Brigham Circle

Brigham Circle is located at the intersection of Tremont Street and Huntington Avenue in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The commercial center of Mission Hill, it forms the southern tip of the Longwood Medical Area.^[1]

The area is named for the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now a wing of the larger Brigham and Women's Hospital), which stands at one side of the circle and is approached through Stoneman Plaza. The intersection was never a true traffic circle like other circles in Boston. Huntington Avenue has had through lanes since at least the early 20th century; a small rotary was present at the junction of Francis Street on the northwest side. Near MBTA stops is a street-level park with metal benches that sites farmers' markets, and entrances to Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park (formerly Puddingstone Park) and other parks are nearby.

Transportation

The light rail MBTA Green Line E branch runs through the center of the circle. East of Brigham Circle it runs on a reserved reservation in the median of Huntington; west of the circle it runs in mixed traffic. Brigham Circle station lies just to the east of Brigham Circle, with scarcely marked Fenwood Road stop just to the west.

Two MBTA bus routes pass through Brigham Circle. Route 39 (Forest Hills station–Back Bay station) parallels the radial E branch via Huntington Avenue, while the route 66 (Harvard Square–Nubian station) is a major circumferential connector. The private Mission Hill LINK circulator, run with partial MBTA subsidy, also serves Brigham Circle.

Panoramic view of Brigham Circle

References

↑ Narang, Vijayta (19 November 2013). "Bursting the Bubble: Mission Hill". The Quad. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

42°20′2.86″N 71°6′17.48″W / 42.3341278°N 71.1048556°W / 42.3341278; -71.1048556

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[1] Narang, Vijayta (19 November 2013). "Bursting the Bubble: Mission Hill". The Quad. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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Streets and squares in Boston
East–west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North–south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston