Charlestown At A Glance
Charlestown, Boston’s second oldest neighborhood, is located north of Boston proper on a peninsula between the Mystic River and the Charles River. Charlestown, though separated from the North End by a body of water, is part of the city of Boston.
Charlestown covers roughly one and half square miles of land and hosts a population of over 15,000 residents.
Charlestown is located on the
MBTA Orange Line and is accessible by the
92,
93, and
91 Buses. It is connected to Boston proper by the North Washington Street Bridge and to Chelsea by the Tobin Bridge.
Charlestown's past is rich with Revolutionary roots. The Freedom Trail runs through City Square, and the city is home to both the Bunker Hill National Park and the USS Constitution. For this reason, Charlestown is a popular tourist stop.
Charlestown, though only one and a half square miles is home to more than four parks, one college, a handful of businesses, and at least a dozen excellent restaurants. How it manages to fit it all in and still retain its colonial charm is central to Charlestown's allure.
Click Here To Read About Charlestown's History...
RESIDENT PARKING PERMIT
While the resident sticker for a Charlestown car is free, the car must be registered in Charlestown. Depending on where the car is registered prior to Charlestown, there may be an increase in the insurance premium on the car. To get a permit, bring an updated registration, a filled-out resident parking permit application, and one of the following proofs of residency bearing your name and Boston address, postmarked within the past 30 days to the Office of the Parking Clerk (Boston City Hall Room 224 1 City Hall Plaza Boston, MA 02201):
- Gas, Electric or Telephone Bill
- Cable Television Bill
- Monthly Bank Statement (excluding mortgage)
- Credit Card Bill
- Water and Sewer Bill
Moving BACK to
Charlestown?
If you have previously lived in Charlestown and are moving back to the city, you may not be eligible for a new parking sticker UNLESS you’ve returned your old sticker. Call the Parking Clerk for more details before making your way into City Hall: 617.635.4410
Email Us to utilize the PARKING PERMIT GOPHER Service (you do the paperwork, we get the permit and deliver it) $30 with a 48-hr turn around.
Trash and Recycling
Rubbish Removal
Trash is collected by the city on Wednesday mornings in Charlestown. Residents may put their trash out after 5pm on Tuesday nights and no later than 7:00 am on Wednesday. If you put your trash out before 5:00pm on Tuesday you are subject to a fine.
Note: Air Conditioners, refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, televisions, and computer monitors are collected separately from your household trash. You must call the Sanitation Department at 617-635-7574or email
trashtvcrt@cityofboston.gov to schedule a pickup on the next available collection day.
Click HERE for a full list of acceptable and unacceptable materials for trash collection. Note that construction material, propane tanks, paint, and oil are NOT acceptable items.
RECYCLING:
Recyclables can be placed in the Blue Boxes: glass bottles and jars, juice boxes, plastic contains #1-7, tin and aluminum food and soda cans, NO PLASTIC BAGS.
Paper products, including brown bags, newspapers, cereal boxes, junk mail, mil cartons, paperback books, and magazines should be placed next to the recycling Blue Box.
Seasonal Yard Waste is collected during specific periods of time in the spring and fall.
Click HERE for Hazardous Waste/Paint and Oil Recycling Information.
The Boston Public Schools' website has an RSS feed that allows visitors to get an auto-feed as to what schools in the Boston Public system are canceled, delayed, etc.
The feed can be found on this website on the right hand column, or you can copy and paste the below into your own reader for your desktop.
http://www.bostonpublicschools.org/alerts/rss.xml
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