Directions
By Public Transportation
The #87 (Lechemere/Clarendon Hill) stops directly in front of Grand. The #85 (Kendal Square/Spring Hill) stops about 50 feet away at 51 Bow St. Additionally, bus routes #80, #86, #88, and # 91 all go through Union Square about 4 blocks from Grand.
By Car
From MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE (from downtown Boston)
1. Cross the MASS AVE BRIDGE and continue north until you reach Central Square.
2. Turn right onto PROSPECT STREET (the main Central Square Intersection).
3. Go straight on PROSPECT STREET for 1 1/3 miles. You will cross four main intersections: Broadway, Hampshire, Cambridge, and Webster Streets.
4. At WEBSTER STREET, you will see that PROSPECT STREET becomes one-way after the light. Proceed and stay in the left two lanes.
5. You will go over a bridge. You will see a Dunkin Donuts on your left. There are two lanes that turn left at the bottom of the bridge; do not get in the farthest left lane. PROSPECT STREET ends and you will turn left onto SOMERVILLE AVE.
6. After turning left, get into the far right lane. There is lots of construction here, but stay as far right as you can and when you get to the stoplight, bear right onto BOW STREET.
7. Stay in the left lane on BOW STREET. When it “Y’s” stay to the left, and when it “Y’s” again, stay left. The second “Y” is a very sharp turn. After you make the turn, you will see Grand across the street.
If you pass the Market Basket grocery store on your left, you have gone a block too far. Turn around and go back the way you came.
From ROUTE 2 (ending at Alewife)
1. When the highway part of ROUTE 2 ends, bear left onto ROUTE 16.
2. At the next stop light, take a right onto MASSACHUSETTS AVE.
3. Go approximately 1¼ miles. At about 1 mile, you will pass BEECH STREET on your left. Long Funeral Home is on the far left corner.
4. Get in the left lane.
5. After BEECH STREET, you will see the Porter Square Shopping Center on your left. At the stop light, bear left onto SOMERVILLE AVE. You will see the Porter Square T Stop on your right and a CVS Pharmacy on your left.
6. Proceed down SOMERVILLE AVE for 1¼ miles. When you see a Market Basket grocery store on your right you are only a block away from Grand. Two small streets off to the right, CHURCH STREET and CARLTON STREET are right after the Market Basket.
7. You will see a two story building with a metal grate. That’s Grand! We’re on the 1st floor.
From I-90
1. Get off the PIKE at the Cambridge/Brighton Exit.
2. Go straight on RIVER STREET across the bridge, crossing the Charles River. Stay on RIVER STREET until you reach MASS AVE (about ½ mile).
3. DO NOT TURN ONTO MASS AVE.
4. Cross MASS AVE onto PROSPECT STREET. Follow the directions from above for “From MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE” starting at #3.
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