Get off at the Newton/Watertown exit.
At the top of the ramp, keep to the right, following the signs to Boston.
At the third light, take a right, following a sign that says Brighton, onto Park Street.
Proceed one block and turn left, following a sign that says Brighton, onto Tremont St. | | You will pass through an area called Oak Square and the name of the street you are on
will change from Tremont to Washington Street. Keep going until you see St.
Elizabeth's Hospital on the hill in front of you.
When you come to a stoplight where the hospital is directly in front of you, and a Boston
police station is on your left bear right to go up the hill to the right of the hospital.
Go to the fourth traffic light (after crossing over the four-lanes of Commonwealth
Avenue at the second light). This is the corner of Washington and Beacon Street.
Take a left onto Beacon Street. Our Beacon Street entrance is about thirty yards down
on your right, with a big 'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Park anywhere along the street.
 | | Soldiers Field Road via Brighton Center
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From Soldiers Field Road traveling east or west, get off at the exit which says Brighton |
| | and follow the signs to Brighton. This will put you on Market Street, heading
south toward Brighton Center.
Cross over the Turnpike and go approximately 0.7 miles until you come to
Brighton Center, where Market Street intersects with Washington Street.
There will be a People's Federal Savings on your right.
Turn left onto Washington Street toward Boston and proceed for two
blocks until you come to a stoplight where St. Elizabeth's hospital is directly
in front of you, and a Boston police station is on your left.
Bear right to go up the hill to the right of the hospital.
Go to the fourth traffic light (after crossing over the four-lane
Commonwealth Avenue at the second light). This is the corner of
Washington and Beacon Street.
Take a left onto Beacon Street.
Our Beacon Street entrance is about thirty yards down on your right, with a
big 'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Park anywhere along the street.
| | Commonwealth Avenue
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Turn from Commonwealth onto Washington Street at the Washington Street lights. |
| | Coming from Boston the turn is on your left, and on the right coming from
Newton. There's a Russian Pharmacy called Apteka on the corner and it's
street number is 1610 Commonwealth Avenue.
The second stoplight is the corner of Washington and Beacon street,
otherwise known as Washington Square. Take a left onto Beacon Street by
crossing over the Westbound side of Beacon and the train tracks.
Our Beacon Street entrance is about thirty yards down on your right, with a
big 'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Park anywhere along the street.
| | Route 9 East/West
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From the East (Boston)
Once you pass under the Jamaicaway and enter Brookline, turn right onto Harvard |
| | Street going into Brookline Village (at the light just past the big multi-story
Harvard Community Health building).
Cross the bridge over the streetcar tracks and go to the second stoplight.
Bear left onto Washington Street. Follow Washington Street for
approximately one mile, until you reach a major intersection with Beacon
Street.
Take a right onto Beacon.
Our Beacon Street entrance is about thirty yards down on your right, with a
big 'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Park anywhere along the street
From the West (from Route 9 towards Boston)
Travel past the big Chestnut Hill shopping mall on your left and continue for another
couple of miles into Brookline.
You will go by a big reservoir on your right, at the end of which will be a stoplight. Go to
the next stoplight after the reservoir. There will be a Volkswagen Dealer on your right
across the street.
Turn left here onto Cypress Street and follow Cypress for about one-half mile until you
come to the next set of lights where there is a CVS drugstore on your left.
Turn left here onto Washington Street.
Follow Washington Street for about one-half mile, until you reach a major intersection
with Beacon Street.
Take a right onto Beacon.
Our Beacon Street entrance is about thirty yards down on your right, with a big
'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Park anywhere along the street.
| | I-93 North/South
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From I-93 driving South
Drive toward downtown Boston ignoring the exits to Medford and Somerville. Take the |
| | exit to Cambridge and Storrow Drive to the right.
Get on Storrow Drive going west, being careful not to go to Cambridge.
Follow Storrow Drive, passing all the exits into Boston or Cambridge.
Follow the directions from Boston via Storrow Drive (below).
From I-93 driving North
Pass by all the downtown Boston exits, including the Government Center exit.
Take the Cambridge and Storrow Drive exit on the right.
Get on Storrow Drive going west, being careful not to go to Cambridge.
Follow Storrow Drive, passing all the exits into Boston or Cambridge.
Follow the directions from Boston via Storrow Drive (below).
| | Boston via Storrow Drive, Kenmore Square, and Beacon Street
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Look for the Fenway/Kenmore Square exit to the left. Take this exit and bear to the right, |
| | following the sign to Kenmore Square (NOT Fenway).
Turn right at the first stoplight, onto Beacon Street.
Go through one stoplight and go straight through the next intersection,
taking the middle street, which is still Beacon Street.
Go over the bridge and you will come to a commercial area where you will
see the streetcar tracks emerge in the middle of the street.
Drive through a residential/apartment building area to the next commercial
area. The main intersection here will be with Harvard Street (this area is
known as Coolidge Corner). Keep going straight on Beacon through another
residential/apartment section to the next commercial area, which is called Washington
Square, at Washington Street. As you come down a hill and begin to see the
commercial shops here, look across the street to your left and you will see our big
'Brookline Tai Chi' sign.
Turn left at the street before the traffic light at Washington Street and park anywhere
along the street.
If you miss this left, go though the light and make a U-Turn a block further up to come
back down Beacon Street the other way.
Back to general directions
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