Greater Boston

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metropolitan area urban region

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region centered on the city of Boston, Massachusetts, encompassing numerous surrounding cities and towns and serving as a major hub for education, technology, and culture in New England.

Aliases (24)

Boston metropolitan area ×112
Greater Boston area ×36
Greater Boston metropolitan area ×17
Greater Boston region ×8
Boston area ×4
Greater Boston urban area ×3
eastern Massachusetts ×2
Boston media market ×1
Boston metropolitan region ×1
Boston region ×1
Boston tech hub ×1
Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area ×1
Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area ×1
Greater Boston Area ×1
Greater Boston combined statistical area ×1
Greater Boston retail market ×1
Greater Boston suburbs ×1
Greater Boston tech corridor ×1
Greater Boston urban core ×1
Greater Boston, Massachusetts ×1
Malden metropolitan area ×1
MetroWest region of Massachusetts ×1
United States Census Bureau Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area ×1
United States Census Bureau New England City and Town Area of Boston ×1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area → urban region →
bordersBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean → Massachusetts Bay →
centeredOn	Boston →
containsCity	Arlington → Belmont → Braintree → Brockton → Brookline → Burlington → Cambridge → Chelsea → Dedham → Everett → Framingham → Gloucester → Haverhill → Lawrence → Lexington → Lowell → Lynn → Malden → Medford → Milton → Needham → Newton → Peabody → Plymouth → Quincy → Revere → Salem → Somerville → Waltham → Watertown → Worcester metropolitan fringe →
containsInstitution	Boston College → Boston University → Brandeis University → Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Northeastern University → Tufts University → University of Massachusetts Boston →
containsPort	Port of Boston →
containsSportsTeam	Boston Bruins → Boston Celtics → Boston Red Sox → New England Patriots → New England Revolution →
country	United States →
hasAirport	Logan International Airport →
hasAreaCode	339 → 351 → 617 → 781 → 857 → 978 →
hasCoreCity	Boston →
hasNickname	Boston metropolitan area → Greater Boston Area →
isCulturalCenterOf	New England →
isEconomicCenterOf	New England →
isEducationalCenterOf	New England →
knownForIndustry	biotechnology → finance → healthcare → higher education → technology →
largestCity	Boston →
locatedIn	Massachusetts →
locatedInRegion	New England →
majorRiver	Charles River → Merrimack River →
partOf	Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area →
servedByBusNetwork	MBTA bus →
servedByCommuterRail	MBTA Commuter Rail →
servedBySubway	MBTA subway →
servedByTransitSystem	MBTA →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →

Referenced by (459)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arlington, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Arlington, Massachusetts → Assembly Square ("Boston metropolitan area") → Ayer ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Ball Square → Belmont skyline ("Greater Boston urban area") → Belmont, Massachusetts → Belmont, Massachusetts → Belmont, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Billerica, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston region") → Blue Hills Reservation ("Greater Boston area") → Boston → Boston urban core ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Boston, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Broadway (Revere) and surrounding urban area ("Greater Boston urban area") → Brockton, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston region") → Cambridge city center ("Greater Boston urban area") → Cambridge, Massachusetts → Cambridgeport ("Boston metropolitan area") → Central Square → Charles River (Boston and Cambridge) → Chelsea, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Chelsea, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Chestnut Hill, Newton → City of Newton, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Davis Square → East Cambridge ("Boston metropolitan area") → East Cambridge ("Greater Boston tech corridor") → Essex County, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston