Brighton, Massachusetts

Brighton is a working-class, urban neighborhood in the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Brighton is often referred to, along with the adjacent neighborhood of Allston, as "Allston-Brighton" or "Brighton-Allston". Allston was a section of the independent town of Brighton before Brighton was annexed by Boston in 1873. Although the two neighborhoods are often mentioned as if they were one, they have established increasingly distinct identities. The two are nearly isolated, geographically, from the rest of Boston by the town of Brookline.

Brighton is home to St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, and part of the campus of Boston College is located within its borders. The university recently purchased the 43-acre campus that formerly housed the residence of the Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Boston, located at the corner of Lake Street and Commonwealth Avenue. That campus still houses chancery offices for the Archdiocese and St. John's Seminary. Many Boston radio and TV stations are headquartered in Brighton. The economic centers of the neighborhood include Brighton Center, Oak Square, and Cleveland Circle.

The neighborhood is primarily populated by undergraduate and graduate students, young professionals, blue collar workers, working class families, and new immigrants. Brighton is home many of Boston's police officers and firefighters. Brighton consists of an intricate network of streets lined with multi-family houses, three deckers, and apartment buildings.

Local family businesses mix with national chains of pharmacies and banks along Brighton's main street, Washington Street, which runs straight through Brighton Center to Oak Square. Brighton also has many low-income public housing projects.

If you are seeking to purchase, rent or sell housing in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Bretton Realty has the expertise and experience to assist you! Please call us at 617.566.9800 or email us for additional information!

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