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Boston Public Library
Hours and Directions

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See also: Holiday Observances
Printable schedule of hours
Neighborhoods
Downtown Boston
Allston/Brighton
Charlestown
Dorchester
East Boston
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Mattapan
Roslindale
Roxbury
South Boston
West Roxbury
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Locations
CENTRAL LIBRARY
700 Boylston Street, Copley Square,
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: 617-536-5400
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By subway
Green Line to Copley Station.
Orange Line to Back Bay/South End
Station. Walk down Dartmouth Street to Copley Square.
By car
Interstate 93 (from north or
south) Take Storrow Drive exit. Take Copley Square exit off of Storrow Drive. The exit
deadends at a signal light. The cross street is Beacon. Take a right on Beacon Street.
While on Beacon Street, you will cross Berkeley, Clarendon, and Dartmouth Streets. The
next street is Exeter. Take a left onto Exeter (it is a one-way street). While on Exeter,
you will cross Marlborough Street, Commonwealth Avenue, and Newbury Street. The next cross
street is Boylston. The Library is on the corner of Exeter and Boylston Streets.
Mass Pike (Interstate 90) Come
all the way into the city on the Mass Pike. Take the Copley Square exit (the sign will
read: Prudential Center, Copley Square). The exit road will split, follow the Copley
Square (right) lane. You will exit the tunnel onto Stuart Street. You will be on the right
hand side of the street. Move to the lane furthest left. Take the left at the next light,
Dartmouth Street (approximately 500 feet from the tunnel exit). The Library is on the left
of Dartmouth Street, after the next light (approximately 500 feet).
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North End
Branch
25 Parmenter Street, Boston, MA 02113
617-227-8135
Branch Librarian: Susan Voloshin
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Green Line or Orange Line to Haymarket Station. At street level, Rose Kennedy Greenway to Cross Street. Turn right
and walk to the first intersection, which is Salem Street. Parmenter Street is the first
intersection off Salem Street on the right hand side.
South End Branch
685 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02118
617-536-8241
Branch Librarian: Anne Smart
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Orange Line to Back Bay station. Leaving the station, turn left on Dartmouth. Turn right on Tremont Street. The branch is located between West Newton and Rutland Square on Tremont Street.
Green Line or Red Line to
Park Street. Take Bus #43 and get off at corner of Rutland Square and Tremont
Street.
West End Branch
151 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114
617-523-3957
Branch Librarian: Helen Bender
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Green Line to Government Center
Station. At street level, walk down Cambridge Street four blocks to Library. Library is
just before Charles River Shopping Plaza.
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Brighton Branch
40 Academy Hill Road, Brighton, MA 02135
617-782-6032
Branch Librarian: Uma Murthy
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Green Line to Kenmore Station. Take
Bus #57 and get off at Brighton Center. Walk up Academy Hill Road Library is next to
Court House.
Parking: Shared parking lot
Faneuil Branch
419 Faneuil Street, Brighton, MA 02135
617-782-6705
Branch Librarian: Dorothy Keller
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Take Green Line to Kenmore
Station. Take Bus #57 and get off at Oak Square. The Library is located in Oak
Square.
Honan-Allston Branch
300 North Harvard Street, Allston, MA 02134
617-787-6313
Branch Librarian: Carin O'Connor
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Take Bus #66 from Harvard Square to Dudley Station via North Harvard Street, and get off at the Coolidge Street/North Harvard stop. The library will be across the street. Take Bus #70 from Waltham's Central Square to University
Park (the intersection at Western Ave. and North Harvard St.),
then walk south on North Harvard Street.
By car
From Mass.
Pike: Take exit 20 and head to Allston/Brighton.
Stay straight on Cambridge Street. At second light, take
a right. (Hess Gas Station). Library is 4 blocks down on
the right.
From Storrow
Drive: Take Harvard/Cambridge exit. From the North
take a left at the traffic light. From the South take a
right at the traffic light. You are on North Harvard Street.
Stay straight at Western Avenue traffic light. Library is
4 blocks down on the the left.
Parking: Parking lot
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CHARLESTOWN
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Charlestown
Branch
179 Main Street, Charlestown, MA 02129
617-242-1248
Branch Librarian: Maureen Marx
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Take Orange Line to Community
College Station. Walk up Austin Street past small shopping center, to Main Street. Cross
Main Street to Library.
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DORCHESTER
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Adams Street Branch
690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
617-436-6900
Branch Librarian: Kate Brown
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Take Red Line to Fields Corner
Station. Take Bus #202 and get off at Oakton Avenue.
Codman Square Branch
690 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
617-436-8214
Branch Librarian: Janice Knight
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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By subway
Orange Line to Ruggles or Jackson
Square Station. Take Bus #22 or Bus #23. Get off at Codman Square. Walk one block
south on Washington Street to Library.
