About the City of Bridgeport
Connecticut (CT)
06601-02, 06605-08, 06610, 06650, 06673 & 06699 

Bridgeport is the most populous city in Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area. The city is part of the New York combined statistical area and is the fifth largest city in New England. The city is marked by its attachment to its famous resident, the circus-promoter and once mayor P.T. Barnum. Barnum built three houses in the city, and housed his circus in town during winters.

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• About Fairfield County, CT

About Bridgeport, CT:

Bridgeport, Connecticut's largest city, is known as "The Park City" was the city that Barnum built. Phineas Taylor Barnum You know him better as P.T. was the showman turned mayor who made this port city into a major manufacturing center during the early 19^th century. By the time his term ended, Bridgeport was well known throughout the United States and the world.

Today the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company provides daily ferry service between Bridgeport and Port Jefferson, Long Island from their new terminal and docking facility and major transportation hub. Harbor Yard, the new home of the popular Bridgeport Bluefish Professional Baseball team - now the most successful minor league team in the USA and home field for Sacred Heart University.  Other Bridgeport attractions include the Beardsley Zoo, which has a proud history of over 75 years as Connecticut's only zoo. Captain's Cove Seaport, home to the HMS Rose, The world's largest active wooden sailing vessel a  full-rigged ship, a replica of an 18^th century Royal Navy frigate that cruised the American coast during the American Revolution. The Discovery Museum, Housatonic Museum of Art, Klein Memorial Auditorium, Shoreline Star Greyhound Park and Entertainment Complex, Downtown Cabaret Theater, and Polka Dot Playhouse,  Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse and the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Youth Orchestras. 

The city, the most populous in the state, is located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Pequonnock River. Black Rock Harbor is a deep, protected harbor that developed as a trade port and shipbuilding center in the 18^th century. Black Rock was once part of Fairfield, but now is a neighborhood of the city of Bridgeport. Settled in 1639, it was first known as Newfield and later as Stratfield. In 1800 it was incorporated as a borough and named Bridgeport for the first drawbridge over the river. 

Bridgeport's advantageous geographic location, situated around an excellent harbor on the Long Island Sound, encouraged the early settlers to shift from agrarian to mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. It grew from a whaling center into an industrial center after the opening of the railroad in 1840. In the 19^th century Bridgeport's industries produced carriages, brass and cast-iron fittings, sewing machines, tools, saddlery, and ammunition. The first electric light socket with a pull chain was patented by Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, CT in 1896. This design is still in use. By the 1930s the community had almost 500 manufacturing firms. In the late 20^th century Bridgeport remained a manufacturing center, producing electrical and transportation equipment, plastics, and machine tools.

Schools:

High schools

Bassick High Grades 9-12	Central High Grades 9-12
Warren Harding High Grades 9-12

Elementary & Magnet schools

Barnum School Grades PK-8	Interdistrict Discovery Magnet School Grades PK-K
Beardsley School Grades PK-6	Geraldine W. Johnson School Grades PK-8
Black Rock School Grades K-6	Longfellow School Grades PK-8
Blackham School Grades PK-8	Madison School Grades K-6
Bryant School Grades K-6	Luis Munoz Marin School Grades PK-8
Cesar A. Batalla Grades Pre-K-8	Jettie S. Tisdale School Grades PK-6
Classical Studies Academy (Maplewood) Grades K-6	Multicultural Magnet School Grades K-8
Columbus School @ South End School Grades PK-8	Park City Academy Grades 7-12 (Alternative)
Cross School Grades K-8	Park City Magnet School Grades PK-8
Curiale School Grades K-8	Read School Grades PK-8
Dunbar School Grades K-8	Roosevelt School Grades PK-8
Edison School Grades PK-6	Skane Center Grades PK-K
Hall School Grades K-6	Jettie S. Tisdale School Grades PK-8
Hallen School Grades PK-6	Waltersville School Grades PK-8
High Horizons Magnet School Grades K-8	Winthrop School Grades K-8
Hooker School Grades K-8

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