Bridgeport Waterfront Pathway

About 50 miles east of New York City, up the Long Island Sound, the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, offers 24 miles of fantastic waterfront. However, around 70 percent of this waterfront is privately owned. And the local community wants to do something about that situation.

An ambitious movement is in place to develop a 20-mile pathway that will line the city’s waterways and shorelines—linking 9 of Bridgeport’s 13 neighborhoods and connecting residents to the waterfront in a meaningful way. Nearly 40,000 people live within a 10-minute walk of the proposed pathway, so it has the potential to vastly improve recreation opportunities and quality of life.

Trust for Public Land is working with the City of Bridgeport, residents, and community groups to bring this vision to life. We’ve seen time and time again how positively these paths for pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles can transform communities, and we’re confident that the same will be true in this special coastal city.