region") → Everett, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Foxborough, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston region") → Gloucester ("Greater Boston region") → Greater Boston ("Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area") → Inman Square ("Boston metropolitan area") → Kendall Square → Lechmere Square ("Boston metropolitan area") → Lexington, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts → Lincoln, Massachusetts → Longwood Medical Area ("Boston metropolitan area") → Lowell, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Lynn, Massachusetts → Magoun Square → Medford Square → Melrose, Massachusetts → Milton, Massachusetts → Nahant ("Greater Boston area") → Nashua, New Hampshire ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Newton Centre ("Greater Boston area") → Newton Highlands → Newton, Massachusetts → Newtonville → Nonantum, Newton ("Greater Boston area") → Norfolk County → Norfolk County, Massachusetts → Norfolk County, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Norfolk County, Massachusetts ("United States Census Bureau Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area") → Old Cambridge Historic District ("Boston metropolitan area") → Peabody ("Greater Boston region") → Peabody, Massachusetts → Porter Square ("Boston metropolitan area") → Quincy → Quincy Center → Rockingham County, New Hampshire ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Silver Lake neighborhood ("Greater Boston area") → Somerville, Massachusetts → Sudbury, Massachusetts → Suffolk County, Massachusetts → Town of Littleton, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Town of Shirley ("Boston metropolitan area") → Upper Falls, Newton → Waban ("Greater Boston area") → Wakefield, Massachusetts → Waltham, Massachusetts → Watertown, Massachusetts → Wellesley, Massachusetts → Westford, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Weston, Massachusetts → Winthrop, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	partOf
Arlington, Massachusetts → Armenian Library and Museum of America → Arsenal Yards → Assembly Row → Beaver Brook Reservation → Bentley University → Boston Breakers ("Boston metropolitan area") → Boston College Law School → Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch ("Boston metropolitan area") → Braintree → Braintree branch → Brandeis/Roberts → Brattle Street → Cambridgeport → Charles River Reservation → Chelmsford, Massachusetts → Chelsea Creek ("Boston metropolitan area") → Chelsea, Massachusetts → Chelsea, Massachusetts → Clay Pit Pond → Columbia Junction → East Milton → Eastern Route → Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Everett, Massachusetts → Foxboro Stadium → Framingham State University ("Greater Boston area") → Fresh Pond → Greater Boston parkway system → Green Line (MBTA) ("Boston metropolitan area") → Harvard University → Harvard teaching hospitals ("Boston metropolitan area") → Haverhill ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Lechmere Square → Longy School of Music of Bard College → Lynn ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → MA 16 → MBTA Blue Line ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA Green Line D branch ("Greater Boston, Massachusetts") → MBTA Mattapan High-Speed Line → MBTA customer service locations → Malden River → Malden, Massachusetts → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Massachusetts Route 16 → McLean Hospital → Medford, Massachusetts → Menotomy ("Greater Boston area") → Middlesex County, Massachusetts ("eastern Massachusetts") → Mystic River → Mystic River watershed → Needham → Newton-Wellesley Hospital → Orange Line (MBTA) ("Boston metropolitan area") → Porter → Reading, Massachusetts → Red Line (MBTA) ("Boston metropolitan area") → Revere Beach Parkway → Revere, Massachusetts → Route 128 → Route 16 (Massachusetts) ("Greater Boston area") → Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway) → Route 1A (Massachusetts) → Route 99 (Massachusetts) → Roxbury → South Shore → Spy Pond → The RIDE ("Boston metropolitan area") → Tufts College → Union Square (Somerville, Massachusetts) → Union Square, Somerville ("Boston metropolitan area") → West Cambridge → Wilmington, Massachusetts → Winchester, Massachusetts → Winthrop, Massachusetts → Woburn, Massachusetts → Wollaston neighborhood →	locatedIn
