Boston's Neighborhoods

Select a neighborhood Allston/Brighton Back Bay Beacon Hill/West End Charlestown Chinatown/Leather District Dorchester Downtown East Boston Fenway/Kenmore Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mattapan Mission Hill North End Roslindale Roxbury South Boston South End/Bay Village West Roxbury Citywide Harbor Islands Click here for all neighborhoods South Boston    Long a remote peninsula, Boston annexed South Boston in 1804. In 1805, the city constructed a bridge linking South Boston to the rest of the city. Planners organized the community with a regular grid of numbered and lettered streets, a pattern atypical of the rest of the city. South Boston grew rapidly with the completion of the Old Colony Railroad, and grew even more significantly in the years leading up to the Civil War as the hub of industry, including iron foundries, machine shops, shipyards and refineries, all of which fueled the war effort. South Boston's rapid industrial growth sparked an increase in population, many of them Irish immigrants looking for work in America and fleeing the famine in Ireland. In the 20thcentury, shipyard and railroad jobs continued to provide work for South Boston residents. Today South Boston's commercial district is built around East and West Broadway. South Boston, also known as "Southie," boasts miles of beaches and waterfront parks, including Carson, L Street and Pleasure Bay beaches. Toward the end of the 19th century, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted created "the Strandway," which runs from Castle Island to Columbus Park.

	Planning Initiatives:
	1. East & West First Street Planning and Rezoning The First Street Corridor has long been home to many commercial and industrial u...
	2. Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Plan The Fort Point Channel has the potential to become the next great place in the C...
	3. Fort Point District Planning (100 Acres) The continuation of public realm planning in the South Boston Waterfront include...
	4. Northern Avenue Bridge Restoration Project ...
	5. South Boston - Dorchester Avenue Improvement Study Project Purpose: The purpose of the South Boston - Dorchester ...
	6. South Boston Waterfront District Municipal Harbor Plan Amendment South Boston Waterfront District Municipal Harbor Plan Amendment ...
	7. South Boston Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan One of the primary goals of the City's waterfront planning is to ensure that the...
	8. South Boston Waterfront Public Realm Plan The South Boston Waterfront Public Realm Plan was issued in 1999 by the Boston R...

	Development Projects:
	1. 141 West Second Street
	2. 154 West Second Street (The Signal Building)
	3. 2 H Street
	4. 22-26 West Broadway Street
	5. 3 Dorchester Street - Phase II
	6. 307 Dorchester Avenue/FW Webb
	7. 316-322 Summer Street
	8. 319 A Street Rear
	9. 327-337 Summer Street and 319 A Street
	10. 339 D Street
	11. 346-354 Congress Street/FP3
	12. 360 West Second Street
	13. 368 Congress Street
	14. 381 Congress Street
	15. 394 & 404 West Second Street
	16. 395 West Broadway
	17. 399 Congress Street
	18. 401 West First Street
	19. 411 D Street
	20. 49-63 Melcher Street
	21. 501 Dorchester Ave
	22. 630 East Second Street
	23. 637 East First Street
	24. 881-883 East Second Street
	25. 902 East Second Street
	26. Boston Cargo Terminal
	27. Channel Center (Midway) - Phase II, Parcel 1
	28. Channel Center (Midway) - Phase II, Parcels 2-4
	29. Congress Street Hotel
	30. D Street Development
	31. Distillery Project
	32. E Street Self Storage
	33. Eleven West Broadway
	34. Fan Pier
	35. Fan Pier - Vertex
	36. Gate of Heaven Residential Development
	37. Gate of Heaven School Residential Development
	38. Old Colony Phase I
	39. Old Colony Phase II
	40. One Channel Center
	41. Patriot Homes
	42. Pier 4
	43. Residences at Dahlgren Hall at 309 E Street
	44. Seaport Square
	45. Seaport Square Parcel A
	46. South Boston Boutique Hotel
	47. The Residences at 50 West Broadway
	48. Waterside Place - Phase I
	49. West Square

	Jobs and Community Services Programs:
	1. HULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM -- The Maritime Apprentice Program
	2. HULL LIFESAVING MUSEUM -- Home Waters
	3. JULIE'S FAMILY LEARNING PROGRAM
	4. LABOURE CENTER -- Family Intervention Program
	5. NOTRE DAME EDUCATION CENTER
	6. NOTRE DAME EDUCATION CENTER
	7. SOUTH BOSTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB -- Summer Day Camp
	8. SOUTH BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE -- Adolescent Education
	9. SOUTH BOSTON RESOURCE CENTER

	Maps: Go to: www.mapjunction.com/BRA for the Boston Atlas main web site.
	1. Andrew Square
	2. South Boston
	3. South Boston Waterfront/Convention Center

	Publications:
	1. ACS 2007-2011 Estimate- South Boston  2013 - PDF
	2. ACS 2007-2011 Estimate- South Boston Waterfront  2013 - PDF
	3. ACS 2007-2011 Estimate-South Boston  2013 - PDF
	4. South Boston 2010 SF-1 NBRHD  2011 - PDF
	5. South Boston 2010 SF-1  2011 - PDF
	6. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-South Boston  2011 - PDF
	7. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-South Boston  2011 - PDF
	8. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-South Boston Waterfront  2011 - PDF
	9. South Boston 2010 Population Census  2011 - PDF
	10. South Boston Neighborhood 2010 Census Population   2011 - PDF
	11. South Boston Waterfront Neighborhood 2010 Census Population  2011 - PDF
	12. 573 South Boston - 2000 Census of Population and Housing  2003 - PDF
	13. SF1data3 South Boston  2002 - PDF
	14. 516 Effects of Seaport Development on Neighborhood Housing  1998
	15. 469 South Boston 1990 Census of Population & Housing   1993
	16. 434 South Boston Planning District STF 1 1980-1990 Population  1992
	17. 413 South Boston Population & Housing Profile, 1990 STF 1  1991
	18. 385 Public Capital Improvements in South Boston & West Roxbury  1990
	19. 316 South Boston Neighborhood Profile 1985  1988

	Links:
	1. Seaport Alliance for Neighborhood Design