West Quincy is a neighborhood of

Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Greater Boston, Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 1 ...

. It is bordered on the north by Wollaston, on the east by

Quincy Center Quincy Center is an area of Quincy, Massachusetts, centered along Hancock Street and covering the downtown area of the city. The area is a retail shopping locale and also includes the City Hall, the Thomas Crane Public Library, several churches, i ...

, on the south by South Quincy and on the west by the town of

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and the Blue Hills Reservation.

Transportation

Adams Street, Copeland Street,

Furnace Brook Parkway Furnace Brook Parkway is a historic parkway in Quincy, Massachusetts. Part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston, it serves as a connector between the Blue Hills Reservation and Quincy Shore Reservation at Quincy Bay. First conceived ...

, Quarry Street and Willard Street are major thoroughfares in West Quincy.

Interstate 93 Interstate 93 (I-93) is an Interstate Highway in the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont in the United States. Spanning approximately along a north–south axis, it is one of three primary Interstate Highways ...

runs south-north through the neighborhood along Willard Street and the former route of the Granite Railway, with Exit 8 at Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9 at Bryant Avenue allowing direct access to West Quincy.

Massachusetts Route 37 Route 37 is a north–south state highway in eastern Massachusetts. Its southern terminus is at Route 28 in Brockton and its northern terminus is at Interstate 93 (I-93) and U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Braintree. Route description Route 37 begin ...

formerly ran along Willard Street to Granite Avenue in Milton, ending at Gallivan Boulevard in Boston. This alignment was changed in 1968, with Route 37 now ending in the town of Braintree. West Quincy is served by bus routes 215, 238, and 245 of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, with connections to the subway and commuter rail via

Quincy Center station Quincy Center station is an intermodal transit station in Quincy, Massachusetts. It is a transfer station between the MBTA Red Line subway, MBTA Commuter Rail's Old Colony Lines and Greenbush Line, and a number of MBTA bus routes. It is loca ...

External links

* Quincy, Massachusetts official site: http://www.quincyma.gov/Living/neighborhoods.cfm
Quincy's Granite Legacy
Thomas Crane Public Library * United States Geological Surve
Geographic Names Information Service:613028 West Quincy

Notes

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