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Directions to Boston Light & Sound:
290 North Beacon Street
Boston (Brighton neighborhood) MA



(Note: North Beacon Street is a totally different road than Beacon Street)

A. From Downtown Boston (North End area) [NO TRUCKS]:
Take Storrow Drive Westbound. This road’s name changes to Soldiers Field Road, but just continue. After the IHOP restaurant (blue roof, on left), take first left (a U-turn) towards Brighton Center. Immediately bear right (not a sharp right) on Route 20 (Birmingham Parkway). Follow Route 20 right (opposite the rear of McDonald’s) onto North Beacon St. Once you come out from beneath the overpass, 290 is directly in front of you. [Tip: Storrow Drive/Soldiers Field Road can be confusing. When you first get on Storrow, you go thorough a short left curving tunnel. Leaving the tunnel stay to the right whenever possible until you have passed the "Kenmore Sq-Fenway-Rt. 1 S " exit. From then on stay to the left (signed "Newton") whenever possible until the road is no longer divided. Continue straight ahead; the IHOP (see above) is about ½ mile ahead.]

B. From Downtown Boston (South Station area):
Take I-90 (Mass. Turnpike) Westbound. Get off at the first exit (#20, Brighton-Cambridge). After the toll booth bear left (sign: Brighton) and you’ll go around a right-turning corkscrew. After about 1 mile, at the 5th traffic light, (fire station on left, "Twin Donuts" in front of you) turn right onto North Beacon Street. 290 is on your left, about 7/10 mile, just before you would go beneath an overpass.

C. From the West [NO TRUCKS]:
Take I-90 (Mass. Turnpike) Eastbound. Get off at Exit 17, the Newton-Watertown Exit (this is the first available exit after you pass I-95/Route 128). Continue straight ahead, then turn left just after the 4th traffic light (about 4/10 mi) onto St. James Street (this is also marked Charlesbank Road, and is just left of the entrance ramp to I-90 Eastbound). In 1/10 mile, at a yellow blinking light, make a sharp right turn onto Charlesbank Road which then goes down a hill and merges onto Nonantum Road Eastbound. Continue on Nonantum until you pass a traffic light and enter an interchange where the road divides; a sort of traffic circle. The IHOP restaurant (blue roof) will be in front of you. Bear right (not a sharp right) on Route 20 (Birmingham Parkway) towards Brighton Center and North Beacon Street. Turn right (opposite the rear of McDonald’s) under an overpass onto North Beacon St. Once you come out from beneath the overpass, 290 is directly in front of you.

D. From the West:
Take I-90 (Mass. Turnpike) Eastbound. Get off at Exit 18, marked Brighton-Cambridge (this is a left exit). After the toll booth bear left (sign: Brighton) and you’ll go around a right-turning corkscrew. After about 1 mile, at the 5th traffic light, (fire station on left, "Twin Donuts" in front of you) turn right onto North Beacon Street. 290 is on your left, about 7/10 mile, just before you would go beneath an overpass.

From the North [NO TRUCKS]:
Take I-93 south. After I-93 becomes elevated, the first right is the Storrow Drive exit. Proceed as in paragraph "A."

From the North:
Take I-93 south. From the tunnel below Boston exit onto I-90 (Mass. Turnpike) Westbound. Proceed as in paragraph "B."

From the South:
Take I-95 north. Take I-90 (Mass. Turnpike) East and proceed as in paragraph "C" or "D."

Via Bus:
The MBTA #64 bus has a stop at 284 North Beacon Street. It runs between Central Sq. and Kendall Sq. (Cambridge) and Oak Sq. (Brighton) via Union Sq. (Allston). The MBTA #86 bus stops two blocks away from us (cor. Market and N. Beacon St’s). It runs between the Sullivan Square (Charlestown) Orange Line station and the Green Line "D branch" Reservoir station. It also connects to the "B" and "C" branches.
MBTA Bus #s 57, 65 and 501 stop about ½ mi. away in Brighton Center (walk down Market St to N. Beacon and turn left or take the #86 bus). For bus assistance: http://www.mbta.com or 1-800-392-6100

Via Air:
Many US and international airlines serve Logan International Airport (BOS). USAirways (US), Delta (DL), United (UA), American (AA) and Northwest (NW) have the most flights. Logan is about six miles east of BL&S. The best GA airport is Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA (BED), about 15 miles NW. Our location: N42° 21.440', W71° 09.240' BOS 288° Radial, 7.4 DME.

Other Location Information:
We are in a one story brick and concrete block industrial building at the corner of North Beacon Street (no connection to Beacon St.) and Goodenough Street (Pronounced GOOD-EN-OH). The North Beacon Street wall has a 3' x 22' blue illuminated sign.

Lodging (In decending order of cost):
Doubletree Guest Suites 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02134,
617-783-0090 (about 2 miles)

Marriott Courtyard 40 Webster Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446, 617-734-1393 (about 2 miles)

Sheraton 320 Washington Street, Newton, MA, 02458, 617-969-3010 (about 1.5 miles)

Holiday Inn 1200 Beacon St. Brookline, MA 02446, 617-277-1200 (about 2 miles)

Days Hotel 1234 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02135, 617-254-1234 (about 1 mile)

Nearest: Days Inn 1800 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA, 02135, 617-254-0200 (very basic, but it's just across the street)

(Click on any of the following maps to see a more detailed version.)


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Aerial photography of our headquarters.


Looking North - Northeast.
Road passing under the turnpike is N. Beacon Street.
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Looking North.
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Looking Northeast
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