Harvard Square

Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of , United States.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Harvard Sq”, “Harvard Square Historic District”, and “Harvard Square, Cambridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harvard station and Harvard Kennedy School.

Metro station
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is a rapid transit and bus transfer station in . Located at , it serves the MBTA's Red Line subway system as well as MBTA buses.

University
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The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly called the , is the graduate school of public policy of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in , United States. is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Harvard Square.

Museum
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The are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies. is situated 1,300 feet east of Harvard Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cambridge Historic District and Riverside.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Suburb
, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the north, River Street on the east, the on the south, and JFK Street on the west.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

Harvard Square

Latitude
42.37347° or 42° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.11894° or 71° 7′ 8″ west
Open location code
87JC9VFJ+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2448023622
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1587858
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Latin—“Harvard Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان هارفارد”
  • Cebuano: “Harvard Square”
  • Chinese: “哈佛广场”
  • Chinese: “哈佛廣場”
  • Dutch: “Harvard Square”
  • French: “Harvard Sq”
  • French: “Harvard Square”
  • German: “Harvard Square”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר הרווארד”
  • Indonesian: “Lapangan Harvard”
  • Japanese: “ハーバード・スクウェア”
  • Japanese: “ハーバード・スクェア”
  • Japanese: “ハーバード・スクエア”
  • Latin: “Quadratum Harvardianum”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Harvard Square and Cambridge KiOSK.

Nearby Places

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