| Riverside, Connecticut | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | U.S. state |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fairfield |
| Subdivision Type3: | NECTA |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
| Subdivision Type4: | Region |
| Subdivision Name4: | Western CT |
| Subdivision Type5: | Town |
| Subdivision Name5: | Greenwich |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.36 |
| Area Land Km2: | 6.271 |
| Area Water Km2: | 2.09 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.23 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.42 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.81 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 8843 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset: | -5:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4:00 |
| Area Code: | 203 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 09-64530 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2631574 |
Riverside is a neighborhood/section in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 8,843.[1]
The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as central, or downtown, Greenwich). Of these neighborhoods, three (Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, and Riverside) have separate postal names and ZIP codes.
Riverside has two sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Riverside has a total area of 3.23 mi2 (8.36 km2), of which 2.42 mi2 (6.27 km2) is land and 0.81 mi2 (2.09 km2), or 24.98%, is water.[4]
Riverside is bordered to the west by Greenwich and Cos Cob, both across the Mianus River. The town's eastern border is with Old Greenwich.
As with other parts of the Town of Greenwich, Riverside is in the Greenwich Public Schools school district.[5] The district's comprehensive high school is Greenwich High School.
The Riverse area has two elementary schools, Riverside School and the International School at Dundee, and one middle school, Eastern Middle School, located in Riverside. Public school students attend the sole high school in the district, Greenwich High School, in Greenwich, Connecticut.
The Japanese School of New York (Greenwich Japanese School) is in Riverside,[6] where it moved to in 2022.[7]
As of the 2020 census, there were 2,936 households in Riverside, with an average of 3.11 persons per household.[8] Riverside also has a high concentration of youth, with approximately one-third of its residents being under 18. 63.5% of residents identify as non-Hispanic White, 16.5% as Asian, 13.4% as Hispanic, 7.8% as multiracial, 2.2% as Black, and 0.4% as Native American.
The neighborhood is served by the Riverside Railroad Station on the Metro-North line, although some residents are closer to the Old Greenwich Train Station.
Interstate 95 cuts through the neighborhood.
Well-known residents of Riverside include television personalities Lara Spencer and Kathie Lee Gifford.[9] [10] Former residents include Olympic gold-medal ice skater Dorothy Hamill and Philadelphia Flyers forward Cam Atkinson.[11] [12]