Central Square
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Photo: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Also known as: “Central Square, Cambridge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Central station and Clifton Merriman Post Office Building.
Central station
Metro station
Photo: Hutima, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority rapid transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line and has a street-level terminal for the MBTA bus system.
Clifton Merriman Post Office Building
Post office
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Clifton Merriman Post Office Building, also known as the U.S. Post Office-Central Square, is an historic post office at 770 Massachusetts Avenue within Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
St. Mary Orthodox Church
Church
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St. Mary Orthodox Christian Church is a parish of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America located in Central Square of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cambridge and Riverside.
Cambridge
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Cambridge is a city in Massachusetts, across the Charles River from Boston. It is renowned as the home of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both widely considered to be among the best universities in the world.
Riverside
Neighborhood
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the Charles River on the south, and JFK Street on the west.
Cambridgeport
Neighborhood
Photo: Chris Rycroft, CC BY 2.0.
Cambridgeport is one of the neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the Charles River, the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.
Central Square
- Categories: square and locality
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36551° or 42° 21′ 56″ northLongitude
-71.104° or 71° 6′ 14″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87JC9V8W+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 358260131OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Central Square” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中央广场”
- Chinese: “中央廣場”
- Chinese: “劍橋中央廣場”
- Dutch: “Central Square”
- French: “carré centrale”
- French: “Central Square”
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