DIRECTIONS TO
LA SALA DE PUERTO RICO ROOM
at the STRATTON STUDENT CENTER
2nd Floor
84 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

Free parking: West Garage on Vassar Street

BY CAR

For directions from your doorstep to MIT, there are several websites that offer excellent mapping services including very specific directions from anywhere in North America.  Free parking is available in the West Garage on Vasser Street.  See map on the "Expo Schedule" page.

From the North (I-95 or I-93): If you are heading south on I-93, follow I-93 into Boston then follow the I-93 instructions below.  If you are heading south on I-95, take the I-93 South exit (exit 37) then follow the instructions from I-93.  Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit (Massachusetts Turnpike) from I-95 then follow the instructions from I-90.

From the South (I-95 or I-93): If you are heading north on I-93, follow I-93 into Boston then follow the I-93 instructions below.  If you are heading north on I-95, take the I-93 North exit then follow the instructions from I-93.  Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit from I-95 then follow the instructions from I-90.

From the West (I-90) (Mass Turnpike): Follow I-90 east to the Cambridge/Brighton exit (exit 18).  Following the signs to Cambridge, cross the River Street Bridge, and continue straight about 1 mile to Central Square.  Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue and follow Massachusetts Avenue for about a half mile.  Turning right on Vassar Street brings you to the West Garage on your right.  Continuing past Vassar Street brings you to the Stratton Student Center on your left.  If you cross the river again, you have gone too far.

From Route I-93: From I-93, take exit 26, and follow the signs to Back Bay along Storrow Drive West, approximately 1.5 miles, to the exit for Route 2A.  The exit will be on the left, just before the Harvard Bridge (more appropriately called the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge).  The Charles River will be on your right.  As you cross the bridge, the Stratton Student Center is on your left.  If you continue past the Student Center and take a left on Vassar Street, the West Garage is on your right.

After parking, cross Vassar Street, walk along Vassar to Mass Ave, turn right, and the Student Center will be the second building on your right, a five-story concrete building.  La Sala de Puerto Rico room is on the second floor.  The walk takes about 6 minutes.


Approximate driving distances to MIT
50 miles- Providence, Rhode Island
75 miles- Concord, New Hampshire
115 miles- Hartford, Connecticut
175 miles- Albany, New York
235 miles- Bangor, Maine
235 miles- New York, New York

Boston's public transportation system, the MBTA, known as "the T", was the first subway in the United States, and continues to be one of the easiest ways to get around Boston/Cambridge.

The closest subway station to the Stratton Student Cener is Kendall Square on the Red Line.  From the Kendall Square stop, go west on Main Street and then turn left on Vassar Street.  Take a left onto Mass Ave and the Student Center will be the second building on your right, a five-story concrete building.  La Sala de Puerto Rico room is on the second floor.

Public transportation fares and schedules may be found at the MBTA website.  

Logan International Airport is located in East Boston only minutes from the city of Cambridge by car or public transportation. Logan offers both domestic and international air travel service with a broad range of carriers serving as New England's largest transportation center.
 
Logan International Airport
(800) 235-6426
www.massport.com/logan 

Amtrak's main line is located at Boston's South Station offering interstate train services which regularly depart from the station.
 
Amtrak
(617) 482-3660 or (800) USA-RAIL
http://www.amtrak.com/
Departs from and arrives at South Station and Back Bay Station in Boston. 
  
Greyhound Bus
(800) 231-2222
http://www.greyhound.com/
Departs from South Station in Boston. 

The following accommodations are closest to the MIT campus.  If you would like further information on accommodations, you may write to the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Two Copley Place, Suite 105, Boston, MA 02116-6501, or call them at (617) 536-4100. 

Le Meridien Cambridge
20 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 577-0200
Toll Free: (800) 754-7130

Cambridge Marriott Hotel
2 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 494-6600
Toll Free: (800) 228-9290

The Kendall Hotel
350 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 577-1300

Hyatt Regency Cambridge
575 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: (617) 492-1234
Toll Free: (800) 228-9000

Residence Inn at Marriott
6 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 494-1885
Toll Free: (800) 331-3131

MUSEUMS

Cambridge Historical Society Hooper Lee Nichols House
159 Brattle Street, (617) 547-4252
 
Gray Herbarium
22 Divinity Street, (617) 495-2365
 
Harvard Semitic Museum
6 Divinity Avenue, (617) 495-2365
 
Harvard University Art Museums
Fogg Art Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
Busch-Reisinger Museum
32 Quincy Street, (617) 495-9400
 
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street, (617) 876-4491
 
MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Avenue
(617) 253-4444
 
MIT-List Visual Arts Center
Weisner Building,
20 Ames Street, (617) 576-3229
 
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street, (617) 495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
 
Museum of Science
One Science Park, (617) 723-2500, http://www.mos.org/
 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Avenue, (617) 495-2248, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/ 

 
THEATERS

American Repertory Theatre
64 Brattle Street, 617) 547-8300, http://www.amrep.org/
 
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street, (617) 876-6387, http://www.brattlefilm.com/
 
Broadway in Boston
100 Boylston Street, Suite 950, Boston, (617) 880-2415, http://www.broadwayinboston.com/
 
Hasty Pudding Theatre
12 Holyoke Street, (617) 496-8400, http://www.hastypudding.com/
 
ImprovBoston
1253 Cambridge Street, (617) 576-1253, http://www.improvboston.com/
 
North Cambridge Family Opera Company
23 Norris Street, (617) 354-2797, http://www.familyopera.com/
 
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University
45 Quincy Street, (617) 496-2222 
  
  
MUSIC VENUES

Middle East Café
472 Massachusetts Avenue,(617) 492-9181 http://www.mideastclub.com/
 
Passim Folk Music and Cultural Center
26 Church Street, (617) 491-2382, http://www.passimcenter.org/
 
Regattabar
One Bennett Street, (617) 876-7777
 
Scullers Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Road, (617) 783-0090, http://www.scullersjazz.com/