East Boston
East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which was annexed by the city of Boston in 1836.
East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which was annexed by the city of Boston in 1836. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and downtown Boston by Boston Harbor. The final outline of East Boston, including Logan International Airport, was created in the 1940s by connecting five of the inner harbor islands using land fill.
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Worth seeing in and around East Boston
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01TD Garden
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.
2.1 km · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 02Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1848. The Boston Public Library is also Massachusetts' Library for the Commonwealth, meaning all adult residents of the state are entitled to borrowing and research privileges, and the library receives state funding.
2.3 km · library system in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 03Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With 7,560 students on all campuses, it is the tenth-largest university in metropolitan Boston.
2.6 km · private university located in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 04Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928, as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by 30 years.
2.1 km · indoor arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA between 1928-1997 · Wikipedia - 05Boston Common
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States.
3.1 km · public park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 06Faneuil Hall
Faneuil Hall is a historic building in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Opened in 1742, the building was designed by artist John Smibert as a marketplace and meeting hall.
2.2 km · historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 07Emerson College
Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a school of oratory.
3.4 km · private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 08Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. The building houses the Massachusetts General Court and the offices of the Governor of Massachusetts.
2.8 km · state capitol building for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 09Old North Church
Old North Church is an Episcopal church on Salem Street in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The church, built in 1723, is the oldest standing church in the city.
1.6 km · historic church building in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 10Cocoanut Grove fire
The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire in Boston, Massachusetts, US on November 28, 1942, which resulted in the deaths of 492 people. It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire in the United States.
3.7 km · 1942 nightclub fire in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Boston
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 3 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 79 km · Bradley (BDL), 144 km
- Stations
- Logan International Airport, 3 km · South Station, 2.9 km · North Station, 2.1 km · Downtown Crossing station, 2.8 km · Bowdoin station, 2.4 km
- Providence/Warwick → East Boston83 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · $8–11
- Portland → East Boston4077 km · quickest by air, 8h 48m · $430–660
- Hartford → East Boston152 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · $14–19
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for East Boston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Boston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTake the F2H from Logan Ferry Terminal for boats to Long Wharf, Hingham, and Hull.
- Get inThese ferries run year round, but call ahead if it looks like extreme, icy ocean conditions could be an issue.
- Get inWater taxis are also available, taking you to any dock in the city with about 10 minutes notice.
- Go nextTake the Logan Ferry across the harbor to Hull, operating year round.
- Go nextWater taxis offer more flexibility, take one over to South Boston and tie one on at Harpoon Brewery.
From Wikivoyage: Boston/East Boston, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to East Boston
East Boston is 3 km from Boston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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