Dorchester Center
District of Dorchester
Massachusetts - United States

Franklin Park Zoo

The Franklin Park Zoo is a 72-acre zoo located in Boston, Massachusetts. It is currently operated by Zoo New England, which also operates the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The zoo is located in the northeast portion of Franklin Park, Boston's largest park and the last component of the city's famed Emerald Necklace. The zoo was opened to the public in 1912, and managed by the City of Boston until 1958, when the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) took control.

Located at 42.3052, -71.0891 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Boston, Parks in Boston, Massachusetts, Visitor attractions in Boston, Massachusetts, Zoos in Massachusetts

Mattapan

Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Historically a section of neighboring Dorchester, Mattapan became a part of Boston when Dorchester was annexed in 1870. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480. Like other neighborhoods of the late 19th and early 20th century, Mattapan developed, residentially and commercially, as the railroads and streetcars made downtown Boston increasingly accessible.

Located at 42.2722, -71.0869 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streetcar suburbs, Populated places in Massachusetts with African American majority populations, Mattapan, Boston, Dorchester, Boston

Fields Corner (MBTA station)

Fields Corner is a station on the MBTA Red Line, located at Fields Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on November 5, 1927, serving as the southern terminus of the line for about a year until Shawmut and Ashmont opened in 1928.

Located at 42.3, -71.0617 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1927, Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines

Ashmont (MBTA station)

Ashmont is located on the Red Line in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It opened on September 1, 1928, and is the subway terminal for the Red Line's Dorchester Branch. Ashmont is also the terminus of the light rail Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, which loops around on an elevated viaduct. Towards the end of the Ashmont renovations, new signs were put in that now read ASHMONT/PEABODY SQ. , but this change will not appear on any new maps or publications.

Located at 42.2843, -71.0638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1928, Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines

Ashmont, Boston

Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams. Located near the Milton/Boston border, major streets include Ashmont Street, Gallivan Blvd. , and Dorchester Avenue. The neighborhood was developed after Dorchester's anexation to Boston in 1870. The westerly side of the neighborhood, north of Fuller Street and west of Dorchester Avenue, north to Welles Avenue, was laid out on the former Welles estate.

Located at 42.2833, -71.0689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Boston, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Boston

Savin Hill (MBTA station)

Savin Hill is a rapid transit station on the Ashmont Branch of the MBTA Red Line, located at 121 Savin Hill Avenue adjacent to Sydney Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts. It serves the nearby neighborhood of Savin Hill and adjacent areas in Dorchester.

Located at 42.3109, -71.0535 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1927, Stations along Old Colony Railroad lines

Eire Pub

The Eire Pub is a pub in Dorchester, Massachusetts. During their respective presidential campaigns, future U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both visited the pub; since then, stopping at Eire Pub has become a superstition for political candidates hoping to follow in Reagan and Clinton's footsteps. Bertie Ahern, the then-Prime Minister of Ireland, visited the pub in 2008. Martin Nicholson, bartender at the Eire Pub for 45 years, retired in 2010.

Located at 42.283, -71.0561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Drinking establishments in Boston, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Boston

Puddingstone Park

Puddingstone Park is a 5.5-acre neighborhood park built as part of the redevelopment of the "ledge site", a former Puddingstone quarry near the corner of Huntington Avenue and Tremont Street, at the Green Line trolley stop of Brigham Circle, in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is accessible from a stairway leading to an outdoor consumer parking lot, which has an entrance to the West, with a winding pathway leading upwards to a view of greater Boston.

Located at 42.3052, -71.0837 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks in Boston, Massachusetts, Landmarks in Boston, Massachusetts

Carney Hospital

Carney Hospital is a 159-bed community teaching hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center. The hospital had its beginnings in 1863 in South Boston. It was the first Catholic hospital in New England. Among its first patients were American Civil War soldiers. In 1892 a Carney Hospital team performed the first abdominal surgery in Boston.

Located at 42.2774, -71.0653 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Teaching hospitals in the United States, Hospitals affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, Hospitals established in 1863, Tufts University

Charles Street (Boston)

Charles Street is the name of a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it connects with Nashua Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway. Science Park station on the MBTA Green Line is located there. Charles Street runs south and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station on the MBTA Red Line, connecting via the Charles Circle rotary to Cambridge Street and the Longfellow Bridge which leads to Cambridge.

Located at 42.3001, -71.0628 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, Beacon Hill, Boston, West End, Boston

Elizabeth Seton Academy (Boston)

Elizabeth Seton Academy is a Roman Catholic high school for girls located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Located at 42.2744, -71.0669 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Girls' schools in Massachusetts, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, High schools in Boston, Massachusetts, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Massachusetts

The Mather School

The Mather School is the oldest public elementary school in North America. It is located in the Dorchester region of Boston, Massachusetts and was named after Richard Mather. Mather was an English-born American Congregational minister who emigrated to Boston and settled in Dorchester in 1635.

Located at 42.3082, -71.0612 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Public elementary schools in Massachusetts, Educational institutions established in the 1630s, 1639 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies, Pre-statehood history of Massachusetts, Schools in Boston, Massachusetts, Ralph Adams Cram buildings

First Parish Church of Dorchester

The First Parish Church in Dorchester, was built in 1631 by the emigrants from Dorchester, Dorset and the south west of England who founded the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts on March 30, 1630. The first church building was an crude log cabin thatched with grass. As well as the church, the Puritans founded the first elementary school supported by public money in the New World. They held the first town meeting at the church, which determined policy through open and frequent discussion.

