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About Boston, MA

Boston (US: , UK: ), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States and 24th-most populous city in the country. The city proper covers about 48.4 square miles (125 km2) with a population of 675,647 in 2020, also making it the most populous city in New England. It is the seat of Suffolk County (although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999). The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest MSA in the country. A broader combined statistical area (CSA), generally corresponding to the commuting area and including Providence, Rhode Island, is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth most populous in the United States. Boston is one of the oldest municipalities in the United States, founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from the English town of the same name. It was the scene of several key events of the American Revolution, such as the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston. Upon American independence from Great Britain, the city continued to be an important port and manufacturing hub as well as a center for education and culture. The city has expanded beyond the original peninsula through land reclamation and municipal annexation. Its rich history attracts many tourists, with Faneuil Hall alone drawing more than 20 million visitors per year. Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), first public or state school (Boston Latin School, 1635) first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897), and first large public library (Boston Public Library, 1848). Today, Boston is a thriving center of scientific research. The Boston area's many colleges and universities make it a world leader in higher education, including law, medicine, engineering and business, and the city is considered to be a global pioneer in innovation and entrepreneurship, with nearly 5,000 startups. Boston's economic base also includes finance, professional and business services, biotechnology, information technology and government activities. Households in the city claim the highest average rate of philanthropy in the United States; businesses and institutions rank among the top in the country for environmental sustainability and investment. The city has one of the highest costs of living in the United States as it has undergone gentrification.  

Boston, MA Neighborhoods

South Boston, North End, Downtown, Dorchester, Back Bay, South End, Prudential / St. Botolph, Beacon Hill, Charlestown, Fenway–Kenmore, Chinatown, Government Center, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Brighton, West Roxbury, Roslindale, Hyde Park, Mattapan, SoWa, Downtown Crossing, Boston Theater District, Upham's Corner, Nubian Square, Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Seaport District, Codman Square, Neponset / Port Norfolk, Egleston Square, D Street / West Broadway, Grove Hall, Ashmont, Lower Roxbury, West End, Dorchester Center, Columbus Park / Andrew Square, West Fens, St. Elizabeth's, Central-Maverick Square / Paris Street, Oak Square, Lower Allston, Back Bay West, Harbor View / Orient Heights, Jones Hill, Leather District, Blackstone Block Historic District, Mission Hill, Meeting House Hill, Stony Brook / Cleary Square, Financial District, Forest Hills / Woodbourne, BOSTON, MA WEATHER

Top Sights in Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Science New England Aquarium
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Fenway Park Freedom Trail
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Boston Children's Museum The Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston Common Harvard Art Museums Public Garden
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum The Paul Revere House Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
Old North Church USS Constitution Museum Old State House
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Massachusetts State House USS Constitution
Boston Harbor Islands State Park The Harvard Museum of Natural History Quincy Market
Bunker Hill Monument Franklin Park Zoo The Museum of Fine Arts
Old South Meeting House Newbury Street MIT Museum
Boston Harbor Harvard Square Granary Burying Ground
Charles River Esplanade Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Boston Public Library - Central Library
Trinity Church Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Adams National Historical Park Boston Athenaeum Castle Island
