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Yale New Haven Children's Hospital - Pediatric Specialty Center - New Haven - YNHCH, 2nd Floor

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital

1 Park Street
2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06510

Offers Telehealth

M 8 am - 5 pm
Tu 8 am - 5 pm
W 8 am - 5 pm
Th 8 am - 5 pm
F 8 am - 5 pm

The hours of this location are subject to change. Please call ahead to confirm the hours before visiting.

Many of our pediatric specialties offer evening and Saturday hours at select locations or via Telehealth.

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital - Pediatric Specialty Center - New Haven - YNHCH, 2nd Floor

Location Entrance Change

The main entrance to Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital (1 Park Street) is temporarily closed. Patients and visitors should use the Smilow Cancer Hospital entrance, 35 Park Street.

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Traffic Alert

Due to a generator installation project, traffic patterns on Howard Avenue in front of Yale New Haven Children's Hospital will change starting Oct. 21 and for the next two years. YNHCH will remain open, with one-way entry and exit driveways for the Pediatric Emergency Department. Signs will be posted. Please allow extra time to navigate the area.

Overview

Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country for the exceptional care it provides thousands of children every year. Many of its pediatric specialties have been ranked by U.S. News and World Report “Best Children’s Hospitals” including cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and pulmonology. The Pediatric Specialty Center on the second floor of the Children’s Hospital provides access to experts in these specialties and many others.

Services Offered

Directions

Parking

There are several options for parking.

  • The Air Rights Garage is open 24-hours a day and is located between North and South Frontage Roads, straddling York Street. (The skywalk on the 2nd floor of the garage connects to the hospital.)
  • The Howard Avenue Parking Garage sits between Davenport Avenue and Congress Avenue. You may enter the garage on Howard Avenue or Congress Avenue.
  • Valet of America is avaiable at all hospital entrances.

Air Rights Garage

Facility Overview
The Air Rights Garage is open 24 hours a day and located between MLK Jr. Boulevard and South Frontage roads, straddling York St. Hourly, half-day, daily and monthly rates are available. Special parking spaces for disabled visitors are located next to the elevators on each parking level. The garage is monitored by Yale New Haven Hospital Security Services. A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the 20 York Street entrance of the hospital.

Rates
0-5 hours: $3 per hour
5-10 hours: $13 flat rate
10-24 hours: $18 (daily maximum) 

Hours: Open 24 hours

  • Parking escorts available 24/7 - Call protective Services at 203-688-2500
  • For information about long-term rates due to an extended stay, please contact Patient Relations at 203-688-3430 or your assigned social worker.

Walking Directions
A covered pedestrian bridge connects the second floor of the garage to the 20 York Street entrance of the hospital.

Howard Ave Garage

Rates
2$ per Hour

Hours: M-F, 6am - 9pm

Walking Directions
From Congress Avenue cross Howard Avenue and enter the Howard Avenue Parking Garage on your right.

Valet Locations & Hours of Operation

Keep your parking ticket with you; when you are ready to leave please present your ticket at any valet entrances. After 9 pm please call 203-688-2510 or go to the Pediatric Emergency or Adult Emergency Entrances (valet stand) to retrieve your car.

  • Main Hospital Entrance (20 York St.): Weekdays 5 am - 9 pm; weekends 9 am – 9 pm
  • Children’s Hospital Entrance (Corner of Park St. & Howard Ave.): Weekdays 5 am - 9pm; weekends 9 am – 9 pm
  • Smilow Cancer Hospital (35 Park St.): Weekdays 5 am - 9 pm; weekends 9 am – 9 pm
  • Dana Valet (789 Howard Ave.): Weekdays 6 am – 9 pm; closed Saturday and Sunday.
  • Pediatric Emergency Entrance (Corner of Park St. & Howard Ave.): 24 hours per day/7 days per week.
  • Adult Emergency Entrance(20 York St.) 24 hours per day/7 days per week.

Call the Parking and Transportation Office at 203-688-2623 for current rates for valet parking. Office is open weekdays 7:30 am - 4 pm.

  • You will be greeted by the valet who will issue you a valet ticket and assist you to the hospital.
  • Your car will be parked in a secure lot.
  • When you are ready to leave, you can return to the valet location, the vale will accept your ticket and calculate any applicable parking charges. (Please Note: you can have your vehicle returned to any of the above listed valet entrances, it does not need to be the one you arrived at originally).
  • If you need to retrieve your vehicle after hours you can call 203-688-6067 with your claim check number or you can speak to the Protective Services representative and they will call for you.
  • Parking escorts are available all day, every day to accompany visitors to any hospital parking facility, call Protective Services at 203-688-2500.

Public Transportation

Bus Route Overview: Visit cttransit.com or call the CT Transit Telephone Information Center at 203-624-0151 for times and more info.

Route B
West Haven to Yale New Haven Hospital

Route O
Sylvan Ave./Route 1, Milford to Yale New Haven Hospital

Downtown Commuter Connection/Shore Line East
Shuttle service from Union Station to York & Cedar

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