Coolidge Corner (MBTA station)
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Coolidge Corner station is a stop on the "C" branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
's Green Line
, located in the Coolidge Corner
neighborhood of Brookline
at the intersection of Beacon Street
and Harvard Street.
This station is convenient to the many stores and restaurants in Coolidge Corner, as well as the Coolidge Corner Theatre
, a nationally recognized non-profit arthouse movie theater. It is also close to a heavily Jewish neighborhood that contains a number of synagogues, Jewish book stores, and kosher restaurants.
During the Summer season and early Fall, a farmers' market
operates at the nearby Centre Street Parking Lot every Thursday from 1:30pm until dusk.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
's Green Line
Green Line (MBTA)
The Green Line is a streetcar system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the Boston, Massachusetts area of the United States. It is the oldest line of Boston's subway, which is known locally as the 'T'. The Green Line runs underground downtown and on the surface in outlying...
, located in the Coolidge Corner
Coolidge Corner
Coolidge Corner is a neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, centered around the intersection of Beacon Street and Harvard Street. The neighborhood takes its name from the Coolidge brothers' general store that opened in 1857 at that intersection on the location of today's S.S...
neighborhood of Brookline
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
at the intersection of Beacon Street
Beacon Street
Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and several of its western suburbs. Beacon Street in Boston, Brookline, Brighton, and Newton is not to be confused with the Beacon Street in nearby Somerville, or others elsewhere.-Description:...
and Harvard Street.
This station is convenient to the many stores and restaurants in Coolidge Corner, as well as the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Coolidge Corner Theatre, a cinema in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline, Massachusetts, is the "only operating not-for-profit Art Deco theatre in the Boston area and is one of the top ten arthouse film exhibition theaters in the county." Among recipients of this venue's annual Coolidge Award...
, a nationally recognized non-profit arthouse movie theater. It is also close to a heavily Jewish neighborhood that contains a number of synagogues, Jewish book stores, and kosher restaurants.
During the Summer season and early Fall, a farmers' market
Farmers' market
A farmers' market consists of individual vendors—mostly farmers—who set up booths, tables or stands, outdoors or indoors, to sell produce, meat products, fruits and sometimes prepared foods and beverages...
operates at the nearby Centre Street Parking Lot every Thursday from 1:30pm until dusk.