Allston
Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston.Photo: DoorFrame, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 28,800 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Allston, Boston” and “Cambridge Crossing”
- Postal code: 02134
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allston Congregational Church and St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s Church.
Allston Congregational Church
Mosque
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Allston Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church building at 31-41 Quint Avenue in the Allston neighborhood Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1890–91 to a design by Allston native Eugene L.
St. Luke’s and St. Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Luke's and St. Margaret's Church is a former parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. It was closed in 2010.
Harvard Avenue station
Railway stop
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harvard Avenue station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located on the west side of Commonwealth Avenue at Harvard Avenue, in a residential and commercial district.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Union Square and Packard’s Corner.
Union Square
Neighborhood
Union Square is a square in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Brighton Avenue/North Beacon Street.
Packard’s Corner
Neighborhood
Packard's Corner is located in Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue. Packard's Corner is serviced by the Packards Corner stop on the B branch of the MBTA's Green Line, a light rail line that runs mostly above ground.
Allston-Brighton
Photo: Cornellrockey, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Both bound closely with Boston while remaining a bit cut off, Allston/Brighton is defined by the colleges that surround it. A visit reveals a bohemian vibe in this student village writ large.
Allston
- Categories: neighborhood in Boston and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35301° or 42° 21′ 11″ northLongitude
-71.13212° or 71° 7′ 56″ westPopulation
28,800Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)United Nations Location Code
US XBEOpen location code
87JC9V39+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 2074060641OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Allston” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Allston”
- Cebuano: “Allston”
- Chinese: “奥尔斯顿”
- Chinese: “奥斯顿”
- Chinese: “奧爾斯頓”
- Dutch: “Allston”
- French: “Allston”
- German: “Allston”
- Irish: “Allston”
- Japanese: “オールストン”
- Persian: “الستون”
- Slovenian: “Allston”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلستون”
- Spanish: “Allston (Boston)”
- Spanish: “Allston”
- Turkish: “Allston”
- Urdu: “آلسٹن”
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Localities in the Area
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