Explore Boston building permits, BPD crime data, and one-, two- and three-family zoning in Brighton, from Oak Square to Cleveland Circle.
Search this neighborhoodBrighton is Boston's western edge along the Charles River, bordering Watertown, Newton and Brookline, and was annexed by Boston in 1874. Its commercial centers include Brighton Center, Oak Square and Cleveland Circle, and the housing runs from triple-deckers and apartment buildings near Commonwealth Avenue to one- and two-family houses toward Chestnut Hill.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center on Cambridge Street is the largest institution in the neighborhood. New Balance has its headquarters at Boston Landing, next to the commuter rail station on the Framingham/Worcester Line. Chestnut Hill Reservation, Evergreen Cemetery and Chandler Pond are among the larger open spaces.
CivicScout tracks Boston Police reported incidents, Vision Zero traffic crash records, and open building and property violation cases within a half mile of any searched address in Brighton. Crash records here do not publish injury counts.
View safety data →Permit activity includes new apartment and commercial construction around Boston Landing as well as renovation work on the neighborhood's multi-family housing.
View permits →Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.
View new construction →The zoning layer shows Brighton as mostly one-, two- and three-family residential districts, with multifamily and parkland open space making up much of the remainder.
View zoning →The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.
View schools →Location reports for Brighton addresses surface Inspectional Services building permits, open 311 requests, food establishment inspections, and the applicable Boston zoning subdistrict.
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