The Fort Point District is a waterfront neighborhood in South Boston, set along Fort Point Channel, the waterway that separates the area from the downtown Financial District. Once a stretch of working warehouses, it began transforming in the 1970s when artists moved into the empty turn-of-the-century brick buildings, drawn by low rents, and over time it grew into one of New England’s largest artist communities, dotted with galleries and studios.
Today Fort Point blends that creative legacy with the booming Seaport area to its east, offering restaurants, design firms, and the Institute of Contemporary Art nearby on the waterfront. Its historic brick-and-beam warehouses, channel-side walkways, and public art give it a distinct character within the broader South Boston Waterfront, also marketed as the Seaport or Innovation District. The neighborhood is compact and walkable, with the Boston Children’s Museum and the Greenway just across the channel.
Good to know
- A walkable district along Fort Point Channel, not a single ticketed site
- One of New England’s largest artist communities, rooted in repurposed warehouses
- Adjacent to the Seaport and the Institute of Contemporary Art
- Just across the channel from the Boston Children’s Museum and the Rose Kennedy Greenway
Getting there
- Address: Fort Point Channel area, South Boston, Boston, MA 02210 (a district, not a single address)
- Neighborhood: Fort Point / South Boston Waterfront
- Nearest T: South Station (Red Line); the Silver Line (Courthouse and World Trade Center stops) also serves the area