Alewife station
Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the North Cambridge neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.Photo: redjar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: Subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harvard College Observatory and Butterfield-Whittemore House.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. Harvard College Observatory is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Alewife station.
Butterfield-Whittemore House
Historic building
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Butterfield-Whittemore House, is a historic colonial house at 54 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington, Massachusetts. With its oldest section dating to c. Butterfield-Whittemore House is situated 2,200 feet north of Alewife station.
Mayor Danehy Park
Park
Thomas W. Danehy Park is a park in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its eastern entrance is at 99 Sherman Street. It is bounded on the north by the MBTA Fitchburg Line and to the west by Fresh Pond Mall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Cambridge and Orvis Road Historic District.
North Cambridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Cambridge, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Porter Square and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of Somerville on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of Arlington on the northwest, and the town of Belmont on the west.
Orvis Road Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The Orvis Road Historic District is a residential historic district in eastern Arlington, Massachusetts. Built as a planned development between 1918 and 1930, Orvis Road contains a well-preserved collection of single and double-family houses of the period, as well its distinctive landscaping, which includes a grassy median not found in Arlington's other planned subdivisions.
Cambridge Highlands
Neighborhood
Photo: Nickknack00, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge Highlands also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the Belmont town line on the west, and Fresh Pond on the south.
Alewife station
- Categories: underground station, terminus, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.39615° or 42° 23′ 46″ northLongitude
-71.14068° or 71° 8′ 26″ westOpen location code
87JC9VW5+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5331923416OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q4678452
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Alewife station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃尔维夫站”
- Chinese: “埃爾維夫站”
- Chinese: “灰西鯡站”
- Chinese: “灰西鲱站”
- Dutch: “Alewife”
- French: “Alewife”
- German: “Alewife”
- Japanese: “アレワイフ駅”
- Japanese: “エイルワイフ”
- Portuguese: “Alewife”
- Portuguese: “Estação Alewife”
- Spanish: “Alewife”
- Urdu: “ایلوائف اسٹیشن”
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