Neighborhood fact sheet: Longwood Medical Area
The basics about Longwood Medical Area’s restaurants, bars, grocery stores, coffee shops and more.
This is one of 10 fact sheets meant to give new renters the basic information they need to know about their new neighborhoods. The series covers the 10 neighborhoods in Boston with the highest percentage of renters. You can learn about the rest here: Allston, Brighton, Chinatown, East Boston, Fenway, Mission Hill, North End, Roxbury, West End.
Average age: 20.7
Percent of people with bachelor degrees or higher: 73.1%
WalkScore (includes Coolidge Corner in Brookline): 91
Public transit options:
Green line train stations: Longwood Medical Area, Longwood, Hawes St., Kent St.
Bus lines 8, 19, 39, 47, 60, 65, 66, CT2, CT3
Highest-rated delivery spot on Yelp*: Genki Ya, 398 Harvard St.
Highest-rated date-worthy restaurant ($$$ or up)**:Lineage, 242 Harvard St.
Highest-rated coffee and tea shop: Tatte Bakery & Cafe, 1003 Beacon St.
Notable bars:
Barcelona Brookline, 1700 Beacon St.
The Squealing Pig, 134 Smith St.
Biggest grocery stores:
Trader Joe’s, 1317 Beacon St.
Stop & Shop, 1620 Tremont St.
Wulf’s Fish Market, 407 Harvard St.
*Delivery restaurants do not need to physically be in the neighborhood in question. They must deliver to an address we chose in the center of the neighborhood.
**Restaurants on this list may technically be in the Brookline neighborhood because of the small confines of Longwood.
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