Melrose Highlands is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of
Melrose Melrose may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
* Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
** Melrose Abbey, ruined monastery
** Melrose RFC, rugby club
Australia
* Melrose, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnet ...
,
Massachusetts. Formerly part of neighboring
Stoneham, it became part of Melrose in the latter part of the nineteenth century. There were some addresses that had the
zip code 02177, before the Highlands post office was closed; the Melrose zip code of 02176 is now used, although mail marked as 02177 is still deliverable.
It is bordered by Main Street to the east, the
Stoneham border to the west,
Lynn Fells Parkway
Lynn Fells Parkway is a parkway in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The road runs from the end of Fellsway East in Stoneham, eastward through M ...
to the south, and the
Wakefield line and Wakefield's
Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood.
Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
C ...
neighborhood to the north. The neighborhood was originally part of
Stoneham, but was annexed by Melrose on March 18, 1853.
[ City of Melrose. Retrieved on March 30, 2008]
Transportation
Downtown Melrose is a short walk away and access to
Boston is available with the use of
Melrose Highlands Station on the
MBTA
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network in ...
's
Reading/Haverhill commuter rail line.
MBTA bus
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates List of MBTA bus routes, 170 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as ) for all residents ...
Route 131 has service from Melrose Highlands to
Oak Grove on the
Malden/Melrose city line, and to
Malden Center, both on the MBTA rapid-transit
Orange Line.
References
Melrose, Massachusetts
Neighborhoods in Massachusetts
Populated places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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