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1315: 1254: 325: 53: 317: 514: 1311:), a co-educational high school located on Cambridge Street. The EF International Language School, an English and college preparatory school for international students, is located on Lake Street. The City of Boston leases the former Hamilton Elementary School building on Chestnut Hill Avenue to Bais Yaakov High School for Girls and Torah Academy of Brookline; Shaloh House Hebrew Day School is several blocks away. 540:" (and by some as "Brighton–Allston"), and (also according to Census Bureau data) have a combined population of 65,276 and a land area of 4.12 square miles (10.7 km). Brighton is generally to the west of Everett, Gordon and Kelton streets. As of 2020, the city councilor of Allston-Brighton is Liz Breadon. Breadon's predecessor Mark Ciommo held this position from 2007 to 2019. 76: 406:
In October 1873, the Town of Brighton in Middlesex County voted to annex itself to the City of Boston in Suffolk County, and in January 1874 Brighton officially became part of the City of Boston. Allston–Brighton's population grew rapidly in the next 50 years, rising from 6,000 in 1875 to 47,000 by
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In 1820, the horticulture industry was introduced to the town. Over the next 20 years, Brighton blossomed as one of the most important gardening neighborhoods in the Boston area. Its businessmen did not neglect the cattle industry, however. In 1834, the Boston & Worcester Railroad was built,
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Brighton was home to many Catholic schools, many of which have closed: Our Lady of the Presentation in Oak Square (closed 2005), Saint Gabriel's, behind Saint Elizabeth Medical Center (closed 1970), Saint Sebastian's School in the Oak Square Heights (moved to Needham in 1977). Our Lady of
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is 29.3. The largest measured age cohort is 25–34, which comprises 36.4% of the population (note: depending on methodology, college students might not be counted). 60.7% of the population have never been married.
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in Massachusetts. The residents of Little Cambridge resolved to secede from Cambridge when the latter's government made decisions detrimental to the cattle industry and also failed to repair the
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converted to Christianity. The first permanent English settlement came as settlers crossed the Charles River from Cambridge, establishing Little Cambridge, the area's name before 1807.
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was 30% higher than the national average. Brighton has a comparatively older housing stock. The median home age was 67 years and 39.8% of homes were built before 1939.
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As of 2020, the estimated population of Brighton is 48,330. The population density is 15,784 per mi, slightly lower than the citywide average of 16,686 per mi. The
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linking Little Cambridge with Cambridge proper. Legislative approval for separation was obtained in 1807, and Little Cambridge renamed itself Brighton.
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solidifying the community's hold on the cattle trade. By 1866, the town contained 41 slaughterhouses, which later were consolidated into the
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Brighton is administered jointly with the adjacent neighborhood of Allston (zip code 02134). The two are referred to together as "
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in 1874. For much of its early history, it was a rural town with a significant commercial center at its eastern end.
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was also formerly part of the town of Brighton, but is now often considered to be separate, leading to the name
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According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in
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of the Green Line, (discontinued in 1969), also served the community. Brighton is also served by
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Compiled by Samuel Adams Drake, published 1879,
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service, which has 11 stops along Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton, terminating at the
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Aidan "Eggsy Malone" Thaggard, notorious bank robber and bootlegger during the 1930s
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neighborhood. It is otherwise surrounded by Cambridge, Watertown, Newton, and
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was $ 542,900 compared with $ 291,700 for the country as a whole, and the
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Presentation School is currently under study for landmark status by the
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Dr. William P. Marchione, Images of America: Allston-Brighton (1996)
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Dr. William P. Marchione, "A Short History of Allston-Brighton"
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for the combined area. This historic center of Brighton is the
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Neighborhood of Boston in Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Little Cambridge, South Cambridge, Third Parish (all archaic)
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List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
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Dr. William P. Marchione, The Bull in the Garden (1986)
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65.5% of Brighton residents graduated from a four-year
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1852 map of Boston area showing Brighton and rail lines
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Brighton (02135) Racial Breakdown of Population (2017)
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Brighton, Massachusetts
Neighborhood of Boston
The Chestnut Hill Reservoir is located in the Brighton neighborhood. (Boston College can be seen in the background).
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Boston College
Official seal of Brighton
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Boston
Time zone
Eastern
DST
Eastern
Area code
617
857
Official website
former town
neighborhood
Boston
Massachusetts
Brighton
Cambridge
Boston
Allston
Allston–Brighton
Brighton Center Historic District


Allston–Brighton

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