Boston's diverse neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city:
- Allston
- Back Bay
- Bay Village
- Beacon Hill
- Brighton
- Charlestown
- Chinatown–Leather District
- Dorchester (divided for planning purposes into Mid-Dorchester and Dorchester)
- Downtown
- East Boston
- Fenway-Kenmore (includes Longwood)
- Hyde Park
- Jamaica Plain
- Mattapan
- Mission Hill
- North End
- Roslindale
- Roxbury
- South Boston
- South End
- West End
- West Roxbury
- Wharf District
The islands in Boston Harbor are administered as part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.[1]
The Boston Redevelopment Authority,[2] the City Parking Clerk,[3] and the City's Department of Neighborhood Development[4] have also designated their own neighborhoods. Unofficially, Boston has many overlapping neighborhoods of various sizes. Neighborhood associations have formed around smaller communities or commercial districts (often with "Square" in the name) that have a well-defined center but poorly identified extremities.[citation needed]
- ^ "Neighborhoods". City of Boston. 13 October 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ "Neighborhoods". Boston Redevelopment Authority. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Resident Parking Permit - New". City of Boston. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "About DND". City of Boston. Retrieved 30 January 2014.