Green Street (MBTA station)
Encyclopedia
Green Street is a station on the MBTA
Orange Line
, located in the southern part of Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at 150 Green Street, near the intersection of Green Street and Amory Street. It primarily serves surrounding residential neighborhoods and is half a mile from Jamaica Plain's primary business district on Centre Street.
The original Green station, an infill station on the Washington Street Elevated
, was closed in 1987 when the new station opened on the Southwest Corridor.
located in a storefront of the station building. It paid no rent, but did install air conditioning and a bathroom in return for the space. It became the home of another gallery, AXIOM, in December 2006.
The station provides access to many parks located in Jamaica Plain. Franklin Park
is east of the station, and to its west is Jamaica Pond
, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace
of parks. The station is also located along the linear Southwest Corridor Park which tracks the Southwest Corridor
.
Upon exiting the train (Outbound)
Upon exiting the train (Inbound)
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...
Orange Line
Orange Line (MBTA)
The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. It extends from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, Boston in the south to Oak Grove in Malden, Massachusetts in the north. It meets the Red Line at Downtown Crossing, the Blue Line at State, and the Green...
, located in the southern part of Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at 150 Green Street, near the intersection of Green Street and Amory Street. It primarily serves surrounding residential neighborhoods and is half a mile from Jamaica Plain's primary business district on Centre Street.
The original Green station, an infill station on the Washington Street Elevated
Washington Street Elevated
The Washington Street Elevated was an elevated segment of Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system, comprising the southern stretch of the Orange Line . It ran from Chinatown through the South End and Roxbury, ending in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain...
, was closed in 1987 when the new station opened on the Southwest Corridor.
Attractions
The Gallery @ Green Street was a contemporary art galleryArt gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
located in a storefront of the station building. It paid no rent, but did install air conditioning and a bathroom in return for the space. It became the home of another gallery, AXIOM, in December 2006.
The station provides access to many parks located in Jamaica Plain. Franklin Park
Franklin Park
Franklin Park may refer to some places in the United States:* Franklin Park, Boston, a large public park in Boston, Massachusetts* Franklin Park, Florida* Franklin Park, Illinois* Franklin Park, New Jersey* Franklin Park, Oakland...
is east of the station, and to its west is Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Pond is a kettle pond, part of the Emerald Necklace of parks in Boston designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The pond and park are in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, close to the border of Brookline...
, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace
Emerald Necklace
The Emerald Necklace consists of an chain of parks linked by parkways and waterways in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. It gets its name from the way the planned chain appears to hang from the "neck" of the Boston peninsula, although it was never fully constructed.-Overview:The Necklace...
of parks. The station is also located along the linear Southwest Corridor Park which tracks the Southwest Corridor
Southwest Corridor
The Southwest Corridor or Southwest Expressway was a project designed to bring an eight-lane highway into the City of Boston from a direction southwesterly of downtown. It was supposed to connect with Interstate 95 at Route 128...
.
Inside the Station
Upon entering the station- Turnstiles are directly in front of you.
- The platform for Outbound trains (to Forest HillsForest Hills (MBTA station)Forest Hills Station is a station on the MBTA Orange Line, located in Forest Hills in the southern part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts at the intersections of Washington Street, Hyde Park Avenue, South Street, The Arborway and Morton Street.Forest Hills is the southern...
) are to the right (after the turnstiles). - The platform for Inbound trains (to Oak GroveOak Grove (MBTA station)Oak Grove Station is an MBTA station on the Orange Line, located in the northern part of Malden, Massachusetts near the intersection of Winter Street and Main Street, and adjacent to the city of Melrose....
) are to the left (after the turnstiles).
Upon exiting the train (Outbound)
- The doors will open to the left.
- The station exit will be to the left.
- The last car will be the closest to the exit.
Upon exiting the train (Inbound)
- The doors will open to the left.
- The station exit will be to the right.
- The front car will be the closest to the exit.
Bus connections
- 48 Jamaica Plain Loop, Monument - Jackson Square StationJackson Square (MBTA station)Jackson Square is a station on the Orange Line of the MBTA subway. The station is located in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. The station opened in 1987 along with the rest of the southern Orange Line stations...
via Green Street & Stony Brook Stations