Red Line to Ashmont Station. Take
Bus #22 or Bus #23. Get off at Codman Square. Walk one block south on Washington
Street to Library.
By car
From North of Boston: Routes 3,
93 South (Expressway South) to Exit 11B (Granite Avenue, Ashmont). Continue right to
second set of lights. Turn left (Route 203). Follow to third set of lights. Take a right
turn onto Washington Street to Library.
Parking: Parking lot
Fields Corner Branch
1520 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02122
617-436-2155
Branch Librarian: Kimberly McCleary
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Red Line to Fields Corner
Station. Take Dorchester Avenue exit from station, turn right and walk to first set of
traffic lights. Library is at the corner of Park Street and Dorchester Avenue.
Grove Hall Branch
41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121
617-427-3337
Branch Librarian: Paul Edwards
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Red Line to Fields Corner Station. Take
Bus #19 and get off at Geneva Ave & Jeremiah Burke High School.
Parking: Parking lot
Lower Mills Branch
27 Richmond Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
617-298-7841
Branch Librarian: Margaret Phillibert
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Red Line to Ashmont Station. Take
Mattapan high-speed trolley to Milton stop. Walk from Adams Street to Dorchester
Avenue First left off Dorchester Avenue is Richmond Street.
Uphams Corner Branch
500 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125
617-265-0139
Branch Librarian: Georgia Titonis
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Orange Line to Ruggles Station. Take
Bus #15 and get off at the corner of Bird Street and Hancock Street. The Library is a
short block away at Columbia Road and Bird Street.
Red Line to Andrew Station. Take
Bus #16 or Bus #17. Bus #16 stops in front of the Library at Columbia and Bird. Bus
#17 - get off at the corner of Bird Street and Hancock Street. The Library is a short
block away at Columbia Road and Bird Street.
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EAST BOSTON
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East
Boston Branch
365 Bremen Street, East Boston, MA 02128
617-569-0271
Branch Librarian: Margaret Kelly
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Blue Line to Airport Station. Follows Signs to Bremen Street. Walk north through park to library.
Take Bus #120. Get off at Bennington Street and Prescott Street. Follow Prescott Street southeast to the library.
Parking: Parking lot
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HYDE PARK
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Hyde
Park Branch
35 Harvard Avenue, Hyde Park, MA 02136
617-361-2524
Branch Librarian: Mary Margaret Pitts
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Orange Line to Forest Hills
Station. Take Bus #32 and get off at Cleary Square in front of the Police Station.
Cross Hyde Park Avenue. Walk up the hill on Winthrop Street and through a large parking
lot. Hyde Park Branch is the brick building ahead on the corner of Winthrop Street and
Harvard Avenue.
Parking: Shared parking lot
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JAMAICA PLAIN
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Connolly Branch
433 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-1960
Branch Librarian: Jane Bickford
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Green Line to Copley Square. Take
Bus #39 at Corner of Dartmouth and Saint James Avenue across from the Copley Plaza.
Get off at the corner of Centre Street and South Huntington Avenue. Walk down one block on
Centre Street to Library.
Jamaica Plain Branch
12 Sedgwick Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-524-2053
Branch Librarian: Laura Pattison
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Green Line to Copley Square. Take
Bus #39 and get off at intersection of South, Centre, and Eliot Streets. Walk one
block on South Street to Sedgwick Street.
Orange Line to Forest Hills
Station. Take Bus #39 and get off at intersection of South, Centre, and Eliot
Streets. Walk one block on South Street to Sedgwick Street.
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Mattapan
Branch
1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, MA 02126
617-298-9218
Branch Librarian: Maurice Gordon
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Orange Line to Ruggles Station. Take
Bus #28 or Bus #29. Get off at Blue Hill Avenue and Mattapan Street.
Orange Line to Jackson Square
Station. Take Bus #29. Get off at Blue Hill Avenue and Mattapan Street.
Orange Line to Forest Hills Station. Take Bus #31. Get off at Blue Hill Avenue and Mattapan Street.
Red Line to Ashmont. Trolley to Mattapan Square. Take #28, #29, #31. Get off at Blue Hill Avenue and Babson St.
Parking: Parking lot
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Roslindale
Branch
4246 Washington St., Roslindale, MA 02131
617-323-2343
Branch Librarian: Rebecca Manos
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Orange Line to Forest Hills
Station. Take Bus #34, #35, #36, #37, #40, #50, or #51 and get off at Roslindale
Square. Library is on corner of Washington and Poplar Streets.
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ROXBURY
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Dudley Branch
65 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
617-442-6186
Branch Librarian: Allen Knight
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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By subway
Take Orange Line to Ruggles Station. Follow signs in station to buses. Take
any bus going to Dudley Station. Library is across the street, next to Police Station.
By bus
The following buses go to or through Dudley Station: 1, 8,14, 15, 19, 23, 28, 41,
42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 66, and 353/354.
