Boston, Massachusetts (North End)
One-bedroom with a rooftop deck, hot tub, and Boston Harbor views in the heart of Boston's Little Italy.
Our fully loaded one bed is centrally located in Boston's North End (Little Italy) on land that was previously American Patriot Paul Revere's bell foundry. The unit features a spacious roof deck with views of Boston Harbor, the USS Constitution, and the USS Cassin Young.
Within 10 minutes walking distance to 50+ restaurants, TD Garden, the Freedom Trail, and the subway. Also within walking distance to the Boston Common/Public Garden and many of Boston's most visited attractions.
Registration: Boston STR-460608
Welcome packet info, house rules, and safety details for your stay.
Check-in is any time after 3:00pm. If you are going to arrive earlier, please reach out to us, and we will try our best to accommodate you. We will inform you of your individual door code prior to arrival. The code will work for both the main door of the building and your individual unit.
Check-in is any time after 3:00pm. If you are going to arrive earlier, please reach out to us, and we will try our best to accommodate you. We will inform you of your individual door code prior to arrival. The code will work for both the main door of the building and your individual unit.
You will find two remote controls to regulate the air conditioner/heating units (one in the living room and one in the bedroom). Use the buttons labeled - and + temp to change the temperature in each room. Make sure that you point the remote at the unit mounted to the wall when changing the temperature and that you hear a beep as you do so or it will not register the change. Please keep all windows closed if the heat or air conditioner is on.
You are welcome to use the Smart TV with streaming services, including Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube, etc. Please use the Guest profile within our accounts, and keep our accounts logged in at all times. We also have YouTube TV, which gives you access to most live TV stations. Once you select YouTube TV, you will see the options Library, Home, and Live. Live will take you to the guide with all available channels.
To access the roof deck, outside of your apartment you will see the flight of stairs leading up to the large glass roof hatch. At the bottom of the stairs on the left, you will see a light switch with these directions on how to open and close the large glass roof hatch.
The North End does not offer much street parking to non-residents. There are several indoor and outdoor garages in the neighborhood. If you plan to enter and exit during your stay, you might consider a lot that offers in and out parking. Please find below two websites that allow you to book parking in advance, with additional parking options listed.
Check out is prior to 11:00am. If you need a later check out, please let us know and we may be able to help you. When checking out, please:
This website provides useful information about various transportation options. We have also provided a brief overview of some of the options.
You will find two remote controls to regulate the air conditioner/heating units (one in the living room and one in the bedroom). Use the buttons labeled - and + temp to change the temperature in each room. Make sure that you point the remote at the unit mounted to the wall when changing the temperature and that you hear a beep as you do so or it will not register the change. Please keep all windows closed if the heat or air conditioner is on.
You are welcome to use the Smart TV with streaming services, including Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube, etc. Please use the Guest profile within our accounts, and keep our accounts logged in at all times. We also have YouTube TV, which gives you access to most live TV stations. Once you select YouTube TV, you will see the options Library, Home, and Live. Live will take you to the guide with all available channels.
To access the roof deck, outside of your apartment you will see the flight of stairs leading up to the large glass roof hatch. At the bottom of the stairs on the left, you will see a light switch with these directions on how to open and close the large glass roof hatch.
The North End does not offer much street parking to non-residents. There are several indoor and outdoor garages in the neighborhood. If you plan to enter and exit during your stay, you might consider a lot that offers in and out parking. Please find below two websites that allow you to book parking in advance, with additional parking options listed.
Check out is prior to 11:00am. If you need a later check out, please let us know and we may be able to help you. When checking out, please:
This website provides useful information about various transportation options. We have also provided a brief overview of some of the options.
We both grew up in greater Boston and have lived in the North End for over 10 years. Almost everything on this list is within walking distance of the apartment. For dinner it is advisable to make a reservation. With that said, unfortunately not all of these restaurants take reservations.
A heart next to a spot means a past guest mentioned it in the guest book. The number shows how many guests have recommended it.
