Huntington Avenue

Traffic stop on Huntington Avenue turns into car and foot chase

adamg — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:33:02 +0000

4/21/13 - 5:00 pm

Around 5 p.m. outside 320 Huntington Avenue, where somebody stopped by police floored it, at least until he hit the open door of a Boston cruiser. A couple of guys bailed, ran into the Northeastern campus and appeared to ditch something along the way, Bosfiddle reports. Both were arrested.

Trolley, Ride van collide

adamg — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:52:51 +0000

The Metro tweets the collision along Huntington Avenue by Longwood Avenue around 10 a.m. was "minor" and left nobody injured. However, it did shut down the E line.

Photo. Another photo.

You might think blocking Huntington Avenue at rush hour to work on a bus shelter is not the smartest of ideas

adamg — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:37:23 +0000

Dumb or dumber?

The UHub Sky Eye Action News Unit reports two trucks showed up at this bus shelter on Huntington Avenue at Longwood just in time for the afternoon rush to do some work. Naturally, they completely blocked one of the lanes:

Backs up traffic for a mile on Huntington. Been blocked for an hour now. This is ambulance central...what a mess, what a great idea.

Trolleys bump, derail in Brigham Circle; three hurt

adamg — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:14:48 +0000

Collision scene. Photo by Michelle Murray.

A trolley collision in Brigham Circle around 4 p.m. sent three people - one of them a T worker - to nearby hospitals with neck and back injuries, Rob Grover reports. One train came off the tracks due to what the T called human error related to a switch. Traffic on Huntington Avenue was at a standstill; the road was set to be shut outbound well into the night as the T works to right the trolleys and fix track damage.

The view from the air.

Flaming manhole at Northeastern caused by 'penetrating spray' flashover

adamg — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:28:52 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports fire flared up a manhole behind 359 Huntington Ave. this morning when some "penetrating spray" being used by a worker to loosen a bolt on an underground transformer hit a "small torch" and flashed over.

The transformer itself had already been shut down for repairs, the department says. The fire went out by itself and there were no injuries, the department says.

7/6/12 - 10:53 am

Bicyclist identified as BC grad student

adamg — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:07:04 +0000

Boston College today identified the woman killed in a Huntington Avenue incident late Friday as Kelsey Rennebohm, a graduate student in the Lynch School of Education:

Rennebohm was a gifted student and an experienced teacher who worked to provide high-quality instruction and support services for all children. A 2006 honors graduate of Barnard College, Rennebohm was enrolled full-time in the Lynch School's counseling psychology program. Prior to attending BC, she had worked for two years as a teacher in New York City.

BC said funeral arrangements were not yet available. Among her survivors is her father, Max, a United Church of Christ minister in Seattle.

Channel 5 reports the police investigation into her death, which involved an MBTA bus, continues.

Bicyclist struck, killed in collision involving MBTA bus on Huntington Avenue

adamg — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:52:19 +0000

UPDATE: Bicyclist identified as BC grad student.

A woman in her late 20s died Friday night after a collision on Huntington Avenue at Forsyth Street around 10:30 p.m. Boston Police report an MBTA bus was apparently involved but that investigators have yet to determine a cause.

Boston and MBTA police initially had some trouble locating the bus that might have been involved; by early morning, however, detectives were going over the bus at the Forest Hills bus yard.

Herding instinct observed in the wild

adamg — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:06:46 +0000

Triginta novem on Huntington Avenue this afternoon. Photo by Kyle.

Scientists believe the behavior is an innate reaction to the presence of predators.

Carnage along the E line: Councilor wants to mount cameras on trolleys to catch motorists who don't stop for riders

adamg — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:23:29 +0000

City Councilor Mike Ross says riders on the E line between Brigham Circle and Heath Street shouldn't have to worry about getting flattened by crazed Massholes who ignore the "STOP" painted on the sides of open trolley doors.

Ross, who lives on Mission Hill, is seeking legislation to let the T install cameras on trolleys that share the road with motorists in that stretch to catch and ticket drivers ignoring stopped trolleys.

Under Ross's proposal (see attached), images from the cameras, along with date stamps and locations, would be forwarded to an MBTA police officer trained in traffic enforcement, who would then write out tickets.

The proposal gets a hearing before the council's Committee on Government Operations at 10 a.m. on May 29 at City Hall. If the committee and then the full council approve, the measure would then go to the state Legislature as a home-rule petition.

Man tagged for graffiti in Green Line tunnel

adamg — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:19:37 +0000

A Mission Hill man walking out of a Green Line tunnel around 4:30 a.m. today aroused the suspicions of a passing Northeastern University police officer, who started an investigation that ended with the man under arrest for allegedly using spray paint to profess his love for hot sauce inside the tunnel.

Alex Wan, 23, was charged with malicious destruction of property and standing, walking, or riding vehicle on railroad property, according to an MBTA Transit Police report.

According to police, a Northeastern sergeant driving inbound on Huntington stopped Wan when he spotted him walking out of the Green Line portal just past Mass. Ave. Police did not buy his story that he'd gotten off at Symphony and was just using the tunnel as a shortcut home. Wan allegedly told the sergeant he "wrote only one thing" in the tunnel. The report says arriving transit officers noted white paint on his hands and then took their own walk into the tunnel:

Citizen complaint of the day: Stupid Massholes on Huntington Avenue

adamg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:33:39 +0000

A concerned citizen grows weary of obnoxious drivers blaring horns at pedestrians crossing with the light at Belvedire and Huntington by the Pru:

The curse of the E line: SUV vs. trolley on Huntington Avenue

adamg — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:02:20 +0000

Crash aftermath. Photo by Brian D'Amico. See more photos.

Local 718 reports two injuries in the crash around 10:50 p.m. near the firehouse at 560 Huntington Ave.

D'Amico reports it looks like the SUV driver attempted to make a left turn in front of the trolley.

E Line service is, of course, suspended until after the victims are extricated and the investigation completed.

Citizen complaints of the day: Rubbish fiestas across the city

adamg — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:24:34 +0000

Columbus Avenue slobs.

It's as if we've been hit by a hurricane of slobbery. Citizens Connect this morning is just filled with reports of mounds of filth and vermin, including:

774 Columbus Ave., Roxbury: "Every week, Residents of 772, 774, and 776 Columbus throw loose trash on the sidewalk. Makes it difficult for garbagemen to pick up everything, so there is usually lots of trash left behind. (worse than usual because many are probably moving on Sept 1)."

Huntington Ave., Mission Hill: "Student moving trash all up and down Huntington Ave from Brigham circle to S. Huntington corner."

22 Batterymarch, downtown: "The sidewalk is stained and usually covered in rotting food, bird feces, feathers, avian flu, and pigeons."

Downtown Crossing Red Line platforms: "Dead cockroaches are littered all over." Ed question: Well, better than if they were still alive, no?

The strip mall on American Legion Highway in Roslindale: "Rubbish fiesta on Legion."

City rules Huntington Avenue Y no landmark

adamg — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:08:31 +0000

The move clears the way for the YMCA and Northeastern to build a 17-story dorm and comes after Y residents sought to block the move by asking the city Landmarks Commission the building with the blinking logo a landmark, the Huntington News reports.

Roof fire shuts down Huntington Avenue near medical area

adamg — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:06:52 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports contractors were doing roof work at a Mass. College of Art and Design building at 621 Huntington Ave. when the building's rubber roof caught on fire. The building was evacuated and Huntington Avenue was shut down; no injuries reported.

The department says investigators are still looking at the exact cause of the fire.

5/3/11 - 5:45 pm