Directions and Parking
LOCATION
Classes are located at Urbanity’s studio in the South End
Urbanity Dance
280 Shawmut Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
MBTA Orange Line to Back Bay Station
Take the Clarendon Street exit and walk with traffic (Clarendon Street is one-way). Take a left onto Tremont Street where you will pass the BCA on your left. Take a right onto Hanson Street where the Urbanity Dance studio will be right in front of you on Shawmut.
MBTA Green Line to Copley
Continue along Boylston Street with traffic (Boylston Street is one-way). Take a right onto Clarendon Street and walk approximately 750 yards to Tremont Street. Take a left onto Tremont Street and then a right onto Hanson Street. The Urbanity Dance studio will be right in front of you on Shawmut.
MBTA Silver Line SL4 & SL5
Exit at either East Berkeley Street or Union Park. Walk towards Shawmut Street by following the direction of traffic on either Berkeley or Union Park. From Berkeley, turn left onto Shawmut; from Union Park turn right onto Shawmut.
MBTA Buses #43 and #10
Bus route 43 travels along Tremont Street between Ruggles, on the Orange line, and Park Street, on the Green and Red lines. Bus route 10 runs along W Dedham Street between Copley, on the Green line, and JFK/UMass on the Red line.
PARKING
“Hidden Parking Gems”
Visitor Street Parking:
There are free 2-hour Visitor Spots speckled throughout Shawmut Avenue and surrounding cross-streets. Do not park in spots that say South End Resident Only... these are different than Visitors Spots.
Boston Sports Clubs Parking Lot:
560 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
Parking MAY be available at a nominal charge per car on weekends but please never park in these lots without permission from the attendant and paying the fee. Unauthorized cars will be towed.
McKinley Middle School Parking Lot:
Parking lot entrance is down a narrow ramp, between Dartmouth Street and Warren Avenue.
Free parking after 5:30pm during the weekdays, and free all day over the weekends.
Malden Lot:
Just off Malden Street (between Harrison and Albany Street) is a lot called "Malden Lot.” Parking MAY be available at a nominal charge per car on weekends but please never park in these lots without permission from the attendant and paying the fee. Unauthorized cars will be towed.
Metered Parking:
There are meters on Washington Street and Tremont Street.
Remember that on Sunday, metered parking in Boston is free! Happy birthday!
If above fails there are several paid parking garages/lots just a stone’s throw away (5 minute walk). We recommend:
LeAtelier Parking Garage
(entrance is on Warren Ave, between Clarendon and Dartmouth)
100 Clarendon
Multi-Level Parking Garage next to Back Bay Train Station
DIRECTIONS
Using I-93 South
1. Get on I-93 S
2. Take exit 20B for Interstate 90 W
3. Continue toward Albany St
4. Keep left at the fork and merge onto Albany St
5. Turn right onto E Berkeley St
6. Take the 3rd left onto Washington St
7. Turn right onto Union Park St
8. Take the 1st right onto Shawmut Ave
Studio will be on the right
Using I-93 North
1. Get on I-93 N
2. Take exit 18 for Frontage Rd toward Mass Ave/Roxbury
3. Merge onto I-93 Frontage Rd
4. Turn left onto W 4th St
5. Continue onto E Berkeley St
6. Turn left onto Washington St
7. Turn right onto Union Park St
8. Take the 1st right onto Shawmut Ave
Studio will be on the right
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