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The Neighborhood
The Yard is an exciting and diverse planned community. The neighborhood is home to young professionals, established executives, retired citizens and young families.
Residents at Flagship Wharf enjoy all the excitement that the waterfront offers including restaurants, boating opportunities and beautiful open expanses. These amenities, combined with the proximity to downtown Boston, offer a relaxed, casual and friendly living environment.
The Navy Yard is served by a water shuttle system to downtown Boston from a landing dock adjacent to Flagship Wharf. A waiting room is located within the building to use during inclement weather.
The water shuttle runs every fifteen minutes during the morning and evening commuting hours. Service is also available on the half hour between commuting hours. A schedule is available at the front desk. Private, but not isolated, the Yard offers a sense of community and history within the larger context of Boston and New England.
Charlestown
Charlestown is a part of the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1628, Charlestown was originally a separate city and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; it was annexed by Boston in 1874. Charlestown is located northeast of Boston proper on a peninsula extending southeast between the Charles River and the Mystic River. It now has a substantial Irish-American population. Locals refer to themselves as "Townies".
The geographic extent of Charlestown has changed dramatically from its colonial days. Landfill operations have expanded Boston into the Back Bay, lowered hills, and expanded Charlestown, eliminating the narrow Charlestown Neck that connected the northwest end of the Charlestown Peninsula to the mainland.
Charlestown was the location from which Paul Revere began his famous "midnight ride" before the Battle of Lexington and Concord. A local restaurant still in operation, The Warren Tavern, claims to have been one of Revere's favorite taverns.
On June 17, 1775 the Charlestown Peninsula was the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill was near the northwest end of the peninsula, close to Charlestown neck and about a mile from the Charles River. The battle actually took place on Breed's Hill, which overlooked the harbor and the town and was only about 400 yards from the end of the peninsula. The city, including its wharfs and dockyards, was destroyed by fire during the battle. The Bunker Hill Monument now stands in Charlestown in commemoration of the battle.
Charlestown was the birthplace of inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, and the burial location of John Harvard, founder of Harvard University.
Today, the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy, is docked in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Boston's Freedom Trail's north end is in Charlestown.
History of the Navy Yard
The Charlestown Navy Yard (the "Yard") was established in 1800 as a location for the construction, repair and refitting of naval ships. While its main function was to service and rehabilitate ships, the Yard became better known for its leadership in technical innovation. This leadership began with the early construction of ship houses that allowed vessels to be built or repaired in any weather; the development of a 1360' rope walk that provided cordage to the Navy until after World War II; and the construction of the first naval dry dock in New England.
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is coordinating redevelopment of the NavyYard. The BRA is responsible for the design and execution of all improvements, as well as all public development activities. A variety of developments have been completed and many are currently underway within the 60-acre site.
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LOCATION/TRANSPORTATION
Charlestown has two Orange Line MBTA stops, Community College and Sullivan Square. It also has
two MBTA bus lines, the 92 on Main St. and the 93 on
Bunker Hill St. There is a MBTA water shuttle, the Charlestown Navy Yard to Long Wharf. You can
walk it from the Navy Yard across the bridge to the North
End and the Financial District in 10 to 30 minutes,
depending on how far you go. And you can drive in
from Exit 25 (Causeway St./North Station) and Exit 28
(Charlestown/Sullivan Square) on Route I-93, the
Charlestown/Somerville Exit on Route 1 after the Tobin
Bridge, Storrow Drive in Boston or Memorial Drive in
Cambridge.
Subway
Orange
Line
Bus Lines
Route
92
Route
93
Water Shuttle
Long
Wharf/Charlestown
WHARF DEVELOPMENT INFO
Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard
Lists upcoming development meetings, events, and develoment progress information.
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Boston's Planning and Development Authority
Navy Yard History
National Park Service
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