Village Creek | |
 Entrance to Village Creek, April 28, 2012 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Village Creek, Hayes Creek and Woodward Ave, Norwalk, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°4′44″N73°25′6″W / 41.07889°N 73.41833°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000493 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 26, 2010 [1] |
Village Creek is a coastal community in the South Norwalk neighborhood of the city of Norwalk, Connecticut which was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] It is also the name of a creek upon which the community is built. Managed and maintained by the VCHOA, residents are entitled to access a private beach, marina and tennis courts.
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Established in 1949, the neighborhood is historically distinctive for its efforts to maintain a balanced racial composition, a practice enforced by the home owners association, at a time when deed covenants restricting ownership by race and ethnicity were common. [2] The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
