Living in Roslindale, Boston
SouthRoslindale Village's brick storefronts ring Adams Park, a small green square that hosts a Saturday farmers market drawing shoppers from across the neighborhood through the warmer months. The Peters Hill section of the Arnold Arboretum, the collection's highest point at 240 feet, sits within Roslindale's own boundaries, its gate off Walter Street a quieter entrance than the better-known ones over in Jamaica Plain. Corinth Street's cafes and Belgrade Avenue's storefronts fill out the rest of the neighborhood's commercial strip, and triple-decker houses climb the side streets behind them in tidy rows. Fallon Field's ball diamond, named for a Roslindale soldier lost in World War I, once drew a reported eighteen thousand fans to a single Boston Park League game, and it remains the anchor for the neighborhood's youth baseball today. Roslindale sits at Boston's southwestern edge, bordered by Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain, its hillier blocks mixing single-family houses with triple-deckers.
Roslindale Village's business district covers only a few compact blocks, so a run to a full-size shopping center or a big-box store generally means driving to a neighboring part of the city.
Adams Park's benches on a market morning, a climb up Peters Hill for the skyline view, and a coffee on Corinth Street make for an easygoing loop through a neighborhood built around its own square rather than downtown.
Rent & move-in cost
Typical upfront cash for a 1-bed in Boston — the toughest in our lineup: first month, last month, and a security deposit are all standard. Broker fees are typically paid by whoever hired the broker — usually the landlord.
≈ $6,450 to move in
Safety
About 51 violent offenses within about ½ mile of the center over the trailing 12 months.
Source: Analyze Boston.
Getting around
Nearest station: Forest Hills (Orange) — about 29 min walk.
MBTA subway lines that stop nearby — the colors match the T's line names. The subway blankets the urban core; some outer neighborhoods rely on buses or other services instead.
Livability
From 48 rodent activity and 11 street cleaning 311 complaints within ~½ mile so far this year.