Blue Hills Reservation Boston National Historical Park Stone Zoo
Museum of African American History King's Chapel Middlesex Fells Reservation
Copley Square Mount Auburn Cemetery Skywalk Observatory
MIT List Visual Arts Center Park Street Church Boston Public Market
The Rose Art Museum Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park Revere Beach
John Hancock Tower Blue Hills Ski Area Rose Kennedy Greenway
LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston Swan Boats Bunker Hill
Harborwalk Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Nantasket Beach
Emerald Necklace Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site Black Heritage Trail
Charlestown Navy Yard Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Larz Anderson Auto Museum Spectacle Island Boston City Hall
World's End Franklin Park Prudential Tower
Boston Light Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial Boston Massacre Site
Harvard Yard Old Corner Book Store Massachusetts Historical Society
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge The Lawn On D Carson Beach
Back Bay Fens Jamaica Pond African Meeting House
Minuteman Commuter Bikeway Old South Church in Boston Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East McMullen Museum of Art Fort Warren
Warren Anatomical Museum Southwest Corridor Park CambridgeSide

Top Experiences in Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Science New England Aquarium
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Fenway Park Freedom Trail
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Boston Children's Museum The Institute of Contemporary Art
Freedom Trail walk Black Heritage Trail Fall foliage in parks

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Street Names in Boston, MA

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Accolyn Way Acorn Street Adams Place Addison Street Agassiz Road Aguadilla Street
Albany Street Albemarle Court Albemarle Street Albemarle Terrace Aldine Street Alger Street
Alley 516 Alna Place Anchor Way Anderson Avenue Anderson Place Anderson Street
Andrew Square Andrews Place Andrews Street Annavoy Street Anthony J Grieco Terrace Anthony Place
Antrim Street Appleton Street Aquadilla Street Aramon Street Arch Street Arch Way
Ardee Street Arlington Street Arundel Street Ash Street Ashburton Place Ashley Street
Athens Street Atkinson Street Atlantic Avenue Atlantic Street Autumn Street Avenue de Lafayette
Avenue Louis Pasteur Avenue of the Arts Avery Place Avery Street Avon Street B Street
Babcock Street Bakers Alley Baldwin Place Baldwin Street Ballard Way Balmoral Park
Bantry Way Barnard Place Barnes Avenue Barrett Avenue Bartlett Place Battery Street
Battery Wharf Batterymarch Street Baxter Street Bay State Place Bay State Road Bay Street
Bay View Place Bayswater Street Beach Street Beachview Road Beacon Street Beaver Place
Beaver Street Beck Street Beckler Avenue Bedford Street Belgravia Place Bell Court
Bellingham Place Belvidere Street Benner Street Bennet Place Bennet Street Bennington Street
Berkeley Street Bernard Place Bethune Way Beverly Street Binford Street Binney Street
Black Falcon Avenue Blackfan Street Blackinton Street Blackstone Street Blackwood Street Blagden Street
Blandford Street Blossom Court Blossom Street Board Alley Boardman Street Bolton Street
Bond Street Boradal Street Border Street Boriken Street Boston Medical Center Place Boston Place
Boston Street Bosworth Street Bowdoin Street Bowen Street Bowker Street Boylston Place
Boylston Square Boylston Street Braddock Park Bradford Street Bradston Street Branch Street
Brandywyne Drive Brannon Harris Way Breed Street Bremen Place Bremen Street Brewster Street
Bridge Court Briggs Place Brigham Street Brimmer Street Broad Street Broadway
Bromfield Street Brookline Avenue Brooks Street Brookwood Terrace Buick Street Bulfinch Place
Bullock Street Bumstead Court Burbank Street Burke Street Burlington Avenue Burnham Place
Burrill Place Bush Street Buswell Street Butland Court Butler Place Butler Row
Butler Square Byron Street C Street Cahners Place Calvin Place Cambria Street
Cambridge Street Cambridge Street Avenue Camden Street Canal Street Canton Place Capstan Way
Carleton Street Carmody Court Carpenter Street Castle Court Causeway Street Cazenove Street
Cedar Lane Way Central Square Central Street Central Wharf Chambers Place Champney Place