Belmont High School ("Greater Boston area") → Boston Consortium ("Greater Boston area") → Boston Hospital for Women → Boston Medical Center ("Greater Boston area") → Boston and Albany Railroad Highland branch → Boston–Portland main line → Burlington Mall ("Greater Boston area") → Cambridge College Malden campus (historical presence) → E → Encore Boston Harbor → Evening Institute for Younger Men ("Boston metropolitan area") → Framingham State University ("Greater Boston area") → Harvard Book Store ("Greater Boston area") → Harvard Coop ("Greater Boston area") → Harvard Museum of Natural History → Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) → Interstate 93 → Interstate 95 (Massachusetts) → Interstate 95 in Lexington, Massachusetts → MBTA ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA CharlieCard → MBTA Commuter Rail at Fenway station → MBTA Mattapan High-Speed Line ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA Silver Line → MBTA bus route 1 → MBTA diesel locomotives → Malden High School ("Greater Boston area") → Malden Public Library ("Malden metropolitan area") → Mass Pike → Massachusetts Route 114 ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Massachusetts Route 3 → Massachusetts Route 9 → Mattapan High-Speed Line → Metropolitan College → Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) → Milton High School ("Greater Boston area") → Mystic River Bridge → Newton Fire Department ("Greater Boston area") → Newton South High School ("Greater Boston area") → Newton-Wellesley Hospital ("eastern Massachusetts") → Norfolk County Courthouse in Dedham ("Greater Boston area") → Peter Bent Brigham Hospital → Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston → Route 128 (Massachusetts) in Lexington, Massachusetts → South Acton → The Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub ("Greater Boston area") → Tufts University School of Medicine → Winchester Center station →	regionServed
Ayer, Massachusetts → Bedford, Massachusetts → Belmont, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Belmont, Massachusetts → Braintree ("Boston metropolitan area") → Brookline → Burlington, Massachusetts → Chelmsford, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → East Milton ("Boston metropolitan area") → Germantown → Hudson, Massachusetts → Lexington, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Lincoln, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Marlborough, Massachusetts → Medford, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Natick, Massachusetts → Needham ("Boston metropolitan area") → Newton, Massachusetts → North Cambridge → Peabody ("Boston metropolitan area") → Peabody, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Plymouth, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston combined statistical area") → Salem, New Hampshire ("Boston metropolitan area") → Shirley, Massachusetts → Thompsonville, Newton → Town of Belmont → West Concord → Wilmington, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Winchester, Massachusetts → Winchester, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Woburn, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
Aberjona River → Acton, Massachusetts → Alewife Brook Reservation ("Boston metropolitan area") → Alumni Stadium (as primary Patriots home) → Ashland, Massachusetts → Auburndale, Newton → Boston College ("Boston metropolitan area") → Burlington Mall ("Boston metropolitan area") → Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant → Harvard, Massachusetts → Lesley University → Lincoln, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Littleton, Massachusetts → Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts → Massachusetts Route 24 → Medford Public Schools → Milton, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Newton, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Nonantum → Northshore Mall → Porter station → Riverside (Cambridge) → Roxbury ("Boston metropolitan area") → Squantum → Stoneham, Massachusetts → Sudbury, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Tobin Bridge → Vinson-Owen Elementary School → Waltham, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	locatedInMetropolitanArea
