Malcolm X Boulevard

Developers unwrap plans for new apartments, condos in Nubian Square

By adamg - 3/19/24 - 10:04 am

Rendering of proposed apartment building on Malcolm X Boulevard

Rendering of the view from across Malcolm X by Embarc.

A trio of developers have filed plans with the BPDA to build two buildings with 111 apartments and 21 condos on Malcolm X Boulevard at Guild Street in Roxbury. Read more.

Madison Park, O'Bryant placed in 'safe' mode after hoax gun call

By adamg - 1/6/24 - 4:08 pm

Madison Park High School and the O'Bryant School, which are next to each other on Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury, went into "safe" mode Friday afternoon because of what school officials say was a swatting: Somebody called Boston Police to report somebody was on the grounds of one of the schools with a gun, only when police arrived, they determined it was a hoax. Read more.

Developers planning 140 new residential units on Malcolm X Boulevard in Nubian Square

By adamg - 9/6/23 - 9:30 am

The owners of the former Roxbury Boy's Club at 10 Malcolm X Blvd. in Roxbury say they will soon file plans to add two buildings to the site with a total of 140 new residential units. Read more.

Adult brought a loaded gun to a fistfight outside the O'Bryant School, was arrested before he could use it, police say

By adamg - 6/17/23 - 10:21 am

Boston Police report arresting a 39-year-old man they say had a fanny pack with a gun loaded with 14 bullets as he prepared to engage in a fistfight in the employee parking lot of the John D. O'Bryant School on Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury yesterday afternoon. Read more.

Gunfire on Malcolm X Boulevard leads to arrest of 14-year-old with a loaded gun, police say

By adamg - 6/1/23 - 9:53 am

Boston Police report officers responding to a Shotspotter alert of gunfire outside the O'Bryant School, 55 Malcolm X. Blvd. around 12:45 a.m. on Monday arrested a 14-year-old with a loaded gun - after he allegedly reached for it in his waistband. Read more.

Two repeat offenders arrested with loaded guns in separate incidents in Roxbury, police say

By adamg - 9/5/20 - 9:47 pm

Detective about to put a gun in a box in Roxbury

Detective storing gun found in car on Malcolm X Boulevard. Photo by Live Boston.

Boston Police report arresting two men they say were wandering around Roxbury Friday and early today, one on foot, the other in a gold BMW. Read more.

Madison Park High School gets forested

By adamg - 7/22/20 - 1:56 pm

Giant woods murals part 1

Big-canvas artist Nate Swain shows us the creation story of the new forest mural he just installed on a side of Madison Park Vocational High School on Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury - which started seven years ago when he began the mural at the giant art studio that briefly lived at the old Bartlett bus depot in Roxbury. Read more.

As the victim was rushed to the hospital, the school was put into lockdown - as were the neighboring Madison Park High School and the nearby Timilty Middle School.