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West Roxbury, Boston

West Roxbury
Neighborhood of Boston
View of Centre Street in West Roxbury
View of Centre Street in West Roxbury
Nickname(s): Westie, God's Country
West Roxbury is a neighborhood located in the southwest corner of the city of Boston.
West Roxbury is a neighborhood located in the southwest corner of the city of Boston.
Country United States
State Massachusetts
County Suffolk
City Boston
Settled 1630
Founded 1851
Area
 • Total 4.61 sq mi (11.9 km2)
 • Land 4.56 sq mi (11.8 km2)
 • Water 0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 30,446
 • Density 6,676.8/sq mi (2,577.9/km2)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
Zip Code 02132
Area code(s) 617 / 857

West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale to the northeast and Hyde Park to the southeast.West Roxbury is often mistakenly confused with Roxbury, but the two are not connected. West Roxbury is separated from Roxbury by Jamaica Plain and Roslindale.

Founded in 1630 (contemporaneously with Boston), West Roxbury was originally part of the town of Roxbury and was mainly used as farmland. West Roxbury seceded from Roxbury in 1851, and was annexed by Boston in 1874. The town included the neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Roslindale.

West Roxbury's main commercial thoroughfare is Centre Street. The neighborhood has some two-family houses but mostly single family homes; many of Boston's civil servants live there.

West Roxbury is home to District E-5 of the Boston Police Department, Boston Emergency Medical Services Ambulance 5 that posts at the intersection of West Roxbury Parkway at Centre St and Paramedic 5 stationed at the Faulkner Hospital provide EMS service, and there are two Boston fire stations, Ladder 25 & Engine 30 on Centre Street and Engine 55 on Washington Street. The Needham Branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail network has three stations in West Roxbury (Bellevue, Highland and West Roxbury). Several MBTA bus lines run through and/or terminate in West Roxbury. A large Veterans Affairs hospital is located opposite the Charles River on the VFW Parkway near the Dedham line. West Roxbury is home to several places of worship, including three Catholic parishes, churches of various Protestant denominations, and a Jewish synagogue.

The neighborhood was home to an experimental transcendentalist Utopian community called Brook Farm, which attracted notable figures including Margaret Fuller and Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose 1852 novel The Blithedale Romance, is based on his stay there.


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