The Kennedy Elementary School is located at:
7 Bolster Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Our programs are accessible through the parking lot / playground at the Mozart St. entrance. Parking is available on the street.
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By Public Transportation:
The Kennedy Elementary School is easily accessible by the "T." Take the Orange Line to the Jackson Square stop, and make a right out of the station. Follow Centre Street for 2 blocks and turn left at Mozart St. The Kennedy will be on your right. To reach our programs, walk past Bolster St. and enter through the parking lot / playground. Walk up the small staircase on your right and ring the doorbell. For more detailed directions, go to the "Trip Planning" section of the MBTA website.
By Car:
Described below are directions to the Kennedy Elementary School from various points in and around Boston:
From Downtown
Follow Tremont Street through the South End and into Roxbury, going past Ruggles Station and the Boston Police Headquarters (both on your right). As you pass Roxbury Community College on your left, Tremont turns into Columbus Ave. Stay on Columbus. Take a right onto Centre Street (the next turn after Heath Street). The Jackson Square T-stop will be on your right. Follow Centre St. for 3 blocks and go left onto Wyman Street. Take your first left onto Bolster Street. The Kennedy Elementary School will be on your right.
From 93 N or S
Take the Mass. Ave. exit, cross Mass. Ave. and go straight on Melnea Cass Blvd. Follow Melnea Cass through 6 sets of lights. At the 7th set of lights take a left onto Tremont St., going past Ruggles Station and the Boston Police Headquarters (both on your right). As you pass Roxbury Community College on your left, Tremont turns into Columbus Ave. Stay on Columbus. Take a right onto Centre Street (the next turn after Heath Street). The Jackson Square T-stop will be on your right. Follow Centre St. for 3 blocks and go left onto Wyman Street. Take your first left onto Bolster Street. The Kennedy Elementary School will be on your right.
From Rte. 9 East
Take a right onto South Huntington Ave. at the Citgo station. Follow South Huntington Ave. past the VA Hospital on the left. At the second set of lights, take a left onto Perkins St. You will come to a small rotary, go left onto Centre St. After one set of lights, go right onto Wyman St. Take first left onto Bolster St. The Kennedy Elementary School will be on your right.
From Storrow Drive
Take the Fenway Rte. 1 exit. Bear right upon exiting onto Boylston St. After the 3rd set of lights, you should cross Brookline Ave. Bear left but stay in the middle lane going toward the Riverway. At the 4th set of lights (you will now be on the Jamaicaway) take a left onto Perkins St. Go straight through the light at South Huntington. You will come to a small rotary, go left onto Centre St. After one set of lights, go right onto Wyman St. Take first left onto Bolster St. The Kennedy Elementary School will be on your right.