Conference Venue
Canal Dock Boathouse
475 Long Wharf Drive
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Conference Hotel
Hotel Marcel
500 Sargent Drive
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Getting There
New Haven is located conveniently along several transportation corridors and is easily accessible by car, bus, train, and airplane travel.
By Air: The closest airport is Tweed New Haven (HVN), a short Uber/Lyft/taxi ride from the conference venue. Other regional airports include Bradley International Airport (BDL) serving Hartford, CT and Springfield, MA (approximately 50 miles away) or T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) serving Providence, RI (approximately 95 miles away). You may also consider flying into John F. Kennedy (JFK) or LaGuardia (LGA) International airports serving the New York City metro area and then taking an easy Metro-North Railroad trip from Grand Central Terminal to New Haven’s Union Station.
By Train: New Haven Union Station, a 5-minute Uber/Lyft/taxi from the conference venue is served by Metro-North Railroad to and from New York City, Amtrak’s Northeast Regional, and Shoreline East Railroad if coming from points east and north.
By Car: Traveling on I-95 North/South or via I-91 South, use Exit 46 Long Wharf/Sargent Drive
Staying
NASOH has reserved a block of rooms at Hotel Marcel, a historic, Brutalist-style and zero-carbon emission boutique hotel located about 50 yards from the Canal Dock Boathouse. The NASOH group rate starts at $179/night. Please use this link Hotel Marcel Booking Link or call Hilton at 800-774-1500 and ask for the NASOH group rate at Hotel Marcel. The NASOH group rate expires after April 26, 2026 at which time room rates return to normal market price, so please book your reservation well in advance. Parking at Hotel Marcel is FREE.
For those seeking a budget hotel option, NASOH has reserved a block of rooms at La Quinta, which is just down Sargent Drive from Hotel Marcel. The NASOH rate there begins at $139/night. Please use this link La Quinta Booking Link or call 203-526-1111 and ask for the NASOH group rate. The NASOH group rate at La Quinta expires after May 4, 2026 at which time room rates return to normal market price, so please book your reservation well in advance. Parking at La Quinta is FREE and reservations include a complimentary continental breakfast.
There are also many other hotel and Air B&B options in New Haven and the surrounding towns of East, West, and North Haven within an easy drive of the conference venue. Please note, however, that NASOH 2026 will be taking place at the same time as Yale Alumni Week, and thus hotel rooms booked outside the conference rate may be significantly more expensive.
Eating
New Haven is a foodie’s paradise for every budget. First, please note that a light breakfast, lunch, and the Friday night banquet dinner are INCLUDED in your NASOH conference registration.
Beyond that, New Haven apizza (pronounced ah-beetz) is generally regarded as some of the best in the US. It’s unique, coal-fired ovens give it a thin, chewy, and crunchy crust with just the right amount of char. Try the white clam pie or the tomato pie for true New Haven classics. You’ll want to go to Modern Apizza, Sally’s Apizza, or Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletano for the best New Haven-style. Zeneli’s on Wooster Street is more traditional Neapolitan and so delicious.
Located within an easy walk or short ride of the conference venue are everything from gourmet seafood (Shell & Bones) and a plethora of Latin American food trucks along Long Wharf Drive to Wooster Street Apizza (Sally’s and Pepe’s), gourmet Italian (Brazi’s) and Swedish meatballs (IKEA). Hotel Marcel’s restaurant and bar (BLDG) offers delicious breakfast, lunch, and dinner courses. Conference registrants will receive a full list of city-wide drink and dining recommendations for all budgets and tastes. Rest assured, you’ll eat well in the Elm City!
Parking and Getting Around
For those coming to New Haven by car, parking is plentiful and free at both Hotel Marcel and La Quinta. For those driving locally without hotel reservation, or for those with accommodations farther afield, there is free parking near the Canal Dock Boathouse along Long Wharf Drive and also in the IKEA parking lot.
Hotel Marcel offers a 20-person shuttle that can take guests anywhere in downtown New Haven (a 5-10 minute drive from the conference venue) free of charge.
Field-Tripping
Included in your NASOH conference registration will be options to choose one of several field trips, the details of which are still tentative and being worked out. Options may include:
Doing
New Haven is a medium-sized city with big-sized fun and culture to offer visitors. Young families will enjoy Yale’s newly-renovated Peabody Museum of Natural History, which is free and open to the public. Kids will also enjoy It Adventure Ropes Course located inside Jordan’s Furniture just down the street from the conference venue. Families should also take advantage of the Shoreline Trolley Museum in neighboring East Haven where visitors can ride historic trolleys from the 1920s through the beautiful salt marshes of the Connecticut shoreline. Museumgoers will want to visit Yale’s Center for British Art, the largest collection of British art outside the UK, as well as Yale’s Art Gallery and its Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library where you can see everything from the Gutenberg Bible to Audobon’s Birds of America and an original copy of the Declaration of Independence in a stunning modernist design of sunlit granite panels. All of these museums and libraries are free and open to the public. So, while you NASOH, bring your family to enjoy all that the Elm City has to offer!