Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of the City of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury. The city of Newton borders Brookline to the west. It is known for being the birthplace of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Conan O'Brien.
Northeast
Brookline
Norfolk County, MA
Population
62,698
Walk Score
96 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$2,702
Median home value
$1,181,200
Settled
1638
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Anderson, Larz, Park Historic District · listed 1985
- Beacon Street Historic District · listed 1985
- Beaconsfield Terraces Historic District · listed 1985
- Brookline Town Green Historic District · listed 1980
- Brookline Village Commercial District · listed 1979
- Chestnut Hill Historic Distric · listed 1985
- Cottage Farm Historic District · listed 1978
- Cypress-Emerson Historic District · listed 1985
- Fisher Hill Historic District · listed 1985
- Graffam Development Historic District · listed 1985
- Green Hill Historic District · listed 1985
- Hammond Pond Parkway · listed 2004
- Longwood Historic District · listed 1978
- Olmsted Park System · listed 1971
- Pill Hill Historic District · listed 1977
- Richmond Court · listed 1985
- Strathmore Road Historic District · listed 1985
- West Roxbury Parkway, Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston · listed 2006
- White Place Historic District · listed 1985
Notable landmarks
- Arcade Building · listed 1985
- Bowditch, William Ingersoll, House · listed 1985
- Brandegee Estate · listed 1985
- Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct · listed 2015
- Building at 30-34 Station Street · listed 1985
- Cabot, Lewis, Estate · listed 1985
- Candler Cottage · listed 1985
- Child, Isaac, House · listed 1985
- Corey, Timothy, House No. 1 · listed 1985
- Corey, Timothy, House No. 2 · listed 1985
- Davis, Robert S., House · listed 1985
- Davis, Thomas Aspinwall, House · listed 1985
- Devotion, Edward, House · listed 1978
- Douglass, Alfred, House · listed 1985
- Dutch House, The · listed 1986
- Elliot, Gen. Simon, House · listed 1985
- Emmett Cottage · listed 1985
- Fernwood · listed 1985
- Fire Station No. 7 · listed 1985
- Fisher Hill Reservoir and Gatehouse · listed 1990
- Francis, Dr. Tappan Eustis, House · listed 1985
- Fuller, Peter, Building · listed 1985
- Goddard, John, House · listed 1985
- Harris, John, House and Farm · listed 1985
- Heath, Charles, House · listed 1985
- …and 55 more
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