Starting at the corner of Walnut and Commonwealth Ave: City Hall (Newton) - The City Hall "triangle" is located west of Walnut Street, south of Commonwealth Avenue, and north of Homer Street.Sidewalks along these streets must be very carefully walked to prevent one carrying outside of the Eruv on Shabbat. Several areas within the Eruv District are self-contained by a Mechitzah in order to exclude them from the Eruv. Anyone walking along these borders on Shabbat needs to be completely familiar with the exact location of the Eruv boundary in these locations. The route above is presented to be used as a guide to the "boundary streets". Note: One needs to exercise caution when walking on Shabbat along any of the street above due to the fact that the Eruv may allow the sidewalk (or roadway) along the street to be "in" or "out" of the Eruv even along the same street. to a pole installed at the Mass Pike along the south side of Washington Street. From here, the Eruv turns right and continues on Thornton St. The Eruv then turns left continuing until Gardner St., turns left and continues until School St. then makes a right and continues until Jackson Rd then making a right and continuing until Pearl St. The Eruv then turns left and continues until Capital St. and then turns right and continues until Watertown St. The Eruv then turns right on Nevada and continues until California St, turns left and continues until Jassett St. The Eruv then turns right on Brookdale Rd, and continues until Albermarle Rd turning right on Albermarle Rd. continuing to North St and then turns right and continues until Brookdale Rd. and continues to Walnut St and then turns left and continues until Craft St. The Eruv turns right and continue until Linwood St., makes a left on Linwood St. The Eruv then turns left on Brookside Ave. to Albermarle Rd., turns right on Albermarle Rd. There are four Pike bridge overpasses that enable people to cross over the Mass Pike (West to East):įrom the western end of the Nonantum section, the Eruv starts at a pole alongside the Mass Pike fence and crosses over Washington St. Pike.Ī segment of the northern border of the Eruv along the Mass Pike extends into West Newton/Nonantum. north until the intersection with the Mass. The tracks are followed until Chestnut St. The Eruv turns north on Elliot St and continue across Route 9 to Woodward St and left on Lincoln to the MBTA station and tracks. The Eruv continues on Wallace St until Christina St and then northwest to Oak St. The border then continues north on Corey until Vine and then south on Brookline St until Dedham St and then west on Nahanton St until Winchester St. The Eruv then continues west along the middle of VFW Parkway to Kiernan and then onto Brook Farm Rd until Corey. The border now continues to Newton St to Allendale Rd, south to Hackensack then crossing VFW Parkway until Weld St where it continues west to Corey and north to VFW Parkway. The border continues south on Rockland and turns west on Pond St. west and turns onto Warren St south and then leaving Warren to continue down Cottage to Gaddard Ave. The MBTA line is followed until Brookline Village (Aspinwall St to Brookline Avenue) where the Eruv turns south, crosses over Route 9 just west of the main entrance to the Brook House and then turns down Pond Avenue (the Brook House and its sidewalk on Washington St is in the Eruv). It then continues through the parking lot near Harvard Pilgrim-Kenmore then meets the MBTA (Green Line) fence ands heads southwesterly back towards Brookline. The Eruv then follows the Mass Pike north fence westwards, crossing over the Brookline Avenue overpass and then crossing over the eastside of the Beacon Street overpass. (Newton) along the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) eastwards until the intersection of the Pike with the BU Bridge, then follows Storrow Drive until the Charlesgate area and then rejoins the Pike south of Commonwealth Avenue. The northwest border of the Eruv extends from Chestnut St. The first outlines the external border of the Eruv and the second describes the internal borders (lakes and cemeteries).
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