Boston University Bridge → Burlington, Massachusetts → Cambridge Public Schools → Cambridge Rindge and Latin School → Causeway Street → Chestnut Hill station (MBTA Green Line D) → City of Newton, Massachusetts → Dedham, Massachusetts → Elm Bank Reservation → Harvard Bridge → Harvard–MIT Bridge → Kendall Square Association → Lexington Public Schools → MBTA Red Line ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA Type 9 Light Rail Vehicle → MBTA bus route 111 → Munroe Tavern ("Greater Boston area") → NNHS → Old Schwamb Mill → Roslindale → Silver Hill → South Danvers ("Greater Boston area") → Swampscott → Town of Belmont ("Boston metropolitan area") → Town of Danvers ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts →	region
Atlantic Ocean via Boston Harbor ("Greater Boston region") → Boston T → Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant → Logan International Airport → MBTA → MBTA Commuter Rail coaches → MBTA Commuter Rail network → Massachusetts Route 16 ("Greater Boston suburbs") → Massachusetts Route 1A ("Boston metropolitan area") → Massachusetts Route 2 ("Boston metropolitan area") → Massachusetts Route 28 → Massachusetts Route 3 ("Boston metropolitan area") → Massport → Newton-Wellesley Hospital ("Greater Boston area") → Port of Boston ("Boston metropolitan area") → Route 128 ("Boston metropolitan area") → Route 128 (Massachusetts) in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") → Route 28 (Massachusetts) ("Greater Boston region") → Sharon Memorial Park ("Greater Boston area") → WBZ-FM → the T →	serves
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center → Boston Globe Media Partners → MBTA Orange Line → MBTA Orange Line bridge near Wellington → MBTA Type 8 Light Rail Vehicle → Riverside station → University of Massachusetts Boston → Wellington station → Woodland station →	servesRegion
Ayer, Massachusetts ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Framingham → Haverhill ("United States Census Bureau New England City and Town Area of Boston") → Lincoln, Massachusetts → Lynnfield ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Waverley Square ("Greater Boston area") → Wayside Commons ("Greater Boston retail market") →	isPartOf
Beth Israel Hospital → LinkPass → Logan Express ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA Commuter Rail coaches ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") → Massachusetts Port Authority → Massachusetts Water Resources Authority → The RIDE →	serviceArea
Haverhill Line → MBTA Commuter Rail Kingston Line → MBTA Commuter Rail Lowell Line → MBTA Fitchburg Line → MBTA Green Line D branch ("Boston metropolitan area") → MBTA Red Line →	locale
Boston Bulldogs ("Boston metropolitan area") → Kraft family → New England Revolution → New England Revolution ("Greater Boston area") → Revs ("Greater Boston area") →	basedIn
BOS → Boston Logan International Airport → Massachusetts Route 16 → Patriot Place → U.S. Route 1 ("Boston metropolitan area") →	servesMetropolitanArea
Harvard Crimson baseball ("Boston metropolitan area") → Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey ("Boston metropolitan area") → Harvard Crimson women’s basketball ("Boston metropolitan area") → Harvard Crimson women’s ice hockey ("Boston metropolitan area") →	homeCity
Hemlock Gorge Reservation → Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School → Lynch Elementary School ("Greater Boston area") → Reservoir station →	isInMetropolitanArea
WBZ (AM) → WEEI-FM → WHDH (AM) →	broadcastArea
Brigham Circle station → Massachusetts → Pemberton Square →	hasRegion
Lower Falls, Newton → MA 129 → Waban, Newton →	locatedInRegion
Logan Express → Mystic River Watershed Association ("Greater Boston area") → YMCA of Greater Boston →	operatesIn
Boston’s North Station (via Fitchburg Line) → Red Line (MBTA) → South Station →	servesArea
Alewife station ("Boston metropolitan area") → Brookline Village station ("Boston metropolitan area") → Terminal B (Boston Logan International Airport) ("Boston metropolitan area") →	servesCity
Boston Braves (AHL) → Kraft Group →	basedInMetropolitanArea
Merrimack Valley → Southeastern Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	borderedBy
MA 2 ("Boston area") → U.S. Route 3 in Lexington, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	connects
Route 2 (Massachusetts) ("Boston metropolitan area") → Route 2 (Massachusetts) ("Boston area") →	connectsRegion
Eastern Massachusetts → Eastern Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	contains
