Field Walk — Editor's Picks

12 stations where the exit or side actually matters. Tick landmarks as you spot them, jot a better one in Field Notes. Everything saves on this phone — hit Export when you're done and send it back to Barb. (The simple single-exit stops aren't here; they just need turn + side.)

Haymarket Orange / Green

→ Neptune Oyster

63 Salem St, Boston, MA 02113 · 🚶 about 3–5 min (~0.2 mi)high
EXIT Out the Greenway side, by the pushcart stalls — not the Government Center side. (Both headhouses converge, so this is orientation, not a hard fork.)
TURNS
  1. Surface toward the Greenway / pushcart stalls (away from Government Center)
  2. Cross the Greenway / Surface Rd to Cross St
  3. Head up Salem St — NOT Hanover
  4. Neptune's in the first block, on your RIGHT
DOOR On your RIGHT — east/odd side of Salem St. Verified two ways: Google's route + OSM coordinates agree.
Dark-navy storefront, big window with oysters on crushed ice and a blue-aproned shucker; usually a line on the sidewalk.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Which corner the Boston Public Market / Orange Line door opens onto (orientation only)
  • Is the Surface Rd crossing at Cross St a clean signal?
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Downtown Crossing Orange / Red

→ Sam LaGrassa's

44 Province St, Boston, MA 02108 · 🚶 ~250 m, 3–4 minhigh
EXIT Up the Winter/Summer St headhouse onto the Washington St pedestrian mall (brick walking street). Province St doesn't touch the station — you walk to it.
TURNS
  1. North on Washington St (the brick mall) a short block to Bromfield St — a narrow connector on your right/east
  2. Turn onto Bromfield, follow it east (slightly uphill) to its dead end at the bottom of Province St
  3. Step onto Province St, walk NE/uphill toward School St
  4. Sam LaGrassa's is ~85 m up, ground floor, on your RIGHT (#44, even side)
DOOR On your RIGHT walking NE up Province from Bromfield (#44, even side) — OSM vector + odd/even parity agree. NOTE: if you come DOWN Province from the Macy's/School St end instead, it flips to your left.
Ground-floor deli, since 1968. Awning/sign colors unverified — confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Storefront cue — awning/sign/door color (unverified); note something sidewalk-visible so the next person doesn't count addresses
  • Confirm Bromfield is the cleanest line from whichever exit you actually take
  • Check the exact headhouse sign name at your exit (DTX has several)
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Wonderland Blue

→ Istanbul Diner Cafe

120 Veterans Of Foreign Wars Pkwy, Revere, MA 02151 · 🚶 ~0.36 mi, ~8–10 minmedium
EXIT Down to the North Shore Rd (Route 1A) inland/WEST side — NOT the Markey pedestrian bridge (that crosses east to Revere Beach, wrong way).
TURNS
  1. From the main fare lobby, head DOWN to the North Shore Rd / busway side (inland, west)
  2. Do NOT take the Markey bridge toward the beach
  3. Head roughly WSW toward the VFW Pkwy / Route 1A corridor
DOOR Inland/west side, same side as the lobby — exact approach side not locked, confirm on the ground.
Unverified — confirm sign/frontage on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • BIG ONE: is Beachmont station actually closer to 120 VFW Pkwy than Wonderland? We may switch the station for this pick.
  • Does reaching the west sidewalk force crossing multi-lane Route 1A? Note the crosswalk.
  • Exact path from the lobby/plaza down to the North Shore Rd sidewalk
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Airport Blue

→ Santarpio's Pizza

111 Chelsea St, East Boston, MA 02128 · 🚶 ~8 minhigh
EXIT Out the WEST footbridge (inside fare control) over Route 1A into Bremen Street Park — not the east/busway side (that faces the airport).
TURNS
  1. Take the west footbridge over Route 1A's northbound lanes into Bremen Street Park
  2. Head southwest through the park
  3. Then south to Porter St / Chelsea St — Santarpio's is on Chelsea St
DOOR Confirm on the ground (Chelsea St).
Old-school East Boston coal-oven pizzeria; often busy. Confirm the sign on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Confirm the SW-through-park line beats the street route
  • Door side on Chelsea St
  • Santarpio's storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Davis Red

→ Dave's Fresh Pasta

81 Holland St, Somerville, MA 02144 · 🚶 ~0.13 mi, ~3 minmedium
EXIT Out the Holland Street headhouse (west side of Davis Sq, by the Somerville Theatre) — not the College Ave headhouse.
TURNS
  1. Up the Holland St headhouse onto Holland St (the same street Dave's is on)
  2. Head along Holland St away from the square center
  3. Dave's is a ground-floor storefront about a block up (#81, odd side)
DOOR Provisional: odd side (#81) — confirm left/right on the ground.
Neighborhood pasta / specialty-food shop, street-level with front windows.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Which way to turn out of the Holland St headhouse toward #81
  • Door side (#81 odd — right or left?)
  • A storefront cue next to Dave's
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Central Red

