East Brookline Street

South Enders no more civilized than anybody else when it comes to space saving

By adamg - 1/10/18 - 9:18 am

Somebody looking for a parking space in the South End last night found one on East Brookline Street with a recycling bin next to it, so he or she pulled in, perhaps not knowing somebody had been using the bin to save it earlier in the week. As Neal Gaffey shows us the car now has two smashed windows, in the only neighborhood where space savers are never formally allowed.

At least when you trip and break your ankle, you won't have far to go for medical care

By adamg - 2/15/17 - 10:02 am

Unplowed sidewalk on East Brookline Street

Neal Gaffey reports this sidewalk that runs along a Boston Medical Center building on East Brookline Street at Harrison has gone unshoveled despite multiple calls and tweets. BMC claims it's not their property, not their problem.

Two cars on South End street now lie crushed beneath a gravity-compliant tree

By adamg - 9/1/16 - 10:34 am

Around 10:15 a.m., a large chunk of tree plunged to the ground on East Brookline Street, near Harrison, crushing two cars.

The past few weeks have not been kind to cars parked under trees in the South End. Dan Riviello, who lives on East Brookline, can only exclaim: "Again!?"