Essex Square

Essex Square is a park in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Essex Square is situated nearby to the park Edwards Playground, as well as near Charles R Edwards Middle School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include TD Garden and Bunker Hill Monument.

TD Garden

Stadium

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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 1 mile southeast of Essex Square.

Bunker Hill Monument

Scenic viewpoint

The Bunker Hill Monument is a war memorial on Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill, a major American Revolutionary War battle that took place there on June 17, 1775. Bunker Hill Monument is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Essex Square.

Phipps Street Burying Ground

Cemetery

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The Phipps Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Phipps Street in Charlestown, now a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Phipps Street Burying Ground is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Essex Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sullivan Square and Charlestown.

Sullivan Square

Locality

Sullivan Square is a traffic circle located at the north end of the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after James Sullivan, an early 19th-century Governor of Massachusetts.

Charlestown

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Boston's Charlestown was the traditional home of employees at the now-decommissioned Navy Yard. It has experienced a shift in its population and industry and an increasing number of young professionals are joining the families who have lived in the area for years.

Inner Belt District

Neighborhood

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The Inner Belt District is a 126-acre industrial district located in the southeastern portion of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Along with nearby Brickbottom, the Inner Belt is a historically industrial zone of Somerville, with factories, warehouses, distribution centers, railroad connections, regional maintenance facilities, MBTA and Amtrak offices, retail stores and a hotel.

Essex Square

Type: Park
Categories: recreation area and historic site
Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37939° or 42° 22′ 46″ north

Longitude

-71.07045° or 71° 4′ 14″ west

Open location code

87JC9WHH+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29745512

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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