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Brighton

Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of , Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 46,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Brighton, Boston”, “Brighton, Massachusetts”, “Kleines Cambridge”, “Le Petit Cambridge”, “Little Cambridge”, and “Pequenos Cambridge”
  • Postal code: 02135

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boston Medical Center – Brighton and District 14 Police Station (Brighton, Boston).

Hospital
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is a mid-size non-profit teaching hospital located in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. BMC Brighton is a part of Boston Medical Center Health System, a non-profit health care system which took over the hospital in 2024 from Steward Health Care, its previous operator, which was forced to sell its Massachusetts hospitals following its bankruptcy.

Police station
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School
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Boston Public Schools is a school district serving the city of , Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allston-Brighton and Union Square.

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Both bound closely with 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.

Neighborhood
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is a square in the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Cambridge Street and Brighton Avenue/North Beacon Street.

Neighborhood
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is an area of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the southern tip of Boston's Brighton neighborhood, and more specifically the Aberdeen section of Brighton, in close proximity to and , at the intersection of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.

Brighton

Latitude
42.34916° or 42° 20′ 57″ north
Longitude
-71.15339° or 71° 9′ 12″ west
Population
46,000
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RGH
Open location code
87JC8RXW+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158838051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4931353
Wiki­data ID
Q915760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Brighton” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բրայթոն”
  • Catalan: “Brighton”
  • Cebuano: “Brighton”
  • Chinese: “布莱顿”
  • Chinese: “布萊頓”
  • Chinese: “馬薩諸塞州”
  • Chinese: “马萨诸塞州”
  • Dutch: “Brighton”
  • French: “Brighton”
  • German: “Boston-Brighton”
  • German: “Brighton (Massachusetts)”
  • German: “Brighton”
  • Hebrew: “ברייטון”
  • Hungarian: “Brighton”
  • Irish: “Brighton”
  • Italian: “Brighton”
  • Japanese: “ブライトン”
  • Persian: “برایتون، بوستون”
  • Persian: “برایتون”
  • Polish: “Brighton”
  • Portuguese: “Brighton”
  • Russian: “Брайтон”
  • Slovenian: “Brighton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برایتون، بوستون”
  • Spanish: “Brighton de Boston”
  • Spanish: “Brighton”
  • Swedish: “Brighton”
  • Turkish: “Brighton”
  • Urdu: “برائٹن، بوسٹن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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