Man pistol whippped, stripped of clothes at gunpoint in Roslindale robbery

They were taken down overnight months and months ago. I believe I had heard of a pedestrian tunnel closer to the Pagel Playground (also blocked off, due to bad things happening there). Maybe there was another one a few blocks further south.

The tunnel was adjacent to Pagel playground on the north side of the field. It ran from a walkway at the traffic light at Woodborne, under the tracks, and came out at Brookay Rd near Archdale in the housing development. It was sealed some years ago.

Blakemore Street was for many years just the bridge. Only in the last 2 decades were homes actually addressed on it, and those are the 2 homes on the south side of the street. The condo building on the north side is actually 229 Florence.

Blakemore connects Florence at Ridge by the convenience store to Hyde Park Ave at about #435.

For many years the area neighborhood association had been fighting for better lighting on the bridge but they have been tole that is not possible since brighter lights would be a problem for oncoming trains and visibility. At least it was painted a battleship gray instead of the bilious dark green that sucked up what ever light was available for many years.

The bridge is one of a handful that is actually owned by the City of Boston. Other bridges in the area fall under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

It has been a troubled spot at times and is often littered with liquor bottles from people who have made purchases at Tops Liquors and found a sheltered (from view) place to tie one on.

My son was held up ay knife-point there some years back but a passing police cruiser saw that as they were passing and that was the end of that - case closed.

My wide however was followed home from there and held up at gunpoint a short distance from the bridge.

The metal shields erected by Amtrak as pedestrian shields to prevent access to the high voltage train wires, coupled with the bridge's buttress design creates a virtual trench one must walk through which passing cars cannot see.

Tree branches extending out from the private homes and the condo complex also block what little street lighting is there. When asked fi the city could do something, they said 'no.' The private land owners would have to trim the branches.

Clearly it is time to renew the neighborhood association's interest.