First Italian cafe in Boston - iced coffee, three liquor bars, cigar room, desserts, gelato
296 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Coffee, croissants, breakfast & lunch sandwiches
236 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Great for espresso, pastries, panini, gelato, Peroni on draft
308 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Coffee, espresso martini, gelato, pastries
255 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
2 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA
Indoor marketplace of NE artisans - don't miss the cider donuts
100 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Large sandwiches on homemade focaccia
441 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Large subs, homemade pasta, pizza, salads, sauces
130 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Traditional Mexican, known for tortas (pressed sandwiches)
3 Lewis Street, Boston, MA
Original and, in our opinion, best Regina location
11.5 Thacher Street, Boston, MA
Pizza, arancini, calzones - closes when they run out of pizza around 2pm
289 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Long-standing casual pizza spot with large slices
69 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Upscale Italian, late-night pizza
241 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
19th-century row house with 5 cozy dining rooms, outdoor seating
3 North Square, Boston, MA
Many dishes served in sauté pan
280 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Seafood and pasta
323 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Waterside seafood, outdoor seating
80 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA
Popular oyster bar and seafood
63 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Large portions, homemade pasta, tightly packed
109 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Large portions, family-style dining
112 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Nice seafood restaurant with covered patio and firepits
223 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Great ambience for summer outdoor dining
5 North Square, Boston, MA
Traditional Sicilian comfort food
307 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Affordable, fresh takeout sushi
99 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Very popular, especially for cannoli (cash only)
300 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Our personal favorite - has tables and a bar downstairs, also serves breakfast (cash only)
257 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Open 24/7, cash only
134 Salem Street, Boston, MA
Turn into the alley, straight ahead - follow the smell, fresh bread, cash only
241 Hanover Street, Boston, MA
Pizza and small plates
7 Moulton Street, Charlestown, MA
Asian-inspired small plates
1145 Washington Street, Boston, MA
Spanish tapas
525 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Cozy gastropub
278 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, MA
Seafood
383 Congress Street, Boston, MA
Spots our guests have loved that aren't (yet) on our list above.
America's oldest continuously operating tavern, est. 1795. Easy stop near Faneuil Hall for a relaxing drink.
Wood-fired pizza and classic Italian in the North End.
All-day Asian-American breakfast spot from the Mei Mei team - fluffy rice cakes, milk bread, sticky buns. Multiple guests rated it 10/10.
Tinned-fish bar and seafood spot on Dartmouth St - the lobster roll is a favorite.
1780 tavern frequented by Paul Revere - pair with a Bunker Hill visit.
Italian steakhouse — guests pair it with a Celtics game.
America's oldest restaurant (est. 1826) - sit at the horseshoe bar for oysters and chowder.
Recommendations from our past guests to help you make the most of your stay
Several years ago, a neighbor approached us with surprising news. He shared that our building is on land previously owned by American Patriot Paul Revere.
The History Channel describes Paul Revere as "a colonial Boston silversmith, industrialist, propagandist and patriot immortalized in the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem describing Revere's midnight ride to warn the colonists about a British attack. He gave the local militia a key advantage during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, sparking the Revolutionary War and eventual American independence."
The North Church, referenced in the poem and where Revere hung the lanterns to alert the local militia the means by which the British troops were invading, is a couple blocks away in the North End. It is visible from the top of our roof deck stairs if you look off the back of the building through the narrow opening between the other brick buildings.
We used historical maps to confirm that Revere owned the land on which our building currently sits. Below on the left is Clough's Atlas of 1798, and the right image is an overlay of this atlas and a current day map. You can see the lot on which this building sits outlined in red.
