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Longwood Station (MBTA)
Longwood station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line D branch, located on Chapel Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, on the border with Boston, just north of Longwood Avenue. It serves the Longwood Medical Area, the Colleges of the Fenway, and residential areas of Brookline. The station opened with the rest of the line on July 4, 1959. After renovation work completed in 2009, Longwood station is accessible from both Chapel Street and Riverway Park. History Original stations The Boston and Worcester Railroad opened a branch from Lansdowne station (MBTA), Brookline Junction to Brookline Village station, Brookline on April 10, 1848. There was one intermediate station on the branch – Longwood just south of Longwood Avenue. The Charles River Branch Railroad extended the Brookline branch to Newton Upper Falls in November 1852 and to Needham Center (MBTA station), Needham in June 1853, keeping the original B&W station for its service. The Sears Chapel was built in 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline () is an affluent town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Boston, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton, Massachusetts, Newton borders Brookline to the west. It is known for being the birthplace of John F. Kennedy. The land which comprises what is today Brookline was first settled in 1638 as a Hamlet (place), hamlet in Boston, known as Muddy River (as it was settled on the west side of the Muddy River (Massachusetts), river of the same name). It was incorporated as a separate town with the name of Brookline in 1705. In 1873, Brookline had a Boston–Brookline annexation debate of 1873, contentious referendum in which it voted to remain independent from Boston. The later annexations of Brighton, Boston, Brighton and West Roxbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
