Jersey Street (Boston)

Jersey Street
The main entrance to Fenway Park is located on Jersey Street.
LocationBoston
South endPark Drive
North endBrookline Avenue

Jersey Street is a street in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, part of a scheme of alphabetical street names in Back Bay.[1] It lies parallel to Ipswich Street and Kilmarnock Street, and runs from Brookline Avenue to Park Drive. Named in the late 1850s, the street's name is a reference to the sixth Earl of Jersey, George Augustus Frederick Child Villiers.[2][3]

Jersey Street is the address of Fenway Park, and a two-block section of Jersey Street where the ballpark is located was named Yawkey Way from 1977 until 2018.

  1. ^ DeCosta-Klipa, Nik (April 26, 2018). "Where does the name Jersey Street come from?". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. ^ Lucas, Peter (May 8, 2018). "Jersey Street has its own dark past". Boston Herald. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Tovia (April 26, 2018). "Boston Changes 'Yawkey Way' To 'Jersey Street' After Concerns Over Racist Legacy". NPR. Retrieved May 8, 2018.