→ The Smoot Standard

313 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 · 🚶 ~3 blocks, ~4–7 min (NOT the 1–2 min the old data implied)medium
EXIT Come up on the SOUTH side of Mass Ave (the Western Ave / Pearl St side — same side as Smoot).
TURNS
  1. Surface on the south side of Mass Ave (Western Ave / Pearl St side)
  2. Head southeast toward MIT
  3. Smoot is ~3 blocks down, same (south) side
  4. If you rode IN toward Harvard you'll come up on the NORTH side — cross Mass Ave first
DOOR South side of Mass Ave (same side you exit, if you rode inbound).
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Does the inbound/south stair actually surface near Western/Pearl on the south sidewalk? (decides ~4–5 vs ~7 min)
  • Confirm which platform = which side
  • Smoot storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Fields Corner Red

→ Bánh Mì Chị Tôi

1544 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02122 · 🚶 ~6 minhigh
EXIT Out the main busway exit, toward its EAST end / Dorchester Ave (not the small Charles St stair).
TURNS
  1. From the fare lobby into the busway, head to the EAST end toward Dorchester Ave
  2. Out onto the Dorchester Ave corridor
  3. Bánh Mì Chị Tôi is along Dorchester Ave (#1544)
DOOR Confirm on the ground (Dorchester Ave, #1544).
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Which way on Dot Ave from the busway exit
  • Door side on Dorchester Ave (#1544)
  • A storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Malden Center Orange

→ BingeBowl

62 Summer St Unit C, Malden, MA 02148 · 🚶 ~0.3 mi, ~5–6 minmedium
EXIT Out the EAST / downtown side (Commercial St plaza at Commercial & Pleasant) — not the west parking-lot exit.
TURNS
  1. Exit toward the Commercial St plaza (downtown side)
  2. North on Commercial St
  3. Onto Pleasant St, then Summer St
  4. 62 Summer St (Unit C) is roughly due north
DOOR Confirm on the ground — Unit C may be a rear/side entrance.
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • 62 Summer Unit C — is the door a rear/side entrance? Find the actual door.
  • Confirm the Commercial → Pleasant → Summer line
  • A storefront cue for BingeBowl
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Tufts Medical Center Orange

→ Mike & Patty's

12 Church St, Boston, MA 02116 · 🚶 ~6 minhigh
EXIT Out the Tremont St @ Oak St (South Cove) exit — surfaces facing Bay Village, pointing west. Stairs/escalator only (no elevator); step-free riders use the Washington St headhouse, +~2.4 min.
TURNS
  1. Up the Tremont/Oak (South Cove) stairs, facing Bay Village
  2. Head west toward Church & Fayette St
  3. Mike & Patty's is the corner spot at 12 Church St
DOOR Corner of Church & Fayette — confirm the exact side.
Tiny corner breakfast/sandwich window in Bay Village; usually a line.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • First turn west off the Tremont/Oak stair (which side; via Fayette or Melrose)
  • Confirm the corner / door side
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Gilman Square Green

→ Sarma

249 Pearl St, Somerville, MA 02145 · 🚶 ~3 minhigh
EXIT Out the EAST-end exit — the Community Path entrance (toward Medford St at Pearl St). NOT a 'Medford St headhouse' (that was dropped); the west end is the School Street entrance.
TURNS
  1. Take the east-end Community Path entrance
  2. Out toward the Medford St / Pearl St corner
  3. Sarma is on Pearl St (#249)
DOOR Confirm on the ground (Pearl St, #249).
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Which east-end stair empties closest to the Pearl/Medford corner
  • Door side on Pearl St (#249)
  • Sarma storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Kenmore Green

→ Bab Al-Yemen

468 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 · 🚶 ~3 minhigh
EXIT Out the SOUTH-side headhouse (built into Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Comm Ave) — south sidewalk of Comm Ave, same side as #468. The north headhouse = CITGO / Beacon St side = wrong side.
TURNS
  1. Up the south-side headhouse (Hotel Commonwealth) onto the south sidewalk of Comm Ave
  2. Continue along the south sidewalk
  3. 468 Comm Ave is a short walk, same side
DOOR South side of Comm Ave (same side you exit).
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Does the Hotel Commonwealth headhouse open onto a continuous south sidewalk to #468 without detouring around the hotel?
  • Bab Al-Yemen storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)
Washington Street (B) Green

→ La Fonda St - Boston

1620 Commonwealth Ave, Brighton, MA 02135 · 🚶 ~1–2 min once on the right sidemedium
EXIT Surface median stop — aim for the SOUTH/SE sidewalk of Comm Ave (the La Fonda side).
TURNS
  1. Step off onto the platform in the Comm Ave median
  2. Get to the SOUTH/SE sidewalk (La Fonda side) — between the stop and the Washington St signal
  3. From the far (north) platform, cross at the Washington St light
DOOR South/SE sidewalk, ~230 ft from the stop, between it and Washington St.
Confirm on the ground.
LANDMARKS TO SPOT
🗺 Walking route👁 Street View
CONFIRM ON THE GROUND
  • Which travel direction (inbound vs outbound) lands you on the SE/south platform? (frame by side until confirmed)
  • Confirm La Fonda is east of Washington St on the SE sidewalk
  • La Fonda storefront cue
✍️ FIELD NOTES (better landmark? correction?)

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