Boston, MA 02215 · 02115
Fenway Real Estate
Fenway Park, the Back Bay Fens and Kenmore Square, with museums along the Fenway
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- ZIP codes
- 02215 · 02115
- Getting around
- Green Line at Kenmore (B, C, D), Fenway (D), and Symphony, Northeastern and Museum of Fine Arts (E); Lansdowne on the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail
- Typical homes
- Brick walk-ups, brownstone and bowfront rowhouses, early 1900s apartment buildings and newer high-rise condos
The neighborhood the city calls Fenway-Kenmore is built around the Back Bay Fens, the marshy park Frederick Law Olmsted designed as the first link in his Emerald Necklace. Filled land around the Fens was laid out with streets in the late 1800s, and most of the brick walk-ups, rowhouses and five- and six-story apartment buildings went up between about 1880 and 1930. It takes in Kenmore Square, Audubon Circle and the East and West Fenway.
For many people the Fenway starts with Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox since 1912, and the blocks of Lansdowne and Jersey Streets around it. A short walk away, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum face the Fens, and Symphony Hall stands at Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues. Getting around is mostly on foot or by Green Line, with Boylston Street and Park Drive as the main routes through the West Fenway.
The Fens themselves include the Fenway Victory Gardens, community plots that have been tended since World War II, and the Kelleher Rose Garden. Many condos on Park Drive and the Fenway look straight onto this green space and the Muddy River beyond it.
Living in the Fenway
What makes the Fenway special
Fenway Park
The ballpark on Jersey Street has hosted the Red Sox since 1912 and draws crowds for games and summer concerts throughout the season.
Back Bay Fens
Olmsted's park holds the Fenway Victory Gardens, the Kelleher Rose Garden and paths along the Muddy River leading toward the rest of the Emerald Necklace.
Museum row
The Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum sit along the Fenway, with Symphony Hall a few blocks east.
Kenmore Square
The busy crossing of Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Street, known for the Citgo sign and its Green Line hub serving three branches.
Rail and subway
Four Green Line branches serve the neighborhood, and Lansdowne station puts the Framingham/Worcester commuter rail a block from the ballpark.
The Market
Fenway homes & real estate
Most homes in the Fenway are condominiums. In the West Fenway, streets like Peterborough, Queensberry and Park Drive are lined with early 20th-century brick apartment buildings, many converted to condos. The East Fenway near Symphony has brownstone and bowfront rowhouses divided into units, and Audubon Circle mixes rowhouses with larger apartment blocks. Along Boylston Street, newer high-rise towers have added full-service condo and rental buildings to a neighborhood that was mostly low-rise.
Buyers here should expect a lot of institutional neighbors (Boston University, Northeastern, Berklee, the Longwood Medical Area) and game-day traffic, so it helps to visit a block on a weekday and on an evening when the Red Sox are home. In older walk-ups, review the association budget, heating systems and the lack of elevators on upper floors. Parking is scarce and deeded spaces are rare. Whenever you want numbers on what Fenway condos are selling for this season, The Pettengill Group can walk you through recent sales.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What ZIP codes cover the Fenway?
The Fenway-Kenmore area is covered mainly by ZIP codes 02215 (Kenmore, Audubon Circle and the West Fenway) and 02115 (the East Fenway and Symphony area).
How do you get to downtown Boston from the Fenway?
Green Line trains from Kenmore, Fenway, Symphony, Northeastern and Museum of Fine Arts run into the downtown subway tunnel. Lansdowne station also offers Framingham/Worcester commuter rail service to Back Bay and South Station.
What types of homes are for sale in the Fenway?
Most listings are condos in brick walk-ups, converted rowhouses and early 1900s apartment buildings, plus units in newer high-rise towers along Boylston Street. Single-family homes are very rare.
What is the Fenway known for?
The Fenway is known for Fenway Park, the Back Bay Fens and its Victory Gardens, Kenmore Square, and nearby institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Symphony Hall.
Is the Fenway the same as Kenmore?
The city treats Fenway-Kenmore as one neighborhood, but locals use separate names for Kenmore Square, Audubon Circle, the West Fenway and the East Fenway around Symphony.
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