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By adamg - 6/2/22 - 11:47 am

Transit Police report arresting two 14-year-olds they say broke into the cab of a car on the Orange Line and began screaming obscenities over the train PA system on Wednesday morning. Read more.

By adamg - 10/19/21 - 9:14 pm

The Orange Line isn't about to let the Green Line upstage it tonight: The MBTA reports delays due to a train that ended its ride prematurely by dying at Green Street.

By adamg - 8/19/21 - 10:45 am

Exodus Bagels announced today it will not be reopening its Jamaica Plain outlet, which it had shut during the pandemic last year - but that that means it could be expanding its Roslindale take-out window outside its bagel bakery into something larger. Read more.

By adamg - 3/30/21 - 11:30 am
Proposed building on Washington Street

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a 43-unit apartment building next to the currently shuttered Exodus Bagels on Washington Street that will feature several one-bedroom units with dens - and others with patios - aimed at accommodating the expanded market for people who want to work at home. Read more.

By adamg - 7/14/20 - 9:32 am

The T is reporting "residual" delays on account of train that had to be taken out back at Green Street.

By adamg - 1/20/20 - 6:36 pm
Checks and credit cards

Seized checks and credit cards. Photo by BPD.

Boston Police report arresting teens from Roslindale, Dorchester and Roxbury on charges they lifted envelopes from a mailbox outside the Green Street T station this morning. Read more.

By adamg - 11/30/19 - 3:01 pm
Santa Claus at Green Street on the Orange Line

Roving UHub photographer David Dines spotted the Jolly Old Elf on the platform at the Green Street Orange Line station, said he hopes he at least got one of the new trains on the way in.

By adamg - 11/20/19 - 9:11 am

An Orange Line train decided Green Street this morning was a good place and time to develop a "mechanical problem" and now the T reports delays of up to 15 minutes into town.

H/t strubsa, who is among the people who got stuck at Green, for the headline.

By adamg - 11/15/19 - 5:21 pm

On the heels of delays in the morning rush, the MBTA now reports delays of up to 15 minutes on the Orange Line due to a train at Green Station with brakes that just refuse to unclench or something.

By adamg - 6/23/19 - 1:24 pm

Continuing the cavalcade of complaints about splash pads in local playgrounds comes this 311 complaint about the playground at Johnson Park on Green Street in JP this morning: Read more.

By adamg - 6/15/19 - 11:24 am

Nikki T watched as one of the brand spankin' new Orange Line trains barreled through Green Street station this morning. It didn't stop to let anyone enjoy that new-train odor, of course - it was just on a test run getting ready, we hear, for actual service later this summer. Read more.

By adamg - 3/29/19 - 9:48 am
Joress

Transit Police report arresting a Brighton man they charge punched out another man who objected to being stared at on the platform at the Orange Line station at Green Street on Wednesday morning.

Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/19 - 9:16 am
Lot of white stuff at Green on the Orange Line

"Good morning from Hoth," Liz Lemongrab writes, showing us all the white at Green on the Orange Line. Read more.

By adamg - 10/25/18 - 8:34 pm

Transit Police report that around 7:40 p.m., a man "intentionally entered onto the right of way" at Green Street as an outbound Orange Line was approaching. The train hit and killed him, police say.

The MBTA had shuttle buses running between Jackson Square and Forest Hills during the investigation.

By adamg - 8/4/18 - 12:09 pm
Largest proposed dog park

Largest proposal for land just north of Green Street.

DCR says it has identified three potential spaces for a dog park along its Southwest Corridor land in Jamaica Plain, roughly between the Green Street and Stony Brook Orange Line stops. Read more.

By adamg - 3/9/18 - 3:23 pm

UPDATE: Jamaica Plain News reports the victim is 19, the suspect 17.

Shortly after 2:30 p.m. at the Green Street Orange Line station, according to Mass Incidents, which reports one person is in custody. The victim's injuries do not appear life threatening.

Orange Line service slowed as trains bypassed Green Street, which was shut for the investigation.

By adamg - 10/7/17 - 3:38 pm

Why, there were "moderate" delays on the Orange Line and everything, but the MBTA has removed the carcass and things are back to normal again.

By adamg - 7/11/17 - 3:17 pm

Robert Alvarez spotted this request on a fence outside a construction site on Green Street across from Chestnut Avenue in Jamaica Plain today.

By adamg - 5/9/17 - 1:02 pm
Rendering 3353 Washington St.

Architect's rendering.

The Board of Appeal today approved Mordechai Levin's proposal for a 45-unit, six-story building at the corner of Green and Washington streets in Jamaica Plain. Read more.

By adamg - 3/13/17 - 10:06 am
Apartments proposed for Washington Street near Green Street in Jamaica Plain

Architect's rendering.

City Realty of Brookline is proposing two apartment buildings, one on Washington Street near Green, the other around the corner on Green Street near Union Avenue. Read more.

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