Dorchester neighborhood of Boston

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neighborhood settlement

The Dorchester neighborhood of Boston is a large, diverse residential area known for its historic streets, vibrant immigrant communities, and active commercial hubs.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Dorchester, Boston	10
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts	9
Dorchester neighborhood of Boston canonical	8
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States	6
Dorchester neighborhood	3
Boston neighborhood of Dorchester	1
Dorchester (Boston neighborhood)	1
Dorchester (part)	1
Dorchester Bay area	1
Dorchester area	1
Dorchester-Mattapan area of Boston	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	neighborhood ⓘ settlement ⓘ
annexedBy	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: City of Boston
area	approximately 6 square miles ⓘ
contains	Ashmont ⓘ Codman Square ⓘ Dorchester Park ⓘ Fields Corner ⓘ Franklin Park ⓘ surface form: Franklin Park (part) Neponset River ⓘ surface form: Neponset Pope John Paul II Park Reservation ⓘ Savin Hill ⓘ Uphams Corner ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
county	Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ
dateOfAnnexation	1870 ⓘ
hasBorderWith	Boston Harbor ⓘ Mattapan ⓘ Milton, Massachusetts ⓘ Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ Roxbury ⓘ South Boston ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Boston College High School ⓘ UMass Boston (nearby on Columbia Point) ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity	African American community ⓘ Cape Verdean community ⓘ Caribbean community ⓘ Irish American community ⓘ Latino community ⓘ Vietnamese community ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Ashmont Hill Historic District ⓘ Clam Point Historic District ⓘ Savin Hill ⓘ surface form: Savin Hill Historic District
hasWaterBody	Dorchester Bay ⓘ Neponset River ⓘ
inception	1630 ⓘ
is	largest neighborhood in Boston by population ⓘ one of the most diverse neighborhoods in Boston ⓘ
knownFor	Victorian-era homes ⓘ active commercial corridors ⓘ historic residential streets ⓘ triple-decker housing stock ⓘ vibrant immigrant communities ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn	Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
namedAfter	Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
originallyFoundedAs	Town of Dorchester ⓘ
partOf	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Massachusetts ⓘ Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
population	over 120000 residents ⓘ
postalCode	02121 ⓘ 02122 ⓘ 02124 ⓘ 02125 ⓘ
servedBy	Ashmont–Braintree branch of the Red Line ⓘ surface form: Ashmont Branch of the Red Line Fairmount Line ⓘ surface form: Fairmount Line commuter rail MBTA Red Line ⓘ
state	Massachusetts ⓘ
traversedBy	Interstate 93 ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fields Corner commercial district → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Savin Hill → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Columbia Junction → servedArea → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester neighborhood

Gone Baby Gone → setInLocation → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

East Milton → adjacentTo → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boston neighborhood of Dorchester

Dennis Lehane → placeOfBirth → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Savin Hill Cove → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester Bay area

Morrissey Boulevard → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Butler station → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Martin Richard → residence → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Dorchester High School for Girls → servedCommunity → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony → nowPartOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Neponset River → flowsThrough → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Neponset River valley → contains → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Fields Corner station → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Ashmont station → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Massachusett → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester area

Milton, Massachusetts, United States → borderedBy → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Milton, Massachusetts

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Neponset River Greenway → traverses → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Shawmut station → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Donnie Wahlberg → birthPlace → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Harbor Point Apartments → locatedInBorough → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester (Boston neighborhood)

MBTA Commuter Rail (Old Colony Lines at JFK/UMass) → passesThrough → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Fields Corner area of Dorchester → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Fields Corner

Lower Mills → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

Red Line and Mattapan Line → serves → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Mattapan Line (MBTA)

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Red Line and Mattapan Line → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Ashmont station

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Patrick Kenzie in Gone Baby Gone → basedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Patrick Kenzie

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Patrick Kenzie – Casey Affleck → filmSettingNeighborhood → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Helene McCready – Amy Ryan → residesIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Helene McCready

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Raymond Wallace Bolger → placeOfBirth → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Lehane → birthPlace → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Dennis Lehane

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Darkness, Take My Hand → setIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Savin Hill neighborhood → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Savin Hill

Codman Square → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester neighborhood

Neponset River Reservation → near → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

Neponset Circle → partOf → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester neighborhood

Ashmont–Braintree branch of the Red Line → servesSuburb → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston

Mattapan yard → regionServed → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

subject surface form: Mattapan Yard

this entity surface form: Dorchester-Mattapan area of Boston

Neighborhood House Charter School → locatedIn → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

South Dorset → contains → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester (part)

Buddy Clark → placeOfBirth → Dorchester neighborhood of Boston ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States