Alewife station

Alewife station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority intermodal transit station in the neighborhood of .
  • 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.

Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Alewife station.

Historic building
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The , is a historic colonial house at 54 Massachusetts Avenue in . With its oldest section dating to c. is situated 2,200 feet north of Alewife station.

Park
Thomas W. Danehy Park is a park in North . 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.

Neighborhood
, also known as "Area 11", is a neighborhood of bounded by and the Fitchburg Line railroad tracks on the south, the city of on the northeast, Alewife Brook and the town of on the northwest, and the town of on the west.

Neighborhood
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The is a residential historic district in eastern . 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.

Neighborhood
also known as "Area 12", is a neighborhood of bounded by the railroad tracks on the north and east, the town line on the west, and on the south.

Alewife station

Latitude
42.39615° or 42° 23′ 46″ north
Longitude
-71.14068° or 71° 8′ 26″ west
Open location code
87JC9VW5+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5331923416
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data 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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