Chandler Street Channel Center Street Channel Street Chapman Place Chardonnay Terrace Charles River Dam
Charles River Square Charles Street Charles Street S Charlesgate Charlesgate E Charlesgate W
Charlestown Brg Charter Street Chatham Row Chatham Street Chaucer Street Chauncy Street
Cheever Court Chelsea Street Chelsea Terrace Chester Square Chestnut Street Chickerling Place
Church Street City Hall Avenue City Point Court Claremont Park Claremont Street Clarendon Street
Clark Street Clearway Street Cleveland Place Clinton Street Clipper Ship Lane Clyde Street
Coburn Court Colburn Street Colebrook Street Coleridge Street Collidge Avenue Columbia Road
Columbia Street Columbus Avenue Comet Place Commercial Street Commercial Wharf Commercial Wharf N
Commercial Wharf W Common Street Commonwealth Avenue Concord Place Concord Square Condor Street
Congress Street Constitution Wharf Cooper Street Coppersmith Way Copps Hill Terrace Corey Avenue
Cornhill Street Cortes Street Cottage Place Cottage Street Court Square Court Street
Courthouse Way Covington Street Cowper Street Creek Square Crestway Road Cross Street
Crowley Rogers Way Cumberland Street Cummings Street Cummington Street Cumston Place Cumston Street
Curtis Street Curve Street Custom House Street Cutler Court Cypher Street D Street
Dalessio Court Dalton Street Damrell Street Darius Court Dartmouth Place Dartmouth Street
Daves Way David G Mugar Way Davis Court Deacon Street Deaconess Road Deadys Lane
Dean Way Deblois Street Decatur Street Deerfield Street Derne Street Design Center Place
Devine Way Devonshire Street Dexter Street Dilworth Street Dingley Place Ditmus Court
Dixfield Street Dolphin Way Doolin Place Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Street Douglas Court
Douglas Park Douglas Street Drake Place Draper's Lane Dresser Street Drumlin Road
Dry Dock Avenue Durham Street Dwight Street Dyer Avenue E 1st Street E 2nd Street
E 3rd Street E 4th Street E 5th Street E 6th Street E 7th Street E 8th Street
E 9th Street E Berkeley Street E Broadway E Brookline Street E Canton Street E Concord Street
E Dedham Street E Eagle Street E Gould Court E India Row E Lenox Street E Newton Street
E Springfield Street E Street Eagle Square Earl Street East Place East Street
Eastern Avenue Edgar Allan Poe Way Edgerly Place Edgerly Road Edinboro Street Elbow Street
Eliot Place Eliot Street Elkins Street Ellery Street Embankment Road Emerald Court
Emerson Place Emerson Street Emmet Place Emmet Street Emmons Street Endicott Court
Endicott Street Essex Street Estes Place Eutaw Street Evans Way Everett Court
Everett Place Everett Street Ewer Street Exchange Street Exeter Place Exeter Street
F Street Fairfield Place Fairfield Street Falcon Street Fargo Street Farnsworth Street
Farragut Road Father Francis Gilday Street Father Songin Way Fay Street Fayette Street Faywood Avenue
Federal Court Federal Street Fencourt Road Fenway Fenway Plaza Fenwood Road
Fid Kennedy Avenue Field Street Fish Lane Fish Pier Road Flaherty Way Fleet Street
Flint Place Foam Street Follen Street Foodmart Road Ford Street Forsyth Street
Foster Street Foundry Street Fountain Place Francis Street Frankfort Street Franklin Avenue
Franklin Street Frawley Street Frederick Street Friend Street Fruit Street Fulton Street
G Street Gaffney Street Gage Street Gainsborough Street Garden Arch Garden Court
Garden Ct Street Garden Street Gardner Place Garrison Street Gates Street Gavin Way
Geneva Street Gifford Place Gilbert Place Gillette Park Gladstone Street Glendon Place
Glendon Street Gloucester Street Glover Court Gold Street Goodwin Court Goodwin Place
Gove Street Grace Court Grady Court Granby Street Granite Street Gray Street
Greenbaum Street Greenleaf Street Greenough Lane Greenwich Park Gridley Street Grimes Street
Groton Street Grove Square Grove Street Gustin Street H Street H Street Place
Hadassah Way Hall Place Hamilton Place Hamlin Street Hancock Street Hanover Avenue
Hanover Street Hanover Street Exd Hanson Street Harbor Street Harcourt Street Hardy Street
Harmony Street Harris Street Harrison Avenue Harrison Avenue Exd Harry Agganis Way Hart Place
Harvard Place Harvard Street Harvard Way Hassart Street Hatch Street Hathaway Street
Haven Street Haviland Street Havre Street Hawkins Street Hawley Place Hawley Street
Hawthorne Place Haymarket Place Haynes Street Hayward Place Head Place Hemenway Street
Hemenway Terrace Henchman Street Henderson Avenue Henry Street Herald Street Hereford Street
