Allston is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts located in the western part of the city. It is,
for the most part, administered collectively with the adjacent neighborhood of Brighton.
The two are often referred to together as "Allston-Brighton," The population of Allston is approximately
50% students, mostly from Boston University, Boston College, and Harvard University.
Housing stock varies but largely consists of brick apartment buildings, especially on Commonwealth
Avenue and the streets directly off of it; while areas further down Brighton Avenue which is close
to Brighton are largely dotted with wooden triple-deckers. Lower Allston, across the Massachusetts
Turnpike from the rest of Allston, consists of mostly 1890-1920s single-family and multi-family
Victorian homes. Allston is generally viewed as a very safe middle class neighborhood with a
young population and a large number of bars and cheap eateries.
The neighborhood of Allston is almost completely cut off from the main body of the city of
Boston by the Charles River and the town of Brookline, which borders Allston on the south and east.
Allston is bordered by the Charles River and the city of Cambridge to the north, and is
split in two by the Massachusetts Turnpike. The area north of the turnpike near the river
is often referred to as "Lower Allston" or "North Allston." The western edge of Allston
is more roughly defined, but is primarily east of the western most point of Cambridge.
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