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13 Shetland Street, Boston, MA 02119 617-380-6554  ·  Residents: pay rent
Newmarket · South Bay

Welcome to the neighborhood

Dining, entertainment & shops

The Cara sits in Boston’s Newmarket district, beside South Bay Center: Victoria’s Diner, South Bay dining, movies and shopping are a few minutes’ walk from 13 Shetland Street.

Walker’s Paradise Walk Score® for 13 Shetland St  See the Walk Score (opens in a new tab)

Nearby places

Dining

Shops & entertainment

Transit & parks

Distances are straight-line from The Cara, not walking routes.

Getting around

The Newmarket shuttle

Residents can request a complimentary Newmarket shuttle pass for as long as they live at The Cara.

The Newmarket Business Improvement District runs shuttles that link the neighborhood with three MBTA stations:

  • Andrew Red Line
  • Newmarket Fairmount Line (Commuter Rail)
  • Ruggles Orange Line, Commuter Rail and local buses
About the Newmarket shuttle (opens in a new tab)

Andrew Station Shuttle

  1. Andrew Stationabout 0.7 mi
  2. Southampton Street @ Red Dog Pet Spaabout 0.5 mi · map position approximate
  3. Topeka Street / South Bay Avenueabout 0.6 mi
  4. Atkinson Street / Bradston Streetabout 0.6 mi
  5. 710 Albany Street Garageabout 0.7 mi
  6. Albany Street / Massachusetts Avenueabout 0.7 mi
  7. Gerard Street / Island Streetabout 0.5 mi
  8. Hampden Street @ F.W. Webbabout 0.5 mi
  9. Massachusetts Avenue / Pompeii Streetabout 0.4 mi
  10. Newmarket Stationabout 0.2 mi

Ruggles Station Shuttle

  1. Ruggles Station @ Renaissance Park Garageabout 1.4 mi · map position approximate
  2. Albany Street / Massachusetts Avenueabout 0.7 mi
  3. Gerard Street / Island Streetabout 0.5 mi
  4. Kemble Street / Gerard Streetabout 0.3 mi
  5. Magazine Street / Allerton Streetabout 0.2 mi
  6. Massachusetts Avenue @ 960 Massachusetts Avenueabout 0.3 mi
  7. Southampton Street / Atkinson Streetabout 0.5 mi
  8. 710 Albany Street Garageabout 0.7 mi
  9. Harrison Avenue / Worcester Squareabout 0.8 mi

Around the neighborhood

  • The Boston skyline at dusk seen over South Bay Center
  • District Avenue at South Bay at dusk, with a South Bay sign and new apartment buildings
  • The neon sign of Victoria’s Diner on Massachusetts Avenue against a blue sky
  • The front of 110 Grill at South Bay
  • A Fairmount Line train arriving at Newmarket station with the Boston skyline behind
  • A mural reading “the BASE, success lives here” on a building beside a path
  • An MBTA T sign
  • The Dorchester sign on a brick building
  • A tree-lined neighborhood street with yellow autumn leaves
  • Tennis courts and a park in autumn

Photo credits: Maureen Holland, except via Wikimedia Commons (cropped and resized): District Avenue at South Bay by Jsegal86, CC BY-SA 4.0; the Fairmount Line train at Newmarket station by 4300streetcar, CC BY 4.0; South Bay Center at dusk by Jsegal86, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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