By car
From Route 93: take Massachusetts Avenue/Roxbury exit. Go straight onto Melnea
Cass Blvd. Fourth light is Washington Street. Turn left onto Washington, proceed to the
second light: this is Dudley Street. Turn left onto Dudley Street First building on the
right is the Police Station, the next is the Library: 65 Warren Street.
From Massachusetts Turnpike: Take
Masschusetts Avenue exit. Take a right and travel down Mass. Avenue to Washington Street
(about one mile). Take a right onto Washington Street and continue about ½ mile to Dudley
Street and turn left. Library will be on the right at intersection of Dudley and Warren
Streets.
From Route 9: travel down Route 9
east (Boylston Street in Brookline) until you get to Huntington Avenue (beneath an
overpass). Proceed straight up Huntington Avenue to Tremont Street. Take right onto
Tremont Street and continue on Tremont to intersection of Tremont Street and Columbus
Avenue (Roxbury Crossing MBTA stop is on your right). Travel straight through this
intersection-- you will be on New Dudley Street (Madison Park High School is on your
left). Travel to the end of New Dudley Street. The Street becomes Dudley Street at
Washington Street Drive (one block) and Library will be on the right at intersection of
Dudley and Warren Streets.
Dudley Literacy Center
65 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
617-859-2446
The Dudley Literacy Center now operates on a classes-only basis.
All classes require registration in advance.
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By subway
Take Orange Line to Ruggles Station. Follow signs
in station to buses. Take any bus going to Dudley Station.
The entrance is directly opposite the Roxbury Trial Court, behind the Dudley Branch.
By bus
The following buses go to or through Dudley Station: 1, 8,14, 15, 19, 23, 28, 41,
42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 66, and 353/354.
By car
From Route 93: take Massachusetts Avenue/Roxbury exit. Go straight onto Melnea
Cass Blvd. Fourth light is Washington Street. Turn left onto Washington, proceed to the
second light: this is Dudley Street. Turn left onto Dudley Street First building on the
right is the Police Station, continue around the curve where you will see the Roxbury Trial Court. The entrance is directly opposite the Roxbury Trial Court, behind the Dudley Branch.
From Massachusetts Turnpike: Take
Masschusetts Avenue exit. Take a right and travel down Mass. Avenue to Washington Street
(about one mile). Take a right onto Washington Street and continue about ½ mile to Dudley
Street and turn left. The entrance to the Literacy Center is directly opposite the Roxbury
Trial Court, behind the Dudley Branch.
From Route 9: travel down Route 9
east (Boylston Street in Brookline) until you get to Huntington Avenue (beneath an
overpass). Proceed straight up Huntington Avenue to Tremont Street. Take right onto
Tremont Street and continue on Tremont to intersection of Tremont Street and Columbus
Avenue (Roxbury Crossing MBTA stop is on your right). Travel straight through this
intersection-- you will be on New Dudley Street (Madison Park High School is on your
left). Travel to the end of New Dudley Street. The Street becomes Dudley Street at
Washington Street Drive (one block). The entrance to the Literacy Center is directly opposite
the Roxbury Trial Court, behind the Dudley Branch.
Egleston Square
2044 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119
617-445-4340
Branch Librarian: Guy Harris
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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Orange Line to Ruggles Station or
Jackson Square. Take Bus #22 or Bus #29. Get off at the corner of Walnut Street and
Columbus Avenue. Walk one block to Library.
Parker Hill Branch
1497 Tremont Street, Roxbury, MA 02120
617-427-3820
Branch Librarian: Katrina Morse
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
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MBTA
Take Green Line (E train)
to Brigham Circle; or take the #39 bus from Back Bay Station to Brigham Circle. Or, take
the Orange Line to Roxbury Crossing, and turn left as you exit the station, walking up
Tremont Street. The Parker Hill Branch is approximately 2 blocks up, and next door to the
Mission Church.
By car
From downtown, drive
south on Huntington Avenue to Tremont Street and Brigham Circle. By the Southwest Corridor
Park bike-path, head west on Tremont Street at the Roxbury Crossing T Station.
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SOUTH BOSTON
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South
Boston Branch
646 East Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127
617-268-0180
Branch Librarian: Frances Francis
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Green Line to Copley Station. Take
Bus #9 and get off at I Street. Library is a half-block ahead on the left (on Broadway
between I and K Streets).
Red Line to Broadway Station. Take Bus #9 and get off at I Street. Library
is a half-block ahead on the left (on Broadway between I and K Streets).
Parking: Shared parking lot
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WEST ROXBURY
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West
Roxbury Branch
1961 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
617-325-3147
Branch Librarian: Sheila G. Scott
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Orange Line to Forest Hills
Station. Take Bus #35, #36, or #37 and get off at CVS. Library is
ahead on the right.
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