Cummins Highway

Two men, one with a taser in a fanny pack, charged with stealing car from Cummins Highway garage

By adamg - 3/18/23 - 1:02 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Roslindale man and an alleged accomplice from Hyde Park after, police say, they smashed the front door of a Cummins Highway garage, stole the key for a specific car, then sped off after crashing through a chain link fence, early Thursday morning. Read more.

Developer proposes to cut amount of parking at proposed Roslindale apartment building, but not because it's suddenly transit oriented

By adamg - 1/28/23 - 10:32 am

A Milton developer is asking the BPDA to let him reduce the amount of garage parking he has to provide at a 49-unit apartment building between Cummins Highway and American Legion Highway, next to the Stop & Shop, from 61 spaces to 49. Read more.

Horse waiting to transport casket from Roslindale funeral dies outside church

By adamg - 9/17/22 - 3:38 pm

Boston Police and Animal Control this morning responded to Sacred Heart Parish on Cummins Highway in Roslindale after a horse waiting to transport somebody on her final ride to a local cemetery collapsed and died. The horse was picked up and removed by Parks and Recreation.

Man from Maine, three local teens arrested with guns in Roslindale cemetery that has been plagued by gang issues, police say

By adamg - 8/21/22 - 4:03 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man, a 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds they say were roaming Oak Lawn Cemetery in Roslindale with loaded guns Friday evening. Read more.

Roslindale Substation formally re-opens as co-working space/beer hall with a pop-up bookshop

By adamg - 5/12/22 - 6:24 pm

The Substation in Roslindale Square formally opened today, starting with a performance by Musiconnects overlooking Adams Park. Read more.

Four teens with loaded guns arrested in Roslindale cemetery where a murdered teen's gravestone was recently stolen, police say

By adamg - 4/22/22 - 3:15 pm

Boston Police report gang-unit officers arrested four teens Thursday at Oak Lawn Cemetery on Cummins Highway in Roslindale, each packing a gun loaded with at least eight bullets. Read more.

Two-car crash involving a BPD cruiser in Roslindale sends three to the hospital

By adamg - 1/10/22 - 8:52 am

Around 8:15 p.m. at Cummins Highway and Sycamore Street. At least three people, including a child and a police officer, transported to the hospital for observation, NBC Boston reports.

Vehicle rolls over on Cummins Highway in Mattapan; bursts into flames, at least two to the hospital

By adamg - 11/11/21 - 9:39 pm

Stanley Stacos reports a vehicle flipped over on Cummins Highway where it meets Wood Avenue and Harvard Street shortly after 9 p.m. Read more.

Man charged with Mattapan Square stabbing

By adamg - 10/28/21 - 10:21 pm

Boston Police report arresting Kion Thomas, 44, of Mattapan, on charges he stabbed a man outside the Burger King at 885 Cummins Highway on Oct. 21.

The victim survived. Thomas was arrested today on charges of assault with intent to murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, police say.

Innocent, etc.

Man charged with gunpoint robberies of Mattapan Square Burger King, market

By adamg - 10/12/21 - 1:19 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man they say robbed a Burger King on Cummins Highway in Mattapan Square at gunpoint yesterday afternoon and then, a couple hours later, robbed the D&K market a block away on Blue Hill Avenue. Read more.

Proposed three-unit house in Mattapan with a formal man cave is rejected

By adamg - 3/9/21 - 12:13 pm

Plans showing the proposed man cave.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal to expand a two-family house at 739 Cummins Highway into a three-family house because the submitted plans were missing adequate details about such things as doors. Read more.

Cummins Highway narrowing and bike lanes to be extended from Mattapan into Roslindale this month

By adamg - 10/9/20 - 11:28 am

The new, but still temporary, look of Cummins Highway, coming soon.

A city pilot aimed at making Cummins Highway safer by reducing the number of lanes from four to two and adding dedicated bicycle paths will be extended from Wood Avenue to American Legion Highway by the end of the month - as the city looks at more permanent changes along the thoroughfare - a Public Works project manager says. Read more.

Bad crash at bad intersection in Roslindale sends motorcyclist to the hospital

By adamg - 8/7/20 - 10:09 pm

A crash between a motorcycle and a car where Cummins and American Legion highways and Canterbury Street intersect left the motorcyclist with multiple, but not life-threatening, injuries shortly before 10 p.m.

American Legion Highway? More like Crash Highway

By adamg - 7/11/20 - 11:50 am

Travel New England had a front-row seat for a crash on American Legion Highway at 6:30 this morning that we'd love to hear the excuse for: Read more.

Fire erupts in unoccupied house on Cummins Highway in Roslindale

By adamg - 5/10/20 - 12:06 pm

Photo by BFD.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to a fire at 260 Cummins Highway, between Hyde Park Avenue and the train tracks, around 3:10 a.m. Read more.

Six-story apartment building proposed for Roslindale would have easy walk to supermarket and Chinese buffet

By adamg - 2/19/20 - 12:00 am

Architect's rendering of 375 Cummins Highway

Rendering by Embarc Studio, with birds.

City Realty of Brookline has filed plans with the BPDA for a 49-unit apartment building between Cummins and American Legion highways, next to the Stop & Shop and just a short walk from the Flaming Grill & Buffet at the other end of the strip mall. Read more.

Roslindale armed robbery becomes Dedham manhunt; suspects remain at large, if no longer in area

By adamg - 11/1/19 - 4:57 pm

Suspects in a Roslindale armed robbery this afternoon sped away and onto Rte. 128 before seeming to double back towards Boston on Rte. 109 in Dedham - where they abandoned the car on a side street, prompting local and State Police to flood the Riverdale area as they searched for them and told residents to stay inside. Read more.