North End
The North End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
The North End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the city's oldest residential community, having been inhabited since it was colonized in the 1630s. It covers 0.36 square miles (0.93 km2), but the neighborhood has nearly one hundred establishments and a variety of tourist attractions. It is known for its Italian American population and Italian restaurants.
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Worth seeing in and around North End
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.
- 01Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1861 to advance "useful knowledge", the university has played a significant role in the development of many areas of technology and science.
3.1 km · private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, founded 1861 · Wikipedia - 02TD 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.
700 m · multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 03Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
3.4 km · independent college of contemporary music in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia - 04Northeastern University
Northeastern University is a private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male institute before being incorporated as Northeastern College in 1916, gaining university status in 1922.
3.9 km · private university in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 05Boston 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.
700 m · library system in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 06Suffolk 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.
1 km · private university located in Boston, Massachusetts · Wikipedia - 07John Hancock Tower
The John Hancock Tower, colloquially known as the Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The pinnacle height is 852 feet.
2.4 km · skyscraper in Boston, United States · Wikipedia - 08Boston 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.
600 m · indoor arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA between 1928-1997 · Wikipedia - 09Boston Common
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States.
1.4 km · public park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Wikipedia - 10Faneuil 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.
600 m · historic building in Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to North End
- Airports
- Boston Logan (BOS), 4 km · Rhode Island T. F. Green (PVD), 77 km · Bradley (BDL), 143 km
- Stations
- Logan International Airport, 4 km · South Station, 1.5 km · North Station, 700 m
- Providence/Warwick → North End81 km · quickest by road, 2h · $8–11
- Portland → North End10 km · quickest by road, 27 min · $1–1.5
- Hartford → North End150 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · $13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 North End
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 North End. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir charter companies such as Harvard Air Taxi offer shuttle flights within the Northeast, while brokers including Tailwind Aviation and Jet Charter Boston offer access to private planes based at airports across the country for private flights to/from Boston and surrounding areas of New England.
- Get inFrom here MBTA ferries depart to Provincetown, Lynn, and Salem seasonally; while Hingham and Hull are served year round.
- Get aroundThe most useful for tourists is the Inner Harbor Ferry (F4) from Long Wharf to Navy Yard for $3.50.
- Get aroundCommuter ferries also visit Hull and Hingham to the tune of $9.25 a pop.
- Get aroundThere are also non-MBTA public ferries available from several docks, notably the Aquarium and Rowes Wharf, as well as a water taxi service.
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Next door to North End
- East Bostonneighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States1.7 km
- Beacon Hillneighborhood in Boston1.2 km
- Back Bayneighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts2.6 km
- Chinatownneighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States1.7 km