Directions to Granby Parking Lot/ Metcalf Science Center

 

From West:

Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) East to Exit 18, Allston/Cambridge. Exit Left. Follow the signs to Cambridge to the first set of lights. Turn right at the lights; this is Soldiers Field Road/Storrow Drive. Exit at Kenmore Square. Follow Local Directions below.

From South:

Take I-93/Route 3 (Southeast Expressway) North to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Exit. Follow Local Directions below.

From North:

Take I-93 or Route 1 South to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26). Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Exit. Follow Local Directions below.

From the North Shore:

Take Route 1-A through the Sumner Tunnel. Follow signs onto the Expressway North. Take the Back Bay/Storrow Drive Exit, and follow signs onto Storrow Drive. Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore Exit. Follow Local Directions below.

Local Directions from the Kenmore Square/Comm. Avenue Exit of Storrow Drive:

At the first set of traffic lights, turn right onto Beacon Street and follow it into Kenmore Square. Bear to your right and you will be on Commonwealth Ave. Go through the first set of lights and you will see a Burger King on your right. The entrance to the Granby Parking Lot is just past the Burger King. To get to Metcalf Science Center, turn left upon exiting the parking lot. Walk one block up Commonwealth Ave. in the direction of Kenmore Square. At the light, cross the street and the Science Center will be on your left at 590 Commonwealth Ave. You should see a metal sculpture called "Explosion" on the brick plaza in front of the building. Access to the building will be on the right side, from Blanford Street. There will be a registration table set up just inside this entrance.

By Public Transportation:

Boston University is located along the MBTA Green line. From any downtown Green Line subway station, take the "B" train heading outbound toward Kenmore Square. (If you are coming from North Station, take any train to Park St. and change to the "B" line.) After Kenmore, the train will be above ground. Exit the train at the first stop above ground (Sherborn St.). Cross over Commonwealth to the other side and the Science Center will be to your left at 590 Commonwealth Ave. You should see a metal sculpture called "Explosion" on the brick plaza in front of the building. Access to the building will be on the right side, from Blanford Street. There will be a registration table set up just inside this entrance.