Map of East Hartford, Connecticut in 2026

If you grew up in East Hartford, or you’ve ever watched the Huskies play at Rentschler Field, you’ll find your town on this map just as it stands in 2026. Look for your road. Main Street, Burnside Avenue, Connecticut Boulevard, Park Avenue, Tolland Street, Silver Lane, Goodwin Street, John Fitch Boulevard, Riverside Drive, Brewer Street, Maple Street and Broad Street are all printed by name, along with many more.

East Hartford is in Hartford County, on the east bank of the Connecticut River across from Hartford.

KNOWOL made this map in 2026 from public survey data, and gave it the look of an old atlas. The shaded ground, from the Connecticut River meadows to Forbes Village, comes from United States Geological Survey elevation data. The streets and the town line come from the Census Bureau, right down to small roads like Burnham Street. East Hartford, Hockanum, Mayberry Village and Forbes Village are printed by name, and so are the Hockanum River and the Connecticut River. A guide of 34 numbered landmarks runs along the bottom, with the National Register sites marked, and we checked those against National Park Service records.

Podunk, Hockanum and a Town of Its Own

Before English settlers came, the Podunk people lived on this side of the river. The land north of the Hockanum River was generally called Podunk, and the land south of it Hockanum. In 1659 Thomas Burnham bought the tract that now makes up East Hartford and South Windsor from Tantinomo, chief sachem of the Podunks. The land was part of the town of Hartford. During the Revolution, French troops under the Comte de Rochambeau camped here twice, before and after they helped George Washington’s army win at Yorktown in 1781. East Hartford was incorporated as a separate town in October 1783, the year on the title panel: Incorporated 1783.

For a long time East Hartford was a farm town, and tobacco was its main crop. That changed in 1929, when Frederick Rentschler, head of Pratt & Whitney, moved production from Hartford to a site of 1,100 acres here. The company’s airfield, Rentschler Field, was in service from 1931 to 1999. Pratt & Whitney still has its headquarters in East Hartford, and its old airfield is now the stadium. Click here to learn more about the history of East Hartford.

Main Street Downtown

Main Street was laid out in the 1670s, and it became a main road between Hartford and the towns to the east. The Downtown Main Street Historic District (31) runs along Main Street between Burnside Avenue and Governor Street. Most of its buildings went up between about 1890 and 1945, as trolleys and the Bulkeley Bridge turned the farm town into a suburb of Hartford. Its oldest include Wells Hall, built in 1832 as a private academy, which is now East Hartford Town Hall (6). Saint John’s Episcopal Church (29), at Main Street and Burnside Avenue, is a High Gothic Revival church of brownstone, designed by Edward T. Potter and built in 1867. Its first minister, John James McCook, served the parish for 61 years.

Farther along Main Street, the First Congregational Church of East Hartford and Parsonage (34) stands at the corner of Connecticut Boulevard. The congregation was founded around 1699, and the present Greek Revival church, with six Ionic columns across its front, dates from the 1830s. The parsonage next door was built in 1850. Nearby are the Raymond Library (20), the East Hartford Post Office (24), the East Hartford YMCA (21) and the East Hartford Community Cultural Center (15). Close by, too, is the Central Avenue and Center Cemetery district, whose Center Cemetery is the town’s oldest surviving property and holds the grave of William Pitkin, a colonial governor.

Just southwest of downtown, the Garvan-Carroll Historic District (14) is a neighborhood of one and two family houses built mainly between 1890 and the 1920s. After trolley service to Hartford began in 1892, Patrick Garvan bought farmland here and laid out Garvan Street for local business people and commuters.

Burnside Avenue and the North End

Just east of the Burnside Avenue shops is Martin Park (18), and near its entrance stands the Makens Bemont House (7), often called the Huguenot House. Edmond Bemont built it in 1761, and four years later his son Makens bought it. Makens made saddles and owned shares in the local bridge. It’s one of the town’s few surviving 18th century buildings. It was moved in 1971, when it was threatened with demolition, and today the Historical Society of East Hartford opens it as a house museum. Wickham Memorial Library (10), the East Hartford Police Department (13), Cornelius McAuliffe Park (25) and Dwyer Park (1) are in the north of town too.

Along the Connecticut River

Great River Park (3) lies on the bank of the Connecticut River, with room for riverside activities. Downriver, Goodwin University (4) built its campus on riverfront land that once held an oil terminal, removing thirty large storage tanks. Goodwin began in 1962 as the Data Institute Business School. Its campus is home to magnet schools, among them the Connecticut River Academy (11) and the Pathways Academy of Technology and Design (16).

In the southwest corner, the Naubuc Avenue-Broad Street Historic District (33) follows Naubuc Avenue from the Glastonbury line up to Broad Street, and Broad Street over to Main Street. From the 1830s, farmers here grew tobacco for cigars. Its oldest house was built about 1780 by John Kentfield, one of the area’s first permanent residents. The Selden Brewer House (22), at Main Street and Naubuc Avenue, was built around 1827 by a leading tobacco-growing family. It was moved here in the 1980s, and it holds offices of the local historical society. The Connecticut Society of Genealogists Library (32), the East Hartford Senior Center (27) and Hockanum Park (19) are in the south of town as well.

Rentschler Field and the Rest of the Guide

Pratt & Whitney Stadium (9) opened on the old airfield in 2003. The state owns it, and it’s the home field of the UConn Huskies, who play all their home football games there. The playing surface is still named Rentschler Field. The Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum (30) is close by. East Hartford High School (26) and the Connecticut International Baccalaureate Academy (17) are a short way east, East Hartford Middle School (28) is to the northeast, and the Hockanum River Linear Park (12) follows the river. Veteran’s Memorial Park (23) is in the east of town. The guide also lists Stone Academy (2), the Silver Lane Post Office (5) and the North End Senior Center (8).

This map of East Hartford makes a handsome addition to a living room, office, library or den, and it can even help teach children the geography and history of the town. It’s a thoughtful gift for anyone who calls East Hartford home, grew up here, or moved away. Created by KNOWOL in 2026, it’s printed on museum quality archival paper in three sizes. Zoom in on the preview above to explore the details, then click here to get your copy of the East Hartford map.

Sources

• East Hartford, ConnecticutHistory.org
• East Hartford, Connecticut, Wikipedia
• Downtown Main Street Historic District, Wikipedia
• St. John’s Episcopal Church, Wikipedia
• First Congregational Church of East Hartford and Parsonage, Wikipedia
• Central Avenue-Center Cemetery Historic District, Wikipedia
• Garvan-Carroll Historic District, Wikipedia
• Makens Bemont House, Wikipedia
• Goodwin University, Wikipedia
• Naubuc Avenue-Broad Street Historic District, Wikipedia
• Selden Brewer House, Wikipedia
• Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, Wikipedia
• Hockanum River, Wikipedia