Through the overlay, we believed this confirmed what our neighbor had shared — that Revere owned the land. This was largely based on the fact that streets of the atlas and those on the present day map align almost perfectly. However, we noticed one big exception: Commercial Street. We did some more research and figured out that the lots along Commercial Street (previously known as Lynn Street and renamed Commercial Street in 1828 according to Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston by Samuel Adams Drake 1833–1905) were made smaller to widen the street. Here is an excerpt from the aforementioned book confirming that the street was widened:
“Lynn Street is described in 1708 as from the North Battery northwesterly to the Ferry-way at Hudson's Point; it retained this name until after 1828. Before it was built into a thoroughfare this street was only a narrow way around the beach. Henchman's Lane is coeval with Lynn Street in receiving its name, which was from Captain Daniel Henchman, father of the bookseller, who lived within its precincts. We next come to Foster Street, in the lower part of which was formerly the cannon and bell foundry of Paul Revere. Up to the time of the establishment of these works both cannon and bells were imported; but P Revere cast brass guns successfully, and some of his bells still hang in our steeples. Hollowware, stoves, and a variety of articles for domestic use were manufactured at this foundry, erected previous to 1794.”
The street was widened likely because freight trains and an elevated passenger railway (the "El") operated on Commercial Street. On the right is a map of the Boston Elevated Railway. Our property is located between North Station and Battery Street Station.
Below is a photo of the dismantling of the "El" tracks on Commercial Street taken from the area of Copps Hill looking toward the right corner of the baseball field that is closest to this building. In the background you can see the USS Constitution. The USS Constitution was built at Hartt's Shipyard, which is across from this building, the current location of the United States Coast Guard base (more on the Constitution to follow).
Prior to becoming an athletic field, there was a beach across from Commercial Street, as depicted in the postcard above. The elevated rail tracks are visible in the background.
“We had a beach right where the North End Park is and the postcard I'm sharing shows the beach probably in the 1920's or earlier. If you look carefully you will notice that at that time the sand extended all the way up to Commercial Street. Later, a football/baseball field replaced much of the sand. The elevated railway which joined North Station to South Station is clearly visible and don't we miss it? The tenement buildings on Commercial Street look the same as today but the large brick buildings in the background were commercial warehouses. The US Government eventually bought them and extended the Coast Guard base. The photo was taken from a pier which still existed when I was a child and extended into the harbor perpendicular to the beach. There were changing rooms, lockers and showers on the pier, one side for men and the other for women. Good swimmers like my uncle Fred, would jump off the top of the pier, swim to the Charlestown Navy Yard, touch the warships and swim back. That was quite an achievement and something which gave a considerable amount of local prestige. The Navy sailors were always amused and called the North End boys "seals" because they got so dark in the summer. I wonder if North End boys were the original Navy Seals?”
Read more here: northendwaterfront.com/2016/05/life-corner-north-end-beach
Speaking of warships, back to The USS Constitution. To quote Wikipedia: "[The] USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship of any type still afloat. She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed." The USS Constitution is still a fully commissioned US Navy ship serving as a museum which is open to visitors. The ship is currently located across the water in Charlestown (1.2 miles). It is visible from the roof deck and bedroom windows across the water to the left.
The destroyer to the right of the USS Constitution, both in the photo above and as visible from our building, is the USS Cassin Young. The National Park Service writes, "Built for speed and capability, USS Cassin Young engaged in seven Pacific battles in World War II, survived two Kamikaze hits, and served another full decade beyond her expected lifetime. Built in 1943 in San Pedro, California, she is one of 175 Fletcher-class destroyers built during World War II. Here in Charlestown, this navy yard built dozens of similar ships during the war. In the 1950s, Cassin Young and many other destroyers received regular repairs and modernization in Charlestown. Maintained by the National Park Service and an army of dedicated park volunteers, Cassin Young remains to this day as a testament to the crews who sailed her, and the men and women who built and maintained her."
Below is a photo looking down Foster Street (the street off Commercial Street from which you access the apartment) from about halfway up the hill. In the top photo, the clapboard building behind the horse no longer exists. The current day parking lot is in its location. The two brick structures remain. During this project, we also discovered that our building was built between 1883–1888.
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We both grew up in the greater Boston area and have resided in the North End for over 10 years. We enjoy traveling and want your experience in Boston to be a memorable one.
We love the North End neighborhood and all that it has to offer from its history to the restaurants to the beautiful views. Our hope is that our apartment will serve as a comfortable home base to explore this neighborhood as well as the rest of the City of Boston.
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