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Welcome to Berlin, Connecticut |
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The Town
of Berlin offers residents,
businesses and visitors a uniquely
balanced setting meshing the best
facets of rural and suburban living,
supported by a strong industrial
base. Berlin's strategic location is
ideal for wholesale trade, and
distribution to the Northeast region
and the entire East Coast. Indeed,
the exact geographical center of
Connecticut is located in East
Berlin.
Check each of the following links
for Additional information on doing
business in Berlin:
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Two major arteries
through town facilitate both
traffic flow and commerce.
State Routes 5 & 15 (also
known as the Berlin
Turnpike) and State Route 9
are supplemented by State
Routes 72, 372 (Farmington
Avenue and Mill Street), 71,
and 71A. Each provides
easy and quick access to
Connecticut's two major
Interstate Highways, Route
84 (East-West) and Route 91
(North-South).
Other central Connecticut
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Berlin
are: New Britain and Newington to
the north, Rocky Hill and Cromwell
to the east, Middletown and Meriden
to the south and Southington to the
west. Berlin is located just 11
miles south of the State Capital of
Hartford.
Berlin offers an exceptional
education
system, convenient
shopping and banking, three
libraries, easy access to medical
facilities in New Britain,
Farmington and Hartford, a public
nursing service, and a
senior center.
Recreational and cultural facilities
abound: five town-owned parks on
over 600 acres, three public
swimming pools, a municipal golf
course, a museum, and a variety of
programs and activities for youth
and adults.
The family-oriented nature of the
community is accented by nine day
care facilities, ski areas in
neighboring Southington (Mount
Southington) and
Middlefield, minor league baseball
in New Britain (Rock
Cats), an annual Berlin
Agricultural Fair the first weekend
in October, and close proximity to
Lake Compounce
Amusement Park in
Bristol.
Use Berlin as your base to explore
all of Connecticut's great
attractions.
Mystic Seaport
and
Marinelife
Aquarium,
Foxwoods
Casino,
Mohegan Sun
Casino, the
Mark Twain
House,
Valley
Railroad,
Gillette
Castle,
Maritime
Aquarium, and the
New England
Air Museum are all within
a 60 minute drive.
Access into and out of Berlin is not
limited to the automobile. The
Berlin Train Station, located on
Depot Road just off Farmington
Avenue (Route 372) services both
passenger (Amtrak) and freight
(Boston & Maine Railroad, Conrail)
traffic.
The
New Britain
Transportation Company,
located in Berlin, and Greyhound
provide bus service.
There are over 60 private and
commercial heliports in Connecticut.
Bradley
International Airport in
Windsor Locks (22 miles away) and
Tweed-New
Haven Airport (26 miles
away) provide air passenger and
freight service. Located
approximately two hours away are
Boston's
Logan Airport,
New York's
LaGuardia
and
Kennedy
Airports and New Jersey's
Newark Airport.
General Aviation/Commuter Airline
Airports located within 10 miles of
Berlin are:
Meriden
Markham Airport in
Meriden,
Robertson
Airport in Plainville and
Brainard
Airport in Hartford.
The closest Deep Water Port is
located 26 miles away in New Haven. |
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