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Commonwealth Avenue (colloquially referred to as Comm Ave) is a major street in the cities of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Boston Public Garden , and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay , Kenmore Square , Boston University , Allston , Brighton and Chestnut Hill .
Amory Street station is located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue between Saint Paul Street and Amory Street, adjacent to the Boston University College of Fine Arts and College of General Studies buildings. [2] The station has two accessible 225-foot (69 m)-long side platforms serving the two tracks of the B branch. The platforms are located ...
The Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway opened the popular Norumbega Park on June 17, 1897. [3] (That line merged into the Newton and Boston Street Railway (N&B) in 1904 and the Middlesex and Boston Street Railway (M&B) in 1909.) Through service between Norumbega Park and Park Street station, operated by BERy east of Lake Street, begun on ...
Babcock Street station is located in the median of Commonwealth Avenue between Harry Agganis Way and Babcock Street, adjacent to the West Campus section of Boston University. [2] The station has two accessible 225-foot (69 m)-long side platforms serving the two tracks of the B branch.
The 23 official neighborhoods in Boston are made up of approximately 84 sub-districts, squares and neighborhoods within each official neighborhood. The Boston Redevelopment Authority defines 16 planning districts (plus the Boston Harbor Islands) and 64 Neighborhood Statistical Areas (with four areas further subdivided).
The Commonwealth Avenue Historic District of Newton, Massachusetts, encompasses roughly the eastern half of Commonwealth Avenue, extending from Waban Hill Road, near the city line with Boston, westward to Walnut Street. The roadway was laid out in 1894 and completed in 1895.
Blandford Street station is a surface-level light rail station on the MBTA's Green Line B branch located in Boston, Massachusetts.The station is located in the center median of Commonwealth Avenue at Silber Way and Blandford Mall, about 2 blocks west of Kenmore Square, near the east end of Boston University.
Kenmore Square is a square in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is formed by the crossing of Beacon Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and Brookline Avenue. It is the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 20, the longest U.S. Highway. The Citgo sign is a prominent landmark in Kenmore Square, and Fenway Park is just to the south.