, including descendants of the original congregation.
100 m · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 03Marion Castle
The Marion Castle, also known as Terre Bonne, is located at 1 Rogers Road in the Shippan Point section of Stamford, Connecticut. It was built in 1914 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1982.
3.4 km · historic mansion in Stamford, Connecticut, USA · Wikipedia - 04Cove Island Park
Cove Island Park is an 83-acre park, beach and recreation area in the Cove section of Stamford, Connecticut, located on Long Island Sound. Access to the park requires a parking pass.
3.3 km · Park in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 05Fish Church
The First Presbyterian Church of Stamford is a church in Stamford, Connecticut designed by architect Wallace K. Harrison. Nicknamed the Fish Church for its unusual shape, the interior of the church contains a shimmering stained glass 60-foot-tall nave.
1.2 km · church building in Stamford, Connecticut · Wikipedia - 06Holy Name of Jesus Parish
Holy Name of Jesus Parish is a church in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, founded on July 19, 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Bridgeport.
900 m · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 07Church of The Holy Name
Holy Name of Jesus Parish is a church in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, founded on July 19, 1903. It is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Bridgeport.
900 m · church in Stamford, Connecticut · Wikipedia - 08Stamford Center for the Arts
The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, United States, comprises two facilities on Atlantic Street: the restored Palace Theatre, and the Rich Forum, both within four blocks of each other:
200 m · theatre in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. · Wikipedia - 09Stamford Town Center
Stamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall located in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut. The 761,000-square-foot mall is the eighth largest in Connecticut, with space for about 130 stores and restaurants.
400 m · shopping mall in Stamford, Connecticut · Wikipedia - 10United States Post Office–Stamford Main
The Stamford Main Post Office, also known as US Post Office–Stamford Main, is a historic post office building at 421 Atlantic Street in Stamford, Connecticut. Completed in 1916, the building is unusual for its Italianate style of architecture.
300 m · building in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Downtown Stamford
- Airports
- LaGuardia (LGA), 41 km · John F. Kennedy (JFK), 50 km · Newark Liberty (EWR), 67 km
- Stations
- Stamford Transportation Center, 600 m · Old Greenwich station, 3.1 km · Glenbrook station, 2.7 km
- New York → Downtown Stamford55 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · $5–7
- Newark → Downtown Stamford64 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · $6–9
- Hartford → Downtown Stamford106 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · $10–13
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Downtown Stamford
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Downtown Stamford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAlso located in Bridgeport is a ferry running from downtown Bridgeport to Port Jefferson, New York, on Long Island's North Shore.
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Next door to Downtown Stamford
Downtown Stamford is 35 km from The Bronx, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Revonah Manor Historic Districthistoric district in Connecticut, United States1.7 km