Hersey Place High Street Holden Court Holyoke Street Homer Street Hooten Court
Horace Street Hudson Street Hull Street Hull Street Court Hull Street Place Humboldt Place
Huntington Avenue I Street Ida Street India Street India Wharf Inman Street
Interstate 93 Frontage Road Ipswich Street Irving Street Isabella Street Ivanhoe Street Jackson Avenue
Jackson Place James Street Jason Terrace Jefferson Street Jeffries Street Jenkins Street
Jenton Way Jersey Street Jerusalem Place Johnny Court Joslin Place Joy Court
Joy Place Joy Street Joyce Hayes Way K Street K Street Place Kemble Place
Kemp Street Kempton Street Kendall Street Kenmore Street Keswick Street Kilby Place
Kilby Street Kilmarnock Street Kingston Street Knapp Street Kneeland Street Knowlton Street
Knox Street L Street Laconia Street Lafayette Avenue Lagrange Street Lamson Court
Lamson Street Lancaster Street Landing Street Lansdowne Street Lark Street Lathrop Place
Lattimore Court Lauten Place Lawn Avenue Lawrence Court Lawrence Street Lawson Place
Leeds Street Leland Place Leman Place Lennon Court Lenox Street Leon Street
Leonard Place Leverett Avenue Leverett Circle Lewis Street Lexington Square Lexington Street
Leyden Street Liberty Place Lillian Street Lilly Street Lime Street Lincoln Place
Lincoln Street Lincoln Wharf Lindall Court Lindall Place Linden Street Linley Terrace
Linsky Barry Court Liverpool Street Locke Place Logan Airport Svc Road Logan Way Lomasney Way
Lombard Place London Court London Street Long Wharf Longfellow Place Longwood Avenue
Loring Street Louis Prang Street Louisburg Square Lovejoy Place Lovell Street Lovis Street
Lowell Court Lubec Street Lynde Street Lyndeboro Place Lynn Street M Street
M Street Place Malden Street Maple Place Margaret Street Marginal Street Marine Road
Marion Court Marion Place Marion Street Market Street Marlborough Street Marsh Lane
Marshall Street Martha Road Mason Street Mason Street Place Massachusetts Avenue Matthews Street
Maverick Square Maverick Street May Place McCormack Square McDonough Way McKay Place
McKinley Square Mechanic Court Mechanic Street Medfield Street Medford Street Melcher Street
Melrose Street Mercer Street Merchants Row Meridian Street Merrimac Street Michelangelo Street
Middle Street Milford Street Milk Street Milton Place Miner Street Minnie Court
Mission Park Drive Mission Street Mitchell Street Mohawk Street Monks Street Monmouth Street
Monsignor Reynolds Way Montgomery Street Montmorenci Avenue Monument Court Moon Street Moore Street
Morris Street Morton Place Morton Street Mount Vernon Place Mount Vernon Square Mount Vernon Street
Mount Washington Avenue Mount Washington Place Mountfort Street Msgr Albert A Jacobbe Road Msgr O'Callaghan Way Mt Washington Avenue
Munson Street Murphy Court Murray Court Murray Way Museum Road Myrtle Street
Mystic Street N Anderson Street N Bennet Place N Bennet Street N Commercial Wharf N Hanover Court
N Hudson Street N Margin Street N Market Street N North Grove Street N Street N Washington Street
Nancia Street Nashua Street Nassau Street National Street Nay Street Necco Court
Necco Place Necco Street Nelson Court Neptune Circle Neptune Court Neptune Road
Neptune Terrace New Chardon Street New Edgerly Road New Street New Sudbury Street New Whitney Street
Newbury Street Newcomb Street Newhill Place Newland Street Newmarket Square Noble Court
Norcross Place North Square North Street Northampton Place Northampton Street Northern Avenue
Northfield Street Norway Street Noyes Place O Street O Street Place Oak Place
Oak Street Oak Street W Oconnor Way Old Atlantic Avenue Old Colony Avenue Old Harbor Street
Oliver Street Onslow Terrace Opera Place Ordway Place Orient Avenue Orleans Street
Orton Marotta Way Otis Place Otis Street Overland Street Oxford Place Oxford Street
P Street Pacific Street Pages Court Paige Avenue Palace Road Palermo Street
Paris Court Paris Place Paris Street Park Drive Park Place Park Plaza
Park Street Park Street Place Parker Street Parkman Street Parmelee Street Parmenter Street
Patterson Way Paul Place Paul Sullivan Way Pearl Place Pearl Street Pelham Street
Pelham Terrace Pemberton Square Pembroke Street Percival Place Perry Street Peterborough Street
Peters Street Phillips Street Pie Alley Piedmont Street Pilgrim Road Pilsudski Way
Pinckney Street Pine Street Ping on Street Pittsburgh Street Plymouth Street Plympton Street
Pond Street Place Porter Place Porter Street Porter Street Exd Portland Street Post Office Square
