Geography Jamaica Plain

jamaica plain has several botánicas, such 1 on centre street, cater latino community , typically sell folk medicine alongside statues of saints, candles decorated prayers, lucky bamboo, , other items.

jamaica plain made of number of distinct historical subdistricts. of names archaic, used less longtime residents scholars , real estate agents.

brookside: bounded boylston street, green street, washington street, , southwest corridor park
egleston square: intersection of columbus avenue , washington street @ border between jamaica plain , roxbury
forest hills: bounded arborway, morton street, walk hill street, south street , forest hills cemetery
hyde square: area around intersection of centre street, day street, , perkins street, extending east along centre street towards roxbury
jackson square: intersection of columbus avenue , centre street. site of mbta orange line station.
jamaica hills: northwest of arnold arboretum, including moss hill , green hill
parkside: bounded washington street, egleston square, morton street , franklin park
pondside: bounded centre street, perkins street, , jamaicaway
south street: follows named street on either side monument forest hills.
stonybrook: active neighborhood association, documented boundaries begin @ rockvale circle southwest on washington street encompassing burnett street @ mcbride street, cutting southeast across mbta bus yard lotus street, , northeast forest hills street rockvale circle.
sumner hill: bounded seaverns avenue, everett street, sedgwick street, , newbern street
sunnyside: bounded centre street, day street, round hill street, , gay head street
the monument: overlapping pondside above, area around intersection of centre , south streets.
woodbourne: south of forest hills, bounded walk hill street, goodway street, , wachusett street
white city: no longer recognized; territory included part of hyde park ave , blocks of considered part of woodbourne

green spaces

arnold arboretum

jamaica plain, referred in 19th century eden of america, [1] 1 of greenest neighborhoods in city of boston. community contains or bordered number of jewels of emerald necklace park system designed in 19th century frederick law olmsted:

olmsted park: route 9 @ riverway south perkins street, including leverett pond, willow pond, , ward s pond
jamaica pond: has 60 acres (240,000 m) of surface area , largest , deepest body of fresh water in boston
arnold arboretum: 265-acre (1.1 km) world-renowned plant collection maintained harvard university, , contains peters hill, named boston mayor andrew j. peters, highest elevation in jamaica plain @ 235 feet (72 m).
franklin park: 527-acre (2.1 km) park (the largest in city) , holds franklin park zoo (the largest zoo in new england), white stadium , william j. devine memorial golf course.

these parks connected parkways, each of part of emerald necklace. south north these arborway, jamaicaway, , riverway.

forest hills cemetery, 275-acre (1.1 km) “garden cemetery”, , hundreds more acres of cemetery stretch along walk hill street offer more green space area.