Dudley Street

Developers unwrap plans for new apartments, condos in Nubian Square

By adamg - 3/19/24 - 10:04 am

Rendering of proposed apartment building on Malcolm X Boulevard

Rendering of the view from across Malcolm X by Embarc.

A trio of developers have filed plans with the BPDA to build two buildings with 111 apartments and 21 condos on Malcolm X Boulevard at Guild Street in Roxbury. Read more.

Balaclava'ed man points loaded gun at trooper chasing him in Roxbury, is arrested, police say

By adamg - 12/28/23 - 12:46 pm

Boston Police report arresting a man on gun charges following a foot chase in the area of Dudley and Shirley streets in Roxbury around 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

Then and now: Warren and Dudley streets in Roxbury

By adamg - 12/21/23 - 3:10 pm

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In 1856 or thereabouts, A.H. Folsom photographed the northwest corner of the intersection of Warren and Dudley streets in Roxbury.

The view of that corner today: Read more.

Developers planning 140 new residential units on Malcolm X Boulevard in Nubian Square

By adamg - 9/6/23 - 9:30 am

The owners of the former Roxbury Boy's Club at 10 Malcolm X Blvd. in Roxbury say they will soon file plans to add two buildings to the site with a total of 140 new residential units. Read more.

Board approves extra floor for apartment building already under construction in Uphams Corner

By adamg - 8/8/23 - 12:50 pm

Rendering of finished Dudley Street building

Rendering with red box showing the extra floor.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a sixth floor for a five-story building now under construction at 734-742 Dudley St. in Dorchester. Read more.

The train hit the curve at Dudley Street at 60 or 65 m.p.h.; the driver had no chance

By adamg - 8/4/23 - 2:46 pm

Subway trains lie scattered about curve at Dudley Street

Contemporary newpaper photo. The A car was the lead car; C initially stayed, mangled, on the tracks, workers pushed it down to the street to remove it. See it larger.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Aug. 4, 1910, Thomas Manning, a veteran motorman for the Boston Elevated Railway, widely known as a careful and sober driver, picked up a four-car train at Egleston Square from the crew that had just let off the last passengers of the night at Forest Hills to guide it into the Guild Street yard near Dudley station for several hours of cleaning and repairs. Read more.

Man without a license was driving around Roxbury with a stolen, loaded gun, police say

By adamg - 8/3/23 - 3:43 pm

Boston Police report officers who stopped a man they said was driving erratically in the area of Dudley and Magazine streets wound up arresting him on gun charges Wednesday night.

Longer hours approved at four dispensaries - including 11 p.m. on Newbury Street

By Oliver Blake - 5/16/23 - 10:48 pm

The Boston Cannabis Board today approved closing-hour extensions at marijuana dispensaries in Back Bay, Roxbury, Dorchester and Roslindale. Read more.

Man shot in Nubian Square

By adamg - 5/1/23 - 9:23 pm

A man was shot in the stomach and leg near Dudley and Winslow streets in Roxbury around 8:20 p.m. The homicide unit was called in due to the severity of the victim's injuries.

Part of Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury shut due to gas leak

By adamg - 2/1/23 - 9:48 pm

Blue Hill Avenue between Moreland and Dudley streets is shut so National Grid can plug a gas leak.

New condos proposed for Dudley Street in Roxbury

By adamg - 10/19/22 - 12:26 pm

Drone-view rendering by Placetailor Elton Hampton Design.

Two developers have proposed replacing a former Masonic lodge at Dudley and Kenilworth streets in Roxbury with 22 condos. Read more.

Back window on car with three people inside shot out in Dorchester; none injured

By adamg - 3/20/22 - 9:58 pm

Boston Police are looking for a guy in one car who shot repeatedly at another car, blowing out its rear window shortly after 9:30 p.m. Police are still looking for where it happened; they found the car and its occupants at Dudley and Folsom streets.

Developer wins approval for Nubian Square apartment building after adding some family-sized units

By adamg - 2/8/22 - 12:41 pm

Bird-enhanced rendering by Hresko Associates.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a proposed 24-unit apartment building next to Hibernian Hall on Dudley Street that now features three three-bedroom units, several months after it rejected the proposal for lack of any family apartments. Read more.

Person found shot a couple blocks from store that had window destroyed minutes earlier by gunfire

By adamg - 1/10/22 - 9:07 pm

Police responded to Brown's Food Market, 559 Dudley St., where a burst of gunfire shattered store windows and left the store and the street outside littered with spent shells. About 15 minutes later, police found a man shot to the buttocks at 595 Dudley St., a couple blocks away. A few minutes later, a second victim was found with a graze wound to one of his arms.

Man shot in Uphams Corner; suspect arrested

By adamg - 10/8/21 - 6:21 pm

Boston Police report a man was shot at 622 Dudley St. around 12:05 a.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

Apartments rejected next to Hibernian Hall

By adamg - 8/31/21 - 11:55 am

Nope.

A proposal to replace two small stores next to Hibernian Hall on Dudley Street in Nubian Square with a five-story apartment building lost at the Zoning Board of Appeal today. Read more.

Board rejects Nubian Square cannabis shop over resident complaints about traffic, kids, harder drugs

By adamg - 8/10/21 - 12:13 pm

The Zoning Board today rejected the first of two two marijuana markets proposed for Nubian Square, at 195 Dudley St. after hearing from residents worried about the potential impacts on traffic and parking, all the school kids who traverse Nubian Square and addicts of harder drugs coming from nearby Mass and Cass. Read more.

Live Boston reports a person was shot around 11:30 p.m. at Dudley Street and Brook Avenue. Bullets also shattered the storefront window of a business there.