Corey Hill, Brookline, Massachusetts | |
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Neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts |
Corey Hill is a neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, centered on a homonymous hill rising 260 ft above sea level directly adjacent to the Boston neighborhood of Brighton. The neighborhood takes its name from Timothy Corey, a farmer and soldier of the American Revolutionary War who settled on the hill in the 1760s. [1]
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Corey Hill is situated between the MBTA's Green Line B and C branches. The neighborhood is served primarily by the Summit Avenue, Brandon Hall, and Fairbanks Street stations of the Green Line C branch.
The #65 MBTA bus line operates along Washington Street, abutting Corey Hill.
Corey Hill is home to the Michael Driscoll School, a K-8 public school on Westbourne Terrace.
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Cleveland Circle is an area of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at the southern tip of Boston's Brighton neighborhood, and more specifically the Aberdeen section of Brighton, in close proximity to Brookline and Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, at the intersection of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue.
Fort Point Channel is a maritime channel separating South Boston from downtown Boston, Massachusetts, feeding into Boston Harbor. The south part of it has been gradually filled in for use by the South Bay rail yard and several highways. At its south end, the channel once widened into South Bay, from which the Roxbury Canal continued southwest where the Massachusetts Avenue Connector is now. The Boston Tea Party occurred at its northern end. The channel is surrounded by the Fort Point neighborhood, which is also named after the same colonial-era fort.
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