The Boston Globe ("Boston metropolitan area") → WBZ-FM ("Boston metropolitan area") →	coverageArea
East Coast of the United States ("Boston metropolitan area") → Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	hasMajorCity
Greater Boston ("Greater Boston Area") → Greater Boston ("Boston metropolitan area") →	hasNickname
Swampscott ("Boston metropolitan area") → Tewksbury, Massachusetts →	isPartOfMetropolitanArea
Mount Snow ("Boston metropolitan area") →	accessibleFrom
Manchester–Nashua metropolitan area ("Boston metropolitan area") →	adjacentToMetropolitanArea
MBTA bus route 57 →	agencyRegion
The Hub ("Greater Boston area") →	appliedTo
Metropolitan Park Commission engineers ("Boston metropolitan region") →	appliesToJurisdiction
RALE →	appliesToMetropolitanArea
WEEI (AM) →	areaServed
The Hub ("Boston metropolitan area") →	associatedWith
New England Patriots →	basedInMetroArea
West Newton ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") →	belongsTo
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) →	beltwayFor
Central Massachusetts →	borders
Eagles ("Boston metropolitan area") →	city
Logan International Airport ("Greater Boston metropolitan area") →	cityServed
Haitian Americans ("Boston metropolitan area") →	concentratedIn
U.S. Route 1 (Massachusetts) →	connectsMetropolitanArea
Massachusetts Route 2 ("Boston area") →	connectsTo
Medford, Massachusetts ("Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area") →	demographicRegion
Boston Daily Advertiser ("Boston metropolitan area") →	distributionArea
Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston ("Boston metropolitan area") →	geographicFocus
New England Revolution ("Boston metropolitan area") →	geographicMarket
Massachusett language ("Boston region") →	geographicProximity
Massachusetts →	hasLargestMetropolitanArea
Northeast megalopolis →	hasMetropolitanArea
University Athletic Association ("Boston metropolitan area") →	hasNotableMemberCity
Boston Fire Department ("Greater Boston urban core") →	hasOperationalArea
West Concord ("MetroWest region of Massachusetts") →	hasRegionalContext
Infinite Jest ("Greater Boston area") →	hasSetting
United States technology sector ("Boston tech hub") →	includes
Shirley, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	isCommuterTownFor
Nonantum →	isSubregionOf
Lunenburg ("Boston metropolitan area") →	isSuburbanCommunityOf
Dracut, Massachusetts ("Boston metropolitan area") →	isSuburbOf
Halcyon Lake ("Greater Boston area") →	isWithin
The Lake →	isWithinMetropolitanArea
Alewife Brook Parkway ("Boston metropolitan area") →	liesWithin
Massachusetts Route 24 ("Boston metropolitan area") →	links
Story family ("Boston metropolitan area") →	locatedInArea
LinkPass ("Boston metropolitan area") →	locatedInJurisdiction
Thompsonville, Newton ("Boston metropolitan area") →	locatedInMetropolitanRegion
Metropolitan Park Commission engineers ("Boston metropolitan area") →	location
Spotlight investigative team ("Greater Boston area") →	locationOfWork
Iranian Americans ("Boston metropolitan area") →	majorSettlement
Bangladeshi American ("Boston metropolitan area") →	majorSettlementArea
The Boston Globe ("Boston media market") →	market
KBOS →	metroAreaServed
Encore Boston Harbor →	metropolitanArea
Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) ("Boston metropolitan area") →	operatedBusLinesIn
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ("Boston area") →	operatedCommuterServiceIn
Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) ("Boston metropolitan area") →	operatedIn
Metropolitan Transit Authority (Boston) ("Boston metropolitan area") →	operatedRailLinesIn
Interstate 495 (Massachusetts) ("Greater Boston area") →	outerBeltwayFor
Lynn →	partOfUrbanArea
Concord Turnpike ("Boston metropolitan area") →	passesThrough
BOS ("Boston metropolitan area") →	primaryAirportFor
The Boston Globe →	primaryMarket
Beanpot tournament →	regionRepresented
Route 2 (Massachusetts) ("Boston metropolitan area") →	runsThrough
Boston Elevated Railway →	servedRegion
KBOS ("Boston metropolitan area") →	servesAsPrimaryAirportFor
Salvadoran American ("Boston metropolitan area") →	significantPopulationIn
Quabbin Reservoir region ("Boston metropolitan area") →	suppliesWaterTo
Downtown Crossing →	urbanArea
CharlieTicket →	usedInRegion
Metropolitan Park Commission engineers →	workLocation