Power House Street Powers Court Preble Street Prescott Street Primus Avenue Prince Street
Princeton Place Princeton Street Providence Street Province Court Province Street Pulaski Avenue
Purchase Street Putnam Avenue Putnam Street Quaker Lane Queensberry Street Quimby Road
Quincy Court Raleigh Street Randolph Street Reed Street Rev Richard A Burke Street Revere Place
Revere Street Rice Street Richards Street Richmond Place Richmond Street Ridgeway Lane
Ringold Street River Street River Street Place Riverway Rogers Street Rollins Place
Rollins Street Ross Place Rowes Wharf Ruggles Street Ruth Street Rutland Square
Rutland Street S Bay Avenue S Bremen Street S Cedar Place S Market Street S Russell Street
Saint Andrew Road Saint George Street Saint Marys Street Salem Court Salem Street Salt Lane
Salutation Street San Juan Street Sanger Street Saratoga Place Saratoga Street Savoy Street
Sayward Place School Street Schrepel Place Science Park Scotia Street Scott Alley
Scott Place Seaport Boulevard Seaport Lane Seaver Place Seaver Street Seaview Avenue
Selma Street Sentry Hill Place Service Place Service Road Sewall Place Sharon Court
Sharon Street Shattuck Street Shawmut Avenue Shawmut Street Shawsheen Road Sheafe Street
Shelby Street Shepherd Avenue Shepton Terrace Sherborn Street Short Street Silver Place
Silver Street Sleeper Street Smith Court Snelling Place Snow Hill Street Soldiers Field Road
Somerset Street South Street Southampton Street Speare Place Spring Lane Springer Street
Spruce Court Spruce Place Spruce Street St Albans Road St Botolph Street St Casimir Street
St Cecilia Street St Charles Street St Edward Road St Germain Street St James Avenue St Marys Street
St Stephen Street Stanhope Street Staniford Street State Highway 1 Alt State Route 145 State Route 2
State Route 28 State Route 2a State Route 3 State Route 9 State Street Sterling Square
Stillings Street Stillman Place Stillman Street Stoneholm Street Story Street Stoughton Street
Strong Place Stuart Street Sudbury Street Sullivan Place Summer Street Sumner Place
Sumner Street Sun Court Street Swallow Street Swan Avenue Swift Street Swift Terrace
Symphony Road Tamworth Street Tavern Road Taylor Street Ted Williams Way Telegraph Street
Temple Place Temple Street Teregram Street Tetlow Street Thacher Court Thacher Street
Thayer Street Theodore Glynn Way Thomas Park Thompson Court Thomson Place Thorn Street
Thorndike Street Thurston Street Ticknor Street Tide Street Tileston Place Tileston Street
Topeka Street Tower Street Transit Street Trask Street Traveler Street Traverse Street
Tremont Place Tremont Street Trenton Street Trident Street Trilling Road Trilling Way
Trinity Place Trotter Court Trustman Terrace Tuckerman Street Tudor Street Tufts Street
Twomey Court Tyler Street Union Park Union Park Street Union Street Union Wharf
Unity Court Unity Street University Road Upton Street US Highway 20 Utica Street
Vallar Road Van Ness Street Van Rensselaer Place Vancouver Street Vicksburg Street Vienna Street
Viking Street Village Court Vining Street Vinton Street W 1st Street W 2nd Street
W 3rd Street W 3rd Street Place W 4th Street W 5th Street W 6th Street W 7th Street
W 8th Street W 9th Street W Andrews Place W Broadway W Brookline Street W Canton Street
W Cedar Street W Concord Street W Dedham Street W Eagle Street W Haven Street W Hill Place
W Malden Street W Newton Street W Rutland Square W Springfield Street W Warren Avenue Wadleigh Place
Wadsworth Place Waldemar Avenue Walley Street Walnut Street Walsh Place Waltham Street
Ward Court Ward Street Wareham Street Warren Avenue Warrenton Place Warrenton Street
Washington Avenue Washington Place Washington Street Water Street Waterford Street Watson Street
Waverly Place Webb Park Webster Avenue Webster Place Webster Street Well Street
Wellington Road Wellington Street Wendell Place Wendell Street Wendeller Street Wesley Place
West Street Westbrook Street Western Avenue Westland Avenue Wharf Street Wheatley Way
Whitby Street White Street White Street Place Whittier Place Widett Circle Wiget Street
Wiggin Street William Cardinal O'Connell Way William F McClellan Highway William J Day Boulevard Willow Street Winchester Street
Winfield Street Winter Place Winter Street Winthrop Square Winthrop Street Woodward Place
Woodward Street Worcester Square Worcester Street Wordsworth Street Wordsworth Terrace Wormwood Street
Yard Way Yarmouth Place Yarmouth Street Yawkey Way

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