Brigham Circle (MBTA station)

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Brigham Circle Station
Station statistics
Address	Huntington Avenue at Francis Street, Boston
Lines	MBTA Subway Green Line ("E" branch)
Other information
Opened	unknown
Accessible
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Brigham Circle is a stop on the E branch of the MBTA's Green Line in Boston, MA. Along with the Longwood Station, it is the closest stop to Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health and the rest of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, all of which are reachable via a short walk from the station.

Located at the corner of Tremont and Huntington, Brigham Circle is a part of the Mission Hill neighborhood and is the closest commercial center, with a grocery story, drug stores, bistros, banks and taverns.

The station is named for the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now a wing of the larger Brigham and Women's Hospital), which stands at one side of the circle. Brigham and Women's extends away from the circle up Francis Street to the north; the area to the northeast is taken up by Harvard facilities.

Occasionally when there are high volumes of traffic in Jamaica Plain, this portion of the green line terminates at Bringham Circle to improve service frequency on the "E" branch.

Preceding station		MBTA		Following station
Fenwood Street toward Heath Street		Green Line "E" Branch		Longwood Medical Area toward Lechmere