Located at 42.3082, -71.0623 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Unitarian Universalist churches in Massachusetts, 1636 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies, Religious organizations established in the 1630s, New England Puritanism, 17th-century Unitarian Universalist church buildings, Churches in Boston, Massachusetts

Morton Street (MBTA station)

Morton Street is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Fairmount Line, on the Morton Street parkway. It is officially located at 865 Morton Street in the Mattapan section of Boston, Massachusetts, although access to the parking lot is available only from Morton Village Drive, which leads from the intersection of Morton and Evans Streets. With two full-length high-level platforms and ramps to the street, the station is fully wheelchair accessible.

Located at 42.2806, -71.0857 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Stations along New York and New England Railroad lines, Railway stations opened in 1855, Railway stations opened in 1979, Railway stations opened in 1987, Railway stations closed in 1944, Railway stations opened in 1981

Savin Hill Beach

Savin Hill Beach is a public beach in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is proximate to Malibu Beach. The closest subway stop is Savin Hill on the MBTA Red Line.

Located at 42.3079, -71.0509 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Beaches of Massachusetts, Landforms of Boston, Massachusetts

Uphams Corner

Uphams Corner is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The intersection of Dudley Street and Columbia Road is the heart of Uphams Corner, and one of Dorchester's main business districts. Uphams Corner is served by several bus lines and the MBTA's Fairmount Commuter Rail. Often, Uphams Corner is known as Columbia Square.

Located at 42.317, -71.0652 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighborhoods in Boston, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Boston, Streetcar suburbs, Populated places established in 1630, 1630 establishments in Massachusetts

Cedar Grove (MBTA station)

Cedar Grove is a station on MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located at Adams Street and Milton Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Cedar Grove consists of two side platforms which serve the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks. It is located near Cedar Grove Cemetery, which the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line runs through. The station was opened in 1929, as was the rest of the line.

Located at 42.2797, -71.0604 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1929

Butler (MBTA station)

Butler is a station on MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located at Butler Street and Branchfield Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Butler consists of one island platform which serves the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks; it is the only station on the line with an island platform. Sixty free parking spaces for passengers are available at the station.

Located at 42.2723, -71.0625 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1929

Central Avenue (MBTA station)

Central Avenue is a station on MBTA's Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line, a branch of the Red Line. The station is located on Central Avenue off Eliot Street on the border of Milton, Massachusetts and Boston, Massachusetts. Central Avenue consists of two side platforms which serve the Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line's two tracks. The station opened in 1929 along with the rest of the line. It closed on June 24, 2006, for a yearlong renovation of the Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line.

Located at 42.27, -71.0732 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Red Line (MBTA) stations, Railway stations in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Railway stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Railway stations opened in 1929, Milton, Massachusetts

Freedom House (Roxbury, Massachusetts)

Freedom House is a nonprofit community-based organization in Roxbury, Massachusetts (a neighborhood of Boston). Freedom House is located in an area sometimes referred to as "Grove Hall" that lies along Blue Hill Ave. at the border between the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. Although it was historically identified with Roxbury, Freedom House currently refers to itself as being located either in Dorchester or in Grove Hall.

Located at 42.3104, -71.0842 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roxbury, Boston, Organizations established in 1949, Civil rights movement, Civil rights organizations in the United States, African Americans' rights organizations, Non-profit organizations based in Massachusetts, Organizations based in Boston, Massachusetts

Strand Theatre (Dorchester, Massachusetts)

Strand Theatre is a restored vaudeville house located in Uphams Corner in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Located at 42.316, -71.066 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Vaudeville theaters, Cinemas and movie theaters in Massachusetts, Theatres in Boston, Massachusetts, Buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts, Event venues established in 1918, Dorchester, Boston

Morrissey Boulevard

Morrissey Boulevard is a six-lane divided coastal road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is owned and maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

Located at 42.3, -71.05 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Columbia Point, Boston, Parkways in Massachusetts, Streets in Boston, Massachusetts

Bowdoin Square (Boston)

Bowdoin Square (est.1788) in Boston, Massachusetts was located in the West End. In the 18th-19th centuries it featured residential houses, leafy trees, a church, hotel, theatre and other buildings. Among the notables who have lived in the square: physician Thomas Bulfinch; merchant Kirk Boott; and mayor Theodore Lyman. Since the 20th century the area has become a traffic intersection at Cambridge Street, Bowdoin Street, and New Chardon Street.

Located at 42.3048, -71.0689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Squares in Boston, Massachusetts, West End, Boston, 1788 establishments in the United States, Former buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts

Four Corners/Geneva (MBTA station)

Four Corners/Geneva is a passenger rail station under construction on the MBTA Commuter Rail's Fairmount Line, positioned between the existing Uphams Corner and Talbot Ave stations. The new station is being built as part of the Fairmount Line Improvement Project, which includes four new stations as well as infrastructure upgrades. It will have two full-length high-level platforms with walkways connecting them to Washington Street and Geneva Avenue.

Located at 42.3033, -71.0784 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Stations along New York and New England Railroad lines, Proposed railway stations scheduled to open in 2013, Railway stations opened in 1855, Railway stations closed in 1944

Talbot Ave (MBTA station)

Talbot Ave is an passenger rail station on the MBTA Commuter Rail's Fairmount Line, located near Codman Square in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The station includes two full-length high-level platforms located north of Talbot Avenue, which are also accessible from Park Street and West Park Street. The station opened on November 12, 2012 as the first of four new stations on the Fairmount Line.

Located at 42.2932, -71.0784 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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MBTA Commuter Rail stations in Boston, Massachusetts, Stations along New York and New England Railroad lines, Railway stations opened in 2012