Directions
Charlestown Navy Yard
36 First Avenue
Boston, MA 02129-4557
View map of MGH Institute and Charlestown Navy Yard
Arriving By Car
These directions guide visitors to the Catherine Filene Shouse Building, 36 First Avenue, and to the main parking garage in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Please note that due to the street numbering used inside the navy yard area, Mapquest, Google Maps and other online map services often show "36 First Avenue" as being 1-2 blocks away from its actual location.
From the North via I-93: Take exit 28 "Boston/Sullivan Square/Charlestown" to Maffa Way. Take a slight right onto Rutherford Avenue. Get in the left hand lane and turn left onto Chelsea Street. Follow Chelsea Street to 3rd traffic light and turn right at 5th Street ("Gate 4"). Go one block, then turn left onto First Avenue.
From the North via Route 1 South: Follow Route 1S over Tobin Bridge ($3 toll). Take "Charlestown/Somerville" exit. At first light, turn right onto Rutherford Avenue and bear immediately into the left-turn lane. At the light, turn left onto Chelsea Street. Follow Chelsea Street to third traffic light and turn right at 5th Street ("Gate 4"). Go one block, then turn left onto First Avenue.
From the South via I-93: Take the Government Center, Exit 23. Stay in the right-hand lane. Turn right onto Cross Street. Turn slightly right onto Joe Tecce Way/North Washington Street. North Washington Street turns into Rutherford Street/MA-99. At the end of bridge turn right onto Chelsea Street. Follow Chelsea Street to third traffic light and turn right at 5th Street ("Gate 4"). Go one block, then turn left onto First Avenue.
Alternately, drivers wishing to avoid TD Banknorth Garden (formerly the Fleet Center) event congestion, should stay on I-93 and pass over the Zakim Bridge to Exit 28, "Sullivan Square". At the end of the offramp, head toward the Schrafft's building into the rotary, turn onto Bunker Hill Street and take it all the way to Chelsea Street. Turn right onto Chelsea Street and make an immediate left onto 5th Street ("Gate 4"). Go one block, (then turn left onto First Avenue.
From the West: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) to I-93 North. Follow directions for "From the South via I-93," above.
By Subway (Green, Orange lines)
Take the commuter rail or either the Green or Orange line to North Station. From there, take Partners Shuttle (see below). Visit the official MBTA website for detailed transit information, or try the independent site, HopStop.com.
By Partners Shuttle (daily, except holidays)
Weekday Schedule
Weekend Schedule
Take any Partners shuttle displaying an "MGH/CNY" placard, which departs Massachusetts General Hospital every fifteen minutes on the quarter hour, beginning at 5:30am Monday to Friday (every half hour on weekends beginning at 9:00am) from the shuttle stop located between the Jackson Building doors and the Blossom Street loading dock (after 6pm, it moves to Gray Building doors).
From MGH the shuttle stops at North Station on Causeway Street between Haverhill and Beverly Streets (across from the TD Bank Garden) on its way to the Navy Yard. Take the second shuttle stop after North Station, which is the intersection of Chelsea Street and 5th Street ("Gate 4"). From 5th Street, walk one block to the stop sign, then turn left onto First Avenue.
To return to Boston from MGH Institute, the shuttle stop is on the corner of 1st Avenue and 7th Street, across the street from 36 1st Avenue.
The Partners shuttle is free to all riders.
By Inner Harbor Ferry (from Long Wharf)
The Navy Yard can be reached from Long Wharf, (Aquarium stop on the Blue line) via the Inner Harbor Ferry. Long Wharf is within walking distance of South Station (Red line) and State Street (Orange, Blue lines).
The ferry drops passengers off at the end of Terry Ring Way. Walk up Terry Ring Way toward First Avenue, past the public park and Korean War Veterans Memorial. The Shouse Building will be on the right, adjacent to the park. The Long Wharf ferry operates Monday through Friday, with more limited weekend service.
Cost: Inner Harbor Ferry is $1.70 (or 85 cents with Charlie Card) for adults, one way. Fare for Seniors (with Charlie Card) is 85 cents each way.