M Street Beach and Carson Beach sit side by side along Dorchester Bay in South Boston, part of a continuous public shoreline managed by the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. Backed by a wide pedestrian and cycling promenade, the gentle, sandy beaches are a summer magnet for swimming, sunbathing, and strolling, with sweeping views…
Malibu Beach and the adjacent Savin Hill Beach form a continuous stretch of state-managed sandy shoreline along Dorchester Bay in the Savin Hill section of Dorchester, overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Running parallel to Morrissey Boulevard, the beaches offer calm, shallow water, a sandy strand and open views across the…
Piers Park is an 11-acre waterfront park on Marginal Street in East Boston, owned and operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). Opened to the public in 1995, it transformed a stretch of former industrial waterfront into one of the city’s most scenic green spaces, projecting out over Boston Harbor toward the downtown skyline. A…
Constitution Beach is a public saltwater beach on Bennington Street in the Orient Heights section of East Boston, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Tucked along Boston Harbor, it offers a crescent of sand with calm, sheltered swimming water and panoramic views back toward the harbor. One of its most distinctive…
Rowes Wharf is a striking waterfront development on Boston’s downtown harborfront, completed in 1987 and designed by Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Its signature feature is a soaring multi-story archway that frames a public plaza between Atlantic Avenue and the harbor, an instantly recognizable piece of Boston’s skyline that opens onto sweeping views…
Long Wharf is a historic pier extending from the edge of downtown Boston into Boston Harbor. Built in the early 18th century, beginning around 1710, it once reached nearly half a mile into the harbor and was the busy commercial heart of colonial Boston’s maritime trade, allowing large ships to unload directly to adjacent warehouses….
The Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, officially Flynn Cruiseport Boston, is the city’s primary cruise port, set on the South Boston waterfront along the Reserved Channel. Operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), it is one of the busier cruise terminals on the East Coast and serves major lines on New England, Canada, and transatlantic itineraries….
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