Emerald Necklace, Boston

Name: Emerald Necklace
Address: Boston, United States

#498 among attractions in Boston

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Facts and practical information

The Emerald Necklace consists of a 1,100-acre chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. It was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the "neck" of the Boston peninsula. In 1989, the Emerald Necklace was designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 20 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 42°19'34"N, 71°6'52"W

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Jamaica Plain (Jamaica Hills - Pond)Boston United States

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Emerald Necklace – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coolidge Corner Theatre, Olmsted Park, Brookline Village, Saint Mary of the Assumption Church.

1.2 miN
Nightlife, Cinema, Theater
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Boston
32 min walk • Coolidge Corner Theatre is an independent cinema in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline, Massachusetts specializing in international, documentary, animated, and independent film selections and series.
~1100 ftSW
Park
Olmsted Park, Boston
6 min walk • Olmsted Park is a linear park in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts, and a part of Boston's Emerald Necklace of connected parks and parkways. Originally named Leverett Park, in 1900 it was renamed to honor its designer, Frederick Law Olmsted. Olmsted Park can be roughly divided into two parts.
0.6 miNW
Neighbourhood
Brookline Village, Boston
15 min walk • Brookline Village is one of the major commercial and retail centers of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. Located just north of Massachusetts Route 9 and west of the Muddy River, it is the historic center of the town and includes its major civic buildings, including town hall and the public library.
0.7 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Boston
18 min walk • Saint Mary of the Assumption Church, Rectory, School and Convent is a historic church complex at 67 Harvard Street, and 3 and 5 Linden Place, in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was the first Roman Catholic church in Brookline, and the first in the nation to bear the name.
0.6 miN
Park
Brookline Avenue, Boston
15 min walk • Brookline Avenue is a principal urban artery in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It runs from Kenmore Square in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, forming a 1.5-mile straight line to its other terminus at Washington Street in the Brookline Village neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts.
0.5 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston
13 min walk • Puppet Showplace Theater is a nonprofit puppet theater in Brookline, Massachusetts. The organization was founded in June 1974 by Mary Churchill. Since 1981, it has been located at 32 Station Street. The theater presents performances by local and traveling professional puppet companies.
0.5 miNW
Town, Area
Brookline, Boston
14 min walk • Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury.
1.1 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Footlight Club, Boston
28 min walk • Eliot Hall is a historic building at 7A Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. It is sometimes referred to as "The Footlight Club," after "America's oldest community theatre," which owns and operates out of the building.
~880 ftS
Street
Jamaicaway, Boston
5 min walk • Jamaicaway is a four-lane, undivided parkway in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts near the border of Brookline.
0.5 miN
Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Ginery Twichell House, Boston
14 min walk • The Ginery Twichell House is a historic house located at 17 Kent Street in Brookline, Massachusetts.
0.7 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
William Ingersoll Bowditch House, Boston
17 min walk • The William Ingersoll Bowditch House is a historic house at 9 Toxteth Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. It is a good example of vernacular Gothic and Greek Revival architecture, built c. 1844-45 as part of one of Brookline's earliest formal residential subdivisions.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Emerald Necklace?

Nearby attractions include Jamaicaway, Boston (5 min walk), Olmsted Park, Boston (6 min walk), Pill Hill Historic District, Boston (9 min walk), Hotel Kempsford, Boston (10 min walk).

How to get to Emerald Necklace by public transport?

The nearest stations to Emerald Necklace:

Light rail

Heath Street • Lines: E (7 min walk)
Back of the Hill • Lines: E (8 min walk)

Metro

Jackson Square • Lines: Orange (20 min walk)
Stony Brook • Lines: Orange (21 min walk)

Bus

Longwood Ave @ Blackfan St • Lines: 8 (24 min walk)
Ave Louis Pasteur @ Longwood Ave • Lines: 8 (27 min walk)