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Boston announces parking restrictions for college move-ins

The restrictions are set to begin Aug. 26 and last until Sept. 2, officials said.

Moving vans parked along Aberdeen Street as students across Boston moved in and out of apartments on Aug. 31, 2024. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe

By Sana Muneer

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With college move-in looming, the City of Boston announced a slew of temporary parking restrictions around Boston University and Northeastern University.

The restrictions are set to begin Aug. 26 and until Sept. 2, officials said.

Read the restrictions, per the Boston Transportation Department, below:

Boston University

Parking restrictions will be in place from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., to help facilitate student move-in:

  • Pratt Street, North side (even side), from Linden Street to Ashford Street.
  • Ashford Street, North side (even side), from Linden Street to Malvern Street
  • Gardner Street, North side (even side), from Linden Street to Malvern Street
  • Linden Street, East side (even side), from Gardner Street to Pratt Street.
  • Brighton Avenue, South side (even side), from Linden Street to Reedsdale Street.
  • Highgate Street, North side (even side), from Cambridge Street to Farrington Street.
  • Farrington Street, North side (even side), in front of #14 Farrington Street to Highgate Street.
  • Cambridge Street, South side (even side), from #424 Cambridge Street (near Denby Street) to Linden Street.
  • Wadsworth Street, North side (even side), from Pratt Street to Hartley Terrace.

Northeastern University

For Northeastern University move-in, parking areas restrictions will affect Fenway, Roxbury, and Mission Hill areas.

Fenway

Parking restrictions will be in place from Aug. 26 through Sept. 2 on the following streets:

  • Opera Place, Both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Saint Stephen Street
  • Hemenway Street, Even side, from Forsyth Way to Westland Avenue.
  • Saint Stephen Street, Both sides, from Opera Place to Gainsborough Street

Parking restrictions will be in place from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 on the following street:

  • Gainsborough Street, South side (even side, Matthews Arena side), from Saint Botolph Street heading southerly to MBTA

Parking restrictions will be in place on Sept. 1 on the following streets:

  • Gainsborough Street, Both sides, from Huntington Avenue to Hemenway Street
  • Hemenway Street, Even side, from Forsyth Way to Westland Avenue.
  • Saint Stephen Street, Both sides, from Gainsborough Street to Massachusetts Avenue
  • Symphony Road, Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Saint Stephens Street
  • Westland Avenue, Both sides, from Hemenway Street to Massachusetts Avenue

Roxbury

Parking restrictions will be in place from Aug. 26 through Aug. 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following street:

  • Columbus Avenue, North side (odd side), from Burke Street to Melnea Cass Boulevard

Parking restrictions will be in place Aug. 30, through Sept. 1 on the following streets:

  • Coventry Street, Both sides, from Tremont to Columbus Avenue
  • Parking restrictions will be in place Sunday, August 31, through Monday, September 1, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on the following street:
  • Tremont Street, North side (odd side), from Burke Street to Coventry Street

Parking restrictions will be in place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 1 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on the following streets:

  • Columbus Avenue, South side (even side), from Melnea Cass Boulevard to Douglass Park
  • Davenport Street, Both sides, from Tremont Street to Columbus Avenue

Mission Hill Move-In

Parking restrictions will be in place on Aug. 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the following streets:

  • Alleghany Street, North side, odd side, from Parker Street to heading westerly to end
  • Bickford Avenue, West side, odd side, from Parker Street to Heath Street
  • Bucknam Street, West side, odd side, from Lawn Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Burney Street, West side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
  • Calumet Street, Both sides, from Darling Street to Hillside Street
  • Carmel Street, West side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Delle Avenue
  • Cherokee Street, South side, even side, from Pontiac Street to Hillside Street
  • Copenger Street, North side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to end
  • Darling Street, East side, even side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
  • Delle Avenue, North side, odd side, from Parker Street to Carmel Street
  • Eldora Street, South side, even side, from Sunset Street to Hillside Street
  • Ellingwood Street, North side, odd side, from Estey Street to end of Ellingwood Street
  • Estey Street, East side, odd side, from Lawn Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Fisher Avenue, North side, odd side, from Parker Street to Parker Hill Avenue
  • Frawley Street, West side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Gore Street, North side, odd side, from Terrace Street to Parker Street
  • Harleston Street, East side, odd side, from Calumet Street to Parker Hill Avenue
  • Hillside Street, North side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Parker Street
  • Iroquois Street, North side, odd side, from Sachem Street to Calumet Street
  • Judge Street, West side, odd side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Iroquis Street
  • Lawn Street, North side, odd side, from Estrey Street to Bucknam Street
  • Mission Street, East side, odd side, from Stockwell Street to Huntington Avenue
  • Oscar Street, North side, odd side, from Terrace Street to Parker Street
  • Oswald Street, West side, odd side, from Calumet Street to Hillside Street
  • Parker Street, West side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Fisher Avenue
  • Parker Hill Avenue, West side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Parker Hill Terrace, North side, odd side, from Parker Hill Street to end
  • Pequot Street, North side, odd side, from Wait Street to Calumet Street
  • Pontiac Street, West side, odd side, from Tremont Street to Hillside Street
  • Sachem Street, West side, odd side, from Hillside Street to Calumet Street
  • Saint Alphonsus Street, Both sides, from Alleghany Street to Calumet Street
  • Sewall Street, West side, odd side, from Tremont to Delle Avenue
  • South Whitney Street, North side, odd side, from Tremont Street to end
  • Stockwell Street, North side, odd side, from Wait Street to Frawley Street
  • Sunset Street, East side, even side, from Parker Hill Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Torpie Street, North side, odd side, from Tremont Street to end
  • Wait Street, West side, odd side, from Huntington Avenue to Hillside Street
  • Wensley Street, North side, odd side, from Bucknam Street to Heath Street

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